About GoTalk® NOW
Attainment has been making augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools for 25 years. Our experience is front and center in GoTalk NOW, a flexible, easy-to-use, yet powerful app for people who have difficulty...
Attainment has been making augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools for 25 years. Our experience is front and center in GoTalk NOW, a flexible, easy-to-use, yet powerful app for people who have difficulty speaking.
NOW combines the simplicity of GoTalks (Attainment’s popular original AAC device) with the dynamic capabilities of an iPad. GoTalk NOW has all the essentials of an effective AAC app, like adjustable page layouts, customizable navigation, recorded and text-to-speech capabilities, and an included symbol set. But we sweated the details to create unique and compelling features that clearly separate NOW from other AAC apps.
The new NOW offers three styles of communication pages: Standard, Express, and Scenes. In Standard pages, the action occurs when the location is pressed. In Express pages, recorded or text-to-speech messages build in a speech bar and play in sequence when the bar is pressed. Scene pages are built around a single photo or image. When you arrange invisible hotspots over people or objects in the photo, the hotspots play speech, music, or videos! Feel free to mix and match pages within a communication book.
Create as many communication books as you need, each with unique settings and unlimited pages. Then share these books with other users via WiFi, and back them up for safekeeping via Dropbox or any Mac/PC. Envision the impact of blending video, music, and jump to actions among your pages. How cool is it to have your own private online galley to store and save your templates (up to five communication pages) for free, and to email these templates to parents and colleagues! Plus, GoTalk NOW is a full-feature scanning app!
Features:
• Choose 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, or 49 locations per page.
• Use Visual Scene Displays to communicate using familiar images & contexts.
• Hybrid Scene Pages combine the best of both button & VSD pages.
• Import images from your iPad camera, photo library, or the included Imagine Symbol set.
• Search the Internet in-app for the perfect image or icon.
• Purchase SymbolStix, PCS, or Widgit Symbols libraries in-app.
• Crop, scale, or rotate an image using your fingers.
• Combine multiple images in a single communication location.
• Color pages, borders, and text with any hue.
• Move and size text with your fingers so it feels just right.
• Record your voice or use free, built-in text-to-speech voices.
• Buy higher quality voices starting at 99 cents each, available in over 20 languages.
• Add spoken labels (auditory cues) to any button. Great for scanning, guiding visually impaired users, and identifying any new or difficult vocabulary.
• Trim videos in-app, and play them from any communication location.
• Select our alternate video interface to pause or exit the video easily.
• Link songs from your playlist to any communication location and control them with Pause/Play, Next, and Previous.
• Include a core vocabulary button for extra quick access to important messages.
• Create multimedia social stories and step-by-step instruction layouts by linking pages with an after action.
• Share complete communication books via WiFi with any iPad user who has NOW.
• Back up communication books via Dropbox or to any Mac or PC for safekeeping.
• Store and share interactive templates (each including speech, video, text, and jump to links) on our online gallery for free.
• Download and edit premade templates from Attainment’s collection on the public gallery, also free.
• Email links to your templates to parents and colleagues, who can open the template on their iPad by tapping on the link.
• Print and save communication book layouts via PDFs.
• Access Now with single or two-switch scanning.
GoTalk NOW participates in Apple's Volume Purchasing Program for Education in the United States.
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Apr 25, 2024
Version 6.0.10
New in 6.0.10
• Fixed a bug where scanning would automatically select the first button a page.
• Fixed a bug where synced buttons would not display properly on 12.9 inch iPads.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of GoTalk® NOW since it was posted on our website on 2021-12-17 03:21:31.
The latest version is 6.0.10 and it was updated on 2024-04-27 12:26:52. See below the changes in each version.
GoTalk® NOW version 6.0.10
Updated At: 2024-04-25
Changes: Apr 25, 2024
Version 6.0.10
New in 6.0.10
• Fixed a bug where scanning would automatically select the first button a page.
• Fixed a bug where synced buttons would not display properly on 12.9 inch iPads.
GoTalk® NOW version 6.0.9
Updated At: 2024-03-13
Changes: Mar 13, 2024
Version 6.0.9
New in 6.0.9
•Bug fixes.
New in 6.0.8
• New voices from Acapela are available for purchase.
