/easyCAA

This project is based on AraSuite project (AraWord tool). The target is to release a easy app to support the teachers to propose CAA (augmentative and alternative communication)

Primary LanguageJavaScriptGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Welcome to easyCAA

The project is a free interpretation of AraSuite platform, in particular of AraWord tool. AraWord works in client mode, easyCCA is a open&free software web-based.

This is an attempt to build an easy platform to serve the teachers to use the CAA (Augmentative and Alternative Communication).

Moreover easyCCA can works on very basic OS like Windows RT.

You can download the directory of project and, with a double-click on index.html file, run the easyCCA to your web browser.

easyCCA can run on any webserver or offline.

Files

  • index.html is the main of easyCCA
  • in the folder IT_simboli_arasaac_colori there are the pictograms from AraWord projects. easyCCA uses pictograms from ARASAAC, owned by Aragón Government, distributed under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA).
  • js/imagesEasyDB.js is the configuration file to associate the words vs pictograms. This file comes from AraWord projects in details from imagesEasy.xml file
  • js/config.js is the configuration of the application. You can set language from Castellano, Ingles, Frances, Catalan, Italiano, Aleman, Portugues, Portugues Brasil, Gallego, Euskera. Default is Italiano
  • js/easyCAAcore.js is the core of the application.

How to you use

offline

  1. download easyCCA from github git clone https://github.com/gbasilisco/easyCAA.git or download directly from https://github.com/gbasilisco/easyCAA/archive/master.zip
  2. open directory easyCCA, or unzip zip file downloaded, and double click on index.html file
  3. write in the field the words and see the associate pictograms

on your webserver

  1. download easyCCA from github git clone https://github.com/gbasilisco/easyCAA.git or download directly from https://github.com/gbasilisco/easyCAA/archive/master.zip
  2. copy directory easyCCA into your webroot (e.g. on apache htdocs)
  3. open your browser and access to root URL (e.g http://localhost:8080/easyCCA) and go to index.html page
  4. write in the field the words and see the associate pictograms

online

  1. open your browser go to https://easycaa-2872b.web.app (you must be use a Google account to sign-in)
  2. write in the field the words and see the associate pictograms

General Informations

Technology

Built with pure HTML and JQuery-1.12.4

How can I contribute?

In the Issue section of this repository I constantly add bugs to fix or new features to develop. You can fork this repository and start develop as a contributor. Moreover you can send an email to info@softnew.it to collaborate.

In particular if do you want add new pictograms and new words, you have to modify the imagesEasyDB.js and add new images into IT_simboli_arasaac_colori

This is an item's example:

<image id="2256.png" name="2256.png">
        <language id="Castellano">
            <word type="nombreComun">rbol</word>
        </language>
        <language id="Ingles">
            <word type="nombreComun">tree</word>
        </language>
        <language id="Frances">
            <word type="nombreComun">arbre</word>
        </language>
        <language id="Catalan">
            <word type="nombreComun">arbre</word>
        </language>
        <language id="Italiano">
            <word type="nombreComun">albero</word>
        </language>
        <language id="Aleman">
            <word type="nombreComun">Baum</word>
        </language>
        <language id="Portugues">
            <word type="nombreComun">rvore</word>
        </language>
        <language id="Portugues Brasil">
            <word type="nombreComun">rvore</word>
        </language>
        <language id="Gallego">
            <word type="nombreComun">rbore</word>
        </language>
        <language id="Euskera">
            <word type="nombreComun">zuhaitz</word>
        </language>
    </image>

License

This project is released under GNU GPL license as you can check in LICENSE.txt file. The images stored in IT_simboli_arasaac_colori directory, are under Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA) as you can check in legalcode.txt file.