What's New???

New versions of Version 3.0 are regularly uploaded and available for download.  We encourage  users to regularly check for updates to keep their software up-to-date.  (To see which version you currently have installed, click the telephone icon on the Start-Up or Main Menu.)

Many releases contain minor general improvements or bug fixes that may not be visually apparent to those using Video Voice.  Others fall into a major new addition category.  Significant changes and new features and capabilities that have been added over the past couple of years are detailed below.

Automatically identifies user's keyboard style and language, allows user-entered text (names, model names, report comments, etc) in that language, including RTL-oriented languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.  (Added at user request.)

New options in Chat-N-U-Go Choo-Choo, Voice-A-Sketch and R-Ticulator games provide feedback on high-frequency and other user-selectable and definable sounds.

This new button on the Main Menu makes it easy to keep Video Voice up-to-date as new versions are released.  It opens the user's Internet browser to the Current Release page on www.videovoice.com and allows download of a new version.

New options added to the Fun & Games Game Preferences Menu to give users greater control over reward appearance.   "Static" reward control removes blinking, flashing and other animation from rewards.  New reward graphics are available, and the Preview button allows advance viewing of rewards and selection or deactivation of graphics.  (New controls added at user request.)

In the Bulls Eye! game (formerly Bombs Away!), a new Game Selection Options control lets therapists control which games appear in the game menu, allowing "violent" game options to be hidden.

New graphics and animations added to the Chat-N-U-Go Choo-Choo game.  In addition to antique and modern trains, you can choose cars with selectable colors and styles which move from tunnel to tunnel, or a horse that gallops around a corral.  (New game graphics added at user request.)

Operation of thie Fun & Games option modified so that laser beam can be activated by pitch, volume, or both  (formerly both correct  pitch and volume were required).  Voicing at the desired pitch/volume moves the target off the screen, rather than ending with an explosion.  (Added at user request.)

Three new Formant displays added, which visually illustrate differences in high-frequency sounds such as /s/ and /sh/.  Includes a Spectrogram providing frequency details for therapist assessment of sound production.  Spectrographic data can be stored and used in F3/F2/F1 Temporal Match Practice displays, also in the F3/F2 Matrix Match format and its live-feedback Gobble counterpart. 

Display control added for F2/F1 Formant Matrix Display, allowing sound data to be visually represented as colored spheres, useful for work on vowels in isolation or coarticulated with other sounds.  Therapist can easily switch between "Patterns" and "Spheres" Styles..

Ability to use any .jpg images stored in the user's My Pictures folder as graphics in the Voice-A-Sketch game added, allowing therapist to customize game for optimal motivation of any student or patient.   (Added at user request.)

Viewable/printable PDF documents with recommendations on using games and displays for working on various common speech goals added to Main Menu.

Interactive menu added to facilitate selection of and access to games and display activities most appropriate for common speech goals.

Ability to Export and Import individual student/patient data files or entire therapist data folders added, allowing transfer of models and related data to different computers.  (Added at user request.)

Variety of new reward graphics added to enhance enjoyment of the displays and games.

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