TouchChat Mandarin Language Pack

Last updated: 27/01/2025

The Mandarin Vocabulary Package in the TouchChat® app offers a comprehensive and customisable communication solution for Mandarin-speaking individuals. This package includes several standard page sets designed to support a wide range of communication needs, whether for everyday conversations, social interactions, or specific situations like aphasia rehabilitation. Each page set can be personalised, giving users the flexibility to modify existing pages and buttons, create new ones, or even develop an entirely custom page set tailored to their unique communication style.

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How to access the resource:

https://touchchatapp.com/mandarin

General

Languages

Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese

Does this vocabulary cost to access?

Vocabulary is an additional cost on top of software price, One-off cost

Format

Electronic

Translation Method

‘Fluent’ speaker of the language(s) who has a language based profession e.g. Speech & Language Therapist, Linguist, Language Teacher or similar e.g. a Polish vocabulary that has been created by a fluent Polish speaker who is also a Speech & Language Therapist would meet this criteria

Supplier

Liberator Ltd.

Software Required

iOS

Text To Speech

Are voices available in the same language(s) as the vocabulary?

Yes

What voices are available?

Male adult, Female adult

Does the system need internet access for the voice to run?

Vocabulary

Is the settings/software menu available in the same language(s) as the vocabulary?

Does the package support code switching (speaking two or more languages within one sentence/message bar)?

Yes

Can the user switch between languages while staying in the vocabulary package? (E.g via a link on the home page or tool bar etc)

Yes

When the vocabulary was created what features of the language were considered?

When creating the bilingual vocabulary, several important language features were considered to ensure it meets the communication needs of users. Fringe words, such as names of festivals, foods, and places, were carefully selected because they reflect culturally relevant and context-specific vocabulary that a person communicating in that language would naturally want to use. These fringe words complement the core words, which are frequently used across various contexts. Additionally, aphasia strategies have been incorporated into the aphasia page set. These strategies are designed to help individuals with aphasia navigate the language, providing structured support for comprehension and expression. This ensures that the vocabulary can be used effectively by individuals with different language processing abilities, particularly those recovering from brain injuries or language disorders. The structure of the language—such as sentence order, grammatical forms, and gender-specific variations—has also been taken into account to maintain natural language flow and accuracy.

Is it a Text-only or Symbol + Text vocabulary?

Symbol + Text

Are there written labels on the cells as well as symbols?

Yes

Is it possible to have two labels on the cell with the symbol?

Yes

Is it possible to have symbol-only page sets? (i.e no written labels)

Is there a keyboard available?

Yes

What keyboards are available?

Keyboards in both the language(s) of the vocabulary and English (e.g. an Urdu vocabulary has both an Urdu keyboard and an English keyboard)

Is there a search function/word finder?

Can you change the skin tone of symbols?

Yes

Can the vocabulary content be personalised for the individual?

Yes

What level of language ability does this package support? (pick the best fit category)

One word or prestored message at a time (this could include a prestored message that says “I need a drink” but would not offer the flexibility to change the message to “I need juice”) Combining sentence starters with endings (this could be e.g. a Food page that has some sentence starters, “I want to eat…” “I don’t like…” and a word bank to complete the sentence) Combining several words together to make sentences, but not necessarily grammatically correct. Combining several words together at sentence level and including the correct grammar, such as using the correct verb form, and noun-verb agreement and other features as expected in the language. (to meet this criteria the functioning of the vocabulary must be able to accommodate the language’s sentence structure and grammar).

What topics of conversation does the system support? (choose the best fit category)

Wide range of topics including school topics (children) work/ daily living related vocabulary (adults) and common hobbies/ interests, cultural/ religious practices

Is there a translation function available?