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Comparing Communication iApps

SET-BC District Partner ConferenceFebruary 21st and 22nd, 2017


Jessy To

• My back ground is a classroom teacher, specialized in ELL (Masters in Special Education)

• Taught for 7 years:

• High school ELL

• Elementary/Middle School Resource

• Grade Three

• I am a currently Tier 3 Provincial Teacher

supporting students with complex needs.


Welcome!

• Quick reminders before starting• Staying connected• Session feedback

• Conference app

• Feedback survey

• Session materials• http://learningnetwork.setbc.org/districtpartnerconference2017/

DPC2017 – Pwd SETBC2017

@setbc01 / #SETDPC2017

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My Intentions for the day….

• Compare and Contrast features between TouchChat, GoTalkNow, ProLoQuo2Go and Lamp Word for Life

• Have you explore these four iApps and visualize a student you have in mind that might benefit from each iApp

• What I learned today Snowball fight


Operating Systems and Hardware for iApps


iPad iOS Features

• IPAD• 2 sizes: ipad (10 inches), ipad mini

• Page sets available: (variety of iApps available to be discussed)

• Visual scenes: availability dependent on the iApp

• Symbol sets: availability dependent on iApp (PCS/Boardmaker symbols not available)

• Voices: dependent on the iApp

• Access options: dependent on the iApp

• Environmental controls: not available

• Editing software: dependent on the iApp

Ipad: iApps

• Touchchat with Word Power

• Lamp Words for Life

• Predictable

• Proloquo2go

• Scene and Heard

• Compass/Compass with PODD

• Go Talk Now



TouchChat


TouchChat – Operating System


TouchChat – Basic Access

• TouchChat utilizes the touch screen of the iPad. You can either tap each button to access its programmed function (speak a message, navigate to a different page, change volume, clear the display), or set the whole screen as a switch, and use the scanning function.


TouchChat – Access Options

• User Manual: http://bit.do/cGdvV

• Direct access• Options for activate on release, dwell time, release time

• Key guards: • http://www.laseredpics.biz/touch-chat-custom-pageset/

• Switch control through iOS (not built into app)

http://bit.do/cGdvV

http://www.laseredpics.biz/touch-chat-custom-pageset/


TouchChat – Page Sets



• Vocab PC – carrier phrases, interactive sentences, activity vocabulary, naming words. 12 locations.



• MultiChat 15 – sentences, phrases, individual words, recordings for story-telling, visual scenes. Student, Adolescent, and Adult versions.



• Spelling – QWERTY keyboard, 4 word prediction buttons, a few phrases.



• My QuickChat – introductory communication system for students with complex needs. Phrase based, engaging. 4, 8, and 12 locations.



• My Core – combo of core and phrase based; supports literacy skills.



• 4 Basic – vocabulary on 4 buttons, minimal targets.


TouchChat – Symbol Set

•Symbolstix


TouchChat – Visual Scenes available


TouchChat – Environmental Controls

• TouchChat does not have environmental controls.


TouchChat – Sizes Available

• TouchChat HD Lite • for iPad/iPod/iPhone

• Non-communicative – no playback

• Meant for exploration

• TouchChat HD – AAC• Full featured app

• TouchChat HD – AAC with WordPower• All features of TouchChat HD – AAC, bundled with Word Power series of AC

vocabularies.


LAMP Words for Life


LAMP – Basic Access

LAMP Words for Life utilizes the touch screen of the iPad to access pre-programmed buttons. It requires very little customization. You can also use the scanning function and use the whole iPad screen as a switch.


LAMP – Page Sets

• Unity 84 one hit

• Unity 84 transition

• Unity 84 Full


LAMP – Symbol Set

•Minspeak


LAMP – Access Options

• Quick Reference Guide: http://bit.do/cGbjv

• Training and Support: https://aacapps.com/lamp/support

• Direct access• Activate on release, dwell time, release time

• No built in switch access, can use iOS

switch control

http://bit.do/cGbjv

https://aacapps.com/lamp/support


LAMP – Visual Scenes

• LAMP does not have visual scenes.


LAMP – Sizes Available

• LAMP is available for iPad and iPad mini. They offer a tool

that will convert files from a PRC device so they can be used on the iPad, but not from the iPad to the PRC device.


Proloquo2Go


Proloquo2Go – Basic Access

• Proloquo2Go is an AAC app for use on the iPad.

