Hi Erin,
Good to hear your e-voice and I hope you and your family are all well.  I use Acapela often with folks for two reasons.  The first reason is that if you just want to do voice banking alone, you only need to repeat 350 suggested messages.  The other reason is that double dipping, or the ability to do message and voice banking at the same time is currently only available via Acapela.  This requires 500 novel messages that the user just records on their own.  I have downloadable directions for doing at AmyandpALS.com under HANDOUTS.  It's called "Message and Voice Banking Simultaneously".  

The quality of both Model Talker and Acapela are equivalent in my experience.  

Now with everyone staying home it is a great time for our community to be doing message and voice banking.  Thanks for bringing the topic up.

Sincerely,

Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
Augmentative Communication Specialist


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On Friday, March 27, 2020, 11:12:02 AM PDT, Erin Singleton <xxxxxx@communitymedical.org> wrote:


Hi everyone,

 

I have a patient asking for recommendations for voice banking (not message banking). I’ve only had experience with ModelTalker. Someone suggested “Acapela MyOwnVoice Dnn” but I have never used this.

 

Does anyone have an opinion or experience using both? Or either?

 

Thanks!

 

Erin Singleton M.A., CCC-SLP
Neuroscience Outpatient Rehabilitation Center
2335 East Kashian Lane, Suite 301
Fresno, California 93701
Office: (559) 459-6056
Fax: (559) 459-2957
Email: xxxxxx@communitymedical.org

 

 



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