Scene Speak 2.071

Scene Speak is a versatile and customizable app that offers a platform on the iPad for creating interactive visual scene displays and social stories. It allows editing images with active "hotspots," which are screen areas that can trigger sounds for communication purposes. Users can add multiple hotspots to an image, each customizable to include sound, text labels, or links to other scenes. Additionally, text-enhanced images can be organized into themed "books" for user convenience.

Scene Speak serves as an invaluable communication tool for individuals with Autism, Aphasia, Apraxia, developmental disabilities, or those looking to improve receptive language or visual memory.

Key Features:

• Customize images from your computer, iPad camera, or built-in Internet search.
• Record your voice or select from five preloaded voices for sound areas.
• Add multiple hotspots to scenes with various interactive elements.
• Create social stories by compiling scenes into thematic books.
• Animate text by recording voice synchronized with text color change.
• Secure pages with lock/unlock feature to control navigation.
• Backup and share files with others using the app's file-sharing capability.
• Utilize iCloud for backup and restore options to safeguard data.
• Access password-protected settings menu for enhanced security.

How It Works:

Personalized images can be uploaded to the app from a computer or online search. These images can be resized and equipped with active sound areas. Users have the flexibility to customize the number and size of these auditory triggers. Speech messages can be integrated using Text-To-Speech functionality or by recording personal voice prompts. Text labels in sound areas reinforce language acquisition. Scenes can be interconnected via hotspots, facilitating a scene-based communication system for users with speech delays. Additionally, text can be directly added to scene pages.

Subsequently, scenes with interactive features can be arranged into "Books," categorized by themes or interests. Multiple books can be stored within the library, each housing numerous visual scenes. This allows for tailored content organization—for instance, creating a "My Home" book containing room images with corresponding sound areas labeling objects or actions.

The app comes with eleven customizable preloaded scenes, including Kitchen, Bedroom, Child's Bedroom, Living Room, Bathroom, Park, Doctor's Office, and various emotional queries ("What Hurts?" scenarios).