Play that funky music

Now that the Spectronics Inclusive Learning Technology Conference 2012 is just days away I have been busily preparing for the workshops I will be presenting. In one of our sessions we’ll be showing the APPlicator which is a new switch interface, also known previously as the Switch4Apps. This has just become available through Spectronics recently.

Jane wrote a thorough review of this switch interface here so you can find out about all the great features.

But I’d like to highlight how much fun I had learning how to use it for controlling my music on the iPad. With other interfaces I’ve struggled with entering PIN codes for bluetooth so I was impressed that this interface paired with the iPad easily and no PIN codes were required. Phew! Within minutes I was playing my favourite songs and if I went into another app I could also control the music from there too. If you’re using your switch interface for scanning within a communication app you can easily change between using it for music or for communication by using the QuickMedia button. The wide range of programmed switch modes means that it works with all of the current range of switch accessible apps – making it a great choice!

I could see people of all ages and abilities using this interface to control music or access a communication app. Whether you are an elderly person struggling with small music controls on the iPad, a music loving teenager with cerebral palsy who uses switches to access devices, or a young child who is just developing their cause and effect skills – it could be an appropriate option to consider. Or if you are like me – I’m playing with it because I am just a technology lovin’ gal!

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About Charlene Cullen

Charlene has worked as a speech pathologist in the disability field for over 14 years. Various roles have included working as a therapist, supervisor and resource consultant with the Disability Services Commission in Western Australia. More recently she has worked for Spectronics as an inclusive technology consultant across Australia and New Zealand. Over this time she has developed a wealth of knowledge in practical applications of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and assistive technology and has a strong desire to support and educate parents, teachers, therapists and others in using inclusive technologies.

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