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Boardmaker*
concept
developed by
the staff at
Erinoak of Mississauga,
Ontario
Boardmaker
is a graphic
database containing
over 3000 Picture
Communication
Symbols (from
the PCS Combination
Book) in bitmapped
clip art form.
The program
allows you to:
- make
a professional
looking communication
display in
minutes.
- quickly
find and paste
pictures into
your display
with a mouse
click.
- make
the picture
any size and
with any spacing.
- print
and/or save
your display
on disk for
later use.
- print
displays in
black and
white or color.
- store,
name, retrieve,
resize and
paste scanned
of custom-drawn
pictures.
- make
worksheets,
picture instruction
sheets, reading
books, journals,
or posters.
These may
be made in
Boardmaker
or by pasting
the pictures
into your
desktop publishing
program.
Boardmaker
maybe used to
create games,
increase communication
opportunities,
create large
will displays,
add symbols
to a wide variety
of items, etc.
Boardmaker includes:
- 3,000+
Picture Communication
Symbols from
the PCS Combination
Book. Each
Boardmaker
comes with
a set of black
and white
and a set
of color symbols.
- a
simple drawing
program
- assorted
pre-made blank
grids for
making communication
boards and
overlays.
- a
Boardmaker
User's Guide
and Picture
Index.
Boardmaker
has the capacity
to translate
each symbol
into multiple
languages and
may be found
and printed
in any language,
etc.
Addendums
and Additions
include:
- 1998
Addendum Library
- 600 additional
symbols including
symbol for
each state,
history symbols,
more animals,
food, entertainment,
people, descriptive
words, much
more . . .
- 2000
Addendum Library
- 1,300
more symbols,
including
public signs,
category,
country symbols
and flags.
Symbols in
the 2000 are
different
than in the
1998 Addendum.
- PCS
Sign Language
Libraries
- Volume
I includes
750 common
sign language
symbols. Volume
II includes
an additional
785
- Flip
'n Talk
- a low-tech
solution which
provides access
to a large
organized
symbol vocabulary.
- Picture
This . . .
Photos in
Boardmaker
Libraries
- by Silver
Lining Multimedia
has over 2,700
high quality
pictures:
Picture
This . . .
Pro -
has over2,900
pictures,
contains 200
new pictures,
with more
options.
For
these, other
addendums and
prices, please
see catalogue.
| Canadian
Distributors: |
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Bridges/Betacom
Insight
Media
Centre
Ltd. Tash
International
Inc.
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Description
of Resource:
CD-ROM - requires
Windows 95 or
later with sound
card
Approximate
Cost: Boardmaker
for Mac or Windows:
$639.00 (Canadian)
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