Predictive typing firm SwiftKey has launched a smartphone app that aims to provide special needs children with an easier way to communicate.<\/p>\n
SwiftKey Symbols is described as an assistive symbol-based communication app specially designed for children with autism and other learning difficulties. It can be used by other nonverbal individuals as well. The company\u2019s contextual language prediction technology allows users to communicate with others by selecting images from various categories in order to create sentences.<\/p>\n
Children with autism may face difficulties developing language skills and communicating effectively with others. Technological innovations such as this app help to remove communication barriers for special needs children by opening up opportunities for them to express themselves. SwiftKey Symbols includes an audio playback feature where a formed sentence is read aloud for children with verbal impairments. It also allows users to customize the app by adding their own categories and images.<\/p>\n