#speak for yourself

[roseillith]

Imogen Heap Speak For Yourself (2005)

#m #imogen heap #speak for yourself

[saintarmand]

daniel: armand is watching the same scene from the same movie over and over and over again, equally excited every time

me: omg he's just like me for real

daniel: completely inhuman behavior. mortals could never

#SPEAK FOR YOURSELF #devil's minion #tvc #armand #daniel #s #iwtv

[welcometololaland]

i love ur writing so much, i have speak for yourself downloaded on my phone and i have reread it so many times. god, i love the way u write platonic relationships and the way u write love.

thank you so much, anon! <3

i love firstprince, obviously, but i also really love writing about friendships - nora and alex, pez and henry, as well as the sibling dynamic between alex and june. i'm so glad you liked it!

feeling a lot of positive vibes from and towards rwrb right now and i'm leaning into it!

ironically, i am wearing a my little pony t-shirt right that reminds me so much of that fic (as per incredible artwork by @stardisnight in chapter 12):

(thank you cristina, you are AMAZING!)

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #rwrb fan art #rwrb fic #red white and royal blue fan art #red white and royal blue fic #speak for yourself #lola writes #stardisnight #stardisnight art

[number1milfloislover]

Imogen Heap, "Goodnight and Go" MV (2005).

#imogen heap #2000s music #music video #y2k #y2k music #y2k pop #pop #pop music #music #mv #music videos #music video gif #mv gif #music video gifs #2000s #2000s pop #speak for yourself #gif

[neshatriumphs]

You can say "I go up for" Leave my Black ass out of it, because WE not going up for whoever you talkin bout.

#Nesha Gets Personal #This is one of my great pet peeves #'Black people love' #speak for yourself #being a hater like I always do

[old-movies-stuff]

The breakfast club - 1985

#the breakfast club #john bender #judd nelson #andrew clark #emilio estevez #language #speak for yourself #funny #humor #mood

[twistedappletree]

speak no feeling—no, i don’t believe you

you don’t care a bit, you don’t care a bit.

#MMMMM WHATCHA SAAAAYYYYY #the OG #music #apple jams 🍎 #non fandom #imogen heap #hide and seek #speak for yourself #toss a queue to your witcher #Spotify

[pinkandgreenarepurpleandyellow]

I'll be honest much as I'm aware that my experiences aren't universal, every time i see someone in a fandom going 'no one hates [the thing the fandom is revolving around] more than [thing] fans' i can't help but think they get a very insular and sad pocket of fans as the observed population.

#brought to you by me seeing someone post in a band tag that i keep up with that every fan hates something about that band #nah #speak for yourself #just because i don't like some of the earlier songs doesn't mean i hate them or that i hate the band #otoh i'll fully admit to being a hater when it comes to baki. would hate less if they would give kozue a fucking arc

[musicandotherdelights]

Daily Listening, Day #962 - August 19th, 2022

Album: Speak For Yourself (RCA Victor, 2005)

Artist: Imogen Heap

Genre: Art Pop, Indie Rock

Track Listing: 

"Headlock"

"Goodnight And Go"

"Have You Got It In You?"

"Loose Ends"

"Hide And Seek"

"Clear The Area"

"Daylight Robbery"

"The Walk"

"Just For Now"

"I Am In Love With You"

"Closing In"

"The Moment I Said It"

Favorite Song: "Headlock"

#Speak For Yourself #Imogen Heap #RCA Victor #Art Pop #Indie Rock #2005 #Mid 2000s #2000s

[aacappreviews]

hi ! I want to start this by saying I received a copy of speak for yourself for free , which I am so very grateful for , not just so I can write this but also because it has helped me so much in my daily life. I am using the app to write this review , just because I find it so much easier than typing! as always, I have no affiliation with the creators of SfY, but i think they’re absolutely awesome.

speak for yourself was created by two SLPs,  which is really reflected in some of the features found in this AAC program.

speak for yourself has only one grid size, 8x15,  but with a unique feature - the user can begin with as few as two words accessible, and those two words will stay in the same place as their vocabulary expands.

in fact , all of the words in speak for yourself will always stay in the same place, no matter whether you're working with 2 words or the full 14,000 available in the app!

