"Sesame" - is a unique, simple and convenient program of alternative communication for people with speech or writing.
Program can be used by children and adults with disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and other alalia. And also people with temporary impairments (such as after a stroke) and the elderly.
This version of the starting device is designed to communicate through a social network "Vkontakte". Preferably, the use of tablets.
It is available about 500 black and white icons of international standard, which represent objects, actions, attributes of objects and words necessary in any conversation ( "Yes", "No", "I want", "do not want", "Thank you" "Please," and so on. n.)
All the icons on the default device divided into separate functional folders:. "People", "Time", "Location", "Action", etc., that allows the user to easily find a given time required icon (for the transition to the new folder does not need to back to the top, all the folders permanently visible on the screen).
Added simplified analogue keyboard with Russian letters, numbers and the main characters that can combine messages in icons and text to create a cohesive grammatical structures.
The use of black and white icons reduces eye strain, significantly reduces the time to choose the desired pictures and unifies the image, which is particularly important in ASD. *
bonuses:
• free installation;
• Simple and intuitive interface;
• the ability to use the application as a communicator.
The following updates "Sesame" program involve:
• Development of software versions for iOS and Windows;
• independent authorization (such as through social networks and local registration);
• quick search users who installed the app;
• Connection of a speech synthesizer correction endings with the set of graphical and combined transport;
• Add zoom function for the visually impaired;
• updating the list of icons with new models from an existing database;
• the ability to create their own communication folder with the most frequently used icons;
• individual sorting icons in groups;
• the ability to add your own icons for the individual learning process;
• «panic button" option setting for specials pre-selected person;
• customizable calendar / organizer with audio and visual signals;
• interface adapted for different groups of users.
Development Team:
Anna Moskvichyova (beginner UX-designer and interface designer) annasezam@gmail.com
Olga Bogdanova (pathologist) angor_ka@mail.ru
Serob Balian (programmer) serob.balyan@gmail.com
Suren Abrahamyan (programmer) suro7@live.com
The application is built with the support of social technologies Greenhouses http://te-st.ru
Guide to the application on request.
* L. Forst, Bondi E. "alternative communication system using cards (PECS). M .: Terevinf 2011.
Falck K. The Practical Application of Pictogram. Specialpedagogiska institutet och Kerstin Falck. Lycksele. 2001.
Collection of articles of the international scientific-practical conference on September 18-20, 2014 "An alternative and additional communication as a basis for the development, rehabilitation and education of people with disabilities in development" / Under the editorship of VL Ryskina.
S. von Tetzchner, H. Martinsen Introduction to Alternative and Complementary communication: gestures and graphic symbols for people with motor and intellectual disabilities, and with autism spectrum disorders. M .: Terevinf 2014.
Program can be used by children and adults with disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and other alalia. And also people with temporary impairments (such as after a stroke) and the elderly.
This version of the starting device is designed to communicate through a social network "Vkontakte". Preferably, the use of tablets.
It is available about 500 black and white icons of international standard, which represent objects, actions, attributes of objects and words necessary in any conversation ( "Yes", "No", "I want", "do not want", "Thank you" "Please," and so on. n.)
All the icons on the default device divided into separate functional folders:. "People", "Time", "Location", "Action", etc., that allows the user to easily find a given time required icon (for the transition to the new folder does not need to back to the top, all the folders permanently visible on the screen).
Added simplified analogue keyboard with Russian letters, numbers and the main characters that can combine messages in icons and text to create a cohesive grammatical structures.
The use of black and white icons reduces eye strain, significantly reduces the time to choose the desired pictures and unifies the image, which is particularly important in ASD. *
bonuses:
• free installation;
• Simple and intuitive interface;
• the ability to use the application as a communicator.
The following updates "Sesame" program involve:
• Development of software versions for iOS and Windows;
• independent authorization (such as through social networks and local registration);
• quick search users who installed the app;
• Connection of a speech synthesizer correction endings with the set of graphical and combined transport;
• Add zoom function for the visually impaired;
• updating the list of icons with new models from an existing database;
• the ability to create their own communication folder with the most frequently used icons;
• individual sorting icons in groups;
• the ability to add your own icons for the individual learning process;
• «panic button" option setting for specials pre-selected person;
• customizable calendar / organizer with audio and visual signals;
• interface adapted for different groups of users.
Development Team:
Anna Moskvichyova (beginner UX-designer and interface designer) annasezam@gmail.com
Olga Bogdanova (pathologist) angor_ka@mail.ru
Serob Balian (programmer) serob.balyan@gmail.com
Suren Abrahamyan (programmer) suro7@live.com
The application is built with the support of social technologies Greenhouses http://te-st.ru
Guide to the application on request.
* L. Forst, Bondi E. "alternative communication system using cards (PECS). M .: Terevinf 2011.
Falck K. The Practical Application of Pictogram. Specialpedagogiska institutet och Kerstin Falck. Lycksele. 2001.
Collection of articles of the international scientific-practical conference on September 18-20, 2014 "An alternative and additional communication as a basis for the development, rehabilitation and education of people with disabilities in development" / Under the editorship of VL Ryskina.
S. von Tetzchner, H. Martinsen Introduction to Alternative and Complementary communication: gestures and graphic symbols for people with motor and intellectual disabilities, and with autism spectrum disorders. M .: Terevinf 2014.
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