Re: Proloquo2Go 1.0 for iPhone AAC for children and adults!

April 23, 2009

my son did the beta testing on this iphone app. we love it. we use it to

practice back and forth conversation. i added knock knock jokes and also for

planning his daily schedule in picture format. i am happy that it is finally

available on itunes so i can download it to the whole family's iphones.

laura

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On Apr 22, 2009, at 9:16 PM, " kiddietalk " <kiddietalk@...> wrote:

" Proloquo2Go is a perfect solution for anyone who cannot afford spending

thousands of dollars on an Augmentative and Alternative Communication device and

yet wants a solution that in terms of sheer communication power and ease of use

rivals solutions typically priced over 10 times as high. It is also perfect for

teenagers and young adults who want a device as cool as the iPhone or iPod

touch. Not to mention, this a great solution for children and adults with

autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, developmental disabilities, or apraxia "

Proloquo2Go 1.0 for iPhone a break-through in Augmentative Communication

Amsterdam, NL Apr 22, 2009 in iPhone

AssistiveWare today announced the release of Proloquo2Go 1.0 for iPhone and iPod

touch. Proloquo2Go is the first full-featured communication solution for people

who have difficulty speaking not costing thousands of dollars. Finally, powerful

augmentative and alternative communication comes within reach of consumers and

schools without access to funding. Proloquo2Go is not only a break-through in

terms of price, but also in terms of technology and ease of use.

[prMac.com] Amsterdam - AssistiveWare today announced the release of Proloquo2Go

for iPhone and iPod touch. Proloquo2Go is the first full-featured communication

solution for people who have difficulty speaking not costing thousands of

dollars. Finally, powerful augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

comes within reach of consumers and schools without access to funding. Never

before was using a communication device so portable and so cool as with

Proloquo2Go and the iPhone or iPod touch. Proloquo2Go is a true break-through in

price and technology, bringing 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.

Proloquo2Go is a perfect solution for anyone who cannot afford spending

thousands of dollars on an Augmentative and Alternative Communication device and

yet wants a solution that in terms of sheer communication power and ease of use

rivals solutions typically priced over 10 times as high. It is also perfect for

teenagers and young adults who want a device as cool as the iPhone or iPod

touch. Not to mention, this a great solution for children and adults with

autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, developmental disabilities, or apraxia.

Proloquo2Go can also serve adults with acquired disabilities such as ALS, stroke

or traumatic brain injury. It can be a useful solution in hospital and

rehabilitation settings.

" The price is so compelling, " said Dan Herlihy, owner of Connective Technology

Solutions, " and the software and hardware platform Proloquo2Go runs on so

radically improved over current devices in its category that if not quite a

paradigm shift, markedly raises the bar for accessibility, ease of use, and

affordability. "

Special educators, speech language pathologists, occupational therapists have

found Proloquo2Go a proven communication solution for children and adults who

can access the iPod and iPhone touch interface. Educators see it as a

cost-effective solution for special education. Speech therapists and

augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) specialists love the ease of

programming and customization. Users love Proloquo2Go because it is not only

powerful, but it runs on the iPhone and iPod touch. Parents appreciate the

system because it is easy to program and makes their children cool. Proloquo2Go

can be used as a companion to a table top device or as a user's sole AAC device.

" When we set out to design Proloquo2Go we knew we wanted to provide the kind of

power typically only found in desktop applications, " said Niemeijer,

AssistiveWare's CEO. " The iPhone has allowed us to do just that, develop a

full-featured, fully customizable communication solution that fits right in your

pocket. "

Proloquo2Go uses Acapela Group's state-of-the-art Text-to-Speech voices. The

current version includes North American English male, female, girl and boy

voices. British English voices will soon be available as an option. Support for

other languages and voices is in the pipeline. Proloquo2Go provides the

innovative, new VocaSpace vocabulary that is build on an extremely flexible

organizational system and includes close to 8000 symbols from SymbolStix LLC.

Conjugation support is provided through Ultralingua's Grammatica technology.

Key features:

* Full communication solution with a default vocabulary of over 7000 items

* Choice of list or grid view

* Built-in natural sounding text-to-speech voices (one language, initially only

American English)

* Picture and/or text-based communication

* Close to 8000 built-in symbols

* Automatic conjugation of verbs and automatic plurals and possessives for nouns

* Extensive customization options: item size, color, interactivity,

restrictions, speech.

* One button addition of new vocabulary items and categories

* Easy cut, copy and paste of items

* Quick access to recently spoken items for the last 15 minutes, last hour, all

the way up to one week back

* Typing view for typing full paragraphs

For more information, screen shots, tutorials and videos visit the product site.

For further information contact AssistiveWare directly or one of our partners

such as Origin Instruments Corporation for North America or Spectronics for

Australia and New Zealand.

Pricing and Availability:

Proloquo2Go is available on the App Store for an introductory price of $149.99

(USD) or Euro 109.99. After a few weeks the price will be $199.99 or Euro

149.99.

Proloquo2Go 1.0

Download and Purchase

AssistiveWare

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AssistiveWare is the worldwide leader in innovative assistive technology

software for Mac OS X and iPhone that gives people back their lives. This

includes award-winning KeyStrokes® and TouchStrokes® virtual keyboards,

SwitchXS® scanning on-screen keyboard, LayoutKitchen® panel editor, and

Proloquo® multi-purpose speech solution. The ConvenienceWare product line

makes the advanced technologies developed by AssistiveWare available in cool and

convenient applications that can make the life of Mac users easier.

AssistiveWare and ConvenienceWare are trade names and trademarks or registered

trademarks of Niemeijer Consult. VisioVoice, SwitchXS, KeyStrokes, TouchStrokes,

LayoutKitchen, GhostReader and Proloquo are trademarks or registered trademarks

of Niemeijer Consult. Infovox iVox is a trademark of Acapela Group. All other

trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

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Niemeijer

AssistiveWare

+31-20-6127473

Netherlands

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April 23, 2009

Hi, i think this alternative is great! we've been trying to get something

" cool " for my son and this price

might be doable. One silly question though. I have no idea about any of these

devices. Would love

to get the ipod touch, how many GB's would i need and where do i look for

everything i need to get

this going? total mess when it comes to electronics!!! I love that part about

the knock knock jokes

as my son has been trying for a very long time to do those.

any advice would be great

sandy

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