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Blogs - AssistiveWare

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Respecting privacy in AAC

Autism Acceptance Month challenges us to examine how we teach autonomy and privacy to people learning to use AAC. Alyssa Hillary is an Autistic graduate student in neuroscience, where they do AAC-related research. Their perspective on privacy and autonomy was so powerful that it needed its own blog, which they tell about in their own words here.
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AAC Camps 2019

Summer will be here before you know it – which means it’s time to start planning your trip to an AAC camp!
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Using AAC to talk about emotions

How did you learn to label your emotional state as “sad” or “tired”? This blog is full of strategies for teaching the spoken words for feelings - especially for AAC users.
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A voice for my son

Martine Meijers shares her experience of introducing Proloquo2Go with a child's voice for her son.
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The power of language

Everyone communicates. Communicating with others gives us connection and control in our lives. There are many ways to communicate - with facial expressions, gestures, and words and sentences. A key factor in successful communication is having language. Language gives us the words and ways to share our own thoughts and ideas, desires, and wishes.
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New in Proloquo2Go 6: AirDrop

With this update, we’re making it super easy to share your vocabulary with other devices. To do this, we’ve added AirDrop options for buttons, folders, and entire backups.
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New in Proloquo2Go 6: Audio recording

In Proloquo2Go 6, we’re implementing one of the oldest and most popular feature requests: adding audio recordings to buttons to replace text to speech. We think the range and customization this feature will allow you to add to the vocabulary will make it a great addition to the app.
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New in Proloquo2Go 6: Shout function

In this version of the app, we’ve added extra volume options to Tools. Not only will you be able to adjust the volume on screen, we’ve also added a shout function.
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