Following complaints from patent holder Prentke Romich Company and Semantic Compaction Systems, Apple has removed augmentative speech application Speak for Yourself from the iOS App Store. Speak for Yourself allowed speech-challenged children to tap pictures on-screen to string words into sentences which were then spoken aloud by the iPad. The patent case involving Speak for Yourself's developers and Prentke Romich continues in Pennsylvania's western district court. In spite of the removal of the main app, the limited free trial of Speak for Yourself is still available in the iOS App Store.
