The Sword professional version
Type of exercises:
- Saying words
Can use your own words?: Yes
Help given: Yes
Free trial: Yes
Support: Free
Comments:
- Very repetitive
- Very structured
- But this is needed in order to practice the words
Speech Trainer 3D
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.
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
Comprehension Therapy
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
Reading Therapy
Reading & understanding sentences & phrases
10-100 items per exercise
Results are presented at end of session but cannot be reviewed later
Can email results
Free trial available through the Languagetherappy Lite app
Writing Therapy
Spelling exercises
3 levels of difficulty
10-50 items per exercise
3-10 letter words
Results can be emailed
Free trial available through the Languagetherappy Lite app
SmallTalk phonemes
Exercises for speech sounds
40 videos and sound recordings of vowels and consonants to copy
May need help from a Speech & Language Therapist
SmallTalk oral motor exercises
Exercises for lip and mouth movements
54 Video and voice recordings to copy
Can choose specific movements to practise
May need some help from a Speech & Language Therapist
Naming Therapy
Saying words & describing pictures
Can add your own words
10-100 items per exercise
4 different types of activity
If using alone, you need to be good at knowing whether you have said the word correctly
Results can be emailed
Free trial available through the Languagetherappy Lite app
Lexico cognition
Exercises for listen & remember or read and remember
Basic sequencing with describing words
A spoken and/or written description is given (e.g. the red one is bigger than the green one), you must select the correct picture from a choice of 12