<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Ken,</div><div><br></div><div>I don't know if your colleague needs text to speech also, but there is an iPhone/iPad app called Assistive Chat that allows you to type text on a screen and have the TTS read it out loud. It also does word prediction and allows you to save text for recall and repetition later. It's about $25. <a href="http://www.assistiveapps.com">www.assistiveapps.com</a> <br><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kathy Cahill </div><div>MIT ATIC</div><div><br></div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Oct 24, 2011, at 11:22 AM, "Kenneth Elkind" <<a href="mailto:Kenneth.Elkind@umb.edu">Kenneth.Elkind@umb.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I am looking for recommendations for word predictors for a nonverbal staff member. He can use the keyboard with one finger and has used for many years a handheld with TTS. Typing with one finger and he generally does not use on-screen keyboards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I showed him Innovation Management Group word predictor, that he liked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I was wondering about some of the other word predictor like<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Gus <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">word +<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What about apps for the iPad?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kenneth Elkind<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">(617) 287- 5243<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu"><a href="mailto:Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu">Kenneth.elkind@umb.edu</a></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Skype User Number: adaptiveumb<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">Adaptive Computer Lab<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Maximizing Learning Potential<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Learn about the <a href="http://www.umb.edu/it/getting_services/computer_labs/adaptive_computer_lab/">Adaptive Computer Lab</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><ATT00001..c></div></blockquote></body></html>