I GOT MY MINI IPAD LAST CHRISTMAS, & I LOVE IT! NOT SURE WHAT ONE I HAVE, BUT I HAVE UPDATED THE SOFTWARE TO IOS 7. I HAVE BASICALLY TURNED IT INTO A CELL PHONE & LAPTOP–I USE PINGER TO TEXT 4 FREE, GOTOMYPC ACCESSES MY MAIN COMPUTER, & OFFICE2HD LETS ME EDIT DOCUMENTS. (I HIGHLY RECOMMEND OFFICE2HD TO EVERYONE–OFFICE2HD ACCESSES “CLOUD STORAGE”, SO IT’S REALLY THE ONLY APP U NEED, CUZ U CAN ACCESS AND EDIT ON BOTH YOUR LAPTOP, AND YOUR IPAD! I USE IT ALMOST EVERYTIME I’M ON MY IPAD! I HAVE 3 PLACES I USE: GOOGLE DOCS HAS MY CHURCH CALLING (OTHERS CAN ACCESS IT TOO), DROPBOX HAS MY BOOK (IN HOPES I’LL WORK ON IT, THOUGH I NEVER DO!), & SKYDRIVE HAS ALL SORTS OF STUFF (IE. ANGIE CAN ACCESS 2 GET HER LIST OF WAYS 2 HELP ME, & ANOTHÉR FOLDER HAS MY PRACTICE LOGS 4 THERAPY, & THERE’S ALSO THINGS I AM WORKING ON, BUT WANT 2 BE ABLE 2 WORK ON THEM AWAY FROM MY COMPUTER.)
PLUS. I HAVE TONS 4 SPEECH & MUSIC THERAPY! APPS I HAVE:
Speak it
iConverse
Tap2Talk
VAST 1 & VAST 2 songs
Word vault
Speech sounds on cue
CineVox
Speech tutor
My calm beat
Pianist pro
Pitch graph
Pitch not
Appzilla 2–THIS HAS A PITCH PIPE, DECIBEL METER, & METRONOME I USE
I ALSO MAKE LOTS OF VIDEOS DURING THERAPY, SO I CAN PRACTICE WITH THEM…FOR SOME REASON
I ACTUALLY AVOID THE SPEAKING PROGRAMS W/BUTTONS, UNLESS I CAN CUSTOMIZE IT.SO I HAVE ICONVERSE, BUT THE VOICE IS AWFUL! I HAVE “TAP TO TALK” THAT I HOPE 2 LEARN…
I KEEP MY MINI IPAD IN MY RIGHT W/C POCKET, & SET IT ON MY PARALYZED LEFT ARM,& MY WAIST/HIPS KEEP IT THERE WHILE I TYPE! I ALSO USE THE GOGO PILLOW–IT IS AWESOME (www.gogopillow.com–DON’T BE FOOLED, CUZ IT’S AN “AS SEEN ON TV” THING)!