My Pictures Talk - Video Modeling Tool

My oldest daugther gave this app MANY thumbs ups. It took us a little while to understand the menus and navigation, but once we got the hang of it we really enjoyed associating our pictures with audio captions, and then playing them back to listen to our voices. It reminded me of when I used to play a tape recorder when I was younger, and record and re-record, just amused by the sound of my voice. I'll be eager to see how the functionality develops in future versions. What I like most is that the entire family can have fun with this app - together.

I first heard about this app from an iPad workshop and was really excited to try it for video modeling. I used it this morning to make a video for a student and it took me less than hour to record, choose, edit, narrate, and sequence the video clips on my iPad. When I initially tried to watch the 2 min video after I added it to the story, the app crashed. I found it was helpful to cut the long video into short 18 second clips. That took care of the crashing problem and allowed me to segment the task into small steps for my student to learn the routine or skill. Great app!

I happened to use My Pictures Talk with a 4th grade group of students with varying needs. With little guidance they were able to apply text and voice recordings to photographs for an interactive newspaper. The possibilities are endless! It may not have tons of bells and whistles but it can model behaviors, tell stories and give a voice to all students. Applicable2U thinks it's worth the download and can apply to you too!! Thanks Grembe! Andrea G.

As a private practice slp, I have found endless uses for this app. I use videos for commenting and sequencing. I have tons of pics of rooms and household items for teaching vocab. I made folders for individual kids so the actions, attributes, objects and people importants for them are all in one place for practice from a speech a/o language perspective. Great, versatile, highly recommended!

Just downloaded and tested this app... Very simple to use and a unique way of using the camera and audio recording... plan to use it on a long trip with the kids and share the photos-talking with their grandparents. This will be great fun. Thank you for all your hardwork!