Speech FlipBook – Articulation & Apraxia

“Speech FlipBook – Articulation & Apraxia” is developed by Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. It is free to download and contains one in-app purchase of $4.99 to upgrade to the full version. It is compatible with the iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone and requires iOS 5.0 or later.

A “must-have” tool for every Speech-Language Pathologist, Teacher, & Parent is now FREE to try! Use for Reading, Phonological Awareness, Apraxia, Articulation, & More!

Millions of parents, teachers, & therapists have made little flip books of letters & sounds for their children, students, & patients – now you can SAVE TIME with this talking flipbook that is completely customizable to your needs!

It’s as easy as 1-2-3 to have quick access to nearly every single-syllable word in the English language, suitable for all ages:

1. Pick which sounds you want to appear in initial, medial, & final positions
2. Flip between sounds or words to create the targets you want
3. Hear the sounds & words, then record yourself & play it back instantly!

This app includes 16 sounds and 40 words with the option to upgrade to all 2300+ recordings of words in natural speech & 125 phonemes & clusters! The full version includes ALL vowels & consonants of Standard American English as well as over 250 sets of homophones.

So many uses:

• Learning to Read
• Phonological Awareness
• Apraxia
• Articulation
• Minimal Pairs
• Phonological Disorders
• Dysarthria
• Accent Reduction
• Speech Perception for Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Settings are flexible:

Sounds can appear in uppercase, lowercase, or IPA (international phonetic alphabet). See only real words, non-words, or both. Select any or all vowels as well as initial & final phonemes & clusters. Flip between sounds or whole words.

Kids will have fun learning on their own or working with an adult or therapist on specific speech, language, or reading goals as they flip through the words. Adults can use this app too for rehabilitation from apraxia, aphasia, or dysarthria, or for English-language learning & accent reduction.

SLPs can generate a word list on demand, focusing on all words that begin or end with a given sound, or words that fit a particular phonological structure (e.g. alveolar-vowel-alveolar). SLPs can use whichever therapy technique is indicated (cycles, minimal or maximal contrasts, metaphon, complexity, phonological awareness, traditional drill, etc) to treat speech sound disorders & use this app to generate the appropriate word lists!

Words are paired with the sounds so learners can see the various spellings that go with each sound. Therapists are already seeing the results of children being in control of this app & improving each sound as they blend them together into well-articulated words!

This app is deceptively simple – it can do so much once you learn to use the settings to achieve the word & sound activities you want. Additional instructions & videos on how to use the app for various purposes are available on our website.

iPhone/iPod Link: Speech FlipBook – Articulation & Apraxia – Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

iPad Link: Speech FlipBook – Articulation & Apraxia – Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Visual Attention TherAppy Lite

“Visual Attention TherAppy Lite” is developed by Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. It is free to download and has no in-app purchases. It is only compatible with the iPad and requires iOS 4.3 or later.

Try our professional therapy app designed to improve reading, scanning, concentration, memory, attention to detail, and speed of processing! Race against time to find letters and symbols in a field of adjustable size – perfect for rehab therapists, brain injury survivors, and special needs classrooms!

Scanning from left to right all the way across the page is an essential skill for reading, both for children learning to read and for those with brain injury causing visual or attention deficits. Read the studies posted on our website to learn how this technique works and why it’s so important: http://tactustherapy.com/apps/vat/

This app gives you a sample of the professional rehab and special education app: Visual Attention TherAppy. Visual Attention Therapy provides systematic and customizable practice to train the eyes and brain to move correctly. Developed for stroke survivors and people with dyslexia by a Speech-Language Pathologist, Visual Attention TherAppy offers 2 modes:

• Test – check if there’s a problem in scanning or attention
• Practice – move left to right, finding 1 or 2 targets in order

Set Practice to Left, None, or Right to turn on/off a bright signal at the edge of the screen to draw attention to the neglected side of space. Customize the signal to match the training program already in place (red line, yellow line, flashing).

There are 12 settings of spacing/size to customize the app for the level of the user to provide between 24 & 228 items on the screen available in the full app. The Lite version offers 1 size/spacing setting to get you started.

Email results of the test (indicates which quadrant is most often neglected) and practice to track progress over time for both speed and accuracy.

