new look predictable with scottish voice too!

Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 30th October, 2014

First it was Rhona in Proloquo2Go and now we have Fiona in Predictable!

Another Scottish voice has arrived this week for female AAC users using Predictable text-to-speech app on the iPad. The voice, called Fiona from the company Nuance, comes with a number of other voices to choose from including an Irish voice – Moira and additional British English voices.

In addition to the new voices, a new speech output option has been added, allowing use of your own unique text-to-speech voice. This voice is first created via the ModelTalker project (an online service), which requires you to upload recordings of your own or a friend’s/family member’s voice, which ModelTalker then creates into a personalised text-to-speech version. Once built, your new voice is then available to import into Predictable. (We haven’t checked this feature out yet, but are eager to know how well it actually works!)

Predictable is a text based communication app with word prediction and some symbol support for stored phrases, which are organised into categories. As well as direct touch control, it has an in-built switch scanning option for those requiring alternative switch access.

Other changes in version 4 include a significant overhaul to the appearance and set up of the user interface, as well as Skype integration, changes to  phrase storage set up and a news feed.

Update from the app store and go to therapybox for further details including videos and a downloadable user guide from.

The new voice is a welcome addition for us lassies north of the border, but the laddies will have to wait a bit longer before they too can speak out with a Scottish accent!