Speech Assistant AAC app

Speech Assistant AAC app

  • An app designed for people who have loss of speech but are able to read.
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Speech Assistant AAC app By A-Soft

Features

  • Alternative and augmented communication (AAC).
Clinical review 

3 star review


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Cost Free or paid.
How to get the app

This app aims to support people who are speech impaired but are able to read, for example, after a stroke, vocal cord problems or autism. The app allows the user to create phrases or categories which are placed on buttons. With these buttons you can create messages that can be shown or spoken, using the voice installed on your device. The free version on Google play provides users with 6 categories of words (Phrases, Food/drink, Common, Verbs, Feelings, Body), and has basic features. The user is encouraged to upgrade to the paid version ($7.70) to access additional features. There is no free version available on iTunes - paid version only ($9.99).

For a more detailed description of the app, see Google Play(external link) or iTunes(external link) and for a detailed review, see reviews below.

Speech assistant AAC app screenshots

PROS CONS 

✔ Simple, easy-to-use.

✔ Many options for customisation such as button size, text size.

✔ Users can create their own word categories and phrases in addition to ones already in app.

✔  Users can share phrases/messages such as via email.

✘ The free version in Google Play Store has limited customisable features.

✘ No free version available in iTunes - paid version only ($9.99).

✘ App does not detect duplicate words - for example, in the food/drink category, if the user stores the word tea, that is already present, there is no prompt to indicate that this word already exists.

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