Vol 19, No 6 – Access Options for iProducts - Cerebral Palsy Alliance

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TechnoTalkTapToTalkFeatures• Free to download sample, thenneed to purchase TapToTalkDesigner for $99.95 USD per year(subscription)• Has 2,000 symbols available aswell as ability to import your own• Computerised speech in the freesample• Record own speech in theTapToTalk Designer• Available on iPhone, iPod Touch,iPad, Nintendo DSLimitations• No Message/Text windowlimiting sentenceconstruction or symbolcombinations, eg. “I want”+ “drink”• Limited to 8 choices perpage and portrait modeonly on the iPhone andiPod Touch• No Boardmaker PCSavailable• Yearly subscription feeProloquo2GoFeatures• Highly cutsomisable• Uses SymbolStix and can importyour own photos• Comes with a 7,000 wordvocabulary organised into a largenumber of categories• Message/Text window availablefor sentence construction orsymbol combinations eg. “I want”+ “drink”• Has the choice of two adult voicesand two child voices (male andfemale)• Can change the size of the cells ifa person has vision or accessissues• Keyboard available for text-tospeechoption• Landscape and portrait options• Available on iPhone, iPod Touch,iPadLimitations• No computer basedediting software• Programming can be“fiddly” due to not beingable to create individualuser profiles easily• No Boardmaker PCSavailable• Limited word predictionwith the text-to-speechSoundingboardFeatures• Choice of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 9 celllayouts• Use recorded speech• Can make and store numerousboards• Has a library of symbols availableas well as ability to import yourown photos• Available on iPhone, iPod TouchLimitations• Not able to link boards andcells together• Stored boards are availablein list view under the boardname• An external microphone isrequired when recordingmessages on the iPodTouch• No Boardmaker PCSavailable4
TechnoTalkText-to-Speech based Apps:TalkFeatures• Keyboard with message window• Portrait view only• Over 20 accented voices available• Available on iPhone, iPod Touch,iPadLimitations• Can’t change size of text• Only one voice available(female), quite robotic• Limited word predictionwith the text-to-speech• No customisation of thevoice rate, tone or pitchSpeakIt!Features• Keyboard with message window• Choice of four voices (two adultmale and two adult female)• Portrait or landscape view• Ability to store regularly usedphrases• Can change text font size up to28pt• Can control voice volume andspeed• Available on iPhone, iPod Touch,iPadLimitations• Limited word predictionwith the text-to-speechTalkAssistFeatures• Keyboard with message window• Choice of one voice (male)• Portrait or landscape view• Ability to store regularly usedphrases• Available on iPhone, iPod Touch,iPadLimitations• Only one male voiceavailable• Limited word predictionwith the text-to-speech5
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