Re: Say-n-Play articulation computer software

January 30, 2010

i am interested in more info. my son is only 3, but we could grow into it!

thanks!

[ ] Say-n-Play articulation computer software

I am working with the creator of Say-n-Play to spread the word, and I wanted to

see if anyone here is interested in receiving information? Say-n-Play is a

computer game for children ages 4 to 9 to help them practice pronunciation.

Utilizing voice recognition technology, the game is interactive, fun, and

educational.

My 4 year old has been " playing " for about 3 weeks now, and we love it. Because

of the options and feedback, we are able to customize what he will work on, and

then get a report of how well he did. It has been great to incorporate into our

homeschool curriculum, and because it's actually FUN, he thinks it's a reward!

I'd love to pass along more information, so go ahead and e-mail me if you'd

like!

January 30, 2010

Hi, yes I would love more information on the Sa-n-Play game. Thanks!

[ ] Say-n-Play articulation computer software

I am working with the creator of Say-n-Play to spread the word, and I wanted to

see if anyone here is interested in receiving information? Say-n-Play is a

computer game for children ages 4 to 9 to help them practice pronunciation.

Utilizing voice recognition technology, the game is interactive, fun, and

educational.

My 4 year old has been " playing " for about 3 weeks now, and we love it. Because

of the options and feedback, we are able to customize what he will work on, and

then get a report of how well he did. It has been great to incorporate into our

homeschool curriculum, and because it's actually FUN, he thinks it's a reward!

I'd love to pass along more information, so go ahead and e-mail me if you'd

like!

January 30, 2010

I would love some info on this email me at mrgtullishotmail (DOT) Com

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[ ] Say-n-Play articulation computer software

I am working with the creator of Say-n-Play to spread the word, and I wanted to

see if anyone here is interested in receiving information? Say-n-Play is a

computer game for children ages 4 to 9 to help them practice pronunciation.

Utilizing voice recognition technology, the game is interactive, fun, and

educational.

My 4 year old has been " playing " for about 3 weeks now, and we love it. Because

of the options and feedback, we are able to customize what he will work on, and

then get a report of how well he did. It has been great to incorporate into our

homeschool curriculum, and because it's actually FUN, he thinks it's a reward!

I'd love to pass along more information, so go ahead and e-mail me if you'd

like!

January 30, 2010

I would be interested in more info.

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cordis7

January 30, 2010

Yes , please send more information.Â My concern is with the letter " l " Â and

blend words.

Thanks

Tracey

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From: quequeso2005 <quequeso2005@...>

Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 1:59:51 PM

Subject: [ ] Say-n-Play articulation computer software

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I am working with the creator of Say-n-Play to spread the word, and I wanted to

see if anyone here is interested in receiving information? Say-n-Play is a

computer game for children ages 4 to 9 to help them practice pronunciation.

Utilizing voice recognition technology, the game is interactive, fun, and

educational.

My 4 year old has been " playing " for about 3 weeks now, and we love it. Because

of the options and feedback, we are able to customize what he will work on, and

then get a report of how well he did. It has been great to incorporate into our

homeschool curriculum, and because it's actually FUN, he thinks it's a reward!

I'd love to pass along more information, so go ahead and e-mail me if you'd

like!

January 30, 2010

I'm taking it this is the website for the home and professional version

http://www.saynplay.com/about.html

Is there any way the SLP Holly Strange (if this is the correct game) who

developed this can answer a few questions for us here and at our new Big Tent

group? Is that who you are friends with?

I'm curious why Holly herself wouldn't introduce it to us... why you wouldn't

share her name (or even your name??) publish the link which has lots of info...

unless again perhaps I am mixing up games?

Here's the contact info I found off the site called Say N Play:

Advance Games, LLC

9541 Brookline Avenue, Suite D

Baton Rouge, LA 70809

225.274.0353

info@...

support@...

If it is someone else/something else which appears to be unlikely.. can you just

pass the information to everyone here. Professional and parent testimonies

would be great too! That's probably going to make the most sense since this is

a group which has a focus on articulation. This way all the parents and

professionals can check it out at once.

Thanks quequeso2005!

