Predictable vs 60 Story Starters

Predictable is a multi-award winning text-to-speech app for people with conditions such as ALS/MND, autism, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, and more. It aims to make it easier and quicker to communicate, using a range of access methods, rate enhancement features and customisation options. Word Prediction Using smart word prediction technology, the app makes speaking out a text-based message easy. Predictable learns from your pattern of use and predicts what you will type next, making typing easier and more efficient. Phases and categories Save and organise phrases that you need quick access to in a simple grid format. Further customise your phrases by adding symbols, images, audio recordings, links and more. Shortcuts Choose from a wide range of useful and exciting features such as notes, share, translate, chatGPT and draw to customise your keyboard screen to include features that you want to use. Attach these to keyboard keys, hot corners, head tracking gestures or external keyboard shortcuts. The possibilities are endless! Multi Language Switch between any of our 43 languages* to create your personalised bilingual set up. You are able to choose a primary and secondary language and seamlessly transition between both on the go, with appropriate keyboards and voices selected for both. Languages supported include: Arabic, Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Maithili, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmal), Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Gujarati, Urdu, Somali *Some languages only offered with online voices Speech and Voice Options Compatible with standard iOS voices, including the enhanced voices available to download and your iOS personal voice. You can also use your voice-banked voice from ModelTalker, Acapela, SpeakUnique and The Voice Keeper. Accessibility Predictable offers a wide range of access methods and accessibility settings including: Direct touch features to handle accidental selection Screen tap - a scanning method where you touch the screen for selection and/or progression Switch access - accessible via Bluetooth switch box + switches (compatible with Therapy Box Switch Box and RJ Cooper Switch Interface) as well as Head tracking face gestures. Head tracking - use facial recognition to interact with the app with no calibration or extra hardware required. Auditory preview - hear the onscreen text before selection. Scanning - Build your own, is a brand new access method in Predictable. Customise your own scanning method by combining timer, screen tap, switch access and gestures. Appearance Customise the layout and appearance to truly optimise the app to your preferences by changing the layout, font size, colours and more. Different keyboard options (including QWERTY, Ten Key, Apple and Bluetooth) and different templates (including Dark, High Contrast and Low vision) are available to make this customisation clear and simple. Web Platform Log in remotely and manage your settings and grid content from our web platform. The web platform is compatible with the myMessageBanking.com format to make importing easy. Support User guides are available on your app, and on the Therapy Box website. Send any questions to support@therapy-box.co.uk. You can find more about Predictable at https://therapy-box.co.uk/predictable

Webber® Photo Cards — 60 Story Starters Application for the iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod touch® takes 60 story starter images from this Super Duper® Publications card deck and combines them with audio to create 180 entertaining ways for students to begin telling their own stories. Story Starters also helps children improve their describing, questioning, inferencing, writing, and storytelling/retelling skills. This application is simple to use — students just touch the screen to listen to a story starter, and then say or write what they think will happen next. Tap the refresh button to hear a different story starter. There are three different starters per image. To move to the next card, just slide the card to the side and the next image appears. To move to the next player, tap the bar at the top of the screen and select a name. You can also advance cards and players automatically by selecting the Auto-Advance option in the Settings menu. You can leave a game by selecting End from the menu. To return to the game, select Resume from the main menu. When you finish, view the results in a graph, and print or email your data.   Webber® Photo Cards — 60 Story Starters App lets you: * Select all 60 cards or just the ones you want students to see. * Track correct and incorrect responses for an unlimited number of players. * Teach the important parts of a story (beginning, middle, and end). * Discuss how characters feel in a story. * Describe the setting of a story. * Increase sentence length and improve written language. * Generalize articulation and fluency skills.