1. Proloquo : Multilingual Augmentative And Alternative Teaching
2. Proloquo : Multilingual Augmentative And Alternative Therapies
3. Proloquo : Multilingual Augmentative And Alternative Communication

The International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) works to improve the lives of children and adults who use AAC. ISAAC’s vision is that AAC will be recognized, valued and used throughout the world. ISAAC’s mission is to promote the best possible communication for people with complex communication needs. It is an effective Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app which comes with innovative features that enable users, teachers, therapists, children, parents to quickly personalize the app. There are more than 200,000 people using this AAC tool as a powerful tool for putting their words and increasing their language development as. Proloquo2Go is an iPad app that helps student with speech impairments be more easily understood in the classroom. If a student is partially paralyzed, or suffers from multiple sclerosis or amyotropic lateral sclerosis, Proloquo2Go may help him communicate more clearly and participate more fully in the classroom. It’s estimated that around 2.5 million Americans are.

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Proloquo2Go is an award-winning symbol-supported communication app providing a voice to over 125,000 individuals who cannot speak. It is designed to promote growth of communication skills and foster language development through research-based vocabularies. Its innovative features provide support for parents, teachers and therapists to implement AAC best practices.
'Users can open Proloquo2Go and begin to use it for effective communication immediately.' – Susan Berkowitz, MS-SLP, AAC Consultant.
Proloquo2Go is one of the few AAC apps that covers all users, from beginning to advanced communicators, while catering for a wide range of fine-motor, visual and cognitive skills. It is designed to grow along with the user. The multi-level Crescendo™ vocabulary offers three vocabulary levels in 23 different grid sizes. Users can easily transition as language skills expand whilst customizations are retained. Core words appear in the same location across folders to support learning through motor planning. Through an easy to use template system these benefits also extend to user created folders.

Personalization

• Pick from research-based Crescendo™ vocabulary levels: Basic Communication, Intermediate Core and Advanced Core
• Choose between 23 grid sizes ranging from 9 to 144 buttons on the screen
• Access 4,750 unique words out of the box and another 7,250 pre-categorized words in storage
• Select the American, British or Australian vocabulary

Customization

• Use VocaPriority™ to quickly customize to user interest without deleting or creating buttons
• Create, modify and move buttons with ease
• Pick from over 20,000 SymbolStix symbols or use your own photos

Language development

• Transition with minimal re-customization between vocabulary levels as the user's skills grow
• Support learning through motor planning with core words located consistently across folders
• Benefit from fully configurable grammar support for nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives

Literacy

• Configure the Message Window with symbols and text or text-only
• Use the highly configurable PolyPredix™ word prediction in Typing View
• Share messages through Mail, iMessage, Twitter, Facebook and copy/paste

Activity pages

• Create consistent activities using activity templates pre-designed for 23 grid sizes
• Use 7 included templates: Create, Daily Life, Let's Talk, Motor Play, Out & About, Reading, Toys & Games
• Access an even wider range of core words through a popup

Navigation

• Make quick choices by using Popups
• Configure to Auto-Close popups after making a selection
• Simplify navigation by automatic Snapback to Home or Previous after making a selection

Natural voices

• Download free natural-sounding TTS voices, including 8 genuine children's voices
• Pick from 24 American, 10 British, 4 Australian, 1 Scottish and 1 Indian English voices
• Enjoy ExpressivePower™ with prerecorded expressions and sounds

Accessibility- Vision

• Adjust button spacing and appearance (color, font, border thickness, etc.)
• Benefit from auditory fishing with Select on Release
• Access through Apple's VoiceOver

Accessibility - Fine-motor

• Use Hold Duration and Select on Release to compensate motor challenges
• Scan with configurable built-in switch access with external switches or the screen as a switch
• Access through Apple's Switch Control

Classroom and therapy support

• Start simple and expand vocabulary as needed with minimal effort
• Customize vocabulary and settings per student with multi-user support
• Share folders between users and devices

Supportive community

• Learn using the in-app help, online e-learning videos, or downloadable manual and tutorials
• Connect with peers on private Facebook groups or the AssistiveWare Forum

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Abstract

Background: Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can assist persons with complex communication needs to communicate competently with a variety of communication partners in a variety of contexts. However, AAC systems and intervention often do not take multilingual aspects into consideration.

Objective: This small-scale exploratory study had three aims, namely: (1) to describe the self-reported language skills of multilingual South African adults using AAC, (2) to describe the languages and communication modalities they used in interaction and (3) to obtain their views regarding access to various languages.

Methods: Twenty-seven adults using AAC were recruited via an empowerment programme, as well as an email list for persons interested in AAC, and provided responses to a questionnaire. To compensate for access and written language challenges, the questionnaire was administered with help and/or as a face-to-face interview where needed. Responses were analysed using mostly descriptive statistics.

Proloquo : Multilingual Augmentative And Alternative Teaching

Results: Participants generally could not express themselves in all the languages they understood and were regularly exposed to. Speech-generating devices specifically gave access almost exclusively to English. Participants expressed a desire to increase their expressive language repertoire, and mentioned both limitations of communication technology as well as their own literacy skills as barriers to overcome in this regard.

Conclusion: In order for multilingual South African adults using AAC to express themselves in multiple languages, appropriate AAC systems and interventions as well as literacy learning opportunities need to be developed and provided.

Proloquo : Multilingual Augmentative And Alternative Therapies

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Proloquo : Multilingual Augmentative And Alternative Communication

1. Recovery Delay with Visual Feedback to Reduce Errors in Single-Switch Scanning Keyboards
D.T.G. Mariano, Y. Morére, P. Pino, A.A.R. de Sá, E.L.M. Naves
IRBM year: 2020
doi: 10.1016/j.irbm.2020.10.003