These programs are talking softwre for special education students. Bold, animated displays and audio plyback refine and simplify the process by focusing on the speech signal and by making feedback information thats clear and meaningful. VoiceType provides an accessible workstation that may be used by people who can t easily use a keyboard or who can only use the keyboard in a limited way. An 80,000 word dictioary assists in word prediction. The nasometer measures the ratio of acoustic energy from the nasal and oral cavities.
Visual biofeedback provides a target for clients to learn proper velopharyngeal control.
The software calculates statistical information for display, filing or printout. Th nasometer is useful in evaluating clients and in therapy sessions by providing biofeedback. Kay Elemetrics Corporation 12 Maple Ave. The user types and translates a language sample of up to 100 utterances. There is a table of the percentage correct, number of affirmative, negative and question sentence types, number of utterances, number of words used and mean length of response.