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John Crick
Crick Software Ltd.
Northampton, United Kingdom
www.cricksoft.com
Clicker 4 is an extremely flexible tool used in thousands of
schools to support students in reading, writing, access and
communication. Clicker's talking word processor and unique system
of grids makes it very easy for teachers and therapists to tailor
the program to suit individual needs. Grids can be made in
seconds, with each 'cell' holding a letter, word, phrase, or
picture. In addition to its own large picture library, Clicker is
able to use the Mayer-Johnson PCS library, which can be purchased
separately.
With Clicker, the student is able to write using letters, whole
words, phrases and pictures. Software speech is included, and
real sounds can also be used, which can be recorded within the
program. The student is able to 'try out' the sound in a cell
before writing it, giving support to struggling readers.
The program is fully switch accessible, and switch users can
even open and save their own documents.
Clicker Writer, Clicker 4's talking word processor, has been
completely re-written, and now uses html as its native format,
enabling students of all abilities to create web pages from
within the program. The multimedia features have also been
greatly enhanced, making it even easier to create talking books
(these can now include videos) that are fully switch
accessible.
Clicker is supported by hundreds of free resources which can be
freely downloaded from crick's website, www.cricksoft.com. These
high quality, fully tested materials include Clicker grids
created by actual users, in addition to those created by Crick
Software. Clicker has won five of the prestigious BETT awards in
the UK, the most recent being in January 2000, and has also won
the status of Millennium Product.
Clicker 4 is now available for both PC, and Mac. Clicker was
conceived by John Crick, a teacher with 17 years experience of
working with children with physical and learning disabilities.
Many of the company's staff are ex-teachers, who keep in close
contact with the world of education.
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