Mind Express 5 (1 User) (Permanent Web License Upgrade) (2 Concurrent Users)

Only users that have purchased the full version of a Mind Express 4 (1 User) fixed license before 2020 are eligible for this upgrade.

Any optional symbol set or page set licenses including Linda Burkhart's Steps Before Step Scanning originally purchased for a full version of Mind Express 4 (1 User) fixed license will be transferred to the Mind Express 5 (1 User) (Permanent Web License Upgrade) at no extra cost.

Communication software Mind Express 5 helps people with communication disorders. Even if you have little or no speech, you can learn to communicate independently using symbols and letters, or a combination of both. Mind Express 5 incorporates more than 20 years of experience supporting users worldwide with cerebral palsy, autism (ASD), selective mutism, MS, MND, Down’s syndrome, aphasia, etc. in their daily activities. They can use our software to communicate with partners, friends and children as well as leisure activities, for example, to play games or watch movies. Organizations, clinics and schools can also use Mind Express 5 as a communication and teaching aid for children and adults.

You can also use Mind Express 5 for e-mails, texting, calling and social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp. Environmental control such as switching on lights, opening a door or operating the television is also possible.

Access Mind Express 5 with a touch screen, a mouse or trackball, a joystick, one or two switches, head tracking and eye gaze. Mind Express 5 is designed to be as personal and flexible as possible.

Mind Express 5 has been through a profound change where the power of Mind Express 4 has been combined with an intuitive design. Its focus is on user-friendliness. The biggest changes are the renewed interface of Mind Express 5 and the ready-to-use page sets and templates.

User-friendliness

Everything starts with the user: you create your profile, choose the voice that suits you best and with which page sets you want to start. This will take you to your portal, your home base, where you can easily browse between your files. As a therapist, you can also easily switch between different users.

The new interface is intuitive with a central place for quick editing. Everything has been streamlined to make editing and personalizing your communication board as smooth as possible. For example, you can now search in the same dialog box in symbols, take a picture, import from your disk or Google. There is no longer a central media library, but one media library per document. As a result, your photos will automatically be well organized and you won’t backup unused images when exporting page sets. Editing becomes much easier thanks to an intuitive touch screen friendly interface. Visualizations are used where possible and extra explanations are shown where necessary. Still can’t find it? Search the software using the built-in search bar or google your question in our interactive manual.

Intertwined with your communication device

You can now easily customize and use Mind Express 5 through a touch screen. Want to type something? No need to connect a keyboard, just use your on-screen keyboard.

Want to use a switch, joystick, mouse/trackball, head tracking or eye tracking? In the menu, you can quickly switch between the different access methods. You can now easily assign scan groups and different dwell times within your page set.

Ready-to-use page sets

Mind Express 5 is more than ever a total package. Our extensive vocabularies Amego, Juno, Gateway, Steps Before Step Scanning, SCORE, PODD and ALOHA are also available in the latest version of Mind Express 5. However, you also have access to a lot of ready-to-use page sets. When you create your profile, you can see which files you want to start with. These include many templates such as email, SMS, video, photo album, music, calendar, contacts, calculator, Windows control, etc. Do you want to start with only a few page sets? Sure! You can always import the page sets or other files from the Mind Express website later on.

Mind Express 4 vs. Mind Express 5

The modifications to the interface, the new ready-to-use page sets and a prominent place for alternative controls are some of the biggest improvements. Here are other differences between Mind Express 4 and Mind Express 5.

• Expanded grammar functions. There are options such as post-grammar actions that allow us to adapt a chosen word to the correct form. You can also have the labels of your cells automatically adjust to grammar (after choosing ‘I’, ‘am’ appears as the label text instead of ‘be’).
• Prediction is more accurate. The word prediction has evolved enormously. Mind Express contains thousands of ready-to-use sentences and over 60,000 SymbolStix symbols (that’s 20,000 more than Mind Express 4!). What’s more, the smart predictor takes typing and dyslexic errors into account.
• Alternative access methods. We have invested heavily in more and better selection options. For example, external zooming for eye gaze has been tackled and you can assign different dwell times to cells.
• Cell type and actions are more logically organized under ‘Actions’. When you add an action, your cell is completely ready! It is automatically filled with a label and a standard symbol. If you want to change this, you can do so too.
• More style options. You can choose from more shapes and still personalize thoroughly. Would you rather work fast? The default setting for the text font is ‘auto-adjust’. This means that your label and your figure are displayed as large as possible without overlapping.
• Search function. Are you looking for a word or concept in your communication board? Use the search function and Mind Express 5 will show you the path to that word from the current page. Very useful for teaching navigation within a page set.
• Navigate without GPS. Your portal makes navigating between page sets easy and visual. When you’re looking for a page in your page set, the quick page view makes it easier.
• Simplified dynamic lists. Dynamic lists are now just pages in your document. That way, your dynamic content becomes very visual and you also keep the styles of your cells. Useful if you work according to Montessori or Fitzgerald color codes. What’s more, modifying a dynamic list is now very easy; you use the same editing options as for all other cells.
• Licensing streamlined. Vocabulary licenses are now linked to your Mind Express license. Mind Express 5 is only available as a web license.
• Levels and slideshow can no longer be found under that heading. Instead, you can use dynamic lists.

Demo Version

You can sign up and download a 60 days free trial version of Mind Express 5 here.

Upgrade Requirements:

• Must have purchased a full version of a Mind Express 4 (1 User) fixed license before 2020. 
• Must submit your Mind Express 4 Full version (1 User) fixed license serial number when ordering upgrade.

System Requirements

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows® 10
• Minimum Memory (RAM): 2GB 
• Minimum Hard Disk or Solid State Drive Space: 4GB