1. AAC Tool for Daily Activity
Name: Yuyuan Liu
Class: CMPT 480
Date:

2. 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

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

4. 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
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

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

6. 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

7. 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 …

8. Home page

9. Sentence section

10. Create button

11. Calendar

12. Support

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