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January 30, 2010

I would be interested in learning more about this as well.

Kristie Leach

[ ] Say-n-Play articulation computer software

I am working with the creator of Say-n-Play to spread the word, and I wanted to

see if anyone here is interested in receiving information? Say-n-Play is a

computer game for children ages 4 to 9 to help them practice pronunciation.

Utilizing voice recognition technology, the game is interactive, fun, and

educational.

My 4 year old has been " playing " for about 3 weeks now, and we love it. Because

of the options and feedback, we are able to customize what he will work on, and

then get a report of how well he did. It has been great to incorporate into our

homeschool curriculum, and because it's actually FUN, he thinks it's a reward!

I'd love to pass along more information, so go ahead and e-mail me if you'd

like!

January 31, 2010

I'm interested!

Noelle

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On Jan 30, 2010, at 8:47 PM, " Jill Chaney " <jillchaney734@...>

wrote:

> i am interested in more info. my son is only 3, but we could grow

> into it! thanks!

> [ ] Say-n-Play articulation computer

> software

>

> I am working with the creator of Say-n-Play to spread the word, and

> I wanted to see if anyone here is interested in receiving

> information? Say-n-Play is a computer game for children ages 4 to 9

> to help them practice pronunciation. Utilizing voice recognition

> technology, the game is interactive, fun, and educational.

>

> My 4 year old has been " playing " for about 3 weeks now, and we love

> it. Because of the options and feedback, we are able to customize

> what he will work on, and then get a report of how well he did. It

> has been great to incorporate into our homeschool curriculum, and

> because it's actually FUN, he thinks it's a reward!

>

> I'd love to pass along more information, so go ahead and e-mail me

> if you'd like!

>

January 31, 2010

I'm interested in more info both for my own child and for my school program.

Thanks Bonnie

kault@...

January 31, 2010

Yes, I am interested.

January 31, 2010

To everyone that is asking " I want more info too " about this software...you may

have missed the message I sent out (below) You can just visit or order from the

website. As of yet the person that first posted never responded and on Monday

I'll contact the company and see if I can get more info for us on it!

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January 31, 2010

Thanks ,Â I appreciate you doingÂ the leg workÂ about website. I will check

it out and wait for your response sometime on Monday

Tracey

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From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Sent: Sun, January 31, 2010 3:34:35 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Say-n-Play articulation computer software

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To everyone that is asking " I want more info too " about this software...you may

have missed the message I sent out (below) You can just visit or order from the

website. As of yet the person that first posted never responded and on Monday

I'll contact the company and see if I can get more info for us on it!

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February 1, 2010

Just spoke to someone from Say n Play and am waiting to hear back from the SLP

who is behind it to see if she would join our group to answer questions!

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February 15, 2010

Hello everyone!

My name is Holly Strange and I am a speech-language pathologist in Baton Rouge,

Louisiana. I am the creator/developer of Say-N-Play - an educational software

program for improving articulation skills. I spoke with

February 15, 2010

Holly I like the way it looks online but don't know much yet about therapy. My

son is apraxic and in therapy. Would this be good for apraxia or just children

with speech delays? If good for apraxia how many times a week should I have him

use it? Thank you! Kate

>

> Hello everyone!

>

> My name is Holly Strange and I am a speech-language pathologist in Baton

Rouge, Louisiana. I am the creator/developer of Say-N-Play - an educational

software program for improving articulation skills. I spoke with

February 16, 2010

Hi !

Say-N-Play is a great way to practice speech sound production for any child with

speech difficulty - regardless of diagnosis. It allows you to choose the sound

or sounds that you would like to work on and only assesses that sound in the

word so that children that have a limited sound bank can still play the game.

Frequency of practice is key to speech development and Say-N-Play makes practice

fun - children are participating in a drill type activity without even realizing

how much work they are doing. The game does not teach children how to make

sounds, but simply makes " flashcard work " fun!

As for how often you should have your child play the game - there are no

specific guidelines. The more a child practices, however, the faster they will

develop their speech skills. I typically recommend that children get in at

least 15 minutes of speech practice per day - but more is always better!

