Clicker 5

• Product Names: Clicker
• Manufacturer/Publisher: Crick Software Ltd

Clicker from Crick software is the writing support tool for younger children

Crick's Clicker 5 writing support tool provides on-screen word banks with integrated speech, within an easy-to-use talking word processor. The simple approach to building new grids means it can be used throughout the curriculum with a variety of different abilities and ages. The on-screen grids comprise of up to 100 cells, which hold letters, words, phrases and pictures.

Users of Clicker 5 can listen to text using the built-in speech software or record their own voices and sounds as well as import digital images and video to develop multi-media projects.

Features of Clicker 5:

• Write with words, phrases or pictures by clicking on cells in the grid
• Words in the grid can be read aloud while written text within the word processor can also be spoken
• Link grids together to offer staged support through a writing task or to form book
• Curriculum picture library
• Instant creation and editing of grids
• Enter text from keyboard or grid
• Option to hide grid for full word processor view
• Listen to text in grid before writing
• Link any number of grids
• Record your own sounds
• Log on facility for easy customisation for individuals
• Instant access to alphabetically sorted personalised wordlists
• User-friendly customisable toolbars
• Create your own talking books
• Create integrated reading and writing activities
• Send any key presses from the grid to the word processor
• Develop your own grids quickly and easily or download free grids from www.learninggrids.com
• Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista compatibility
• Penfriend Integration
• Improved functionality of Crick Picture Library
• Sapi 5 Speech engine compliance
• Pronunciation control of specific vocabulary
• Improved MFL (Modern Foreign Language) and EAL (English as an Additional Language) support
• Alphabetisation of cells in a grid - sorting function

Powerpoint Display available

To download the following PowerPoint Presentation of Clicker 5 (1.93MB)

• Right click on the link provided
• Select “Save Target (or Link) As”
• You will be prompted to save your file on your hard drive. Choose a location and click the “Save” button.

N.B. This is only available if you have Microsoft PowerPoint software.

You will need:

• Windows 98 or later
• Mac OSX 10.2 or later
• 128MB RAM
• 400MB hard disk space

N.B. These licences require activation so are special order items and therefore non-refundable, unless faulty.