Gus! Multimedia Speech System

There probably isn't a more famous assistive technology software product in the world than the Gus! Multimedia Speech System. In the past few years it has been featured on television, radio and newspapers around the world, including Larry King Live, Good Morning America and USA Today!

Furthermore, it was recently selected as the "Editor's Choice" by Computer Reseller News which is one of largest computer industry trade papers in the United States.

Much of the media attention received by our software has been a direct result of our software's popularity with the ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and stroke community. If you've seen someone on television using a personal computer to communicate/speak, it was probably Gus software you were hearing.

The first release of the Gus! Multimedia Speech System for Windows appeared in 1992 and was the first "dynamic display" software product developed for the Windows operating system. It was an instant success due, in large part, to the fact that it could convert any Windows based personal computer into a much more powerful and versatile "communication device" than typical single purpose communication devices. The Gus! Multimedia Speech System remains the leader in Windows-based software for communication disorders worldwide. It is distributed to over 35+ countries and available in 6 languages.

The Gus! Multimedia Speech System package includes a bundle of five different communication/speech programs (described below). All of them are included in order to provide the user with the largest number of communication options and features. Depending on the physical and speech requirements of the customer, one or more of these programs will provide the best communication solution.



Gus! Multimedia Speech System
Don't be fooled by the simple appearance of the opening screen! From here, the user can move between an unlimited number of pages of pre-programmed words and phrases. This type of selection method for speech software is known as a "dynamic display communication system." Each page can have between 2 - 72 choices!

How Does a "Dynamic Display" Speech System Work?
Selecting a sound button will say a word/sentence or open a new page of speech choices. Assemble words from different pages into a single sentence!

For example, create a square (we call them "sound buttons") called "Greetings" and it will open to a page of phrases like, "hello", "nice to see you" etc. If you want to talk about the weather, create a page of sound buttons that contains weather related phrases. It is that simple. And there is NO limit to the number of pages you can add.

Multiple Rich features • Create Multiple clients/users • Synthetic speech (synthesizer included!) • Recorded (digitized) speech • Pictures, photos, or text on buttons • Sentence building • Link pages (topics/categories) • Choose between 2 and 72 buttons per page • Create unlimited numbers of pages • Flexible scanning methods (row/column, step etc.) • Auditory scanning • Add sound effects or music • Embedded link to Gus! Talking Keyboard (see below) • Embedded link to Gus! Easy Talk (see below) • Buttons can launch other Windows programs

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Symbol Based Topics and Phrases
If you prefer, you can use picture symbols to represent Topics and Phrases. We provide 2,500 communication symbols at no additional charge. You can also use any Windows compatible graphic including photographs!

Text to Speech
The Gus! Talking Keyboard is a text-to-speech program that combines an on-screen keyboard with an exceptionally clear synthetic voice. Type (or scan) whatever you want to say and it will verbalize it for you. Predicts current AND next word to accelerate text entry (based on frequency of use). Includes abbreviation expansion (eg. "gm"="good morning") to provide further assistance, spelling checker and built-in 1 and 2 switch scanning access.

Gus! Easy Talk (included!)	Gus! Speak Clipboard (included!)	Gus! Talking Calculator (included!)
Gus! Easy Talk provides a method of creating speech by selecting from a listing of Topics and Phrases. The user can also create a new phrase by simply typing in the box at the bottom. To save the new phrase, just click the "Add" button. That's it!! Includes 1 and 2 switch scanning access.	An extremely helpful program that provides easy access to speech output from ANY Windows application. Simply highlight the text you wish to speak, then click the button on Gus! Speak Clipboard. Simple!	Need a calculator with speech output? This is it. Echoes buttons as they are selected and speaks the result. Includes 1 and 2 switch scanning access!!

 

Gus! Symbol Set (included!)	Microsoft Speech Synthesizer (included!)
Contains a complete library of over 2,500+ professionally drawn communication symbols. Each symbol is an individual bitmap (*.bmp) file that can be modified using any Windows based graphics program.	Until recently, speech synthesizers sounded "robotic" no matter how much money was spent on them. However, Microsoft recently released a new speech synthesizer that is based on samplings of REAL human speech. As such, the realism and clarity of these voices is unmatched in today's market. Includes female and male voices. Adjustable for speed, pitch and tone.

To summarize...if you purchase the Gus! Multimedia Speech System, you receive...

1. Gus! Multimedia Speech System (dynamic display communication software)
2. Gus! Talking Keyboard (talking word processor)
3. Gus! Easy Talk (conversational speech organized by topics and phrases)
4. Gus! Speak Clipboard (speaks the contents of the Windows clipboard)
5. Gus! Talking Calculator (on-screen calculator with speech output)
6. Gus! Symbol Set (communication symbol library containing 2,500+ symbols)
7. Gus! Mouse (an switch adapted mouse for switch/scanning users)
8. Microsoft Speech Synthesizer (including "Mary", "Mike" and "Sam" voices)
9. Printed Manuals for all of the above

We believe the cornerstone of this product's success is the unbeatable combination of communication software (and Gus! Mouse) that is included with the package price.

Add a computer and you have the most feature rich communication device in the world today!

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