Part 3: App Review: Please review a minimum of (5) AAC based communication apps for any
platform and complete the provided App Review Form.
1. Proloquo: “AAC for those who can’t speak”
COST: $24.99
This app enables people to talk using symbols or typed text in a natural-sounding text-to-speech.
One of the pros of this app is that it is fully customisable AAC solution for the iPhone/iPod
Touch and/or iPad.
Top 5 Features:
1. Access to 14, 000 SymbolStix symbols and easily add your own photos.
2. Pre-programmed vocabulary sets (Research-based : core word and basic communication)
which is fully customizable.
3. High quality text-to-speech voices, including 4 Australian voices. The unique feature of
ExpressivePower, allows the use of sounds and expressions and personalisation for natural
sounding intonation and personality to voices.
4. Switch accessible (use the iPad screen or switch interfaces such as Applicator, Blue2,
Switchbox and Switch2Scan).
5. Share text in message window via email, Facebook, Twitter, and text message, or even copy
and paste into other applications.
2. Short Description: GoTalk NOW is a comprehensive AAC tool available for the iPad,
with the ability to create both grid-based communication sets as well as Visual Scene
Displays.
Top 5 Features:
1. Access to ImagineSymbol library, or purchase SymbolStix or Widgit Symbols as In-App
purchases. Also easily add your own photos or videos.
2. A LITE version is available to try the app out.
3. Create your own layouts with 1,4, 9, 16, or 25 locations per page, with your own recorded
speech or with one of the text-to-speech voices (voices as in-app purchase)
4. Fully customisable pages and buttons.
5. Link videos, photos, audio, URLs to buttons.
6. Switch accessible (use with switch interfaces such as Applicator, Switchbox and
Switch2Scan).
3. Verbally Premium
Short Description: Verbally Premium is a text-based communication app available for both
iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. Please note: Verbally is a FREE version of this app, but does not
include all voices and features of Verbally Premium.
Top 5 Features:
1. Uses a Word grid of 50 commonly used words as well as a keyboard.
2. Word prediction with integrated learning of words.
3. High-quality text-to-speech voices.
4. Save commonly used sentences/phrases.
5. Share messages via email.
4. Sounding Board
Short Description: SoundingBoard is a FREE app which allows you to create communication
boards on your iPad or iPod touch.
Top 5 Features:
1. Use your own photos, or access the AbleNet symbols.
2. Create your own boards -from single button pages, up to 20 buttons per page.
3. Record your own messages on each button (unlimited recording time).
4. Switch accessible (use with switch interfaces such as Applicator, Blue2, Switchbox and
Switch2Scan).
5. Latest version now allows you to import and export communication boards.
5. TapSpeak Sequence Plus
Short Description: TapSpeak Sequence allows recording and playing back of a sequence of
messages and is designed for both iPad and iPod touch. For the full range of TapSpeak options,
check out this link .
Top 5 Features:
1. Access to 4,500 Dynavox Mayer-Johnson PCS in the Plus version or as a In-App Purchase,
and easily add your own photos.
2. Unlimited recording and sequence length.
3. Save an unlimited number of sequences within the app and share these with other TapSpeak
users.
4. Switch Accessible (use the iPad screen or switch interfaces such as Applicator, Blue2,
Switchbox and Switch2Scan).
5. Ability to edit and modify existing sequences.