Voice activated digital assistants have become more and more popular in households around the world.  Simple voice commands can literally do thousands  of tasks.  However, for some people with disabilities, these amazing tools are inaccessible without some sort of augmented feedback.  An engineer at Google went on a mission to change that for a very special reason--his brother has  disabilities and is unable to speak.  He developed a device that triggers commands to the device without having to verbalize them.  It involves a button that plugs into a phone, laptop, or tablet using a wired headphone jack that can be connected via Bluetooth to access the assistant.

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