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The UK's first ever adaptive Highland Games took place last weekend at Mey Highland and Cultural Games in John O'Groats. Competitors who have disabilities travelled from all over the world to take part, including Alex 'The Tank' Armor from the USA.
Jamie Dupree, an influential Washington D.C. radio journalist lost his voice to a rare neurological condition. Scottish tech company CereProc used hours of his previously recorded voice to build him a piece of software that enables to speak in his own voice, now computer generated.
All you wheelchair users who read the bespoken bulletin check out this new Handy Bag designed with you in mind. What do you think? Can it compete with the classic Trabasack?