App update 2.52 brings exciting changes to language organization in TouchChat®, LAMP Words for Life®, and Dialogue® AAC! Your overall app experience improves with updates too. Update today!
The 2.52 software update features new ways to interact with your choice of languages. This gives more options to multilingual communicators.
Here’s an example of what appears in TouchChat when new users are getting started.
Pre-programmed bilingual files (e.g., LAMP WFL – Spanish/English Full) have been removed. Single language files for all our supported languages, English, French Canadian, and Spanish, are now offered for greater flexibility. Vocabulary Builder™ now has separate lists for each language.
You will still have access to your customized bilingual file. Locate all customized files under 'My Files' which is at the top of the Library menu.
You will have access to vocabulary files in a single language, providing more monolingual options. You can create your own bilingual setup using the ‘Go to Vocabulary’ button action to move between languages. An instruction page for how to use “Go to Vocabulary” is provided within the file for easy reference to linking files.
To make a bilingual vocabulary file, pair two files together with the “Go to Vocabulary” button action.
Voices are set up to know the language of the vocabulary file and will switch as you transfer between different language files. The language restructure includes these voice updates:
To give you the best voice experience, there will be voice limits. When setting up your files for multilingual use, you may choose:
When you reach the limit of a voice synthesizer, the options for that voice synthesizer will be hidden from the selection list until you unselect the maximum number.
Here’s an example of the updated voice menu for a bilingual English/French communicator.
Going forward, when you search for symbols, your search will be based on the vocabulary language, not the device language.
It’s a new year with growing trends! Check out these new additions to WordPower so your communicators can more easily talk about pop culture.
A button for 2025 has been added to the TIME page.
“Lacrosse” and “pickleball” have been added to the SPORTS page.
“Bluey,” “Paw Patrol,” and “Sponge Bob” have been added to the TV page.
“PlayStation,” “Nintendo,” “Minecraft,” and “Roblox” have been added to the GAMES page.
Several musicians have been added to the MUSIC page.
English files: Beatles, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, Usher
Spanish files: Bruno Mars, Enrique Iglesias, Juan Gabriel, Shakira, Taylor Swift
French files: Beatles, Bruno Mars, Céline Dion, Taylor Swift, Usher
A spelling correction has been made for the DESERT animal “javelina”
Suffixes for DESCRIBING words, such as -er, -est, and -ly, have been rearranged into vertical alignment
An IMAGINATION page has been added so communicators have vocabulary to talk about magic and fantasy. Words like “fairy” and “monster” will be helpful as you interact with lesson plans in the 2025 Literacy Planner and Calendar.
A “Suggested Settings” page has been added to WordPower Tools to help you experience the best of the new Mandarin/Simplified Chinese vocabulary.
Calendar and Time pages have been updated with 2025 in the following vocabulary files:
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