A powerful talking picture and word processing program with over 8,000 pictures!

Writing With Symbols 2000, has all the things you loved from the original program and now features:

• Scanning Capabilities
• New Voices
• Improved Environment Setups

This powerful word/picture processing program allows you to type words and have the option of having picture symbols quickly pop in with each word.

WWS 2000 is a program with 3 primary purposes:

• Allows teachers and parents to make picture materials.
• Allows nontext ready individuals to write with pictures.
• Allows text users to have a talking word processing program with a pictorial spell checker.

Writing With Symbols 2000 is a creating tool for teachers and parents!
Just by typing, here are some of the things you can create:

• Picture stories for emerging readers.
• Picture strips to use with reading books and everyday class curriculum to help with the inclusion of a special student.
• Picture directions for guidance.
• Picture recipes for independence.
• Picture schedules to promote organization.
• Custom wordlists for specific vocabularies.
• Social stories.

Here's how it works:

The teacher or parent builds an on-screen selection window(s) and places the vocabulary in it. The student then writes by clicking on items in the selection window(s). As items are chosen, each selection puts text, or text and pictures, into the writing area above. Multiple on-screen selection windows can be linked together to provide a large vocabulary of pictures. Set ups and writing files may then be saved for later use.

Features:

• Talking word processing
• Spell checking with associated pictures
• 3,800+ Picture Communication Symbols (each in black and white and color)
• 4,000+ black and white Rebus symbols
• Photos or graphics may be imported to customize your work.
• Pictures may appear above or below the text.
• Adjustable text and picture sizes
• Adjustable text and background colors
• When a word with multiple pictures such as "play" is typed, pressing the F12 key allows you to quickly toggle through all of the choices.
• Make custom wordlists for specific vocabularies.
• Set up multiple windows to allow a student to write by selecting pictures and outputting pictures or text to the writing area.
• Qualifiers may be added to words to show plurals or verb tense. 

For Speech and Picture Assisted Word Processing!

• Talking word processing.
• Spell checking with:
  • An audible tone and box around errors.
  • Suggested words in the spell checker speak and are accompanied by a picture (when one is available).
• Adjustable text and background colors.