Proloquo2Go AAC App Reviews

My son has Down syndrome and this app has been wonderful for him. I wish that it had the ability to record your own speech for some situations. Many names are mispronounced in the synthesized speech. That confuses my son. He is 16 years old and has this on his iPod. I love it when I cant understand what he is trying to tell me and he will use the app to make it clearer to me.

Proloquo2Go is a wonderful app for individuals with Autism or other speech and language challenges. It allows the individual many opportunities to express themselves through pictures and different options for speaking voices. The color coding of buttons allows the user a better chance to quickly select special categories or important words. The app can be used to store important, medical, family, scheduling, recipes, favorite programs, important educational words, grocery list, etc. If a caregiver purchases only one app, Proloquo2Go would be the single most important one to purchase. Why do I feel so strongly about this app? The answer is simple: I have an adult son with Autism. He continues to benefit from using Proloquo2Go.

Updated today, the app is completely blank now, shows nothing but options. This is a very expensive app and I would certainly like to get my moneys worth! Come on, people!

Great app, Price is a bit too high, max I would pay is $80!

I have a 7 y/o nonverbal autistic son. With this app he is now able to comminicate his needs and wants. It has been such a frustration saver!!!! The only thing i would like to see improved is the back button is too small. We have tiers of "Im thirsty" and it brings you to drink choices.. he cant get back to chosoe (ex:) Im hungry" because he is in the drinks and needs to back out to his main choice menu and the back button is too small...

OK, I didnt like the earlier versions because of all of the folders but had a fantastic day today with a fourth grader with autism. He was able to navigate the app on the Itouch and find all the language using the word core, He supplemented his phrase with original text after carefully checking the available options for what he wanted. He was so happy. So was I. He is ambulatory and I just wanted to see if we could get him on something small but I really wanted some core language rather than the folder system. The only problem I had was clearing things once said. I guess I will check the manual to see if it can be tweaked. Very exciting! Features included picture icons with some core, word prediction and a letter board that says the words once spelled. Love the changes.

We love Pro2go. I love the josh voice. Such a huge deal to have a real voice when that is how people define you. I love how customizable it is, I love being able to hold down a button and have the conjugations pop up (huge real estate saver). I will say, though, that we almost jumped ship. We bought SpeakForYourself and I fell in love with the babble button (you can turn buttons on/off so its not overwhelming at first, and toggle between the on buttons and all buttons so the child can explore all of the buttons and increase their vocabulary organically like a typical verbal child). I also love that the SFY program bounced back to the main page after a button was tapped. The search button was so handy, especially for the aides in our boys classroom that werent familiar with the program and needed to find a button. In the end, the voices and the flexibility won out so Pro2go is our ACC app of choice, but please consider adding a search and babble type feature and an option to bounce back to the home page after a button is tapped.

Really good app just needs an EDIT button really bad

My 5 year-old son has been using Proloquo2Go for two and a half years as his primary AAC program, on a dedicated iPad (no other apps on it) that travels with him everywhere. My son has complex communication needs, so his “Talker” is an extremely important part of his life. I have researched and tried out most of the other main AAC programs out there; all have their pros and cons, but in the end, I am extremely happy with our choice of Proloquo2Go. It has changed our lives, and opened up my son’s world profoundly. Pros: -Longevity. Proloquo2Go is the dominant iPad AAC app out there, is well-supported, and so seems as likely as any other AAC app to be around for the long run. -Customer support. AssistiveWare are ALWAYS quick to respond to any emails, and work hard to incorporate suggestions for improvements into the product. -Stability. In my experience, the current version of Proloquo2Go does not crash. Even with a vocab file of over 5000 words, it never crashes or slows down. -Customization. Since version 2.0, this is an area where Proloquo2Go excels. Its interface makes a lot of sense and gives you a lot of power in creating what you want to create. -Aesthetics. Of any AAC app on any platform, I consider Proloquo2Go to be the most beautiful. Seriously, it makes me happy to look at my son’s AAC, which is important if you are using it all throughout the day. -Voices. The Josh and Ella child voices are FANTASTIC. Best ever. -Value: Good price for what you get. Can use on both iPad & iPhone, no extra charge. Also, AssistiveWare doesn’t charge for upgrades. Room for Improvement: -Default (grid) vocabulary. While many improvements were made in version 2.0, I feel the default vocabulary is still not as developed as some of its competitors (TouchChat, LAMP Words for Life, Speak for Yourself, Grid2, or the old-school devices). Love the increased emphasis on core vocabulary and motor memory, but wish these were more fleshed out past the main page. -Morphology. I find the interface for morphology (verb tenses, noun plurals, etc) within the grid to be awkward. Some people may like it but it doesn’t work for us. On the whole, Proloquo2Go is a amazing. It has really changed our lives. If I were choosing an AAC app again today, I would definitely choose Proloquo2Go.

