That means that everything talks, including talking cursor keys, menus, spell checker and dialog boxes. The level of speech output can be set as appropriate. Allwrite works and feels like a standard Windows application, and gives the young user a firm basis to move on to full Windows applications with screen reader support. AllWrite provides support for high quality speech engines, such as DECtalk, and also allows sound files to be used to speak the letter sounds if appropriate. It provides hundreds of screens full of simple and colourful switch games aimed at developing cause and effect awareness and basic switch skills.
Some games require the user to select the correct switch from a choice of two.
While there are many separate switch programs to teach these skills, most have a limited number of activities, and motivation is soon lost through repetition. Instead of buying dozens of similar programs, Switch Builder gives you a huge variety of activities from a single program. As well as the supplied games and excercises, anyone who understands Windows metafiles can also use the metafile editor bundled with Switch Builder to make many more. These games are designed to encourage new switch users to play unsupervised, having fun while improving their switch skills. Each game teaches a different aspect of switch use, such as selection of the correct switch, timing and rapid repeating.