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Revised 8/2022 due to SCRS-IL no longer participating in device distribution.
Original Post Date: October 04, 2021 (from East LA Regional Center Notifications)
The Voice Options Program offers Californians who are unable to speak or have difficulties speaking with a free speech-generating device (iPad). Through this program, any eligible Californian with a disability has the opportunity to test different applications and independently (for 14 days) and choose the one you believe is best for your needs. Once you choose your preferred speech-generating app, you will receive a brand-new iPad with the app of your choice, along with any assistive technology you may need to comfortably utilize your new iPad.
The five apps currently available to choose from are: GoTalk NOW Plus, LAMP Words for Life, Predictable, Proloquo2Go, Proloquo4Text, or TouchChat HD with WordPower.
Eligibility requirement: Must reside in California and have speech difficulty or unable to speak and can benefit from this program.
How To Get Started:
Step One: Contact a Voice Options program provider near you (below) to schedule an orientation and demonstration.
Step Two: Participate in a Voice Options orientation and receive a speech-generating device demonstration.
Step Three: Take a short-term loaner iPad home for a 2 to 14-day trial period. The loaner iPad is preloaded with six speech-generating applications. You will practice using two or three of the applications during the trial period to help you determine which speech application will work best for you.
Step Four: Receive a new iPad with one speech-generating application of your choice downloaded onto the iPad.
Voice Options program providers in Southern California:
A Voice Discovered, Ventura Office
PO Box 7389, Ventura, CA 93006
Phone/TTY: (805) 651-3906
http://www.avoicediscovered.com/
Communities Actively Living Independent & Free
634 South Spring Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: (213) 627-0477
TTY: (213) 623-9502
https://califilc1.wixsite.com/califnew
Disabled Resources Center
2750 East Spring Street, #100, Long Beach, CA 90806
Phone: (562) 427-1000
TTY: (562) 427-1366
Easterseals Southern California
1063 McGaw Avenue, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: (714) 834-1111
https://www.easterseals.com/southerncal/
Family Support Network
1894 N. Main Street, Orange, CA 92865
Phone: (714) 447-3301
First Expressions Speech-Language Pathology Services, Riverside Office
4193 Flat Rock Drive, Suite 200, Unit 209, Riverside, CA 92505-7113
Phone: (951) 223-6761
https://firstexpressionsinc.com/
First Expressions Speech-Language Pathology Services, Temecula Office
27720 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 120, Temecula, CA 92590-2609
Phone: (951) 223-6761
https://firstexpressionsinc.com/
Independent Living Resources Center, Santa Barbara Office
423 W. Victoria St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone/TTY: (805) 963-0595
Video Phone: (805) 284-9051
Independent Living Resources Center, Ventura Office
702 County Square Drive #105, Ventura, CA 93003
Phone/TTY: (805) 650-5993
Video Phone: (805) 256-1036
Mellisa Essenburg, SLP
7710 Balboa Ave., Suite 227E, San Diego, CA 92111
Phone: (858) 232-5842
https://www.sandiegospeechpathology.com/
North Star SLPC, Inc.
4624 W. Point Loma Blvd. Unit 3, San Diego, CA 92107
Phone: (619) 436-1187
https://www.northstarslpc.com/
RL Speech Therapy
2831 Camino Del Rio St, Ste 305, San Diego, CA 92108
Phone: (619) 567-9448
Rolling Start, Inc., San Bernardino Office
1955 S. Hunts Lane, #101, San Bernardino, CA 92408
Phone: (909) 890-9516
TTY: (909) 884-7396
Rolling Start, Inc., Victorville Office
16519 Victor Street, #406, Victorville, CA 92392
Phone: (760) 949-7626
Service Center for Independent Life
107 South Spring Street, Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: (909) 621-6722
TTY: (909) 445-0726
Southern California Resource Services for Independent Living
2023 Lincoln Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
Phone: (626) 587-5010
Fax: (626) 714-7068
Specialized Therapy Services
4204A Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116-2300
Phone: (619) 431-5049
Specialized Therapy Services
2820 Roosevelt Rd., Ste. 104, San Diego, CA 92106-6146
Phone: (619) 431-5049
https://theoascenter.com/
Speech Bee Speech Therapy
325 Mission Villas Rd, San Marcos, CA 92069
Phone: (619) 333-6442
United Cerebral Palsy of San Diego
8525 Gibbs Drive, Ste 209, San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: (858) 571-7803
