Many individuals who use AAC devices have difficulty reading and may have cognitive, visual, or motor disabilities that make standard Internet access software difficult to use. Saltillo and Point-and-Read have created Point-and-Chat, software designed to enhance AAC users’ Internet access. Installed on a standard PC, the software combines the customizable input screens of Saltillo’s DesktopChat with the patented interface of Point-and-Read.

Point-and-Chat leverages an AAC users’ existing communications skills with talking email (Mail) and talking instant messaging (IM). Both contain special features for people with multiple disabilities.

Download a 30 Day Free Trial -- of Point-and-Chat Instant Messaging. (After trying it, you can purchase a license for continued use.)

For 30 Day Free Trial, click here.

Here is a link to the Point-and-Chat User Guide: www.simtalk.com/PnC/UserGuide.

Dave Hershberger, BSEE - President of Saltillo Corporation - aac@saltillo.com

Ben Slotznick, JD, PhD - President of Point-and-Read, Inc. - bslotznick@simtalk.com

For more information about Saltillo, Inc. and its other products visit www.saltillo.com.
For more information about Point-and-Read, Inc. and its other products visit www.simtalk.com/PnR.

Previous presentations on Point-and-Chat:

CSUN 2010, in San Diego, California on March 27, 2010, introducing the Point-and-Chat interface for Twitter

To download the PowerPoint presentation from the CSUN seminar (in pdf format), click get PowerPoint.

ATIA 2010 - Orlando, in Orlando Florida January 29, 2010

ATIA 2009 - Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois October 30, 2009

Closing The Gap 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday October 17, 2009

CSUN 2009, in Los Angeles, California on March 20, 2009

To download the PowerPoint presentation from the CSUN seminar (in pdf format), click get PowerPoint.

ATIA 2009 - Orlando, in Orlando, Florida on January 30, 2009

NCTI Tech Expo in Washington, D.C. on November 20, 2008

A narrated slide show about Point-and-Chat software can be found at www.ideal-group.org/ben.

Closing the Gap 2008, in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 16, 2008

ATIA 2008, in Orlando, Florida on January 31, 2008

Point-and Chat was awarded a National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) grant to conduct usability testing from June 2008 through January 2009. The testing was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Jeff Higginbotham of East, Inc. Here is a link to the NCTI Press Release about the grant. Here is a link to an NCTI case study concerning the collaboration.

Expected ship dates:

Point-and-Chat® Instant Messaging software is now available for Free Trial and purchase. See above.
Point-and-Chat® Email software is expected to be available this fall.