Gradually, apps for people with autism or other special needs for devices based on Google’s Android operating system are emerging. The list is short if you compare it with the list of applications for iPad / iPhone / iPod touch, but there are 93 available to date (March 9th).
The list or table has the following columns:
- App category: In the list of applications for Apple devices there are more explanations on these categories.
- App logo.
- App name (by clicking it you can see the corresponding Android Market web page); other applications that are variants of the main one; year of the latest version; and prices in dollars and euros. (Prices are approximate).
- Web: website with more information on the app provided by the developer or its distributor.
- Test: a link to the review of the application published in this blog, if it is already written, represented with the “TEST” logo.
- List of languages supported by the app. For AAC apps, languages of the voices included are taken in account.
- A short description of the app. This is NOT meant to be a well-thought summary but only an indication of its functionality.
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| Category | Logo | App | Web | Lang. | Test | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAC | ![]() | AAC speech communicator Free | aacspeech.org | AAC based on images to build grammatically correct sentences; 5,000 ARASAAC icons included; text-to-speech (TTS) | ||
| AAC | ![]() | AACSpeechBuddy 2011 $27.99 / €19.03 | CodeDimensions | AAC that allows you to create many custom sets of images at AACSpeech.com and download them to your device or share them with other users. Image repository with 2,000+ Mulberry Symbols collection. 6 natural voices. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Alexicom AAC for Android 2010 $40 per month | Alexicom Tech LLC | The free version is an AAC based on images added by the user, word prediction and synthesized text-to-speech. Paying $40 per month, you get access to 1,200+ pre-made pages, 7,000+ images, 20 AT&T natural voices in US English, UK English, Spanish, German, Italian, Parisian French and Canadian French, and a 'cloud' service for backup and share content between devices. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | AutismSpeech DiegoSays / AutismSpeech DiegoSaysPro / AutismSpeech SmallPhone / FalaFácil Autismo DiegoDiz / FalaFácil Autismo DiegoDiz Pro / HablaFácil Autism DiegoDice / HablaFácil Autismo DiegoDice Pro 2011 Free or $19.99 / €14.53 | GreenBubbleLabs | AAC based on images and on creating phrases with two parts: action + object. Voice included only in English, but can be changed. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Communication Helper $4.99 / €3.67 | OpeWare | AAC based on images and recordable audio clips. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Discover MyVoice 2011 $50.00 / €35.35 Free 30 day fully functional trial | PDAscent | AAC based on images and recordable audio clips. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | iAugComm 2010 $4.99 / €3.63 | Apps4Android, Inc. | AAC based on an icon interface. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | JABtalk Free | JABstone LLC | AAC based on images and recordable audio clips. Allows you to download images directly from Internet and change their size. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Let's Talk! / Powwow Talk 2011 $3.99 / €3.50 | Toriken Media Information Lab | AAC based on images and recordable audio clips. Allows to construct simple phrases. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | MessageTTS 2011 Free | accegal | Text-to-speech with synthesized voice. Saves history of phrases. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | MyVoice Communication Aid 2011 "Free edition" is free "Plus edition" is $29 per month | MyVoice Inc. | AAC based on images plus a web service to select images. Male or female, American and British accents. Can select vocabulary based on the place where you are. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | My Voice My Words 2011 $9.99 / €7.24 | Bala Learning Centre | AAC based on images with text associated. Maximum of 200 images. Synthesized text-to-speech. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | PictoDroid Lite 2011 Free | accegal | AAC based on pictos to construct action+object phrases. Uses ARASAAC pictos. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Quick Talk 2011 $14.99 / €11.55 | Digital Scribbler, Inc. | AAC based on categories of pairs of buttons to select phrases and words (100 maximum). 