The following video is really nice and shows that the iPad is a revolution for the education, especially for kids with special needs. (The application used is Proloquo2Go)
Update: an other video made by AssistiveWare: “Vanessa is three years old and was born with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), a form of autism. Her parents noticed that she was very to herself and knew right away that something was off. About three months ago, Vanessa started using Proloquo2Go on an iPad. Even though her parents were concerned that using a communication solution might further delay her speech development, they trialed Proloquo2Go through the Young Autism Program of DDI. Everyone has been amazed by Vanessa’s approximations and increased attempts to communicate. The app has given her a voice. Now she can finally say what she wants, making more verbalizations and babbling more than before. Vanessa’s speech is growing, and most importantly, she is blossoming as a child. Vanessa lives in New York, United States of America.”
Available on AppStore for $149.00, KType is an assistive communication app for individuals who cannot verbally communicate with ease or speed.
KType can be easily configured to assist individuals with muscle spasms, motor tics, and partial paralysis, as well as those who have trouble reading, writing, and spelling.
The following video will show you how KType is powerful in predicting words and could support unsteady hands, thanks also for the Speech Synthesis of Acapela Group.
Enjoy Twitter while on a walk, stuck in traffic, in the kitchen, or on the go. Tweet Speaker lets you listen to news, sports, humor, and the musings of interesting people on Twitter – a sort of live podcast of your Tweets.
Featuring a beautiful user interface, speech tailored for tweets, Tweet Marker support, adjustable reading speed, and Airplay, Tweet Speaker is a fun new way to experience Twitter.
Currently, only the Ryan voice is available. But more voices (and languages) are coming.
Read2Go is the most accessible DAISY ebook e-reader for iOS.
From within the app, you can browse, search, download, and reach books directly from Bookshare using and highlighting color, and text-to-speech preferences.
The application (compatible iPhone and iPad) is realized by Beneficent Technology, Inc. (Benetech) and give access to the entire Bookshare catalog for their members.
Blio is an free eBook Reader from K-NFB Reading Technology (Kurzweil Technologies-National Federation of the Blind).
Blio is a FREE eReading application that presents eBooks just like the printed version, in full color, and with all of the features you’d want from an eReader.
All eBooks downloaded into Blio can be read with our Acapela voices (voicepacks sold with inAppPurchase, $9.99).
Top Features:
Displays books in full color, with fonts, pictures, and layout as the publisher intended.
Download books from the Blio Bookstore (partnership with Baker & Taylor)
Support for the visually impaired and those with reading disabilities.
Sync up to five devices so your books can go wherever you go.
Access all of your content, and download it to your device from anywhere you have an internet connection.
Block navigation mode intelligently zooms to the next logical text block to simplify reading, even on the smallest devices.
Multiple reading views, including fixed layout view, single page, dual page, flowed view, or fast reading view*, all kept in sync as you read the book.
Add notes and highlights to a page, with five color options, saved across your reading sessions.
Look up phrases or topics in the included browser, without ever leaving the context of your book
Have Blio read to you with Acapela High Quality Voices, highlighting each word as it does.
Add free books in PDF, EPUB, or XPS format from iTunes or Safari.
Legend have released a new AAC app for the iPad, with Acapela TTS: OneVoice.
OneVoice is designed to be easily understood by all ages. The main goal was not to have every possible feature, but to make it easy to use.
Features include:
- 4 High Quality Voices (2 male and 2 female)
- Over 100 custom made icons
- Drag and drop organization of phrases and categories
- Choose and crop your own photos from the iPad photo gallery or your camera.
- Simple, focused application. Users won’t get lost in many levels of categories and be unable to find their way back
Education, Translation, Navigation, AAC and accessibility, productivity or fun … There is plenty of possibility to use Acapela Text-to-Speech into an app!
Study Fly accesses over 3 million free flashcards sets at Quizlet.com covering every possible subject and speaks it, so you can study on the fly, in English or Spanish.
TouchChat HD is a full featured communication solution for individuals who have difficulty using their natural voice. 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 is a full featured communication application for iPod/iPad technology. TouchChat fits into the product category of Augmentative Communication (AAC) devices. AAC devices allow individuals who cannot speak to communicate by spelling or selecting icons from a visual display. Words, phrases and messages are spoken with a built-in voice synthesizer or by playing back a recorded message. Five synthesized Acapela English and American voices are available, allowing you to choose a voice that meets your own personality. In order to communicate silently in noisy environments, TouchChat also has a unique feature whereby one can simply tilt the device to make the message expand to fill the entire screen in large letters.
There is 4 predefined Vocabulary Set: VocabPC, MultiChat-15, Primary and Spelling. Each page set targets individuals with different communication needs. Additional page sets including WordPower and Essence are available as in-app purchases.
TouchChat HD AAC with WordPower is a bundled version with the WordPower series of AAC vocabularies designed by Nancy Inman.
