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Push-to-Talk, Walkie Talkie App for Company Communication | "Talk to anyone in the world with live voice, text, photos and location sharing from your smartphone or desktop. Everything is saved, so you never miss a message."

"he students are using the iPad to access content, create content, and to demonstrate their knowledge.  For some of the students, just being able to access their assignments via @Edmodo, take notes with Notability via @gingerlabs, learn Social Studies, create assignments in Drive or Pages, review math skills with iXL, study with Quizlet and access books with downloads from Bookshare is huge. "

"Just talk to tell your story. Say it one line at a time, with touch recording. Voice will make you sound amazing. Communicate visually. Instantly. Pick from thousands of beautiful, iconic images to show your ideas. Then choose the perfect look. Watch your ideas come alive. Voice automatically makes your story move, with cinema-quality animation. Just press play."

"All the notes you type are automatically synchronized with the video. Later, just click on a line for the video to jump to the relevant part." Integrated with Google Drive

"Great news! Bob Keller, a long-standing personality in the field of assistive technology and long-time team member of Don Johnston, is bringing Bob University back! Bob University 2014 is a series of webinars that will give you a fast overview of our programs, all in 30 minutes or less. This is your chance to learn something new and keep your skills sharp over the summer months. This summer, Bob will be covering everything from assessments and curriculum to Co:Writer, Start-to-Finish, First Author, Snap&Read, Draft:Builder, Read:OutLoud and more."

Wheel of iPad apps for AAC

"Voice memos + Photos + Text Ideal application for those who value their time. "Photo Reminders" is the opportunity to make a reminder quickly and clearly about any event: a meeting, a birthday gift purchase, a concert, an important call or simply an evening walk with your pet. It's enough to * Choose the photo from the Photos app, * Make a photo or * Record a voice message". "Photo Reminders" enables to create reminders instantly, without spending time for the description of the forthcoming event, which is also convenient while driving. "

"What is LAMP? Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) is a therapeutic approach based on neurological and motor learning principles. The goal is to give individuals who are nonverbal or have limited verbal abilities a method of independently and spontaneously expressing themselves in any setting. LAMP focuses on giving the individual independent access to vocabulary on voice output AAC devices that use consistent motor plans for accessing vocabulary. Teaching of the vocabulary happens across environments, with multisensory input to enhance meaning, with the child's interests and desires determining the vocabulary to be taught."

"Unlike complicated calendar or task apps, It's Done! is quick and easy, letting you instantly recall every routine task you performed. It's Done! is the perfect app for anyone who's ever forgotten anything. It's also ideal for those suffer with short-term memory loss due to brain injury, dementia, or other medical-related conditions. It's Done! can even notify others by text or email that a task is done. Rest easy that mom took her medicine or the kids locked the door."

"CanPlan promotes independence and builds confidence by helping people with cognitive challenges complete tasks successfully. Virtually any activity can be broken into a sequence of easy-to-follow steps, illustrated by photos and reinforced with optional text and audio. Scheduling and reminder features ensure each task gets done on time."

From: Glenda's Assistive Technology Information and more...: "Here are some places to find free audio books for kids online:"

Videos from Bruce Alter, AT Consultant Tutorials for a number of iPad, AAC and other things.

"This is the main repository of bookmarks from the Assistive Technology team of Loudoun County Public Schools"

"Convert your phone into a mobile text scanner What the Text Fairy can do * perform OCR (optical character recognition) * Edit extracted text * copy extracted text into the clipboard for use in other apps * convert the scanned page into PDF * recognizes printed text from more than 50 languages"

"Many iPad apps are available to support learners with reading and writing difficulties. This 'Wheel of Apps' is not comprehensive, but attempts to identify relevant apps and to categorise them according to some of the difficulties faced by people with dyslexia. It was originally published as an A3 poster, but works equally well as an A4 leaflet. Links on the electronic version are 'clickable, taking you information about the individual app on the iTunes site for the UK."

iPad apps aligned to Bloom's Taxonomy