**This LITE version restricts Test and Practice modes to 1 level and 1 size to allow you to experience how the full app works. It is a fully functional app for this 1 level and size, allowing you to try 1 or 2 targets and access emails.***

No outside ads, no in-app purchases, no personal data collection, and links can be disabled.

This is an iPad-only app that looks beautiful on both traditional and Retina displays.

iPad Link: Visual Attention TherAppy Lite – Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Category TherAppy Lite

“Category TherAppy Lite” is developed by Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. It is free to download and has no in-app purchases. It is compatible with the iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad and requires iOS 4.3 or later.

See for yourself how the most powerful and comprehensive app available for teaching categorization skills for speech therapy, special education, and stroke rehab works for FREE!

Category TherAppy Lite gives you a preview of the nearly 700 words and 70 categories included in Category TherAppy.

Try out each of four activities:

• Find
• Classify
• Add One
• Exclude

See a sample of all three levels: Concrete Categories, Subcategories, & Abstract Categories

3 exercises in each mode and difficulty give you 36 unique trials in this Lite version. Thousands of unique trials are included in the full version!

This professional speech therapy app is so versatile – it can go from a simple activity such as “Find the animal” up to “Find the one that doesn’t belong” for a selection of abstract categories such as “cold things”, requiring inferencing and reasoning to figure out how the items are alike before knowing which item to exclude. Hints are built-in to enable independent practice.

Items can be presented as words, pictures, or both with each word pronounced in real speech with a neutral North American accent. WIth the words and speech paired together, users can improve their reading skills or choose to challenge themselves with only one mode of presentation.

As with all the TherAppy apps (Language TherAppy, Visual Attention TherAppy, and Spaced Retrieval TherAppy), scoring is automated with a detailed email summary of results!

The app is completely operated with a simple touch gesture for students and patients with limited physical dexterity.

This app is perfect for adult rehab with a clean interface, real photos, and functional vocabulary. Child-friendly mode turns this app into a wonderful tool for elementary schools and pediatric therapy.

Works on every size of iOS device with full Retina support.

No Ads, No In-App Purchases, No Personal Info Collected, Links can be Disabled.

Sample the power of Category TherAppy with Category TherAppy Lite!

iPhone/iPod Link: Category TherAppy Lite – Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

iPad Link: Category TherAppy Lite – Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Autism Language Learning Series II Lite

“Autism Language Learning Series II Lite” is developed by TalkTime Pediatric Speech Academy. It is free to download and contains no in-app purchases. It is compatible with the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch and requires iOS 5.1 or later.

SERIES II: 

• A speech therapy app developed by a speech-language pathologist
• Appropriate for children with receptive & expressive language impairments, including autism, Down’s Syndrome, developmental delays, and more…
• Uses still pictures and live VIDEO to help children learn how to comprehend and answer yes/no questions
• 2 pictures and 4 video clips arranged in 3 modules: Concrete Objects, Actions, and Common Facts

Highlights include: 

• Data Collection
• Visual Depiction of yes/no
• Visual & Auditory Reinforcement provided after every question
• Option to use visual prompting
• Randomization of pictures and video (order is changed when a new module is selected)

Description of student use: 

The user enters the student in the Data Tracking module, then selects the students name when a module is selected. A video or picture is viewed and a yes/no question is asked about the visual stimulus. The user selects “yes” or “no” using the visual yes/no buttons. The user may select the option to provide a visual prompt for assistance. If the user answers incorrectly, the app states, “Make a different choice” or “Try Again.” When the correct answer is selected, visual & auditory reinforcement is provided.

iPhone/iPod Link: Autism Language Learning Series II Lite – TalkTime Pediatric Speech Academy

iPad Link: Autism Language Learning Series II Lite – TalkTime Pediatric Speech Academy

Question TherAppy Lite

“Question TherAppy Lite” is developed by Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. It is free to download and has no in-app purchases. It is compatible with the iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone and requires iOS 5.0 or later.

App 1) ANSWERING THERAPPY LITE

• yes/no & wh-questions
• personal orientation questions
• custom questions (limited in Lite version)

Understanding & answering question is a common goal for both children with special needs & adults with acquired communication impairments (aphasia, brain injury). No other app available works on both Yes/No & Wh- questions (8 different types!), nor will you find one that lets you add personalized questions! With a simple personal survey, this app will work on personal orientation questions automatically, verifying knowledge of the user’s personal data along with the current date & time! Use with a loved one at home or with clients in a therapy setting with equal ease.

