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My name is Jamel Mills. I live in New York City. I am artistic. I want to show people I can do some things without speaking. I love dancing and I am writing a novel and a musical. I am also a loveable, elegent, and sensitive dude.  I like listening to Raggaeton music. Raggaeton is Latin and Caribbian music and almost all songs are sung in Spanish. I took Spanish in high school so I understand almost all of words. I love my NOVA chat 7.  I can finally talk after all these years. It's not hard to use and its light weight. I use myCore ss vocabulary file. I can take pictures and go on the web. I chose to use Brian, the adult male British voice because my best friend Cheryl has a British accent. I even used the memo on my device to write this story and email it to Saltillo. I hope you enjoyed my story.

My name is Adil Sanai. I am a Muslim. I lived in Pakistan until I was 15 years old. There are no schools for people with disabilities there so I never went to school. I couldn't walk or close my mouth. I did not have a wheelchair so my family carried me everywhere. When I came to the United States I received medical help and had many surgeries. I was very determined to have a better life here. So I exercised really hard to get better. I can now walk and close my mouth. I now attend AHRC Queens Workshop in New York City. I also work at Marshall's three days a week. Last year I became an ambassador for Saltillo Corporation. I use a ChatPC device so people can understand what I have to say. It's small and easy to use. I can make changes on the device by myself. My story is also on the disability.gov website.

We have released an update to the Nova Chat 7 (version 1.1.0)! It will now include scanning and also 2 new vocabularies- ChatPower 30 & ChatPower 80, both by Inman Innovations.

The Nova Chat 7 update can be downloaded from the Support page. http://saltillo.com/support/nova-chat-7

Some of the changes that have been made:

• Scanning
• ChatPower 30 & 80 location options
• Symbol Stix library has been updated with their newest icons included
• Holding the SDB will stop speech in addition to clearing the display. 
• The process for locking out Android menus has been simplified (dedicating/closing the system) 
• The X target in the Speech Display Bar is larger

**Please note that if you have an exisiting Nova Chat 7 and you need scanning, please call tech support to schedule for either an exchange of your amplifier OR for your system to be sent to Saltillo for the update. You will NOT be able to scan until you exchange your current amplifier.