No longer works
The app no longer works on either of my iPad Pros. Everything seems fine, but it no longer shows the word choices for text prediction. The slots are empty, but if you click on them, it reads the invisible word. Both of these iPads have been upgraded to IOS 13.
No speech to text
Read the info and have an iPad 3 and 4...saw nothing to make speech recognition work. Otherwise this is a great app!
Not so good
I use Word Q on my laptop and I love it. The iPad version has many problems. The speech is too fast and cannot be changed. I don't speak and if I want people to hear what I typed they don't understand. There is no letter by letter feedback. There is no way to delete files i don't want anymore. My inquiries were never responded. Posting a review here has been a hassle
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Thank you for larger font!
The larger font in word prediction is a big help to my students with visual perception difficulties. This has been very intuitive for my students to learn.
Awesome word prediction program!
Excellent word prediction and read back features. Great for students to use when composing, editing or communicating.
I use this app all the time!
I am using this all with special ed students all the time. I agree about the need for bigger fonts. I can enlarge the fonts in the main writing screen but I would also like to enlarge the font for the predicted words.
Too Much FoR Me
I bought this App because it was the most expensive, so I assumed it would have more of what I needed, but I was wrong. It has many options that I don't need, but it was my fault for not checking.
Go to App support and watch the videos on who this App is for.
READ/WRITER
On first assessment, this App seems to be designed for lazy not-so-smart college students wanting to write a paper, but who requires remedial help; however, this App would benefit certain students with ADD/ADHD and/or types of autism, or people making a "talking" presentation.
There are cheaper Apps that does what I need. I need a reliable text to speech App that's basically an MS Word that speaks. For me, "Speakit!" and "Voice Dream" are better values.
OPTION I LIKE that "Speakit!" and "Voice Dream" don't have is the ability to modify the pronunciation of specific words that are misread or mispronounced.
This App has many options that "Speakit!" and "Voice Dream" don't have, but it's not for me. I'm keeping because I paid for it and I my need the speech pronunciation option if I should write speaking files in a different language.
Who ever designed this App worked hard, and the quality shows through. I may end up eating my words.
SPEECH/WRITER
I don't need, so I did not use, so if you like speech to text, please don't rely on this review.
The "reader voice" sounds like Steven Hawkings hyped up on caffeine. I like Mr. Hawkings and caffeine, but not together reading to me.
Go to App support and watch the videos on who this App is for.
READ/WRITER
On first assessment, this App seems to be designed for lazy not-so-smart college students wanting to write a paper, but who requires remedial help; however, this App would benefit certain students with ADD/ADHD and/or types of autism, or people making a "talking" presentation.
There are cheaper Apps that does what I need. I need a reliable text to speech App that's basically an MS Word that speaks. For me, "Speakit!" and "Voice Dream" are better values.
OPTION I LIKE that "Speakit!" and "Voice Dream" don't have is the ability to modify the pronunciation of specific words that are misread or mispronounced.
This App has many options that "Speakit!" and "Voice Dream" don't have, but it's not for me. I'm keeping because I paid for it and I my need the speech pronunciation option if I should write speaking files in a different language.
Who ever designed this App worked hard, and the quality shows through. I may end up eating my words.
SPEECH/WRITER
I don't need, so I did not use, so if you like speech to text, please don't rely on this review.
The "reader voice" sounds like Steven Hawkings hyped up on caffeine. I like Mr. Hawkings and caffeine, but not together reading to me.
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Amazing
I have cerebral palsy and am a writer. I love the word prediction. It has made my life so much easier. $25 makes it very doable!
High quality word prediction app for the iPad
Students who have difficultly with writing may benefit from having word prediction. There are expensive PC/Mac programs that will do this, but until this app, I hadn't found one for the iPad that worked well enough for actual student use.
iWordQ is the best of the bunch, and is the one I recommend to teachers, and special educators. For students who have difficulty with text, this app will speak a word without adding it to their text. For some commonly misunderstood words, you can even listen to a sentence that uses the word in context, before adding it to your writing.
The reading tools are very well done, and the app switches between writing and reading modes quickly. $25 may seem like a lot to pay for an app, but it has some of the same functions as software costing over $300. I highly recommend this app.
iWordQ is the best of the bunch, and is the one I recommend to teachers, and special educators. For students who have difficulty with text, this app will speak a word without adding it to their text. For some commonly misunderstood words, you can even listen to a sentence that uses the word in context, before adding it to your writing.
The reading tools are very well done, and the app switches between writing and reading modes quickly. $25 may seem like a lot to pay for an app, but it has some of the same functions as software costing over $300. I highly recommend this app.
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