Speak for Yourself
iOS Universel / Education
Speak for Yourself is an application designed by two speech language pathologists specializing in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) with an evidence-based foundation. This application is consistent with motor learning principles, uses a word-based vocabulary of the most frequently used words in communication, and contains features important in developing automaticity and language. Individuals learn to use their communication device with the same principles they use to play an instrument or type on a keyboard. Speak for Yourself has the capability to begin with one word, but contains almost 11,000 Smarty Symbols® and allows the user the potential to access almost 14,000 words, with no more than two touches to say a word. Complex page navigation and scanning are eliminated to allow fast, consistent access to language! Powered by CereProc's speech system to give our voices character, emotion, and personality.
With the release of version 2.3, users can choose to include voice options from Acapela Text-To-Speech from Acapela Group through in-app purchasing.
Regardless of their current language level, this application can meet people where they are and provide language for a lifetime, because it’s a basic human right to Speak for Yourself.
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New Features and Enhancements
* Supports Multitasking with a single window to support split-view, etc. Portrait screen orientation is now supported. (You can lock rotation to restrict the app to landscape.)
* Adds ability to AirDrop History data and summary via a share sheet.
* Introducing Sentence Navigator! This new Multi Word search navigator has been added to the Search Feature . It will guide you to each word you enter in the search field. Seamlessly model phrases and sentences with a single search! Tap and hold on the arrow to treat the search text as a single entity, ex. “Grand Canyon”.
* New option to add audio spoken in the SfY app to a phone or FaceTime call. Note that this feature should not be relied upon in an emergency.
* Adds Mail to the Share (Airdrop) Vocabulary share sheet.
* Adds a share icon to the navigation bar in Backup Vocabulary to display a share sheet.
* Adds a document picker option to restore a vocabulary backup via a navigation bar icon in Restore Vocabulary.
* Edit now uses the standard system photo picker.
* Smart Punctuation (quotes and dashes) is turned off automatically when creating a user name, when searching for a symbol in Edit, when entering words in QWERTY, and in the Search Feature, to standardize the punctuation for proper searching.
* The app will appear full screen in Assistive Access.
* Supports iOS 15.6 and later.
Bug Fixes
* Fixed Dropbox bug that caused “Can’t Link to Dropbox” error message. Note that now you can use the new functionality in Vocabulary Backup and Restore to access your Dropbox backups.
* Fixed smart albums bug on iOS 18 when selecting a photo in Edit by replacing the current functionality with the standard system photo picker.
* Fixed search bug in Search feature when Smart Punctuation is ON on the device that might prevent words containing apostrophes from appearing in search results. Ex. “don’t”.
* Fixed search bug in Edit symbol search when Smart Punctuation is ON on the device that might prevent words containing apostrophes from appearing in search results.
* The User Flip title now respects the user’s text size setting.
* Fixed bug in message window layout.
* QWERTY symbol dimensions in the message window now match the size of other symbols in the message.
Only available on iOS 16 and above
* The option menu when you tap and hold on the arrow in the Search Feature.
