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Talktime With Tucker

Vertical rectangular drawing of a stage with curtains parted and a cat dressed in a suit with a top hot coming out.
Product Type: 
Device modifier
Manufacturer Name: 
Laureate Learning Systems, Inc
Approximate Cost: $125.00

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Product Description: 

TalkTime with Tucker is a voice-activated program that encourages children with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, language-learning disorders, and physical disabilities to vocalize. Talk or make sounds into the microphone and Tucker moves and talks.

Main Features: 

  • Designed to encourage and reinforce verbalization.
  • The program accepts a broad range of sounds and/or speech to make Tucker come alive.
  • Almost any input is followed by an appropriate response.
  • Five activities accommodate a wide range of children at different functioning levels.
  • During each adventure, Tucker encounters a variety of characters that do wondrous things when he talks to them.
  • Fosters conversational turn-taking.
  • Builds imagination and confidence.

Primary Specifications: 

  • Macintosh system requirements:
    • 68040 processor or PowerPC.
    • System 7.5-9, Mac OS X running in Classic Mode [not supported on Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5) or later].
    • 8 MB Application RAM.
    • 4x or faster CD or DVD drive.
  • Windows System Requirements:
    • Pentium 133 CPU or above.
    • Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XP.
    • Microsoft Windows Vista or 7 with a video card capable of supporting 256 colors.
    • Hard drive.
    • 16 MB RAM.
    • Windows-compatible sound card.
    • 4x or faster CD or DVD drive.

More Information: 

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