iPhone Apps for Speech Output

 

There a several different applications available for the Iphone that can turn the phone into a communication device. 

 

Speak It!  Turns anything a user types into speech.  Good voice synthesizer with very clear speech.  $1.99 through iTunes.

 

Small Talk for Aphasia.  Designed for people with aphasia, Small Talk provides a vocabulary of pictures and videos that talk in a natural human voice.  Fee on iTunes.

 

Speak!  Text to Speech for iPhone and iTouch with Historic Quotes.  Type anything into the communication box and tap Say It, and the iPhone will repeat what the user has typed.   Free on iTunes.

 

iSpeech.  Type anything into the communication box and tap Say It, and the iPhone will repeat what the user has typed.   Free on iTunes.

 

Talk to Me.  Does the same as above but reads words as the user types them.  $1.99 on iTunes.

 

Locabulary .  Allows the user to communicate words, phrases, and sentences.  It is a small, compact alternative to a larger AAC devices.  Free on iTunes.

 

Proloquo2Go: AAC in Your Pocket:  Proloquo2Go™ is a new product from AssistiveWare that provides a full-featured communication solution for people who have difficulty speaking. It brings natural sounding text-to-speech voices, up-to-date symbols, powerful automatic conjugations, a default vocabulary of over 7000 items, full expandability and extreme ease of use to the iPhone and iPod touch. $149.00 on iTunes.