Articulate R vs Weave Chat AAC

This application is a great clinical tool for a speech therapist, but it can also be used by parents to help children practice the "r' sound. English language learners will also find this app helpful for pronunciation practice. The app consists of 150 images with optional spoken words and text, providing “r” practice through auditory bombardment or flashcard drilling. A fun and visually appealing matching game keeps users motivated to practice their articulation while they play. Articulate R was created by an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist. It is intended for anyone who needs practice using the R sound, also known as rhotic, liquid phoneme /r/. The app is suitable for those who omit, distort or substitute other sounds for R. It is also helpful for children who vowelize the /r/ or use the phonological process of liquid gliding. Words have been chosen which give the user practice in R production in various phonetic contexts, including: • initial /r/ 1 syllable • initial /r/ multisyllabic • inter-syllabic /r/ 2 syllables • inter-syllabic /r/ 3+ syllables • initial /br/ • initial /pr/ • initial /kr/ • initial /gr/ • initial /dr/ • initial /tr/ • initial /fr/ • vocalic /r/ (ar) • vocalic /r/ (air) • vocalic /r/ (er) • vocalic /r/ (ear) • vocalic /r/ (ire) • vocalic /r/ (or)

Weave Chat AAC is a free, dynamic, and completely customizable AAC app that is available to a variety of devices. There are over 3,500 pre-configured words with a symbol library including more than 65,000 symbols that you can choose from. Weave Chat AAC offers a large variety of verbs (green), pronouns (yellow), questions (purple), nouns (tan/orange), adjectives (blue), and conversational words (pink). All color choices were made based on the Fitzgerald Key and new vocabulary is added weekly. Users can add their own custom images and categories in Settings —> Manage Custom Images. In addition, users can add their own custom phrases that can easily be accessed from their board; to add phrases, go to Settings —> Manage Phrases. Users can select a synthetic voice (dependent on their device settings) from Settings —> Change Voice Settings - here you can select your voice, vocal pitch, and rate of speech. Image and text size can be personalized from Settings —> Change Image & Text Size (select from default - small, medium, and large). Settings —> Configure Image Keyboard allows the user to turn on/off features that allow for the category text to be read aloud (synthetic voice for categories), to keep the user in the category after a image has been selected (stay on category after image selection), and disable the speech output for individual words so that it only reads aloud when the white text screen is touched (synthetic voice disabled for individual words). The AAC board can be modified in Settings —> Manage Board Builder. Here, the user can select from the default board (you must make a copy to edit it - to do this select “Add new keyboard” and then select “Hide Images” for Type of Keyboard); grid position boards (ranging in size from 1x2 - 7x15 rows/columns); and Board Builder (gives you the option to build a board from scratch). All boards are completely editable and all custom images and categories can be used from all boards. Lastly, Manage Pin Configuration allows the user to set a pin over all (or just some) aspects of customization to lock down features as needed. Feature List: - Dynamic, customizable, AAC boards - Large variety of verbs, nouns, and adjectives with additional vocabulary added weekly - Add custom images and custom categories - Create and save phrases - Select a synthetic voice (as available per your device settings) - Copy & Paste AAC picture icon messages via “share” - Create and/or modify AAC boards via 3 options: grid position boards (ranging from 1x2 - 7x15), hide images, and/or create a new board from scratch - “Text” others who have the app using AAC picture icons - Set a passcode to lock down features as needed - Weave Chat AAC currently only has English buttons/images