Switch site
Also called Switch placement, Access site, Control site
Finding the one movement a person can make on purpose, a hundred times a day, without pain or fatigue. Everything else in switch access rests on it.
Communication A to Z
AAC, core vocabulary, partner-assisted scanning, a communication passport. Meetings and leaflets are full of words everyone seems to know already. More than three hundred of them explained in plain English: what each one is, who it helps, and what you can do about it this week.
Please note: This page is general information about communication and the ways people are supported to communicate. It is not an assessment, a diagnosis or speech and language therapy, and it does not know the person you have in mind. If you are worried about someone's speech, language or communication, ask a GP, a health visitor or a speech and language therapist. In an emergency, call 999; if you cannot speak, Relay UK on 18000 or the emergencySMS service reach the same operators.
301 topics, showing 261–270 (page 27 of 31).
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Symbol cards
Also called Picture cards, Symbol buttons, Cells, Picture communication cards
One picture, one word: how the cards on a talking board are chosen, drawn and labelled, and why the label matters more than the picture.
Symbol-based communication
Also called Symbol communication, Picture communication, Graphic symbols
Communicating with pictures that stand for words, for anyone who cannot yet read, or cannot read reliably under pressure.
Symbol-supported text
Also called Symbolised text, Symbol writing, Symbol-supported writing, Symbolised documents
Writing with a symbol above each word, what it does for a reader, and the mistake of symbolising every word on the page.
SymbolStix
Also called SymbolStix PRIME, n2y symbols, stick figure symbols
The stick-figure symbol set inside Proloquo2Go, TouchChat and several other AAC apps, and what its licence means for the person using it.
Synthetic voices
Also called TTS voices, Computer voices, Neural voices, System voices
Where computer voices come from, why the good ones are already on your phone for free, and how to choose one that sounds like you.
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Tactile symbols
Also called Tangible symbols, Textured symbols, Touch symbols, Tactile cues
Symbols you can feel: textures, shapes and part-objects on cards, for people who cannot see a picture symbol or hear a spoken word.
Talking Mats
Also called Talking Mat, Digital Talking Mats
A mat, a topic, a set of picture cards and a scale from happy to unhappy. A way for anyone to give their view on anything, and have it recorded.
Teaching a new word
Also called Introducing vocabulary, Word learning on a device, Targeting a word
How a word moves from a card on the device into the person's own use: modelling, hundreds of times, in real situations, without ever making them press it.
Telling stories
Also called Recounting, Narrative on a device, Personal narrative, News
Recounting the day on a device: who, what, where and then what. The hardest thing to do with a board and the one that makes a person a person to everyone else.
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