Gateway 12
Gateway 12 is designed for children who are chronologically between 2 and 6 years of age whose receptive language performance is at the 18-24 month level. The targeted user can successfully access a 12-location array using either a touch screen or scanning as their mode of access and is developmentally ready to begin combining words to create multi-word messages.

It includes 12 different topical page sets. Each set is intended to be a part of a focused activity or routine mediated by an adult communication partner. There is an open page set should be customized to meet the unique needs and interests of the user.

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Gateway 20
Gateway 20 is available in both direct selection and scanning versions. It targets two distinct user populations. One includes children, chronologically between 2-15 years of age, whose receptive skills are at the 24-30 month level. These children may demonstrate severe physical impairments; mild - moderate cognitive limitations; and/or an oral apraxia. The other clinical population includes children whose diagnosis falls within the PDD - Autistic Spectrum. These children are chronologically between 3 - 10 years of age and typically use PECS with an “I want” sentence strip. They can recognize symbols of nouns, verbs and some adjectives/adverbs. Both of these user populations would be communicating in 1-2 word messages.

Gateway 20 includes a MAIN page, pictured on the left, designed in a modified Fitzgerald Key format with links to People, Family, Things I Do, Describing Words, Things and Places. This page set contains a variety of new features to (a) enhance language development opportunities and (b) expand the size of the core vocabulary. Sentence Development Links provide a simplified approach for a child to create a sentence. That is, selecting a verb speaks that verb and then automatically links to a page of related words the child can use to complete a message. For example, accessing go, will lead the user to places such as “grandmom’s or outside. “Concept” and “Color” links are available on each of these associated pages providing additional opportunities for a child to expand the syntactic complexity of his/her messages. The present progressive verb form, ‘-ing”, is “modeled” for some of the verbs on the verb page. It is hoped that by hearing the “-ing” verb form in the correct context, the child will spontaneous seek out this verb form when communicating using more advanced page sets. Semantic Power Strips, sets of paradigmatically associated words, provide the child with a focused array of words that can offer greater diversity of expression. Inclusion of an Opposite Strategy on the “Descriptive Words” page systematically expands available vocabulary. A set of six Tabs is available – About me, Time to Chat, Time to Learn, Time to Play, Time to Relax- increasing a child’s opportunities for participating in dialogues, well as in educational and recreational activities.

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Gateway 30
Gateway 30 is available in both direct selection and scanning versions. It is designed for adolescents and adults who demonstrate limitations in their expressive language performance. Candidates for Gateway 30 typically communicate in single or multiple word utterances and do not use function words (e.g. the, this, with) or word endings such as “-ing or “ed” as a part of their spontaneous message generation. The vocabulary within this page set is functionally based and targets many activities of daily living.

In addition to a core of pronouns and verbs, the MAIN page includes simple object categories such as Foods, Household, Clothing and the like as well as to Describing Words and Places. The scanning version contains Sentence Development Links that directly link from the verb to a page of related to complete a message. “Concept” and “Color” links are available on each of these associated pages providing additional opportunities to expand the syntactic complexity of a message.

A My Tabs button links to a set of five Tabs. Each tab contains phrases and/or sentences that can enable the user to provide communicate within a different context. The About Me tab contains sentences the user can select to share information about himself and to request the same from others. Talk to Friends contains messages that can enable the user to express a range of pragmatic functions. Talk About Holidays contains information about what occurs during each different month of the year as well as a page that can be customized for his/her birthday. Talking in Town provides general messages that can be used for communicating within the community and Time to Relax offers a set of functions that the user can operate to help control his/her environment.

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Gateway 40
Gateway 40 is available in direct selection, scanning and text versions. The direct selection and scanning version address the needs of children, C.A.- 3 -12 years, whose receptive skills approximate the 30-60 month level. The expressive performance of these users would range from use of 2-3 word telegraphic sentences to syntactically correct sentences. A user of this page set has the potential to learn to use word endings, articles and prepositions. Spelling and reading are among educational goals and/or abilities. The text version targets adults who may prefer a text-only page and secondary to visual and/or motor limitations may be unable to access Gateway Pro. Some modifications have been made to the core vocabulary in the text version to better accommodate the needs of an adult user.

The Gateway 40 MAIN page is arranged in a modified Fitzgerald Key format with links to words from a variety of grammatically organized categories. Several programming features enhance the power of Gateway 40. Semantic Power Strips, sets of paradigmatically associated words, provide a focused array of words that offer greater diversity of expression. All forms of the verb “to be” are easily accessible from the Main page.

The Pronoun page has been reorganized to facilitate easier access to targeted words and frequently used Object categories (e.g., Household, Toys) have been moved to the MAIN page. Use of an Opposite Strategy on the “Descriptive Words” page systematically expands available vocabulary as does the expanded Questions and Nature Popups. A set of six Tabs is available – About me, Time to Chat, Time to Learn, Time to Play, Time to Relax- increasing a user’s opportunity for participating in dialogues, well as in educational and recreational activities.

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Gateway 60
Gateway 60 is available in direct selection, scanning and text versions. It targets children and adults with language skills at least at a 4-year. That is, they would be constructing 5-6 word sentences including articles, prepositions, and pronouns and either using, or learning to use, the full range of word morphology features. The user would also require access to the spelling and word prediction features.

Gateway 60 has a variety of features to enhance efficiency of message output and to increase the available vocabulary. Semantic Power Strips, sets of paradigmatically associated words, are available for verbs and some nouns. They provide a focused array of words and enable greater diversity of expression. In the direct selection and the text versions the auxiliary form of the verb “to be” automatically transitions verbs to the required “-ing” form. Frequently used Object categories (e.g., Foods, Household, Hygiene) are located to the main page. Other objects are categorically organized on the Things page.

The vocabulary includes a Question words and phrases, Time words, Descriptive Words, including the Opposite Strategy, and a large array of Places including States, Capitals, Planets, World. A set of five Tabs – About me, Time to Chat, Time for Fun, Time to Learn, Time to Relax- increase the user’s efficiency when participating in dialogues, well as in a range of other activities.

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Gateway Pro
Gateway Pro is available in both direct selection and scanning versions. It is designed for literate users of AAC devices who can access over 100+ buttons on a page. A typical user would demonstrate fully developed syntactical performance using word endings, articles and prepositions, etc. in the course of routine message generation and rely on spelling and word prediction to supplement the core vocabulary.

The Main page of Gateway Pro is a dynamic page set that contains a QWERTY keyboard and provides consistent access the most frequently used words of our language. In addition, it provides access to approximately 2000 words through semantically organized category links. These include Popups for the following word categories: People, Questions, Pronouns, Verbs, Descriptive Words, Time Words, Places, and a comprehensive selection of Things. Gateway also includes pages for computer access, environmental control pages (ECU) and for editing or speaking text files.