(an image of the speak for yourself home page with all words open)

speak for yourself bases its language system around the concept of motor planning,  meaning that once a user learns where to find a word , they never have to learn that word again - it’ll always be in the exact same place, allowing language acquisition to be supported by the motor plans in the user’s mind. not only that, but all 14,000 words are available within just two taps. this hugely improves speech rate and also makes the app very easy to navigate, in my opinion it’s an absolutely brilliant feature and isnt found within any other software.

words are organised by association, rather than parts of speech - so “book” is found under “read”, rather than under “nouns”. i personally think this makes the app more accessible for young users or people who struggle to understand parts of speech, words are more intuitive to find than in other AAC apps.

this isn’t to say SFY doesn’t focus on grammar at all - the opposite is actually true. verb inflections are always organised in a certain order (eg. the “-ing” form is always two buttons to the right of the root word.) this is really helpful for people learning language through motor planning, and has helped me develop my own grammar skills over time. an inflections folder is also included, so almost any word can be altered to its plural form, past tense, etc.

specific words can be made visible or invisible to the user through the “open/close” feature, to allow progressive language development and to stop the user becoming overwhelmed by too many words. all words can be made accessible through the “babble” feature - great for exploring new words and building motor plans! the search feature is also very robust, it highlights the path to the word and automatically opens the word to make it visible in the future.

once typed into the speech bar, sentences can be stored by touching the “hold that thought” button, which saves sentences to be spoken later. this is an invaluable feature for AAC users, as we so often get interrupted with another question and don’t get to speak what we were preparing!

the typing feature in SFY is very well-integrated. it uses your device’s keyboard, and has the option to read out each letter. it loads quickly, so switching from symbols to typing doesn’t interrupt your sentence flow. however, it doesn’t include the symbols for each typed word like i’ve seen in other AAC apps, and it doesn’t have in-app word prediction.

sadly, SFY is only available in english right now, and it’s unclear whether other languages will be added in the future ; as a bilingual user this is something i’d really love, so i hope other languages are one day supported in SFY!

speak for yourself uses Cereproc voices, with customisable pitch, and Acapela voices are available as an in-app purchase. the supported Cereproc accents are australian english, indian english, south african english, irish english, UK english and US english. however, the former three all sound quite automated and child voices are only available in US english (and british english if you purchase an acapela voice). i’d also like to mention that while i really like a lot of the Cereproc voices, they can sometimes begin to glitch towards the end of very long sentences. not really a big deal, but again, still worth mentioning.

pros and cons!

pros:

words available within two taps

14000 words

organised intuitively

words are easy to add

can be made accessible for visually impaired users

hold that thought feature

robust search feature

variety of voices

good grammar support

free trial version

cons:

only english available

slightly unusual symbols (eg. photo of a witch for “which”)

quite expensive, although often half price on disability awareness days and autism awareness month

only available on iOS

in all honesty, SFY is the most robust AAC system i’ve ever found, and at least on an individual level i can vouch that it has really improved my life. if you’re looking for an AAC system for somebody, no matter how young, i really urge you to consider this as an option, there isn’t really another program like it.

thank you for reading my review, and if you’ve used SFY and disagree with anything i’ve said, please let me know!

#speak for yourself #sfy #speak for yourself aac #aac user #aac app #review #semiverbal #actuallysemiverbal #actuallyautistic #aphasia #communication app

[canichangemyblogname]

Whenever I’ve critiqued US imperialism, the common conservative retort is always, “Why weren’t you complaining about this in ‘03, huh? Why didn’t you protest when we invaded, huh? Why didn’t you care about this ���imperialism’ then, huh?”

Because I was— like— 5. The fuck?

#You’re hearing about it now #incessantly #‘If you were older during the Bush era you’d have supported him. We all did.’ #Who TF is ‘we’ #speak for yourself

[lindensea]

#still testing stuff but now with my beloved #imogen heap #speak for yourself #have you got it in you? #music #this whole album is 100% bops that have held up 17 years later

[jjackfrost]

“why do animals get zoomies and we dont” you dont get zoomies???

#speak for yourself #tanker

[welcometololaland]

(I think the original post said meme, but anyway, I changed it SORRY)

Thank you to rae (rmd) and rae (rat) for the tags - @rmd-writes @iboatedhere - i really wanted to do this one because i'm approaching the 1 million word mark and suddenly i'm looking at my ao3 stats more than normal lol.

rules: give us the links to your fic with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the least words.

MOST HITS: Speak for Yourself (RWRB)

AKA. The 'accidental roommates' AU in NYC and my first fic in RWRB. (I cannot believe so many people have looked at this. I want to hug all of you).

