There are countless hurdles to overcome when it comes to effective communication with peers, colleagues, and even strangers. These hurdles often include language barriers or even physical barriers, such as masks.

But one hurdle that many people don’t often think of is that related to inherent hearing capabilities. For those who are deaf or are hearing-impaired, effective communication is a constant struggle.

Fortunately, Satellite Displays has developed a “smart badge” (aptly named “Badger”) to address this issue.  Badger uses high-end speech recognition technology and Badger translates spoken words into text in real-time.

In order to complete the translation between audio and readable text, Satellite Displays has tapped Knowles Corporation, a market leader and global provider of advanced micro-acoustic microphones.

Through the use of industry-leading technology, Knowles’ SiSonic™ microphones permit the effective two-way communication that ultimately leads to Badger’s closed captioning capabilities. Knowles’ SiSonic microphone is miniature and consists of an acoustic sensor and a low-noise input buffer, often used within cellphones, laptops and portable music recorders. The SiSonic microphone allows for portability and excellent pick-up, with minimal distortion throughout. There are also multiple performance modes – sleep, low-power, and normal – to adapt seamlessly to changing surroundings, all while isolating the speaker’s voice during the process.

Badger can be used in a myriad of ways throughout daily life – many of them not linked to hearing disabilities at all. For instance, as it relates to frontline workers wearing masks for the foreseeable future, Badger can be used to communicate quickly and effectively with colleagues and patients, oftentimes in dire situations.

It can also be utilized effectively in more casual settings, including those related to global travel. For example, when people visit different countries wherein their native language isn’t spoken, Badger can be used for translation purposes. Currently, Badger can translate to and from many languages, making both business and more colloquial conversations seamless amongst all parties involved.

Utilizing Badger’s powerful speech recognition technology, and high-performance microphones from Knowles, Badger is able to “reinforce daily conversations” in a nearly endless list of scenarios. Whether you’re hearing-impaired, communicating through a mask or with suboptimal background noise, or overcoming a language barrier, Badger helps overcome the modern challenges of communication today.

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For the first time in history, the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show will star American Sign Language (ASL) artists.  Famed Deaf musicians Warren “Wawa” Snipe and Sean Forbes will sign the halftime show.

Badger by Satellite Displays could not be more excited about this performance that will make the halftime show more inclusive.

There are new ways to use Badger.  Check them out below:

1. Badger Mode: The default. Connect your Badger to your smartphone and you can convert your speech to text in real time for others to read just like closed captions. If you do not have a Badger, you can select the full screen icon on your phone to use Badger Mode directly on your smartphone so you will always have closed captions and translations available to you.
   
   
2. Notes Mode: Transcribe your notes. No more handwriting on paper or manually typing your notes. You can edit with the smartphone's keyboard, and you can also easily share via text, email, social media, Slack and more.
   
   
3. Text Mode: Turn your smartphone into a remote keyboard. Your text will be displayed on your Badger in real time for others to read. If you are unable to speak because of a disability, Text Mode makes it easy for them to communicate. 

Stay tune for demo videos of these modes…

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to invest in changing the way we communicate!

We’re excited to kick things off next week. Badger is ready to take on the AARP Innovation Labs Accelerator Program.  Stay tune for updates…

If you’re thinking about investing, the time is now!  You can invest a minimum of $200.

Current shareholders can invest more as well – other ways to help, is to share our StartEngine campaign so your friends and family can join in on this life changing product.  

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to change the way we communicate. 

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First, we’d like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

We are excited about kicking off 2022 with some exciting news.  Badger has been accepted into the AARP Innovation Labs Accelerator Program.

In November/December, we participated in a pitch competition for consideration into this exclusive program.  Badger has successfully landed a spot in AARP’s program which starts next month.

The AARP Innovation Labs is accelerating “AgeTech startup growth” and has designed an 8-week accelerator program and Badger will be a part of it!

This amazing opportunity to work with AARP will help us better understand the 50+ consumer and position Badger to tap into the enormous $8.3 trillion longevity economy.

The program is personalized to our startup needs.  AARP will provide assistance and direction with hands-on mentorship with like-minded founders with products serving older consumers.  Our dedicated AARP advisor will work with us to tackle specific challenges we are facing to continue to grow our business.

Surrounded by a team with years of experience building and creating solutions for the 50+ demographic, we will gain rapid insight into the market and can tap into a breadth of resources like consumer insight tools, subject matter expertise, unique cohort-only events, business case development and more.

Let’s keep this momentum going.

Don’t miss out on your chance to invest in Badger by Satellite Displays before our raise is closed.

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We joined one of our early investors, Michael Sherlock on her Podcast: Shock Your Potential.

Listen in to Season 4 - Elite Entrepreneurs, Badger – Mike Williston episode 239 (27 min): https://shockyourpotential.com/podcast/badger-mike-williston/

Don’t miss your chance to invest in Badger by Satellite Displays!

