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House Keeping
• Please check your sound and make sure you can hear me
• Please type any questions into the chat pod (questions will be
answered during the activity breaks)
• To get my attention, there is a mini icon of a person raising their hand,
you may raise your hand if you need me.
• Do to time, I prefer all the questions be saved for end of presentation
and I will give you extra practice and Q&A time
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Welcome to Touch Chat for iPad Training
• My name is Jessy To
• I am a Teacher (Special Education/ESL background)
• I am a Tier 3 Consultant
• Please visit my After Share website for resources
and additional support materials after this training
http://learningnetwork.setbc.org/sd74touchchatapptraining/
(leave me questions on my AfterShare page and I will get back to you)
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My Objectives…
• To Introduce Touch Chat to beginner Learners
• To explain the roles of SET BC Consultants and District AAC
Consultants for best student support
• To support your learning needs and answer any questions pertaining
the training on TouchChat
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Agenda
1pm-1:30pm
• Vocabulary Files
• Loading/Copying a Vocabulary Set
• Touch Chat Settings
2:20pm-3:00pm
• Hiding Buttons
• Rearranging Buttons using Drag
and Drop
• Adding Images
1:40pm- 2:10pm
• Locking User Settings
• Editing Mode/Modifying Buttons
• Copying/Pasting Button Style
3:10pm-3:40pm
• Backing up Vocabulary Sets
• Adding File Sharing
3:40pm-4:00pm
• Bonus Activity
• Q&A Time
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If you are at this training, you are supporting
a student who…..
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Currently has an iPad with Touch Chat
Is not currently in possession of an iPad with Touch Chat but
may receive a device in this coming year
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TouchChat Training/advising is provided in…
• Collaboration of a SET BC Consultant and an AAC
Consultant in your district
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SET-BC Consultant Role:
 Consults
with school team to decide which device is appropriate to
request; places request for device with SET-BC Loan Bank
 Provides TECHNICAL training on use of device
 Is the person to call when the device breaks, gets damaged or stolen
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AAC Consultant Role….
• Receives device for school team
• Advises of appropriate vocabulary
• Demonstrates ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES TO USE DEVICE.
• Is consulted with by school team if need arises to significantly alter
vocabulary.
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Touch Chat Introduction:
• TouchChat is a full-featured communication
solution for individuals who have difficulty using
their natural voice
• TouchChat is designed for individuals with
Autism, Down Syndrome, ALS, Apraxia, Stroke or
other conditions that affect a person’s ability to
use natural speech
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Examples of How Touch Chat is Used..
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfDYHq65NrU (Intro. to TouchChat)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSbbtzlnCfk (communication at
school)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oscw-Zp5AK4 (Touch Chat for Math)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NupFACaYW-I (Communication at
home)
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Vocabulary Files
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MultiChat 15
• Is offered in a Student, Adolescent
and Adult version
• Was created for School-aged
individuals with emerging
language skills
• Vocabulary based on sentences,
phrases, individual words,
recordings for story telling/visual
scenes
• Symbol supported with exception
of core words
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Primary
• Designed for children.
• Contains vocabulary for home,
school, and general
communication
• Vocabulary is a combination of
words, phrases, sentences
• Both portrait and landscape
version of Primary are included
with TouchChat
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Spelling
• QWERTY keyboard page set
• Four word prediction buttons
• Pre-stored phrases
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VocabPC
• Designed by Gail Van Tatenhove
(PA, MS, CCC-SLP)
• Designed for adults and
adolescents with developmental
disabilities.
• Carrier phrases, interactive
sentences, activity vocabulary
and naming words.
• Uses a 12 location page layout
• Both portrait and landscape
versions of VacabPC are included
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My QuickChat
My QuickChat is an introductory
communication system geared
toward individuals with complex
communication needs.
It offers a high frequency,
phrase-based communication
system in an easy-to-use, yet
very engaging format.
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Word Power
• Vocabulary based on core words,
fringe vocabulary, spelling and
word prediction.
