Activities of Daily Living

For creating visual schedules, visual timers and symbol choices

Visual prompting tool only, no audio prompts or voice output

For creating visual schedules, visual timers and symbol choices

Visual support only, no audio prompts or voice output

For designing visual schedules, story boards, flashcards etc.

Use your own photos and sound recordings or text to speech

Voice recorder to record your own speech

Record reminders

Record conversations (e.g. at the Dr) to remember what was said and to play back later

Send recordings via email

Type of app & brief description       

• Attach voice recordings to your photos.
• When you press on a photo, the voice recording speaks out so you can explain your photos and use them in conversation if your speech is affected.

Comments/N.B

• Free

Brief description

• Reading & writing tool designed for children but can be very helpful for people with aphasia who need help with writing & spelling
• Word prediction (can be personalised)
• Word & phrase banks by topic or A-Z (can be personalised)
• Written or picture supported word banks
• Hear words before selecting
• Listen back to what you have written
• Make voice notes to rehearse a sentence before writing it

Who could benefit

• People who have some spelling but who need writing & spelling prompts
• People who have no spelling but who would like to write letters/cards
  
   

Brief description

• 85 symbol supported spoken phrases relating to daily, adult activities

Comments/N.B

• Designed for general use in conversations
• No personal or specific vocabulary
• Could replace a generic, basic communication book/chart
   

Type of exercises:

• Money
• Time
• Functional Reading
• Pragmatics

Developed with SLT: Yes

Theory based: Based on SLT experience

Record own speaking attempts: N/A

Correction of own speaking attempts: N/A

Customisation/personalisation: No

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues given: None

Tutorials: Yes

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free lifetime technical support via phone, email or online livechat

Comments:

• Money – recognising, matching, calculating costs & change, solving money problems
• Clock – setting clock faces, solving time problems (including days, months & years)
• Functional Reading – e.g. labels, menus, receipts, adverts etc with multiple choice answers.
• Pragmatics – intonation, idioms, getting your message across and choosing what you would do/say in social situations

N.B:
    Module covers very different skills at very different levels.
    Some exercises need good listening skills, some need reading skills and some need both
    Big difference in the number of exercises for each section. E.g. the clock problems have over 1000 exercises but the pragmatics only has 200
    British accent.

This program can be purchased as a monthly subscription which gives access to all the React2.com modules. This may work out cheaper than purchasing the stand alone module, depending on how long it is needed for. A stand alone, offline version exists for those without internet access.

Supplier: React