Digital assistive technology: Augmentative and alternative communication

Market overview

Supplier landscape

Pricing

  • Access to augmentative and alternative communication is low and has unique challenges.
  • Market segmented by technology level (low, medium, high), and differentiated by level of technological complexity and pricing.
  • Access to high-tech solutions is particularly limited, with access to communication aids being among the lowest. Only 1.75 per cent of people surveyed have access to communication boards, books, and cards.
  • 12 major global companies and suppliers identified.
  • Europe and China are the primary manufacturing locations.
  • Independent developers in the mobile phone space are emerging as players in augmentative and alternative communication.
  • Mid-tech pricing ranges from 50 to 300 dollars; high- tech ranges from 100 to 20,000 dollars depending on the level of sophistication.
  • Price disparities exist due to augmentative and alternative communication still being an emerging specialist field.
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