Leaping Leo vs SpeechRace

Use your voice to jump, fly and leap together with Leo and his friends! Outloud proudly presents the funniest and the most addictive voice-activated game in the market. The Leaping Leo app is a motivating tool for speech therapy and special education, but playing with Leo expands definitely way beyond therapy sessions. Continue playing also at home and find your way through the exciting levels together with your family. In the game Leo or any other character of your choice adventures through 18 different game levels both on the ground and underground, in a shop or a circus and in many other exciting places. With the app you can encourage small children to produce sounds and play with their voice. For the bigger children it provides a hilarious and motivating environment for voice-related exercises based on speech therapist’s instructions. Leo turns repetitive exercises to entertaining game play! With the app you can practise timing, silence and voice control. You can even research the effect of duration of phonation on a human cannon ball! Try the first 4 game levels for free. Full game includes 18 game levels (requires in-app purchase). For further tips and hints on how to play Leaping Leo please go to Outloud website or Outloud YouTube channel.

SpeechRace is a game to help with the repetitions needed to learn to pronounce the Finnish R in a fun way. The player’s sports car moves when a selected word is repeated. The speech is not sent out from the device, as on-device speech recognition is used. Speech can optionally be saved in the app for later listening. The game allows setting your own goals with your own rewards, as well as a daily reminder to practice at a suitable time. You can make the game suitable for your pace of practice by adjusting the other cars’ speed. The exercises are based on publicly available materials for practicing the Finnish R. This app aids in increasing repetitions, but it does not guarantee the correctness of pronunciation or that the practice is at the right level for the user. The need for practice is individual, so it is important to visit a speech therapist to determine what should be practiced and how. The exercises do not replace speech therapy, and a child should practice together with an adult to ensure the correctness of pronunciation of the repeated word.