Yes

Read&Write

SLT Summary

Read&Write features include:

  • Text-to-speech: Read what I type including individual words, passages, or whole documents aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting.
  • Text & Picture Dictionaries: Provide definitions and display images to help with word comprehension.
    Vocabulary List: Creates a list instantly into a new doc, including selected words, the dictionary definitions, images
  • Rewordify: simplifies the readability of text without changing the meaning. (Only available for Read&Write for Google Chrome)
  • Check It: Reviews writing for incorrect grammar, spelling (phonetic), capitalization, punctuation, verb tense and more.
  • Audio Maker: Converts selected text into an audio file, and automatically downloads
  • Talk&Type: Turns the spoken word into text (unavailable for Read&Write for Mac users).
Aphasia Summary
  • Text-to-speech: Reads tex aloud
  • Text & Picture Dictionaries: Provide definitions and images to help with word comprehension.
  • Vocabulary List
  • Rewordify: simplifies the readability of text without changing the meaning. 

    (Only available for Read&Write for Google Chrome)

  • Check It: Reviews writing for incorrect grammar, spelling
  • Audio Maker: Converts text into audio
  • Talk&Type: Turns the spoken word into text
  • (unavailable for Read&Write for Mac users).
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
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Read&Write is a literacy support tool that offers help with everyday tasks like:

  • reading text out loud
  • understanding unfamiliar words

 

Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
Yes
Free trial
Yes

ClaroSpeak

SLT Summary

Text-to-speech program. Reads text aloud as it is typed, so you can listen to what you are typing 

Brief description

  • Spelling errors are highlighted, and alternative suggestions are given
  • Word prediction can be enabled
  • Option to hear each word as it's typed or to listen only when a sentence is completed
  • Capture text from photo
  • Visual highlighting of text
  • Send text in email
Aphasia Summary

Text-to-speech program. 

Reads text aloud as it is typed so you can listen to what you are typing 

 

Brief description

  • Help with spelling
  • Word prediction can be enabled
  • Listen to the word as it's typed.
  • Capture text from photo
  • Visual highlighting of text
  • Send text in email
Language
Evaluation
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
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Text to speechReads text aloud as you type

Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
Yes
Free trial
Yes

TD Snap Aphasia

SLT Summary

TD Snap acts as a communication support and therapy tool for aphasia

Tools include: 

  • white board,
  • rating scales,
  • customisable word lists that can be categorised and used in semantic therapies
  • conversation scripts
  • photo album

Available in English, German and Italian

Aphasia Summary

TD Snap can be used to support communication.

TD snap can be used to complete word therapies

  • white board,
  • rating scales,
  • customisable word lists that can be categorised and used in semantic therapies
  • conversation scripts
  • photo album
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Price
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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TD Snap Aphasia provides multiple tools for communicating and activities to promote language recovery.

Access
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
Yes
Free trial
Yes

Keeble

SLT Summary

Keeble is an iOS keyboard.

It gives the user control over the colour, font and complexity of the keyboard.

Keeble features word prediction, can give auditory feedback on letters and words and the ability to control voice / speech rate.

It offers:

  1. Simplified ABC offers an ABC keyboard and leaves out all the difficult, less important keys. It is intended for beginning users who are still exploring letters and who should not be distracted by keys they do not need.
  2. Simplified QWERTY is a standard keyboard, leaving out all the difficult, less important keys. It is intended for beginning writers who should not be distracted by keys they do not need.
  3. QWERTY is the standard keyboard layout.
  4. QWERTY extended is optimized for iPad Pro.
  5. Scanning - ABC offers a simplified, ABC keyboard for users with fine-motor challenges who access the keyboard through switch scanning.
  6. Scanning - Frequency of use is a research-based keyboard layout that offers letters based on frequency of use: the most frequently used letters are placed at the beginning of the keyboard, saving switch scanners lots of time.

Keeble features word prediction, can give auditory feedback on letters and words and the ability to control voice / speech rate.

It can be used with scanning / switch control

Available in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, and Polish. In addition, the app offers regional keyboard layouts for British English, Australian English and Canadian English, as well as Flemish, Swiss French, and Canadian French. 

Aphasia Summary

Keeble works on i0s 

It is a keyboard that can be formatted in multiple ways to support varying visual, motor and language skills.

It gives the user control over the colour, font and complexity of the keyboard.

Keeble features word prediction, can give auditory feedback on letters and words and the ability to control voice / speech rate.

