Developed with SLT

SmallTalk Common Phrases

SLT Summary

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
Aphasia Summary

34 speech exercise videos for 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

Can allocate specific phrases to work on

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
Site Icon
icon Summary

34 speech exercise videos for phrases (e.g. call back later, can you write that for me?, speak slowly etc)

Videos and voice recordings to copy

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

SmallTalk Consonant Blends

SLT Summary

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
Aphasia Summary

74 exercises to practise speech sounds

Videos and voice recordings to copy

Can allocate specific sounds to work on

Platforms
Language
Selection
Price
Area Targeted
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
Site Icon
icon Summary

74 exercises to practise speech sounds

Videos and voice recordings to copy

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

SmallTalk Letters, Numbers, Colors

SLT Summary

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
Aphasia Summary

Speech exercises for letters of the alphabet, numbers 1-20 and 12 colours

Videos and voice recordings to copy

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
Site Icon
icon Summary

Speech exercises for letters of the alphabet, numbers 1-20 and 12 colours

Videos and voice recordings to copy

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

Minimal Pair Pack

SLT Summary

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
Aphasia Summary

Practise listening to the difference between similar speech sounds (for example: p and b; t and d)

20 different speech sounds to practise

Pictures, words or pictures & words together

Flashcard exercises to practise sounds in isolation or within phrases

 

Platforms
Evaluation
Price
Area Targeted
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
Site Icon
icon Summary

Practise listening to the difference between similar speech sounds

20 different speech sounds to practise

Pictures, words or pictures & words together

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

VAST songs 1

SLT Summary

Type of exercises & brief description             

  • Practise of 10 songs to encourage spontaneous and automatic speech
  • Songs chosen to practise variety of initial & contrastive sounds
  • Songs chosen to practise different rhythms, pace & rates

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues: Video and audio clips of oral movements

Comments:

  • It is recommended that headphones be worn to do the exercises
  • Male & female model examples
Aphasia Summary

10 songs to practise different speech sounds, rhythms, pace & rates

You may want to wear headphones

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
Site Icon
icon Summary

10 songs to practise different speech sounds, rhythms, pace & rates

 

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

VASTtx therapy samples

SLT Summary

Type of exercises & brief description             

  • Practise of speech sounds for apraxia of speech & other motor speech disorders
  • Building speech –  to practise basic speech patterns & build up to sentence length utterances, (includes basic  functional phrases)
  • Using speech – to practise continuous speech (includes phrases for the phone, & at a restaurant)
  • Creating own speech samples
  • The user is expected to produce the sounds in unison with the model provided
  • They can watch their own production of sounds simultaneously if their device has a camera

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues: Video and audio clips of oral movements

Comments:

  • It is recommended that headphones be worn to do the exercises
  • Success relies on many, many repetitions so user needs to be motivated to do this kind of therapy
  • For a fee, user can send own phrases to the company for them to create conversation scripts
     
Aphasia Summary

Exercises for  speech sounds and mouth movements

Video and sound recordings to copy

You  may need to wear headphones

If you want to use your own phrases, you must pay extra

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Type of Software
Number of exercises
Site Icon
icon Summary

Exercises for speech sounds and mouth movements

Video and sound recordings to copy

 

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

VASTtx keywords

SLT Summary

Type of exercises & brief description             

  • Practise of 21 consonant phonemes progressing to phoneme production in initial position of word/phrase
  • The user is expected to produce the sounds in unison with the model provided
  • They can watch their own production of sounds simultaneously if their device has a camera
  • Sounds are organised into sound families and contrastive sounds

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues: Video and audio clips of oral movements

Comments:

  • It is recommended that headphones be worn to do the exercises
  • For a fee, user can send own phrases to the company for them to create conversation scripts
  • Can designate specific exercises to be completed
  • Only consonant phonemes provided
Aphasia Summary

Practise 21 speech sounds on their own and in words/phrases

You  may need to wear headphones

If you want to use your own phrases, you must pay extra

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
Site Icon
icon Summary

Practise 21 speech sounds on their own and in words/phrases

 

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

SmallTalk daily activities

SLT Summary

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
     
Aphasia Summary

85 spoken phrases with symbols for talking about daily tasks

For use in conversations

Platforms
Language
Price
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
Site Icon
icon Summary

85 spoken phrases with symbols for talking about daily tasks

For use in conversations

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

SmallTalk conversational phrases

SLT Summary

Brief description

  • 66 generic, symbol supported  spoken phrases appropriate for someone with aphasia

Comments/N.B

  • Designed for general use when out & about
  • No personal or specific vocabulary
  • Could replace a generic, basic communication book/chart
     
Aphasia Summary

66 basic spoken phrases with symbols, useful for someone with aphasia

For use when out & about

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Site Icon
icon Summary

66 basic spoken phrases with symbols

For use when out & about

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

SmallTalk Aphasia

SLT Summary

Type of exercises & brief description             

  • AAC app
  • 50 symbol supported spoken phrases in the categories:
  •     Stroke
  •     Conversation
  •     Phone
  •     Emergency
  •     Meals
  •     Restaurants
  •     Health
  •     Pain scale


Comments/N.B

  • Designed to be a quick & easy to use conversation aid
  • Some Americanisms in the restaurant and food choices
     
Aphasia Summary

50 spoken phrases with symbols about: Stroke, Conversation, Phone,Emergency, Meals, Restaurants, Health, Pain scale

For use when out & about as a  conversation aid

Some American food and restaurant words

 

 

Platforms
Language
Price
Area Targeted
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
Site Icon
icon Summary

50 spoken phrases with symbols about: Stroke, Conversation, Phone, Emergency, Meals, Restaurants, Health, Pain scale

For use when out & about

 

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