Do you have a child who is non-verbal or has a speech delay? Has your child ever been frustrated because you didn’t understand what he was trying to communicate to you? Well I have been there and am lucky as my son is verbal, but there are parents who would give just about anything to be able to communicate effectively with their child.

Well now there is an economical way to give your child a voice. It’s called TapToTalk. TapToTalk turns a Nintendo DS, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into a portable communications (AAC) device. Kids love to use these devices. It takes the frustration out of communicating with your child. Pictures from a TapToTalk album can be created on the computer and then transferred to the child’s Nintendo DS or Apple device for portability.  The child taps on a picture and it speaks for him. It comes with over 2000 images but you can add your own images, sounds and voice also.  In fact, you can have nearly an endless number of pictures, organized in albums. Each album contains screens of up to 12 pictures, and each picture can lead to another screen, up to 10 levels deep.  So basically thousands and thousands of pictures can be placed in one album, and a TapToTalk can contain up to 10 albums.

I am also truly amazed at how affordable the TapToTalk Designer subscription is per year. At about $99 per year it is much less expensive than other AAC devices out there. TapToTalk can be used anywhere. Your child spends most of the time at home and school, but everything is all in one place on TapToTalk and can be used at both locations anytime your child needs it. Or anywhere else for that matter.

What better way to make a child feel that his voice does matter and provide a positive communication experience. I sure wish I had known about this when my son went through a time where he was nonverbal. The frustrations could have been avoided on both sides.

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