11,000 images and symbols from the Smarty Symbols library. Uses any voice already installed and allows to install third-party voices. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Sim / Nao Free | Looxy | AAC for giving simple answers such as yes/no | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Sono Flex / Lite $99.99 / €77.47 "Lite" is free | Tobii Technology | AAC based on images with 11,000 SymbolStix symbols and 5 natural voices | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Talkforme 2011 $6.99 / €5.99 | Mark Flanagan | AAC based on images and texts and text-to-speech in over 30 languages. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | TapTalker 2011 $2.99 / €2.00 | Mark Scott | Text to speech. Save the phrases you use most often, and organise them into categories. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | TapToTalk 2011 $99.95 per year or 179.95 "forever" | Assistyx LLC | AAC based on a web service to create albums of images and sounds. Images from a library of over 2,500, plus add your own. Sounds from text-to-speech for 5 languages or record your own in any language. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | TASUC Communication $11.99 / €8.99 | TASUC Inc. & Info Lounge LLC | AAC based on picture cards and recordable audio clips. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Touch and Go - Speak 2011 Free | touch-and-go.org | AAC with a board for images plus TTS and web with 270+ images. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | touch-n-say Free | Christopher Stärkel | AAC based on a single screen with 8 images with an audio clip associated. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | VirtualTEC 2011 Free | accegal | Virtual keyboard for people with limited motor skills. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Vocal Slides 2010 Free | LycansLab | Simply app to associate images to a voice recording and play them. | ||
| AAC | ![]() | Voice4u / Voice4u JP 2011 $39.99 / €29.99 | Spectrum Visions LLC | AAC based on images and audio clips with 150 preloaded images. | ||
| SCHEDULES | ![]() | AgileAssyst 2011 $42 per month | Agile Disability Solutions LLC | Visual schedules created using the web service with visual countdown timer, customizable speech output, data tracking and instructions to the user as to how to complete a task based in customizable video modeling movies accessed by the user from the scheduled task button. | ||
| SCHEDULES | ![]() | AutiPlan 2011 Private users: Free or 5€ per month Companies: €22,5 to €30 (about $30-$40) per month | AutiPlan.com | Client app to see schedules created using the associated web service. Uses Sclera pictograms. Schedules downloadable as PDF files. | ||
| SCHEDULES | ![]() | First Then Visual Schedule $9.99 / €7.59 | Good Karma Applications | Visual schedules to show daily events, routines or steps needed to complete an activity. Images can be added using the camera, an Internet search feature or by downloading up to 12,000 Smarty Symbols. Includes timer, sound recording, password protection, and schedules sharing. | ||
| SCHEDULES | ![]() | myPrompts 2011 $1.99 / €1.46 | girlcode.net | Visual schedules based on images, with speech and sounds, timers and choices lists. Schedules downloadable as PDF files. | ||
| SCHEDULES | ![]() | Scheduler for special needs 2011 $0.99 / €0.69 | ERP Rules Developers | Visual schedules to plan and track daily tasks and get reward upon finish with stars, virtual money and music songs. | ||
| SCHEDULES | ![]() | TASUC Schedule / Lite 2011 $23 / €16.24 "Lite" is free | TASUC Inc. & Info Lounge LLC | Visual schedules based on images, with speech and sounds and timers. | ||
| SCHEDULES | ![]() | U-Sync Video Scheduler $19.99 / €15.20 | Agile Disability Solutions LLC | Picture/video schedules. Hundreds of pre-loaded videos & pictures, and you can add your own. Schedules can be controlled remotedly through the Internet, allowing to apply video modeling techniques. Visual countdown timer. | ||
| EMOTIONS | ![]() | Autism Series - Learn Series 2011 $0.99 / €0.68 | WebTeam Corporation | Learn about various emotions using facial expressions. Based on DTT/ABA and on the Shanesh COLORS Program. | ||
| EMOTIONS | ![]() | AutismXpress / Pro 2011 Free Pro: $0.99 / €0.72 | Studioemotion | Shows 12 basic emotions. "Pro" adds two games. | ||
