Talkative
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Authors: Sensory Software InternationalSize: 105 grids, 63 cells per grid, 3260 unique words
Language level: 
Symbol communication: Widgit Literacy Symbols or PCS
Text communication: Word and phrase prediction
Talkative is a communication system for people who rely on symbols to identify words. Users can browse to the word they want through semantically structured grids. Talkative has a large communication vocabulary, and is available in versions with and without adult vocabulary.
The chat pages take advantage of new developments within The Grid 2. The main keyboard works like prediction on a mobile phone, so only 8 cells are required. The prediction engine will work out which word you are typing and display all possible options.
Language studies have shown that we use the same few words (called our core vocabulary) in almost everything we say. Talkative has the core vocabulary on the front page for immediate access, and links to pop-up grids containing extended vocabulary.
For finding the words that are not in our core vocabulary, Talkative has additional vocabulary organised by topic. Selecting a topic from one of the topic links on the Start page takes you to further grids containing extended vocabulary. For instance, selecting ‘Food’ takes you to tabbed grids for talking about food. Along the bottom some vocab cells (in blue) contain sentence starters or short phrases, and in the bottom right hand corner jumps to related grids which might also contain the word you want. Words are accompanied by symbols to aid recognition.
Authors: Sensory Software International
Talkative is a communication system for people who rely on symbols to identify words. Users can browse to the word they want through semantically structured grids. Talkative has a large communication vocabulary, and is available in versions with and without adult vocabulary.
The chat pages take advantage of new developments within The Grid 2. The main keyboard works like prediction on a mobile phone, so only 8 cells are required. The prediction engine will work out which word you are typing and display all possible options.
Language studies have shown that we use the same few words (called our core vocabulary) in almost everything we say. Talkative has the core vocabulary on the front page for immediate access, and links to pop-up grids containing extended vocabulary.
For finding the words that are not in our core vocabulary, Talkative has additional vocabulary organised by topic. Selecting a topic from one of the topic links on the Start page takes you to further grids containing extended vocabulary. For instance, selecting ‘Food’ takes you to tabbed grids for talking about food. Along the bottom some vocab cells (in blue) contain sentence starters or short phrases, and in the bottom right hand corner jumps to related grids which might also contain the word you want. Words are accompanied by symbols to aid recognition.
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