Transcript: "This is a great way to put someone off learning AAC."
This is Speak for Yourself. It has 4,994 buttons. Some of those buttons include "marina", "Taj Mahal", "heartbroken", and "conjugation".
It falls into the trap of trying to include every word possible, and ends up overcomplicating itself and becoming inaccessible.
It should be left up to the user to decide if they want to include niche words like these, so as not to overwhelm them with too many choices that aren't relevant to them. For instance, I don't live within 1200 miles of a marina, and don't have much use for the word in my device.
If someone is just starting out with AAC, and that person is fluent at constructing sentences and needs to have the full vocabulary turned on, they're more likely to not bother with this app because of how overly complicated and visually overwhelming it is.













