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Operating System: Windows, Mac Blends six interactive books with the power of music to build literacy skills and engage students of any age in a wide range of musical content. Features profes- sional narration, concept review, music samples, and strong narrative photo- graphs. Students explore melody, rhythm, musical styles, instruments and the history of music. Wheels! RJ Cooper and Associates Price: $59 Special Skill: eye-hand coordination, Disability: physical Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Wheels! is a fully immersive 3D action game, designed specifically for SAM-Joy- stick and other alternative input devices (trackball, keyboard, mouse, IntelliKeys). It is very forgiving, has incremental levels, pie throwing clowns and robots. Great sound effects and music and important feedback for power wheelchair training. Who, What, When, Where, Why LocuTour Multimedia Price: $4.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, Disability: cognitive, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple) Explore traditional WH questions along with 17 additional question categories. The twenty-three categories of questions are: Who, Whose, What, When, Where, Why, How, How Many, Which, Do/Does, Did, Have/Has/Had, Was/Were, Is, Are, May I, Can, Will, Would, Should, Could, If and Ne- gation. It requires moderate level inference skill. Wild, Woolly, Wonderful Critters LocuTour Multimedia Price: $1.99 Special Skill: communication, early childhood, language development, Disability: cognitive, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple) Wild, Woolly, Wonderful Critters has six stimuli for each of 120 animal pictures. Practice the word, parentese, descriptive phrase, descriptive statement, functional statement and the initial sound of the tar- get word. Explore language while learning about critters. WinSCAN CS Academic Software, Inc. Price: $150 Special Skill: , adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch Disability: physical

Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows A new, enhanced version of WinSCAN, an advanced, multi-function, single-switch interface for PC users at home, school, or work. WinSCAN CS provides independent control access to educational, productiv- ity, multimedia, and recreational software for Windows 8, 10, or 11. Navigate the desktop; run applications, games and CDs. Surf the Internet with WinSCAN! Woot Math

or create multiple dictionaries to suit your needs. Sorts alphabetical and often used. Windows 2000 thru Windows 10 WordComplete (RJ Cooper and Associates) RJ Cooper and Associates Price: $59 Special Skill: communication, Disability: learning, physical, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Utility that provides candidates for completing words within any software. Choices can be spoken for preview and are presented inline with the insertion point. Customizable word list. Great for slow typists, emerging literacy, LD and Down Syndrome. WordQ Quillsoft Ltd. Price: $119 Special Skill: communication, language development, speech output Disability: hearing, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac WordQ Desktop is an easy-to-install and simple-to-use desktop software that has helped millions of people around the world read, write, and communicate with ease and independence. It features state- of-the-art word prediction, text-to-speech capability for better comprehension and effective proofreading and much more. WordQ for Chrome Quillsoft Ltd. Price: $119 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, language development, speech output, voice recognition Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Chrome The WordQ experience in the Chrome OS/ Browser. This easy-to-install and simple- to-use web app lets you read, write, and manipulate documents and PDFs, all in a controlled area linked to your Google account. Featuring state-of-the-art word prediction, text-to-speech capability, simple speech recognition and lots more. WordQ Pro Quillsoft Ltd. Price: $149 Special Skill: communication, language development, speech output Disability: learning, physical, speech Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac WordQ Pro is a writing skill improvement and compensation tool that works on top of any Windows or MacOS applica- tion where you write, both online and offline. Both post-secondary students and

Voiceitt App Voiceitt Price: $0 - $199

Special Skill: , adapted keyboard/switch access, large print, speech output, voice recognition

Disability: speech Skill Level: adult Operating System: iOS (Apple)

Voiceitt’s app supports spoken communi- cation for people with speech disabilities. Voiceitt learns your unique speech pat- terns, so you can communicate and be un- derstood by others, or use Voiceitt with a smart home device and control your home environment- all with your own voice. Weave Chat AAC Weave Chat, LLC Special Skill: communication, language development, large print, speech output, telecommunications Disability: speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome Weave Chat is a free Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). It is a category-based system with a dynamic display and synthetic voice output. Weave Chat allows users to easily‚Äòchat’ using their individual devices (e.g. cellphone) while their communication partner is out of their immediate environment, or next to them. What’s Cool About Music iPad app Attainment Company, Inc. Price: $39.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, large print, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Blends six interactive books with the power of music to build literacy skills and engage students of any age in a wide range of musical content. Features profes- sional narration, concept review, music samples, and strong narrative photo- graphs. Students explore melody, rhythm, musical styles, instruments and the history of music. What’s Cool About Music software Attainment Company, Inc. Price: $99 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, large print, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult

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Woot Math Price: $5.77

Special Skill: basic living skills, , diagnostic, IEP/IPP, instructional management Disability: learning

Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome, Other Woot Math helps teachers bring math- ematics to life through research-backed tools for adaptive learning and formative assessment. Leverage a bank of rich tasks to identify gaps in your students’ understanding. Woot Math gives visibility into student thinking, enables assess- ment for learning, and supports capturing and projecting student work for lively whole-class discussion. TARGET GAPS with Actionable Data Gain insight into your students understanding that goes beyond right and wrong. Woot Math gives immedi- ate, actionable data to inform the arc of instruction. Word Practice LocuTour Multimedia Price: $4.99 Special Skill: early childhood, language development, Disability: learning, speech

Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple)

A beginning level app for early language learners. Colorful drawings or photos are presented in three categories: Common Verbs, Contrast Words like over/under and Animals. Listen and learn the vocabulary word, or imitate the speech model. The app provides a model for step-by-step transition to full sentences. WordComplete (Innovation Management Group, Inc.) Innovation Management Group, Inc. Price: $99.95 - $3500 Special Skill: language development, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access Disability: learning, physical Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows WordComplete adaptively predicts the word you are entering and gives you choices from it’s dictionary. Dictionary comes with a basic list, then adds new words as you type them. You can import

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