• User – the person who logs into the computer and controls the creation and editing of Clipboards
• Profile – this is the switch user’s ‘area’, where all of their customised Clipboards and switch settings are stored.
• Groups – a group is made up of multiple profiles (i.e. if working in a school, a class could have a group)
• Clipboard – the interface that the switch user is interacting with
• Block – a single element of the clipboard (could be a text block, YouTube block or navigate block)
• Clip – a YouTube Video
• Play Time – how long a clip plays for before pausing and requiring another switch press
• Scan Speed – how long it takes for Clipboard to scan over a block before moving onto the next one
• Block Label – the label that will appear on the Clipboard when being used by the switch user
• Spoken Label – the label that will be spoken aloud
Access Modes
• Access Modes – the way that the switches control the software (types of access modes include: press and hold, timed and scan and select)
• Press and Hold – the clip will play while the switch is being activated; the clip will pause when the switch is released
• Timed – a switch press will play the clip for the set ‘play time’. The clip will then pause and require another switch press to resume playing.
• Latched – a switch press will start the clip, another switch press will pause the clip
• Autoscan – the scan time will be set and this will determine how quickly the options are scanned over. A timed switch press is required to select the desired block.
• Scan and Select – The ‘scan’ switch will scan through the blocks; the ‘select’ switch will select the desired block. (this may also be referred to as ‘move and choose’).