It is also a useful spelling device when trying to talk to people with hearing problems.įAB is a useful emergency back-up for users of higher technology equipment such as eye-tracking or text to speech devices. This may be due to vocal cord damage, swallowing difficulties, tracheotomy, stroke, MS, MND, ALS, Rett syndrome, dyspraxia, Parkinson’s disease, or people with general communication problems, ventilation or speech difficulties. From years of experience Speech and Language therapists have defined their needs for a non-slip, washable, hygienic, positive location alphabet board – FAB provides all these solutions!Īny person who is literate but is unable to speak. The FAB (Frenchay Alphabet Board) has been developed in conjunction with the UK’s National Health Service to provide a patient driven solution. Though not the most intuitive.Click on image to enlarge Developed from Experience however, this is still the best app for studying spelling words. I tried saving the native file to DropBox and it wouldn't read it. Then exporting a native SpellBoard file and emailing it to myself then double clicking the file to open it in and was asked if I wanted SpellBoard for my iPad open it.
I ended up purchasing the mac version and creating my list that way. I tried multiple times and it just won't read it. txt or native "proprietary" files from DropBox but I can't. Update: I updated to the new version hoping to import. Gets the job of learning custom spelling words done is a fun way. Every new list I increased a level so by week 13 I had run out of levels! Wish there was an explanation before. I didn't understand that each list is independent from each level. I wish I could just email it or save it to "the cloud."Ĭan there be more activities? Maybe an hang man/or some similar concept? Or perhaps be able to select the ease of current activities? Making a text file and adding it to iTunes, though effective, is tedious. I wish there would be an easier way of uploading the words. We love it! We haven't had much use for the photo of the word but we're glad it's there just in case. My eight year old daughter uses this to study her weekly spelling words. SpellBoard supports iCloud Syncing, the Apple Pencil and iOS Split View, as well as mouse and trackpad support including the Apple Magic Keyboard (Pointer Interactions).Give yourself the added advantage, add SpellBoard to your learning toolbox. You can practice writing the word on the virtual white board or connect to Wordnik to get a definition for the word. SpellBoard also has a study mode where you can walk through a quiz seeing and hearing the word and phrase. You can also track how well multiple students perform against a particular quiz. Including Word Search, Word Scramble, Alphabetization, Word/Sentence Matching as well as Missing Letter puzzles.Īnd possibly best of all, you can share your quizzes with other SpellBoard users, that means only one person needs to enter the weeks spelling words and then share it with other SpellBoard, SpellBoard Buddy, or even SpellBoard Mac users.Īdditionally, SpellBoard allows for multiple student profiles so you can track the performance of any student across any number of quizzes.
SpellBoard also adds fun activities to your custom spelling lists. That's it! Now you are ready to study your words and be quizzed on them. Optionally, you can enter a phrase for the word, an image, antonyms and/or synonyms and notes for the word. SpellBoard will take it from there using iOS's built in speech technology* to quiz you on the words (if desired/needed you can record audio in your own voice as well). All you need to do is enter the word (correctly spelled) and the grade level. SpellBoard provides a fast and intuitive way for you to enter your list of spelling words. Including Word Search, Word Scramble, Alphabetize, Word/Sentence Matching, and Missing Letter puzzles. SpellBoard adds fun activities to your custom spelling lists. That's right, you could even use this for your Spanish class! SpellBoard allows you to create any spelling quiz in any language. Well, all that just changed – say hello to SpellBoard! Of course, during the week there are endless impromptu spelling quizzes, – at home, in the car, at dinner, before bed – you get the idea. Wednesday, we have our pre-quiz and Friday is the spelling test. Whether you are a student, teacher or parent, we all know the weekly spelling drill. SpellBoard supports iCloud Syncing, the Apple Pencil, Apple Magic Keyboard, Split Views and more.