2/19/2023 0 Comments Exit proloquo![]() ![]() ![]() You may remember that in Proloquo2Go 2 and 3 we offered two different pre-programmed vocabularies: Core Word (which we’ve described above) and Basic Communication. “Eat” and “drink” are very important on a food-related page, and “go” and “have” are much less important, so we use their locations for core words more appropriate for this fringe category.Ĭhoosing a template for a new page Advance more easily into Core Word “Eat” and “drink” don’t appear on the home page in the 6圆 grid size (although they do appear on the home page for larger grid sizes, so they are still core words). Appropriate words per pageįor example, on the Proloquo2Go 4 breakfast page, “eat” and “drink” appear in the places where “go” and “have” appear on the home page. Places where the less useful core words appear on the home page are used for words from the fringe category or for core words that don’t appear on the home page, but are useful for this fringe category. Only the core words that are most useful for the particular fringe category will appear on the fringe page. Not all the buttons on the home page appear on the fringe page - there isn’t room! We’ve determined which core words are most likely to be used on each fringe page, and which are less useful for a particular category of words. If a word appears on the home page and a fringe page, it will be in exactly the same place on both pages. To support motor planning in Proloquo2Go 4, we changed the way we provide access to core words on fringe pages. So if we know that the word “I” always appears in the upper left corner of any page in an AAC system, we don’t have to visually or physically search for the button - we just apply the motor plan we have used many times in the past. Any motor plan that is consistent will be learned more eas- ily and executed more quickly. When you think “I want to press the button for ‘I’,” this needs to be translated into a motor plan your fingers will understand. A motor plan is a set of instructions the motor part of the brain sends to the muscles when it receives a command to do something. This consis- tency takes advantage of one of the ways we learn how to do things - motor plan- ning. It enables the user to quickly locate the words he or she wants to use. ![]() Keeping words in a consistent location on an AAC vocabulary is very important. Motor planning better supported with Crescendo We went back to work and are happy to say we’ve addressed these concerns, making many other cool features available in Proloquo2Go 4, with a new vocabulary called Crescendo™. But we received a lot of feedback that the core words on the fringe pages should be in exactly the same position as they appeared on the home page. People told us they loved the new Core Word vocabulary and the inclusion of core words on the fringe pages. We also included a few key core words on most fringe pages, in the top row. In June 2012, AssistiveWare released Proloquo2Go 2.0 with a new pre-programmed vocabulary with carefully chosen core words on its home page. So quick access to these “core words” is a powerful tool for efficient and effective communication. In English, for example, 50 words account for 40–50 percent of what we say, 100 words account for 60 percent and 200–400 words account for 80 percent of all words spoken in typical conversation across all ages. Every language has a small set of words that make up most of the words we use. ![]()
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