# Turn-Talking

> Turn-Talking (iPhone/iPad app by RJ Cooper & Associates, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/turn-talking/id1079778687 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [RJ Cooper & Associates, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/412790299)
- Category: Education, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 29 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany), Japanese, Polish, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2016-04-20
- Data updated: 2026-05-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/turn-talking/id1079778687/reviews.md

## What is Turn?

Conversation trainer for all types of persons with disabilities. Specifically helpful for those with ASD/autism. Allows scripting, prompting, modeling, and pacing a conversation between the challenged person and anyone else, able-bodied or another challenged person.

* Switch-accessible for non-verbal persons.
* Pictures can be taken of each Turn-Talker.
* Use recorded or text-to-speech for prompting/modeling.
Visual picture-prompts can be added.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.13 — 2020-07-02

Cleaned up editing screen by breaking it into separate screen for each learner.
Bluetooth external speaker supported.
Fixed bug with insert & delete phrases.
Fixed TTS bug with newer iOS's.

### 1.0.30 — 2016-05-28

Added Repeat and Reload previous segment for impulsive learners
Fixed little bug that stuffed the Name boxes with something else, plus everything from 1.0.26:
Fixed about 10 bugs
 * Fixed data variable 'misses'
 * Allow creation of new Conversations
 * Fixed timing issues
 * Fixed [[Turn-Talker]...is the iPad] as it's speech was out of sync
 * Don't Save option was not restoring previous Conversation
 * Synced App Guide to show correct sections of instructions
Added a Delete and Clear a Conversation
Added the ability to record all prompts
Added a Clone a Conversation
Added a data collection scheme
Added printing of data collection and Conversation text
Improved highlighting of Turn-Talkers' pictures
Fixed bug where Don't Save wasn't reverting back to previously saved Conversation
Removed 'click' sounds from recordings
A *great* tutorial by a colleague will be at the URL specified at the main menu of the app

### 1.0.27 — 2016-05-18

Fixed little bug that stuffed the Name boxes with something else, plus everything from 1.0.26:
Fixed about 10 bugs
 * Allow creation of new Conversations
 * Fixed timing issues
 * Fixed [[Turn-Talker]...is the iPad] as it's speech was out of sync
Added a Delete and Clear a Conversation
Added the ability to record all prompts
Added a Clone a Conversation
Added a Clone A Conversation
Added a data collection scheme
Added printing of data collection and Conversation text
Improved highlighting of Turn-Talkers' pictures
Fixed bug where Don't Save wasn't reverting back to previously saved Conversation
Removed 'click' sounds from recordings
A *great* tutorial by a colleague will be at the URL specified at the main menu of the app

### 1.0.26 — 2016-05-17

Fixed about 10 bugs
 * Allow creation of new Conversations
 * Fixed timing issues
 * Fixed [[Turn-Talker]...is the iPad] as it's speech was out of sync
Added a Delete and Clear a Conversation
Added the ability to record all prompts
Added a Clone a Conversation
Added a Clone A Conversation
Added a data collection scheme
Added printing of data collection and Conversation text
Improved highlighting of Turn-Talkers' pictures
Fixed bug where Don't Save wasn't reverting back to previously saved Conversation
Removed 'click' sounds from recordings
A *great* tutorial by a colleague will be at the URL specified at the main menu of the app

### 1.0.15 — 2016-04-20

No release notes.

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