Make a Choice vs Jellow AAC Communicator

Designed in co-operation with a Speech Pathologist, parents and carers describing what they need, Make a Choice is a simple to use, and yet flexible tool for people who need to communicate a choice. Make a Choice can be used on its own, however it is also great as an adjunct to your other favorite AAC tools. People with motor problems will find that the button sizes make it easier, providing direct access via fingers or fist, etc. Make a Choice is great for people working with various forms of Dyspraxia, (also known as Motor Learning Difficulties, Perceptuo-Motor Dysfunction, and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)). By providing a small number of choices, the communicator is better able to focus, and express themselves clearly. Make a Choice can also be used for “First and Then” two and four step schedules, or in situations where a client needs to express an opinion (“I Like” / “I don’t like”). In fact, the versatility of Make a Choice allows you to use it in all sorts of situations. Make a Choice provides the ability to configure Choice Boards of two, or four buttons on the screen with text, an image, or both. When a button is pressed on the main screen, the text of the button is spoken by your device, or, if your prefer, you can record your own voice and that will be played instead. Buttons may be further configured to have their own background color, ensuring your ability to create buttons that are easy to see, and respond to. Images can be easily be imported direct from your devices camera, the Photos app, or from the internet via copy-paste. There are no limits to how many Choice Boards you can create, and there are no limits to the number of buttons. Make a Choice has been built with speed and ease of use in mind. If you are in an emergency situation and you need to help someone communicate their choice about something, just create a couple of new buttons, and in less than a minute you can have them on screen. Do you want to create a new Choice Board with a different combination of buttons that you’ve already created? That’s easy! Every button you create is there for you to pick and re-use, any number of times. For communication ovation partners, this is a great tool to help your cared one express her or his self through choosing one action, over another. Make a Choice allows you to share your Choice Board configurations with others via iCloud Drive, DropBox, and any other iOS compatible file sharing service. This allows you to backup your data, share it amongst your devices, and with clients and friends. Make a Choice allows you to lock down the Choice Board configuration, preventing unwanted changes to the Choice Boards you’ve created. Make a Choice uses nice large buttons to better facilitate use by people with motor difficulties. Button sizes have been crafted to make them large and well spaced, improving usability further. Make a Choice works on all iPad and iPhone devices running iOS 9 or later. There are NO in-app purchases, and there are no limits on how many buttons or Choice Boards you can create. Feature summary: * Unlimited number of buttons. * Unlimited number of choice boards. * Configuration can be backed up or shared via iCloud Drive, Dropbox or similar. * Configuration can be locked. * Easy to use. * Fully accessible via Voice Over and Accessibility Switches * Supports recording your own voice for buttons. * Uses in-device text to speech when no voice recording is provided. * Buttons support text, images, or both. * Button background color is configurable. * 2 or 4 button Choice Boards supported. * Great for “First and Then” use. * Print your choice boards to your AirPrint printer! * Localized in English, French and Spanish.

Jellow Communicator is a friendly Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system that uses icons/images to enable speech. This freely downloadable app can be used for communication by those learning to speak or those having difficulty with speech. Jellow can also be used by toddlers and early learners to learn words and categories frequently used in their daily lives. Jellow’s colorful and friendly icons can help children develop an association between pictures and their corresponding word labels. By Using Make My Board(My Boards), you can add or edit your own customized icons and their expressive text. Jellow has a simple, visually appealing, and easy-to-learn interface consisting central 'category' buttons and 'expressive' side buttons. The content of the app is organized into basic category buttons that make it easy for the user to access and find desired icons. The user can make the app speak out sentences by simply clicking on any of the category buttons followed by any of the expressive buttons. Jellow has around 1000 icons and over 10,000 lines of pre-programmed text. In addition, using the 'keyboard' feature, the user can also generate new sentences and use the app to speak them out aloud. The app allows the user to choose from multiple accents American, British, Australia and South Africa. Jellow is developed at the IDC School of Design at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) located in Mumbai. The application is still under development. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please submit your feedback/comments via email at jellowcommunicator@gmail.com. For further information on Jellow and FAQs, please visit www.jellow.org/