Text Communication

2 Hit Talker by Gemma Eardley

This is a Two hit grid set. It is for for text users who have problems managing the amount of squares needed for a keyboard to appear on one screen. The grid size is 4x3. Original grid set by Lorna Gill from the Ace Centre, adapted by Gemma Eardley from SmartboxAT.

Alan Martin's Basic Bundle by ALAN MARTIN

a basic starter bundle to get someone up and running quickly.

Assessment Keyboards by Gemma Eardley

A grid bundle of a variety of different keyboards to help people assess which keyboard the user would prefer.

Basic Alphabetic Keyboard by Zoe Robertson

This is a very basic alphabetic grid keyboard.

Blank word banks by Sensory Software

Blank wordlist grids for adding a word bank to your grids.

Common and Useful Words by Marion Stanton

This word bank consists of common and useful words taken from the Dolch list and the updated General Service List (1995). You can use it to find words you need for general writing and communication. www.contactcandle.co.uk

Day and date by Sensory Software

Say what day and date it is, e.g. "Thursday the 21st of January".

Eye Gaze Sectors by Gemma Eardley

This user has been designed with an eyegaze user in mind, to try and make access easier. There is 64 vocab cells on the home page.

Karl's full AAC system. For switch users (over 160 grids) by Karl Dean

Here is my full AAC system. The vocabulary is huge; You can control the full computer by a single switch the mouse grid is very fast for a switch user. There are also an internet and outlook express grids

Key 8 by Marion Stanton

Key 8 is the latest in the Key Series devised By Marion Stanton. They are aimed at the AAC user who has fairly good cognitive skills but difficulty with access. Key 8 is an improvement on Key 6 as there is more flexibility to have command buttons in addition to vocabulary buttons on each page without making the individual cells much smaller. The focus is on spelling but there is an efficient word prediction system and there are pages for symbol based communication which can be further developed really easily using the auto content feature. You can contact us for more information at: contactcandle@btinternet.com

Key 8 Symbol Chat Mode by Marion Stanton

Key 8 Symbol Chat Mode is a development from Key 8 and is designed for AAC users who have some literacy skills to use for communication although there are a number of symbol based pages that can be developed for the symbol only user. This version of Key 8 in the Key series also has a rest button on every page to support eye gaze and switch use. See our website: www.contactcandle.co.uk or email us at: contactcandle@btinternet.com

Key 8 Word Processor Mode by Marion Stanton

Key 8 Symbol Chat Mode is a development from Key 8 and is designed for AAC users who have some literacy skills to use for communication. However, there is a good word prediction built in and there are pages for symbol based communication which can be further developed using the auto content function. The idea of Key 8 Symbol Chat is that the person who has a lot to say but limited movement can access a vocabulary with some ease. This version of Key 8 in the Key series also has a rest button on every page to support eye gaze and switch use. Key 8 Word Processor Mode is part of the Key Series which we have designed to support a group of AAC users who find a large number of cells on a page difficult to access. The number in the title denotes the number of cells that the vocabulary has on a page. A unique word prediction system is built in to the Key's 8, 12 and 24 enabling the user to find the word they want very quickly despite the need to navigate through letters that are bunched together. Key 48 is designed for the cognitively able AAC user who has moderate access difficulties so that a larger number of cells on a page present a problem. See our website: www.contactcandle.co.uk or email us at: contactcandle@btinternet.com

Key 12 Symbol Chat Mode by Marion Stanton

Key 12 Symbol Chat Mode is a development from Key 8 and is designed for AAC users who have some literacy skills to use for communication although there are a number of symbol based pages that can be developed for the symbol only user. This version of Key 12 in the Key series also has a rest button on every page to support eye gaze and switch use. See our website: www.contactcandle.co.uk or email us at: contactcandle@btinternet.com

Key 12 Word Processor Mode with eye gaze by Marion Stanton

Key 12 Symbol Chat Mode is a development from Key 8 and is designed for AAC users who have some literacy skills to use for writing although there are a number of symbol based pages that can be developed for the symbol writer to choose. This version of Key 12 in the Key series also has a rest button on every page to support eye gaze and switch use. See our website: www.contactcandle.co.uk or email us at: contactcandle@btinternet.com

Key 24 by Marion Stanton

Key 24 is a development from Key 48 and is designed for AAC users who have some literacy skills to use for communication although there are a number of symbol based pages that can be developed for the symbol only user. Key 24 is in the Key series which includes Key 8, Key 12, Key 24 and Key 48. See our website: www.contactcandle.co.uk or email us at: contactcandle@btinternet.com

Key 48 by Marion Stanton

Key 48 is a text and symbol based vocabulary for users who can manage 48 locations on a page. I have updated Key 48 so that it has more vocabulary and some of the pages are easier to use.

