Avaz Lite is a FREE AAC app for children who are non-verbal, or who have difficulty with speech or language. Avaz has been designed with the vision of making every voice heard! Avaz is child- and caregiver-friendly, and helps therapists and educators to bring out the maximum potential in children. Avaz has received top international awards, including being on MIT’s list of Top 35 Innovations, and is the subject of a TED talk.

With an in-app subscription or purchase, you can access 15,000+ symbols from Symbolstix, and 4 natural-sounding synthesized voices. There is a 7-day promotional subscription period to the symbols and voices, which you can use to evaluate which configuration of Avaz best meets your child’s needs.

Note: This app has a vocabulary optimized for US English.

PRAISE FOR AVAZ
“Has a very clean presentation and is very intuitive to use. 3 stars/3 stars.” - Jane Farrall, AAC and Assistive Technology Expert and Speech Pathologist, Spectronicsinoz

“After Dharunika has started using Avaz, she has started communicating a lot more– and she also wants to communicate lot more now. She also spoke to complete strangers using Avaz, which she had never done before.” – Dharunika’s mother, a happy parent

“...the most flexible and functional assisted communication software I have seen for the iPad. It’s an outstanding tool and will open doors for countless individuals who need assisted communication.” – Sandra Fleming, bestappsforkids.com

“...A great AAC option for many reasons, but we especially love the dedication to continued improvements and innovation.” – Dr. Robin Parker, Consulting Director, UM-NSU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, PrAACtical AAC

WHY CHOOSE AVAZ?
Avaz was developed in collaboration with 25 schools and 500 children, to help children with autism achieve the most effective communication possible. Avaz is also useful for children with Down Syndrome, Angelman's Syndrome, Aspergers, Apraxia and other non-verbal conditions. Avaz’s user interface is designed to make speech therapy more effective, develop a child’s language, and improve his/her intent to communicate.

Avaz allows you to create a vocabulary of photographs and voice recordings, to help kids create messages. It comes with 3 research-based, graded vocabularies, and a Core Words set that will help a child begin to communicate. These have been designed to facilitate spontaneous novel utterance generation, encouraging a child to use language, and generalize from it.

Avaz is also great for facilitating easy transition into literacy. Avaz's keyboard has support for saving and loading text, a Quick response bar for frequently-used messages, and a picture-assisted text prediction capability for sight readers.

Avaz features animation for maximizing reinforcement, the ability to remove distracting content from the screen, and a high-contrast mode. Subscribers also get fine-grained control over the speech output, with a choice of many natural voices.

Avaz is exceptionally easy to customize. Its design takes the hassle out of 'programming' a typical AAC aid, and keeps the focus on interacting with the child.

MAIN FEATURES
√ Research based, graded vocabulary
√ In-app subscription to 15,000+ Symbolstix Symbols, or use your own photographs
√ Track Therapy Sessions and receive therapy logs in the mail
√ Easy backup and restore using iTunes and Dropbox
√ Seamless Integrated Text and Keyboard Mode
√ Be Social! Share your messages using email, Facebook, Twitter
√ Reinforcement using zoom and animation
√ Alert key
√ Word prediction with pictures and text
√ Instant Search to explore vocabulary easily
√ Consistent Motor Planning
√ No active internet connection (Wi-Fi or 3G) required
√ Grid Size Control
√ Very simple help screen on all pages

ADDITIONAL NOTES
√ This app has high-quality natural voices but not from Acapela. For Acapela voices, buy the Avaz non-Lite version.
√ Detailed Tutorials and Support Videos http://www.avazapp.com/support/