iToucan Talk (Autism) Beta
Free AppAbout iToucan Talk (Autism) Beta
Second Beta version for testing! Full version soon.
Imagine being out in the park and your Autistic child starts screaming. Is he in pain? Is he thirsty? Does he need the toilet? You don't have your big PECS book or any other way of communicating....You're feeling frustrated...and he's feeling...well...tirsty?...tired?...angry!
Imagine being out in the park and your Autistic child starts screaming. Is he in pain? Is he thirsty? Does he need the toilet? You don't have your big PECS book or any other way of communicating....You're feeling frustrated...and he's feeling...well...tirsty?...tired?...angry!
Wouldn't it be great to be able to say to them "Calm down, use my phone and tell me what you want"?
Not being able to communicate your needs, desires or thoughts is so frustrating. Pointing to a glass of water and being told you cannot have the food next to it is very frustrating, when all you want is water. Wanting to say so much but having a very limited vocabulary would make anyone lose their temper.
With about 7,000 different pictographs in 14 different languages.
> English, Spanish, French,
> Chinese, German, Portuguese,
> Italian, Catalan, Brazilian Portuguese,
> Russian, Arabic, Polish,
> Romanian and Bulgarian
User defined cards and the ability to construct and speak sentences, iTucan Talk started out as an AAC way to help Autistic Children to communicate, so they didn't become frustrated or angry or fly into a rage.
It is now a way for anyone who has difficulty with speaking to be able to communicate. It's free of charge and does not contain advertising, relying solely on voluntary donations. So Dad, Mum, Brother, sister, child career, teacher can all have it on their phone or tablet without distracting ads.
Using icons/pictographs, it could help anyone on the Autism Spectrum or non-verbal to communicate. The current default set consists of the Barcelona University (Augmentative Techniques Unit – UTAC) communication boards. https://sites.google.com/site/utacub/
Please show your support by going to http://www.myautisticapps.com/ and commenting, offering feedback or giving a small donation, all especially important at these early stages of development.
Please, give feedback, ideas or suggestions about anything on the forum at
http://www.myautisticapps.com/
Thanks to ARASAAC for their support and supplying the pictographs. http://catedu.es/arasaac
Website: http://www.myautisticapps.com/
Forum: http://www.myautisticapps.com/forum/
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Added help with your first Card.
Editing of cards is much easier.
Tap & hold to speak Pictograph feature added.
Menu's translated into 12 languages.
Bounce back when the end of the list is reached.
Rotation fixed when the app starts.
Build in feedback buttons in the app.
Pictographs can be edited.
Screen changes colour in edit mode.
Exit button added to edit mode.
Edits reflected quicker.
Simple cards added in addition to the UTAC cards.
Text to Speech fixed on Jelly bean and ICS devices.
Added help with your first Card.
Editing of cards is much easier.
Tap & hold to speak Pictograph feature added.
Menu's translated into 12 languages.
Bounce back when the end of the list is reached.
Rotation fixed when the app starts.
Build in feedback buttons in the app.
Pictographs can be edited.
Screen changes colour in edit mode.
Exit button added to edit mode.
Edits reflected quicker.
Simple cards added in addition to the UTAC cards.
Text to Speech fixed on Jelly bean and ICS devices.
More downloads iToucan Talk (Autism) Beta reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads iToucan Talk (Autism) Beta reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
More downloads iToucan Talk (Autism) Beta reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
Name changed Name changed! iToucan Talk (Autism) now is known as iToucan Talk (Autism) Beta.
What are users saying about iToucan Talk (Autism) Beta
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Not sure where the cards are going. Followed instructions from YouTube video, no luck.
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Dont bother installing. It can't find the sd card. Total failure.
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I believe I am pretty tech savy and I couldn't get either pictures nor the program to read an entire sentence. To me that's a huge problem for those that you're attempting to serve here. A lot of polishing needs to be done here though I do like the voice and idea of this.
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I installed it & haven't been able to get it to do anything
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Not working
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Dont bother installing. It can't find the sd card. Total failure.
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It seems like it will be a great app for my daughter but she can't use it b/s there are no pics ... When I figure that out I think it be I'll be great
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Can't see pictures, same problems as othrr users. What else needs to downloaded on an android tablet for it to work? Would be a nice app if theses issues were fixed
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Kinda difficult for my son. Gonna give it a try.
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Not good
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It is very difficult to understand how to get this set up and working for me, so I don't think the people I work with who have disabilities will have much hope. Very hard to figure out how to set up.
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Only giving 1 star coz it wont allow none all becoz the app simply dosent work i either get a blank screen or the thing force closes as u open the app....i fail to see how this will help a screaming autistic child when in distress it would infact make matters worse
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This is abandonware, and I'm wondering if Android in London failed to remember their Google account's password, since this isn't compatible with modern Android Devices. This is obvious when you try to download the pictographs. It's really sad, because there needs to be an app like this on Android.
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The cards don't show up.
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It's great when it doesnt force me to close. My daughter loves it. Please fix the force to close issue and ill give you 5*
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Can't even get onto the app
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The is good
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I think that once the bugs and kinks are fixed this will be a fabulous app to have. Can't wait for the full version. And thank you for getting back to me addressing my concerns when I emailed you through the feedback email address. Best and fastest way to get answers. Will definitely give 5 stars once the full version is out there by issues fixed.
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Too bad it looks pretty good but I can't get it to work on my phone
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Tried alpha and beta versions, can't see pictures.
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Thank u it helps me with my child
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Like what you're doing. The pictures won't show on my on phone or tablet so I won't introduce it to my son yet. It. Would be awesome to add the ability to type words and it sleek the sentence then it would be OK with out pictures