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Description: Video Voice Speech Training System is a powerful and motivating software program that adds a valuable visual dimension to speech therapy. Through the use of informative graphic displays and entertaining games, clients of all ages can see and learn to control vocal and verbal productions at the sound, word, and connected speech levels. This is a particularly valuable tool for children and adults who have significant expressive disorders due to autism, apraxia, head injury, stroke, hearing impairment, cerebral palsy, and other disabling conditions. This software is appropriate for use in private practice, early intervention, schools, clinics, hospitals, and rehabilitation facilities.

Using your own computer with your own microphone (or one purchased with the software), you can use Video Voice to address such varied expressive skills as vocal awareness, vocalization on demand, pitch training, volume training, duration & breath control, easy onset, fluency/rate of speech, articulation (consonant & vowels), and connected speech production. The software provides extensive on-screen support, including the “Help Me Choose” interactive guide which recommends strategies for successful use of the program to support client goals. A variety of reports can be generated to document client performance.

While many of the games are geared toward younger children, some will also be very motivating for older students and adults, who will also benefit from the activities that provide graphic displays of speech production. SLPs can record models to be matched and can adjust parameters on each screen to shape performance and promote success. Because the SLP records the target sounds and words, the program is appropriate for any dialect, regional accent, or language.

Updates to Video Voice are available through a free download, and live technical support is provided via a toll-free phone number. You can request a free 30-day trial of the program which allows you to try many of the games and features with your clients before making a purchase.

For clients who have significant expressive challenges, the games and graphics of Video Voice will provide the visual feedback they may be needing to improve their communication skills.