Text Communication

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".

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 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.

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.

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 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 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

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.