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Augmentative Communication Devices

Tools to be used in addition to, or in place of, normal spoken communication in the classroom.
Alternative Vocabulary 1: 
speech, communication, text, software, communicate, voice, touch
Alternative Vocabulary 2: 
picture, talk, screen, using, speak, pictures, device, image, without, assistive, words, alternative, disability, augmentative, visual
Alternative Vocabulary 3: 
keyboard, nonverbal, technology, aac, disabled, impaired, email, messaging, audio, tool, accessibility, read, aloud, computers, language, devices, programs, instant, options, non, communicator, output, type, input, others, interface, reader, content, app, communications
Alternative Vocabulary 4: 
talking, non-verbal, touchscreen, typing, translator, program, speechless, replacement, select, message, feature, control, communicating, generating, text-to-speech, word, apps, messages, applications, commands, translate, convert, assistance, replace, board, easy, mute, replacer, learning, speaks, alternate, speaking, assistant, impairment, find, verbal, spoken, pictographs, controlling, inability, key, auto, correct, ways, keys, specs, free, converter, eye, methods, chat, direct, voiceless, assisted, messenger, alternatives, exchange, tools, replacing, back
Alternative Vocabulary 5: 
driven, silent, navigation, action, selected, based, generation, ac, electronic, mobile, text-to-voice, voicing, code, techniques, computer-assisted, communicative, friendly, game, supplement, panel, made, pictorial, icon, extract, see, chatty, choose, tablet, maker, turn, communicates, users, click, method, tts, dictate, express, stephen, hawking, recognition, controls, command, selection, bypassing, images, speakers, visuals, digital, non-speech, cognitive, speaker, learner, substitution, audible, item, instead, narration, tap, on-screen, graphical, cognition, simplified, simplify, developmentally, delayed, auditory, pointer, accessible, vocalize, just, referenced, includes, spell, predictive, unable, strategies, generator, wireless, mouse, dedicated, gaze, tracking, prediction, macros, adaptive, keyboards, impairments, symbols, simple, earphones, hear, friends, ability, connect, pad, solutions, technologies, portable, service, transform, text-to-audio, slurred, disorder, video, calling, texting, across, wait, typed, press, enter, send, im, compose, search, acoustic, rooms, messengers, e-mail, organizations, assisting, written, turning, repeat, delay, eyes, deaf, functionality, multiple, languages, automatically, sticky, smart, phone, automated, sending, systems
A green carrying case with a handle and a tablet inside featuring the TalkTablet Speech App menu screen. The screen features word choices with corresponding illustrations.

Speech Tablets are AAC devices within a tablet that contains a speech app and includes a carrying case.

A gray box with a white background and blue text.

A simple word processor with reading options suitable for people who have difficulty communicating and learning literacy in a conventional way, such as people with dyslexia, people without speech, and people who have difficulty acquiring phonological awareness. The program produces an auditory return and helps them to self-correct.

Large rectangular tablet with AAC keyboard on the display and a camera mounted on the top.

Augmentative communications tablet devices that come with Android-based Chat software designed to fit a variety of needs for communicators at all levels.

Menu with icons and text above with options such as media player, communication, and email.

A communication program with the possibility of individual adaptation in terms of appearance, functionality and operating mode.

Colorful drawing of a computer monitor on the right with a display showing a pattern and a red switch on the right with a blank conversation bubble above it.

Software for users who have difficulty with text or communication that helps them learn to make choices.

Colorful drawing of computer display with a flowchart diagram with a large diagram outside the display on the left and an idea bubble with a light bulb in it on the far left.

A program for users who have difficulty with text or communication that combines the visual tool of mind mapping with the support of Widgit Symbols.

Rounded blue rectangular image with a white Qwerty keyboard on the bottom and a frog in a white box on the upper left. A white rectangular window is in the upper right with the word frog next to a blank line.

An introduction to the keyboard by using speech, phonics, and Widgit Symbols in colorful letter exercises to teach literacy skills to users who have difficulty with text or communication.

Picture of a woman in a red blouse using sign language with various drawings of other people using sign language around her.

A three-CD reference set that enables users to locate approximately 7,000 words and their definitions in both English and ASL. 

Two smartphones staggered one behind the other, each with a conversation bubble.

A free mobile app for patients with cognitive, communication, learning, or speech disabilities or autism that facilitates communication with family members or healthcare providers who are in proximity to the patient and can provide immediate assistance.

Large round blue square with a black outline of a side view of a person's face on the left. The person is speaking and pointing at a display, and sound waves are emanating outward from it.

An assistive communication app for people and children with emerging communication needs and developmental delays.