Macomb ISD

Speech Generation Communication Devices

Tools in the AT Collection
Device

Vocabulary Size

Message Capacity

Scanning
(Y/N)

Cost

Vendor Information

Single Message Device

BIG Mack

1 message

20 seconds

$99

One Talker

1 message

10 seconds

$12

Personal Talker

1 message

10 seconds

$12

Partner one step

1 message

10 seconds

$40 - $95

Talking Buddy

1 message

20 seconds

$82

AbleNet, Inc.
www.ablenetinc.com
1-800-322-0956
Attainment, Inc.
Attainment, Inc.
Tash, Inc.
www.tashinc.com
1-800-463-5685

Simple device with 2, 4, 6 or 8 messages

ITalk2 Communicator

2 messages

8.5 seconds each

$119

AbleNet, Inc.

Super Wrist Talker

4 messages with volume

control

65 seconds total

$85

AbleNet, Inc.

One by Four Talker

4 messages

10 seconds each

$69

2, 3, 4, or 5
Compartment
Communicators

2, 3, 4, or 5 messages

20 seconds total

$100 - $158

Attainment, Inc.
Enabling Devices
www.enablingdevices.com
1-800-832-8697

Adapted from the work of:

PACER Simon Technology Center
Updated 2-13-13

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Speech Generation Communication Devices
Tools in the AT Collection
Device

Vocabulary Size

Message Capacity

Scanning
(Y/N)

Cost

Vendor Information

Talking Picture Frame

Cheap Talk 8
(can add switch jack
& scanning option)

1-8 messages

20 seconds

$100

Attainment

8 messages

6 seconds each

$190 - $300

Enabling Devices

Hip Talk
Communicator

2 or 4 messages

20 seconds total

$93 - $110

Enabling Devices

Hip Talk Plus

3, 6, or 12 messages

300 seconds total

$200

Enabling Devices

Mini-MessageMate

8 messages

60 seconds total

$399

Words+

75 seconds total

$139

AbleNet, Inc.

Device with a few levels

BIG Step-by-Step
Communicator
Step-by-Step
Communicator With
Levels
Super Wrist Talker
Lighthawk
Go Talk 4

Sequence of Multiple
messages

75 seconds total

$159

Sequence of Multiple
messages
12 levels with four
messages per level
24 messages
(3 levels of 8 messages)
16 messages
(4 messages on 4 levels)

AbleNet, Inc.

20 seconds/level

$189

Enabling Devices

7.5 15 seconds each

$550

ADAMLAB

4.5 minutes total

(16 seconds each)

$159

Attainment, Inc.
Attainment, inc.

Adapted from the work of:

PACER Simon Technology Center
Updated 2-13-13

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Speech Generation Communication Devices
Tools in the AT Collection
Device

Vocabulary Size

Message Capacity

Scanning
(Y/N)

Cost

Vendor Information

Go Talk 9

36 messages
(9 messages on 4 levels)
85 messages
(20 messages on 4 levels
plus 5 messages)
25 messages
(5 messages on 5 levels)
48 messages
(8 messages on 6 levels)
Up to 80 messages
(up to16 messages on 5
levels)

6 minutes total

$179

www.attainmentcompany.com
1-800-327-4269

14.75 minutes

$249

Attainment

4.16 minutes total

recording time
8 minutes

$60

Attainment

$340

Enabling Devices

16 minutes

$2,500

Toby Churchill

300 seconds total

$300

Enabling Devices

16 minutes

$325

AbleNet

4.5 seconds each

(or 9 seconds each
w/extended time feature)

$395-$970

$445 - $1,190

Go Talk 20 +
Pocket Go Talk
Visually Impaired
Communicator
Advocate

Device with many levels

7 Level
Communication
Builder
Super Talker

1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 message
on each level
7 levels
Up to 64 messages
(up to 8 messages on 8
levels)

Tech/Talk

8 messages on each level

(6, 8, or 12 levels)

Tech/Speak

32 messages each level

(2, 4, or 6 levels)

2.25 seconds each

(or 4.5 seconds each
w/extended time feature)
4.5 seconds each

Adapted from the work of:

PACER Simon Technology Center
Updated 2-13-13

Advanced Multimedia
Devices, Inc. (AMDi)
www.amdi.net
1-888-353-AMDI
AMDi

Macomb ISD
Speech Generation Communication Devices
Tools in the AT Collection
Scanning
(Y/N)

Cost

Vendor Information

(or 9 seconds each

w/extended time feature)
2.25 seconds each
(or 4.5 seconds each
w/extended time feature)

