Medium Tech - High Tech Options:

DynoVox Maestro:

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The DynoVox Maestro is a stand-alone device for alternative and augmentive communication (AAC). It features DynoVox InterAACT language framework. InterAACt is a collection of communication pages, vocabulary and symbols that allows children with autism to successfully communicate in real-life, everyday acctivities.  It is appropriate for emergent augmentative communication users and because of its' flexibility, as language and communication skills develop, the Maesto can be be adapted to to meet changing communication abilities.

 

GoTalk

 

Go Talk is produced by the Attainment Company - a independent, family-owned US business that has been making products since 1979 to help people with disabilities. They describe it as a mid-tech device - a bridge between low and high tech AAC device that comes programmed with audio to compose a communication sequence that actual plays back in full grammatically complete sentences after the sequence is imputed. It also features the option of recording your own audio.

              

 

 

 

 

 

And of course,  there is the iPad and Proloquo2Go  ($189.99)

 

 

There is also So Much 2 Say ($18.99)

 

and My First AAC               ($24.95)

 

 

 

These last two Apps are introductory AAC apps for younger children who need a communication system. They are much less expensive than Proloquo2Go and would be a good starting point for AAC users, particularly preschool age children.

 

There are also a number of FREE Apps, but I cannot speak to their quality. These include:

• Functional Communication Lite
•  Able AAC Free
• Gabby Tabs Lite
• Go Talk Now Free
• Tap To Talk Free