<description>&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Today's featured guest is &lt;strong&gt;Kota Teratani&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; Kota is a developer from Kobe, Japan. After developing an adult-onset speech disorder at his first job, he spent years navigating conflicting diagnoses and medical treatments. In mid-2024, he taught himself to code using AI and built Vocal Proxy — an app that helps people with speech difficulties communicate with confidence. He thinks it's not about escaping communication, but about having options.&lt;span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; I truly believe that there is healing in sharing, and I want to thank Kota for sharing his story with me today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #222222;"&gt; LINKS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"&gt; Email:&lt;span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"&gt; &lt;a href= "mailto:kotateratani@hotmail.com"&gt;kotateratani@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"&gt; Website:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://en.vocalproxy.com/"&gt;https://en.vocalproxy.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"&gt; Thank you to &lt;strong&gt;Noah Swiderski&lt;/strong&gt; (owner and producer of &lt;strong&gt;Briton Beats&lt;/strong&gt;) for your outro music.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"&gt; Thank you to &lt;strong&gt;Epidemic Sound&lt;/strong&gt; for the intro music.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.epidemicsound.com/"&gt;https://www.epidemicsound.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"&gt; Thank you to &lt;strong&gt;Mike Russell&lt;/strong&gt; for that voice over outro.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://musicradiocreative.com"&gt;https://musicradiocreative.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt;If you would like to support this podcast, then I would love a cup of coffee: &lt;a href= "https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mslpodcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "color: #df4585; background: white;"&gt;buymeacoff.ee/&lt;strong&gt;mslpodcast&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #df4585; background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt;Website:&lt;span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://mystutteringlife.com"&gt;https://mystutteringlife.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

My Stuttering Life

Pedro Pena

Fighting Back With Technology: Let's Build A Voice Together

MAR 30, 202668 MIN
My Stuttering Life

Fighting Back With Technology: Let's Build A Voice Together

MAR 30, 202668 MIN

Description

Today's featured guest is Kota Teratani. Kota is a developer from Kobe, Japan. After developing an adult-onset speech disorder at his first job, he spent years navigating conflicting diagnoses and medical treatments. In mid-2024, he taught himself to code using AI and built Vocal Proxy — an app that helps people with speech difficulties communicate with confidence. He thinks it's not about escaping communication, but about having options. I truly believe that there is healing in sharing, and I want to thank Kota for sharing his story with me today. LINKS: Email: [email protected] Website: https://en.vocalproxy.com/ Thank you to Noah Swiderski (owner and producer of Briton Beats) for your outro music. Thank you to Epidemic Sound for the intro music. https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Thank you to Mike Russell for that voice over outro. https://musicradiocreative.com If you would like to support this podcast, then I would love a cup of coffee: buymeacoff.ee/mslpodcast Website: https://mystutteringlife.com