Te Puna Hāpai vs CardSpeak - An Autism App Usage & Stats
Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua - People come and go but the land remains.
This whakatauki inspires us to appreciate the importance of whenua, and our responsibility to understand, develop and care for whenua, moana and arawai.
Nau mai, haere mai.
Te Puna Hāpai is an educational resource for Toitū Te Whenua Land Information NZ staff to learn about basic Tikanga and te reo Māori to support their day-to-day mahi (work) and their engagement with Māori.
Interactive features within the app include pronunciation of Māori words, maps with Māori place names and iwi groups, mihimihi/pepeha (introductions), ngā mihi (greetings), poroporoaki (farewells), whakataukī (proverbs), waiata (songs) and links to key LINZ documents that support effective engagement with Māori.
One of the app’s key features is that staff can self-populate their own personal pepeha information. It also includes:
• Audio for te reo Māori words (Touch-to-Hear™)
• PDF resources to key LINZ documents
FEATURES:
1. Synchronised audio (blend of te reo Māori and English)
2. Swipe to read
3. Record yourself;
4. Aself-populating function for composing own pepeha
5. PDF resources
6. Quiz modules
7. Advanced share functionality
This app was produced by world leading Cultural Services agency Kiwa Digital.
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- Apple App Store
- Free
- Education
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CardSpeak is a digital alternative to physical cards or other similar communication tools. Use visual cards to speak and show the events of the day. CardSpeak is meant for users that benefit from visual support in their communication. Targeted users include for example people with an autism spectrum disorder or other special needs.
The app has three different functionalities:
1. Communicate using cards. All cards you add to CardSpeak support voice. By selecting a card and tapping it, the app will automatically say the associated voice-over without you having to record it. Thus, by tapping on a glass of water, the user can indicate they want water. This is also useful for allowing users to select from a number of alternatives (e.g., what do you want to eat?)
2. Create sentences. CardSpeak uses a a card-based sentence strip to allow the user to construct sentences from cards. The user can then have CardSpeak read out the sentence. By handing over the device to the recipient, the user can indicate they are communicating with the recipient.
3. Keep track of events in the today screen. The today calendar allows cards to be used to show what is happening during the day. This is useful to give the user structure and comfort that they know what is happening and in what order. When an event is complete, it can be simply swiped away.
The user interface is in English, but the voice functionality supports three languages: English, Finnish and Swedish.
- Apple App Store
- Paid
- Education
Store Rank
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Te Puna Hāpai VS. 
CardSpeak - An Autism AppJanuary 6, 2025