Welcome to ASTRL!

Are you looking for a simple and free way to create symbols for a PECS user? Are you tired of being the only person on your communication team that has access to Boardmaker? PHOTOsyms provides a new and easy way to create communication symbols from real life photos. Now your entire assistive technology team can participate in creating communication symbols. By providing your child access to current and relevant picture symbols, communication can now extend beyong the classroom. PHOTOsyms can be run on any computer running Adobe Reader.

ASTRL strives to push the envelope of current AAC systems. We conduct research based on the needs within the AAC community.

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