Voice recorder to record your own speech

Record reminders

Record conversations (e.g. at the Dr) to remember what was said and to play back later

Send recordings via email

Type of exercises & brief description             

• Practice of written and spoken present tense, present progressive and past tense verbs at word and sentence level
• Flashcard exercises
• Multiple choice (4 choices) semantic exercises

Error handling: Removes incorrect responses



Prompts/cues: None



Comments/N.B

• Developed for children but most of the items and photos are adult appropriate

Type of app & brief description       

• Spaced retrieval technique to help memory of facts, procedures and other information. The person has a target question they must answer at regular intervals (e.g. what is your wife’s name).

Comments/N.B

• Not for independent practice, need someone working alongside & to program prompt questions
• With creative use, could be useful for functional word finding
   

Supplier: Tactus

Type of exercises & brief description             

• A trial version of 4 apps: Comprehension Therapy, Naming Therapy, Reading Therapy and Writing Therapy
• 5 items are available under each therapy category so you can trial the 4 apps before buying the full versions

Error handling: See individual app descriptions

Prompts/cues: See individual app descriptions

Record results: See individual app descriptions

Comments/N.B
Not a therapy tool in itself, a taster/demo

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

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

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

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

Type of exercises & brief description             

• Speech exercise videos  for 7 days of the week, 12 months of the year and 1st to 31st
• 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 days, months, dates to work on
• American voice

Brief description

• Free, text to speech app. You type in text and it reads it aloud.
• You can save your messages to use again,  instantly, without having to re-type your message