Comprehension Toolbox vs Z Speech Pro 1

Comprehension Toolbox is a professional speech therapy app. It works on reading and listening comprehension of single words (nouns and verbs). It is designed for people with aphasia and moderate to severe or severe receptive language difficulties following a stroke or brain injury. It is also suitable for older children with special needs including autism. WHAT SPEECH THERAPY ACTIVITIES ARE INCLUDED IN COMPREHENSION TOOLBOX? Comprehension Toolbox has 3 parts. Training: This comprehension activity is particularly helpful for people with aphasia and severe difficulties understanding spoken and written words. It can be done as a listening comprehension activity, a reading comprehension activity or both, depending on the mode chosen in Settings. The person with aphasia is shown two example pictures of the target word. They are then given a choice of 3 pictures and are asked to match the target word to the correct picture. Photo Shuffle: This comprehension activity is spoken and/or written word to picture matching. The person with aphasia is required to match the spoken and/or written words to the pictures in the picture set (field size of 2-6 pictures). Having the pictures in a set gives the person with comprehension difficulties more time to learn and understand the words. They have more time to think and can benefit from a process of elimination when choosing a picture. Word Match: This comprehension activity can be a reading exercise, a listening comprehension exercise or both. The person with aphasia is shown a large picture and a choice of 3 spoken and/or written words. They have to match the picture to the correct word (choice of 3). WHO IS COMPREHENSION TOOLBOX FOR? - Speech language pathologists / Speech language therapists - Adults with moderate to severe or severe receptive aphasia after stroke or brain injury; impaired ability to understand spoken and/or single written words - Adults with cognitive-communication difficulties due to stroke or brain injury - Adults with visual attention difficulties following stroke or brain injury - Children with autism and receptive language difficulties CAN YOU CHANGE THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THE COMPREHENSION THERAPY ACTIVITIES? Comprehension Toolbox has 3 difficulty levels: Easy, Medium and Hard. You can adjust the difficulty level of each comprehension activity in Settings. You can also adjust the field size (2, 3, 4 or 6 pictures on screen) in the Photo Shuffle activity. When a person with aphasia is given a spoken or written word, it is usually harder for them to match it to the correct picture if the options are semantically related or from the same category. The difficulty levels in Comprehension Toolbox are therefore based on whether or not the pictured items are from the same categories or different categories. - Easy Level: The vocabulary items are from different categories - Medium Level: At least one or half of the items are from the same category. The others are from different categories - Hard Level: The vocabulary items are all from the same subcategory FEATURES Comprehension Toolbox allows you to - Select from 3 different modes; listening comprehension therapy, reading comprehension therapy or both - Try two word categories for free and purchase remaining categories in a single in-app purchase - Easily select the categories or sub-categories of words you wish to include in practice or individual words if preferred - Add individual user profiles - Automatically track correct and incorrect scores of each user - Receive audio feedback for correct answers only, incorrect answers only or both - Email a results summary after a session or at a later date - Adjust the difficulty level Comprehension Toolbox has - An easy to use design for people with aphasia and speech language pathologists - Animations in each comprehension activity  - Over 2000 clear, high-quality photos of vocabulary items Download Comprehension Toolbox now for FREE!

Z Speech Pro 1 is an app that helps children learn sequencing, which is the ability to put things in order. These sequences teach a young child the basics of nature and everyday life events, and help them to understand with visual and audio scaffolding how to perform important everyday tasks also. The app uses bright visual cues and enticing audio cues to help children learn. It helps children develop organizational skills, logical order, verbal recollection, and cause and effect relationships. Long term use has shown that Speech Sequencing can help children understand everyday events and build a memory recall. The app also lets parents, teachers, or therapists keep track of the child's progress. Here are some of the app's features: 12 sequences, four of which are free and eight of which are available for purchase Fun audio and visual support and encouragement A seconds to completion timer Audio cues that guide the child through the sequences Visual supports like green light up target icons. Also on completion there is verbal 'Hurrah' encouragement as well as colorful encouraging confetti on the screen. The 12 sequences available in the App are: Fall leaves falling from a tree Ladybug growing from egg to adult Building a sand castle Brushing your teeth Rainy day umbrella help Making a sandwich A rose bud blooming Carving a Halloween pumpkin A bird building its nest A baby chick hatching from an egg Building a birdhouse Making a chocolate cereal breakfast -------- The App is designed to be used by: Autistic, speech delayed children as well as neurotypical children. The fun audio and visual support and encouragement help children communicate and narrate events more effectively. Play is powerful. And this App is fun. Z Speech Pro 1 also lets the parent, teacher or therapist or a SLP keep track of progress through a seconds to completion timer. Audio and timer can be turned on and off easily in the Setting Panel. By understanding the 12 presented sequences in this App, a child can practice over and over in and easy and fun way. It is much easier than what has been tried and true, the cutting and pasting of paper cards in classrooms. Colorful images and audio in Pro 1 help a child get to narrating their daily activities. This is a key to safety and everyday well-being for children who may not be able to narrate first, second, third and finally what happened in their day to parents or caregivers. Sequencing is a cornerstone of SLP and speech therapy. Logical next steps. Time concepts - first, second, third and fourth. Teaches logic Teaches recollection Visual supports like green light up target icon, one of four where the sequence card should be placed are features of Pro 1. Audio cues guide the child: “I am first” “I am second” “I am third” “I am last” Spoken in a warm and encouraging female voice are also features of Pro 1. Educational Features: Built in seconds to complete a sequence displays progress Controls to turn off audio/music or timer, to customize the app. Personal story: As a SLPA student, father and primary caregiver of my now 14 year old Autistic son, I have over the years used the sequencing in his schools when he was three through six years. It greatly helped him, and he was nonverbal at three and now he can talk and communicate wonderfully. Sequencing helped him organize his thoughts, recall events and speak and then write sentences in a logical order. Narrative speech was difficult and many hours spent sequencing stories cognitively and logically and verbally helped him talk about his day. First I did this, then this happened at school and finally this happened at lunchtime. I am also the creator with the help of my autistic son ZOTTZ - Z Occupational Therapy Toolz - an OT fine motor skill development intelligent device with bluetooth connectivity and Apps. More about my efforts in the field of assistive technology please visit my web sites: https://www.zubair.com https://www.zottz.com