SLP Android Apps in the Amazon Appstore

I have started a list of speech language therapy apps in the Amazon Appstore. Comment Below if you know of any to be added to the list.

Autism iHelp - Play

Name	Autism iHelp - Play
Developer	Autsim iHelper
Price	Free
MB	18.4
Type General	Language
Type Specific	Vocabulary
Operating System	2.2 or higher
SD Card	No
My Rating	««¶¶¶ (2/5)

Autism iHelp – Play is another Android App that the start screen is not sizing properly on most of my devices.  This app was tested on a LG DoublePlay, Lenovo A1, and Kindle Fire (1^st Generation).  The start screen only sized properly on the Kindle Fire. Access to games and options in cut off on my tablet and only the toys and outdoor activities are accessible on my phone.  Besides this major drawback this app works well.  It provides flashcards with good pictures and voice output (which can be turned off if the options can be accessed).

The games feature is nice. It's too bad it only worked on the Kindle Fire.   It is a multiple choice game for labeling pictures where the audio is optional.

Email to Pocket SLP

Below is my Email to Pocket SLP

Dear PocketSLP,

I am enjoying your speech therapy apps for android devices.  I have a tablet and phone and am using both your Pocket SLP Articulation, and Little Jude Sky 1 apps.  I like them both, but have a few suggestions for improvement.  Many android apps let you store most of the app on the SD card.  Both your apps are over 20 MB. Please give your apps this feature, because I am running out of space on my tablet.

The Pocket SLP Articulation app works great on both my tablet and phone. It is by far the best articulation app I have found.  There are a few mistakes/glitches I have noticed while using the sentences feature though.  There are no sentences for ‘z’.  It just goes to the word level for both the word and sentence level.  

Some sentences aren’t really sentences.

• One thousand kids.
• The smoking volcano.  
• The number four.
• The number five.
• A smoking volcano.
• The number seven.

There are a few capital letter mistakes.

• Look at the Chalk stick. (C)
• The Orange is good. (O)
• The Gorilla is mad. (G)
• I bought some Art today. (A)
• We went to oregon state. (o)

One sentence is missing an apostrophe.

• The kitten lost its mittens. (it’s)

Two sentence missing a letter.

• The went north yesterday.  (They?)
• Buy some tomatos. (tomatoes)

One sentence missing a period.

• Game starts with G(.)

The start screen in Little Jude Sky’s Very Strange Day Pt. 1 isn’t sized properly on my Lenovo A1 or my phone. “I can read” is hidden behind the “Cancel” and “Read” buttons on the tablet and completely inaccessible on my phone.  When the app is run in ‘Read to me’ mode on my tablet, there is a glitch on the fourth page if ‘window’ is selected for ‘moon’, the app consistently crashes and closes.

I really like your apps.  Fixing these problems and allowing SD card storage will make them even better.

Thanks,

Roger Wagner CCC-SLP

Email to AbiTalk

Hello Abitalk,

On Tuesday, I purchased your Irregular Verbs – English Language Art Grammar App from the Amazon App Store.  After downloading it, I discovered that the app doesn't work properly on my tablet or phone.  The home screen of the app is cut off on both devices preventing access to the majority of menu.  I could enter into one of the areas I had access to and start an activity, but when I selected a verb the app entered into a continuous audio loop which only stopped after I shut off the device. I was unable to get a refund immediately after the purchase from Amazon.  Please fix these problems or refund my purchase.

Thanks,

Roger Wagner CCC-SLP

www.rwslp.blogspot.com

Caution Purchasing This App

I hate to pick on a specific company selling Android apps, but if an app isn’t working I want to let others know!  I purchased and downloaded the ‘Irregular verbs - English Language Art Grammar App' today from the Amazon Appstore. It doesn’t work on my Lenovo A1 or my phone (LG DoublePlay); I couldn't figure out how to get a refund.  It does work on the first generation Kindle Fire.  If you don’t have a first generation Kindle, I don’t recommend downloading it or probably the 'Irregular Plurals - English Language Art Grammar App'. They may not work on your devices.  I will contact Abitalk this week and see if they can get it working.

