ACCESSIBILITY
Different learners. One place to communicate.
Start with one CherryChat board. Then see how it can adapt around the person using it.
One shared board. Four ways to use it.
Select a learner and watch the same underlying board adapt around them.
ONE SHARED BOARD ↓
Maya's view
Same board
The board doesn't choose the voice. The user does.
Voice belongs to the communicator, not the board.
Voice Preview
“I want more.”
Uses your device's available voices — available voices differ by browser and device. The board never determines the communicator's voice.
Dwell to select.
Move your pointer over a symbol and hold. A dwell indicator fills; when it completes, the cell selects.
Eye Gaze / Dwell Simulation
Move your pointer over a symbol and hold to select.
This demonstrates the dwell interaction model — it is not a clinical eye-tracking assessment.
Scan. Select. Communicate.
Cells highlight in sequence. Press SPACE/ENTER or SELECT to choose. Hidden vocabulary is skipped.
Switch Scanning Simulation
Press SPACE/ENTER or tap SELECT to choose the highlighted cell. Hidden cells are skipped.
Type into the same shared board.
A text-based communicator uses the same underlying board as peers using picture symbols.
Text + Keyboard
The same board, text-only. Type into the sentence bar.
Grow vocabulary without rebuilding the world.
Hidden cells stay blank-in-place; reveal more vocabulary later without shifting positions.
Vocabulary Growth
Reveal more vocabulary without rebuilding the board. Positions stay consistent.
Grow vocabulary without rebuilding the communicator's world.
Give communication time.
A teacher model appears on the learner's board and stays for the time they need to process it.
Modeling + Processing
Some communicators need more time to process a model before it disappears.
Preview runs accelerated — in the app, the model stays for the full selected time.
Access isn't just input. It's participation.
Different access methods do not exclude the learner from shared communication.
Class Chat
Teacher · Ms. Lee
What do you want?
Eli · Switch AAC
I want MORE
A switch user sends communication into the class conversation through their board.
Peer Chat
Ava · Eye-gaze AAC
help
Maya · Touch AAC
I help
AAC users communicate with peers—each through their own access method.
