Technology: a Whole New Meaning

I read the article Text- to- Speech Technology Reaches an Inflection Point, from the New York Times. I know that in Mrs. Comp’s English class, we talk a lot about technology being a good thing, and how it helps makes things simpler and easier. I agree with that. But my opinion is even stronger, now that I’ve read this article. It said that “people with speech- impairing conditions like A.L.S., autism, Down syndrome, and strokes have started to discover that general- purpose devises… can in many cases help them communicate better and more cheaply than the… speech devices covered by Medicare and private health insurance.” Okay, so not only is technology making life easier for handicapped people, but it is making them have less of a struggle with money? That is even more than I expected from all of the technology that is available to us. Why we think i phones are great is totally different from why people who have speech impairments think that they’re great. This gives my definition of technology a whole new meaning. Technology not only makes life easier for writing, blogging, or just listening to music, but it can help with your speech, too. I’m sure that in a few years technology will do things we think are impossible at the moment.