AIM Explorer App vs Niki Scene

The AIM Explorer App is a free simulation that combines grade-leveled digital text with access features common to most text readers and other supported reading software. Magnification, custom text and background colors, text-to-speech, text highlighting, and layout options are presented in a logical sequence to help struggling readers decide which of these supports might help them to access and understand text. The AIM Explorer App is designed to be used by a reader working collaboratively with an educator, tutor, parent, or assistive technology specialist as a guide. AIM Explorer App is an iPad version of the Adobe-Air based AIM Explorer developed at National Center on Access Educational Materials at CAST, Inc. (aem.cast.org)

Create an interactive scene in a few moments: - Take a photo. - Outline the area where you want to create the interaction (hotspot). - Choose whether to play a sound by recording it with your voice. - Select whether to show a text or a symbol. Add multiple hotspots to the scene and you're done. Niki Scene is an effective tool for children or adults with autism or any disability that impairs the ability to communicate. The visualization of a symbol can be useful to create a correspondence with the real object represented in the photo.