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ScotGov: The latest development in Scottish voice technology 'Stuart' has been unveiled to help young males with communication difficulties express themselves. Stuart joins 'Heather', the current Scottish synthetic voice available to pupils, so that boys (with additional support needs) can, for the first time, have a male synthetic voice to use in their school studies.
This innovative voice technology can link in to a package of support which will also allow children & young people with a print disability to access written curricular materials at the same time as their peers in a familiar Scottish accent.
'Stuart' is now available as a free download to the Scottish public sector. The Scottish Government's innovative Engage for Education site allows users to read blogs from Ministers, post comments and get involved in workshops on issues relating to education.
MoD: A new high-performance armour steel that will be used to protect vehicles on the front line was showcased at the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEi) event last week. Known as Super Bainite, the new armour steel has been developed to have outstanding ballistics properties and, in tests, it has performed better than 'normal' steel armour. The Ministry of Defence has signed a licensing agreement with Tata Steel to manufacture the steel in the UK.
