How to use TouchChat with WordPower - The Basics (iPad)

00:30 - How to open TouchChat for the first time
00:57 - How to create a new vocabulary set for a new user
02:57 - How to create basic sentences
03:46 - How to speak using the message bar
04:01 - How to delete words/sentences
04:41 - How to get back to the Home page/ go back one page
06:18 - Groups page (nouns/categories)
07:34 - Arrow Keys
07:57 - How to find and recognize subfolders
08:29 - Action Page (verbs/action words)
09:19 - Questions Page (asking questions)
09:58 - Places Page (places in the community)
10:14 - ABC 123 Page (for typing words and numbers)
10:48 - Describe Page (adjectives/describing words)
11:45 - Social Page (socializing/sharing personal info)
12:25 - Extra Words page (prepositions/grammatically helpful words)
12:47 - Settings/ Changing Voices
13:57 - How to add a new button

[@Marmarushka]

Thank you so much for this video! The best intro to TC so far. ❤

[@theslpbythesea]

Thank you so much!

[@AngelMslp]

Fantastic Video that I plan to share with parents. I appreciate your hard work!

[@theslpbythesea]

Thank you so much! :) I am really happy it is helping people!

[@matthewgurrola6070]

Perfect!

[@yeeyang546]

I see a few options for purchase. Can you tell me that is the difference. I’m deciding if I need the more expensive package that includes word power…. Thanks, will I need it?

[@theslpbythesea]

Hi! Unfortunately although it is more expensive, I generally recommend getting WordPower as it will give you the type of vocabulary set up you see here (the way it predicts what you might want to say next). Without it, you will be much more limited.

[@CAINtheBULL]

How much of the app works without internet? Can we leave the home and still use it?

[@theslpbythesea]

Hello! This app works without internet :) the only thing you might need internet for is when you are programming and personalizing the pictures

[@Divina210678]

How would you compare this to LAMP

[@theslpbythesea]

Hello! LAMP is a motor planning app, so each button has ONE location in the whole device. Some people really like this and find it's easier to memorize the location of the buttons and type faster (like on a keyboard). TouchChat is predictive/sentence building and it is organized into word categories, but buttons often have more than one location (for example, you will find colors on multiple pages). The only way to really pick is to try both and decide what you/your child like best!

[@sahibaazam307]

I think Sahiba has nonverbal autism but she doesn't even talk