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Hi Paul, We have got one of these: http://www.rugged-systems.com/p/Tablets/0014.htm Which is great and properly rugged, EXCEPT, the mounting adaptation it comes with (for VESA mount) is big and cumbersome. We are going to have a quest to find a tablet (rugged) that has the VESA/other mounting points built in... (any help happily received!). It does strike me, though, that you are talking about an AAC device (i.e. one with the mounting built in), there are a few mid-format ones now. Another option would be to mount the laptop down low and just mount a second screen up high... (e.g. a Lilliput screen). Let us know how you get on/what you go for. Simon -----Original Message----- From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Nisbet Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:20 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: tablet PC recommendations Can anyone recommend a good Tablet PC? It's for a pupil with a spinal injury who uses a chin joystick very effectively. He has a 15" laptop mounted on a trolley which works well when he's static but we want a smaller, lighter, wheelchair-mounted option - the screen needs mounted high up and if we used the laptop he wouldn't see anything else. I was thinking a tablet PC would be ideal. He would be using it for games, writing, internet and maybe ECS. Any thoughts folks? Paul _______________________________________________ Paul D. Nisbet Senior Research Fellow Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning (CALL) Scotland Moray House School of Education University of Edinburgh Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road Edinburgh EH8 8AQ Tel. 0131 651 6236 Fax 0131 651 6234 email [log in to unmask] CALL Scotland: http://www.callscotland.org.uk SQA Digital Exam Papers: http://www.AdaptedDigitalExams.org.uk <http://www.adapteddigitalexams.org.uk/> The Scottish Computer Voice: http://www.theScottishVoice.org.uk <http://www.thescottishvoice.org.uk/> Books for All: http://www.booksforall.org.uk <http://www.booksforall.org.uk/> Books for All blog: http://pauln.edublogs.org/ WordTalk reader for Word: http://www.wordtalk.org.uk <http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _________________________________________________ *********************************************************************** This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you should not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents. To do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform the sender that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you. 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the NHS. It's an opportunity to pay tribute to the NHS staff and volunteers who help shape the service, and celebrate their achievements. If you work for the NHS and would like an NHSmail email account, go to: www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail ***********************************************************************