MayerJohnson, Inc. Product Overview

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Mayer-Johnson, Inc. Product Overview
Writing With
Symbols 2000
Mayer-Johnson, Inc.
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Writing With Symbols 2000
You won't believe how easy it is to use!

• A word processing program that provides concrete
  symbols to the written word.
• Just type a word and a symbol will appear.
• WWS 2000 has voice output as well!

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Writing With Symbols 2000

• There are over 8,000 symbols which include both
  PCS Rebus.
• The symbols come in color and black and white.
  The color of the Rebus symbols can be changed.

Rebus Symbols
PCS Symbols
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Writing With Symbols 2000

• You can vary size of the symbol.
• You can vary size and color of the text.

Vary Size of Text
Vary Size of Symbols
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Writing With Symbols 2000

• You can write stories with text only.
• You can write stories with symbols only.
• To change from symbol to text mode, just click on
  the picture icon or press F10.

Click on picture icon to toggle to text mode.
Text only
Symbols Only
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Writing With Symbols 2000

• You can write stories with symbols and then
  remove the pictures and have text only. In
  addition, symbol stories can be exported as text
  only.
• Text stories can be imported and symbols will
  automatically appear over words.

Symbols Text
Text only
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Writing With Symbols 2000

• You can mix the text/symbol feature to create
• worksheets,
• calendars,
• schedules,
• literacy activities,
• and more.

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Writing With Symbols 2000

• WWS 2000 has a spell checking feature that can be
  turned on or off.
• Spell check with auditory and visual prompts.
• Spell check using words and/or symbols.

Spell Checking Feature
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Writing With Symbols 2000
Word over symbol
Word under symbol

• Write stories with symbols either over or under
  the words.

• Change the position of the symbols any time you
  wish.

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Writing With Symbols 2000

• Add qualifiers to text automatically.
• Show plurals or verb tense.

Qualifiers
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Writing With Symbols 2000
Cycle through symbols

• Cycle through symbols by pressing F12.
• Its easy to remove an associated word by
  pressing F11 and adding another word.
• WWS 2000 will remember the change until program
  is closed.

Associate a new word
Remove word
WWS 2000 will remember new word association
temporarily
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Writing With Symbols 2000

• Add digital pictures to WWS 2000.
• Any .bmp or .wmf file can be added to existing
  libraries.
• Sound files (.wav) can be added as well.

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Writing With Symbols 2000

• WWS 2000 documents can be made using a single
  window or a grid.
• Each square in the grid can be programmed
  differently.
• Grid can send text to a writing area. This allows
  user to write a story.

Single Window
Grid
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Environments
Writing With Symbols 2000

• Environments are sets of premade, on-screen
  windows.
• Students write by clicking on-screen symbols or
  words.
• Setups can be saved for future use.

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Environments
Writing With Symbols 2000

• In an environment, windows can be turned into a
  send window.
• Anything in a send window will transfer to the
  writing area when the word or picture is
  selected.
• Send windows usually have a light yellow
  background.

Send Window
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Environments
Writing With Symbols 2000

• Environments are great for students who have
  trouble with writing or keyboarding skills.
• This environment is a grocery list. After the
  items are selected, a copy of the list can be
  printed out and taken to the store.

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Environments
Writing With Symbols 2000

• This environment can help beginning spellers
  practice ch and sh words.
• Misspelled words will not display a picture and
  are marked with a box.

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Environments
Writing With Symbols 2000

• This environment shows how a story can be used as
  a grammar exercise.
• The story is turned into a send window. The
  student clicks on words to complete activity.

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Environments
Writing With Symbols 2000

• This environment allows a student to practice
  simple math skills.
• The window can be printed out when activity is
  finished.

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Environments
Writing With Symbols 2000

• This environment demonstrates how WWS 2000 can be
  used as an inclusion tool for a student with
  special needs.

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Environments
Writing With Symbols 2000

• Sentence building environments help students
  learn proper sentence structure and word choices.

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Writing With Symbols 2000
Extra Features
WWS 2000 has a scanning feature Use up to 2
switches!
WWS 2000 includes premade scanning environments
Allows you to make custom wordlists!
Has a selection of voices for speech output
Vary picture size
Vary text size
Vary text color
Vary background colors
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Writing With Symbols 2000
Use WWS 2000 to
Make picture directions
Create schedules
Customize stories
Make sentence strips
Journal Activities
Customize literacy activities
Make recipe strips
Make new environments