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I built my brother a way to text, browse and play with two head switches

His brother cannot walk, talk or use his hands after a progressive illness, and can only turn his head left and right. Using the AI to write the code, he built a set of apps his brother runs with two head mounted buttons: a phrase board, web browsing, texting for the first time, and dozens of games. The project became a nonprofit that gives the kits away.

How it works

  1. Ask the AI to help write code for a two switch interface
  2. Build a working phrase board in about a week
  3. Keep building into a full set: web browsing, texting, conversation help and dozens of games
  4. Turn it into a nonprofit that donates switch kits and shares the tools free

Why it’s worth knowing

A non programmer built working access tools for one specific person, the kind no company sells.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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