AT promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to or changed methods of interacting with the technology needed to accomplish such tasks. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology)
TALIKING PHOTO ALBUM:
Talking photo albums allow you to add a ten second voice recording to each photo in the album.
The talking photo album is great for those with cognitive and memory impairments. The voice recording can be information about the photo therefore memories can be rekindled if a person is unable to regenerate them themselves. With the talking photo album, memories are never lost!!
A few ideas for using a talking photo album:
As a conversation starter: Insert photos of the individual engaged in various activities with relevant messages recorded (e.g., activities done at home over the weekend)
As a conversation starter: Insert photos of preferred or favorite activities that can provide a basis for a conversation
To share information about what happened at school: Insert digital photos and messages about school activities
To provide directions for completing a task: Insert photos representing the sequence in which the activity is to be completed; a verbal instruction or cue can be recorded for each photo
(http://www.unr.edu/educ/ndsip/tipsheets/talkingphotoalbums.pdf)
General information regarding tsalking photo album:
- Cost: $15 plus
- These albums come in a range of sizes, fitting photos from 6x4 and they hold from 24 photos
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