Talk Around It Personal vs AlphaTopics

*British English version Talk Around It Personal helps people with Word Finding Difficulties to practise Naming Techniques and improve Word Retrieval. Developed by Speech and Language Therapists, Talk Around It uses evidence-based techniques to treat conditions such as aphasia, anomia, stroke, dementia, alzheimer’s and autism. It now includes over 100 high quality pictures with support for high-density Retina displays, over 800 Cues, Testing and Progress Reports to document patients’ progress. The Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists (IASLT) review: 'Talk Around It apps have therapeutic benefit and shall be a good medium within treatment to target word finding deficits for specific cohort of patients……..I would recommend these apps and will have them in my therapy toolbox.' (IASLT Magazine, spring/summer 2014 Talk Around It now offers Naming exercises, Testing, Progress Reports and the option to customise. These features make it the most comprehensive and affordable app on the market to help with word finding. **Try the FREE version to see how the features can help you** *New updates include: Picture Customisation: Option to omit pictures and create a favourites list Testing: Test 10 words, 50 words or your Favourite Words Progress Reports: View patient progress showing results over time and by test type Enhanced audio *Key Features Over 100 quality images (Retina displays supported) Over 800 cues (audio and written) Semantic questions for circumlocution Evidence-based practice techniques Option to hide timer in test mode Easy to use interface No ads or in-app purchases Talk Around It is used in clinical and home settings to treat a range of speech disorders including anomia and aphasia. Using Talk Around It helps with • Word finding or naming skills • Cued Lexical Retrieval • Receptive and expressive language • Self-cuing to help word finding • Circumlocution skills Our users like the accessibility of the app and the simplicity of the interface. Just download the app and begin your naming practice using the hi-res photographic images, audio and written cues. Speech and Language Therapists using our app say: “…a very useful tool to aid in the generalisation of strategies learned in one-to-one therapy sessions.” (Kerrie, SLT, Ireland) “Easy to use app. Clear pictures and nice interface. Accessible for children.” (Trudy, SLT, Singapore) “Visually this app looks really well. The pictures are clear and the layout of the app is understandable and user friendly. The cues available are thorough and easy to understand. …. I could definitely see this being useful in therapy.” (Eimear, SLT, Ireland) * For a full list of Talk Around It Personal vocabulary click here: http://www.neurohero.com/talk-around-it-personal/ Talk Around It apps are available in British English, American English , Spanish, Hindi and Brazilian Portuguese.

Sometimes just giving a hint or context is all your listener needs to understand you. The first letter or two. The general topic. AlphaTopics is the perfect AAC app for people whose natural speech is not always clear. Stop wasting time navigating to the right word or typing it out. Get your point across faster by touching just the first few letters of the words you say. Give your listener context by starting the conversation with the topic. Write it out with your finger or draw a picture. Don’t let overly complicated apps slow you down. Tactus Therapy, a trusted name in speech therapy apps, brings you a new take on a classic communication tool. AlphaTopics includes 3 AAC communication boards loaded with features: 1) Letter Board - 26 letters in alphabetical order or 2 variations of frequency order - 10 single digits allow you to express any number - Vowels highlighted and aligned for faster navigation - Natural or automated speech reads out the name of each letter or number - Yes, no, question, smiley, space, and backspace buttons for prosody and function 2) Topic Board - Fully customizable text you can re-order - Voice output with adjustable speech rate - Two sizes of grid to display 12 or 24 topics - Pre-filled with functional topics for adults 3) Whiteboard - Write or draw on the screen - 6 colors and 4 widths - Export to Photos or e-mail When used together, alphabet and topic boards have been scientifically shown to make the speech of people with motor speech disorders far more understandable. Combined with the whiteboard, these tools help people with aphasia express themselves more clearly with self-cueing and strategy use. Stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, and motor neuron disease are all conditions that can impair speech production. Pointing to the first letter in each word not only gives the listener more information about the word, it also encourages the speaker to slow down and separate words, actually making the words clearer! Using alphabet supplementation, studies show intelligibility of sentences improves 25% on average. Pointing to the topic before speaking narrows the range of possibilities for the listener, giving context. Studies show using a topic cue improves word understanding by an average of 28%. Topics can also be used by people with aphasia, a language disorder, to help pinpoint the intended message. Additional Features: *Adjustable settings for visual, physical, language, and cognitive impairments *Works with built-in scanning and guided access *4 color schemes *Pick which board comes up when you start the app *Export any board you've customized to print or share "People whose speech is hard to understand often just want to provide extra clues to their listener and don’t require all the features of a comprehensive AAC app. It’s terrific that we now have an app that provides this level of support on a mobile platform.” - Lois Turner, SLP & AAC specialist Visit tactustherapy.com for more information on how to use this app, the evidence to support this form of AAC, and a day-by-day account of how this app was made.