1. The Speech-EZ®
Webinar Series:
Appdapted
Utilizing free and inexpensive apps to
enhance therapy
Jeremy Legaspi, M.S.,CCC-SLP
the-speechguy.com
facebook.com/azspeechguy
@azspeechguy

2. Agenda
-Review some iPad basics
-Talk about some emerging
technologies
-How to Appdapt apps

3. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
I have no relevant financial or nonfinancial
relationships in the products or services
described, reviewed or compared in this
presentation.

4. Top 10 Reasons to Use an iPad in Therapy
10) Developers are constantly improving apps, so the apps can evolve with
your client.
9) Regardless of the child’s age or ability level, the iPad can be accessible
through voice or touch.
8) Apps can easily be incorporated into playing, reading, writing, spelling,
grammar, songs and video.

5. Top 10 Reasons to Use an iPad in Therapy
7) Many apps offer free or ‘lite’ versions, so before a therapist makes a big
purchase they can sample the program’s features then determine if it’s
worth the money.
5) Parents can help their child participate in school lessons to reinforce
education at home, and games and activities can draw in friends and
classmates, eliminating isolation.
6)There are many apps that offer the ability to record a child’s productions
to save for later comparison. With this option, you can allow your client to do
self-rating and go back to double-check their speech.

6. Top 10 Reasons to Use an iPad in Therapy
4) Apps that are skill-focused often make great tools for quick criterion-
referenced assessments or dynamic assessments of a given skill, without
needing to prepare lots of supplies ahead of time.
3)The data-tracking capabilities of app-compatible devices allow therapists
to focus on the task at hand. You can then email the session data to the
client’s caregivers or yourself to include in SOAP notes.
2) Apps can target apraxia, articulation, language, play skills, pragmatic
skills, functional communication and more – all in one device. No more
lugging around 12 different sets of flashcards.
1) iPads are cool! Many of my clients could care less if I took out scissors,
paper and crayons– and most of the time these end up on the floor.
Children are simply more motivated by interacting with the
iPad than paper–and–pencil activities.

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The Basics
Setting up for success
-Explore general
settings
-Explore accessibility
features
-Turn on Guided
Access!
-Search for apps
effectively and
efficiently
-Organize your photos

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How to turn on Guided
Access
1.Launch Settings.
2.Tap General.
3.Scroll down and
tap Accessibility

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How to turn on Guided
Access
4.Scroll down and
tap Guided Access
5. Turn on Guided
Access
6. Set a Passcode

10. When to use Guided
Access
Restricting menu
options or
portions of the
screen
Keeping the
student in the app
and out of others
Disabling touch to
watch a video

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How to turn on Assistive
Touch
1.Launch Settings.
2.Tap General.
3.Scroll Down to
Accessibility.
4.Then tap on the
option Assistive
Touch.

12. • Native App store searches can be time consuming
and aggravating and often lead to virtual dead ends
Here are some alternatives:
Searching for Apps

13. • Use blogs and social media as resources
Blogs
• Speech Techie
Pinterest
• Lauren S. Ender’s Boards
Facebook
• SLPs Talk Apps
Twitter
• #slpeeps #spedchat #atchat
Searching for Apps

14. Create your own Photo Library
-This takes some time up front but will be worth it
-Import your own pictures for language and articulation
- Sync to iCloud or upload photos to Dropbox or Flikr
-Why?
- These photos will become your foundation for
Appdapting apps !
-Dropbox or Flikr links will be used to link to Quick
Response Codes
Organize your Camera Roll

15. Saving your pictures
1)Open Safari
2)Long hold an image
3)Tap Save Image
Organize your Camera Roll

16. Saving your pictures
4)Open up your camera roll
5) Create an album by tapping
and then “ Add to…”
Organize your Camera Roll

17. Pictures? Now What?
Take your pictures and incorporate them through any
apps that offer access to your photo library

18. Dropbox
• Provides quick access to the cloud.
• Incorporated into a variety of apps.
• Gives you access to therapy materials on any device.

19. Dropbox

20. What is it?
Wikipedia defines AR as :
“Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment
whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video,
graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a
view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by a computer. As a
result, the technology functions by enhancing one’s current perception of reality. By contrast,
virtual reality replaces the real world with a simulated one.”
Why use it?
-It’s fun
-It’s incredibly engaging
-Allows you to think outside the box
Augmented Reality

21. Toca Boca Tailor
Augmented Reality

22. Speech With Milo Nouns
Augmented Reality

23. Crazy Hair Salon
Augmented Reality

24. ZooBurst
•Digital 3D pop books
•ZooBurst books “live” online and can be experienced
on your desktop or laptop computer, or on your iPad
•Characters and props can be arranged within a 3D
world using uploaded artwork or with the 10,000
images in the database
http://www.zooburst.com/zb_pricing.php
Augmented Reality

25. ZooBurst
•Using a webcam or the Zooburst app a Zooburst code
can be scanned
•The book will open up and be overlayed over the code
Augmented Reality

26. ZooBurst
Augmented Reality

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Aurasma
What does it do?
Any image, object or
place can become an
interactive
experience

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Aurasma
How does it do it?
Image recognition technology links an
object/picture to an image, audio, video,
or web link.

