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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved Usability Testing with AAC users By Dean Birkett

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved Who are AssistiveWare?
 
 We develop assistive technology software for iOS and Mac OS X. We are dedicated to creating meaningful applications for people with physical, vision, communication and reading impairments. Usability testing with AAC users

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved “Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an umbrella term that encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmentative_and_alternative_communication#Forms_of_AAC

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved “About 40% of children with autism do not speak. About 25%–30% of children with autism have some words at 12 to 18 months of age and then lose them. Others might speak, but not until later in childhood” - National Autism Association, United States http://nationalautismassociation.org/resources/autism-fact-sheet/

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved “In the United States it is estimated that 2 million people are severely communicatively disordered” - David Beukelman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://cehs.unl.edu/aac/demographic-information/

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved So how do you perform Usability tests 
 with people who use AAC apps?

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved Usability Testing with AAC users Keeble is an iOS keyboard that allows individuals with fine-motor challenges or vision impairments to type in almost any app that support Apple's standard keyboard.

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved Usability Testing with AAC users Proloquo4Text is a text-based communication app that gives a voice to literate people who cannot speak.

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved Usability Testing with AAC users Proloquo2Go is a symbol-based communication app to promote language development and grow communication skills, from beginning to advanced communicators.

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved AAC user Parents
 and family members Caregivers Teachers Speech language pathologists

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© 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved Thanks! Follow me on Twitter: @deanbirkett