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Special Skill: communication, speech output Disability: speech Skill Level: adult Operating System: Windows, iOS (Apple), Android A bespoke synthetic voice for use in a Speech Generating Device that matches your desired characteristics such as age, gender, regional accent and cultural influ- ence. Nominate two voice donors who sound similar to how you’d like to sound and we will blend their voices together to create a bespoke voice just for you. Voice Design can also be used to create a digital voice, based on old recordings of someone speaking. Voice Repair SpeakUnique Price: $300 - $300 Special Skill: communication, speech output Disability: speech Skill Level: adult Operating System: Windows, iOS (Apple), Android For people who have changes in their speech, such as slowness or slurring, Voice Repair creates a healthy sounding personalized digital voice by removing any impairments in the voice generation pro- cess. The “healthy sounding” digital voice can then be used in a Speech Generating Device. Voiceitt App Voiceitt Price: $0 - $199 Special Skill: , adapted keyboard/switch access, large print, speech output, voice recognition

Vitalthat can be exploredby students with visual impairments on tablets.At Vital, we believe that all studentsshould be provided truly accessible learning content. Whether created for a student with a visual impairment, ADHD, autism or dyslexia, students can explore and learn through sensory channels that best fit their learn- ing style. Students with visual impairments can explore the tablet through their sense of touch by feeling vibrations, much like exploring tactile graphics, and listen for audio cues and text-to-speech. Learn more at www.vital.education. Vocal Assessment Tiger DRS, Inc. Price: $695 - $895 Special Skill: language development, speech output, diagnostic Disability: speech

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 An enhanced version of WinSCAN, an ad- vanced, multi-function, single-switch USB 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 and games, surf the Internet with WinSCAN! Word Practice LocuTour Multimedia Price: $4.99 Special Skill: early childhood, language development Disability: learning, speech

of their immediate environment, or next to them. 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 Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome 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 Negation. 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)

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Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: Windows

Vocal Assessment provides you with the ability to analyze and display both acoustic and EGG features of a sustained vowel. A wide range of parameters (jitter, shimmer, NNE, etc.) and graphic displays (spectro- gram, F0, intensity, etc.) are offered. Used to guide diagnostic assessments for voice disorders by measuring hoarse, harsh, and breathy voice. VocaTempo THERAPY BOX LIMITED Price: $99.98 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, eye-hand coordination, language development, vocational, speech output, voice recognition Disability: hearing, learning, speech, vision Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: iOS (Apple), Android For the first time, people with dysarthria can use voice commands to communicate. VocaTempo is the world’s first voice input augmentative and alternative communica- tion (AAC) app. It is designed for people with dysarthria and allows them to use voice commands to speak phrases. Voice Build SpeakUnique Price: $235 Special Skill: communication, language development, speech output Disability: speech Skill Level: adult Operating System: Windows, iOS (Apple), Android A personalized digital voice based on a short recording of someone speaking. The personalized voice can then be integrated into a range of different Speech Generat- ing / AAC Devices. Voice Design SpeakUnique Price: $350

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 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

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

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