Tiga Talk Speech Therapy Games app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 3052 ratings )

Games Education Educational
Developer: Tiga Talk 3 Inc & Tactica Interactive

4.99 USD

Current version: 1.3, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 29 Dec 2010
App size: 62.67 Mb

"Tiga Talk Speech Therapy Games", developed with licensed speech and language pathologists, is a fun way for children to develop speech sounds through playful voice-controlled games that can improve speech clarity, articulation, and instill confidence. The app is for parents and speech therapists working with toddlers and children with language delays, as well as any parent looking to give their child a head start in early language development.

Children learn fundamental phonetic sounds, that are the building blocks of language, as they play 23 fun voice controlled games on an imaginative adventure with Tiga and friends.

Gameplay rewards are based entirely on participation, not accuracy, so the child is constantly getting positive feedback as long as they are trying to make sounds!

Benefits
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A great way for all kids to get a head start on language development
Kids learn to pronounce sounds more accurately including syllables, letters, and letter combinations
Help your child improve coordination and strength of speech muscles
Children learn through sound repetition and imitation
Children differentiate between sounds they hear and create a broader base vocabulary
Improve communication between the childs brain and the body through visual and auditory aids
Improve childhood communication with peers and adults
Instill a sense of pride and confidence in your child

Features
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Voice controlled games encourage kids to speak clearly
Game play based on actual speech therapy sessions
Beautifully vibrant graphics and a variety fun learning games designed to engage young children
Entertaining cartoon characters deliver lots of positive feedback
An exciting interactive story adventure
Licensed speech therapists selected the apps 23 core phonetic sounds
Audio and video hints help demonstrate the correct way to make language sounds
A sound meter measures voice volume levels
Track progress and earn gold stars the more you play
Children are able to practice specific sounds and games
So easy to play young children can even use it by themselves

Games include
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Driving a boat, helicopter, hot air balloon, race car, train, submarine, and even flying a rocketship to visit the moon!
Popping balloons to reveal clues to guide them on their adventure.
Knocking over obstacles that lay in their path including towers of tires, ice blocks, hay bales, crates, logs, moon rocks and more....

Training sessions
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Before each game children are introduced to a new phonetic sound by game characters. They are shown a cartoon image representing the sound and are encouraged to try saying the sound aloud. The app listens to make sure they’re verbally participating and congratulates them if they are and showers them with friendly encouragement if they aren’t.

Technical Support
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We value your feedback, so please email us at support@tigatalk.com for suggestions on improving "Tiga Talk Speech Therapy Games". Please email us first, and give us a chance to address your issue before posting a negative review.

***In the unlikely event you experience the app crashing just update your devices software through iTunes and the problem should be solved.***

***Attention iPad Users***
The app is fully functional in 1x mode, however, there is a known issue when accessing the menu when the app is running in 2x mode. This issue is fixed in version 1.1, so updating your app will resolve any issues.

Pros and cons of Tiga Talk Speech Therapy Games app for iPhone and iPad

Tiga Talk Speech Therapy Games app good for

This app is super cute and is a great activity for my preschooler! She thinks its really fun and loves making all the sounds.

My nephew wouldnt stop making the sounds even after we had stopped playing. Very cute and colorful, and it seems like the makers did their research.

I wished this was around when I was helping to teach my daughter to read and pronounce sounds. Its educational but also entertaining. This is a great tool and although my kids are older, they love playing with it on the ipod.

Fun app-the gameplay is unique (using your voice to move things) so it keeps kids interested even if theyre not working on speech therapy

So cute and really intuitive. You can tell the developers put a lot of research into this app. I also liked the feature for "grownups" where I can check up on lessons completed and choose games that focus on particular sounds. Recommended!

Whether your child is just learning to talk, or just needs practice better articulating their sounds, this game provides a fun and interactive way to do it. The instructions are simple enough for younger children to understand, while the game component provides enough challenge to keep older children interested. All in all a well put together app!

Some bad moments

The program looks very promising, great graphics and activities but lacks the most important part. The ability to discern between a correct speech sound and incorrect sound. The program accepts most sounds as the correct sound regardless of what was produced. This regulates this app to be good for encouraging sound production as oppossed to reinforcing correct sound production. I will keep looking for an app that can do this . . . .Tiga Talk does not ..

Great idea in theory but there is no differentiation between incorrect and correct productions. Even when I deliberately produced the incorrect sounds I got positive reinforcement for it. Although the games are fun I wouldnt recommend this app for correct speech sound production.

This app seemed very promising. However, I was extremely disappointed. It gives incorrect feedback for the targeted sound. Basically, if you make a sound, it praises you. You can make any sound at all. It even doesnt have to be within the same sound family. In fact you can cough and it will still give positive feedback. A waste of money.

App was a hit with my son until it started crashing. Voice recognition is very poor on it and as long as you say something loud enough it thinks you are doing the tasks correctly. Waste of money as now it wont open.

The program crashes when trying to go to the menu. When producing /t/, the sound is voiceless. The fox produces it with a schwa which is incorrect. I have not gotten through the whole game because I cant access the menu. The game is an excellent idea, it just needs a few corrections. Dot p-slp

I downloaded this for my son because he has speech problems and thought this might be fun for him. It wont even load at all. Now Ive paid $1.99 for something he cant even use. DONT BOTHER until they get it fixed. Its a great idea, but isnt worth anything if it wont load or work.

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