Pictello Visual Stories vs Pathways for Snap Scene

Everyone loves to tell fun, engaging, and imaginative stories. Go ahead and make a social story or visual schedule for a child with autism or a slide show of holiday pictures for your friends - Pictello makes it a breeze to create and share! Whether you use the included natural-sounding Text to Speech voices, or record your own voice, Pictello is the perfect tool for visual storytelling. Each page in a Pictello story consists of a photo or video and some text, which can be read aloud by a Text to Speech voice or your own recorded audio. Develop literacy skills - Support reading with word-by-word text highlighting - Develop writing and spelling with built-in word prediction and Speak as You Type - Create stories to teach academic and social skills - Import free early literacy and adapted academic books from Tar Heel Reader Create and playback with ease - Let students use the wizard to create stories - Play stories page by page or as a slideshow - Use Text to Speech voices to read the story - Turn on switch access for story playback Integrate multimedia - Add your own photos - Include short video clips - Record your own voice or sound Share your stories - Share with other Pictello users through our free sharing server - Use Dropbox to exchange stories - Export to PDF or print to share with non-Pictello users Speak your language - Pick English, Spanish, German, French, Italian or Dutch for the user interface - Select from over 110 free Text to Speech voices in 29 languages - Use genuine American, British, Australian, American-Spanish, Swedish, French, Italian, German, Norwegian and Swedish children's voices - Create interest with fun character and specialty voices Customize to fit your needs - Pick between Wizard or Expert creation modes - Swipe or automatically turn pages - Adjust speech rate and pronunciations Read more at www.assistiveware.com/products/pictello Additional Note: Educational institutions can get a 50% discount if they purchase 20 or more licenses through Apple’s Volume Licensing Program for Education.

Pathways is a FREE, one-of-a-kind companion app for Snap Scene, packed with expert advice for how to meaningfully impact your child’s communication success. Based on best practices from experts in the field, Pathways provides tips, suggestions, and real-world videos to show parents, teachers, and even therapists how to get the most out of Snap Scene. Pathways is an expert blueprint for using Snap Scene, that’s clear and easy to follow. Many early language learning tools can be complex and difficult, making you want to give up, ultimately resulting in communication delays for your child. Pathways was developed to help parents apply best practices and proven techniques for their child in a simple, straight-forward way. The combination of Snap Scene and Pathways is your essential resource to have the biggest impact on your child’s communication success. What’s inside? Getting Started – Learn how to recognize scenes that motivate your child and how to be an effective communication partner. You’ll also find: • Step-by-step examples for various age or developmental levels • Helpful how-to videos • Ideas for scenes based on categories or senses that motivate your child Keep Growing – Discover how to grow your child’s skills through observation and development tracking. We’ll equip you with: • The ability to add scenes to the My Stuff folder for easy access • An evaluation for how your skills are advancing as a communication partner How to Use It – Find resources designed to help you do more, with the tools you already own. • Troubleshooting help • Pathways instructional videos • Snap Scene users guide Why It Works – Expert advice and best-in-class research packaged into everyday language and trustworthy advice. Here you can discover: • Research and resources behind the software • Articles supporting the research • Common myths and why not to believe them