MKP - Assistive Software Products - Profound & Multiple Disabilities

Build It! is a program that enables the building of pictures with sound effects by repeatedly pressing either switches (connected to the serial port of your computer) or the buttons on your mouse. Each time you press a switch (or button on the mouse) more of the picture is presented.

Build It come with a range of pictures to build, however it also enables you to load your own pictures and associate your own sound effects with them. Once you have created your own materials and style, you can save that configuration, and load it again later.

Notes:
-Build It only uses windows metafiles for the pictures (.wmf).
-A utility program, Builder, is provided with this package. Builder allows you to set breakpoints in the pictures, i.e. the parts of the pictures to play to each time a switch is pressed.

Build It - Support Packs
These are additional support files that support Built It and can be purchased separately.

Patterns
A visually stimulating support disc for the Build It package. It contains examples that will generate visually stimulating images on the screen.

Living Things
This support disc contains examples of different living things. For example: animals, dinosaurs, birds, plants.

Scenes
This support disc for Build It contains examples concerned with different scenes including weather, season, time of day and a short trip around the world.

Food
This support disc contains examples of different foods. For example: fruit, vegetables, ice cream.

What is It?
This disc provides a set of examples that show an outline of something on the first switch press; the second switch press shows all of it.