How to Choose the Best Boardmaker Program for Your Needs
How to choose the best Boardmaker program for your needs
- Boardmaker creates printed materials with PCS and other pictures and graphics.
- Boardmaker Plus! adds voice, sound, animation and video capability to Boardmaker, to create interactive educational software.
- Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro combination software builds on the capabilities of Boardmaker Plus! by adding natural-sounding voices, word prediction and abbreviation expansion to support augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
Who uses Boardmaker and what is it for?
Special educators, speech-language pathologists, parents and caregivers use Boardmaker to create printed communication boards and educational materials.
Who uses Boardmaker Plus! and what is it for?
Special educators, speech-language pathologists, parents and caregivers create activities in Boardmaker Plus! for students to use on the computer. With all the capabilities of Boardmaker, printed materials can also be made.
Who uses Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro and what is it for?
Special educators, speech-language pathologists, parents, caregivers and individuals challenged with significant speech, language or learning disabilities create dynamic communication boards utilising natural-sounding voices, word prediction and abbreviation expansion. The software is used on speech generating devices or laptop computers for AAC.
How do I choose the Boardmaker Software Family program I need?
- I only need to print materials and activities.
>>>> GET Boardmaker
I need to print materials and activities, and I want my students to use activities on the computer or I have students who use DynaVox Vs or Vmaxes and want to create content for their devices.
>>>> YOU NEED Boardmaker Plus!
I need to print materials and activities and I also need text- and symbol-based AAC software.
>>>> YOU WANT Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro