VerbalVictor app gives a voice to those who can't speak

I certainly hope he is passing the earnings off to his "Wake Forrest" students or the school for allowing him to recruit them to write the app for him. That is like using company time and materials to invent an item and then turning around and selling it for your own gain. Some companies call that theft.
Good on him for making this available, but the information presented paints a bad picture for this guy.

$10 is a rip off?! Considering that this sort of software, not counting the hardware, tends to run many, many times this much, it's an absolute bargain.

Besides, he has every right to be paid for his development time and efforts, and to make a profit. And why shouldn't he profit? He had a good idea, and he made it happen. That's how further development and innovation are encouraged. I for one hope he makes a pile of money for offering a very affordable solution to a potentially devastating problem.

He has nothing to feel guilty about, though you do. Attacking people for imaginary offenses to your obviously peculiar sense of justice and fair play is nothing more than ego-stroking, You should be ashamed.

PS: The cost of hardware doesn't really enter into it, but just in case someone wants to bring that up: This app adds approximately 2% to the cost of an iPad. Not a big deal.

I really hope there's a damned good reason to charge $10 for this.

"Mr. Pauca tried several specialized speech devices to help his young son, but they were either too low tech or too expensive to be practical. "
But, hey, at least being just a little expensive lets you rip off the disabled kids with just a little less guilt!

There seems to be lots of cool apps coming out for people with special needs. I just saw this review for an app that plugs into Wheelechairs that do all sorts of things. Check it out. Maybe do some partnering.

http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/action/2010/09/27/medgadget-versatile-iphone-app-for-powerchair-users/

That's very interesting and touching.

I have an app up in the App Store that has similar functionality as VerbalVictor - it's called Spubble: http://itunes.apple.com/app/sp...

From my description of the app on the App Store:
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It allows the user to "speak" individual words, simply by tapping on them, and it allows for complete phrase creation by dragging the word icons to a speech bubble (or "spubble") at the top of the screen. These icons can also be removed from the spubble simply by dragging them out. The entire phrase can be heard by tapping the green "play" button to the right of the "spubble". Tapping the red "home" button on the bottom of the screen takes the user back to the main categories screen.
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I am currently in the process of building a full version of Spubble (larger word library, more functionality), and am using Spubble Lite as a proof-of-concept, and a way to garner comments and suggestions.

Spubble Lite is free, so please check it out and let me know what you think!