SmallTalk daily activities

85 spoken phrases with symbols for talking about daily tasks

For use in conversations

Easy to use independently: Yes
Supplier: https://www.aphasia.com/free-apps/

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
Easy to use independently: Fairly
Supplier: https://www.quillsoft.ca

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
Easy to use independently: Fairly
Supplier: http://donjohnston.com/cowriter/#.U2EPDOpOWP8

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

 

Easy to use independently: Fairly
Supplier: http://www.nuance.co.uk

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
  • Spelling skills
     
Easy to use independently: Yes
Supplier: https://www.widgit.com/support/fk3/

WordTalk

Brief description

  • Free text to speech program
  • Only works in Microsoft Word

Who could benefit

  • People with some spelling and reading difficulties
Easy to use independently: Yes
Supplier: http://www.wordtalk.org.uk

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
  • People with visual difficulties
     
Easy to use independently: Yes
Supplier: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Miscellaneous/Vu-Bar.shtml

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

Easy to use independently: Yes
Supplier: https://www.itherapyllc.com/vast

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

Easy to use independently:
Supplier: https://www.itherapyllc.com/vast

VAST songs 1

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

You may want to wear headphones

Easy to use independently: Yes
Supplier: https://www.itherapyllc.com/vast