$925 - $1,170

AMDi

$925 - $1,370

AMDi

Device

Vocabulary Size

Message Capacity

Tech/Scan 8

8 messages on 8 levels
(64 total)

Tech/Scan 32

32 messages each level

(2, 4, or 6 levels)

Devices with Dynamic Display

Dynavox V and
VMax/Maestro

Virtually Unlimited
(w/PCS or DynaSyms
pictures)

Celeron M 600Mhz
processor, 256MB RAM
(option of 512MB), 60GB
HDD

$7,950

DynaVox Systems

MT4

Virtually Unlimited
(w/PCS or DynaSyms
pictures)
Virtually Unlimited
(w/PCS or DynaSyms
pictures)
Virtually Unlimited
(w/PCS or DynaSyms
pictures)
Virtually Unlimited
(w/PCS or DynaSyms
pictures)
Virtually unlimited
Stylus input
Mayer-Johnson symbols

16 MB RAM
digital & synthesized

$6,679

DynaVox Systems

16 MB RAM
digital & synthesized
more than 100 minutes of
speech and sound
recordings
more than 100 minutes of
speech and sound
recordings
32 MB RAM
128 MB storage card
224 minutes of digital
recording time

$7,295

DynaVox Systems

$2,795

DynaVox Systems

$2,795

DynaVox Systems

$4,695

Enkidu Research

DV4
Mighty Mo
Mini Mo
Tablet IMPACT

Adapted from the work of:

PACER Simon Technology Center
Updated 2-13-13

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Speech Generation Communication Devices
Tools in the AT Collection
Device

Vocabulary Size

Tango

Virtually unlimited
Keyboard, screen input
Virtually unlimited
Touch screen, scanning,
mouse input
PC with Speaking
Dynamically and Viking
Communicator 3
Software
Virtually unlimited
Touch screen, scanning,
mouse input
PC with Speaking
Dynamically Software

Tech/Touch

Super Auggie

Message Capacity

Windows XP
Professional
256MB SDRAM
20 GB Hard Drive

Scanning
(Y/N)

Cost

Vendor Information

$7,000

AbleNet

Windows XP Home
256MB SDRAM
40 GB Hard Drive

$4,490

Advanced Multimedia
Devices, Inc. (AMDi)
www.amdi.net

$3600

RJ Cooper
www.rjcooper.com

RJ Cooper
www.rjcooper.com

11.5" 8.5" x 1"

Auggie

Virtually unlimited
Touch screen, scanning,
mouse input
PC with Speaking
Dynamically Software

Windows XP Home
30 GB Hard Drive

$2600

Windows Vista
256MB SDRAM
40 GB Hard Drive

Can be
adapted

$3000

12"wide x 6.5" tall!

Think Pad with
Speaking Dynamically
Pro

Virtually unlimited
Touch screen, scanning,
mouse input
PC with Speaking
Dynamically Software

Adapted from the work of:

PACER Simon Technology Center
Updated 2-13-13

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Speech Generation Communication Devices
Tools in the AT Collection
Device

Vocabulary Size

Message Capacity

iPod Touch/iPad with

ProloQuo2Go

Virtually unlimited
Touch screen

Unlimited

Alt Chat

Virtually unlimited
Touch screen

Chat PC

Virtually unlimited
Touch screen

Scanning
(Y/N)

Cost

Vendor Information

Can be
adapted

$600-700

Apple

Unlimited

Can be
adapted

$4100

Saltillo

Unlimited

Can be
adapted

$3100

Saltillo

Devices that use Typing to create messages

LINK Plus

Keyboard
Synthesized voice output

Can store 8 files or 64

pages of text

$2,495

Assistive Technology, Inc.

www.assistivetech.com
1-800-793-9227

LightWRITER

Keyboard (ABC &

QWERTY layout)

Can store memos up to

250 characters

$1,500 - $6,100

Zygo Industries, Inc.

DynaWrite

Keyboard with Word

prediction

Can store memos, words

and phrases

$4529

DynaVox Systems

$2500

ProxTalker.com, LLC
327 Huntingdon Avenue
Waterbury, CT 06708-1413
(866) 962-0966

Devices that use Single Words to create messages

Logan Prox Talker
(Pecs board/sentence
strip that talks)

10,000 words
comes with 100 sound
tags

5 part sentence
Unlimited combination

Adapted from the work of:

PACER Simon Technology Center
Updated 2-13-13

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Speech Generation Communication Devices
Tools in the AT Collection
Device

Vocabulary Size

Message Capacity

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Adapted from the work of:

PACER Simon Technology Center
Updated 2-13-13

Scanning
(Y/N)

Cost

Vendor Information