The Quartet Sip-and-Puff switch offered users a configurable pneumatic control option, making sip-and-puff access more adaptable across devices, settings, and daily needs.
Quartet’s V8.x enhancements expanded device control, privacy options, nurse-call support, power-failure behavior, and configuration flexibility — refinements shaped by how people used ECUs every day.
Quartet’s environmental control technology received CE Medical and BABT approvals, supporting use in regulated settings and reinforcing the company’s focus on safety, reliability, and responsible design.
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As Windows 95 brought mouse-driven computing into the mainstream, the VMK™ — Voice Mouse/Keyboard — enabled users to control both the mouse and keyboard with their voices, without requiring special software on the computer.
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The AIO combined voice and switch access in one environmental control unit, giving users another way to control their environment when voice became tiring, difficult, or unavailable.
Quartet’s next-generation ECUs became more compact, modular, and reliable while supporting natural human voice output in multiple languages and accents as systems began reaching users internationally.
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Created in response to a VA request for a Veteran who could use a switch but could not communicate verbally, this ECU with a Morse Code PC interface translated switch input into text on a computer. Everyone has a voice, even if they cannot verbalize.
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The Series 7 gave people who could not rely on voice another way to control their environment, using switch input with spoken prompts to support navigation and choices.
In the DOS era, the keyboard was the primary way people operated a computer. VoiceKey™ gave people who needed alternative access a way to send keyboard commands through their environmental control system as computers became part of daily life.
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Decades before voice assistants became common in the home, Quartet introduced the Simplicity Series 5 — a purpose-built environmental control unit that gave people a practical way to control everyday functions by voice, whether from bed, a wheelchair, or elsewhere in the home.