Chat Software 2.50 For NovaChat

It’s time to upgrade your Chat Software to version 2.50 and access new features and vocabulary within WordPower®! Your overall communication experience improves with regular updates too. Here’s how to update your NovaChat® communication device: Connect to WiFi, then go to Menu > Help > Check for Updates and follow the prompts.  

Auto-Open Vocabulary Once Duplicated

Your NovaChat comes pre-loaded with multiple AAC vocabulary files. These standard or original files must be copied and saved with a new name before they can be edited. A new “Auto-Open Vocabulary Once Duplicated” feature has been added with update 2.50. Now, when you make a copy of a vocabulary file, the duplicate file automatically opens for you to use and start customizing. A pop-up will appear displaying the file name to verify the new file opened.

New Go to Vocabulary Button Action

A new button action called “Go to Vocabulary” has been added that allows you to directly switch between monolingual vocabulary files. Add a button with this action to your vocabulary file and when selected, you will go to the new vocabulary file of your choosing. The second vocabulary file will need a similar button if you would like to go back and forth between these two vocabulary files.

This new button action is beneficial if:

• you are an evaluator/SLP trialing a NovaChat with several clients who wants to easily toggle to frequently used vocabularies; now you can create a page with several vocabularies/button actions programmed for this purpose
• you are working with a vocabulary that has hidden words for focused teaching and you want to show all words for modeling more language
• you are an adult communicator using one primary vocabulary and also using some select pages from a secondary vocabulary

These are a few ways to use this new button action. What other use cases can you think of?

New AAC Vocabulary for WordPower

The WordPower team makes updates to benefit your communication experience. Check out the new words added in update 2.50.

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Buttons for “stripes” and “polka dots” have been added to the CLOTHING pages so communicators can talk about these patterns.

A button for the noun “line” has been added to the SHAPES page to create an opportunity to talk about lines on paper, roads, and more.

A button for the adjective “squiggly” has been added to the DESCRIBE pages because not all lines are straight.

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Past participle verbs are now included with core verbs and subsequent ACTIONS pages so communicators can use this verb tense.

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