A Better Hearing & Speech Month inspirational story! Young girl with Cerebral Palsy participates in her school speech meet!
K.H. delivered a funny and inspiring speech about aliens at her school speech meet using her speech-generating device. This little bundle of sunshine (who struggles to use her natural voice due to Cerebral Palsy) has been using a speech device to communicate from the age of 3. There was never a doubt that she could communicate effectively with technology. The...
- March 21, 2016
"A Voice for a Superhero" WINNERS!
Congratulations to our Wego 13A Speech-Generating Device WINNERS! Individual CategoryLisa PhillipsBlaine, MN Organization Category Harrisburg School DistrictHarrisburg, SD(entered by Jenna Thies, Special Education Preschool teacher)
- January 08, 2016
AlphaCore - Included FREE for a limited time*!
AlphaCore - Included FREE for a limited time* *With the purchase of an eyespeak or Zuvo speech-generating device from Talk To Me Technologies, AlphaCore software will be included at no additional cost! A $149.99 value! How AlphaCore can help pALS (people with ALS) communicate. The AlphaCore text-to-speech AAC program on the eyespeak or Zuvo can help to speed communication for non-verbal, literate users with...
- December 22, 2015
“My son can talk”
3-year boy with non-verbal Autism is now speaking! Via our company Facebook page, Kyndra Lovelady Gardner recently shared the exciting success story of her 3-year old Autistic son. Kendra noted that her son is now communicating with his device and she has been “amazed” to learn how much he has known about the world around him but was unable to express until now. Her...
- July 22, 2015
Voice / Message Banking
Voice & Message banking as a method of enhanced expression for those with complex communication needs. Voice Message Banking is the process of recording special and important words, phrases and sounds in a person’s natural speech. The recordings are organized, categorized and added to the vocabulary file of a speech-generating device so they can be accessed at any time in the...
"I am Joe Smith. I can hear and understand everything you say. I have ALS."
Meet Joe Smith During an in-service with Melissa Ollie (speech-language pathologist /AAC consultant), Joe introduces himself and explains how he can hear and understand everything that is being said to him. Joe communicates with his eyes. A camera attached to his speech-generating device tracks his eye movements and generates speech by words and phrases on the screen that he "pauses"...
- April 20, 2015
For Immediate Release – Joint Commission Accreditation
TALK TO ME TECHNOLOGIES, LLC AWARDED HOME CARE ACCREDITATION FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION (Cedar Falls, IA 3/11/2015) Talk To Me Technologies today announced that it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Home Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality that reflects an...
- April 20, 2015
Let’s Create: Getting to the Core of Earth Day
Let’s Create: Getting to the Core of Earth Day Working with core words? Whether or not you are following along with our Year of Core Words or using some other approach, Earth Day is the perfect time to practice those reusable, recyclable words. Last week, we talked about using our April core words (2013 List: big, busy, do, drink, feel,...
- March 04, 2015
A visit to Mayo Clinic
Such an honor to present to the Speech Pathology team at Mayo Clinic! Two of our speech pathologists (Matthew Dunning and Melissa Ollie) shared the latest advancements in cutting-edge communication and eye-tracking technology for people with complex communication needs. Blog Category: News @ Talk To Me TechnologiesPublished on March 5, 2015 | by Talk To Me Technologies