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π‘ App Spotlight: Speech FlipBook π£
There's one app in our collection that is a little different from the rest... I'm sure you're going to flip when you see it:
βSpeech FlipBook is a revolutionary, interactive, talking flip book of all the sounds in English to help you treat:
- Articulation
- Apraxia
- Dysarthria
- Phonological Awareness
You can generate comprehensive word lists of all the single-syllable words that contain each sound or blend in each position of the word in seconds!
Your clients will love flipping, repeating, segmenting, blending, recording, and reading each word (or non-word!) on the screen as their awareness & speech improve. This app is a therapistβs dream that can be used with all ages & speech disorders.
Why I love this app
Honestly, I use this app all the time whenever I need sound-specific words. Sometimes I don't even show it to my client - I just use it myself. I was tired of struggling to think of words that fit a certain criteria. Now when I need a bilabial-vowel-velar word? This app has me covered! It has all the consonants, cluster, and 3 types of vowels (pure, diphthongs, and rhotic).
- Jess Schulman, SLP, Figuratively Speeching
How to Use Speech FlipBook
1. Set up your word lists from the tabs on the FlipBook. Youβll get 2300+ real words & 60,000 non-words.
- Select sounds for each position of the word on each tab: Initial Sounds, Initial Clusters, Vowels, Final Sounds, & Final Clusters β 125 in all!
- Customize the types of words to include, the word shape (V, CV, VC, CVC), & how it looks on the Settings screen
2. Hear each sound individually or the word as a whole by touching the letters or word (250+ homophones included!) Record your speech on-screen to compare to the target for improved self-monitoring & self-correction.
3. Flip to the next word or flip just one sound to create minimal pairs!
Download a User Guide & Power User Tips
If you own this app and don't use it very often, or if you'd like to learn more about what it does, download our free user guide with power user tips! Get the most out of this app with these step-by-step instructions. You can also check out a series of videos on the Speech FlipBook website to see how it works.
| Download User Guide |
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Super Affordable
βSpeech FlipBook is available on its own for just $9.99 USD from the App Store or Google Play for your touch-screen device. That's a bargain!
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Save a bundle when you get it as part of our Tactus Clinical Tools bundle on iOS - one of five apps for only $37.99 USD.
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Have you used Speech FlipBook? Tell your friends and colleagues about this handy-dandy little app that makes working on speech so much easier!
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Stay well,
Megan
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P.S. If this app doesn't sound right for you, that's okay - we have 16 other apps! Find the right apps for your caseload or needs using our simple App Finder quiz.
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Megan @ Tactus Therapy
I'm a speech-language pathologist & co-founder of Tactus. Tactus offers evidence-based apps for aphasia therapy and lots of free resources, articles, and education - like this newsletter. Sign up to get my updates 1-2 times a month.
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