• It has 3 vocabulary levels and 23 different grid sizes and 5 vocabulary sets.


Proloquo2Go – Page Sets

Basic Communication• for users who are at the early requesting stage of language development, and usually

have not started to combine words to form longer messages.

• can be configured from 9 to 36 buttons per page, and provides support for developing requesting, commenting, early social interactions, and basic academics.

Core Word • for users who can put words together into sentences

• main page with the most frequently used words in English conversation

• folders of less frequently used words, organized in categories

• can be configured from 9 to 64 buttons per page, and is optimized for quick sentence creation and language development.


Proloquo2Go – Symbol Set

•Symbolstix


Proloquo2Go – Access Options

• Manual: http://bit.do/cF3J4• Access: Page 70

• Direct Access• Hold Duration• Select on Release

• Switch Control built into app• Five different scanning modes• One switch

• Auto Scanning, Auto Selecting, Inverse Scanning

• Two switch• Step scanning, Automatic Step Scanning

http://bit.do/cF3J4


Proloquo2Go – Operating System


Proloquo2Go – Visual Scenes

• No visual scenes available.


Proloquo2Go – Environmental Controls

•Does not have environmental controls.


Proloquo2Go – Sizes Available

•Available for iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

Go Talk Now (App for iPad)


Go Talk App

• In Standard Pages, the action occurs when the location is pressed.

• Scene Pages are built around a single photo or image. When you arrange visible or invisible hotspots over people or objects in the photo, they play speech, music or videos! This allows you to mix and match pages within a communication book.

• In Express Pages, recorded or text-to-speech are linked in the message bar and played in sequence when the bar is tapped


Create as many Communication books as needed!

• share these books with other users via WiFi or AirDrop, and back them up via Dropbox or iTunes.

• The IOS7 update, for example, presents the standard iOS voices as text-to-speech options.

Go Talk Now- Visual Scenes

(Scene Communication Page)

Go Talk Now- Page Options


• Choose 1, 4, 9, 16, or 25 Communication Locations per page.

• Use images from your iPad camera, photo library, or the Imagine Symbol set.

• Search the Internet in the app for the perfect image or icon.

• Crop, scale, or rotate an image using your fingers.

• Combine multiple images in a single communication location.

• Color pages, borders, and text with any hue.

• Move and size text with your fingers so it feels just right.

• Record your voice or choose text-to-speech. One free text-to-speech voice is included. Other text-to-speech voices are available as in-app purchases for 99 cents each in over 20 languages. Click here for a list of voices.

• Auditory Cues! Add spoken labels to any Communication Location. Great for scanning, guiding visually impaired users, and identifying any new or difficult vocabulary.

• Play videos from any communication location.• Trim videos to desired length in the app.• Select our alternate video interface to pause or exit the

video easily.• Use the core vocabulary button to give the communicator

access to essential messages on any page.• Create multimedia social stories and step-by-step

instruction books by linking pages with an after action.• Fill a communication book with unlimited pages.• Access NOW with an accessibility switch. Use

the Attainment Switch(an app that turns your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch into a switch) or RJ Cooper’s Bluetooth Super Switch.

• Select step or auto scan plus scanning speed.• Group scanning by rows or columns. Add an extra auditory

cue to announce when the row or column advances.

Go Talk Now Features

http://www.attainmentcompany.com/sites/default/files/pdf/support/GoTalkNOW-Voices.pdf

http://www.attainmentcompany.com/attainment-switch-app


GoTalk Now – Access Options

• User Guide: http://www.attainmentcompany.com/sites/default/files/pdf/support/GTN-UsersGuide_0.pdf• Access: Page 33

• Direct Access

• Scanning• One or two switches

• Auditory Cues

http://www.attainmentcompany.com/sites/default/files/pdf/support/GTN-UsersGuide_0.pdf

Mentimeter Wrap Up!

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Session materials•http://learningnetwork.setbc.org/districtpartnerconference2017/


Go Talk Now Tutorial Video

Touch Chat Tutorial

Lamp Word for Life Tutorial

ProloQuo2go Tutorial

Let’s Explore these iApps!

Have Fun =)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKldX494M7I

https://youtu.be/iWyvvQvXcKs?list=PL1A45017C4465ACB3

https://youtu.be/vSzA9fwKW3U

https://youtu.be/Iz4GMjMHlys

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