AAC Tool for Daily Activity Name: Yuyuan Liu Class: CMPT 480 Date: 2016-12-05

Justification Augmentative and Alternative Communication tool Existing AAC tools are text-based Non-verbal users have trouble with text/written language Verbal users who don’t speak the local language

Analysis Software Compass 2.0 + Boardmaker GoTalk NOW Mind Express 4 Proloquo2Go Widgit Go Pictogram

Analysis Literature Idea: Features should be considered in AAC tool “An augmentative and alternative communication tool for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy” Saturno, Cleiton Eduardo ; Ramirez, Alejandro Rafael Garcia ; etc. 2015 Idea: How AAC tools support users, and some features they want “Augmentative and alternative communication supports for adults with autism spectrum disorders” Trembath, David ; Iacono, Teresa ; Lyon, Katie ; West, Denise ; Johnson, Hilary. 2014

Implementation Activities Explore all 7 AAC tools Watching tutorial videos to find more functions Listing all features and comparing them Finding literatures Analysis Design

Implementation Problems and Solution Some AAC tools doesn’t provide free version to try Some free versions’ functions are limited Existing tools have some similar problem, hard to overcome them Watching all relevant videos Finding literatures

Results … Compass2.0 GoTalk NOW Mind Express 4 Proloquo2Go Widgit Go Pictogram Mult symbol sets √ Mult page size Add picture&photo Audio cue Button function Topics/Categories Colorful background Relevant Form Search by text Find by categories …

Home page

Sentence section

Create button

Calendar

Support

What’s next … Symbol sets Phrase/Sentence prediction User preference More on Symbol-based system Different accessing ways