| SOCIAL BEHAVIOR | ![]() | Calm Counter / Compliments Speech Tool / Conversations / Divorce Social Story / Emotions and Feelings / Going Shopping Social Story / My Day with WH Words / Staying Safe Social Story $0.99-3.99 / €0.79-2.99 | Touch Autism | Set of 8 apps showing social stories on many topics. | ||
| SOCIAL BEHAVIOR | ![]() | Handroid Widget 2011 Free | Rares Cristureanu | Social and self-management skills for teenagers. | ||
| SOCIAL BEHAVIOR | ![]() | Life Skills Winner Pro / Lite 2011 $1.99 / €1.45 "Lite" is free | Wise Mind Studios | Teaches life and social skills made of tasks and give points to be exchanged by 'prizes' for doing them. Tracking system. | ||
| LANGUAGE / SLP | ![]() | iPractice Verbs 2010 $9.99 / €7.26 | Smarty Ears, LLC | Flashcards and exercises to practice 120 verbs at the word and phrase level. | ||
| LANGUAGE / SLP | ![]() | LearnFruit 2011 Free | Diana Luckevich | Teaches 20 types of fruits. | ||
| LANGUAGE / SLP | ![]() | Pocket SLP - Articulation / Pocket SLP - TABLET 2010 $29.99 / €21.80 | Synapse Apps, Inc. | 2,100 flashcards with 700 images to practice articulation. Target 29 phonemes in initial, medial, and final positions at the word and/or sentence level. Store results and email them. | ||
| LANGUAGE / SLP | ![]() | R intensive 2011 $6.99 / €5.03 | Smarty Ears, LLC | Uses a phonetic approach to teaching the “r” sound by creating subgroups. 450 target words. | ||
| LANGUAGE / SLP | ![]() | Smarty-Speech Spanish 2011 $9.99 / €7.29 | Smarty Ears, LLC | Practice Spanish pronunciation (phonemes, mode of articulation and phonological processes). 450 images. Data tracking. | ||
| LANGUAGE / SLP | ![]() | The R App for Parents 2011 $7.99 / €5.81 | Synapse Apps, Inc. | Practice the 'r' phoneme at the beginning, middle, and end of words, and also at sentence level. 600 images. Store results and email them. Includes tips and highly detailed diagrams for the tricky tongue positioning that R requires. | ||
| THERAPY / LEARNING | ![]() | Autism & PDD Problem / Lite $35.99 / €27.28 'Lite' is free | Linguisystems | What questions, cause and effect, predicting, sequencing and comparing exercises. | ||
| THERAPY / LEARNING | ![]() | Autism MindAwakener / Autism MindAwakenerPro 2011 Free Pro: $2.99 / €2.17 | GreenBubbleLabs | Teaches the first 5 letters and some objects names using the water. | ||
| THERAPY / LEARNING | ![]() | Autism/DTT Colors Full / Colors Free / Shapes $1.99-2.99 / €1.51-2.29 'Free' is free | DrBrownsApps.com | Discrete trails training to learn the colors (or shapes) | ||
| THERAPY / LEARNING | ![]() | MotivAider® for Mobile $3.99 / €2.93 | Behavioral Dynamics, Inc. | Replicates much of the functionlity of the MotivAider®, a dedicated electronic device that helps people to change their behaviors and habits by keeping your attention focused using a private vibration prompt. | ||
| THERAPY / LEARNING | ![]() | See Me Go Potty 2011 $4.99 / €3.43 | AvaKid Productions | Tips, narrative accompaniment, animations, positive reinforcements, ... to help potty training. | ||
| THERAPY / LEARNING | ![]() | Show Me - Autism Series / Alphabets Cursive Lower Case / Alphabets Cursive Upper Case / Alphabets Lower Case / Alphabets Upper Case / Early Counting Skills / Learn Feelings / Match Me / My First ABC / Number Sequence / Shanesh Colors Map Me / Show Me Colors / Show Me Numbers / Show Me Signs 2011 Some are $0.99 / €0.69 The rest are free | WebTeam Corporation | Set of apps based on ABA/DTT and on the Shanesh COLORS Program to learn receptive language, matching, counting, alphabet, colors, numbers, signs, ... | ||
| THERAPY / LEARNING | ![]() | VizZle Student Player 2011 Free | Monarch Teaching Technologies, Inc. | Environment that allows educators to create interactive instructional lessons for children. | ||
| THERAPY / LEARNING | ![]() | ZacZoo/DTT/Autism / ZacZoo2 / Lite $0.99 / €0.79 'Free' is free | ZacZoo | Discrete trial training (DTT) exercises for matching 1 to 5 cards of colors, shapes, numbers, and letters. | ||
| TOKEN ECONOMY | ![]() | EasyKidTokens 2010 Free | GoodBehavior Tools.com | Token board customizable with your own pictures and descriptions of rewards. | ||
| TOKEN ECONOMY | ![]() | iPraiseU 2011 $1.99 / €1.43 | Pyramid Educational Consultants | Shake or tap the device to randomly generate a praise statement (100 included), say it (5 different voices) and show an animation. | ||
| TOKEN ECONOMY | ![]() | Kids Stars 2011 $0.99 / €0.75 | Metaaps | Behavior/reward chart for children based on 9 stars that unveil a picture of a reward. Data tracking. | ||
| TOKEN ECONOMY | ![]() | Reward Chart / Lite 2010 $1.59 / €1.12 "Lite" is free | SenfPot | Map of colored stars and sounds for up to 6 tasks and 4 users. | ||
