Communication
Communication Disorders effect so many students and people. Communication disorders are defined as speech and language disorders which refer to problems in communication and in related areas such as oral motor function. The delays and disorders can range from simple sound substitution to the inability to understand or use language.
TOOLS:
Low-Tech Communication Tools:
1. The GoTalk 20+, a lightweight and portable communication tool that allows you to record meaning to corresponding pictures. This devices allows up to 100 messages to be recorded.
Price: $216.00
(http://www.mayer-johnson.com/gotalk-20)
2. Create-A-Book: The Clear Literacy Pocket Set: makes it easy to display pictures, Picture Communication Symbols.. The pockets are backed with Velcro so you can attach them to any other Velcro surface for easy displaying and forming sentences or executing wants, needs, thoughts.
Price: $43.00
(http://www.mayer-johnson.com/clear-literacy-pocket-set)
3. Learning Fun Cubes: Personalize Learning Fun Cubes, made of loop VELCRO® fabric, with Picture Communication Symbols (PCS™) or digital pictures to improve vocabulary and literacy skills.
Price: $20.00-55.00
(http://www.mayer-johnson.com/learning-fun-cubes)
Mid-Tech Communication Tools:
1. 7 Level Blue Communicator by enablingdevices.com It has 7 levels for recordings, and can hold 112 messages in the Windows setting. It is beneficial to those with learning and cognitive disabilities.
Price: $100.00
2. Message Mate 40 by www.words-plus.com. Message Mate’s are hand-held communication devices that allow the user to speak a variety of recorded messages simply by pressing a key.
3. Keyboard Communicator, Keyboard Communicator is a low-cost portable keyboard based text-to-speech solution. Featuring a mini keyboard which can be detached and replaced with your own specialized keyboard.
Price: $795.00
High-Tech Communication Tools:
1. iPad equipped with Proloquo2Go: Proloquo2Go™ is an award-winning Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) solution for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch for people who have difficulty speaking or cannot speak at all.
Price: iPad, $500.00 + Proloquo2Go Application $100.00.
2. Communicator 2000, a Windows XP computer with go anywhere portability, ** The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) will pay up to $2,000 towards the cost of a speech device, like the Communicator 2000 shown here. Link to details. This package includes free software upgrades and free toll-free technical support....for life.** (http://www.turningpointtechnology.com/Comm/HTComputer.asp)
Price: $2,400.00
3. Communicator U1: This is a mini, to-go computer with all the luxuries of having an actual desktop at your fingers. It is a speech communication device. Taken directly from the vendor's website, below are all the specifications:
Included Preinstalled Software
• Communicator
• SpeechPro
• NeoSpeech Premium Voices
• 5,500 Symbols
Hardware Specifications
• OS: Windows XP
• CPU: Intel 1.33 GHz
• Display: 5.6" touchscreen (sunlight viewable)
• Memory: 1 GB
• Keyboard: Physical & Onscreen (or USB)
• Hard Drive: 16 GB Flash Hard Drive
• Camera: Yes
• Dimensions: 5.9 x 2.9 x 2.2"
• Weight: 2.1 lb
• Other: Ruggedized for 4 ft drop, Sealed all-weather design
Medicare SGD dedicated speech device version available
(http://www.turningpointtechnology.com/Comm/GS/CU1.asp)
1. The GoTalk 20+, a lightweight and portable communication tool that allows you to record meaning to corresponding pictures. This devices allows up to 100 messages to be recorded.
Price: $216.00
(http://www.mayer-johnson.com/gotalk-20)
2. Create-A-Book: The Clear Literacy Pocket Set: makes it easy to display pictures, Picture Communication Symbols.. The pockets are backed with Velcro so you can attach them to any other Velcro surface for easy displaying and forming sentences or executing wants, needs, thoughts.
Price: $43.00
(http://www.mayer-johnson.com/clear-literacy-pocket-set)
3. Learning Fun Cubes: Personalize Learning Fun Cubes, made of loop VELCRO® fabric, with Picture Communication Symbols (PCS™) or digital pictures to improve vocabulary and literacy skills.
Price: $20.00-55.00
(http://www.mayer-johnson.com/learning-fun-cubes)
Mid-Tech Communication Tools:
1. 7 Level Blue Communicator by enablingdevices.com It has 7 levels for recordings, and can hold 112 messages in the Windows setting. It is beneficial to those with learning and cognitive disabilities.
Price: $100.00
2. Message Mate 40 by www.words-plus.com. Message Mate’s are hand-held communication devices that allow the user to speak a variety of recorded messages simply by pressing a key.
3. Keyboard Communicator, Keyboard Communicator is a low-cost portable keyboard based text-to-speech solution. Featuring a mini keyboard which can be detached and replaced with your own specialized keyboard.
Price: $795.00
High-Tech Communication Tools:
1. iPad equipped with Proloquo2Go: Proloquo2Go™ is an award-winning Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) solution for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch for people who have difficulty speaking or cannot speak at all.
Price: iPad, $500.00 + Proloquo2Go Application $100.00.
2. Communicator 2000, a Windows XP computer with go anywhere portability, ** The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) will pay up to $2,000 towards the cost of a speech device, like the Communicator 2000 shown here. Link to details. This package includes free software upgrades and free toll-free technical support....for life.** (http://www.turningpointtechnology.com/Comm/HTComputer.asp)
Price: $2,400.00
3. Communicator U1: This is a mini, to-go computer with all the luxuries of having an actual desktop at your fingers. It is a speech communication device. Taken directly from the vendor's website, below are all the specifications:
Included Preinstalled Software
• Communicator
• SpeechPro
• NeoSpeech Premium Voices
• 5,500 Symbols
Hardware Specifications
• OS: Windows XP
• CPU: Intel 1.33 GHz
• Display: 5.6" touchscreen (sunlight viewable)
• Memory: 1 GB
• Keyboard: Physical & Onscreen (or USB)
• Hard Drive: 16 GB Flash Hard Drive
• Camera: Yes
• Dimensions: 5.9 x 2.9 x 2.2"
• Weight: 2.1 lb
• Other: Ruggedized for 4 ft drop, Sealed all-weather design
Medicare SGD dedicated speech device version available
(http://www.turningpointtechnology.com/Comm/GS/CU1.asp)