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Apps for Stroke Survivors Part 1
Text-to-Speech Apps Apps -
Verbally (Free) - Has basic words programmed and the ability to speak a specific message based on
typed in words. Verbally provides text to speech through its onscreen keyboard, word bank and phrase banks, though to customise these banks you need to upgrade for a price.
iSpeech: (Free) Type in text and listen with the iSpeech App.
Speak It: ($1.99) This app lets you enter text into your iPhone and then have the application say it back to you using a number of different voices. You can select between male and female American accents or rather posh sounding male and female British accents instead. You simply select the accent using a roller deck-style menu and then tap in what you want it to say in the box above it.lets you enter text into your iPhone and then have the application say it back to you using a number of different voices. You can select between male and female American and British accents.
Predictable: ($159.99) This is a text based Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app designed to give a voice to someone who is unable to use their own. The app is most useful for people who have good cognitive abilities but have lost the ability to speak due to a variety of reasons such as Motor Neurone Disease, ALS, Cerebral Palsy, a head injury or a stroke.
TalkPath News (Free): Lingraphica’s TalkPath™ News is an online news source for individuals who need help reading, listening or comprehending daily news.
Assistive Express: This is an affordable Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) Device, catered to people with difficulty in speech. Assistive Express is designed to be simple and efficient, allowing users to express their views and thoughts at the most express manner, with natural sounding voices.
Apart from the ones listed above, Speech Magnet and Voice Dream Recorder are other Apps that can help patients with aphasia
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