Touch-Words offers a visual-based approach to help children who are at the first stage of learning to talk and to read. The words and pictures provided with Touch-Words are the same as those in the See and Learn Language and Reading resources from Down Syndrome Education International, and this app can be used to complement the use of their paper-based See and Learn activities.

• Specifically designed for children who may have difficulty learning to talk and to read, such as those with Down syndrome, and other visual learners.

• Cause and effect: touch the picture to see and hear the word.

• Includes 28 pictures from See and Learn, with matching written and spoken words.

• Designed for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and optimized for iOS 5, 6 and 7. Contains no ads, in-app purchases or external links, collects no data, and doesn’t require an Internet connection.

• Includes text and clearly-spoken words in 19 languages: English (American, British and Australian), Albanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Welsh.

• For switch users, the app has built-in support for simple switch control using most Bluetooth-connected switches.

Once your child has become familiar with the words in Touch Words, you can continue to help them with the aid of our follow-on app, Special Words, which features:

• the same 28 pictures and words, plus 68 more from See and Learn,
• picture-to-picture, word-to-word, word-to-picture and picture-to-word matching,
• quick and easy facilities for adding your own pictures, text and audio and sharing them between devices,
• a range of configuration options to adapt the activities as your child develops.

Please get in touch! We answer every email, and are always happy to respond to questions and suggestions at support@specialiapps.com.