Tess and Alli Chatting with AAC

0:02 - 0:05

(Allie) Do you have a pet?
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[beeps from device]
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(Tess) I have a fish named Ruby.
0:15 - 0:23

I also have two guinea pigs. One is brown named Chester. One is black and white named Benny.
0:23 - 0:27

(others) Ha ha, Chester and Benny!
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Allie, what do you think about that?
0:30 - 0:38

[low talking with adult instructing use of device]
0:38 - 0:49

(Allie) No way!
0:49 - 0:51

(Allie) That's funny.
0:51 - 0:55

(other) That's a lot of pets, Tess.
0:55 - 0:58

(Adult)You can tell her anything. Tess, what happens is...yeah, that's a good message.
0:58 - 1:01

(Allie) I use my eyes to pick the words.
1:01 - 1:07

(Adult) So, whereever she looks, Tess, then it starts turning red and then it drains away
1:07 - 1:11

and then it speaks. Show her again.
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(Allie) No
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(Adult) huh...how about YES?
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(other) see the whole thing turns red, Tess.
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(Allie) Yes. (Adult) Yes.
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Yeah
1:22 - 1:26

(Adult) What do you think about that Tess?
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Ah, nmmn
1:41 - 1:48

(Adult) What do you think of that, her using her eyes?
1:48 - 1:50

(Tess) Awesome!
1:50 - 1:53

(others) Awesome [laughter]

Title:: Tess and Alli Chatting with AAC
Description:: Tess came all the way from Texas and visited Alli in our Georgia office yesterday. Tess and Alli are both terrifically smart young ladies who use AAC devices to communicate. Tess uses the Vanguard by Prenke Romich with 2-switch scanning. Alli uses the Vmax with EyeMax by Dynavox with eye gaze access to activate her messages. Alli and Tess spent an hour and a half chatting and checking out each other's devices. The girls have plans to keep in touch via video chatting.

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Video Language:: English
Duration:: 01:53

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