ATMac

For users of Augmentative and alternative communication, primarily about using your OS X machine as an AAC device.

Jane Farrall has constructed a great table listing all the important features about all the known assistive/adaptive communication (AAC) applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. She’s actively updating the table in response to feedback, this is a great resource for those looking for information about AAC out there.

New tutorials are available for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad AAC program Proloquo2Go. These cover an introduction to P2G, customising the appearance and content of Proloquo2Go, and some special topics such as making backups, modifying pronunciation, and customising the voices used.

There have been a lot of articles on a lot of websites about accessibility and disability and assistive technology as they relate to the iPad since the specifications were first released. Now that people obtain the iPads to use themselves, the pace of articles is still increasing.

As expected, at their press gathering this morning Apple announced their new product: the iPad. So what’s an iPad? Will the iPad be accessible, and what will it mean for accessibility in general?

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Accessible technology has changed Juergen Manthey’s life. Usually, somebody with his disabilities would be expected to exist in a nursing home and watch daytime television which they couldn’t even turn on or off without somebody’s help. Instead, Juergen is really living.

Now that so many people with disabilities have an iPod Touch or iPhone, putting your emergency contact information on the phone’s wallpaper can be a smart idea. This information is available to anybody who turns on your device, even when the device is locked.

Proloquq2Go, the groundbreaking Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC) program for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch is now available at the iTunes App store.

Proloquo2Go is a Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC) program for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch, soon to be available from AssistiveWare and Sennott Consulting.

Voice4Me is one of the free programs available at the SchoolFreeware website. It’s a very basic AAC program for users who have trouble speaking - users can click on a picture to speak the associated text, or type text into a box and then click on the ’speak’ button.