#proloquo2go

[clownrecess]

You do not have the right to touch someone's disability aid without asking, whether that aid be a wheelchair or an AAC device.

"It's just a tablet, though." No, it is not. It is my voice. Touching or moving my device without my permission is like touching my mouth without permission, it's weird, gross, invasive, and rude. Stop.

Pushing someone's wheelchair without permission is like picking them up and moving them out of the way eithout permission, its weird, invasive, gross, and weird. Stop.

[spooksforsammy]

Anyone ok if ask them questions about certain aac apps?

Need know about supercore 50, wordpower (60,100), beeline (grid for iPad) and proloquo2go and maybe TD snap.

Any help appreciated, will help when talk to speech therapist.

[perplexingluciddreams]

Today I edit my Proloquo2go AAC for the first time in a while. It is fun! There is a lot of small improvements I make to try and make it better for my brain.

I haven't used AAC at all for a long-ish period of time. It stopped "clicking" with my brain, stopped working to help very much. Sometimes I have to change things to make it so my brain processes individual buttons rather than just whole pages blur together and process as big "chunk". (Sometimes this is only visual processing issue, sometimes more, I'm not sure 🤷🏻‍♂️).

I hope with combination of new edits and Scottish boy voice now available, I can use AAC again to communicate. I always feel stuck and frustrated and exhausted from relying so much on typing for (more) complex communicate. Basic BSL (British Sign Language) is what I use for day-to-day basic wants/needs and simple interaction. But I have so many more things inside my head that I can't usually get out!

AAC helps by giving a prompt with buttons and symbols to help my brain connect meanings and not having to rely only on fragments of memorised scripts and my "blueprints" for grammar/sentence structure. There is so much steps to go through to get anything out in writing words. It makes a HUGE delay in communicating anything - it takes sometimes months to even make a start on putting a single thought into words, and from that starting point there is so much more work to improve and get more specific and more details and explain in order in a way that makes sense to other people.

Sometimes with AAC I just use to look only at symbols and not labels on the buttons, I just press symbols that seem to connect to the abstract meaning of what I think at that moment. It is always jumbled words in random order, some of them not even relate to the original thought, but that can give a start to making my brain realise what words maybe connect to express it.

I hope this new editing can help to get things out a bit faster. Hope it is worth it because I hyperfocus on it and now tired!!

[arquaticdreamer]

ID: P2G AAC app tablet 6x10 with message bar saying, “Cloud feel so frustrated!” End ID

Autistic Vent: Part of being high support needs autistic is always feeling frustrated and angry about just generally everything that can’t do or things like Abl**sm and things that are inaccessible to us (especially as wheelchair users, and mobility users). Needing to use mobility aids should never be something that should be shamed for or made more difficult but Cloud just today had to deal with disabled inaccessibility at the local Denny’s Diner cafe with only one disabled parking slot and someone had already parked there, there were no other disabled parking spots but that single one user and so Caregiver had to park farther away from the front because the disabled parking was farther away from the front door of the diner and everywhere else was too far away to be wheeled. Cloud dealt with this poised and gracefully and just really wanted to sit down and have breakfast and thankfully the experience inside the Denny’s was much better than the actual parking problem. But still there needs to be more renovation for disabled parking places, and accessibility. That includes closer disabled parking and not just ONE!

[zebulontheplanet]

Before I didn’t really like Proloquo2go. There was a huge learning curve and finding each word that was in folders and wasn’t on the home page was horrible. Now, as someone who’s been using Proloquo2go for about 2-3 months, I can confidently say that it is one of the best AAC apps that I’ve tried. I’ve tried many aac apps and I think all of them have their benefits and they’re all great! However nothing for me has compared to the level of customization and just being easy for my brain then Proloquo2go.

Sometimes I do struggle with it, and sometimes yes, I hate it because it can be overwhelming. But overall, I enjoy it and recommend it if you can afford it.

[aaccultureis]

aac culture is desperately DESPERATELY wanting to buy Proloquo2go ( WHY THE HELL IS IT SO EXPENSIVE ???!!! )

I honestly think all AAC should be free.