| TOKEN ECONOMY | ![]() | Win Stars $0.99 / €0.79 | ERP Rules Developers | Token economy based on stars. Tasks are defined only with text. | ||
| TOKEN ECONOMY | ![]() | Working4 2011 $2.99 / €2.12 | Pyramid Educational Consultants | Define a goal, the number of tokens (1-5) and the reinforcers (1-6 from the included images or other added). | ||
| TIMERS / TURNS | ![]() | EasyKidTimer 2011 $1 / €0.73 | GoodBehavior Tools.com | Visual timer that allows to include an image and a description of the activities. | ||
| TIMERS / TURNS | ![]() | R+Remind 2011 $1.99 / €1.41 | Pyramid Educational Consultants | Set a 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 or 15-minute interval. A tone will sound at each interval. Designed as a tool to help educators remember to reinforce good behavior. | ||
| TIMERS / TURNS | ![]() | Turn Taker 2010 $3.99 / €2.75 | Touch Autism | Visual and/or audio cues to facilitate turn taking and/or sharing. | ||
| TIMERS / TURNS | ![]() | visTimer / visTimer (trial) $0.99 / €0.79 'Trail' is free | MoonMirage Ltd | Visual timer (1-60 minutes). Clockwise and anticlokwise modes. Sound and textual prompts. | ||
| TIMERS / TURNS | ![]() | Visual Auditory Timer / PRO 2011 Free "PRO": $0.99 / €0.69 | Phoenix Advanced Technologies, LLC | Visual (rounded) timer. | ||
| TIMERS / TURNS | ![]() | Visual Countdown Timer / Free 2011 $0.70 / €0.50 "Free" is free | touch-and-go.org | Set various timers (in seconds), the corresponding text and image to display during the countdown and the sound to play when the countdown is up. | ||
| BEHAVIOR DATA COLLECTION | ![]() | Behavior Status / Donate 2011 Free "Donate" is $1.99 / €1.38 | Chris L. Bennet | Records behavior using a simple green/yellow/red stoplight mechanism (or using 5 colors) for a child or an entire classroom. Allows to take notes, generate stats and graphs, and email reports. | ||
| BEHAVIOR DATA COLLECTION | Behaviour Tracker Pro 2010 $29.99 / €21.80 | Data Makes the Difference, LLC | Track and graph behaviors (ABC, frequency and duration and high frequency), specifically designed to support behavioral treatment plans. It can record videos and export data by email or to a web service to share with other caretakers. | |||
| BEHAVIOR DATA COLLECTION | ![]() | SpEd Edition-eCOVE Software / Admin Edition / ESL Edition / General Edition 2011 Free | eCOVE Observation Software | Gather objective data while observing teaching practices and student behavior. Nine very easy to use timer, counter, checklist, and scale tools included. Email data (Excel) with graphs. Sync to computer to upload additional tools or create new ones. | ||
| BEHAVIOR DATA COLLECTION | ![]() | The Habit Factor Goals Habits 1.1 / LT 2011 $6.99 / €5.08 "LT" is free | Equilibrium Enterprises, Inc | Define goals or habits and track them. Designed for adults. | ||
| AUTISM TESTS | ![]() | ATEC Free | Autism Research Institute | Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist developed by the ARI | ||
| AUTISM TESTS | ![]() | Autism Ed 2011 Free | Rami Serhan MD | Screening tool for autism, Asperger's, ADHD & HSP based on 10 questions. | ||
| AUTISM TESTS | ![]() | Autism-Spectrum Self-Diagnosis 2011 Free | Teramonte | 50 questions for calculating the trends for scores of their autism. | ||
| AUTISM TESTS | ![]() | Detección Temprana de Autismo 2011 Free | Compacto Software | 25 questions for calculating the trends for scores of their autism. | ||
| AUTISM TESTS | Preschooler Assessments 2010 $0.99 / €0.72 | Darren Gates | Common assessments (surveys) for preschoolers and toddlers, including autism, bipolar disorder, toilet training readiness and some others. | |||
| OTHER APPS | ![]() | WanderID $9.95 per month $99.95 per year $249.95 lifetime | WanderID | Localization service for lost people based on face recognition. Service availability is limited. |
-Francesc Sistach
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Hello,
First I want to thank you for adding our app to your list! Since 20/10/10, we have updated and expanded our services. We have apple and android apps as well as work on the internet. Alexicom has more than 7,000 images, 600 pre-made pages, and 9 compiled page sets (including Spanish public pages with more to come). Our goal is to create page sets that can meet the needs of a variety of users. We believe everyone deserves to be heard. Thank you again for including us in your list and feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
~ Staci
Thanks!
