Posted by
JTB on Saturday, November 03, 2007 11:39:15 PM
Soldier's Angels
Project Valour-IT
(Voice-Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops)
It was the first time I felt whole since I’d woken up wounded in Landstuhl.
–Chuck Ziegenfuss, on using a voice-controlled laptop
The annual fundraising competition
will be begin on Monday, October 29 and run through Sunday, November
11. Watch this page for more info, beginning Sunday, October 28!
Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss,
helps provide voice-controlled and adaptive laptop computers to wounded
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and
other severe injuries at major military medical centers. Operating laptops by speaking
into a microphone or using other adaptive technologies, 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.
The experience of MAJ Charles “Chuck” Ziegenfuss, a partner in the
project who suffered serious hand wounds while serving in Iraq, illustrates how important these laptops can be to a wounded service member's recovery.
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