Thanks to everyone who sent me free (and inexpensive) TTS apps.  I really appreciate this community.  I was only really familiar with ClaroCom so it was good to see that that one was on a few peoples lists.   Lisa, I couldn't find Vida Talk.  

Sincerely,

Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
Augmentative Communication Specialist


Forbes Norris ALS Research and Treatment Center
& ALSA Golden West AAC Evaluation Center and Lending Library

1100 Van Ness Ave.
6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94109

Cell (415)518-0592
Fax (415)375-4827

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On Monday, September 9, 2019, 08:26:34 AM PDT, Lisa Bardach <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

I forgot to mention VidaTalk.

On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 11:25 AM Lisa Bardach <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

I use ClaroCom, low cost upgrade gets better speech and the ability to add categories but free is still really good.  Plus it's a robust app that allows you to store messages and categorize them. 

urVoice is another free one but has ads.  If you need to turn off ads, you can always turn off wireless if on iPad and then there are no ads.  It has a LOT of free voice options. 

Speech Assistant remains one of my all-time favorite apps, partially because I think the interface is simple and clear but robust, and partly because stored messages are available across devices, so if you have an iPhone and an iPad, you get your messages on both.  This isn't true for many other apps.  

Speak4Me is very similar to the old Speak It!  $0.99 removes ads.  Has a feature that allows you to share audio file via whatsApp, iMessage, Messenger, etc.  

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 2:45 PM Amy Roman <xxxxxx@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Hi,
I would like to know peoples favorite free TTS app for IOS.  I typically recommend Speech Assistant AAC or some of the other TTS apps that do cost something.  The free TTS app I used to recommend is no longer available.   BTW-Speech Assistant AAC is free on Android but not iOS.  I like this app a lot for my bilingual clients.  Please send me a names of ones you like that are free and add free, have word prediction and a way to store messages.  Thanks.

Sincerely,

Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
Augmentative Communication Specialist


Forbes Norris ALS Research and Treatment Center
& ALSA Golden West AAC Evaluation Center and Lending Library

1100 Van Ness Ave.
6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94109

Cell (415)518-0592
Fax (415)375-4827

AmyandpALS.Com
Pinterest.com/AmyandpALS

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