Holly

> >

> > Hello everyone!

> >

> > My name is Holly Strange and I am a speech-language pathologist in Baton

Rouge, Louisiana. I am the creator/developer of Say-N-Play - an educational

software program for improving articulation skills. I spoke with

February 16, 2010

I really appreciate all of your interest in Say-N-Play and I want to share a

little bit about myself and the game to hopefully answer some of your questions.

I am the owner of Comprehensive Speech Therapy, LLC, a private practice in Baton

Rouge, Louisiana. I received my master's degree from Baylor University in 1996

and I have received specialty treatment training in multiple areas including,

but not limited to NeuroDevelopmental Tratment, the PROMPT™ method, the Hanen™

method, Fast ForWord™, Therapeutic Listening™, LIPs, Beckman, Talk Tools, and

Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation (DPNS). I have worked extensively

with neo-nates, infants, children, and adults with a variety of speech,

language, cognitive, and feeding problems, but my special interests include

oral-motor, motor-planning and auditory processing disorders.

I conceived of the idea to utilize speech recognition technology to create games

for speech therapy practice and my software company, Advance Games, LLC, was

born. Getting children to speak clearly and to practice newly developed sounds

daily is one of the biggest challenges facing parents and speech therapists and

my primary goal in this first game was to create an interactive way for children

to participate in articulation drill activities in a fun to play computer game

format.

Say-N-Play, utilizes Eduspeak (a voice recognition engine developed by SRI,

International) and provides a fun and visually engaging environment for children

between the ages of four and nine to practice speech sound pronunciation. My

three year old nephew also plays the game and loves it - but for some children

under the age of four the voice recognition ability is not as accurate. I also

have many clients over the age of nine that play the game (it includes adult

female and male scoring profiles) but it really just depends on the person as to

whether or not they are willing to play a video game targeted towards children.

The graphics in Say-N-Play are vivid, full of color, fun, and child-appropriate.

The software features colorful characters and various games to choose from.

There is a phoneme selection screen that lets you choose the sounds that your

child needs to practice and that sound is the only sound within the word that is

assessed for accuracy. This allows children with a limited phonemic repertoire

to play the game with success. An example of one of these games is a racing

match where the player must pronounce words correctly in order to move ahead and

win the race. For every word the player says correctly, he or she is rewarded

with an entertaining animation. Multiple levels (initial word position, final

word position, medial word position, phrases) and a progress report application

allow the player, parents, teacher and/or speech therapist to monitor the

child's success.

More information, a video and screenshots can be found at our website

www.saynplay.com.

Hopefully this information is helpful, but if you have additional questions or

comments please let me know.

Thanks,

Holly Strange, MS, CCC/SLP

>

> I am working with the creator of Say-n-Play to spread the word, and I wanted

to see if anyone here is interested in receiving information? Say-n-Play is a

computer game for children ages 4 to 9 to help them practice pronunciation.

Utilizing voice recognition technology, the game is interactive, fun, and

educational.

>

> My 4 year old has been " playing " for about 3 weeks now, and we love it.

Because of the options and feedback, we are able to customize what he will work

on, and then get a report of how well he did. It has been great to incorporate

into our homeschool curriculum, and because it's actually FUN, he thinks it's a

reward!

>

> I'd love to pass along more information, so go ahead and e-mail me if you'd

like!

>

February 16, 2010

Hi Holly, My son has problems with pronuciation of " L " words and blend words. I

was wondering would your product help in these areas.

Thanks

Tracey

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From: hmstrange <hollystrange@...>

Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 3:30:19 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Say-n-Play articulation computer software

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Hello everyone!

My name is Holly Strange and I am a speech-language pathologist in Baton Rouge,

Louisiana. I am the creator/developer of Say-N-Play - an educational software

program for improving articulation skills. I spoke with

February 16, 2010

Hi ,

The game does target L words in a systematic way - initial position, final

position, medial position and phrases and it does blends as a group - it does

not target specific blends at one time (ie bl words only), but blends as a

category. If the child achieves 80% accuracy over 3 games the software

automatically moves them to the next level in terms of word position. If they

have too much difficulty with the next position (20% over 2 games) it

automatically drops back to the previous level.