Investor Highlight and Podcast Host – Michael Sherlock

Before launching her global training company, Shock Your Potential, Michael was Vice President of US Sales for two multi-national medical device companies (hearing aid related), responsible for net revenue exceeding $75 million and as many as 500 employees at a time.  In 2020 she released the Shock Your Potential App, an on-demand training tool for leadership and sales professionals, and was chosen as #12 of the Top Female Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2021 by EnterpriseLeague.com.

Experience what it's like for a deaf person and how Badger can help. 

On December 14^th, Badger was selected to present as a panelist with E Ink on a webinar for Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).  

Here’s a snippet of the webinar where you’ll see Badger in action and realize how important closed captions are...

About the Webinar:

How Hospitals Can Improve Efficiency and Communication with Digital Paper Innovations

As hospitals face staffing challenges, the need for improved patient care and communication continues, and the effective tools and technology that can be deployed to clinicians without extensive training. Digital Paper by E Ink and our partners can help hospitals and care centers to streamline and provide real-time communication with the hearing impaired and in language translations. Digital Paper can also enable clear, rapid communication to prevent patient falls and the cost to hospitals from injury. Join E Ink with partners Palarum and Badger, to learn more!

In this webinar we'll:

• Watch a live demo of how Badger, world’s first closed captioning smart badge, enable communication with the hearing impaired and for real-time translation
• Watch a live demo of how Palarum’s innovative Fall Prevention solutions can help healthcare institutions to reduce patient falls by an average of 57%
• Learn how to enable digitization of record keeping and note taking without the need for learning new software
• Learn how these innovative solutions can be connected to hospital EMR systems for enhanced security and compliance

To view the full Webinar, visit HIMSS here to register: How Hospitals Can Improve Efficiency and Communication with Digital Paper Innovations

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Thank you to our shareholders and fans for sending numerous articles supporting how Badger can help.   Below are 3 articles where Badger’s translation ability would have come in handy.  We are on a mission to improve communication for all people in many different languages.

October 6, 2021: Advocates Want Interpreters for More Languages in New Mexico

An advocacy group for disadvantaged communities in New Mexico says more language translation and interpreter services are needed for people who don’t speak Spanish or English.

The Center on Law and Poverty asked a state District Court judge to intervene and order more robust services in languages such as Vietnamese, Chinese, Dari, Arabic, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, and Dine.  The group warns that some foreign language speakers are likely to be missing crucial health and nutritional support that they are eligible to receive.

November 19, 2021: Metro Ministries Urgently Needs 500 Spanish-Speaking Volunteers

During Thanksgiving, this time, it’s Metro Ministries that is in need because the organization says the need for bilingual volunteers has exploded.  During the holiday, volunteers spent the afternoon loading groceries and turkeys into cars for families in need of help; however, communication was a huge problem.

“Some people are afraid to come here because they think that there is nobody to help them because of the language.”  The Metro Ministries says it needs 500 bilingual volunteers across its 12 Tampa Bay locations.

November 30, 2021: NYC to invest $4M in ‘Language Access for All’ for multilingual families

New York City is investing a historic $4 million investment in improving outreach, engagement, and communication with multilingual families across the five boroughs with the launch of Language Access for All, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter and the City Council announced.

About 40% of city Department of Education (DOE) families speak a language other than English at home — and Language Access for All will strengthen the DOE’s ability to deliver resources to all families in a language accessible for them.

As you can see, translated captions are in need!

We couldn’t do this without you.  We are thankful for all of our followers, fans and investors from around the world.

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We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised over $200,000 in funding and want to thank everyone who has supported us and helped us reach this milestone.

You can continue to help us grow by investing additional funds or by sharing our campaign link with your friends, family, and social channels so they too can be part of improving communication for all people around the world.

Badger can help!

Here’s the link: https://www.startengine.com/satellite-displays

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.  Let's Talk!

Thank you,

Mike

We joined host Phyllis Ayman on her podcast “Seniors Straight Talk: Informative Conversations for the Senior Years of Our Lives” to discuss Badger.

Listen here: Innovative Technology: Real Time Transcription Voice Display

“As a speech/language pathologist I couldn’t be more thrilled to learn about Badger by Satellite Displays!! A solution for real time translation for people with hearing loss or foreign language speakers.” -Phyllis Ayman

Episode Description:

Problem awareness is the root of a problem's solution. So, it is with Badger by Satellite Displays. Badger is the world's first closed captioning smart badge that converts speech-to-text in real-time with a translation capability in more than 50 languages. When Mike Williston's hearing-impaired father was hospitalized, medical professionals wearing masks restricted his ability to lip read and therefore he was unable to understand what was being communicated. This inspired the search for a solution. Mike Williston and Peter Sprague diligently worked together until Badger by Satellite Displays was born. The use and application of the real time transcription extends well beyond persons with limited hearing or total hearing loss. The translation capability can serve to ensure adequate communication between health care professionals, hospital patients and/or long-term care residents who may have limited or no English capability. Furthermore, many professionals serving these populations originate from non-English speaking countries. This oftentimes creates situations where each party is not fully understanding the other, especially problematic when it comes to a person's health and well-being. This scratches the surface of the situations where Badger by Satellite Displays can be the much-needed solution to improve communication. Listen in to hear the variety of ways that Badger by Satellite Displays can help you, your friends and family. If you'd like to contribute to support this innovative technology, please visit: https://www.startengine.com/satellite-displays

Badger by Satellite Displays will be exhibiting at The American Nurses Credentialing Center Conference in Atlanta, Georgia November 11-13^th in E Ink’s booth #614.  This conference will have nurses from all over the country and will feature many current healthcare innovations.

