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Macworld 2011: Expressive helps the speech impaired learn and communicate

by David Winograd (Jan 28th, 2011)

Speech therapist Barbrara Fernandez founded Smarty-Ears apps last January and has since created over 15 apps for the field. I spoke to her about Expressive (US$29.95) an augmentative-alternative communication (AAC) app that at first seems similar to the much more expensive Proloquo2Go, but it serves ...

Proloquo2Go gets a major update

by David Winograd (Sep 13th, 2010)

Proloquo2Go (US$189.99) is the most fully featured augmentative and alternative communication device (AAC) we've yet covered. It provides iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad owners who do not have the ability to speak well enough to be understood (and that number is estimated to be 2.5 million Americans ...

The AutoVerbal Talking Soundboard speaks for those who can't

by David Winograd (Jun 16th, 2010)

The AutoVerbal Talking Soundboard (US$0.99 for the next few weeks) is the latest in the growing field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices available for the iPhone, iPod touch and (best of all) the iPad. An AAC device allows the autistic or vocally challenged to communicate ...

iPhone 101: Save space on your iPhone without removing a thing

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 6th, 2010)

It's important to note that this on-the-fly conversion does not alter your original files inside your iTunes library -- those will remain at whatever bitrate and in whatever file format you had them in. How well does this work? I saved a whopping 1.5GBs of space on my 8GB iPhone. Others here at ...

A car stereo built for the King (of phones)

by Kevin Harter (Dec 3rd, 2009)

No, you didn't click on the wrong link. We haven't changed our name to The Unofficial Audio Weblog. "Why, then, is my beloved Apple-centric site doing a review of a car stereo?!" you're no doubt asking yourself. 'Cause this thing rocks your iPhone like you've never heard before! Sony was nice ...

Proloquo2Go: Assistive communication for the iPhone and iPod touch

by David Winograd (Oct 21st, 2009)

Proloquo2Go [iTunes Link] is not your usual iPhone/iPod touch app. It turns the mobile device into a full augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. According to the AAC Institute, an estimated 2.5 million Americans are speech disabled to the extent that they experience significant ...

Ringtonator Studio makes ringtones from any QT format

by Mike Schramm (Sep 22nd, 2007)

We wrote about Ringtonator a while back, reader Joe's GUI program that used Cleverboy's hack to make ringtones. At the time, we were looking for a program that didn't require AAC, where you could pull any mp3 out and turn it into an official ringtone on iTunes. Then 7.4.2 hit, and we had bigger ...

iTunes 7.2 Gallery

by Erica Sadun (May 30th, 2007)

If you're stuck at work and can't get away to take a peek at the new iTunes 7.2 update, we've put together this handy gallery of screen shots showing you the new 7.2 features. In iTunes 7.2, you'll find a new link to iTunes Plus in the iTunes Quick Links. Select it and iTunes will prompt you to ...

Turn audiobooks into Audiobooks

by Mat Lu (Feb 1st, 2007)

Playlist Magazine has a nice little tutorial for converting audiobooks you obtain from somewhere other than Audible.com or the iTS into iTunes recognized Audiobooks. For instance if you rip an audiobook CD, or download free audiobooks from any of a number of sites, you can convert them so that they ...

PodcastConverter Automator action: automatically turn your podcasts into audiobooks

by Jay Savage (Aug 29th, 2006)

The other day, I said that slowing down podcasts sounded like a great job for automator. TUAW reader Dave agreed, and sent us a link to his PodastConverter (jpg) Automator action. Dave takes the long way around and follows the conventional wisdom of turning the podcasts into audiobooks rather than ...

Call Recorder plugin for Skype

by David Chartier (Jul 11th, 2006)

Call Recorder from Ecamm Network is a Skype plugin that allows you to record your calls (interviews, podcasts, etc.) as two-track AAC files for that perfect 'edited for your blackmailing pleasure' effect (calls can also be converted to MP3 for the AAC-haters in the audience). A recent version update ...

No, AAC isn't 'Apple's format', but

by David Chartier (May 12th, 2006)

John Gruber pointed to a post at the Ars Technica journals by Ken Fisher (their editor-in-chief) in which he reminds everyone that AAC isn't 'Apple's format'. This is in response to all the recent buzz and speculation of Sony's announcement of AAC support; it appears that many took this as some sort ...

Coming soon to iTunes: Ads?

by Scott McNulty (Apr 24th, 2006)

That's what Advertising Age's sources are tell them. It seems 'Apple's current plans call for the ads to appear only in the lower-left corner of the iTunes library while users listen to podcasts from their computers rather than from portable devices'. Hmm, what in the lower left hand corner of the ...

TUAW Podcast the 8th

by David Chartier (Apr 4th, 2006)

It's that time again! We've put together our eighth podcast, and in this edition Jan Kabili, Damien Barrett and Dave Caolo bring you some of our best posts from last week, in-depth details on Apple Computer vs. Apple Corps, a couple April fools jokes, new Apple stores and some interesting iPod ...

Open up iTunes U, Apple

by Scott McNulty (Feb 7th, 2006)

Jon Udell would like Apple to be a little more open with the content on the iTunes Music Store, at least as far as the recently announces iTunes University goes. Jon hopes that Apple will provide the podcasts in MP3 format, so he can listen to them on non-iPod MP3 players (do such things exist?). I ...

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