Proloquo

Amazing This AAC is great. I have a 10 yr old nonverbal autistic son. I’ve tried many AACs over the years. I love how straightforward this one is. The colors are great as well. It’s very easy to use. The AAC coach it comes with is also so helpful!!! This is going to give my son a voice.

Really good AAC (review from AAC user) This app has the best pre-made vocabulary out of any AAC app I’ve tried. I don’t have to spend hours every day stressing over all the words I can’t say or trying to manually add everything in myself. It already has almost every word I need, besides personal words like family names and custom phrases, which saves so much time and energy. I use this app every day and genuinely love it. The only reason I’m giving 4 stars instead of 5 is because I wish there were more customization settings. I would love the ability to change colors, use different fonts, customize button styles, organize things more deeply, have more layout and personalization options, and maybe even more voice or visual settings. Overall though, this app has helped me so much and is one of the best AAC apps I’ve used. I really appreciate how much thought went into making communication easier, and I’m excited to see how it continues to improve.

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Yet Another Subscription Fee For Something That Should Be Free If you want to say "we are here to help", that's one thing, but I'm hard pressed to see how anyone can believe that if you're constantly mauling their wallet for it. I wouldn't mind so much it were a one-time purchase, but THIS? Absolutely disgusting. Non-verbal people have enough trouble getting through life surrounded by discrimination and authoritarian hate without so-called "AAC vendors" engaging in the show of ableist greed that is constantly charging them for something that they may as well design and code themselves for free. And you're not even the first to do this. You're only the first to get the coveted App Store spotlight which did give me hope that you'd be different. You're not. You're exactly the same as every other AAC app on this store: pay to play, except it's not a game, it's the voice that is needed for self-expression and communication. If and when I learn to make my own apps, I'll make my own AAC app, market it for free, and make all functional features available without a single paywall. Its only in-app purchases will be purely cosmetic and the only subscription would be a donation line that does nothing with the actual program (and it will say so). Who knows, maybe some genius got fed up with this too and is trying to do the exact same thing already. Good luck justifying your price tag when that baby drops, you're going to need it. =)

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Won’t allow log in Every single account we try to use to start using the app for our son just says that our email has already been used. We even created a new email to be able to utilize this app for our son and it still says the same thing. Very disappointing.

1 year of use My partner has been utilizing this application for the past year, and it has proven to be highly effective. It eliminates the need for me to engage in the guessing game regarding her attempts to communicate. She is an individual with autism who typically communicates verbally but experiences periods of nonverbality due to stress or overwhelm. Consequently, the combination of her autism, ADHD, anxiety, and PTSD using this application has enabled her to communicate when she physically cannot. Given our limited budget, we refrained from investing hundreds of dollars in an application that might have failed to meet her needs. Since adopting this application, she has been able to communicate more effectively during her shutdowns, enabling her to engage in conversations with me or others. This has significantly alleviated the stress on both of us. The customization options provided by this application are particularly well-suited for an individual who is 26 years old, possesses reading, writing, and speaking abilities. I conducted extensive research to identify an application that would be user-friendly and intuitive for her skill levels. While she still encounters challenges, the application has been beneficial. There was an initial learning curve for her, but the search function and the ability to add words and folders for restaurant orders have proven invaluable. This functionality allows her to place orders without any hassle or concern. Thank you! I do wish there was a way to just buy this app instead of paying a subscription like Proloquo2Go. As we love the app just tired of Subscriptions

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Yet Another Subscription Fee For Something That Should Be Free If you want to say “we are here to help”, that’s one thing, but I’m hard pressed to see how anyone can believe that if you’re constantly mauling their wallet for it. I wouldn’t mind so much it were a one-time purchase, but THIS? Absolutely disgusting. Non-verbal people have enough trouble getting through life surrounded by discrimination and authoritarian hate without so-called “AAC vendors” engaging in the show of ableist greed that is constantly charging them for something that they may as well design and code themselves for free. And you’re not even the first to do this. You’re only the first to get the coveted App Store spotlight which did give me hope that you’d be different. You’re not. You’re exactly the same as every other AAC app on this store: pay to play, except it’s not a game, it’s the voice that is needed for self-expression and communication. If and when I learn to make my own apps, I’ll make my own AAC app, market it for free, and make all functional features available without a single paywall. Its only in-app purchases will be purely cosmetic and the only subscription would be a donation line that does nothing with the actual program (and it will say so). Who knows, maybe some genius got fed up with this too and is trying to do the exact same thing already. Good luck justifying your price tag when that baby drops, you’re going to need it. =)

Profit off children Many people don’t have the funds to pay every month. You are profiting off children that have to voice. Shameful

Inappropriate language Our son is 3 and nonverbal, we downloaded this app to use as iPad as an AAC device. At first glance, it’s very user-friendly and our son picked up the layout quickly and was able to use this as a form of communication. The reason I would give it one star and quite frankly no stars if that was an option is because there’s no way to hide inappropriate language like “shut up”, which should not be accessible to a three year-old on top of other words that you cannot remove. When I reached out to support their response was they don’t feel like we should limit words to children, which I agree with but having my three-year-old constantly hit the shut up button during school is not appropriate and there’s no way to remove it so don’t waste your money just spend the money on a different app that lets you have access to editing words to make sure that your children don’t get in trouble because While language is extremely important and I don’t wanna limit, I also don’t want to have my child constantly scolded because an app thinks it’s OK for a three-year-old to use the word shut up. We will not be renewing our monthly subscription and will look for a more accessible app that supports positive language reinforcement.