On March 7/8 2019 we had a stand in the UN E building during the 40th session of the Human Rights Council We had a chance to showcase both the UNICEF sponsored cBoard and Jellow apps as well as our own symbol set repository. This meant we met many interesting people from around the world […]
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Jellow, cBoard and Yuudee 2 update – more languages and evaluations.
In the last few months we have seen some very exciting updates appearing from the UNICEF Innovation Funded Jellow, cBoard and Yuudee teams. It has been so interesting acting as mentors and we have been working hard to connect up the Jellow and StraightStreet symbols to ConceptNet so they will soon be available on our site. The Jellow […]
Localised images to aid recognition – What about free localised AAC symbols?
Thanks to a note from Aejaz Zahid about an article on the BBC website we came across a wonderful example of how localised and personalised pictures can help those who find it hard to read or remember important items in their social setting. The article reminds one of the importance of knowing the local situation in […]
Classifying AAC symbols for ease of use
There has been a long history and much debate about the way we classify AAC symbols for ease of use. Do we make it easy for people to choose the symbols they want on a communication board from a label? Should we try to provide categories and if so which ones? Do we need to […]
Global versus Universal?
“Global” reflects the nuance of culture and language, “Universal” assumes that one size fits all. Working with UNICEF and the AAC Cohort is one of the most exciting things we have been doing recently. We have had telemeetings with lots of discussions about opening the world of AAC symbols to the widest possible audience. Topics […]
Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2018
We are celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day with many others around the world! Companies and organisations are offering accessibility advice and support alongside exciting new ideas that have been filling our twitter feeds and @gbla11yday The Australian Network on Disability has started the day by providing a useful collection of videos, articles and resources all […]
Techcess introduce SCORE (UK) working with Core vocabularies.
An event held at The Barnsley Hospital Education Centre was an interesting morning concerning the translation of a core vocabulary system developed by Professor Jens Boenisch and his team from the University of Cologne. The use of core vocabularies on a series of personalised communication charts have been translated into English from the German originals and […]