iToucan Talk (Autism) Alpha for Android
Beta also available, which is more stable but with less working features.
--- May crash and features may not work. ---
This is the cutting edge version, this version has not been publicly tested, search for the beta version for the tested version which may be more stable on your tablet or phone.
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... thirsty?...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, iToucan 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/
No pictures available, only words.
Total garbage didn't work from the start just blank nothing came up. Not user friendly
Try 3 times, still can not open the app.
I need help
The pictographs did not load. It said could not access sd card. The sd card is there with over 1 gb avaiable. Bad bugs guys.
Wow
Cooo
Hoped to use this for my job but there's no pictures just words. What's all that about? Such a shame as I was so glad to find it. Please help, android Samsung galaxy s3?, Will give 5 stars if it works
I was disappointed in this as I was expecting good things from this after hearing of it in an autism magazine.
Useless app. Help don't work, Could not figure out how to use.
It won't even open on my LG g3
No pictures available, only words.
I had high hopes for this app, but it is of no use at all. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling but still did not work. The words come up but there are no pictures. Disappointed :-(
The pictographs did not load. It said could not access sd card. The sd card is there with over 1 gb avaiable. Bad bugs guys.
I can't even rate it because it never even opened. Uninstalled
Cannot make it work
I don't have a sd card so it won't work. Make it so u can download them on our phones please
No pictures available, only words.
Couldn't find my SD card. Wouldn't download pictures. My son is only 3. He can't read and needs pictures to communicate. I wish I could have gotten this app to work. The voice is clear and easy to understand. Other apps that use voice to talk or read sound like the old 80s computers/Atari.
Doesn't open
it nice
Love it
Excelent!
Easy to follow tutorial. Easy to use. Love it.
Read the android design guidelines and try again. Constant force close too.
Greeaaatt
Awesome app however it keeps force closing and it would be nice if there was a way to easily make a card personalized to your child. My daughter is three and cannot fumble through the large mass of pictures to say what she wants.I've tried making cards with specifics door her but am finding it very difficult.
But is sounds like it would be nice.
Little vocab no instructions. If I cannot figure it out, my autistic son does not have any chance.
Tried on Nexus 7 and Galaxy S2, no pictures, just words.
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Won't load so I don't even know if I like it or not! :-(