Updated September 17, 2008 to reflect the changes in VS Communicator 4.2.
|  Face-to-face communication features | |
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Symbol or text-based communication
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Effective communication through multiple phrase lists
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High-quality synthesized voices included
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Kids' voices available: select between boy or girl (American English only)
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Read-as-you-type for effective face-to-face commmunication
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Pre-made communication pages for adults and children
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Build your personal phrase set for use in different writing scenarios
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Synthesized or recorded (digital) speech. Different keybard layouts: QWERTY, ABC, scan-optimized
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Sentence building with text or pictures (or both)
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Smart 'Next Word' prediction that predicts the next word while typing
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| | Long-distance communication features | |
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E-mail
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SMS - send and receive text messages
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Chat (Instant Messaging)
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Speak in cell phone using synthesized speech
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| | Integrated features | |
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Environmental control
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Calendar
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Calculator
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Webcam support
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| | Multimedia features | |
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Music Player
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Video Player
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Play video directly on the communication pages
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Picture Viewer with Albums
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| | Early learning/fun/assessment | |
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Games (Memory, Matching Pairs)
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Puzzles
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Create your own activities with sound, picture and video
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| | On-screen keyboard features | |
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Access to any Windows program
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Mouse Emulation for scan users
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| | Features for adaptation | |
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Select between a large variety of pre-defined board-sets
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Step-by-step wizard for individual adaptation
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Fully visual editing of pages
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Edit in freehand or grid mode
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Multiple user support
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Visual tools reduce the need for scripting
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Easy-to-use tools for efficient design
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Drag-and-drop dynamic-content buttons onto any page
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Modifying properties of objects on the screen
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Import boards from Speaking Dynamically Pro and continue working on them in VS Communicator
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| | Included resources | |
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Ready-made page sets. A large variety of ready-made page sets for different ages and cognitive levels
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Design boards using more than 15,000 SymbolStix symbols
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Resource CD 1 - Acapela High-quality synthesized voices
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| | Access for everyone | |
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Scan users
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Eye-control
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Head-mouse
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Joystick
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Mouse
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Touchscreen
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All other commonly used alternative input methods supported
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| | Additional features | |
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Word prediction
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Acces to other Windows programs through powerful on-screen keyboard facilities
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Abbreviation expansion
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My Phrases
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Loading and saving ot text files
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Words that are not in the dictionary can easily be accepted/rejected
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Grammar support
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Audible cue
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Import to and export from another computer
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