• Allows a user to generate
spontaneous communication
through word based
communication (not based on
pre-stored vocabulary/phrases
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4 Basic
4 Basic is a vocabulary option with 4 buttons per page for those
needing minimal targets.
• For evaluation purposes
• Very limiting – must do a lot of navigating
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My Core
My Core is a combination of core and phrase
based vocabulary geared toward individuals
with literacy skills.
• Combination of core and phrase based
vocabulary geared toward individuals with
literacy skills
• No symbol support
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Language Functions
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Greetings-what's up, how’s life treating you?
Parting-later, see you later.
Request assistance-help, do, do you have time…
Existence-that, this, look, see, first,
Nonexistence-away, all gone, no more
Rejection-no, stop,
Comment-mean, big, like
Cessation-stop, different, wrong
Recurrence-more, again
Directive-go, stop, get, put
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Screen and Speech display bar
A TouchChat screen is made
up of the vocabulary area
filled with various layouts of
buttons.
The menu bar allows access to
editing menus and let’s you
choose which language
configuration will be used.
Pages can be linked to one
another with navigation
actions.
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LOCKED and UN-LOCKED
Vocabularies
• LOCKED = The MASTER COPY of this particular
vocabulary set.
• UN-LOCKED = A COPY of one of the master
vocabulary sets. You can make any changes you
like to an unlocked vocabulary set.
• When your AAC consultant provided you with
the device, she will have COPIED a LOCKED
MASTER to give you an UN-LOCKED vocabulary
with your student’s name next to it.
• This UN-LOCKED STUDENT VOCABULARY is the
one that you will eventually alter for your
student.
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Loading/Copying a Vocabulary Set
• Vocabulary sets in TouchChat MUST be copied before they can
be edited.
• To Copy a default vocabulary set:
• Make sure that you are on the vocabulary list screen. If not:
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Touch Vocab (top left of screen)
Touch Choose New Vocab
Touch Menu (top right of screen)
Touch Copy a Vocab
Select the Vocabulary set from the list. Wordpower 24 with phrases
Title your Vocab. “Training Oct.3”
Touch Save (top right)
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Session Activity
Copying and Using Vocab Sets
• Touch the unlocked vocabulary set to enter Training Oct.3
vocabulary.
• Let’s explore the vocabulary set. In groups of 2 or 3, try to ask:
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Hello!
How are you?
Tell them about your weekend.
Ask them for a chocolate milk.
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Touch Chat Settings Options
Settings
• Sections in Settings
• Navigation
• Page Size
• Editing
• Speech
• Speech Display Bar
• Expanded Speech Area
• Speak
• Tilt
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TouchChat Settings
Menu  Settings (4th from top)
• Speech (voice/rate)
• Speech Display Bar
• Speak
• Tilt
• Buttons (Access)
• Social Networking
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Session Activity
Touch Chat Settings
• Explore the settings on your device
• Ensure the settings are appropriate for your student.
• Consider the following:
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Speech
Speech Display Bar (Message Window)
Speak
Tilt
Buttons
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Locking User Settings:
Three ways to secure user settings:
1. Settings
Editing
Use Menu Passcode
2. Turn “Allow Editing” On/Off
Touch Chat
Switch On/Off
Tap Menu
Settings
Scroll down to
3. "Lock" users into TouchChat using Apple's new Guided Access
Settings
General
Accessibility
Guided Access (On)/
Accessibility(On)
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Editing Buttons
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Editing a button
• Select button to modify –
Edit Button Pop‐Up
• Select “Edit This Button”
• You will now be able to
edit features of the button
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Editing Mode/Modifying Buttons
Adding vocabulary and pictures for your student
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Navigate to a page where you want to add a word.
You need to go into EDIT MODE (orange banner at top)
Touch Menu (top right)
Touch Edit Page (bottom of menu)
Touch the button you wish to modify.
