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Sensory Sound Box – Education Game Review
Sensory Sound Box is a Education/Music game from Simon Evans, first launched in 7th August 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 3+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Sensory Sound Box Stand Out
Cause and Effect Sensory Sound Box is a developmental touch skills app. It was made for teenagers with complex learning needs including autism and visual impairment.
Sound Box is also a popular choice for parents of young toddlers without special needs who are beginning to explore touchscreen phones and tablets.
Each of the twenty-four scenes plays a continuous sound which changes it's pitch or intensity as one or two fingers move around the screen. Colourful abstract animations appropriate for any age-group complement the sounds closely.
Several colour palettes including high contrast variations for visually impaired users are provided. Background images can be customised and a live video feed from either camera can be shown behind the animations.
The app also supports touch-free play for cause and effect switch access, single tap and sound activation switch control using the microphone.
For more information on setting up your Bluetooth Switch or Keyboard see the information at the bottom of the Developer Website page.
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Sensory Sound Box is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st July 2019
Recent improvements include:
Extra scenes, two-finger support, updates for iOS 12 and new devices
Download & Availability
Sensory Sound Box is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Sensory Sound Box on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Ive used this for many years on the iPad and on desktops and interactive whiteboards. It is a wonderful introduction to cause effect for our students with multiple disabilities, and it works well with any access mode. Its always been a favorite for our students from prek to high school. They all love it.
This is one of the best apps we can't say enough about it we've already recommended it to quite a few of our friends This app is good for somebody who is has some sensory issues This app has helped us when we've been overstimulated by too much sensory stuff going on.
We've never been able to get his attention, he just shuts our iPhone off but he actually touches the screen with this app, this was what we were looking for! We're gearing up to get him a touch to talk app on an iPad and this gives us a great starting point! Our son has sever delays but is very smart and can learn even better with the right materials, thank you for making this app.
We purchased this after purchasing Cause and Effect Sensory Light Box. Through touch control one can manipulate pitch, pan, and the visual. Nice mix of sounds from nature to synthesized. We're surprised that no siren is included. We'd love to be able to offer our students more kid centered sounds. We believe that the population this was intended for needs more variation in visual contrast. For example, we hear rain but seeing the rain is difficult. It would be nice if the sound blip could be eliminated when each effect loads. It would also be nice if the icons of the index of effects could be bigger so one could read the names and not have to have such fine motor control. The icon used to stop one effect and return to the index is really small. Perhaps that is on purpose but again one needs to have fine motor control. This doesn't encourage any development of choice. Maybe you could offer two modes in the future. One for people who need hand over hand assistance and another mode for individuals who are working on makeing choices. We can see OT/PTs and special education teachers loving this! Thanks.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 5.0
- Size: 66.20 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Simon Evans
Last updated: 21st July 2019 | Genre: Education, Music | Developer: Simon Evans