• Expanded the viewable area of the Button Editor when on a 12.9 inch iPad.
• Made some updates to various localizations.
• Improved integration with iOS system scanning.
• Fixed a bug where some Scene Pages wouldn’t transfer properly between iPads.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the use of Synced Buttons.
GoTalk® NOW version 6.0.8
Updated At: 2024-02-28
Changes: Feb 28, 2024
Version 6.0.8
New in 6.0.8
• New voices from Acapela are available for purchase.
• Expanded the viewable area of the Button Editor when on a 12.9 inch iPad.
• Made some updates to various localizations.
• Improved integration with iOS system scanning.
• Fixed a bug where some Scene Pages wouldn’t transfer properly between iPads.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the use of Synced Buttons.
New in 6.0.7
• The Restore Purchases button is once again available at the top of the Downloads window.
• Added the option to import audio files that you have saved on your iPad or in the cloud, including songs! While editing a button choose Recorded Audio, and then Import File.
• Added the option to build a Scene Page from a PDF! When creating a new page, select Import Scenes from PDF.
• You now can sort book pages alphabetically! In the Page Editor, select the Pages icon, then Edit, and then tap sort icon.
• While viewing your list of Communication Books you can now tap on the title bar to jump to the currently selected book. A handy tool for those with lots of Communication Books in their library!
• Fixed a bug where some Scene Pages would lose their background image and the hotspots would reset their size and location.
GoTalk® NOW version 6.0.7
Updated At: 2023-12-06
Changes: Dec 6, 2023
Version 6.0.7
New in 6.0.7
• The Restore Purchases button is once again available at the top of the Downloads window.
• Added the option to import audio files that you have saved on your iPad or in the cloud, including songs! While editing a button choose Recorded Audio, and then Import File.
• Added the option to build a Scene Page from a PDF! When creating a new page, select Import Scenes from PDF.
• You now can sort book pages alphabetically! In the Page Editor, select the Pages icon, then Edit, and then tap sort icon.
• While viewing your list of Communication Books you can now tap on the title bar to jump to the currently selected book. A handy tool for those with lots of Communication Books in their library!
• Fixed a bug where some Scene Pages would lose their background image and the hotspots would reset their size and location.
New in 6.0.6
• We’ve added support for Apple’s Personal Voice. With this new feature in iPadOS 17 you have the power to create your very own text-to-speech voice! Please note this feature is only available on the following devices: iPad Air (5th gen, 2022), iPad Pro 11 inch (3rd gen, 2021 or later), iPad Pro 12.9 inch (5th gen, 2021 or later).
• Internet Image Search now uses Google as the search engine.
• Improved legibility when iPad is set to Dark Mode.
• Fixed a bug where scanning would get stuck when navigating to a new page.
• Fixed a bug where Full Screen Scanning would not display correctly.
GoTalk® NOW version 6.0.6
Updated At: 2023-10-30
Changes: Oct 30, 2023
Version 6.0.6
New in 6.0.6
• We’ve added support for Apple’s Personal Voice. With this new feature in iPadOS 17 you have the power to create your very own text-to-speech voice! Please note this feature is only available on the following devices: iPad Air (5th gen, 2022), iPad Pro 11 inch (3rd gen, 2021 or later), iPad Pro 12.9 inch (5th gen, 2021 or later)
• Internet Image Search now uses Google as the search engine
• Improved legibility when iPad is set to Dark Mode
• Fixed a bug where scanning would get stuck when navigating to a new page
• Fixed a bug where Full Screen Scanning would not display correctly
New in 6.0.5
• Additional alternate keyguard layouts are available for 10.9 inch & 12.9 inch iPads
• A new setting is available for users who get locked into an alternate keyguard layout – use “Ignore Alternate Page Layouts” to get the app back to normal
GoTalk® NOW version 6.0.5
Updated At: 2023-10-06
Changes: Oct 6, 2023
Version 6.0.5
New in 6.0.5
• Additional alternate keyguard layouts are available for 10.9 inch & 12.9 inch iPads
• A new setting is available for users who get locked into an alternate keyguard layout – use “Ignore Alternate Page Layouts” to get the app back to normal
New in 6.0.4
• Fixed a bug where scanning pattern could get out of order.
• Fixed a bug where the Debounce feature would only work on part of the screen.