Hope this helps,

Holly

>

> Hi Holly, My son has problems with pronuciation of " L " words and blend words.

I was wondering would your product help in these areas.

>

> Thanks

>

> Tracey

>

> ________________________________

> From: hmstrange <hollystrange@...>

>

> Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 3:30:19 PM

> Subject: [ ] Re: Say-n-Play articulation computer software

>

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>

> Hello everyone!

>

> My name is Holly Strange and I am a speech-language pathologist in Baton

Rouge, Louisiana. I am the creator/developer of Say-N-Play - an educational

software program for improving articulation skills. I spoke with

February 17, 2010

Hi Holly! I ran this past the SLPs we work with, and they had a couple of

questions. First, do the words increase in difficulty as progress is made? For

example, does it start with CV words and move up through CVCV and C1V1C2V2

words, or are they all mixed together based on the position of the letter?

Secondly, does the system only drop them back when it's a position difficulty,

or is it when there's any score of 20% or less? At what point does the game

allow them to move on, or do we have the opportunity to override to move them

forward. Finally, is there a way to print out a copy of items attempted and

success rates to keep the SLPs in the loop? Thanks so much for answering!

From: hollystrange@...

Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:17:55 +0000

Subject: [ ] Re: Say-n-Play articulation computer software

Hi ,

The game does target L words in a systematic way - initial position, final

position, medial position and phrases and it does blends as a group - it does

not target specific blends at one time (ie bl words only), but blends as a

category. If the child achieves 80% accuracy over 3 games the software

automatically moves them to the next level in terms of word position. If they

have too much difficulty with the next position (20% over 2 games) it

automatically drops back to the previous level.

Hope this helps,

Holly

>

> Hi Holly, My son has problems with pronuciation of " L " words and blend words.

I was wondering would your product help in these areas.

>

> Thanks

>

> Tracey

>

> ________________________________

> From: hmstrange <hollystrange@...>

>

> Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 3:30:19 PM

> Subject: [ ] Re: Say-n-Play articulation computer software

>

> Â

>

> Hello everyone!

>

> My name is Holly Strange and I am a speech-language pathologist in Baton

Rouge, Louisiana. I am the creator/developer of Say-N-Play - an educational

software program for improving articulation skills. I spoke with

February 17, 2010

Hi ,

The game actually has 2 modes of play - lesson mode which lets you choose your

target sound and free play which randomly presents words from the entire word

bank. The software does not progress through word difficulty -in lesson mode it

randomly presents words with the target sound in the targeted position and only

assesses that sound for production accuracy - it is the percent accuracy of that

sound in that position that is used to move players to the next position or back

to the previous position of the word. The game moves on automatically and there

is no way to override the progression other than to do the words yourself to get

to the next level. The game does not have a function that allows you to see

what specific words were attempted at this time - it only has an overall sound

completion progress chart. The chart can be printed for the therapist to

review. For players that need to work at a higher level of practice there is the

free play mode which randomly presents any word from the word bank and the

player has to pronounce all consonant sounds in all positions of that word

correctly. We use this with our carryover kids, kids that tend to " clutter " and

kids that tend to mumble. Hopefully this helps clear up their questions.

Please let me know if you need additional information.

Regards,

Holly

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> > Hi Holly, My son has problems with pronuciation of " L " words and blend

words. I was wondering would your product help in these areas.

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> > Tracey

> >

> > ________________________________

> > From: hmstrange <hollystrange@>

> >

> > Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 3:30:19 PM

> > Subject: [ ] Re: Say-n-Play articulation computer software

> >

> > Â

> >

> > Hello everyone!

> >

> > My name is Holly Strange and I am a speech-language pathologist in Baton

Rouge, Louisiana. I am the creator/developer of Say-N-Play - an educational

software program for improving articulation skills. I spoke with

February 18, 2010

Is the only sounds the following :M, P, B, N, T, D, K, G, H, F, W, Ch, Dz, V,

S, Sh, Z, Zh, Th, L, Ng, Y, and R

Are there others, like St, etc.?

From: hollystrange@...

Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:16:53 +0000