Aphasia Tutor 4 Functional Reading

Supplier: https://www.bungalowsoftware.com/

Type of exercises:

  • Reading comprehension with multiple choice answers.
  • Reading of bills, adverts, product labels, timetables.
  • Locating services and recipes.

Developed with SLT: Yes

Theory based: No specific theory base, SLT experience

Record own speaking attempts: N/A

Correction of own speaking attempts: N/A

Customisation/personalisation: No

Error handling: Yes. If a wrong answer is given, it will highlight the area of the text to look at to obtain the correct answer.

Prompts/cues given: Chunks of text to read are highlighted to aid finding correct answer.

Tutorials: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free lifetime technical support via phone, email or online livechat

Comments:

  • Very American (e.g. American product labels, prices in $, American vocabulary)
  • Not real life clippings
  • Some exercises only have 2 items to read

N.B:   

  • Very American.
  • Not many exercises so would quickly complete the whole programme.

 

Easy to use independently: Yes
Number of exercises: Small
Version: American English
Access: Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen
Record Results: Yes
Evaluation: Developed with SLT, Free trial, Prompts/cues given, Theory based