Minimal Pair Pack

Supplier: https://therapy-box.co.uk/literacy

Type of exercises & brief description             

  • Minimal pairs for speech sound discrimination in flashcard format
  • Discrimination and phrase completion tasks
  • Targets 20 speech sounds in initial position (700 target words)
  • Option to present symbol, word or word & symbol


Error handling: None

Prompts/cues: None

Record results: Yes, but can’t consult previous results

Comments/N.B

  • Words always presented in same order
  • Can email results at the end of each exercise set
Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Very Large
Version: UK English, American English
Access:
Record Results: Yes
Evaluation: Developed with SLT

SmallTalk Letters, Numbers, Colors

Supplier: http://www.lingraphica.com

Type of exercises & brief description             

  • Practise speech exercises for 26 (capital) letters of the alphabet, numbers 1-20 and 12 colours
  • Videos and voice recordings of letters & words to copy

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues: None

Comments/N.B

  • Limited program  but it is free and could be useful as part of dyspraxia and aphasia therapy
  • Can allocate specific letters, numbers, colours to work on
  • American voice
Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Small
Version: American English
Access:
Record Results: No
Evaluation: Developed with SLT, Free trial

SmallTalk Consonant Blends

Supplier: http://www.aphasia.com/products/apps/smalltalk

Type of exercises & brief description             

  • 74 speech exercise videos of 2-3 consonant blends
  • Videos and voice recordings to copy

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues: None

Comments/N.B

  • Limited program  but it is free and could be useful as part of dyspraxia and aphasia therapy
  • Can allocate specific blends to work on
  • American voice
Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Large
Version: American English
Access:
Record Results: No
Evaluation: Developed with SLT, Free trial

SmallTalk Common Phrases

Supplier: http://www.aphasia.com/products/apps/smalltalk

Type of exercises & brief description             

  • 34 speech exercise videos for common phrases useful to someone with aphasia (e.g. call back later, can you write that for me?, speak slowly etc)
  • Videos and voice recordings to copy

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues: None

Comments/N.B

  • Limited program  but it is free and could be useful as part of dyspraxia and aphasia therapy
  • Can allocate specific phrases to work on
  • American voice
Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Small
Version: American English
Access:
Record Results: No
Evaluation: Developed with SLT, Free trial

SmallTalk Days, Months, Dates

Supplier: http://www.aphasia.com/products/apps/smalltalk

Type of exercises & brief description             

  • Speech exercise videos  for 7 days of the week, 12 months of the year and 1st to 31st
  • Videos and voice recordings to copy

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues: None

Comments/N.B

  • Limited program  but it is free and could be useful as part of dyspraxia and aphasia therapy
  • Can allocate specific days, months, dates to work on
  • American voice
Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Small
Version: American English
Access:
Record Results: No
Evaluation: Developed with SLT, Free trial

iSpeech

Supplier: http://www.ispeech.org

Brief description

  • Free, text to speech app. You type in text and it reads it aloud.
  • You can save your messages to use again,  instantly, without having to re-type your message
     
Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises:
Version: UK English, American English
Access: Keyboard
Record Results: No
Evaluation: Free trial

Speech sounds on cue for ipad

Supplier: http://mmsp.com.au

Type of exercises:

  • Verbal word finding of sounds and single words.
  • Hear the sound, see a video of the mouthshape and then produce it yourself.

Developed with SLT: Yes

Theory based: Yes

Record own speaking attempts: Yes

Correction of own speaking attempts: No

Customisation/personalisation: No

Error handling: Yes. Spoken word & mouth shape video cues given.

Prompts/cues given: Yes. Spoken & video (silent or with sound)

Tutorials: Yes

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free phone and online support

Comments:

  • Can listen to recordings of attempts in previous sessions to compare
  • Can attempt each sound in turn or in random order

N.B:
  Free trial available: speech sounds on cue for ipad lite
  N.B: only available through the app store, not through the developer's site
 

Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Very Large
Version: American English, Australian English
Access: Keyboard, Touchscreen
Record Results: Yes
Evaluation: Clinical trials, Developed with SLT, Free trial, Prompts/cues given, Tutorials

Speech sounds on cue for ipad lite

Supplier: http://mmsp.com.au

Free trial version of speech sounds on cue for ipad

Look at speech sounds on cue for ipad for full description of full app

N.B: only available through the app store, not through the developer's site

Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Small
Version: American English, Australian English
Access:
Record Results: No
Evaluation:

AAC app using symbols, photos and keyboard with word prediction

Use ready made vocabularies or create/personalise your own

Uses text to speech voices

Promotes sentence construction

Purchase and support from supplier or from www.therapy-box.co.uk (if based in England)

Easy to use independently: Fairly
Number of exercises:
Version: UK English, American English, Australian English
Access:
Record Results:
Evaluation: Can author/customise, Developed with SLT

icommunicate

Supplier: http://www.grembe.com

For designing visual schedules, story boards, flashcards etc.

Use your own photos and sound recordings or text to speech

 

 

Easy to use independently: Fairly
Number of exercises: Unlimited
Version: UK English, American English, Australian English
Access: Touchscreen
Record Results:
Evaluation: