Everyone Should be Able to Communicate
And a Method of Communication Should be Available for Everyone
Weave Chat AAC is a free Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) application designed to help people who have difficulty using their natural speech to communicate. Weave Chat AAC is a category-based system with a dynamic display and synthetic voice output. Populations who may want use Weave Chat include, but are not limited to, Autism, Down syndrome, ALS, Apraxia, Stroke, and/or other conditions that may affect a person's ability to use their natural speech to communicate.
Weave Chat AAC allows users to easily ‘chat’ using their individual devices (e.g. application on iPad, tablet, cellphone) while sitting next to their communication partner, or while their communication partner is out of their immediate environment. ‘Chatting’ or ‘messaging’ with picture symbols is made easy with Weave Chat AAC.
Use Weave Chat AAC to communicate using picture symbols.
Weave Chat AAC Features
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In-App Picture Messaging
Communicate using in-app picture-symbol messaging. Easily “text” others in the app using pictures-symbols, words, or both without having to copy & paste into a messaging application (ex: iMessage, Google Messages).
Easily communicate with an individual or a group.
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Personalize Your Experience
Choose your icon and text size, select a synthetic voice, add your own images/vocabulary, and modify the board(s) to work best for you.
With your personal login (phone number & password), you can easy use multiple devices and all your information and selections will be saved and available.
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Take Your Experience with You
Use Weave Chat AAC offline. While the in-app texting feature is only available when the device is using data or is connected to the internet, the communication board (complete with synthetic voice) is available at all times using the “offline” capability.
Weave Chat AAC was designed to bridge the current gap in Alternative Augmentative Communication - in app texting.
While many individuals communicate daily via phone calls or texting, individuals who communicate differently do not always have this option readily available.
Current research suggests that interaction between individuals serves the purpose of transferring vital information AND for sharing personal experiences. By sharing current, past, and future information people achieve “social closeness” (Light, J. 1988).