I’ve fixed the number of images in the description of your app, which I hope to review soon.
To the staff at Alexicom Tech, LLC. THANK YOU!! I just downloaded you app for Android and my autistic 5 year old has taken to it instantly. I could see his eyes light up instantly with joy because he can now communicate! We always knew he was intelligent but, just couldn’t put into words what his needs are. This software will do wonders for my son and my family as a whole. Once again. THANK YOU!
Chuck
interesting website. I like the idea! thanks for visiting my page, and I approved your comment. http://www.stellamarie.com/index.php/android/
Hello,
Please add our new app to your compilation. It is called Quick Talk by Digital Scribbler, Inc. Available now in the Android App Market.
thanks!
Sorry for the delay. I’ve been very busy these days changing the look and feel of the blog.
I’ve added Quick Talk. It seems a nice app.
Thanks for providing this list. Your reviews are a great help to parents and support persons helping people with disabilities.
I’d like to allow reviewers access to our AgileAssyst cognitive support system so that independent reviews can be conducted. To review the entire system, you will need an Android handset 2.2, access to the web, and optionally an iPhone or iPod Touch/iPad2 to review the coach portion of the system (AgileCoach). The Android app can be reviewed by downloading it from the Android Market and entering the code “11111″. This will download some content onto the user device, however the handset can not be changed in the demo. The premiss of our system is that everything is manipulated from the portal and synced to the handset in real time. The demo code will not give you access to the portal to try those functions out. Reviewers wishing more information and a free way to try it out should contact me directly via email at robert@agileassyst.com. We also give codes to university professors wishing to teach the system. This was developed at Bowling Green State University and is now being offered to the public though exclusive license agreement between Agile Disability Solutions LLC and BGSU.
Thanks, Robert. We will contact you by e-mail and test your app as soon as possible.
Already sent a copy to info, but wanted to say a big thank you for listing our app on your site. We developed Quick Talk, and were excited to discover your incredible website. This is a tremendous resource – the best I have seen with your focus on tablets, phones, and technology. I have a blog and several other opportunities to help and inform families with autism…I will be recommending your site. I would also like to give you updates on our software and efforts, but am uncertain who I should be talking to–for instance, this weekend we are going to be adding 11,000 very cool images to our software, as well as pictures (a variety of ways to get your own pictures in the app), and finally…voice recording. We are so excited about it. We have a made these and other improvements based on customer feedback.
We welcome more input any time, and would love to get a top rating from you if that is possible. We will do whatever it takes.
Hi Russ,
Thank you very much for your comments on our website. They encourage us to continue working hard.
I’ll contact you by email. We’ll try to test your app soon so we can publish a complete review.
Francesc
Thank you so much for compiling this list of Droid Apps! When our cell contract expired, we opted for Droids (including one for my daughter with Autism) rather than iPhone, and we’ve been wondering what apps might be out there that would be of use for her. This is such a comprehensive list! Keep up the excellent work!!! I’ll be sure to share this on Facebook and elsewhere.
Thanks Nicole!
These days I’ve added some more apps.
Hi
Need a help.
