Point-and-Chat® is software for a Windows® PC that leverages an AAC user's existing communications skills with simple to use talking email, talking instant messaging, and talking twitter.      So that if you can say it with AAC software, you can send it as text over the Internet.

How? When an AAC user interacts with AAC software to produce computer generated speech, that user is really creating text objects that the computer's software reads out loud. Point-and-Chat® takes those text objects, displays them in a low cognitive load interface, and makes it easy for the user to send them - either as an email, instant message, or tweet. When a recipient of the electronic communication returns a text message, Point-and-Chat® displays the text in its own interface and the computer's software reads that text aloud.

• Point-and-Chat IM is easiest to learn, because it is most like the face-to-face conversations with which AAC device users are familiar.
• Point-and-Chat Twitter is almost as easy. Twitter is like a simple public diary or newsletter for friends and family. Twitter also has Direct Messaging, which is like simplified email. The Point-and-Chat interfaces for IM and Twitter are almost identical.
• Point-and-Chat Email is more difficult, because it has email's more complicated file structure and additional commands.

We have worked with the Saltillo Corporation to ensure that Saltillo's AAC software works well with Point-and-Chat®. The current version of Point-and-Chat® works "out of the box" with Saltillo's TouchChat™ (Windows® Editor). Both Point-and-Chat® and TouchChat™ can be purchased from Saltillo's e-store at Silver Kite (www.silver-kite.com).

Point-and-Chat® works with other AAC software, but requires a helper program and some changes to vocab files.

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