Sources for Symbols
Name
Do2Learn
Web address
http://www.do2learn.com/
(picture cards)
Cost
No cost
SEN Teacher
AAC photo cards
http://www.senteacher.org/Wor
ksheet/6/PECS.xhtml
No cost
Sclera’s Photos
http://www.sclera.be/
No
cost
bacon
How is it
http://www.howitis.org.uk/sear
ch.asp
No
cost
I want a
turn
Special Education
Technology of
British Colombia
http://www.setbc.org/pictureset
No cost
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Example
sit
monkey
Other info
Picture categories
include full page
and 2’’ By 2’’ cards
Category based
and create your
own option.
Print 8 per page
aprox size 2’’ by 2’’
Pictograms
Arranged by
category and
alphabetically
Rebus symbols and
line drawings
Some categories
include: wants,
needs, rights,
sexuality and
personal care
Includes category
based vocabulary,
routine outlines ie:
bedtime routine.
Saved in PDF so
can be opened on
any computer
(Boardmaker)
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ARASAAC
http://www.catedu.es/arasaac/i
ndex.php
No cost
Imagine symbols
http://www.imaginesymbols.co
m/home.htm
No cost
Colour/black and
white pictograms
and photos
Coffee
Saved as one large
file on your
computer.
Organized in
folders by category
Wheel
chair
Speaking of Speech
http://www.speakingofspeech.c
om (under material exchange)
No cost
Pre created topic
based pages in
PDF form for easy
printing. Uses
Boardmaker
picture set
Hand drawings in
PDF format.
Organized by
category
Picture
Communication
Tool
http://www.picturecommunicat
iontool.com
No cost
Boardmaker
Trial
http://ca.mayer-johnson.com
(Canada ->
download centre->trials and
demos
30 day free
trial
Free full version
trial of
Boardmaker
software from
Mayer Johnson
Symbol Stix
https://www.n2y.com/store/n2
y-Products/SSX
$49 on-line
version
Symbol set of
12000+ symbols
available online for
yearly fee.
Boardmaker 6
Full version
www.bridges-canada.com
$329
Full version of
Boardmaker v6.
With 3000+
pictures
Boardmaker Share
www.boardmakershare.com
No cost but
need to
create an
account
Lets you share
thousands of
ready-made
Boardmaker
activities and
connect with the
people who use
them
Milk
Feelings
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Matrix Maker Plus
https://www.n2y.com/store/par
tner-products/MMP
$95
Free 2 week
trial
Over 26,000
symbols
Ready made
templates
Uses Widget and
SymbolStix
symbols
Picto-Selector
http://www.pictoselector.eu
No cost but
will need to
down-load
soft-ware
Download contains
over 28000
images.
Can add labels and
texts to pictures
and/or visual
scenes.
Children with
special needs
http://www.childrenwithspecial
needs.com/pecsdownloads
No cost
This site contains
some picture
symbols for
beginners
50+ pictures
Visual Aids for
learning
http://www.visualaidsforlearnin
g.com/index.php
Some free
visual
sequences
and
packages
Site contains so
free visual
sequences and
some to be
purchased
Pogo Boards
http://www.pogoboards.com
iPad App
14day trial
$69.00 per
year
Vocabulary, visual
scenes, categories.
Lots of shared
boards online, so
you don’t have to
create your own.
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