Need a quick and simple way to say "Trick or Treat" at the neighbors' doors this Halloween? If you are looking for something easy and error free, try the FREE Visuals2Go app on your iPhone.
Visuals2Go is a powerful, inexpensive AAC tool that can be a first step in getting started with AAC i other communication settings, but in its free version on the app store, you can customize the opening screen/user to function as a single communication button to give your child a voice this Halloween.
1. Download the app (only available for iPhone and iPad)
2. Decide what button(s) you want to add. I added two buttons for "trick or treat" and "thank you" with a Google image search (photo credit: Better Homes and Gardens site). Here are the images I used, but you can google "trick or treat" and "thank you" to find these top hits on your phone browser and touch and hold the images you like to Add to Photos.
3. Choose the upper left + button to add the buttons you would like to use for Trick-or-Treating. I added two. The button will require you to add recorded speech. If there is another child in your family that can record the voice, great! If not, press record on the app and play THIS SOUND on your computer. Here is a child's voice saying "thank you".
4. Now lets hide the other buttons so that they don't distract in the moment. Select all 13 and touch the three buttons at the bottom of the screen to Hide all 13 Albums.
Now touch the small check in the upper right and you are ready to use this board! When you touch the button you want, it will enlarge with this nice dark background and speak the recorded message. You can tap it again to speak the message again and again.
If you want to be really fancy, swipe left after saying "trick or treat" to speak your "thank you" message! Then off to the next house! Have a fun and safe Halloween!!!!
