Foad Hamidi is an interaction designer and digital media practitioner specializing in interfaces for people with disabilities and digital collaborative creativity. He is also a poet, singer-songwriter and cultural activist who is passionate about empowering marginalized artists and engaging people in dialogue. He was born during a revolution, survived the longest conventional war of the twentieth century (the Iran-Iraq war) and is now living peacefully in Canada.
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The Rishman Blog 
Love your talkbox. When will it become available for purchase?
Thanks very much for your interest. We are planning to make TalkBox available as an open-source project soon. Are you in Toronto? If so and if you or someone you know needs a TalkBox, we might be able to support you on how to make one.