Fricatives vs Articulation Station Pro Es

Fricatives app, authored by Fred D. Minifie, Ph.D, provides valuable instructional/clinical tools for speech-language pathologists, otolaryngologists, speech scientists, linguists, teachers of singing and other professionals. The app includes four voiced and five voiceless fricative consonant dynamic animations with sound plus a key view for each of the tongue shape and placement for the structural movements involved in the production of the consonants of American English. • Anatomy ID: as each part is touched, the part highlights and the part name and description text changes. Description text shows or hides on demand .  ◊ Anatomy view - 26 parts, includes nose, mouth and throat structure ID. Zoom and pans. • Highlight View: key view of the tongue shape and placement for four voiced and five voiceless fricative consonants of American English.  ◊ Voiced: /v/ /ð/ /z/ /ǯ/ Voiceless: /f/ /Ө/ /s/ /∫/ /h/  ◊ Includes a word and sentence audio example to illustrate consonant articulation. • Animations: each consonant shows a lateral view of dynamic movements of the jaw, lips, tongue, velum (soft palate), and larynx needed for proper articulation of that consonant. Audio for each consonant sound is synchronized with the dynamic animations. Anatomy animation included. • Two finger pan of all animations and key view pages. • Drawing Whiteboard feature:  ◊ Drawing: freeform lines in red, blue, green or black hue.  ◊ Draw and place text directly on active animation and video.  ◊ Text: 36pt, auto wrap, non-movable in red, blue, green or black hue.  ◊ Eraser: touch and rub lines and text on whiteboard to erase.  ◊ Trash: one tap deletes all whiteboard lines and text.  ◊ Screenshot whiteboard direct to Photos App for easy email and printing. • iOS 6.0+ required, designed for iPad and iPhone. Fricatives app makes learning consonants easy. See example screen shots below. Get the app today!

“This is one of the best speech-language therapy apps currently available in Spanish. My clients are familiar with the English version of Articulation Station Pro and are now able to work bilingually on speech sounds in both of their languages. A valuable tool for speech-language therapy!” - Georgia, MS, CCC-SLP Learn how to pronounce and practice all the sounds in the Spanish language with 6 engaging articulation activities! Created by certified Speech-Language Pathologists, Articulation Station Pro Español is a full featured articulation application to help children as well as adults learn to speak and pronounce their sounds more clearly. High quality images represent target words to be practiced in 6 fun activities at the word, phrase, and sentence levels. Activities are to be practiced with the assistance of a Speech-Language Pathologist, teacher, or parent. The 18 sound programs included are: p, b, m, j (h), d, t, n, ñ, k, g, f, ch, ll (y), l, rr, r, s, vowels & diphthongs Articulation Station Español offers: • Quick tips for teaching each sound • Over 1,000 target words • Consistent number of target words throughout the app • Beautiful high quality images • Ability to add your own images • Custom word lists • Phonological processes • Ability to shuffle multiple sounds • Flashcard activity • Matching activity • Rotating phrases • Over 1,000 Unique phrases • 40 Rotating Sentences • Over 1,000 Unique Sentences • In-depth Scoring and data tracking • Email words, phrases, and sentences for home practice • Student profiles (photo, name, email, gender, age, notes) • Multiple users for group sessions (Up to 6 students at one time!) • Voice recording and playback feature for monitoring responses WORD LEVEL ACTIVITIES - Flashcards activity- These beautiful, real life images are attention grabbers! Children and adults will love swiping through them and therapists will love the consistent number of flashcards throughout the entire application. Voiced audio model included! - Matching game -- This super fun matching game is a great way to keep children and adults engaged in the activity as they practice sounds in words. The medium level game play makes it appropriate for kids and adults of all ages. PHRASE LEVEL ACTIVITIES - Rotating phrases -- Spin the target word or spin the modifier word to produce lots of cute and silly word combinations. For example some rotating phrases from the /p/ sound program might be, “la paloma famosa,” or “el payaso pequeño.” - Unique phrases -- Each unique phrase is 3-5 words in length making it a great next step after rotating phrases are mastered. As descriptive phrases, they provide a great opportunity for working on language goals as well. The unique phrase for the word “panda” in the in the initial position of the /p/ program is, “el panda gordo y grande” SENTENCE LEVEL ACTIVITIES - Rotating sentences -- In this activity the sentence stays the same while only the target word changes. For example the rotating sentence for the /p/ sound in the initial position is, “El perro del payaso quería más pez .” With a spin of the target word the next sentence might be, “El perro del payaso quería más pepino.” Each rotating sentence has picture prompts and multiple target words. So much fun!! - Unique sentences -- These provide a great way for a child/adult to to get multiple productions of the target sound in one sentence. Examples of unique sentences from the initial p program are, “El panadero hace pan dos veces por día.” and “Paola pone un poco de pimienta en la pasta.” Each target word in the app was chosen very carefully. Words were chosen that are common among dialects when possible but in the end articulation targets were prioritized over regional vocabulary differences. We hope you enjoy using Articulation Station Pro Español. Please take a moment to review the app in the App Store so we can continue to improve it. Enjoy!