Mayer-Johnson
www.mayerjohnson.com

     To facilitate the creation of symbol-based communication and educational tools, Mayer-Johnson offers a family of powerful, yet easy-to-use Boardmaker software products each designed for specific needs: Boardmaker is symbol-based desktop publishing software used for the creation of printed materials, Boardmaker Plus! adds on-screen features such as voice and video for the creation of interactive educational activities and Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro offers additional features for Augmentative and Alternative Communication* (AAC). Boardmaker is offered on Windows and Mac and available in 11 languages.

Products

Boardmaker Boardmaker^® is a communication and learning tool containing over 3000 Picture Communication Symbols^™ (PCS^™) in bitmap format. It is designed to enhance the language and learning process for students of all levels.

Writing with Symbols Powerful word/picture processing program that allows you to type words and have the option of having picture symbols appear with each word.
 

IntelliTools, Inc.
www.intellitools.com

     IntelliTools' mission is to provide outstanding technology to help all students learn to their fullest potential. We create educational software and adaptive hardware products that deliver multisensory instruction to meet diverse learning needs. We provide professional development to help teachers use our products easily and effectively.

Products

IntelliTools Classroom Suite An award-winning software toolset for K-8 curriculum support, designed to boost the achievement of lower-performing students (struggling students, English language learners, and students with special needs) and help schools and districts meet their Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals under the No Child Left Behind Act.
     It provides teachers with a systematic approach to critical skills practice. And it provides students with engaging practice activities to help them improve in reading, writing, and math.
     IntelliTools Classroom Suite is designed to provide multimedia activities for systematic practice and to record student responses – generating electronic portfolios that document student growth and achievement.
 

Inspiration Software, Inc.
www.inspiration.com

     Inspiration Software^®, Inc. is recognized as the leader in visual thinking and learning. We develop and publish innovative software tools that inspire learners of all ages to brainstorm, organize, plan and create. With more than 15 million users worldwide, our award-winning software is revolutionizing visual learning in education—inspiring students to develop strong thinking and organizational skills and improve their academic performance.
 

Products

Inspiration For grades 6-12: The essential tool to visualize, think, organize and learn. Powered by the proven strategies of visual learning, Inspiration supports improved achievement for secondary students and adults. Inspiration strengthens critical thinking, comprehension and writing across the curriculum.

Kidspriation For grades K-5: The visual way to think, write and comprehend. Kidspiration provides an easy way for primary students to build visual diagrams to represent thoughts and organize information. With Kidspiration, students learn to express their thoughts, organize their ideas for writing and improve.
 

Widgit Software
www.widgit.com

     Widgit Software produces a wide range of symbol-supported learning materials and symbol stories.
 

Products

Writing with Symbols 2000 www.widgit.com/products/wws2000/about_wws/WWS20001.htm
     Writing with Symbols 2000 is a language, literacy and communication tool that uses symbols, speech and activities to help anyone read and write. At its simplest Writing with Symbols is a word processor that automatically illustrates the words as you type. But that is only the start...

Communicate: In Print 2
www.widgit.com/products/inprint/index.htm
     Communicate: In Print 2 is a symbol desktop publishing package that can create a vast range of printed materials as well as helping people to read and write.

Thinking with Pictures www.widgit.com/products/logotron/twp/index.htm
     Thinking with Pictures, with literacy support from Widgit Rebus Symbols and speech, is accessible to a wide spectrum of users, regardless of literacy and linguistic ability. This software is designed to develop thinking skills, towards the enhancement of: memory, creativity, learning, independence, and concentration.
     Build clear pictorial Model Maps on screen, with absolute control over the presentation. Add speech support, hyperlinks, symbols and notes, so a click of the mouse will play a recording, jump to a website, insert an image or reveal extra text. Users can then explore, explain and examine subjects in more detail.
 

Silver Lining Multimedia
www.silverliningmm.com

      Picture This... CDs contains thousands of photos that you can use to create photo flash cards, living skills strips, choice boards, token boards, and educational materials to help your child or student learn to communicate, behave and understand the world. All of the photos, except those of places in the community are taken against a plain background. This eliminates any distractors which often impair a child's ability to understand what is being taught or communicated. Our software comes with an easy-to-use program which allows you to create cards of any size, with or without borders and text. Locating the right photo is simple using our search engine which enables you to search by word, partial word, phonetics or foreign languages. If your client uses an augmentative communication device, you can either import our photos into another program, or print them in the proper size from our program. The possibilities are endless.

Products

Picture This…series  There are two different versions of Picture This... Picture This... Standard Edition is our original version which contains a basic program to help you format photos and 2700 photos from 30 different categories.  This is a good CD to purchase if you have a tight budget but would like a wide variety of photos.  Picture This... Pro , with over 5,000 photos, is the most popular version. The professional version contains a powerful formatting program which allows you to print any size card, a phonetic and word search engine, plus many other features which are described below.  Any of add-on photo collection CDs can be used alone or combined with Picture This... Pro.
     ESL focus: Because our Picture This... Pro software comes in 5 languages, you can create your own custom cards with a picture and English word on one side and a foreign language on the back. You can add your own language or search the huge database of photos in the foreign language. Picture This... also works great for practicing a foreign language before traveling overseas.
 

Crick Software
www.cricksoft.com