These apps allow you to upload pictures and allow you to record a caregiver or interpreter’s voice. Tap Speak Sequence and Pictello are similar apps to support story-telling. However, not all of the words can be translated into Arabic. By changing the default language to Arabic through the iOS settings, Go Talk Now will automatically translate most of the typed text and will speak in Arabic. Go Talk Now currently offers some Arabic language support primarily through the iOS. Go Talk Now may also be appropriate to use as a dynamic display with larger arrays. These apps allow you to take pictures of objects in the environment, you can digitize the voice of a caregiver or interpreter labeling the object. To support Arabic-speaking clients who might be able to use a static display with a grid vocabulary organization, Sounding Board and Go Talk Now are two apps that I have used. If you are looking for an AAC app to support emerging communicators, there are a variety of different tools available that might be helpful. If you are interested in trialing it with a client, you can request for a free 30 day trial on their website. It can be purchased for a one-time fee of $349.99 or a monthly subscription of $9.99 per month. It presents as a dynamic display, very similar to Touch Chat. The Grid is also available in an app version which can also be purchased on an iPad. It is compatible and can be downloaded onto a PC. Grid 3 is a robust language system that can be found on Grid Pad or Power Pad device from Smartbox. This feature may help the user to maintain and develop their bilingual skills and use their communication app across all environments. This will allow the user to navigate between the Arabic language layout and the English language layout. There may be a way to toggle between the English and Arabic languages by adding an “action” feature in the settings. This may create challenges in a school setting where the child would need to communicate in English to their teacher and peers. Currently, the Arabic layout only provides the Arabic text and does not have English text included on the icons. Multi Chat 15 in Arabic provides visual scene displays which can facilitate language learning for emerging communicators. The language systems are primarily phrase based and include a message bar at the top of the display. The app provides language layouts in a variety of arrays from a visual field of 4 to a visual field of 20. In my review, I find the communication app to be useful for Arab clients with complex communication needs. There are several Arabic voices you may choose from for an additional cost ($11.99). The Arab language layout is a new add-on feature which includes high contrast symbols on a dynamic display for $49.99. TouchChat is a communication app that you can purchase on the iPad made by Saltillo for $299.99. In my clinical practice, I recently trialed the Arabic version of Multi Chat and Word Power language systems on the TouchChat application. However, there may still be tools that I was unable to locate, and if anyone is aware of or becomes aware of such tools, please be certain to post the resource in the comments below. After extensive research, I have found two tools currently available that offer a robust icon-based language systems that support the Arabic language. Unfortunately, most high-tech AAC tools do not yet provide support for this language, and would require extensive programming and voice digitization. Being that I am an Arab-American speech and language pathologist, I am occasionally asked if I am aware of any high-tech AAC systems that support the Arabic language. The demand for high-tech AAC with a robust Arabic language system is growing.
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