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Synonyms, Homonyms & Antonyms Deluxe

Supplier: https://www.bungalowsoftware.com/

Type of exercises:

  • Multiple choice
  • Fill the gaps
  • words that ‘sound like’ or are ‘the opposite to’ or are ‘the same as’

Use your own words?: No

Help given: Yes

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

  • Some Americanisms
  • Some exercises are very hard
  • Voice is American

N.B:
    Need to be able to spell
    Need to be able to read
 

Easy to use independently: Very
Number of exercises: Large
Version: American English
Access: Keyboard, Mouse
Record Results: Yes
Price:

Aphasia Tutor 1 Words Outloud

Supplier: https://www.bungalowsoftware.com/

Type of exercises:

  • Multiple choice
  • Fill the gaps
  • Reading letters
  • Reading words
  • Spelling words

Can use own words?: No

Help given: Yes

Record results: Yes

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Easy to use independently: Fairly
Number of exercises: Large
Version: UK English, American English, Australian English
Access: Keyboard, Mouse
Record Results: Yes
Price:

Aphasia Tutor 1 Words Deluxe

Supplier: https://www.bungalowsoftware.com/

Type of exercises:

  • Multiple choice,
  • Fill the gaps,
  • Reading letters,
  • Reading words,
  • Spelling words

Can use own words?: No

Help given: None

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Easy to use independently: Fairly
Number of exercises: Large
Version: UK English, American English
Access: Keyboard, Mouse
Record Results: Yes
Price:

Parrot Vocabulary

Supplier: http://www.parrotsoftware.com

Type of exercises:

  • Word meanings
  • Putting in order
  • Spelling
  • Opposites & ‘same as’

Use your own vocabulary: No

Help given: Only for one set of exercises

Support: Free

Comments:

  • Need reading skills
  • Putting things in order exercises cover everyday activities (e,g, parking, dressing).

N.B:
    American vocabulary
    Voice is American and computer generated

Easy to use independently: No
Number of exercises: Large
Version: Other Languages Available, American English
Access: Click & Drag, Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen
Record Results: Yes
Price: ££

React2 Auditory Processing Module

Supplier: http://www.react2.com

Type of exercises:

  • Listening exercises :
  • letters
  • words
  • sentences
  • conversations

Use your own words? No

Help given: None

Free trial:Yes

Support:Free
 
Comments:

  • Easy to very difficult exercises
  • Can buy by module or by monthly subscription
Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Very Large
Version: UK English, Australian English
Access: Mouse, Touchscreen
Record Results: Yes
Price: ££

Step by Step V5

Supplier: https://www.steps.uk

Type of exercises:

  • Saying words
  • Spelling words
  • Understanding words

Use your own words: Yes



Help given: Yes. Written, spoken and video help



Free trial: Yes



Support: Free



Comments:

  • When you have improved, it automatically moves you up to the next level
  • Your Speech and Language Therapist can give you more exercises and see your results over the internet

N.B:

  British accent

 

Easy to use independently: Very
Number of exercises: Unlimited
Version: UK English
Access: Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen
Record Results: Yes
Price: £££

ORLA - Oral Reading for Language in Aphasia

Supplier: https://www.sralab.org/aphasiasoftware

Type of exercises:

  • Repeating aloud
  • Sentences
  • Paragraphs

Can use own words: No

Help given: No

Free trial: No

Support: phone or email in the USA

Easy to use independently: Very
Number of exercises: Large
Version: American English
Access: Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen
Record Results: No
Price:

Speech Trainer 3D

Supplier: http://smartyearsapps.com/speech-trainer-2/

Exercises for speech sounds

A computer generated face shows how to make the sounds - not video of a real person

If your device has a camera,  compare your movements with the computer face movements

Sounds are shown in  the phonetic alphabet

May need help from a Speech & Language Therapist.

Easy to use independently: Fairly
Number of exercises: Large
Version: American English
Access: Touchscreen
Record Results: No
Price: £

iName it

Supplier: http://smartyearsapps.com/iname-it/

Practise saying words from 5 visual scenes (bathroom, bedroom, garage, kitchen and living room)

You choose the item you want to name

You decide if you have named it correctly, the app doesn't do it for you

Some prompts if you are finding it hard

Results are recorded

Many of the items are in American English (e.g. faucet, bath tub, refrigerator, garbage can)

No facility for recording your speech 

 

 

 

Easy to use independently: Fairly
Number of exercises: Small
Version: American English
Access: Touchscreen
Record Results: Yes
Price: ££

Comprehension Therapy

Supplier: http://tactustherapy.com/app/comprehension/

Understanding written & spoken words

3 levels of difficulty

10 to 100 exercises presented

Results are summarised at the end of the session but not recorded for future reference

Can send results via email

Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Very Large
Version: UK English, American English, Other Languages Available
Access: Touchscreen
Record Results: Yes
Price: ££