Voco Chat is now in Arabic!
Voco Chat is now available in Arabic. Voco Chat is designed by Smartbox with Consort World support for Arabic speaking region. It is a low-cell count symbol vocabulary available in Grid AAC software.
Designed to help people communicate for a range of reasons and join in conversations, It is also for people of any age who need larger cells. Using a pragmatic approach, message pathways provide a supported model of language, with grids to promote communication, interaction and wellbeing.
Key features
- Large, easy to access cells
- Supported message building
- Vocabulary to support independence
- Suitable for any age and any access method
- Quick and easy to personalise
- Over 375 phrases to support faster message building
- Over 1,500 single words for talking about a wide range of topics
Who is Voco Chat for?
Voco Chat is suitable for anyone who needs larger cells, and can be used with touch, eye gaze, pointer and switches. Auditory prompts are included for both columns and individual cells.
- Get your messages across quickly and efficiently
- Focus on the message not the grammar
- Suitable for someone making single selections or beginning to build longer phrases
A pragmatic approach
Voco Chat focuses not just on the words we use to communicate, but also the reasons we communicate and how we interact using language.
The home grid
My toolkit
Useful resources for supporting communication and emotional wellbeing, as well as apps to support interaction and engagement.
Message Pathways
Designed to help you start building your message, based on why you are communicating. For example, to tell someone something is wrong, to ask for something, or give an opinion about something.
Quick Communication
Additional vocabulary, including useful words like ‘more’, ‘stop’ and ‘now’, handy phrases for having a conversation, and space to add your own favourite phrases.
Chat writing area As you build a message it will appear here. Select the chat writing area to speak your full message.
Functions column
Here you’ll find options to jump back to the previous grid, delete words, and clear your chat writing area. If you use an alternative access method such as eye gaze or head pointing, and dwell to select, you will also see a rest cell in this column which you can use to pause your access method.
Everyday Words
Useful vocabulary for names, places and categorised words for a whole range of other topics. Much of this vocabulary can be accessed via the six message pathways but can also be jumped to directly here.
Choose your vocabulary
When you add Voco Chat for the first time, you will be given the choice to select child or teen and adult vocabulary. This allows you to choose the most appropriate vocabulary for the user.
Explore Voco Chat: https://consortworld.com/voco-ch
