Project VALOUR IT

A call for help….from Kathleen at The Middle Ground, a very worthy project:

Hello friends, family and fellow bloggers,

I’m emailing you to let you know about a new project for wounded soldiers through that fantastic organization Soliders’ Angels and ask for your assistance.

The new project is called Project VALOUR IT (Voice Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops). This project is to help get laptops with voice activated software to our wounded troops recuperating at military hospitals. From
Soldiers’ Angels:

Project Valour IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, provides voice-controlled software and laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand and arm injuries or amputations at major military medical centers. Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the ‘Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field without having to press a key or move a mouse. The experience of CPT Charles “Chuck” Ziegenfuss, a partner in the project who suffered hand wounds while serving in Iraq, illustrates how important this voice-controlled software can be to a wounded servicemember’s recovery.”

To find out how you can help, please go visit Kathleen for more details. I work with patients who use the voice activated laptop systems…it’s amazing what can be done and it’s another way to say THANK YOU to the troops.

Cross Posted @ ARS,
Cat House Chat, Vince Aut Morire, Merri’s Musings
& Caos Blog

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  1. Barb on 14 Aug 2005 at Sun 14 August 2005 07:52:48 #

    Hi Raven - Thanks for spreading the word! If you would like to add your blog to the Fusileers Blogroll, go to Castle Argghhh and leave a comment here : http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/004466.html

  2. Flight Pundit » Blog Archive » Pulling success from failure on 02 Oct 2005 at Sun 02 October 2005 08:16:50 #

    [...] I enjoyed the meeting FbL greatly and now I have some more homework to do by bugging some of my hardware companies (HP, IBM) for Project Valour IT. It is amazing the people you meet on line. [...]