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1 Welcome We will begin shortly Please run an audio check: Tools, Audio, Audio Setup Wizard To view captions: Window, Closed Captioning Please complete the survey following the webinar You will automatically be directed to a survey upon closing the section

2 Housekeeping If you cannot hear me, run an audio check Tools, audio, audio set up wizard Lose audio or visuals: Log in and out, close all other running applications Ask questions in the chat box

3 The App Factor, Season 1: Communication Apps Audition! By Darcy Regan, M.A., CCC-SLP Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources (WATR)

4 Learner Outcomes Explore the 8 clinical features of apps Find out the top three apps that survived the first round during Season 2 of The App Factor: Communication Apps Put To Use.

5 The Pre-Historic Technology Museum

6 Black Hole; Time Warp of Technology

7 Don t Assume. (Schweigert, 2012,Romski & Sevick, 1996)

8 Apps Rating Sheet Speech Settings Representations Display Feedback Rate Enhancement Access Motor Competencies Cost Predictable Synthesized speech after word, phrase, or upon selection; Customizable Pitch Text Photos ClipArt Keyboard High Frequency Layout; Dynamic Display Auditory, Zoom upon selection, Visual contrasts Highlights selection when scanning Word and Phrase prediction; Saved phrases, Adjustable rate of speech; Phrase Categories, Dictionary Direct Single Switch Scanning Point Swipe Switch Adaptable $159 TouchChat HD Seven synthesized voices, Male and Female, and Child options, US and UK accents Symbol Stix Import own images Grid layout with navigation Advanced word prediction, Pre-Programmed 7,000 Vocabulary items Pre- Programmed buttons of words and phrases Direct Point $149 Proloquo2go Male Female Child Synthesized voice, US and UK accents Symbol Stix Import own images Grid Layout with navigation links; onscreen keyboard Word prediction keyboard; Auditory feedback upon message access; Visual symbol Advanced word prediction; pre-programmed 7,000 vocabulary items Direct Switch? Point Swipe $189 Go Talk Now Digitized and Synthesized; 20 languages Extra voices 99 Imagine Symbol set, photo library, import own images from camera, video, or Internet In-app purchase of SymbolStix or Widgit Symbols Static, Dynamic, recorded or text-t0- speech messages play, Visual Scenes, Social Stories Auditory feedback upon message access, music, video, Auditory cues for row/column scanning Core Vocabulary location, pre-programmed text-tospeech, video, photo, Internet Direct Step, Auto, or Group Scanning Point Switch Scan $79 Verbally Synthesized speech after word, phrase, or upon selection; customizable pitch Text Keyboard; Portrait or landscape view Auditory; Visual; Highlights selected keys Word prediction; Stored words and phrases; Adjustable speech rate; conversations stored for phrase recall Direct Bluetooth Point: Swipe Free to $100 Scene & Heard Digitized and Synthesized 10,000 Widgit Symbols Grid Flip Book Visual Scenes, with built-in symbol vocabulary photos videos Auditory, video Visual Scenes Link one Scene to another Direct One or Two Switch Bluetooth Point Switch Scan Free to $50

9 Predictable

10 Predicatable Adding a phrase button

11 History Predictable

12 Emoticons Predictable

13 TouchChat HD 4-basic VocabPC Spelling on QWERTY keyboard Multichat 15 iessence Word Power Facebook, Twitter, (Social Chat)

14 TouchChat HD Customizable ishare High quality text to speech Pronunciation editor

15 Scene and Heard Multimedia App Visual Scenes Displays (VSDs)

16 Proloquo2Go Core Word Basic Communication Easy to Program

17 Free and Paid Version Verbally

18 Go Talk NOW Standard Pages Express Pages Combines Multimedia: Video, Music, Photos

19 Feature Matching Decision-Making Process Boston Children's Hospital 016/mainpageS2016P19.html AAC Tech Connect

20 ipad Loans Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources

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22 References AAC TechConnect. AAC Apps Assistant. Alliano, A., Herriger, K., Koutsoftas, K., Bartolotta, T. (2012, June). A review of 21 of ipad applications for augmentative and alternative communication purposes. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication 2, AssistiveWare. (2012). Proloquo2go [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from Attainment Company. (2012). Go Talk NOW App [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from Boston Childrens Hospital. (2012). Clinical Considerations in Feature Matching: When your thorough assessment of all options and strategies leads you to consider an idevice platform. Gosnell, J., Costello, J., & Shane, H. (2011, September). Using a clinical approach to answer what communication Apps should we use?. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 20, Intuary (2012). Verbally [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from Mobile Devices & Communication Apps: An AAC-RERC White Paper Romski, M. A., & Sevcik, R. A. (1996). Breaking the Speech Barrier: Language Development through Augmented Means. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing. Rush, L., & Helling, C., (2012). Visual Scene Displays from Lite Tech to High Tech: Imagine the Possibilities. Closing the Gap. Schweigert, P. It Takes Two: Partners Working With Individuals Who Have Sensory and Multiple Disabilities. Presented on-line at the Annual Conference of the ASHA Special Interest Group on AAC: Partner Instruction in AAC: Strategies for Building Circles of Support. June Silver Kite (2012). TouchChat [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from tbox Apps (2011). Predictable [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from tbox Apps (2011). Scene and Heard [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from