February / March 2022 Closing The Gap Solutions Magazine

based tool for AT service providers and end users to facilitate informed selection of text entry interfaces.The data can be ex- plored from multiple standpoints to create benchmarks for text entry based on the type of interface, individual diagnosis, and body site being considered for interface activation. ATLAS Travel Readiness Assessments AbleLink Smart Living Technologies Price: $2500.00 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, vocational, , diagnostic, instructional management Academic Skill: geography, problem solving Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Other The ATLAS Travel Readiness Assessments address a key issue in giving people with intellectual disabilities the freedom to travel in their community: How to be sure whether a person is ready to go out on their own.Travel Readiness Assessments evaluate the training process and point out areas in need of improvement.Topics include: Transportation Skills, Social Skills, Street Crossing, and Vehicle Identification. Attainment Switch App Attainment Company, Inc. Price: $4.99 Special Skill: , adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Turn your iOS device into a switch. Customizable one or two button switch. Wirelessly connect to Windows, Mac, or other iOS device. Audio Notetaker Sonocent Price: $99.00 - $279.00 Special Skill: communication, language development Academic Skill: geography, graphic arts, health, math, music, science, social studies Disability: learning, physical Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, Android Sonocent Audio Notetaker software enables students with learning disabilities to create their own notes. Instead of writing notes, students record classes and highlight key parts with color. Sonocent Audio Notetaker combines color, audio, text, images and presentation slides all into a single workspace. Available for iOS, Android, PC and Mac. Ava (www.ava.me) Ava Price: $0 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive

Find a trove of ready-made teaching ma- terials or easily create your own with this versatile symbol-based special education solution. Offers full access to the PCS® (Pic- ture Communication Symbols) collection. A one-time purchase includes one license for a maximum of two devices. Import saved material from older Boardmaker versions.Windows, Mac and Chromebook compatible. Boardmaker 7 (Subscription) Tobii Dynavox Price: $99.00 - $199.00 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, vocational Academic Skill: geography, graphic arts, health, math, music, prereading, problem solving, reading, science, social studies, spelling, writing Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, Chrome An easy alternative for finding or creating a wealth of teaching materials with the symbol-based special education software. Annual subscriptions available for parents, teachers and organizations in need of a learning solution at home or in the class- room.Volume pricing available. Boardmaker 7 Student Center Tobii Dynavox Price: $0 Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Chrome, Other This app brings personalized educational materials home with assigned activities appearing automatically in the learner’s account. Included with any Boardmaker 7 subscription. Use with Windows, Mac and Chromebook computers, iPads, or Tobii Dynavox devices, on or offline. Supports multiple access methods. Download from the App Store, Microsoft Store or Google Play (Chromebooks only). Boardmaker Core First Learning Tobii Dynavox Price: $0 Special Skill: communication, language development Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Boardmaker Core First Learning is a FREE web-based program delivered through Boardmaker Online that helps your students learn the meaning, use, and placement of high frequency core words on their AAC system.The instructional sequence includes a series of reading, writ- ing, and language activities that comple- ment each other. Requires a Boardmaker Online subscription.

redevelopment, communication, language development, vocational, speech output, telecommunications, voice recognition A cademic Skill: reading, spelling, writing Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome, Other Ava’s mission is to provide 24/7 acces- sibility to conversations between deaf/ hard-of-hearing and hearing people. Ava is a mobile app that everyone (coworkers, family members, friends) download on their smartphone. Ava connects them all and transcribes in real time who says what. Business meetings, family dinners, lunch, restaurants, now accessible.

record management system tracks scores and allows teachers to view detailed reports. Designed for students in grades three through five. Can also be used by older students. Be My Eyes Be My Eyes Price: $0 Special Skill: basic living skills, telecommunications A cademic Skill: problem solving, reading Disability: vision Skill Level: adult Operating System: iOS (Apple), Android <p class=”p-large white-text”>Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. Be My Eyes is free and unlimited.</p><div class=”div-block-47 w-clearfix”></div> Behavior Tracker Pro Data Makes the Difference, LLC Price: $29.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, early childhood, , diagnostic Disability: cognitive Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Mac Behavior Tracker Pro is a behavior data collection application for PDAs that al- lows BCBA’s, behavioral therapists, aides, teachers or parents to track behaviors and graph them. Behavior Tracker Pro improves your child’s ABA therapy by electronically capturing behavioral data and translating it into an easy to understand graphical format. Biggy RJ Cooper and Associates Price: $59.00 Special Skill: eye-hand coordination, large print Disability: cognitive, vision Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Very large cursors for the Macintosh and Windows.Windows version also contains numerous other cursor enhancement op- tions. All Windows and Mac OS supported. Boardmaker 7 (Standard) Tobii Dynavox Price: $399.00 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, large print, scanning, single switch, authoring system Academic Skill: geography, health, math, music, prereading, problem solving, reading, science, social studies, spelling Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, Other

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Avaz AAC Avaz Inc Price: $9.99 - $199.99

Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, early childhood, language development, speech output Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: iOS (Apple), Android Avaz is an AAC (Augmentative and Alterna- tive Communication) app that provides a voice for children with Autism and other complex communication needs. Avaz is a full-featured AAC app PLUS a training layer for caregivers that allows communicators to use visual cues from within the app to put forward their message. Baby Jigsaw - Assemble 3 pieces of a picture STEP BY STEP Price: $0.00 - $2.99 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch, multi switch, diagnostic Academic Skill: problem solving Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler Children learn piece together a well known picture of a toy. App helps develop spatial cognition skills, visual perception skills, and fine motor skills. Full Version: https://itunes. apple.com/app/id1205481453?mt=8

Basic Skills Pack Merit Software Price: $335.00

Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, language development Academic Skill: math, problem solving, reading Disability: cognitive, learning, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows A collection of Merit titles covering core competencies in reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and math.The software is self- paced and self-correcting. A convenient

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