Another language game as Amazon's App of the Day

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Amazon has another great word association/word finding game as the free app of the day. Bleep is a word guessing game which looks like it would work great during language groups with older elementary students. Two teams play against each other, taking turns guessing a target word described by other single words (e.g., puppy described by dog, pet, cat, kitten, cute). If you are an SLP or want to practice your students', kids', or your own language skills, download this app for free in the next few hours. It is normally only $0.99.

Free Language Apps from Amazon

Everyone loves getting stuff for free.  Here are some Apps that I use or recommend for language based activities; these apps can be used in therapy or at home and best of all they are all free.  On the down side many of them  have ads, but can be purchased for a dollar or two without ads. I recommend trying the free version and if you like them than purchasing the ads-free version.If you don't have the Amazon Appstore on your android device find out how to get it here.

Fact or Opinion App by Super Duper Updated

Super Duper updated their Fact or Opinion App last week.  I tested it today with some students and it is working much better.  The student data is sent within the email and as an attachment. Previously it wasn’t sending the data at all. Overall I am impressed with the response to my email. Now let’s see if they get around to updating the rest of their apps.  Hopefully they will make all of them send the student data within the email.

The Fact or Opinion App is a great app for older elementary, middle school and high school students. It works great with an individual and groups.  

Free App of the Day on Amazon Appstore for SLPS Today!

A word association game is the free app of the day in the Amazon Appstore today. Check it out and download it here. It is only free for four more hours. Sorry for the short notice I just got back from a family trip.

Do and Does Fun Deck

Rating: 4/5

This is another good language app that is working well on my Android devices.  Like the Super Duper Inc. other apps, if SD card is on the device it will store most of itself on the SD card so it only takes up 2 MB. My only problem with it is that it sends the data in an attachment instead of within the email.

Hearbuilder Following Directions Software

Rating: 5/5
As a SLP, I use the professional version of this software with my students. It provides an engaging way for children to learn basic concepts (e.g., if, or, first, all, and after) as well as improve their abilities of following directions. I would recommend this software to be used with elementary age child who is having difficulties in these areas. Parts of this software would be appropriate for preschool children. It is currently cheaper to purchase here than it is to purchase it directly off of Super Duper Inc. website.

Opposites Fun Deck

Opposites Fun Deck provides you with access to all of Super Duper Opposite flashcards on you Android device. Like many of the recent Super Duper apps, this one provides the student with a choice of 2 words (e.g., “full” or “empty”) to complete a sentence.
All of the Super Duper flashcard apps provide a high quality audio of the flashcard option  if it is touched. Their apps work great for single student or multiple students at the same time. The data can be sent in an email when completed. The data for the email is created in an html file which is saved on the device/SD card. This app is currently sending the data as an html attachment and not within the email.
For some reason this app is not storing itself on the SD card of my devices.  It takes up over 14 MB of space on your device. All of the other Super Duper flashcard apps I have tested store most of app on the SD card by default, so if you have an device with and SD card, you have more room for other apps and stuff.  Kindle Fires do not have SD cards so it doesn’t matter for them. 
I am giving this app 3 stars until it is updated to send the data within the email and store itself on the SD card; otherwise it works well.  I would recommend using this app for preschool and lower elementary students.

Plurals Fun Deck

Rating: 4/5
Another good Super Duper App for SLPs. This one provides the student with a choice of 2 words (i.e., plural & singular) to complete a sentence. The program can read the sentence and choices.  Singular and Plural forms are both targeted. Irregular and regular plurals are included.

One thing I don’t like about the app is that there is no quick way to just select irregular or regular. Another is that when you email the data it is in an attachment instead of within the email.  Like the other Super Duper apps the data for the email is created in an html file which is saved on the device.  If these aren’t deleted occasionally they can build up. I had over 50 when I first found them.

Super Duper WH Questions at School

Rating (5/5)

This is a good app for Speech Language Pathologists. It can be stored mostly on your SD card and can send the student's data within an email, unlike some of the other more recent Super Duper apps which sends it as an attachment. As far as I can tell the questions are the exact same as the Fun Deck Cards. Some of the time questions are challenging for younger grade students and some questions like one about art class is no longer appropriate for many students. Overall it has a good range of questions I would recommend for 2nd graders and up.