First TouchChat by Satillo offers the advantages of a well known and widely used AAC system that has been around for over a decade since the original ChatPC on the iDevices. Four vocabulary page sets come with the TouchChat - VocabPC, MultiChat15, Spelling and Primary. A number of other vocabulary page sets can be purchased if more suitable such as Inman Innovations Word Power and PRC's iEssence for literate users. The TouchChat uses SymbolStix symbols with over 8,000 available. TouchChat offers something unique to complete iDevice AAC systems - a sharing site where page sets can be posted and used by others. The TouchChat app is $149 with additional costs for more vocabulary page sets and $59 for six months access to iShare. A Windows based desktop editor is also available for $59, it must be used with a subscription to iShare. This allows off-device programming. The device also offers a choice of five synthesized voices.
It should be noted that some smaller, innovative health insurance companies, such as Fallon in the Northeast, are now funding iDevice based AAC.
Finally RJ Cooper mentions on his site that ALL of the AAC Apps will be adding switch access.
Thanks for all of your posts about AAC on new devices. I am a special education teacher from the states working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia teaching local students.
ReplyDeleteI have a question for you. Do you have any recommendation for a speech device that is not so sensitive, like the i-pad is. I have a student with CP and he drags his hand and uses the grid as a guide to use his GoTalk,but the GoTalk is definitely not the best device for his level. I would like him to be able to use a device with multiple pages with one press of a button. For example, he chooses to listen to music and it opens the music application. The problem with the i-pad now, is that it is too sensitive. When he drags his hand or accidentally presses another button it opens up other things. A device with a time delay would be best. Are they doing that with i-pads to decrease the sensitivity?
Thanks so much!
Great info!!! Do you by any chance know if any of this has other languages, such as spanish?
ReplyDeleteroreyandcody I recommend working with a speech therapist to find the right device. Your very brief description makes me think a Dynavox Maestro might be s good choice. The keyguard on it is excellent. Another option is to find someone local to build a keyguard for the iPad. I am working on that here.
ReplyDeleteGood luck.
Mama Terapeuta,
ReplyDeleteSmarty Ears, the same company that created Expressive, also creates apps in SPanish. Smarty Ears does not yet have an AAC in Spanish, but they do have an app for Articulation practice in Spanish called Spanish articulation probes.
You can visit the website http://www.smartyearsapps.com
Hi there
ReplyDeleteSince this post was written, tboxapps have released Predictable. PredictAble is the brand new solution which offers cutting edge AAC functionality and socially acceptable cool features By including Word Prediction as well as Switch Access this solution meets the requirements of a whole range of AAC users
I have just come across this comprehensive and informative list of AAC apps for iPhone/iPod/iPad and thought I'd share it :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/iphoneipad-apps-for-aac
This site is great. The iPhone industry is now a multi-billion industry. I’m sure the millions of users of the world will always need more information, developments and news iPhone apps. The current development is amazing and more and more iPhone developers from all over the world also enjoy their creations because of the great potential to sell to the billions of users.
ReplyDeleteThe AACSpeechBuddy APP is great -
ReplyDeletehttp://aacspeech.com
No other AAC app gives you the ability to share your created, customized, personalized
speech sets with others.
Speech Sets can be shared with your child's speech therapist and can be loaded on multiple devices.
With the easy to use web management, parents and teachers can collaborate and work on Speech Sets from any Internet Browser on your computer or mobile device.