Visual LightPad vs Sensory Boards

Visual LightPad creates a bright illuminated surface for developing visual perceptual and visual motor skills in people with visual impairment. It's a cheaper alternative to expensive, dedicated hardware visual impairment light boxes. Think of it as a digital light box! Adjust Visual LightPad's brightness and color, then place semi transparent toys, numbers or letters on the iPad's screen. Where colors become difficult, open the color picker and change the background color to something that accentuates the toys. Where hardware light boxes can be associated with work, iPads tend to be associated with play. Visual LightPad helps develop awareness to color and light, but using objects also helps in the development of visual perceptual skills, hand eye coordination, and both visual scanning and tracking. Visual LightPad can also be used for; - Reading content printed onto acetate - Providing a reading backlight when paper documents are placed on top of it - Photo negative illumination - Sensory / mood lighting Visual LightPad is purposefully easy to use and relatively low on features. It supports presets for easy saving and recall of preferred settings. It is designed to run on iPad, but also runs on iPhone - meaning you can keep a small light box in your pocket at all times.

Sensory Boards lets you create, edit and share AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) boards using Open Board Format — the open standard that works with many AAC apps worldwide. Whether you're a therapist building resources, a carer creating daily schedules, or a teacher designing classroom communication tools, Sensory Boards gives you everything you need to make professional, personalised boards. **SYMBOL LIBRARIES** • 2,290+ PiCom Classic symbols included — no internet needed • Search by keyword to find the right symbol instantly **ADD YOUR OWN SYMBOLS** • AI Symbol Generator — create custom symbols on-device, no internet required • Search the web for images • Import photos from your device • Draw your own symbols with the built-in drawing tool **POWERFUL BOARD EDITOR** • Flexible grid — set any number of rows and columns • Cell Editor — control label, font, size, position, colours and borders for every cell • Annotation overlays for rich visual context • Undo / Redo with full history • Zoom controls for precision editing **CUSTOMISE EVERYTHING** • Board and cell background colours • Font family, size, style and label position • Cell borders — width and colour • CVI Mode — high-contrast display for Cortical Visual Impairment **SHARE AND EXPORT** • Export as OBF or OBZ (Open Board Format) — compatible with many AAC apps • Print boards directly from the app • Share via the system share sheet