iPad App Helps Kid with Down Syndrome

[LongBlade]

This is a really cool story.

Proloquo2Go provides endless text-to-speech voices with a customizable library of more than 14,000 pictures and symbols, which users can configure from 9 to 36 buttons per page. The app comes with two pre-programmed vocabs to choose from, Core Word—most frequently used words in English, and Basic Communication—for new communicators depending on the personal needs and preferences of different users.

Enrique's mom previously used other methods like sign language to communicate with her son, but said that limited the number of people he could communicate with. 

"Now he can communicate with everyone," she added.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/16/down-syndrome-boy-able-to-communicate-like-never-before-thanks-to-ipad-apps

[Staggerwing]

Thank you for posting that, LB. I'm going to check it out.

[LongBlade]

Thank you for posting that, LB. I'm going to check it out.

You're welcome. I love how technology is helping us go places we've never dreamed.