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AT Tip of the Week: Using QR Codes to Support People with AAC

Posted on: May 3, 2018 Last updated on: May 3, 2018 Written by: Kathryn Helland
Did you think QR codes had gone the way of the dinosaurs?  Not at all useful? Who needs them? Well, changes in iOS 11 have helped make them relevant again.  When you point your iPhone camera at a QR code,…
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Back it Up!

Posted on: October 20, 2017 Last updated on: October 20, 2017 Written by: Kathryn Helland
The importance of backing up any AAC system cannot be overstated.  Many of us (who program devices) have had the experience of spending hours upon hours customizing a vocabulary set, only to lose all of that hard work when a…
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