Tag Archives: Speech Generating Devices
DynaVox Series 5: Hands on Training Perth August 2011
Posted in Workshops
Jane Farrall October 4, 2011
Jane Farrall October 4, 2011
These resources are designed to accompany the DynaVox Series 5 (V/Vmax/V+/Vmax+/Maestro) training that we provided in Perth in August 2011. The presentation used at the beginning of this workshop is shown as a Slideshare document below. DynaVox Series 5 Hands-On training Resources Series 5 Comprehensive Quick Start guide DynaVox Implementation Toolkit Opening the Box – Series 5 AAC 101 Introduction to InterAACt Teaching Vocabulary …
AAC – All Day, Every Day
Posted in Workshops
Jane Farrall October 3, 2011
Jane Farrall October 3, 2011
This presentation was created for a workshop for SPOT on DDÂ on “AAC All Day, Every Day” in August 2011. Videos were removed from this presentation for privacy reasons – but some of the videos available are on You Tube and links to these and other resources are provided below.
AAC-RERC White Paper: Mobile Devices and Communication Apps
Posted in Techniques & Tips
Barbara Landsberg September 16, 2011
Barbara Landsberg September 16, 2011
The AAC-RERC (Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center) is a US-based organisation that conducts research, development, training, and dissemination activities to improve options for individuals who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies. They are often a good source of information and just recently published a downloadable white paper titled “Mobile Devices and Communication Apps“. It presents a measured view of how these apps are …
What’s new in single and sequential message AAC devices?
Posted in Tools & Resources
Charlene Cullen July 5, 2011
Charlene Cullen July 5, 2011
Most of us are probably aware that McDonald’s is not the only place to obtain a Big Mac! If you work with people with communication impairments then it is likely that you have come across and used a BIGmack as a single message recording device for enhancing communication within the classroom, workplace, home or in the community. However, as with most technologies there are …
Literacy for All at Willans Hill
Posted in Latest News
Jane Farrall June 3, 2011
Jane Farrall June 3, 2011
In the middle of last year, I was lucky enough to meet Chris Lennon, Principal at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga when Chris attended the AGOSCI Literacy Intensive, which was led by Dr Karen Erickson and Dr David Koppenhaver. Chris and I fairly quickly hatched a plan – which was to roll the Four Blocks approach to literacy out across her whole school. …
Variety Motor Mouth Camp 2011
Posted in Events, Latest News
Charlene Cullen May 11, 2011
Charlene Cullen May 11, 2011
I have just returned from the very first Variety Motor Mouth Camp in Perth, Western Australia. Nearly 100 people including school aged kids with their speech generating devices, their parents and siblings and volunteers, gathered for 5 days at a campsite in Point Walter. The weather was gorgeous and the city and Swan River views were amazing but my “favourite thing” of all was …
AAC Apps – Speaking APPropriately
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Opinion, Tools & Resources
Jane Farrall April 24, 2011
Jane Farrall April 24, 2011
Today on the iTunes store, there are around 100 Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Apps. These are specifically designed to be used by people who have complex communication needs – for people who want to use their iPhone or iPad to communicate face-to-face with others. Many of these AAC Apps are among the highest priced Apps in the App Store – but are they …
Switch scanning on iPads? Yes … well … sort of!
Posted in Accessibility and Access, Accessories, Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies
Jane Farrall February 14, 2011
Jane Farrall February 14, 2011
I’ve had several people email me recently asking questions about switch scanning and iPads so I thought I would summarise what I know to share. These are the options I am aware of at present, but if anyone has any more information it would be great to hear it. Please add your comments!
The new Maestro from DynaVox: Speak your mind and look good doing it!
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg January 4, 2011
Barbara Landsberg January 4, 2011
Another exciting new speech generating device has just been released by DynaVox. Called the Maestro, this one is definitely worth a close look!
Proloquo2Go no longer available from Spectronics
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Latest News, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg December 13, 2010
Barbara Landsberg December 13, 2010
For the past year, our team has been working very hard to make Proloquo2Go available to you. We did this because so many of our customers told us that there was no other way they would be able to access funding for the program unless purchases came through Spectronics. We made the process work (with considerable effort), despite the fact that all purchases still …
