Text generated with TouchChat pages can be shared on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or via text message and email. The buttons are programmed to have specific actions. Page sets are linked pages, each of which is divided into a number of buttons. Words, phrases and messages are spoken with a built-in voice synthesizer or by playing recorded message.
WordPower24 with Phrases incorporates phrases for easier language generation. WordPower24 is a word-based vocabulary that allows for easy and intuitive communication. The TouchChat HD with WordPower series contains vocabularies designed by Nancy Inman. TouchChat is designed for individuals with Autism, Down Syndrome, ALS, apraxia, stroke, or other conditions that affect a person’s ability to use natural speech. TouchChat HD for iPad is a full-featured communication solution for individuals who have difficulty using their natural voice.
TouchChat HD – AAC TouchChat HD – AAC with WordPower Educational institutions can get a 50% discount on Proloquo2Go if they purchase 20 or more licenses through Apple’s Volume Licensing Program for Education. Proloquo2Go can be used on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. SLPs, teachers, and parents recommend it for children and adults with autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, developmental disabilities, apraxia, ALS, stroke, or traumatic brain injury. Proloquo2Go is for anyone who cannot afford to spend thousands of dollars on a dedicated AAC device and yet wants a solution that is just as good if not better. The vocabularies are easily customizable to suit the personal needs and preferences of individual. The vocabularies are based on language development research, and have been carefully designed and reviewed by Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) with extensive AAC experience. Proloquo2Go provides natural sounding Text to Speech voices and a high resolution library of over 14,000 symbols, word prediction, multiuser support, and the ability to fully customize vocabularies for users along a broad continuum of abilities, from beginning symbolic communication to full literacy. Proloquo2Go is a full-featured augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) solution for people who have difficulty speaking. Click on the links below to go the sections that interest you:Īssistive Communication, Voice Output, and apps for AAC (Click on the pics for more details) Below are some of there more well known ones, and ones I think are good or useful. There are thousands of available apps and far too many to find and put on this website. The Google Nexus 7 is one of the most popular Android tablets – Click on the picture to find out more about the Google nexus 7 and how you can purchase it. The Samsung Galaxy 2 is one of the most popular Android tablets – Click on the picture to find out more about the Samsung Galaxy and how you can purchase it. They both have thousands of apps.Ĭlick the apple icon above to go to the Apple website and look at the ipad. Some tablets vary in price and features, so read about them and decide which one suits you. Many apps have also been designed for children with autism or special needs.īoth the ipad and Android tablets are now popular.
Some apps have been designed to help with communication for those children or adults that may struggle with speech. There are apps for improving reading and writing skills, and working on speech and language. These tablets are not the ultimate fix-all problems, that some people make them out to be, but with the right apps and guidance they can be used very effectively in many ways both for adults and children. This section will highlight how to use ipad and android tablets and apps to promote communication and education. Ipad and android apps for speech, language and literacy learning are now being widely used as another way to focus on communication and education.
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