![]() ![]() Tagged as: access training, augmentative alternative communication, communication device, communication tool, grammar support, learning curve, new features, Tips and tricks, word prediction In each of these sessions you will learn an introduction to the app, how to customize the app, customizing vocabulary, and tips and tricks on how to get the most out of Proloquo2Go. In each of these sessions you will learn an introduction to Proloquo2Go, how to customize the app, vocabulary customizations as well as adding and modifying vocabulary, backing up your device, word prediction, grammar support, and using iTunes and the App store for Proloquo2Go.įor users, family, and caregivers there is a four part webinar series and each session is about 40 minutes in duration. Thus, keeping users up to date.įor professionals there is currently a six part webinar series in which each session is about 30 minutes in duration. And as new features are added to the app, there is new training offered. While this app has much to offer, it can also have quite a learning curve for those who teach it and use it.įortunately, the developers of this app offer a free online training in way of webinars. This app essentially turns the iPad/iPod Touch into an Augmentative Alternative Communication Device. You can learn more about this update from the New York Times, All Things D, GigaOm, Marketplace and from the Assistiveware website.Proloquo2Go is a full-featured communication tool that offers a solution for people who have difficulty speaking. The Proloquo2Go App is available for $189.99 from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at Version 2.1 includes the new American children voices as free downloads and is available at no charge to existing users. It has a beautiful graphic display and great voice quality The app is very easy for individuals with special needs to navigate through the menus. Easy to set up and use it provides natural sounding text-to-speech voices, high resolution up-to-date symbols, powerful automatic conjugations, a default vocabulary of over 7,000 items and is fully expandable. ![]() Proloquo2Go is a full-featured augmentative and alternative communication solution for autistic children who have difficulty speaking. Voices will be available for all developersĪfter December 2012, these new voices will be available for licensing to other developers to utilize in their apps and communication devices, allowing even more children to access programs with voices that resemble their own. We are excited that those phrases will finally resemble the child’s own voice.” “Often, we hear that the cognitive and emotional skills of children are finally understood because prior to using Proloquo2Go, the child may have never been able to verbalize or express his or her thoughts. “We have already received positive feedback from children and their parents that the unique voice offering in Proloquo2Go makes a positive difference in how they communicate,” said David Niemeijer, founder and CEO of AssistiveWare. This was one of the primary motivators for creating the child voices – to have a product that more accurately represents its users. About 60% of the Proloquo2Go user base is 11-years-old or younger (as young as 2-years-old), yet prior to these new voices, children could only select adult voices or artificially emulated children’s voices. Proloquo2Go already provides a voice to tens of thousands of users around the world. “It is a really exciting advancement in the field of augmentative and alternative communication to finally have excellent, natural-sounding voices for young children,” said Joan Bruno, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Director, Communication Technology Resources. The voices are included in the Proloquo2Go App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch through a new free 2.1 version update released recently on the App Store. Users can select the authentic boy or girl as their preferred Text to Speech voice to speak a want, need or thought using symbol-based communication or typing with word-prediction. The children's voices, Josh and Ella, were recorded by and for children. Meet Josh and Ella, the first American genuine, natural-sounding children's voices are now available in Proloquo2Go an app for the iPad and iPhone that is designed to provide a voice for children who cannot speak. ![]() News Genuine children's voices now used in Proloquo2Go ![]()
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