SmallTalk daily activities
85 spoken phrases with symbols for talking about daily tasks
For use in conversations
Word Q Speak Q
Brief description
- Help with spelling: word prediction, speech recognition & screen reader
- Guesses what you want to say, reads aloud text on the screen and types the words you say aloud
- Works in all programs & web pages (e.g. email, internet, facebook, youtube)
Who could benefit:
- People who can spell the first 2-3 letters of a word before getting stuck
- People who can spell words but sometimes find it easier to say a word
Comments
- Mac users only have access to the word prediction & screen reading parts of the program, not the speech recognition part
Co:Writer
Brief description
- App & software
- Help with spelling
- Guesses what you want to say, hear the words before you select
- Use in social media, email, word processing applications
- Listen back to the sentence you’re writing
- Word lists to help with writing
Who could benefit
- People who can spell the first 2-3 letters of a word before getting stuck
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Speech recognition program
As you speak into the microphone, the speech is automatically turned into text
Useful if your speech is quite good but you struggle to write or type
First Keys 3
Brief description
- Keyboard familiarisation
- Spelling exercises
- 80 activities included or create your own
- Results are recorded
Who could benefit
- People needing to practise:
- Keyboard skills
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Spelling skills
WordTalk
Brief description
- Free text to speech program
- Only works in Microsoft Word
Who could benefit
- People with some spelling and reading difficulties
Vu Bar
Brief description
- A reading bar
- Helps you read one line of text at a time
Who could benefit
- People who skip lines of text
- People with reading difficulties
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People with visual difficulties
VASTtx keywords
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
VASTtx therapy samples
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
VAST songs 1
10 songs to practise different speech sounds, rhythms, pace & rates
You may want to wear headphones