Proloquo4Text

By: Angel Flores

Description This resource allows adults and
students who cannot always speak
to learn how to communicate
effectively. If students can write it’s
quite easy to use, you can create
phrases you often use to respond
quickly, and there’s even a
prediction feature which learns how
you write to give suggestions for
the next thing to say.
 How It Is Used In The Classroom
This app is made for students This is simply one app made from the
who cannot communicate, AssistiveWare website that has tools
that work with the Augmentative and
therefore students type in
Alternative Communication
what they need or want to say community to build apps and share
to effectively communicate practices to help these students
with teachers or students. better communicate with the world.
Pros
➔ Available in 9 different Languages
➔ Prediction learns from how you write to give you
suggestions for the next thing to say.
➔ Create your own phrases, group them for fast access, and
easily find things you’ve said before with history.
➔ Access the keyboard, words and phrases from a single
screen.
➔ 130 voices
Cons
➔ Only available for IOS devices, therefore it is not accessible for
on any other devices
➔ It costs money (if schools purchase up to 20 apps
then a school discount it applied
➔ If students have a disability that doesn’t allow them to type
then this app becomes useless for them.
★ Proloquo4Text YouTube Video
★ Proloquo4Text Website
★ Taking the Pulse of
Augmentative and Alternative
Communication on iOS
★ For Children Who Cannot
Speak, a True Voice via
Technology
★ CSUCI to Be bathed in Blue in
Links
Honor of 'Light It Up Blue'
Global Autism Awareness
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Reference Page
Niemeijer, David, et al. Taking the Pulse of Augmentative

and Alternative Communication on IOS. AssistiveWare, 2012,

download.assistiveware.com/assistiveware/files/Taking%20the%20Pulse%20of%20AAC%20on%20iOS
%20White%20Paper.pdf.

“For Children Who Cannot Speak, a True Voice via Technology.” ProQuest Central, New York Times

Company, 24 Jul. 2018,

search-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.csn.edu/central/docview/2215770078/E7029F423FE64F52PQ/1?ac
countid=27953.

“CSUCI to Be Bathed in Blue in Honor of 'Light It Up Blue' Global Autism Awareness.” ProQuest Central,

Targeted News Service, 27 Mar. 2017,

search-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.csn.edu/central/docview/1881429793/471F8E7F97B545CBPQ/4?a
ccountid=27953.