Review of the Mercury AAC Device

A Dutch user wrote a review on the Mercury, which is based on Windows XP home edition. “It is just a tablet-pc” according to Éric de Ronde, the reviewer, “it has the same functions as a common pc but in a smaller size.”

US-based Assistive Technology Inc. (ATI) started developing tools for people with communication problems around 1980. ATI has released multiple AAC devices and numerous communication software packs. In May 2004 the Mercury was released in the Netherlands and was shortly followed by the miniMerc.
 
De Ronde says:
“It is possible to install communication software packs on the Mercury, such as pVoice, Dasher, and Skippy or MindExpress. For people with speaking difficulty or who cannot speak, the Mercury has the option of performing speech syntheses. An additional benefit is the ability to use Mercury for surroundings control, such as Benelux competition of Tellus 3 by TNI and the Wizard By KMD. The Mercury is a handy communications tool with many functions. Personally I think that the Mercury is on its way to becoming the communications tool of the future. It is a very good tool which can do more than communicate.”