• Fixed a bug where the background image for Scene pages would change size between Player & Editor.
New in 6.0.3
• New Feature: control electrical appliances via connection to Pretorian’s iClick device! Simply plug your favorite appliances into iClick and control them directly in GoTalk NOW. Set a Button Action to iClick to get started!
• We’ve updated the app’s display to expand and fill the screen on modern iPads that lack a home button. No more black bars along the sides!
• We have options for those using keyguards to make sure things are still aligned after our screen size update. If things aren’t lining up go into the Page Editor, then Page Options and choose an Alternate Layout.
• We also have a new keyguard layout to pair with PRC-Saltillo’s Via Pro and Via Mini communication devices. These are also accessed in Page Options, then Alternate Layout.
• The Template Gallery now properly filters by language.
• We’ve improved support for backing up to Dropbox & Google Drive.
• Fixed a bug that would occasionally cause Auto Scanning to get stuck.
• Fixed a bug where hotspots on Scene Pages were not copying correctly.
• Fixed a bug where the Page Icon would appear above the menu bar and obscure buttons along the bottom of the grid.
GoTalk® NOW version 6.0.4
Updated At: 2023-09-11
Changes: Sep 11, 2023
Version 6.0.4
New in 6.0.4
• Fixed a bug where scanning pattern could get out of order.
• Fixed a bug where the Debounce feature would only work on part of the screen.
• Fixed a bug where the background image for Scene pages would change size between Player & Editor.
New in 6.0.3
• New Feature: control electrical appliances via connection to Pretorian’s iClick device! Simply plug your favorite appliances into iClick and control them directly in GoTalk NOW. Set a Button Action to iClick to get started!
• We’ve updated the app’s display to expand and fill the screen on modern iPads that lack a home button. No more black bars along the sides!
• We have options for those using keyguards to make sure things are still aligned after our screen size update. If things aren’t lining up go into the Page Editor, then Page Options and choose an Alternate Layout.
• We also have a new keyguard layout to pair with PRC-Saltillo’s Via Pro and Via Mini communication devices. These are also accessed in Page Options, then Alternate Layout.
• The Template Gallery now properly filters by language.
• We’ve improved support for backing up to Dropbox & Google Drive.
• Fixed a bug that would occasionally cause Auto Scanning to get stuck.
• Fixed a bug where hotspots on Scene Pages were not copying correctly.
• Fixed a bug where the Page Icon would appear above the menu bar and obscure buttons along the bottom of the grid.
GoTalk® NOW version 6.0.3
Updated At: 2023-08-07
Changes: Aug 7, 2023
Version 6.0.3
New in 6.0.3
• We’ve updated the app’s display to expand and fill the screen on modern iPads that lack a home button. No more black bars along the sides!
• The Template Gallery now properly filters by language.
• We’ve improved support for backing up to Dropbox & Google Drive.
• Fixed a bug that would occasionally cause Auto Scanning to get stuck.
GoTalk® NOW version 6.0.0
Updated At: 2023-01-26
Changes: Jan 26, 2023
Version 6.0.0
New in 6.0.0
• We’ve updated the minimum requirement of the app to iPadOS 12. This will give us more flexibility to further enhance and improve the GoTalk NOW experience. Including:
• We’ve made some improvements to how image files are saved in newly-created Communication Books and as a result the file size of your books should be much smaller! This improvement is only available on certain iPads: iPad (6th generation or later, 2018), iPad Air (3rd generation or later, 2019), iPad Mini (5th generation or later, 2019), iPad Pro 10.5 inch (2017) or later.
GoTalk® NOW version 5.0.16
Updated At: 2022-05-11
Changes: May 11, 2022 Version 5.0.16
New in 5.0.16
• Word prediction via the on-screen keyboard is now available throughout the app
• The Safari viewer is updated for a smoother web experience, view webpages in a pop-up window without leaving GoTalk NOW
• Additional TTS voices are available for purchase in the Downloads section
• Improvements for how results are displayed when searching symbol libraries
• Fixed a bug where the Debounce setting was conflicting with certain scanning settings
• Fixed the 3-finger circle gesture that jumps between the Player and Page Editor, take 3 fingers and draw a big circle on the screen to quickly jump between the Player and Page Editor