[autiboards]

Proloquo2Go phonetic pronunciation

just found out how to make words sound right without misspelling them !

first , go to the settings , then to speech and language , then click on the information button next to voice , and at the bottom it has what kind of pronunciation you use . if you click on that it lets you change how certain words are pronounced . the phonetics are hard to learn at first but it works after some messing around with it .

pictures here [ ID : cropped screenshots of Proloquo2Go with red marking where to press . further ID in alt text . ] :

to get ' stim ' to pronounce correctly , use phonetics on , copy and paste : s t I1 m

helpful links :

how to change the pronunciation : https://www.assistiveware.com/support/proloquo2go/speech/words-pronunciation links to the different languages' phonetic codes : https://www.assistiveware.com/phonetic-codes

[nonspeakingkiku]

Kiku has made a lot of progress with actually using Kiku's talker more ☺️ and Kiku has been working on adding stuff to LAMP (especially special interest stuff because that a lot. And Kiku is working on a more motor planning friendly user in Proloquo2go. ☺️

Kiku has had a lot of migraines recently but thankfully thanks to the color schemes Kiku has used Kiku's AAC not make them worse. ☺️

Kiku can't use proloquo (the colors immediately make Kiku's head hurt bad).

[kuyokuyou]

Been watching videos.

Proloquo2go is definitely more intuitive than TD Snap...

*looks at Proloquo2go respectfully* 👀

[tobytalksaac]

figuring out how get $124.99 by march (when proloquo2go price drop)

[clownrecess]

I've asked you questions about AAC apps before, and I remember you saying that you use Avaz. I really want to try Avaz because my device allows it, but I've seen so many bad ratings about it because it crashes constantly, the voices are so choppy, and many more. But the set-up looks so much easier to comprehend and I really wanna try it... But anxiety is holding me back...

How would you rate Avaz? What are some issues that you've had with it? What are some benefits that you've had while using it?

Personally I've never had it crash. Back when I used LAMP it would crash constantly, which made me have a ton of meltdowns. My point is that if Avaz frequently crashed, I wouldn't use it.

As for the voices, that isn't Avaz's fault. Avaz uses whatever voice your device has installed. If your device has a bad voice, so does Avaz. If you want a good voice I reccomend downloading the Acaapella app and getting one of their voices. Unfortunately, they do cost a little money, but overall they are very nice. I personally use Josh by Accapella.

I would rate Avaz 4 stars (out of 5). My only issue is that they give the illusion of there being a free version and a paid version. The truth is that the free version is genuinely useless. It is horrible and I really can't see someone finding a way to use is effectively. It removes the ability to give speech output, it removes symbols, and it gives you a pop-up telling you to pay every few minutes. It becomes less functional than a notepad app.

As for benifits, I'm not quite sure of specifics. It just is very user friendly for me. HOWEVER, you might need to adjust the settings a bit. For a tutorial, go to my Proloquo2go Vs Avaz video (on my youtube.)

[spooksforsammy]

Aac really really fun helpful. Practice during school class saying sentences that pop up in brain.

Amy really try learn all location words but many words. But can’t take away words because need all words!

Really really need want Aac because know need would help but so many steps and making Amy feel certain way. Can’t even explain how! Don’t know know bad feeling though.

Using avaz and trying out proloquo. Don’t like proloquo so far so going keep using avaz and try get TD Snap if able get iPad.

Amy feel speech getting worse, stutter too much but words also seem harder make and say. Speaking eay faster lately and drool too much when talk make mad. Hopefully get better with aac and can use that more.

[aacbbg]

my dad wanted make sure ko-fi was “not a scam site” so i showed him that his paypal was actually connected, then he said “so when’s the money gonna start rolling in?”

if you want to help the money “roll into” his paypal then into my savings account then into the appstore than into proloquo2go-

here’s my k*-fi!

[perplexingluciddreams]

what aac apps do you use? is it on iPad and what are your opinions on them :)

i use proloquo2go on iPad :D

it's great! very customisable, i made my own colour scheme, own grid size (you can choose from the available ones but i made it one column bigger), and have made a lot of folders and changed the organisation totally to work for me!

if people are interested i could post some pictures or a video of a tour of my AAC?

[zebulontheplanet]

Does anyone know how to get Proloquo to stop crashing when I try and use the keyboard? It’d be greatly appreciated.

[calictii]

New video!~ Talking about the ability to make profiles in proloquo2go.