The Wisconsin Telecommunications Equipment Purchase Program (TEPP) helps people with disabilities acquire specialized equipment they need in order to use basic communication services.
As an Authorized Provider for the TEPP program, we help those with speech impairments.
We can guide you through the application process and help you receive a new iPad and the TippyTalk AAC app. TippyTalk is a unique AAC app: it is a TWO-WAY communication tool for nonverbal and speech-impaired users. TippyTalkers create a simple sentence by selecting illustrations. This becomes a written message read aloud or sent to a member of the TippyTalker’s private community, who can respond with text, audio or video.
The application process takes 5 to 10 minutes to get started. If you want assistance filling out the application, please contact us. If you would like to complete this on your own, you can go to this link and fill out the application form online. After you have received your voucher from TEPP, you can contact us and we will work through the next steps with you.
Process:
- Contact Accessible Tech to help complete the application for a TEPP Voucher, or complete the application on your own
- Obtain a letter from a certified Speech Therapist or other medical professional
- Make the $100 co-pay
Requirements:
- To qualify for the program you must have or know a loved one with a speech impairment
- Must be a Wisconsin resident
- The program requires a letter from a certified educator, SLP, or medical professional confirming the speech impairment and belief that TippyTalk will benefit the recipient
- $100 copayment (the remaining cost of TippyTalk and the iPad are covered by the state funded voucher)
After submitting your application, it typically takes 3 months for the voucher to be issued. Applications are processed in the order in which they are received, and vouchers are issued on a first-come, first-served basis.
Use the online application instead of mailing or faxing applications for a quicker turn around time for voucher processing.
If you are unable to pay the $100 copayment and meet the Telecommunications Assistance Program (TAP) income eligibility guidelines, you can submit a TAP application.
If your voucher has already been submitted and you are ready to make your $100 copayment for TippyTalk, you can submit your payment below:
Wisconsin TEPP Copay
$100.00
Pay your $100.00 copay online here.
**PLEASE INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE SPEECH IMPAIRED RECIPIENT IN THE ORDER NOTES**