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Need symbol and text based communication? Trust Mind Express™ 4

For years a number of people with communication difficulties, their companions, families, speech therapists and their teachers, have trusted in Mind Express as a tool for assisted communication. This software is extremely flexible and useful for everyday communication, and also functions as an educational and therapeutic tool.

The new version, more user friendlyMind Express 4 retains all of the best features of Mind Express 3. Mind Express 4 is an updated, easier to use program. You will find it easier to program and operate!

The menus and options have been transformed, providing an even more logical and efficient interface. Mind Express 4 is full of new possibilities:

Multimedia features, agenda features, dynamic lists, free drawn grids, etc. The software has become more dynamic and adaptable to better enhance the lives of users. Creating new communication grids? Or extra exercises? This can be done very quickly thanks to the extensive symbol sets, speech capabilities and the large number of additional features!

KEy fEaturEs• Automaticcommunicationgridbuilding

• Easycreationofpagesfromtemplates

• Fullcontrolofotherapplications

• Text,phoneandemailmessaging

• Agendafunctionality

• Symbolprediction

• Phraseprediction

• Dynamiclists

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Aardvark to ZebraMind Express 4 provides an abundance of symbols. Bliss, SymbolStix, Mulberry and the Sclera symbol libraries are now included for free with Mind Express 4.

Other symbol libraries available are: Beta, PCS, Picto, ARASAAC, Picture This and Widgit Symbols. Personal images can also be used.

Using the inbuilt picture editor it is possible to edit and modify all symbols. Multiple symbols can also be used in one cell.

Dynamic ListsWhat makes Mind Express 4 even easier to use are dynamic lists.

For example, by pressing the + symbol under each heading the other boxes will dynamically change showing more symbols of that list. This is a good way of having more vocabulary items on a single page without the need for multiple pages.

It is possible to have multiple dynamic lists on a single page.

PredictionMind Express 4 now supports: Word Prediction, Symbol prediction and sentence/phrase prediction. Any combination can be used on a page. Users can also create their own sentences and store them for easy retrieval at a later date. Users can also create documents that can be saved, printed and read out.

Computer ControlMind Express 4 can be used as an onscreen keyboard and mouse emulator allowing full control of other programs on a computer.

This feature allows users to access and control popular programs such as Skype and Facebook. Time consuming tasks such as logging into a Facebook account can be automated into a single cell in Mind Express.

Agenda FunctionalityMind Express 4 has built in agenda and calendar functions. Cells can be set to show different symbols at different times of the day, useful for timetables. Users and therapists can set alarms prompting Mind Express to speak and show a message at a predetermined time of the day, useful for important reminders. Mind Express creates calendar pages automatically, so there is no need for time consuming creation of calendars each year.

Extra FeaturesMind Express 4 offers not only communication from symbols and/or text, but also many other options:

• Dynamic lists

• Full control of Windows applications

• Integrated music playback & control

• Integrated video playback & control

• Slide shows of photos (eg holiday photos)

• Send and receiving of emails

• Text messaging and phone control

N.B. images of sender are automatically shown to user

• Picture taking with a webcam

• Environmental control

• Planning with time and calendar functions

• Ability to hide/unhide cells

• Free drawing mode in page construction