Closing the Gap
40TH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 19-21, 2022
Minneapolis, Minnesota
New Location! Hilton Minneapolis Hotel
Presentation Length:
1 hour
Date and Time
(Central Daylight Time):
-
October 20, 2022
- 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Presentation Title
Next-Gen Tactile Symbols 3D-Printed Blissymbolics
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Here is the current BCI-AV. There are now a total of 6183 symbols. Several graphics formats are provided as well as accompanying documentation. You can browse it online in Google Sheets format and several graphics formats are provided below for download as well as accompanying documentation.
Full symbol sets in various formats
The file names below are mostly self-explanatory. The number after h indicates the height of the symbols and w indicates their width. The suffix indicates the type of files the map contains (e.g. png, bmp, svg or wmf).
Documentation on the symbol sets
- Excel spreadsheet with ID's, glosses, and derivations but without symbols (more manageable)
- Google Sheets spreadsheet with ID's, glosses, symbols, and derivations
- PDF (landscape format - larger symbols and text when printed) with symbols: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Afrikaans, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, French
- PDF (portrait format - fewer pages) with symbols: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Afrikaans, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, French
Closing the Gap
40TH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 19-21, 2022
Minneapolis, Minnesota
New Location! Hilton Minneapolis Hotel
Presentation Length:
1 hour
Date and Time
(Central Daylight Time):
-
October 20, 2022
- 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Presentation Title
Next-Gen Tactile Symbols 3D-Printed Blissymbolics
Presenters
Andrea Newall
Institution:University Lecturer in AAC, Speech, Language, and Hearing
Program
Position:
Speech Language Pathologist, AAC Specialist, Southern California School District
Anitha Muthukumaran
Institution:
Douglas County School Districts; University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
Position:
Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments; Special Education Doctoral Student
Ken Hackbarth
Institution:Volksswitch
Position:
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff; Founder and President
Description of Presentation
In this session we'll introduce you to a new generation of tactile symbols that are perfect
for use with non-speaking individuals who are blind, deaf/blind, or visually impaired – including students with cognitive disabilities. The symbols benefit from two different technologies:
3D-printing and Blissymbolics. 3D-printing makes it inexpensive to create these tactile symbols. Blissymbolics provides a rich, conceptual language to develop communication skills with
low cognitive requirements. The presentation will highlight the experiences shared by several teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs) and speech language pathologists
(SLPs) how they collaborate and use these tactile symbols with their students. The session will include how educators can get free access to these tactile symbols and supporting
materials.
