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Start the Chat: The AAC Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
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Podcast
Start the Chat: The AAC Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
Podcast · Smartbox AAC · Start the Chat: The AAC Podcast is hosted by Speech-Language Pathologists Chris Gibbons, Melanie Gylling, and Alicia Alverson. Together, the hosts explore the world of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), sharing stories, insights, and lived experiences from AAC users, their families, and the professionals who support them. Each episode offers meaningful conversations about communication, connection, and inclusion, exploring what matters most in the AAC community, demystifying complex subject matter, and sparking conversations that lead to greater understanding and belonging.
Learn more and register for 24 Hours of AAC
Learn more and register for 24 Hours of AAC
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Explore our Smartbox Hub for helpful guides and resources
Explore our Smartbox Hub for helpful guides and resources
Explore our courses on Smartbox Academy
Explore our courses on Smartbox Academy
Try Grid AAC software for free
Try Grid AAC software for free
Download Grid AAC software, to communicate and do more accessible apps.
Join our Smartbox Community on Facebook
Join our Smartbox Community on Facebook
Meet Samuel | User story
Meet Samuel | User story
We caught up with 16-year-old Samuel, an AAC user and tech enthusiast who tested Evo - our new eye tracker, powered by machine learning. Learn more.
How SAND Academies Trust uses Grid for Schools
How SAND Academies Trust uses Grid for Schools
The Smartbox team recently had the opportunity to visit Belmont School and Sladewood Academy, part of the SAND Academies Trust, to see how they have embraced Grid for Schools and made it their own. Learn more.
Join our free Evo webinar on 19 January!
Join our free Evo webinar on 19 January!
New process for getting an ElevenLabs voice
New process for getting an ElevenLabs voice
Social communication in Grid vocabularies
Social communication in Grid vocabularies
In this blog, our AAC Content Specialist, Anita, and AAC Content Developer and SLT, Eva, explore how Grid vocabularies can support communication in social interactions. Learn more.
New in Grid: Kindle and Audible Accessible Apps
New in Grid: Kindle and Audible Accessible Apps
We’re excited to introduce two new accessible apps in Grid: Kindle Reader and Audible Player. Whether you love getting lost in a good book or prefer the immersive world of audiobooks, these apps make reading and listening easier and more flexible for everyone.
Recognising IDPWD
Recognising IDPWD
December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Learn more about what this means and how we're recognising it.
The A-Z of AAC: The terminology you need to know
The A-Z of AAC: The terminology you need to know
AAC is a broad field. Here is a quick guide to some of the types of AAC available, with guidance on the terminology, and who each solution might be suited to. Learn more.
Using Grid for richer connections
Using Grid for richer connections
Discover how to make the most of AAC this festive season with advice from Becky Fry, Clinical AAC Specialist at Smartbox. In this blog, Becky shares tips and seasonal tweaks in Grid to help families enhance communication and build meaningful connections this Christmas.
New in Grid: TikTok Accessible App
New in Grid: TikTok Accessible App
The latest version of Grid introduces an accessible version of TikTok. Available on Windows.
Our new SLP Education Program in the US
Our new SLP Education Program in the US
Introducing Evo - our most advanced eye tracker yet
Introducing Evo - our most advanced eye tracker yet
We are delighted to introduce Evo, a new intelligent eye tracker created by Smartbox. Powerful machine learning algorithms have been trained on real-world scenarios to deliver fast, accurate, and responsive performance.
How to change the colour of your Smart Buttons
How to change the colour of your Smart Buttons
The Smart Buttons on Grid Pad 13 are touch and eye gaze accessible buttons to give control over your device when Grid 3 is active. Buttons 1, 2, and the Smartbox button can be used to control your device when using Grid. Or they may be changed to use a specific command from Grid 3. […]
New Widgit Symbols in Grid
New Widgit Symbols in Grid
We’re excited to share that the latest version of Grid will include a huge update to the Widgit Symbols library, with improvements to existing symbols, and over 2,000 new symbols. This update gives Grid users access to a richer vocabulary across health, family, education, daily life, and more, making it easier to communicate about the things that matter most.
Meet Jack - user story
Meet Jack - user story
Supporting AAC at Home - Smartbox Academy course
Supporting AAC at Home - Smartbox Academy course
Bringing AAC to Drumbeat School
Bringing AAC to Drumbeat School
AAC for everyone, everywhere
AAC for everyone, everywhere
Building communication through music and play
Building communication through music and play
Purple Tuesday 2025
Purple Tuesday 2025
Meet Grid users
Meet Grid users
Supporting safety and wellness with symbol AAC
Supporting safety and wellness with symbol AAC
Learn about the latest Super Core updates
Learn about the latest Super Core updates
How to add a command cell in Grid 3
How to add a command cell in Grid 3
Discover how to switch between chats
Discover how to switch between chats
Ellise's story, two years on - user story
Ellise's story, two years on - user story
Learn about Communication Boards in the UK
Learn about Communication Boards in the UK
Explore Look Lab eye gaze software
Explore Look Lab eye gaze software
Meet Asher - user story
Meet Asher - user story
How to get your AI voice through ElevenLabs Impact Program
How to get your AI voice through ElevenLabs Impact Program
Supporting Literacy with Grid - Part 2
Supporting Literacy with Grid - Part 2
The Simple AAC Framework - Smartbox Academy course
The Simple AAC Framework - Smartbox Academy course
Meet Tbonez - user story
Meet Tbonez - user story
AAC Awareness Month 2025
AAC Awareness Month 2025
Resources - Grid for Schools
Resources - Grid for Schools
Tristan and Sullivan - user story
Tristan and Sullivan - user story
Meet William - user story
Meet William - user story
Getting started with AAC: A guide for beginners
Getting started with AAC: A guide for beginners
Read with me: Accessible stories
Read with me: Accessible stories
Learn more about Aphasia Duo in Grid
Learn more about Aphasia Duo in Grid
Learn more about Super Core
Learn more about Super Core
Communication Boards at Oasis Academy school
Communication Boards at Oasis Academy school
Meet Sarah Ezekiel - user story
Meet Sarah Ezekiel - user story
How to optimise eye gaze positioning in Grid
How to optimise eye gaze positioning in Grid
Introducing Grid for Schools
Introducing Grid for Schools
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