If you talk with any Nurse or healthcare professional, they know how difficult communication is with people who have hearing loss or speak a different language.  We are excited to show them a REAL SOLUTION to a REAL PROBLEM in REAL TIME! With Badger, a nurse will no longer need to abandon their patient to find an interpreter or some other way to communicate with them because their words will be converted into captions in real time for others to read.  As a caregiver, they will be able to have face-to-face conversations with the patients they are treating.  This will build better trust, empathy, and ultimately better care!!

Being a nurse is challenging; communication shouldn’t be…and doesn’t have to be!  Badger provides an additional tool that will actually help them, their patient and the hospital provide better care!

Captions. No distractions… Let’s talk!

For more information and investment opportunities: 

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Hey Dunkin’ Donuts… let’s talk!  Badger can help. 

No one should be hurting like this because they are refused service.

In September, Shannon Heroux, a deaf woman from California went viral on TikTok after sharing an emotional video after she was denied service at a Dunkin’ because there was a lack of communication. 

Shannon, who uses a cochlear implant and reads lips, could not hear the Dunkin’ employee due to the employee wearing a mask and speaking behind plexiglass.

"When I got to the front I pulled my mask down and just let the employee know really quickly 'Hi, I'm deaf, how do we do this?' And I pulled my mask back up, and I was ready to order," Shannon said in a video interview. "She waved to call over her manager ... A couple minutes go by and I try to reach over to her, like 'Hey, I have to go, can I just place my order?'"

When the manager came over, it was the same result; he spoke with a mask on… and she could not understand him because of their masks, the plexiglass and distance between them and other ambient noise in the shop.

"I keep telling him, 'I'm deaf, I can't hear you. I'm deaf, I can't hear you,'" Shannon said. "And he was still speaking to me. I can tell when people are talking because the mask moves, obviously. And I kept saying, 'I can't hear you, I need to read your lips.'"

Eventually the Dunkin’ manager gestured at the door continuously saying the same phrase which she assumed to be something like “have a nice day.”  She even tried to write her order down but there was no pen.

"I could tell he was just repeating the same phrase and after the third time I said 'You're really not going to take my order?' And he just shook his head no," Shannon said. "And my heart sank, like 'What did I do wrong?' So I exited the Dunkin' and I got in my car and it took me a minute to understand that I was just denied service."

Badger by Satellite Displays’ purpose is to improve communication through innovation.  We are inspired to help all people overcome communication barriers.  Badger helps the person speaking by captioning what they are saying in real time (in many different languages) and Badger helps the person listening. This is just one of the many places where captions could have helped.  Let’s keep spreading awareness.

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October 19, 2021: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (KFHPW), resolved allegations from several complainants that it repeatedly failed to provide interpreters to patients who are deaf or deaf-blind, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), announced US Attorney Nicholas W. Brown. The settlement establishes a $1 million fund to pay claims to those patients whose rights were violated. KFHPW also agrees to update and improve procedures for evaluating the need for interpreters, contracting with interpreters, and training staff surrounding those procedures.

View the official Department of Justice press release/violation notice from last week (October 19, 2021) here: 

DOJ vs. Kaiser Foundation - Lack of Disability Accommodations

Badger makes it easier and more cost-effective for medical providers to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandated requirements to provide assistance to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.  A wearable closed captioning smart badge helps both the person speaking and the person listening/reading to effectively communicate. 

That’s what Badger can do… Let’s Talk!

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Display your words in real-time with Badger by Satellite Displays.

We are happy to announce that Badger will be attending the HLTH 2021 conference on October 17-20 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center – The Largest and Most Important Conference for Health Innovation – thanks to our display manufacturer E Ink.

HLTH 2021 is the preeminent event designed for the health industry, bringing together senior leaders to solve healthcare’s most pressing problems and realize the most promising opportunities to create health’s future.

There are 6,000+ attendees, 300+ speakers and 500+ sponsors.  We are excited to showcase Badger at E Ink’s booth #853.  

If you’re planning on attending the conference, please feel free to stop by the booth.

Check out the conference here: https://www.hlth.com/event 

Welcome to Badger by Satellite Displays.  

First, we want to thank everyone who has invested in Badger during the first week!  We have been receiving tremendous feedback from our StartEngine campaign.  We are very excited to see how many people are supporting our mission. Our purpose is to improve communication through innovation, and we are inspired to help all people overcome communication barriers.

For those of you who are following our campaign, the Super Early Bird Bonus ends tomorrow, on Thursday October 7^th, and we would hate for you to miss out on the opportunity to earn bonus shares. Please feel free to share Badger with your family & friends.  Spreading the awareness will help take Badger to the next level and we want you to be part of the journey.

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Captions. No Distractions. Show your voice with Badger.

Let’s talk!

Mike