App Profile: Talk'n Photos

Talk'n Photos is a simple to navigate talking photo album. Completely customizable, this app allows you to add text and voice recording to album covers as well as each entry (picture) within an album. Photos or symbols may be uploaded from your camera, taken with your iPad/iTouch/iPhone or downloaded from a large number of free clip art/photo art web sites. Each photo appears in a 2x2 inch representation with unlimited albums and pages. Editing allows you to move, rotate, scale and re-sequence photos. Users create grids of three pictures horizontally and unlimited choices vertically.

For example, an album cover may consist of an empty plate and verbal cue such as “I’m hungry”. Once activated, album contents could include photos of favorite food items. Customized recordings allow the user to record single words or entire phrases to communicate the desired message. Simple navigation once inside the album consists of an arrow leading back to the initial album covers. This feature allows for easy navigation and prevents the user from becoming lost or confused by multiple interconnecting pages. Editing may be locked in order to prevent unwanted changes to programming. Your password, should you set one, will be emailed to the address of your choice.

Target Population:

• Developmental Cognitive Delay
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• English Language Learners
• Neurological Disorders
• Pre-School (Early Language Learners)
• Limited Vocabulary
• Poor speech production/low verbal

In addition to using Talk n’ Photos for communication, it is an excellent support for classroom and therapeutic activities.

Use this App for:

• Communication
• Social stories
• Sharing information
• Cognitive Retraining
• Vocabulary development/building
• Improving literacy
• Teaching English
• Scripting events
• Developing independent living skills (i.e. following a recipe, sequence for dressing)
• Following Directions
• Increasing comprehension
• Memory tool
• Developing language skills such as categorization and sequencing
• Creating educational games
• Visual Schedules