2. 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 Provincial Teacher
Please visit my After Share website for resources
and additional support materials after this training

3. 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

4. Agenda Vocabulary Files Loading/Copying a Vocabulary Set
Touch Chat Settings
Locking User Settings
Editing Mode/Modifying Buttons
Copying/Pasting Button Style
Hiding Buttons
Rearranging Buttons using Drag and Drop
Creating Linking Buttons
Copying Pages/Adding Pages
Finding “New Pages” just created
Adding Images
Backing up Vocabulary Sets
App. File Sharing

5. If you are at this training, you are supporting a student who…..
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

6. TouchChat Training/advising is provided in…
Collaboration of a SET BC Consultant and an AAC Consultant in your district

7. 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

8. 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.

9. Touch Chat Introduction:
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
Refer to Touch Chat notes.

10. Examples of How Touch Chat is Used..
(Intro. to TouchChat)
(Example how it is used)
(communication at school)
(Touch Chat for Math)
at home)

11. Vocabulary Files

12. 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

13. 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

14. Spelling QWERTY keyboard page set Four word prediction buttons
Pre-stored phrases

15. 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

16. 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.
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. The progressive system offers a variety of topics for everyday needs and conversation and provides immediate and more successful communication exchanges within a variety of settings. myQuickChat is available for children in 4, 8 and 12 locations and adults in 8 and 12 locations, each with an identical 16 location Support Master Home Page.

17. 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

18. Basic
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
4 Basic is a vocabulary option with 4 buttons per page for those needing minimal targets.

19. 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
Provided page sets can be modified to create new custom page sets. Select from over 30 button actions when creating new buttons. Over 10,000 Symbolstix symbols are included for customizing buttons. Use any image or take a photo with the built-in camera. Gestures can also be used to navigate to new pages, speak messages, etc.

20. Language Functions 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

21. 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.
A TouchChat screen is made up of the vocabulary area filled with various layouts of buttons. Buttons are selected by tapping or pressing on the touch screen. Depending on the type of button selecting it may speak a word, phrase or sentence, navigate you to a new page or perform an editing action. The speech display bar is at the top. This is where text appears as you type. When you tap the x, it will remove that last word. Press and hold the x and it clears the display.
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.

22. 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.

23. 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:
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 Nov. 23”
Touch Save (top right)

24. Session Activity Copying and Using Vocab Sets
Touch the unlocked vocabulary set to enter Training Nov.16 vocabulary.
Let’s explore the vocabulary set. In groups of 2 or 3, try to ask:
Hello!
How are you?
Tell them about your weekend.
Ask them for a chocolate milk.

25. Touch Chat Settings Options

26. TouchChat Settings Menu  Settings (4th from top)
Speech (voice/rate)
Speech Display Bar
Speak
Tilt
Buttons (Access)
Social Networking

27. Session Activity Touch Chat Settings
Explore the settings on your device
Ensure the settings are appropriate for your student.
Consider the following:
Speech
Speech Display Bar (Message Window)
Speak
Tilt
Buttons

28. Locking User Settings:
Three ways to secure user settings:
Settings  Editing  Use Menu Passcode
Turn “Allow Editing” On/Off  Tap Menu  Settings  Scroll down to Touch Chat Switch On/Off
"Lock" users into TouchChat using Apple's new Guided Access
Settings  General Accessibility  Guided Access (On)/ Accessibility(On)

29. Editing Buttons

30. 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

31. Editing Mode/Modifying Buttons Adding vocabulary and pictures for your student
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).
Go to Body button and show edit image on Symbol Stix- go to body parts and find another picture of body parts.

32. 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.

33. Copying/Pasting Button Style
Avoiding customizing each button’s specific details separately (background colour, font colour, border etc…).
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

34. 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

35. 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!

36. 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.

37. Creating Linking Buttons
Navigate to the “People Page” (note the arrows in the corner of the button that you are pressing)
Touch “ Friends” (note the arrow will take you further in)
Locate “Neighbour” button…we’re going to LINK neighbour to an informational page about a student’s neighbour
Touch “menu” and touch “edit page”
Touch the “neighbour” button and “edit this button”
Scroll down to the button actions – touch “add”
Scroll to find “navigate”, and then find and touch SCENE 1
Touch “no animation” then touch “save”

38. Creating New Page Tap Menu and tap Edit Page
Tap Menu and tap Add New Page
Give the page a name
Select how many rows and columns
Tap Save
Start creating buttons for this page
Tap Done when you are finished

39. Adding Pages We are going to create a park page.
Navigate to Places then click the
To add a page - touch “menu” and touch “edit page”
Touch “menu’ and then “Add New Page” – edit the name, and rows on page (be SPECIFIC of your page name e.g. Stanley Park)
Click Save
Your page is now ready to be edited!

40. Activity- Linking a new page to a specific Button
Now you created a NEW page about Park
Link the Button
Select Places from the main menu
Select the button bottom right corner find the Park Button
Tap Menu Select Edit Page Tap on Park Button Select Edit this Button
Go to Button Actions (scroll bottom) Tap Add Scroll the menu option until you find Navigate button
Tap Navigate under the search bar Type in the Specific Name of your Page you created (E.G. Stanley Park)

41. How to find the “New Page” you just created?
Tap Menu
Tap Edit Page
Tap Menu again
Tap Load Another Page
Type in the (Specific Page Name) you just created
Select your “new page”
Begin Editing

42. 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).

43. 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.

44. 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.

45. 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.

46. App File Sharing Return to iTunes
Select Apps and scroll down to File Sharing.
Select TouchChatHD.
View TouchChat Documents.
Make sure the iPad is connected to the laptop and can find the iPad icon on the iTunes.

47. Bonus Activity (Time Permitting)
Name and unlock the vocabulary set you wish to use with your student.
Begin customizing buttons to your students needs (integrate everything you learned today!)
Ask Questions!
Have Fun

48. Touch Chat Resources and Support Materials
Silver Kite -
TouchChat -
(Video tutorials and free webinars available)