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Tag: Communicating

Tag: Communicating

Round red button on a black speaker base labelled BigMack.

Recordable Buttons and Switches

Share a message without using your voice.
Graphic of a speaker icon over a printed page.

Text-to-Speech

Tools to read typed words out loud.
Three players seated at a table, one in a wheelchair, holding playing cards.

Adaptive Games

Games that include everyone.
A black cylindrical electrolarynx device.

Artificial Larynx

Device to help you talk without a voicebox
Hand pressing down on a round button

Switch Access

Alternative controls for your electronics
Telephone handset icon

Telephone Equipment

Phones that meet your needs.
Speech bubble inside an orange circle

Captioning Software

Change speech into written words.
Medical alert button affixed to the back of a decorative blue disk on a necklace.

Alerting Devices

Let someone know you need help.
7 by 9 array of core communication symbols color coded by part of speech.

Communication Boards and Books

Use pictures or words on paper to talk.
Icon of a flip calendar in a blue circle.

Calendars and Reminders

Learn what you are doing today.
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