The document provides instructions for creating a scanning communication board in PowerPoint that allows users to select options by hovering over images or words with their mouse. It discusses using pictures, text, symbols and recorded audio to create choices that can be selected to communicate basic messages or requests. Step-by-step directions are given for setting up the board with cells, copying slides to create multiple choices, adding rectangles over the cells to select them and linking audio files to the rectangles so selections play sounds.

1. Making PowerPoint Scan and Talk Ja Medlicott AT Consultant North Carolina Assistive Technology Program

4. Internet JPG Example Move mouse over Monitor and left click Move mouse over keyboard and left click Move mouse over mouse and left click

5. Microsoft Clip Art Click on TV Click on popcorn Click on chair

7. Started with Simple Two Choices Choice 1 Choice 2

8. Simple Text Apple Ball

9. Simple Symbol

10. More Choices Hi Ja Help Doc Bathroom Pain Arm Leg Please Call 911 Fishing Eat

12. Microsoft Sound Recorder

14. Audacity You can remove time delay

15. Audacity Example Good Morning

16. AT&T / TTS Demo http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html

20. Microsoft Clip Art Within PowerPoint

23. Blank Layout

25. Text Alignment Right click corner of table Choose Borders and Fill

26. Center Text Click Text Box Choose Middle Center

27. Add Text All text now will be centered Enter text and hit tab

28. Text Completion

29. Rectangle Placement Click on Rectangle Right click hold and pull over single cell

30. Format Shape Click Format AutoShape Right click on rectangle Make rectangle clear Make rectangle have no outline

31. Copy/Paste Clear (invisible) Rectangle on each cell Right click on clear rectangle Click Copy Click Paste Pull clear rectangle over each cell

33. Add Speech to each Clear Rectangle Right on clear rectangle Click on Action Settings Click play sound Choose other sounds

34. Pick Sound Wav File For each Cell

35. Red Blue Green Black

38. Make Table Car

39. Copy Slide Number of slide copies = Number of Choices

40. Paste CTRL +V Car

41. Highlight Cells Format Choose Color Choose Weight Make Clear

42. Car

43. Drag Clear Rectangle to next cell Car

44. Car

45. Car

46. Cover Each Slide (entirely) with Clear Rectangle

47. Make Rectangle Cover Clear

48. Clear Cover

49. Paste Clear Cover on each Slide

50. Car

51. Car

52. Set to Loop

53. Set Scan Timing Click Side Transition No Mouse click Click auto

54. Make Arrow Visible

55. Arrow Option