App 2) ASKING THERAPPY LITE

• learn to ask yes/no & wh- questions
• discover, clarify, request & more!
• 3 response modes to accommodate all users

Answering questions is a crucial skill, but people are naturally inquisitive & want to learn more about the world around them. Finally there’s a tool to practice ASKING questions! Learn how asking questions will get you certain types of answers; ask properly-formed yes/no questions in 8 different verb tenses; ask for clarification using Wh questions (who, what, where, when, why); spin the wheels to ask questions of every type!

Both apps feature:

• user profiles (up to 4 in Lite version, unlimited in paid app)
• automated data tracking & storage
• built-in hints
• emailed progress notes
• audio for every question & answer for non-readers
• intuitive user interface
• so many settings for customization
• high-quality automated & recorded voices (limited in Lite version)
• motivating answers & performance markers
• age-free design is clean, distraction-free & respectful
• a sample of the 900+ stimuli in the full version

Question TherAppy will amaze you with how much language it elicits as users repeat, guess answers, try each option & gain confidence in conversation! Try these evidence-based apps for yourself with the free Lite version, then give your clients or family members the full tools they need to succeed!

NO in-app purchases, NO personal data collection, NO ads for outside products & links can be deactivated.

iPhone/iPod Link: Question TherAppy Lite – Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

iPad Link: Question TherAppy Lite – Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Conversation TherAppy Lite

“Conversation TherAppy Lite” is developed by Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. It is free to download and has no in-app purchases. It is compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad and requires iOS 5.0 or later.

Conversation TherAppy gets people talking! Now you can try this professional speech therapy app to target higher-level expressive language, pragmatic, problem-solving & cognitive-communication goals for older children, teens and adults! 

This FREE trial gives you a small sample of what you can do with the FULL version of Conversation TherAppy! Get full functionality with 1% of the total content in to see how it works.

With over 300 real photographs & 10 questions each, Conversation TherAppy gives you 3000+ questions. Combine that with user profiles, group play, and customization, and you get an incredibly useful tool for therapy! There’s also the option to get the questions in English, French, Portuguese or Zulu!

10 Question Prompts Include:
*Describe
*Define
*Remember
*Decide
*Feel
*Infer
*Predict
*Narrate (Story Starters)
*Evaluate
*Brainstorm

Perfect for Brain Injury, Stroke, early Alzheimer’s Disease, Aphasia, Aspergers and other forms of Autism, AAC users, SLI, Life Skills for Special Needs, and Middle & High School language therapy and education. So many goals can be targeted: speech, language, and cognitive!

Set up user profiles with each user’s goals for quick starts and score tracking. Use a guest profile to get going quickly or not save confidential data in the app. Email scores, graphs, and professional reports anytime. Play with up to 6 users in a group (4 on iPhone/iPod touch & Lite version), scoring any user at any time.

Read each question aloud, or have clients practice reading, then discuss your answers. Scoring is available to track correct, incorrect, and cued/approximate responses. You can also customize each question, tailoring it for your clients or translating it into their language!

Even those with limited speech have opinions to share; use these opportunities to help find new ways of expressing complex thoughts – the responses you get from this app are sure to surprise, impress, and illuminate strengths & weaknesses in your clients. The vivid pictures and interesting topics in this app will spark discussion, learning, and debate. These questions don’t have “right” or “wrong” answers, but there are appropriate answers, well-formed responses, and clearly spoken replies that can be scored. 

Photo stimuli are sorted into 12 categories including:
*Safety & Problems (over 50 functional scenes in full version)
*Everyday Activities
*Health
*Money & Politics
*Arts & Culture
*Social Problems
*Family
& more!

No in-app purchases, no ads, no personal data collection, and outside links can be disabled. Content is sorted into child, teen, and adult age groups to limit more sensitive topics. There are no sensitive topics in the Lite version of this app.

iPhone/iPod Link: Conversation TherAppy Lite – Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

iPad Link: Conversation TherAppy Lite – Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.