urTalker Apps 90% Off for Limited Time Due to the great response of the free offer for urTalker Apps the founders of urTalker are happy to discount urTalker Lite and urTalker Pro 90% for the remainder of Autism Awareness month. The apps will be discounted for the remainder of April and the start and end time may vary on country and time zone. These communication apps are designed to assist with or enable speech for individuals with speech and communication
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urTalker Apps Free for Limited Time The founders of urTalker are happy to make urTalker Lite and urTalker Pro free for a limited time during Autism Awareness month. The apps will be free for one week and the start and end time may vary on country and time zone. These communication apps are designed to assist with or enable speech for individuals with speech and communication disabilities. We hope you or someone close to you can benefit from these apps
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Cutting Edge Technology and The Power of a Parent Easter Seals Article (post found here) We at Easter Seals Greater Houston have countless stories of our clients with disabilities who are non-verbal and who were previously thought to not be at the same cognitive level of their peers, actually be cognitively higher than their peers but just needing the outlet of communication devices. Many of our clients and their families live below the poverty level, simply due to care-giving issues and medical bills
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urTalker Lite and urTalker Pro 50% off during Austim Conference (10/11/12-10/13/12) The founders of urTalker are happy to offer both of their communication apps for 50% off during the 2012 Autism Conference. Having a non-verbal son with Autism we understand the importance of this app and how a discount like this can make it easier for other individuals that have a similar need. This promotion will be good for three days and open to everyone. Enjoy the discount and more
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Just a week away and we are heading off the the 21st Annual Texas Autism Conference. We are looking forward to exhibiting at this great event as well as attending some of the sessions. We love to meet other parents like us and discuss apps along with what is working and what else is needed. If you haven’t been, the Texas Autism Conference is a statewide conference for parents, school personnel and other professionals working with individuals within the Autism
Read more →In the arena of Communication Devices there are endless options and possibilities. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is the term that encompasses the tools and methodology used to support or replace communication for individuals that have speech or communication impairments. Because of this broad definition a large range of tools and technology fall into the AAC or communication device category. As parents of a non-verbal child we have used and leveraged a wide-range of these communication devices and have taken
Read more →There are a lot of communication apps in the marketplace and the main reason is the definition of the word communication app. In this article we will discuss some great communication apps that are designed to help non-verbal individuals or individuals with communication challenges communicate. Technology has always played a huge role in assisting individuals with communication needs allowing for tremendous advancements and growth of those individuals that without assistive technology would not otherwise be able to communicate their thoughts.
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urTalker Lite versus urTalker Pro We get asked this question a lot from people looking to purchase the product and it is a great question. Both products are very similar and in fact have a lot of great functionality. Both apps support the ability to create new categories, add new pictures/words, record new sound, schedule when a category is available and be able to build sentences or sequences of words or phrases. The largest difference is the ability to display
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An App for That App for adding your own pictures and recording your own sound for click and playback was exactly what we were looking for a few years back and didn’t have great success finding one that was easy to use and configure for all different uses. The next thing you know we built urTalker Lite and urTalker Pro to accomplish that and some, but when it comes to providing an easy way to take a picture with your
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Speech Apps for Special Needs and Speech Therapy Our son Nolan, pictured left, has been non-verbal for the last 11yrs. We have been working with him since the age of 1 on speech utilizing a wide range of speech therapy, different therapists, and a wide assortment of assistive technology also known as Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices (AAC). Over the last five years we have incorporated a huge number of apps for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad into Nolan’s speech
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