My son is autistic and non-verbal (14 years old). We were recently gifted a HP Touchpad. Do you all have any applications that run on HP Touchpad please. I see most applications on iPhone/iPad and I see here on Android too. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Sumantra
Hi Sumantra,
I’m afraid the list of apps for webOS (the operating system that runs on the HP Touchpad) is quite limited. As far as I know, only Behavior Tracker Pro (http://www.iautism.info/en/2010/11/27/review-behavior-tracker-pro/) and some apps for managing flashcards (see http://www.iautism.info/en/2011/01/08/review-talking-flashcards/) are available for webOS.
Flashcard apps can be used as AAC, but to be honest, I would try to exchange the device for another one. Right now, iPhone/iPad are probably the best for special needs, but any device with Android has a broad range of valid apps and can be also a useful tool.
Regards,
Francesc
Thanks Francesc.
Hello Sumantra,
I see that Francesc got back to you on your question. Since I don’t have experience with the HP, I have nothing to add there. However, I wanted to bring something else up. There are videos from the Autism Treatment Center of America about the Son-Rise Program’s approach to learning to speak. At this year’s AutismOne Conference, the Son-Rise Program was awarded Best Autism Therapy Tool. Our daughter was non-verbal before Son-Rise, now she speaks some spontaneous sentences. Son-Rise has been a blessing to our family…and it is never too late for verbal language to come…they’ve had autistic individuals in their 30′s and 40′s start to speak.
If you go to:
http://www.youtube.com/user/autismtreatment
and look at Uploads on the right, and click “see all”, a search option will appear and you can type in “language”, or “verbal” or “communication” to find videos that may be of use.
Also, if you go to:
http://www.autismtreatmentcenter.org/contents/other_sections/autism-treatment-webcasts.php and scroll down, item #8 is a 60 minute free webinar called “Get Your Child Talking”.
One more thing that just occurred to me, if your son makes any sounds, maybe you could use a recorder to play them back to him and he might get excited hearing himself and do more.
Peace be with you!—Nicole
Sumantra,
Francesc is right. I could check with the Hacking Autism effort to see if any of their apps will become WebOS. Everything developed there is going to be available for all platforms, but at this point I know of nothing either.
http://www.hackingautism.org/
This is my post on Hacking Autism details…http://digitalscribbler.com/2011/10/15/reflections-on-hacking-autism/
Yes, Hacking Autism is a great initiative. Just that we need to wait a bit.
By the way, perhaps there are no many specific apps for webOS, but even a generic picture organizing app can be useful as an AAC. My little daughter uses the Photo app included in every iPhone as a first AAC app.
Thanks Russ and Francesc – all the applications in http://www.hackingautism.org/ takes it to an iPad application. From some other discussion threads and friends feedback, I think I will be heading for a change in OS to Android since I see there are a couple of applications available on Android. However, the port of Android on HP Touchpad has not been bug free yet and not all the features are working. Hence, I presume I will have to wait for a little….
Thanks guys for this wonderful forum…..at least I know that there are some people who are there morally to support me….
Regards
Sumantra
Sure we are! Tablets are still in their infancy. I’m sure the situation will improve rapidly. A year ago, the list of apps for the iPad was shorter that the current list of Android apps. I’m sure in another year there will be many other apps, better OS, …
Thanks Nicole.
Are there any “do it yourself” AAC apps for free?
I can and want to create my own media for the menus, but all i need is the most basic of program to use. Price is of a concern to us, which of these would be the most cost effective if i only want to make my own images/audio/menus? My daughter is quite the individual, and i need AAC to be custom tailored to her specific intents. I wont be using any of their pre-made content. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
No as far as I know. You can always use a generic (and free) photo app. JABTalk is perhaps the cheapest app that is quite complete at the same time, but I haven’t tested it.
Austin…we created our Quick Talk app for the purpose you are describing. It is on Android and costs only 99 cents. The iOS version is on the way. We intend to keep the price low…I am a parent of a an autistic child who faces verbal challenges, and work with great engineers here in Silicon Valley. You can add your own pictures, record your own voice, etc. It also comes with 11,000 pictures to create your own pecs environment.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.digitalscribbler.quicktalk
I should have thought on your app. I haven’t had time to see it in detail. I hope to change it soon.
Do any of the AAC apps use Android interface called Tecla (now in a Beta version) which gives scanning access to menus and most functions on an Android platform.
Any comments would be highly appreciated.
Regards
Karthik