Resound Resound is a communication aid for people with severe linguistic difficulties such as aphasia.  Its also used as a essential part of reehabilitation of lost language and linguistics skills. Resound expect to be available in several languages within 1st  quater of 2003.  Read more about Resound below. Download brochure below. Contact us for more information.
	Download pdf (1.0 MB)

About Resound… 

Resound is an aid for the handicapped in the form of a computer program developed with a view to enhancing the communicative abilities of persons with severe problems in expressing themselves and/or difficulties with writing, e.g. aphasia or dyslexia. 

Resound is based on the resources and problems of the handicapped person by forming an individual, communicative environment consisting of a carefully adjusted vocabulary with a selected linguistic, cognitive, visual, auditory and motoric functionality. 

Resound can be used for preparing communication, for writing letters and documents and for training linguistic skills. 

Resound and aphasia 

The language consists of words, whi-ch in turn can denote objects, actions or characteristics, but behind the words the-re is a comprehensive system of auditory, conceptual and situational connections. Aphasia is a disorder of this logic and ces far beyond the spoken and written language. 

Resound takes these problems seri-ously into consideration, primarily by linking the concepts to situational, associative and functional connections, and by using a logic of selection, from general to specific. Order special brochure about Resound and aphasia. 

The program at present contains more than 1000 carefully selected words. Nouns are the largest group with about 700 words. In addition, there are about 100 verbs, 100 adjectives and a number of particles. The following are small examples of how the understanding of words and concepts is strengthened thro-ugh Resound.

• Nouns are drawings with a strong outline – which defines and underli-nes the concept more effectively than photos.
• Verbs are animated, and can thus be understood as a word class expres-sing an action.
• Adjectives are arranged in pairs to indicate that this is a word class expressing characteristics through opposites or graduation. 

Sound is used in direct communicati-on, and also acts as an auditory feedback for the chosen words. This can also be used in language training. Writing is used to support the pictures.

The logical structure

The selection of words in Resound is based on the fact that words of everyday life exist in one or more environmental context. Thus we use specific words depending on where we are, in the library or in our own kitchen. 

Starting from one of the main environments (the house, the town, the dictionary, "my own words" the user quickly works his way through to one of the more than 100 specific environments. 

If for instance you go through the house to the kitchen, you’ll find words as; sink, refrigerator, cooking and cookbook. If you open the kitchen cupboard, you’ll find the things that are placed in the kitchen cupboard, but also other words that are connected to these things e.g.: to drink, to taste, to get, sour, sweet, to divide, full, empty, new, old. If for instance you go through the house to the kitchen, you’ll find words as; sink, refrigerator, cooking and cookbook. If you open the kitchen cupboard, you’ll find the things that are placed in the kitchen cupboard, but also other words that are connected to these things e.g.: to drink, to taste, to get, sour, sweet, to divide, full, empty, new, old.

View picture in high resolution.

Many words are used in various situations and they are therefore represented in various environments. Thus, all in all, there are more than 5000 accesses to the vocabulary of Resound.

Functionality 

The frame of Resound is constructed as clearly as possible and with a minimum of visual disturbance. There are many possibilities for changing the frame layout from a simple pointing plate into an advanced dynamic layout. Operating can be adjusted from simple click functi-ons into advanced use of mouse and key-board. 

Resound has a certain grammatical competence as it can semi-automatically inflect nouns, verbs and adjectives.

New in version 2.0    The latest version of Resound contains an adjusted vocabulary and completely new colour drawings and animations, especially designed for the purpose. Digitalized high quality male or female voice. Tools for editing vocabulary, with specific backgrounds, pictures and sounds. Predefined layouts with many options for adjusting the program to the linguistic, cognitive and motoric abilities of the user.

View picture in high resolution.

There are several versions of Reso-und. The professional version offers extra advanced options of editing, preparation of templates, multi user support etc. 

There are several versions of Resound. The professional version offers extra advanced options of editing, preparation of templates, multi user support etc. 

It is possible to add a number of com-ponents to Resound, to enhance the functionality in various ways. Examples of extra functionality are access to inter-net, e-mail, different picture libraries and dictionaries, speaking synthesis, extended searching for words, tasks and games, advanced note pad and correspondence.