This is great Antoinette.  Love the pictures you put on the list.
Alisa

Alisa Brownlee, ATP
Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology Services
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National Office and Greater Philadelphia Chapter
Direct Phone: 215-631-1877

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From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Antoinette Verdone
Sent: Tue 9/22/2009 11:30 AM
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Subject: RE: [Assistive Technology] text to speech software for iPhone

Attached find an info sheet showing all of these software programs, also I found another program that was just added to the app store.

FYI - the Proloquo software is not $189.99.

Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP

Assistive Technology Specialist

The ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter

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New York, NY 10004

Phone: 212-720-3054

Fax: 212-619-7409

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From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alisa Brownlee
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:28 AM
To: National ALS Association AT Listserv
Subject: [Assistive Technology] text to speech software for iPhone

Hi all,

I have compiled the text to speech software that will work on iTouch and iPhones.  If others have software that they know about, will you add to this list?

Thanks,

Alisa

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(tm) is a new product from AssistiveWare <http://www.assistiveware.com/>  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.

Alisa Brownlee, ATP

Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology Services

ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National Office and Greater Philadelphia Chapter

Direct Phone: 215-631-1877

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