Proloquo4Text AAC vs MyComms

Proloquo4Text™ is a text to speech app for those who cannot rely on their voice to speak. The app is laid out on a single screen to reduce the effort of typing. The layout enables easy, daily conversation and quick access to your most common phrases. Personalize it to your needs and preferences, whether that’s through choosing from the many voices available, or through customizing your screen layout. Proloquo4Text is the leading AAC solution for literate adults, teens and children. It is used by people with a wide range of diagnoses, including developmental disabilities (like autism, apraxia, and cerebral palsy) and acquired disorders (like laryngectomy, ALS, stroke, or traumatic brain injury). Proloquo4Text can be used to produce speech by anyone who can type and spell. Communicate with ease • Use the single screen for easy access to words, phrases and keyboard • Switch easily between conversations, making it easy to answer a question in another conversation, without disrupting what you typed in the first conversation. • Decide when you speak with play, pause and speak-as-you-type • Adjust appearance (font, color, text size) to your preference and needs Reduce typing effort • Create, save and organize commonly used phrases • Make typing quicker with advanced, self-learning PolyPredix™ word prediction • Show what you typed with the fullscreen view and flip text features • Type once, then say it again with history and sentence prediction • Use keyboard shortcuts for quick access when using an external keyboard Choose your voice • Download, natural-sounding voices within Proloquo4Text. All premium Acapela voices are included in Proloquo4Text with no in-app purchase. • Add personality and humor to your conversations with free specialty voices • Choose from over 100 voices in 18 languages, so you can find the one that sounds most like you. Switch easily between languages. • Use my-own-voice, a voice-banking technology, to preserve and capture the essence of your own voice in synthetic speech. Share your world • Send email, messages, and tweets from Proloquo4Text • Write in Proloquo4Text and copy your text into another app • Listen to text by pasting into Proloquo4Text • Make phone and FaceTime video calls with Proloquo4Text. Take your voice anywhere • Proloquo4Text is available on both iOS and macOS. With iOS, you can use the app on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. The Mac version is a separate purchase on the Mac App Store. • Smoothly transition between devices, thanks to Proloquo4Text’s consistent navigation on iPhone and iPad • Easily access your commonly used phrases on Apple Watch, and just tap to show or speak them. You can customize the contents shown on the Watch from your iPhone. Accessibility features • Follow words as they are spoken with optional sentence or word highlighting • Optimized for Switch Control and VoiceOver • Communicate without an internet connection • Use multitasking functionality to run another app side-by-side on supported devices • Keep your devices in sync by easily backing up and restoring your customizations and stored phrases. AssistiveWare® is the developer of Proloquo2Go®, an award-winning symbol-based communication app that provides a voice to over 200,000 individuals around the world. Additional note: Educational institutions can get a 50% discount if they purchase 20 or more licenses through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program for Education.

Clear communication starts with MyComms - an inclusive visual support app made for everyday life. Designed by a speech therapist and teacher/behaviour support practitioner, MyComms helps autistic people, those with ADHD and individuals with acquired or developmental intellectual disabilities (such as stroke, dementia, or Down syndrome) build independence and reduce anxiety with everyday visual tools. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, therapist or support worker, MyComms makes it easy to personalise supports for the people you care about. Features that support comprehension, regulation and independence: • Create daily visual schedules - structure routines across home, school, work, or community settings to support transitions and reduce overwhelm • Step-by-step task breakdowns - simplify routines for teeth brushing or preparing a meal • Weekly calendars – preview and plan the week with visual clarity • Choice boards – empower users to express preferences, emotions and ideas • Over 100+ pre-made templates – download and edit to reflect your own routines and preferences • Use your own photos – real images make communication more personal and age-appropriate • Uses your own home language when creating visuals • Easy sharing and exporting – download as PDFs or share via email, text or social media • Custom profile – great for professionals or families Made for people with: • Autism / Autistic identity • ADHD • Intellectual disability (Down syndrome, fragile X, etc.) • Acquired disability (stroke, brain injury, dementia) • Language processing or comprehension differences • Executive functioning challenges • Anxiety Who uses MyComms? • Parents, families and carers • Speech-Language Pathologists and Occupation Therapists • Teachers and early childhood educators • Behaviour support practitioners • Disability support workers • Aged care workers • Anyone seeking accessible communication tools Why choose MyComms? • Because visuals support more than communication - they build confidence, clarity and inclusion. • MyComms supports receptive communication, comprehension and executive functioning by making abstract concepts visible and routines more predictable. • Users can personalise visual supports using real photos that reflect their culture, community and everyday life. • Clinician-built. Real-world tested. Proudly Australian owned. Subscription Details: MyComms offers premium features through an optional in-app subscription. Free basic features are available to all users. Subscription options and pricing are clearly shown within the app after profile setup. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period (another year for annual subscribers, another month for monthly subscribers) unless you change your subscription preferences in your account settings. You can manage your subscriptions through your Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Privacy policy: https://commspec.co/privacy-policy/ Terms and conditions: https://commspec.co/terms-and-conditions/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/