29. Step 1
Creating an Aura
Select the type of content
you would like to use as
your Aura.

30. Creating and Aura
Take a picture of the trigger image/object.Step 2

31. Step 2
Creating an Aura
Scan your trigger image/object to
see your Aura appear.

32. Opposite puzzle activity- create an ‘aura’ for each of
the pieces opposite.
Aurasma in Action

33. American Sign Language-create a trigger image for
learning sign language
Aurasma in Action

34. Books- create Auras throughout a book.
Aurasma in Action

35. Speech sounds-use Auras to help prompt sounds
Aurasma in Action

36. Quick Response (QR)
Codes
A type of barcode then
when scanned will link to:
•Websites
•Text
•Audio
•Video
•Maps

37. Quick Response (QR)
Codes

38. Generating QR Codes
Beqrious
http://beqrious.com/qr-
code-generator/
Kaywa
http://kaywa.com
Tag My Doc
http://tagmydoc.com
QR Voice
http://qrvoice.net/
QR Explorer
http://qrexplore.com/
Visual Lead
http://visuallead.com

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Generating QR Codes

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Using QR Codes
1) Scavenger Hunts- place QR codes around
the room, hall ways, etc..
2) Articulation Practice- have each code link to
a target word
3) Quizzes- scan codes to ask comprehension
questions
4) Sequencing/Story Telling- pair with printed
picture to sequence or retell a story
5) Pair with Apps- Use screen shots of apps and
embed QR codes
6) Adapt books- use audio QRs to have a child
scan a read

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Keeping Track of your QR Codes
• Keep them in Dropbox
• Spreadsheets
• Word Documents
• Create a photo album

45. Appdapting Apps

46. Bi
Pros
•Create your own flashcards
•Access 100,000 premade flashcards
•10,000 lesson in the catalog
•5 modes- flashcards, photo touch, reader,
match up, and word builder
Bitsboard-Free

47. Tiny Tap-Free
Pros
•“Turn any moment into a game.”
•Use photo library or take pictures to turn into
games
•Use for articulation or language activities
•Record audio to ask in game questions
•Use with evaluations for difficult to test children
Cons
•Can’t create multi-step patterns

48. Tiny Tap-Free

49. Pros
•Create your own games
•Use your own pictures to create a die
•Use your own background image
•Unlimited number of 6 sided dice
•Use pictures to appdapt board games
Cons
• Ads bug- ads are still present even after purchase
Photo Dice- Free

50. Image Spinner- $.99
Pros
•Import your own pictures
•Record audio for each picture
•Use up to 10 pictures
•Use pictures to appdapt board games
Cons
• Can not save your spinners
• Have to create each time you use it

51. Question Sleuth-$2.99
• Similar to the classic board game Secret Square
• Import your own pictures to use in the game
• Work on asking/answering questions, describing,
categorization, and even articulation
• Connect to DropBox to save and share your boards

52. Question Sleuth-$2.99
• Similar to the classic board game Secret Square
• Import your own pictures to use in the game
• Work on asking/answering questions, describing,
categorization, and even articulation
• Connect to DropBox to save and share your boards

53. Foldify- $3.99
Pros
•Paper craft creator
•Create 3D paper models based on 10 availabe
shapes
•Import pictures or use available stickers to create
vehicles, animals, people, or your own dice

54. Foldify- $3.99

55. Bi
Pros
•Import pictures from anywhere- web,
camera roll, camera
•Clip, crop, resize pictures easily
•Add stickers and background images
Cons
•Unable to record audio
Pic Collage-Free

56. Bi
Pros
•Create your own storyboards, schedules, memory
aids, flashcards, and more
•Import from camera or camera roll
•3 display modes- normal, big sized, big sized only
during sound
•Share and download from user community
Cons
•Takes some time to get used to the interface
•Up front setup time
Tapikeo HD- Free

57. Bi
Pros
•Create and animate your own animated plays
•Use your camera roll to import pictures and use
them as props and characters
•Extremely fun and engaging for all ages
Cons
•Small built in character set for free version
•Free version doesn’t offer ability to import must
purchase Puppet Pals Directors Pass
Puppet Pals HD- Free-$5.99

58. Bi
Pros
•Create hidden object games using any photo on
your iPad
•Save games to your profile
Cons
•Unable to record audio
•Reduced picture quality
Pictago-Free

59. Bi
Pros
•Create, combine and style fun outfits for four
different characters.
•Use camera to import “fabrics” and create clothes
that look the same as your client’s
•Use AR feature to target concepts and
prepositions
•Free version available as Toca Fairy Tales
Toca Tailor- $2.99

60. Bi
Pros
•Take a photo or choose one from your camera
roll
•100s of hair styles to choose from
•Use it to target basic concepts, pronouns,
following directions etc..
•Offers tons of creativity
Crazy Hair Studio- Free

61. Bi
Pros
• Photo editing tool that automatically finds
your face
•Place your face on stamps, billboard,
magazines etc..
•Use it to target social language, figurative
language, or pair it with another app
Photo Funia-Free

62. Bi
Pros
• Photo editing tool to create “fake” pictures
•Templates include: newspapers, magazines,
diplomas, badges, etc..
•Use it to target social language, figurative
language, or pair it with another app
Cons
•Contains mature content
Faker$-Free

63. Bi
Pros
•Make collages in any imaginable shape or
form
•Import your own photos from your camera
roll
•Great when paired with other apps like
Pictago
Cons
•Poorer image quality depending on how
many picture you include
Shape Collage-Free

64. Bi
Pros
•Allows you to create stories using pictures, voice,
and text
•Great for social stories, sequencing, and narratives
•Sync word highlighting to real time audio- to work
on word attack or decoding
Cons
•Picture scaling doesn’t always work
Story Creator- Free

65. Bi
Pros
•Allows you to create games using your pictures
•Create a puzzle game, a shaper sorter, a tracing
game, and a matching game
Cons
•Pictures can only be imported using the camera
feature
•Only matching and shape sorting come free, you
have to pay $.99 to unlock the other two games
Your Game- Free

66. More info
The-speechguy.com
Speakingofapps.com
Therapyapp411.com
@azspeechguy #slpeeps

67. Thank
u !