Communication and Interaction
When we loan equipment to children and young people, we often include apps which also support the assistive technology and access.
AAC app that gives a voice to children and young people with speech and language difficulties.
Ready-made Vocabulary Sets are carefully constructed using colour-coded, research-based core words, a proven approach for providing a rich communication experience and developing language skills.
AAC app that gives a voice to children and young people with speech and language difficulties. Includes the complete Widgit symbols library.
The three levels – Clicker Core 1, 2 and 3 cover a wide ability range and use consistent layouts to optimise motor-mapping and enable children to progress from one level to the next.
AAC app with a wide range of research based resources and communication tools, designed for all ages and levels of literacy. It is easy to use, easy to edit, and easy to make your own.
Free AAC talker app supports communication in all areas of life and therefore provides a voice to all. Enables you to line up images in a meaningful way to read this row of images as a sentence. Choose from over 9,000 easy to understand images in the LetMeTalk database, add existing images from your device or take new photos with the built in camera.
AAC text-to-speech app that makes speaking out a text-based message easy.
The software uses a smart word prediction technology to learn from your patterns of use and predict what you will type next in your message easily and accurately. It makes typing easier and more efficient.
Simple but powerful AAC tool. Easy to use communication app for people who cannot speak or need help being understood.
Features natural sounding voices, including real children’s voices. Fully customisable and can be used to build language skills and grow with a person’s communication.
Intuitive, easy-to-use AAC app for nonspeaking people who can use an iPad independently. It can support users from early childhood to adulthood as they learn language and communicate using AAC.
With a unique design and quick one-tap access to the most used words, you can start using AAC right away. Finding any word is effortless, with an easily accessible Search function.
Proloquo’s companion app available at no additional cost. It is designed to guide and support parents starting with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Your skills are central to your child’s communication. Using easy step-by-step activities and articles, Proloquo Coach will help you become a better AAC partner. Requires a Proloquo plan.
A visual scene display AAC app. At its core it allows you to create visual scenes and video visual scenes quicker than ever before with either voice recordings or synthesised speech. You can add hotspots that play audio and videos, link to other scenes or activate Transition To Literacy features.
Visual scene displays are when you use a photo, picture or video to communicate a message. This often depicts a familiar image or scene, and the user can touch hotspots or specific parts of the scene to communicate pre- programmed messages.
A symbol-supported page sets enabling efficient language acquisition via touch or eye gaze.
TD Snap® is a flexible communication software for those with speech and language disabilities such as autism, Down syndrome, Rett syndrome, cerebral palsy, MND and aphasia.
Used as a simple symbol-based AAC communicator or as a tool to develop learning and language skills. For users who are non-verbal or reluctant communicators symbol-based AAC offers a way for them to express themselves and communicate their needs and wants.
A visually stimulating app that responds to sounds and can be used to encourage children to vocalise and make sounds, either through the internal microphone or via an external microphone.
Designed to assist with speech therapy, the louder the voice sound, the bigger the shape or pattern becomes.
Speak Up Too Speech Fun – a visually stimulating app that responds to sounds and can be used to encourage children to vocalise and make sounds.
Designed to assist with speech therapy, the louder the voice sound, the bigger the shape or pattern becomes.
A visually stimulating, simple and fun app that improves vocalisation and speech. CineVox is a speech therapy game tool that responds to sounds.
It is also fully switch accessible and can be used by Bluetooth switch users.
Designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists, Splingo apps are fun and engaging educational games to help your child develop their speech and language skills.
LAMP Words for Life® is structured to enable early success and allow the client’s vocabulary and communication skills to grow in a way that doesn’t require re-learning along the way. Because this is a pre-programmed vocabulary program, Words for Life doesn’t require extensive customization.
Create and share visual social stories and schedules with this app for iOS. Adding your own pictures, videos and recordings to stories you create makes it easier to share information while building literacy skills, as well as confidence in storytelling.
A simple but powerful app for in-the-moment learning opportunities. It enables you to take a photo and tag it with recordings to let your child communicate on the fly. Snap Scene turns everyday moments into chances to learn to communicate naturally. Available as a free trial or to buy for either iOS on an iPad, Windows on a tablet, or on select Tobii Dynavox devices.
Not being able to speak isn’t the same as having nothing to say. Children, teens and adults who can’t (always) speak can use this Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app for iOS to communicate confidently. If you can write, you can use Proloquo4Text – it’s that easy.
A full-featured Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) 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.
The Choiceworks app is an essential learning tool that helps children complete daily routines (morning, day, & night), understand & manage feelings and improve waiting skills (taking turns and not interrupting).
Many teachers in a special education setting may be using the See & Learn reading programme for pupils with Down Syndrome, pupils with autism, non-verbal pupils or pupils with severe reading difficulties. The Special Words app for iPad, iPhone and Android, designed by Special iApps, aims to compliment the work done in the See & Learn programme.
Screening, assessment and training
A screening tool to assess a child’s level of understanding as a guide to further intervention. Designed to be used by professionals and parents who are concerned with a child’s learning development.
A screening tool that provides useful assessment information around the child’s ability to use spoken (expressive) language skills.
A free learning guide for TD Snap Core First® communication app to help caregivers, educators, therapists and communication partners achieve their goals. It features intuitive video examples, lesson plans, an interactive goals grid for tracking progress and addressing behavioural challenges, and a suite of supporting digital and printable materials to help you along the way. With Pathways, you’ll have an expert guide to help you get the most out of Snap Core First..