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Hi
Antoinette, I
do have an iPod Touch, which I use to demo the technology so people can try
before they buy. I have both Proloquo2go and Speak It! installed (I
have tried
several free or low-cost text-to-speech apps, and Speak It! is by far the
best). Most PALS who have tried these apps don’t think that P2G
is worth the
extra $188 over the $2 Speak It, and one guy I know who has P2G only uses
the
keyboard part of the app, which is pretty much what you get with Speak
It. I
think P2G could be very useful if the PALS or family really took the time
to
customize it and get it set up in a useful way, but most of them
don’t have the
time or inclination to do this. Speak It! is simpler to learn and
use, and it’s
a great bargain. I
got a free copy of P2G by registering with them as an assessment
center. On
this web page you can see the list of assessment centers, and click the
Contact
Us link to request an application: http://www.proloquo2go.com/resources/article/us-resource-centers I
think it is definitely worth having an iPod for people to try out, and
worth
having P2G for demo. Lots of PALS have read or heard about P2G, so
that’s the
one they want to try. In my experience, they usually end up going
with Speak
It! instead due to the price difference and Speak It’s simpler
operation, but
they like having options. I don’t have any iPods in my loan
closet, so I don’t
have any experiences to share there. I would worry about them coming
back
damaged or not coming back at all. If anyone is actually loaning
iPods out to
people, I would be interested to hear how that is
going. Betts Peters, MA, CCC-SLP Assistive Technology Services Coordinator The ALS Association, Oregon & SW Washington
Chapter 310 SW 4th Ave, Suite 630 Portland, OR 97204 503-238-5559 800-681-9851 Fax: 503-296-5590 Website: www.alsa-or.org ShopToDefeatALS.com -
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to the association each time your purchase starts with a click at
ShopToDefeatALS. From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Antoinette Verdone Hello
all, I
have been blessed with a $5000 gift to purchase AAC/ECU equipment. I
already have a few things that I want to purchase, but I was thinking about
getting some iPod Touch systems (maybe 1 or 2)?
I
know we had discussed these systems in the past, but now that they have
been
around for a while, I would like to know people’s opinions of them
– -
do you think it is worth while to have these systems in your loan
closet? -
is the proloquo2go software worth it? Any
other suggestions on how to best spend this money to stock a loan closet
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Antoinette
Verdone, MSBME, ATP Assistive
Technology Specialist The
ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter 42
Broadway, Suite 1724 New
York, NY 10004 Phone:
212-720-3054 Fax:
212-619-7409 Email:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx "One
cannot consent to creep when one has the impulse to soar" --
Helen
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