Community

Did you know we have a recorded webinars section on our website?  You can find all kinds of helpful videos here such as "How to Update Your Nova Chat Device", "Transferring a Vocab File from TouchChat to Nova Chat", "Nova Chat Profiles", "Nova Chat Button Functions" and all 3 of our Nova Chat trainings.  Watch whichever video you need whenever you need in the convenience of your own home!

New Nova Chat software update 1.7.0 has been released and is available for download on our website.   This update adds the following features for your Nova Chat device:

• Option to show icons in the Speech Display Bar
• The camera option has been added to the Button Properties menu, allowing  you to take a picture and immediately add it to a button
• The Speech Display Bar window can now be displayed at the bottom or top of the screen
• Gestures have been added
• Option to Show/Hide Icons on the buttons
• Hide/Show Multiple Buttons at Once
• Added Scanning option of Auto Restart On/Off

There is also an update 1.7.0 to the Nova Chat Editor available here.  It adds the following features:

• Edit Mode indication is moved to Title Bar so that it doesn’t cover the buttons
• The Speech Display Bar window can now be displayed at the bottom or top of the screen
• Option to Show/Hide Icons on the buttons
• Hide/Show Multiple Buttons at Once

This AAC Poetry & Story Hour is an AMAZING opportunity taking place during the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference.  It is open to any AAC user who would like to come and say a few words, read a short poem, tell a story, or even tell a limerick. Absolutely every AAC user is welcome and encouraged to participate, or just watch, and the only limitation for who speaks will be based on time available.

A signup sheet has been created on this Google document. Please share this with anyone interested. You can also contact our Saltillo consultant, Gabe Gibbons at glg.cons@prentrom.com and he can sign you up.

Saturday March 23
Miniseminar: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: Henry Hotel Conference Center: 300 Town Center Dr  Dearborn, MI 48126
â–² AAC Poetry & Story Hour
Speakers: Wendy Gach-Lazar, M.A., CCC-SLP, Detroit Medical Center; and Chris Klein, M.A., Owner and Founder of Becoming AAC, Grand Rapids.
.1 CEU
Instructional Level: Introductory
AAC users, just like any other students, need an opportunity to express more than just their wants and needs. This is an opportunity for the AAC users from across Michigan to have their voices and stories heard, and to share their enthusiasm for communication with other speech-language pathologists, parents and professionals. Participants will listen and interact with AAC users of all skill levels, learning stories and experiences of AAC users in story and poetry form. Moderated by Chris Klein, each AAC user will be allotted time to share a prepared or impromptu story or poem, as well as answer questions at the end.

Click here for the presentation that was given at the 2013 CSUN Conference, titled, "Hands-On Tools & Strategies for Enhancing Collaborative AAC Support Teams: Resources for Organized Therapeutic Service Delivery"