7/12/2023 0 Comments Wordpower 60 basicThis vocabulary was designed for individuals needing few cells due to visual and/or motor difficulties, while still providing robust core and fringe vocabulary. Frequently used verbs such as “quiero” and “tengo” are included on the main page to allow for quick generation of language such as “quiero eso,” “tengo esto,” “quiero ver la tele,” etc. As with other WordPower files, core vocabulary is embedded within the category and activity pages, allowing easy generation of language from the main core page as well as within topic-based pages. WordPower25 Español is the latest addition to the WordPower Español vocabularies, and it is comparable in terms of content and design to English WordPower25. WordPower Manual for NovaChat and TouchChat.It is also available in Spanish and French options. WordPower is provided in a 20, 25 Touch & Scan, 42 basic, 42, 48, 60 Basic, 60, 80, 108 with Keyboard, 108 button page layout, and 140 Scan & Touch. ![]() Nouns, adjectives and verbs can be added and customized to meet the particular needs of the individual. Nancy is widely known in the field of AAC for her work in developing, implementing and teaching word-based vocabulary programs (note that word prediction is NOT available on the Standard Model).īeing a word-based vocabulary, WordPower can be used by a wide age group. Inman, M.A.T., CCC-SLP specifically for the Chat devices. As a sentence is being built, you often find that the next word you want to say can be spoken with one or two button presses. ![]() It includes high-frequency core words color coded into parts of speech (pronouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.) Grammatical word classes have been included such as nouns and adjectives. To find out more about WordPower60 français & WordPower120 français, be sure to check out our videos and/or contact your local Saltillo/NovaChat consultant.WordPower is a word-based AAC vocabulary designed to facilitate quick and easy language generation. So French-speaking AAC communities, take note: there’s a new kid on the block! Or if someone needs a bilingual system, WordPower60 français is built to resemble the popular WordPower60 Basic for NovaChat & TouchChat, and you can easily link them together using these platforms’ Profiles function. The first new French WordPower in decades, the first ever with picture support, and the only ones to run on modern SGDs, they incorporate almost all the conveniences people appreciate in modern English WordPower for NovaChat & TouchChat such as logical next words, word completion, category-based vocabulary including core words, etc.Īnd with the arrival of the Via Pro, people for whom touch isn’t an option and for whom switch scanning is too slow or frustrating can choose a fully-vendor-backed SGD that makes these files accessible through head tracking. So it’s remarkable that, in a couple of intense years, Nancy published not one but two essentially brand-new French page sets-WordPower60 français and WordPower120 français-that nevertheless feel familiar to WordPower jockeys. And French may be even ‘worse’ for English speakers: for instance, it lacks anything equivalent to the English “out”…and consider how often we use that core word, especially with early language (and therefore AAC) learners! As English speakers who’ve tried to learn Spanish know, “to be” translates as ser or estar, depending what you’re using it for. Plus, a word in one language often doesn’t conveniently match up to just one word in another. For example, English verbs have a maximum of 6 forms in total, whereas some French verbs have as many as 6 forms in a single tense-and at least 5 basic tenses!* If only it were so simple! As Nancy can tell you, the French language works differently enough from English that straight translation of anything beyond a keyboard and pre-stored messages is impossible. Sure, it’ll take a while, but most of the hard work is already done, right?” “What’s the big deal,” you might say, “just translate English WordPower. ![]() ![]() When she heard about this gap, she dusted off her university French and, in collaboration with some first-language-French speakers, intrepidly set about bridging it. And while they exist, until recently I didn’t think there was anything for folks whose abilities & needs suit a robust, picture-supported, predictive (and therefore selection-saving) language system.Įnter Nancy Inman, the veteran SLP behind WordPower. By Patrick Fothergill, Ontario AAC Consultant & SLPĪs an AAC-focused SLP with connections to Quebec and northern & eastern Ontario, among other places, I often hear from people seeking French speech-generating devices (SGDs).
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