NCMEC First Responder Event
This free in-app download consists of TouchChat pages to support the project by The National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children, entitled "How to Host a Sensory Friendly First Responder Event for
Children with Autism". None of the activities has a link to a Home page, so the Back button in TouchChat
must be used to move from one activity to another. The idea is that the facilitator will set the page for a
specific activity, and then the child will stay on that page. The facilitator will use the Back button to
navigate back to the Home page. By design, some of the pages don't speak. They are intended to allow
the child to show, rather than tell, the facilitator how he or she is feeling.
Playing a Song from TouchChat
Audio files such as music contained in the device user's iPod® media library can be played.
1. Edit a button and tap the action Play Library Audio.
2. Choose the song from your music Library.
3. Give your button a label and add a picture.
Note: You will also want to include a Stop button on your page
in case you need to stop the song before it is finished playing.
To create a Stop button:
4. Choose the location, edit the button, add a label and icon, and
tap the action Stop Library Audio.
5. If Speech Message remains in the Button Actions section, tap
Edit and click the delete icon
6. Tap Save and tap Done.
Using SocialChat
Text generated with TouchChat pages can be shared with social media, such as Facebook, Tumblr, and
Twitter accounts.
1. Make sure a wireless network connection is established and accounts for the preferred social
network are set up.
2. Go into the TouchChat app; generate the text you wish to post to the social network.
3. Press and hold on the Speech Display Bar (SDB) until the Share and Copy options appear.
4. Tap Share and tap the social network you wish to send the text to.
TouchChat Express User's Guide
in front of Speech Message.
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