Forget the fear of raising your hand to ask a question in public, Christchurch company Texsys have released eHand, an audience response system which allows people to submit their question during a speech, lecture or similar, via text message, without speaking aloud.Using their mobile phone, the audience can type a text message and send it directly to the speaker, who can view the messages via a private display in real-time. All messages are filtered for inappropriate content, meaning the speaker is accurately able to field quality questions from the audience, selecting those he/she would like to answer.

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