Animals can’t talk. Or can they? Talking buttons were initially designed for people with disabilities. The easy-to-push buttons would be arranged on a static board. Each button “says” a word or phrase ...

Teaching pets to use speech buttons is a great way to communicate, but one cat owner was horrified when her feline continually used the button for 'stranger' with no apparent reason why. Sarah Baker, ...

Humans have been trying to talk to animals ever since we figured out how to form words. In modern times, we turn to technology for the solution—giving our dogs talking buttons to paw at, or trying to ...