General Questions
Who is it for?
Nonverbal or partially verbal Children and Adults who have difficulty communicating through speech or have communicative, cognitive, and physical impairments
This includes many people on the Autistic Spectrum who cannot speak or don’t like to speak, people with cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness or vocal impairments such as throat cancer.
Is the App free?
No, it is free to try, but saving the user-configured icons requires a purchase. This is to support further development of the App as the voluntary donation model proved inadequate.
Is this the only Communication App you do?
We have made a few different communication apps. TalkinPictures – X is a more advanced version of this app and iToucan Talk was released before this. It was designed for tablets and used only Pictographs.
Using the App
How do I change a picture?
Tap and hold on any Icon to bring up the edit dialogue
Tap on the picture to reveal two buttons which will allow you to change the picture, either by taking a new photograph or using an existing photo.
How do I make more pictures?
Tap and hold on any Icon to bring up the edit dialogue
If the Menu option is ticked, this icon will bring up a sub menu.
If it is not ticked, this icon will finish the sentence and bring up the sentence dialogue.
What is the “Spoken” option for?
This is only available when the icon is a sub menu. When ticked, every item in the sub menu will be prefixed by the sub menu name. For example
- Sub menu name: School
- icon name: Books
- becomes: School Books
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