Items may vary from Illustration. Limits apply. FlexEquip items are loaned or rented for short to medium-term use. The returned items are checked and cleaned according to a strict cleaning protocol by FlexEquip staff prior to subsequent loan or rental.
A high-tech portable touch screen communications device designed for people who need a mobile communication device with a screen larger than a mobile phones yet smaller than a laptop.
Preloaded with communication App Assistive Express which is a text-to-speech app designed to assist users who are unable to speak effectively.
Included:
iPad
Preloaded with Apps: Assistive Express and Text to Speech
Charger + USB charging cord
Protective case
Touch screen operated
Wi-fi, cellular and Bluetooth access
Switch accessible when paired with a switch interface
Ability to download a variety of apps to suit each user’s needs
Portable and lightweight
Camera – face-to-face communication with certain apps
External speaker
Dual display – landscape and portrait.
App
Word prediction to minimize keystrokes
Choice of 3 voices to select
Adjustable volume and speed for voices
Large font and buttons
Adaptive learning to include commonly used or new vocabulary into the word prediction list
Self-learning “next word” prediction
Recent list for quick access to previously spoken sentences
The iPad is touch screen operated. To use this device the user swipes or taps their finger on the screen, this provides directions to the device. The iPad will recognise the pads of the fingertips not the fingernail. To enter, the user types a 6-digit passcode which is customisable allowing protection of information. Apps can be downloaded from the App Store through your own iTunes account
Each iPad supplied will be preloaded with a communication app that has been assessed as being suitable for the participants needs.
To protect the apps already preloaded on the iPad upon delivery deletion of apps has been disabled in the restriction’s settings
On return the iPad is restored to factory settings before allocated for reissue
To use Assistive Express, the user types what they want to say onto an on-screen keyboard. With each press of the ‘return’ button, the words are transferred as speech by the device. An option to “speak each word” is also available. This app provides the ability to save favourite phrases as well as store a brief history of recently used phrases.
If a problem arises with the app:
close out of the app by pressing the home button
double click home button and a zoomed out version of the app will appear
