The Assistive Technology Blog

For those of us addressing communication needs with our students, here's a device that allows our students the opportunity to communicate with one or numerous words.

The Partner/Plus is an augmentative communication device that lets you record and play back a message of up to 30 seconds in length.

There's also a graphic overlay--you can put different words on there (anything you want your students to know and use). You can just use pictures, too--they slide nicely into the little display! (There's a disk that gives some pictures, etc...)

It's relatively lightweight-many students can lift and use this device.

Added bonus: objects can be placed on top of the Partner/Plus which has a velcro strip, so students can see what they are communicating about--the real live object. You can velcro anything (within reason!).

The best part is that the manufacturer states that "messages can be stored for up to a hundred years with no power." How's that for faith in your technology!