Can author/customise

Cognishine

SLT Summary

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

Activities intended to enhance cognitive abilities such as memory, attention, cognitive flexibility, information processing, category formation, reasoning, and to encourage spontaneous learning.

Some customisable access features, including cursor type and english accents. Also available in Hebrew and Dutch.

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

Project QWERTY

SLT Summary

Free software designed for people living with aphasia.

Practice spelling/ typing

Access via mouse or touch screen

Range of categories: social media, text messaging, online shopping, frequently used words

Personalise with own word categories

Collate results across tasks

Choose level of support / difficulty

Aphasia Summary

Free software designed for people living with aphasia.

Practice spelling/ typing

Access via mouse or touch screen

Range of categories: social media, text messaging, online shopping, frequently used words

Personalise with own word categories

Collate results across tasks

Choose level of support / difficulty

Price
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Typing and spelling practice designed for people living with aphasia

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

Memory Lane Games

SLT Summary

Free version provides common category question and answer activities. Picture support. Multiple choice word finding. Variable level of difficulty from easy to hard.

1,500 free games

Subscription version allows import of personal photos.

Clinically endorsed by ORCHA

Aphasia Summary

Quiz

Categories

Word finding

Range of categories in free version.

Can personalise pictures in paid version.

Area Targeted
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Create quiz style games/ word finding activities, based around personal memories.

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

Our Story2

SLT Summary

Create photo stories with photos, written text and audio recordings. Could be used to tell stories, as a talking photo album, to keep memories, to plan tasks

Aphasia Summary

Using personal photos, written text and audio recordings you can create talking photo albums, task planners, stories to tell others

Price
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
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App for creating personalised photo stories

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

CanPlan

SLT Summary

Visual calendar & task sequencing for activities of daily living

Use personalised photos, videos, text and audio to break tasks down into easy to follow steps to increase independence

Set reminders  for task prompts

Aphasia Summary

Visual calendar & personalised step by step instructions for daily tasks (e.g. making a meal; doing the laundry; buying a train ticket)

Use personalised photos, videos, text and voice recordings for each step of a task

Set reminders to do a task at a certain time

Platforms
Price
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
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Visual calendar & personalised step by step instructions for daily tasks

Access
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
No
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

 

Who could benefit

People who 

Aphasia Summary

Text to speechReads text aloud as you type

Language
Price
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
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Text to speech. Reads text aloud as you type

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

Claro ScanPen

SLT Summary

Screen reading software. Take a photo of written text and it will read the text back to you aloud

Brief description

  • Available as an app or software

  • Choose to hear the text read word by word, line by line or hear the whole text read out

  • Speed up/slow down the screen reading voice

Aphasia Summary

Take a photo of written text & the app will read the text aloud

 

Language
Price
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
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Screen reader software

Speaks written text aloud for those who find reading difficult

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

Make Write

SLT Summary

Free app co-designed by consultants with aphasia and researchers at City University to encourage people with aphasia to engage in creative writing

Select a piece of writing (your own or one of the 10 included) as your starting point. Automatically erase most of the words to reveal a small set of words to work with. Add and erase words until you have a set of words you'd like to work with. Arrange these words to make a piece of writing and save a photo of it or share it via Twitter or the other apps on your ipad (e.g. email, text, Whats App etc).

 

 

Aphasia Summary

Have fun re-arranging words to write some text, a poem or pure nonsense

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Free creative writing app

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

TippyTalk EDU

SLT Summary

Customiseable app to enable the non-verbal/non-literate user to send text messages to designated communication partners

The user presses a sequence of 2 messages to be automatically sent by text to the communication partner of their choice. All messages are represented by a picture/photo (e.g. I need shopping, please get me some apples)

Pictures, text labels and spoken labels can all be customised

App can be modified remotely (i.e. SLT/carer can change messages on a desktop and it will be immediately available to the user on their tablet/phone)

Aphasia Summary

App for sending texts to friends & family for non-verbal and non-literate users

Platforms
Price
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
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App to enable non-verbal and non-literate users to communicate via texting technology

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

Bitsboard

SLT Summary

App designed for creating therapy exercises

Create 'boards' of vocab to practise and incorporate these into spelling games (anagrams, missing letters, word search, cross words) or semantic exercises (odd one out, sorting exercises) or sequencing exercises.  Set up easy familiarisation activities for the user to familiarise themselves with the vocab items

The user can also record their speaking attempts

Suggested photos and voice recordings are provided but you can choose your own if you prefer

Aphasia Summary

App designed for SLTs to create personalised therapy exercises

Platforms
Price
Area Targeted
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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App for creating customised therapy exercises (spelling, semantics, sequencing)

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