I am so happy you now allow back up and exchange through Dropbox! I recently bought a new iPad and was struggling with the transfer of all the boards I had created for my students. Now a few simple clicks...and there they all were. I havent had a chance to check the other upgrades, but this piece by itself is worth the price increase.

My son is nonverbal and autistic, along with a few other acronyms. He did Ok with sign and PECS but never really GOT IT and never really had motivation. We did a trial with talkers and he had no interest. Just when we gave up, someone mentioned proloquo. I mentioned it to school, they got him a loaner, we downloaded it onto our ipad . In two days he was interacting with it INDEPENDENTLY. He has some significant academic and other delays so I was skepitcal. But he loves it. It was easy for us to set up and personalize, we even downloaded a young boys voice. We can take our own pictures of things that arent in the database. We can customize it fully. WE LOVE THAT. We also have PRC and it is a good program but for some reason Proloquo is a bit easier for our son to use. We have the support of the school and he is suddenly vocalizing since starting to use it! He is now saying, "I WAAANT". I like that you can choose between core words and basics, too. I cannot say enough good things about it! Just be sure to work with your childs therapists or educators. It will pay off!

Our daughter is verbally challenged, she has been using this app for almost a year now and we been so happy! The first time going out to use it she had her very first conversation with an old school friend. I cried from how she glowed from benign able to cross that language gap. The school finally upgraded to using this same app for her at school, so she taught them to use and input things. Love that you can customize the voices! She sounds like she should and not a robot. She can now tattle on her siblings lol

Proloquo2Go is an excellent product and the support we received from Pam was first rate.She is knowledgeable & patient & was as determined to solve our problem as we were. Success!

My son is severely autistic and non-verbal, he has a Dynavox communication device that he loves!! The problem is that it is hard for me to program and make adjustments to, it usually is left at his school which does not help is at home, and is very cumbersome, also hard for me to program! I have been searching for different apps to use on my iPhone and have found nothing that works like Proloquo2Go! This program is AMAZING! It lets us use the program on my phone as well as his iPad, which we purchased just to use this app and he is sooooo excited to have a voice any where and if we need to charge the phone or iPad in the car we can and it is more socially acceptable! Thank you soooo much for helping my son!!!!

My 10 yr old, nonverbal, Autistic daughter uses this app. It has become a part of our lives.. she never goes anywhere without her IPad now.

This app open the door for my autistic son to be able to express himself better! No more frustration when trying to communicate. Thank you so much!!

Our daughter has been using this app for about 3 years, I believe, after using an $8,000 dedicated device. Ive said it before, but its so worth saying again. I literally used to have nightmares about her expensive device not working, breaking, and my daughter not having a voice. It happened twice while we had the device and it was the most heartbreaking thing for her not have her voice! Now, I can afford to have her voice on multiple devices and sleep a good night sleep, knowing that my daughters voice isnt something out of my control so much! And, I wont even get into the cost of repairs and warranty for her expensive device! Then the updates, my goodness, they just keep getting better and better! Hearing her say please mom with so much expression, just like I imagine she could do if she could speak, is just priceless! And, I know she will continue to learn more and have the option to use expression with so many of her words! And, for me, mom, being able to use Dropbox is just the best, so simple to put it on other devices, to share her updated vocabulary with her therapist. Im just so thankful, after years and years of struggling with finding my daughter the best option that we could, for her voice, that this is available! Saying that it has changed our lives, is putting it mildly!:)

I think this app was nice, but I had nothing to compare it too. It is very expensive, confusing screens, but just about everything youll need. I mean, real life stick figures are the way to go! :/

To Als mom, Is there any chance that where you live they charge a tax? Have you contacted the developers? These are some things I would look into.

We purchased this app in hopes of being able to give our son a way to communicate with us. The app would be perfect if not for one major flaw... My son is a "slider", when he uses his hands. He cant just pick up his hand and place on the button he wants, he slides his hands from the bottom up. When he does this the edit menu pops up every time and he never gets to say what he wants. I would really love it, if that feature was changed. It sounds crazy, but I specifically bought this iPad so that we can use the app, and its pretty disappointing that we cant use it.