Grace - Picture Exchange for Non-Verbal People
By Steven Troughton-Smith
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Description
* Winner of the 2010 Irish Web Awards and United Nations World Summit Award Mobile. *
Grace App is a non-speaking, simple picture exchange system developed for people with Autism to communicate their needs independently. Users can select pictures to form a semantic sentence which they can then share, by tilting the iPhone or iPod touch to create a full screen view, and pointing at each card to hear the listener read each word. The cards are large enough on iPad not to need the full screen view.
With practice, the user learns to attempt their own vocalisations with the pictures serving as a back-up or prompt. The goal of the Grace App is to encourage independent social interaction with the user taking control of what they want to say.
Grace App comes with a basic vocabulary of pictures, but it can be fully customized using the device camera, stored photographs or images saved from the internet and added to your device album.
Our latest update includes the much asked for category sorting, allowing you to add images to each folder, delete any you don’t need, and restore later if you like. There is also an edit lock in your device settings menu. (to prevent little fingers from deleting images!)
We have also added a landscape view for iPad and a double tap on all devices to remove cards from the sentence strip; this enables the user to point at each card without it disappearing under their touch on the iPad view.
We have added some new vocabulary such as the “Look” card to encourage shared attention and really cleaned up the graphics.
Grace has been improved with the feedback of users world wide - if you have any suggestions or need support, please contact us at www.graceapp.com or visit our facebook page.
The Grace App Manual, a guide for introducing an augmentative communication system is also available free on the site.
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Grace App Communication is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.
Recommended Ages: all, parents.
Categories: Special Needs
What's New in Version 2.0.3
Full support for the gorgeous Retina Display on the new iPad.
Customer Reviews
Great as an electronic PECS system!
This app is a wonderful replacement of physical PECS and a very good transition to AAC if speech does not develop. I like being able to re-order. Double tapping to remove from sequence is not my first choice, but I am not an autistic user. ;-) I do like that order is retained and other features of the selection row. Sizing if items would be nice for kids who have vision or motor issues combined with autism, that is one of my few knocks. A useful alternative for reaching kids with autism who are productive with PECS.
Great electronic version of pecs
Super start to a usable pecs system. Like options to add own photos . Needs more word sentence starters or makers, such as asking questions like "where","why","how do","who","what",and "when". Need a category of verbs, adjectives, and adverbs to build sentences if the child is able to. Also a catergory for times with digital times and general morning, afternoon, evening, and night words to select. AM and PM would also be nice. This would give them a way to discribe their thoughts about activities and objects. an emotion category is also missing. just the option to add our own categories would be great!
Wonderful!
Still the best app for those looking for a "true" PECS communication system for their iDevice. Lots of flexibility and perfect for those individuals with Autism just starting to find their own voice.
- $24.99
- Category: Education
- Updated: Mar 14, 2012
- Version: 2.0.3
- Size: 8.6 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Steven Troughton-Smith
- © 2012 High Caffeine Content
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
