Dialogue AAC American Spanish

Last updated: 27/01/2025

Dialogue AAC is an iOS app designed for literate individuals who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), featuring the Essence® Vocabulary System, which offers spelling and phrase-based vocabulary in 60 and 84 locations to suit various visual and motor needs. Users can easily customise the app with personalised sentences, and it supports message banking for importing personal voice recordings. The app also partners with Almagu/The Voice Keeper to create personalised synthesised voices. Dialogue AAC can be accessed via touch, scanning, eyegaze or head tracking and is available in American Spanish, making it adaptable for multilingual users.

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General

Languages

US Spanish

Does this vocabulary cost to access?

Vocabulary included in software price, One-off cost

Format

Electronic

Translation Method

‘Fluent’ speaker of the language(s) who has a language based profession e.g. Speech & Language Therapist, Linguist, Language Teacher or similar e.g. a Polish vocabulary that has been created by a fluent Polish speaker who is also a Speech & Language Therapist would meet this criteria

Supplier

Liberator Ltd.

Software Required

iOS

Text To Speech

Are voices available in the same language(s) as the vocabulary?

Yes

What voices are available?

Male adult, Female adult, Male child, Female child

Does the system need internet access for the voice to run?

Vocabulary

Is the settings/software menu available in the same language(s) as the vocabulary?

Does the package support code switching (speaking two or more languages within one sentence/message bar)?

Yes

Can the user switch between languages while staying in the vocabulary package? (E.g via a link on the home page or tool bar etc)

Yes

When the vocabulary was created what features of the language were considered?

The vocabulary was designed with a keyboard interface enhanced by additional quick phrases, allowing users to freely generate sentences using the grammatical features of their language. This system is not constrained to a word-based approach, providing users the flexibility to construct their own grammatically correct sentences. Additionally, users can independently program specific phrases and sentences, ensuring that the vocabulary reflects their daily experiences and cultural contexts while offering quick access to frequently used expressions.

Is it a Text-only or Symbol + Text vocabulary?

Text-only

Text Only

What keyboards are available?

Keyboards in both the same language as the vocabulary and English

Is there word prediction?

Is there sentence prediction? (the system will guess which words you are likely to need next)

Yes

Is there a bank of prestored phrases?

Yes

Can the bank of prestored phrases be edited with the users own phrases?

Yes

Is there the option for symbol support on the text?

Yes

Is there a translation function available?

Symbol + Text

What level of language ability does this package support? (pick the best fit category)

One word or prestored message at a time (this could include a prestored message that says “I need a drink” but would not offer the flexibility to change the message to “I need juice”) Combining sentence starters with endings (this could be e.g. a Food page that has some sentence starters, “I want to eat…” “I don’t like…” and a word bank to complete the sentence)