AAC App Update 2.51

Update your PRC-Saltillo AAC apps to version 2.51 and experience the best of TouchChat®, LAMP Words for Life®, and Dialogue® AAC. Go to the App Store to start your update! Make sure your device is operating with iOS version 15.0 or later; apps are compatible with iOS 18 too.

Watch the What’s New video for update highlights. Read the details below for more information.

New WordPower Vocabulary in Mandarin/Simplified Chinese

WordPower® 60 Mandarin, or 语力60(WordPower), has been adapted to Mandarin (spoken) and Simplified Chinese (written). This vocabulary, adapted from WordPower 60 Basic, is available at no cost in the TouchChat HD with WordPower app! If your iOS device is set up in Simplified Chinese, you’ll see app language support in Simplified Chinese.

WordPower 60 Mandarin features:

• Culturally appropriate symbolsfrom SymbolStix
• Voice options from Almagu and Apple®
• Translated menu prompts
• The best of WordPower

Below is the home page of the adapted Mandarin vocabulary featuring the color coding and categories that WordPower is known for.

Learn more about the uniqueness of Mandarin paired with the best of WordPower in this newly adapted vocabulary

Updates to Your Symbol Editing Menu

When customizing a button symbol, you will now experience simplified editing options. You will now see a change in how you add a symbol to a button. The menu has been updated to help when choosing a symbol, taking a photo, or adding a photo from your image gallery.

Custom Images Software Fix

A bug in the 2.50 software was causing custom images to go missing in all three apps. Software update 2.51 will prevent this issue from happening again. Learn more about the fix and how to restore your images.

New AAC Vocabulary for TouchChat with WordPower

The WordPower team makes regular updates to improve your communication experience. Check out the new words added in update 2.51.

WordPower 60 Basic (English)

Available through the ACTIONS page, “a bath” and “a shower” have been added as logical next words after “have”. Communicators can now say, “Let’s have a bath” or “I want to have a shower.”

WordPower 80 Basic (English)

“Not” has been added as a logical next word after “Let’s” giving communicators the option to say, “Let’s not drink that” or “Let’s not go outside.”

“Over” has been added as a logical next word after “turn” in the ACTIONS pages. So many fun ways to practice this new phrase with favorite toys and everyday objects!

Vocabulary Updates for MultiChat 15

MC15 Student and Adolescent (SS/PCS) – English, Canadian French, and Spanish files

Core word pages designed to work with a Keyguard have been added. The default core word pages will continue to be included. Now you have the option to choose depending on access needs.

To accommodate some of the changes made in the Keyguard core pages, some adaptations of the PEOPLE page were made:

• Added “they” to the main PEOPLE page
• Moved “working people” to the PEOPLE 2 page

Vocabulary Updates for LAMP Words for Life

LAMP Words For Life (Full)

Cursor arrows and cycle button have been added to the Spell/Num page to help you edit your speech display bar quickly and efficiently.

Excite with Lite

Lite-tech communication boards are an amazing resource when devices are broken or batteries run out, but lite-tech is far more than a back-up! It allows everyone to model language using the student’s vocabulary no matter the activity or location.

Give your AAC learners every opportunity to communicate with their words. Post lite-tech boards wherever you might have a conversation—your classroom, the hallway, the cafeteria, the library, and more. Download free lite-tech boards, available in many vocabularies and languages, from the AAC Language Lab today!