Assignment Four

Emerging Technology

By
Ceilidh-Ann O’Hearn

Presented to
Rebecca Ensor
Course Code: EDUC 10030
Course Name: Specialized Instructional Strategies

Mohawk College

November 13th, 2020

Themes 1 - Poor 2 - Good 3 - Excellent Ratings

Evaluated:
Language & Inappropriate Acceptable Appropriate 4.5/5
Pictorial
Friendly

Educational Cognitive Skills Cognitive Skills Cognitive Skills 4/5

Value were not met are presented were met

Communication Communication Communication

Skills were not Skills are Skills were met
met presented

Age Inappropriate Acceptable Appropriate 4/5

Appropriate

App Very limited Limited Accessible on 3/5

Accessibility accessibility on accessibility on devices
all devices all devices

App Advertisements Minimal No 4/5

Interruptions or interrupts in Advertisements Advertisements
search of money

Budget Not budget Semi budget Budget friendly 1/5

Friendly friendly after free friendly after free after free trial
trial. trial.

Overall Rating
4.5
Name of the App: Avaz AAC

Brief Description: Avaz AAC is an augmentative and alternative communication app that

empowers children & adults having speech-related disabilities with a voice of their own. A fully-

featured speech app that also includes a training module for new AAC users & caregivers.

Avaz is a world class technology product that “EMPOWER, ENGAGE & EDUCATE” people.

Avaz application is the first device of its kind in India, adopted amongst special educators and

therapists working with autism and Cerebral palsy.

Target Audiences: Avaz is a first AAC application targeting special educators and therapists

working with autism and CP. Mainly built for children with ASD and Cerebral Palsy

About the Avaz INC

Between 2005 and 2009, a small group of inventors from the Indian Institute of Technology,

Madras one of India’s top engineering universities worked hard to bring AAC to India.The

possibility of using these tablets and an app seemed very compelling for Avaz also. In May 2010,

Avaz was re-written as an app for Android, and, bundled with an Android tablet, it was launched

in the Indian market.

Between 2010 and 2012, it became an integral part of special education and therapy all over

India, and was also used in a number of other countries in Asia and Europe. In 2012, an Android

version and an iPad version of Avaz were launched. Both of these products were based on
 extensive research, after obtaining feedback from all the existing users of Avaz, and

collaboration with leading speech therapists from across the world.

In 2011, as Avaz was gaining international exposure, the quality of research and innovation

behind Avaz came to the notice of MIT’s Technology Review. The inventor of Avaz was named

one of the MIT TR Innovators of the Year. This prestigious recognition is given to those

innovators who are looking at important problems in a transformative way. Avaz was the first

product in the disability category to be awarded the MIT TR35 recognition.

Website: https://avazapp.com/

Size: 1.1 GB

Pricing: The price of Avaz costs from $99.99 to $149.99. At the new price, Avaz still remains the

most cost-effective AAC app.

Application Category: Education

Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Languages: Avaz AAC powers the communication of over 60,000 users in 15 languages,

worldwide.