Ladder Activities by Marion Stanton

This is a set of activities that are graded in difficulty through 12 steps with a variety of grid designs to assess for best access requirements. Originally designed for assessing the access needs of students on Motor Planning Training programmes this is also a useful resource for classroom assessment.

LEANNA'S FULL GRID SETS - FOR USE WITH TOUCHSCREEN by louise smith

This is a full set of grids for use with touchscreen, each page has its own keyboard. Leanna is 18. This is a full set of grids developed for her over the past 10 years. Originally IDV grids on a Norand touchscreen, then Future pad, but now using Samsung notebook N110. See below the range of Grid 2 features we use. Wordlists - Leanna likes to work within topic pages. Each page is a wordlist linked to keyboard, so as Leanna's reading and spelling improves, she can type initial letters to narrow down word choice. I have used lots of features from other Sensory Grids and grid bundles posts by others on the site. I have been very appreciate of the ideas and work done by others. I hope you find some of the features we use useful to you too. There are gremlins and inconsistencies, but things get changed as needs change. I have downloaded another grid bundle for use with keyboard on computer/laptop

PhraseTalk-A by Simon Judge

Simplified phrase based communication for literate adults. Designed for someone with a degenerative condition who wants to use phrases to communicate face to face and by mobile phone. Phrases could either be built up by a user previously (e.g. using StarTalker) or simply added by a carer.

Save a document into Wordpad by Gemma Eardley

A grid that allows the user to save their grid word document into Wordpad.

Simple Qwerty Keyboard by James Appleby

single page bundle, qwerty keyboard, in pale yellow

six pak by Sensory Software

A text communication set using 6 cells per page.

Social Communication - Evaluation 1 by COGAIN

The start page has 3 cells across and 2 cells down. There are 3 pages behind '123' numbers: 1) an ABCD, 2) a chat with Mum and 3) a feelings page

Star Multimedia - Italiano by Tiflosystem

Traduzione in italiano ampliata di Star Talker.

Star Talker (alphabetical) by Doug Nottingham

Star Talker with alphabetical keyboard grids for switch users

Star Talker (frequency) by James Appleby

a Star Talker designed for switch users

Star Talker - Frequency of use version by Sensory Software

Star Talker with frequency of use keyboard grids for switch users

Star Talker 9 cell by onlinegrids

This grid bundle offers all the features of StarTalker, but with only 9 input cells for easy access.

Star Talker Alphabetic by Jodie Parkes

This is an alphabetical version of the most recent Star Talker (with DVD control & Skype) that I created for an MND client to use. Hope you find it useful.

Star Talker at night by Sensory Software

This is a darkened version of the Star Talker grids. The colour scheme has been changed to work with black backgrounds and muted colours.

Star talker frequency for Eye Gaze by Sensory Software

This version of Star talker provides a frequency of use layout designed specifically for Eye Gaze users

Star Talker update by Sensory Software

This is an update to the Star Talker grid bundle to include a few of the new features of The Grid 2.3.

Story Planning Template by Marion Stanton

Specially written to support the “MANY STORIES ONE VOICE WRITING CONTEST” that is being run by ISAAC (http://www.aacawareness.org/index.htm) this grid set can also be used as a general support to help students to organise their ideas and plan stories. Find out more about our work at www.contactcandle.co.uk or email us at contactcandle@btinternet.com

Telling the time by Sensory Software

A simple grid for telling the time.

Word Processing by Marion Stanton

This is a grid set for word processing which also has communication and multiple choice pages on it.

WordPower contacts manager by James Appleby

simple add-on to your wordpower special functions page, to enable users to edit their email and text contact

Writing simple sentences by Sensory Software

An example grid to help children write some simple sentences

Year 7 Advent and Christmas Wordlist (Key Stage 3) by Gemma Eardley

This wordlist is taken from a Year 7 Advent and Christmas wordlist, it is designed so that users can talk about the religious aspects of Christmas. As it has been designed as a wordlist it is easy to add in any words I may have missed out.