If you are talking about mobile, Bulbar patients, then switch access may not be a big need?

I would also look at Proloquo4Text - it has great speed enhancements and it a great solution for text based communication.

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Subject: Re: Tablet question
From: Alisa Brownlee <xxxxxx@alsa-national.org>
Date: Wed, May 02, 2018 3:18 pm
To: "xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com>

Predictable allows for switch scanning.  It’s the device itself that has to be switch compatible.  Switch access is built into the ipad and can be added to an Android but I don’t know if the Amazon Fire is switch accessible. 
 
Does anyone know if the Fire has switch access capability?
 
Thanks,
 
Alisa Brownlee, ATP, CAPS
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The ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Association National Office 
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Subject: Re: Tablet question
 


Jenna Gardner, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
SUNY Upstate Medical Center/University Hospital
phone: 315-464-6543
 
>>> "Hurtig, Richard R" <xxxxxx@uiowa.edu> 5/2/2018 3:37 PM >>>
What you need to take into consideration is whether the tablet can easily use switch input should the patient no longer be able to use the touch screen. The app should also allow for switch scanning. It would be hard to try to switch a patient to a completely different tablet and app when they can no longer use the touch screen.
 
Richard Hurtig, PhD, 
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On May 2, 2018, at 3:32 PM, Jenna Gardner <xxxxxx@upstate.edu> wrote:
Good afternoon,
 
Our ALS clinic recently received a grant to start a loan closet for low-tech and tablet-based communication devices to provide to our mobile bulbar patients that don't want to lug around a large/heavier dedicated device.  I have been doing a lot of research to "get the most bang for my buck"  and was hoping for some feedback/advise from the group. 
 
I am looking to use the Predictable app, so I need to make sure I'm purchasing a tablet that is compatible.  I am more of an iPad gal myself, but know that I can get more tablets if I go with an android device.  Amazon has a great price for the Fire HD 8 tablet.  It looks like Predictable is compatible with this tablet, but I can't find it in writing.  I am waiting to hear back from Therapy Box to confirm, but figured I'd check here as well.  Has anyone used this combo?

Also, is anyone familiar with the Fire HD tablet?  I want to make sure I select a good tablet.  Is there a better tablet I should look into that is reasonably priced?
 
Thanks in advance.


Jenna Gardner, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
SUNY Upstate Medical Center/University Hospital
phone: 315-464-6543