Touch Edit This Button
Fill in:
• Label, message, symbol/image, style
• Press SAVE (top right)
• NOTE: You are still in EDIT MODE. To use new altered vocabulary, touch
DONE (top left).
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Session Activity
Modifying Buttons
• Let’s MODIFY a few buttons to practice customizing a vocabulary set for your student’s
needs.
• Touch the People button to navigate to the People page.
• Then touch, School People
• Go into EDIT MODE
• Touch Menu (top right)
• Touch Edit Page (bottom of menu)
• Touch the blank button on top left.
• Touch Edit This Button
• Add yourself including your image (Import Image  Camera)
• Try changing Font, Font Size, Text Color, Body Color, etc.
• Touch Save when done.
• Touch Done on top left.
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Copying/Pasting Button Style
• Avoiding customizing each button’s specific details separately
(background colour, font colour, border etc…).
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Still on the School People page
Touch Menu  Edit Page
Touch the purple student button
Touch Copy Button and Style
Touch another blank button
Touch Paste Style Only or Paste Button and Style
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Hiding Buttons
• At times presenting all buttons on the page may be overwhelming to
a student – rather than deleting buttons you may want to hide them
for a period of time.
• Navigate to the SOCIAL page.
• Touch Menu  Edit Page
• Touch the maybe button – and touch Edit This Button.
• Scroll down to Visible and move slider to OFF
• Touch Save and touch Done.
• The maybe button is now hidden
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Rearranging Buttons using Drag and
Drop
• Once buttons have been added to a page you may want to
rearrange them for various reasons.
• Navigate to the Stores page (Touch PLACES  STORES).
• Touch Menu, then Edit Page.
• Touch, hold, drag and drop the button to a new location.
• Watch the buttons swap!
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Session Activity
Hiding/Rearranging Buttons
• Use the hide and rearrange features to customize the vocabulary
set for your student.
• Navigate to the SOCIAL page.
• Hide some of the social niceties until you have specific buttons that you
want your student to begin with.
• GET OUT OF EDIT MODE THEN.
• Navigate to the COLORS page (DESCRB  COLORS).
• Touch Menu  Edit Page.
• Rearrange the buttons by touching, holding, dragging, and dropping them
to new locations.
• Touch Done when finished.
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Adding Images
• Digital images of individuals, places, things and so on can be
brought into buttons on the device.
• Take pictures of desired items with iPad camera.
• Navigate to the button where you want to add that image.
• Touch Edit Page.
• Touch the button, and touch Edit This Button.
• Touch Import Image. You’ll have a choice of Image Library or
Camera.
• EITHER Just take a picture OR use the image in the Image Library
(Touch Camera Roll  Select the image  Touch Use).
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Session Activity
Digital Images
• Move around the room taking pictures of individuals and items.
• Navigate to places on your vocabulary set where you wish to add
the digital items to the buttons.
• Edit each button, and touch Import Image to add the pictures to
the buttons.
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Backing up Vocabulary Sets
• Save your customized vocab set.
• Login to the student’s iTunes
account.
• Connect the iPad to a computer
with iTunes installed.
• The iPad will appear up on the
left side to show it is connected
to iTunes.
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Backing Up (Continued)
• From within TouchChat - Touch Vocab
• Touch Choose New Vocab to return to the list of vocabularies
available in TouchChat.
• Touch Menu.
• Touch Import/Export Vocab.
• Touch Export a Vocab.
• Select the student’s vocab set from the list.
• Name your vocab set.
• Touch Save.
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App File Sharing
• Return to iTunes
• Select Apps and scroll down to File
Sharing.
• Select TouchChatHD.
• View TouchChat Documents.
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Bonus Activity
(Time Permitting)
• Name and unlock the vocabulary set
you wish to use with your student.
• Begin customizing buttons to your
students needs.
• Ask Questions!
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Touch Chat Resources and Support Materials
• Silver Kite - http://www.silverkite.com/touchChat/
• TouchChat - https://touchchatapp.com/
(Video tutorials and free webinars available)
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