SECOND MOST KUDOS: The Ring-In (Tarlos) (with @dustratcentral)

The fic in which TK and Carlos go to a wedding in Hawaii, it's a lowkey disaster and the poke agenda reins supreme.

THIRD MOST COMMENTS: Love Game (Tarlos)

(It's technically The Ring-In again, but I didn't want to repeat). My beloved baby most commonly referred to as 'The Tennis AU' (even I call it that. I don't know if anyone uses its actual title). Not my most popular fic, but the one I'm most proud of.

FOURTH MOST BOOKMARKS: Route 11 (RWRB)

(This one shocked me! It has more bookmarks than Love Game what??? A silly fic about buses in London????) A public transport love story told in 11 parts that I wrote for my dearly beloved @clottedcreamfudge.

FIFTH MOST WORDS: Down for the Count (RWRB)

(This one is gonna change very soon because I have two 100k plus fics to post in October PLUS (Un)Professional is over 60k). The card counting/professional poker playing AU set in Las Vegas AKA. the fic in which I pretend I know math.

LEAST WORDS: Contaminated (RWRB)

Henry in his feelings VERY angsty. Genuinely impressed I wrote something that was only 1000 words though. I have an allergy to being succinct.

Open tag (please tag me so I can SEEEE) but also because I'm nosy: @clottedcreamfudge @everwitch-magiks @indomitable-love @stutteringpeach @inexplicablymine @statueinthestone @ramonaflow @jesuisici33 @cricketnationrise @cha-melodius @orchidscript @strandnreyes @reyesstrand @kiwiana-writes @alrightbuckaroo @mammameesh @liminalmemories21 @heartstringsduet @nontoxic-writes @freneticfloetry @mikibwrites @tailoredshirt @chicgeekgirl89 @ramblingdisaster73 @wandering-night19 @goodways @rosedavid @inflarescent @sapphire11 @chaotictarlos @beautifulhigh @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut @sanjuwrites @carlos-in-glasses @catanisspicy AND @dustratcentral BECAUSE YOU'RE A WRITER NOW

#TAG GAMES #911 lone star #rwrb #speak for yourself #down for the count #contaminated #love game #the ring in

[iverna]

ALSO what pisses me off every time stuff like this comes out is the "everyone did it, it was the culture at the time" crap. Because nope. Just nope. I was around at the time. I didn't do it. I knew lots of people who also didn't do it. There were a lot of things that were cool and edgy to do when I was a teen that I didn't do, and sometimes that meant I was excluded from things, but I still made my own choices. And I do not want to be lumped in with the people who did that crap, thanks very much, they were the people who tried to make my life hell at the time. I was not like them.

Some people who get bullied will turn around and bully others. Not everyone does. I didn't. And I'm not saying that to act like I'm a better person, I'm not better or worse than anyone else. But I did generally make my own choices instead of going along with whatever everyone else was doing or whatever was cool. Mostly, it worked out. And I really resent this revisionism because I think a lot of people use that to let themselves off awfully easy. "Oh, everyone was doing it, so I didn't have a choice, so it's not really my fault". No, you had a choice. You almost always have a choice.

Saying "everyone did it" completely ignores a) the victims, who are in fact part of "everyone" unless to you "everyone" only includes people like you in which case maybe think about that, and b) the people who helped or refused to take part or pushed for change, and it's unfair, and it excuses those who did the awful things by making it it look as if they didn't have a choice.

It also paints a very negative portrait of humanity, and it leaves the question of, why did things ever change if everyone had this opinion? Doesn't make sense. Someone thought differently. The new and improved attitude that "everyone" learned and grew to have came from somewhere. A lot of the time, the people who refuse to take part or push for change are mocked or punished for it, excluded from the group, fighting to be heard. You don't get to just ignore that and pretend it never happened. Chances are, those people are the reason why you "learned to be better", you didn't do that all by yourself.

Just because YOU didn't have the spine to make your own choices, just because it makes YOU feel bad to think that maybe you had a choice and picked the bad option, just because YOU have an inferiority complex that makes you go along with the group and then feel like a worse person than people who didn't, doesn't mean you get to rewrite history and act like everyone did the crap you did.

#rant #this has been bothering me for days now #and it's finally crystallised a bit #to the point where i can put it into words #svenja for ts #'oh everyone used racial slurs' #speak for yourself #i know for sure that i didn't #i know a lot of people who didn't #because guess what #everyone fucking knew it was wrong #that's why the edgelords did it

[peculiary]

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine #2 March 1, 2001

#eyes #speak for yourself #intellect #alien #otherwise