There are many different options available that promote speech clarity or can produce spoken words for a person who requires support in this area.
Products such as screen reading software speech technology can aid people who are unable to use natural speech to meet all of their communication needs:
- screen reading software
Speech generating devices are any device which uses electronically stored speech as a means of communication. Speech generating devices contain between one and several thousand words that can be accessed in a variety of ways by people with communication impairment.
- speech generating devices
When using their own speech without aids, employers and co-workers can support people who have trouble with speech clarity by allowing extra time to talk, asking them to repeat what they have said instead of pretending it was understood and allowing them to use index cards with instructions, rather than verbal instructions.