The vOICe Learning Edition: Seeing with Your Ears Peter Meijer Special Skill: basic living skills, optical character recognition, scanning Disability: vision Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows The vOICe Learning Edition software trans- lates images from a PC camera (webcam) into sounds that you hear via your stereo headphones, thus targeting synthetic vision for the totally blind. This product is free. The Writing Machine Tip Top Apps Price: $.99 Special Skill: communication, early childhood, language development, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple) The Writing Machine is designed to start introducing pre-literacy concepts by in- troducing how one picture and one word go together, how to read text from left to right and to tell words from letters. Tap a key on the virtual keyboard and hear the letter, see a picture of a word that starts with the letter and watch the word being written as the word is spoken aloud.134 vocabulary words are included. Access options include direct touch, single switch and two switch scanning methods. TheraSimplicity TheraSimplicity Inc. Price: $49 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, vocational, , instructional management Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, An- droid TheraSimplicity: online, anytime, anywhere access, create and customize your materi- als. A virtual portfolio of high-quality, user- friendly therapy and educational materials that you can customize and use anytime, anywhere. All you need is an Internet connection. Tobii Dynavox Picture Communication Symbols® (PCS) Tobii Dynavox Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, , authoring system, IEP/IPP Disability: learning, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult
Operating System: Windows For 30+ years, millions of learners of all ages and abilities have used PCS® to de- velop literacy skills, understand the world around them and express themselves. PCS are used in thousands of school, therapy and home settings around the world. App-friendly and subscription pricing, and licensing opportunities available. Pricing varies. Tobii Dynavox Snap Scene(TM) Tobii Dynavox Price: $49.99 Special Skill: communication, Disability: speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary Operating System: Windows Snap Scene is an instant scene-based com- munication and language learning app. It enables you to take a photo and tag it with recordings to let your child communicate on the fly. Available as a free trial or to buy on an iPad, Windows tablet, or select Tobii Dynavox devices. Tom’s Times Tables Computerade Products Price: $.99 - $1.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, early childhood, adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch Disability: learning, physical Skill Level: elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple) Select 1 through 12 times table or advance automatically. Tap correct answer in sequential or random order from one of 16 answers displayed around screen. Percent correct and elapsed time show after com- pleting a table. Total Solution N2Y, LLC Price: $1599.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development, vocational, single switch, IEP/IPP, instructional management Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS
question prompts and sample answers to encourage turn taking, spontaneous speech, conversational skills and auditory comprehension. Train Time LocuTour Multimedia Price: $9 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac Consists of language, attention and memory games designed specifically for children with autism. The language games teach vocabulary, syllable segmentation, sound blending, reading and spelling. The attention games teach matching, same-to- same and figure-ground discrimination. Adults with stroke/ traumatic brain injury can use the CD to recover language and memory skills. Tunefork app Tunefork Special Skill: communication, Operating System: iOS (Apple), Android Tunefork is audio personalization software that delivers the optimal hearing experi- ence, improving quality of life for people with hearing loss and elders.<br />Hearing is an individual experience. Each of us has unique hearing “Earprint”. This is why no one sound system is perfect for everyone. When you listen to unbalanced audio, you will always miss something. In some cases, you may even cause damage to your hear- ing. The Tunefork app allows you to take language development, scanning, telecommunications, diagnostic Disability: hearing Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult a hearing test when and where is most convenient to you. You could take the test in your living room, without going any- where, and discover your unique “Earprint”. The test is simple yet accurate, following the same protocols as a clinical hearing test that would usually only be done in special booths in hearing centers.After taking the test, the result - your “Earprint” - is converted by a sophisticated algorithm into an audio filter adjusted to meet your hearing needs. Turn-Talking RJ Cooper and Associates Price: $1.99 - $59 Special Skill: communication, language development, Disability: cognitive, physical, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary
Touch Balloons Inclusive TLC Price: $74 - $214
Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, Develop eye-hand coordination skills by popping balloons as they float past. Use the mouse, touchscreen or switch to burst the balloons. Choose direction of travel: up, down, left, right or random. For the real expert you can also change the speed of travel and the number of balloons. TouchChat® iOS App PRC-Saltillo Special Skill: language development, speech output Disability: speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: iOS (Apple) Widely acclaimed <a href=”https://touch- chatapp.com/”>TouchChat</a> is the exclusive home to WordPower® on an iOS AAC app and is fully customizable with a wide range of vocabularies, languages, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows and voices. TouchChat is designed for those with autism, Down Syndrome, ALS, apraxia, stroke, and other conditions that affect a person’s ability to use natural speech. TouchRight - Quick Access Touchscreen Right Mouse Functions Innovation Management Group, Inc. Price: $49.95 - $3500 Special Skill: , adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch Disability: physical Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, An always on top Icon with quick access to Right Mouse functions on any Windows touchscreen PC. Simply tap on the icon and the next touch will be select any avail- able Right Mouse function such as Open, Edit, Send To, Cut, Copy, Delete, Properties, etc. Windows 2000 thru Windows 10 Train Talk LocuTour Multimedia Price: $4.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, language development, Disability: cognitive, speech elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows
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(Apple), Android, Chrome, Other The n2y® Total Solution empowers
educators to teach and unique learners to achieve through differentiated, standards- based academic content; a compre- hensive, collaborative IEP development system; robust assessment, data collection, and reporting; a weekly online newspaper; symbol communication tools; skill-based games; and integrated behavior manage- ment/intervention that paves the way for learning.
Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple)
Train Talk is for children who love to talk about trains. This app helps direct that conversation to learn to ask and answer WH questions. There are 128 pictures with
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