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enABLING Teams -- Team Sharing Idea #3 -- View video of various AAC techniques

Demonstrating AAC Techniques:

Suggestions for Teams:

You might want to demonstrate some device or technique that is difficult to explain. Here are some examples:

  • Codes
  • Eyegaze to letters or single words
  • Communication notebook
  • Natural speech, with alphabet supplementation
  • Partner assisted scanning
  • Speech Generating Devices
  • Switches
  • Voice Output Communication Aid

How to find these clips:

To find these and other clips, go to the AT/AAC enABLES Search page: http://depts.washington.edu/enables/searching.htm

Find the section of the search page that looks something like this:

AT/AAC Strategy:

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Click on the black triangle in the small box to the right to open the drop down menu listing all the AAC strategies that are currently available. Select the desired strategy, for example those shown in italics in the examples above, then click on "Go".

All video clips that demonstrate that strategy will appear as thumbnails on the next screen. You will usually see two versions: “.wmv” for Windows Media Player clips and “.mov” for Quick Time/MacIntosh clips. Click on the thumbnail once to show the video clip.