Presentation at ComTEC Open Day October 21, 2011

1. What’s APPropriate?
AAC Apps for mobile devices

2. Charlene Cullen
Speech Pathologist
Speech Language and AAC Consultant

3. Mobile devices

4. Over 140 AAC apps

5. There’s an app for that

6. Apps for AAC
http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/iphoneipad-
apps-for-aac

7. Proloquo2Go
and then...

8. iPad

9. Questions raised
• How do I choose?
• Are they worth the cost?
• What do they offer that
traditional speech
generating devices don’t?
• What do SGDs offer that
other mobile devices don’t

10. Celebrity Awareness

11. Media Stories and Opinions
http://socialtimes.com/iphoneipad-app-helps-autistic-
children-communicate_b10778

12. Media Stories and Opinions
www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/resources/2011/04
/aac-apps-speaking-appropriately/

13. Media Stories and Opinions
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/03/ipads-are-
not-a-miracle-for-autism-geekdad-opinion/

14. More Media Stories and Opinions
http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/category/app
s-and-mobile-learning/opinion/

15. Apps with Symbols/Pictures

16. Apps with Symbols and Text-to-speech

17. Apps with Text only

18. Traditional speech generating devices

19. Accessibility
• Settings -> General -> Accessibility
• Voice Over
• Zoom Magnification
• White on black display
• Large text
www.apple.com/accessibility/ipad/vision.html
http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/category/apps-
and-mobile-learning/accessibility-and-access/

20. Access

21. Accessories

22. Quality Apps Review
• Broxterman’s Bugle
• SpedApps2
• Teach with your iPad
• Inov8 Educational Consulting
• Apps for Children with Special Needs
• Special Needs Apps for Kids
• iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Apps for (Special)
Education by Eric Sailers

23. Keep watching...
www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/apple

24. Research

25. Expertise

26. Case Study

27. Other sources
• iTeach Special Education – iDevices in
Special Education (Facebook group)
• Assistive Technology (Facebook Group)
• Twitter #augcomm #aacapps #tweetaac