Avaz FreeSpeech

Avaz FreeSpeech

By Avaz, Inc.

  • Category: Education
  • Release Date: 2016-02-09
  • Current Version: 2.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 527.27 MB
  • Developer: Avaz, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.1 or later.
Score: 3.61538
3.61538
From 13 Ratings

Description

FreeSpeech helps anyone with a language impairment practice and develop grammar skills! Drag and rearrange picture tiles, and FreeSpeech will convert them into a perfectly grammatical English sentence. Explore how tenses, sentence forms, parts of speech, and other grammatical properties change the structure of English -- and it's all visual! FreeSpeech is the perfect app for anyone who is learning the English language - whether you are - A person with special needs, such as autism, dyslexia and hearing impairments - An ELL student, trying to make sense of English grammar - Someone who loves languages and likes to explore them! Developed by an interdisciplinary team including SLPs, educators, and researchers with over 100 years of collective experience, FreeSpeech is the most advanced language learning technology currently on the App Store. The technology behind FreeSpeech was the subject of a TED talk by its creator Ajit Narayanan which has been viewed more than one million times. The development of FreeSpeech, combining engineering with generative linguistics, earned the team recognition as one of the world's Top 35 Innovators from MIT Technology Review. AS SEEN ON TED BY 1M+ VIEWERS: http://go.ted.com/CW6u "A powerful new app designed to help children of all learning levels and language abilities develop grammatically correct sentences... A welcome addition for anyone with young writers that struggle with arranging sentences or who have a language impairment that makes it frustrating to communicate." - SmartAppsForKids FreeSpeech is unique because it's the only app in the world that predicts grammar. You can throw a bunch of picture tiles at it, and the app will automatically figure out a grammatically correct sentence from them. - It's possible to manipulate words, tenses and structure as if you were manipulating building blocks. - The app lets teachers and learners model/recast/contrast various grammar rules pictorially, all the while speaking out correct English. - A teacher or therapist can configure how much prediction FreeSpeech does, and fade away its capabilities as a student develops confidence. FreeSpeech is based on solid research, and builds language by: - EXPANDING: Prompting users with questions to expand their sentences; - SCAFFOLDING: Intelligently predicting words that they are likely to use; - CONTRASTING: Visually modeling tense and sentence modifiers; - RECASTING: Automatically inserting prepositions and articles as needed; and - ERRORLESS MODELING: Automatically predicting grammar, to assemble a map of pictures into a grammatically correct English sentence. Scientific trials validating the efficacy of FreeSpeech have been presented at leading conferences in linguistics and special education. FreeSpeech features more than 2,000 symbols from Symbolstix, and is ideally suited to use alongside other AAC, articulation and education apps that use these lovely symbols. Additionally, you can customize the vocabulary with 20,000+ Symbolstix symbols. Download FreeSpeech & learn English language skills today! Please email us at support@freespeechapp.com with any comments, questions or suggestions about FreeSpeech. *Pricing plan - Auto Renewable Subscription* 1 month auto renewing - 9.99 USD 6 months auto renewing - 59.99 USD 1 year auto renewing - 99.99 USD Link to privacy policy - www.avazapp.com/privacy Link to Terms of use - www.avazapp.com/terms-of-use/ -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase -Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period -You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase -Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription Symbols used in this app are © 2016 SymbolStix LLC.

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Reviews

  • More, please.

    4
    By Add Sight Words Please
    When I am trying to make (I am watching the Batman movie,) I can’ put (Batman) in what kind, and I think you should have all word filters.
  • Not to learn Spanish

    3
    By notworkingstill
    I purchased this app to help with Spanish grammar but can’t get past quiz question 7 because the English that will only translate as aquello. I reported the problem weeks ago. I cannot speak to the English learning application since I have no use for it.
  • Updated with Spanish!

    5
    By BAR112
    Have been looking for a sentence-construction app like this for so long—finally it’s here. So helpful in learning to form Spanish sentences. Thank you, Avaz!
  • Please help! Level 52 challenge coding glitch

    4
    By Katily =^•^=
    Our family of 3 kids ages 15,13, and 7 are LOVING this app as a tool for building grammar skills. The challenge mode is engaging and fun for all ages, we love racing eachother but have hit a dead end 😥 it seems there is a problem with level 52 “Who is your mom’s uncle?” Comes up “Who is your mom’IO>’s uncle?” Making it impossible to complete the level or progress any further. Tried simply building the same sentence outside of challenge mode with the same results. Please fix this coding problem, we really want to continue using this wonderful app, well worth the money IF we can keep using it. With out this fix, no longer useful at all.
  • Great app to build language!

    5
    By SLP in Oregon
    I use this with my kids who have language disorders and this app goes very far in helping them expand their language. I love it and it is a very well designed app! Well worth any price!
  • Amazing & beautiful - not multilingual yet!

    4
    By bfchris
    This is so beautiful, and such a blessing to help people communicate. Although it has interfaces in other languages, it only speaks English 😩. The WWDC demo was very exciting, and I know this app will continue to be developed until it is able to produce other languages from English input. While it might not be worth $10 to those who don't need it to communicate in English, our support will hopefully accelerate development so we can soon use it for translation and language learning. English in, Arabic out, please!
  • I really like it - my new go-to app

    5
    By Autismmom12
    This app has become my go-to app for some very challenging explanations of the peculiarities of English grammar. The kids I work with took to this app instantly because of the lovely design - obviously crafted by someone who has worked with a lot of kids! With a little bit of guidance, they are able to create and transform sentences in a very unique and expressive way. I love the way the app provides a skeleton on which children can add language without worrying about the grammar. It is probably the only app I’ve seen that actually makes it fun and stress-free to work with English sentences. My only complaint would be that it starts becoming wonky as the sentences becomes longer and longer - no longer strictly grammatical. Still very useful but I look forward to future versions.
  • Could be better

    1
    By LaKuky
    Complicated to use. My daughter gave me the iPad back cause she lost interest. Will request my $ back.
  • A really spectacular app

    5
    By lsteuber
    Perfect for kids with language disorders, kids just starting to learn the structure of english, or anyone who struggles with grammar generally. Also quite the technical achievement!
  • Doesn't work

    2
    By Posquant
    It's an interesting concept, but the programme can't handle any but the very simplest syntax. It quickly gets lost in even simple past-tense constructions.

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