It is available in different languages.

Platforms
Price
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
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Keeble is a keyboard that can be adapted in multiple ways to improve accessibilty.

Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
Yes
Free trial
No

Cognishine

SLT Summary

A comprehensive library of activities covering cognition, social emotional skills, language and speech.

Activities intend to enhance receptive and expressive language skills, social communication skills/pragmatics, speech sound production, and cognitive abilities.

Some customisable access features, including cursor type and english accents. Also available in German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew. More languages to be added soon.

Self practice report

 

Aphasia Summary

Activities aimed at supporting:

Cognition: memory, sequencing, planning, recall, general knowledge

Language: word naming, auditory comprehension, picture description, story telling,

Speech: practice sounds, select specific sounds to practice

Social emotional: point of view, inference, identifying emotions

Price
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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A comprehensive library of activities covering cognition, social emotional skills, language and speech.

Record Results
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
Yes
Free trial
Yes

Speakable

SLT Summary

Practice conversation in real world scenarios using AI avatars

Choose between pre built and 'make your own' scenarios eg coffee shop/ job interview

Track progress through statistical feedback and track improvement over time.

Only available on desktop

Aphasia Summary

Practice conversation with an interactive avatar.

Make your own or use inbuilt scenarios, such as coffee shop, job interview, doctors surgery etc.

Get statistical feedback on your progress

Only available on desktop

 

Language
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Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Practice conversation in real world scenarios using AI avatars

Choose between pre built and 'make your own' scenarios 

Receive statistics on your improvements

Record Results
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
No
Can author/customise
Yes
Free trial
Yes

Listen In

SLT Summary

Aims to improve understanding of spoken word.

Includes 800 words - presented singularly or in a sentence

Gamified activities - match spoken words to pictures.

Choose sets of words to practice

Part of a current clinical trial - can choose to participate in research during use of app - or decline.

Tested in clinical trial with 30 participants living with aphasia. They compelted 85 hours practice over 12 week period. 31% imprvement seen for practiced words.

Aphasia Summary

Improve understanding of spoken words

Single words and sentences

Gamified activities

Part of a research project

 

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Aims to improve understanding of spoken word

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
Yes

Speechify

SLT Summary

Speechify is a text to speech tool. It can be used to read aloud any typed text: messages, social media, e-books, PDF's, or photograph text to read pages from books, magazines and other text

Highlight text as you read

Choose speech rate

Choose voice

Syncs across devices

Aphasia Summary

Speechify is a text to speech tool. It can be used to read aloud any typed text: messages, social media, e-books, PDF's, or photograph text to read pages from books, magazines and other text

Highlight text as you read

Choose speech rate

Choose voice

Syncs across devices

Evaluation
Price
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
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Speechify is a text to speech tool.

 

 

Access
Prompts/cues given
No
Theory Based
No
Can author/customise
Yes
Free trial
Yes

iReadMore

SLT Summary

A phone/tablet based app which targets issues with single word reading associated with alexia & aphasia

Written and spoken words as well as pictures are used to re-build associations between semantics, orthographics and phonology

600 stimuli items are provided and up to 30 'trials'

Initially, the user is required to complete a test of reactions, vision, reading, spelling and writing. They then do 'look & listen' exercises to familiarise themselves with the target words.  There are then 'trials' using auditory to written word matching with pictorial support.  The initial tests are time consuming but can be paused

Familiarisation tasks and trials are automatically created based on performance and change according to progress made

Audio and visual, on-screen aphasia guides are provided to guide the user through how the app works

Results are recorded and include training time taken, reading accuracy and reading speed

Aphasia Summary

App for practising reading single words

Language
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Price
Area Targeted
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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An app for training single word reading

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
No
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
Yes

Comprehension Toolbox

SLT Summary

Tasks to work on spoken and written comprehension of nouns, verbs and occupations.

2200 functional stimuli items, from 10 different categories e.g. clothing, health & body, home & garden, leisure, nature

Includes a training section where the user can familiarise themselves and practise with stimuli items before moving onto the comprehension tasks

In the training tasks, the client can hear and/or see 2 examples of the target word, then match the word to the correct picture (choice of 3)

In the photo shuffle: tasks, the client is required to match the spoken and/or written word to the pictures (choice of 2-6)

In the word match tasks, the client is required to match the picture  to the correct spoken and/or written word (choice of 3)

Aphasia Summary

Understanding written and spoken words

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Understanding written and spoken words

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
No
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
Yes