What is "Go Talk Now"?

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The Go Talk Now Resource is an augmentative and alternative communication (ACC) tool that can be used with students that have difficulty speaking or writing. This app is easy to use and can be downloaded onto the users iPad. How it works is that the user, parent or teacher can make a variety of different pages with up to 25 words on each page. These words can be personalized with the users own photos and paired with a voice recording. This provides both an auditory and visual cue for the user. When communicating, the students just simply clicks on the word or image on the iPad to express their thoughts. This app also provides user friendly tutorials to demonstrate how to properly use the app and show all the features of the app that can be used. This can be a useful resource that can benefit students at school, home or in everyday use.

Who Would Benefit?

The students that would benefit most from using the Go Talk Now app would be students that struggle with communication. This would specifically help students with ASD that are non-verbal or students that may be difficult to understand. Providing this resource to the student is an easy tool that can allow for communication between them and their parents, teachers, peers or members of the community. In addition, this app  will benefit those students who lack motivation to communicate with others because of the difficult barriers they must overcome. This app has the ability to reduce the amount of frustration students may have when it comes to communication.