A Graphical Panel Editor for SwitchXS and Proloquo)

Multi-purpose Graphical Panel Editor
Make Custom Panels for SwitchXS and Proloquo Make custom Panels using Practically any Photographs
Use PCS Symbols for LayoutKitchen to build Panels with Mayer-Johnson Symbols
Build Panels to Call Applescripts
Custom Panels can be Built with a Mouse or Keyboard
Equivalents

LayoutKitchen™ is an editor for SwitchXS™ scan panels and Proloquo™ speech panels. SwitchXS users can use LayoutKitchen to create their own scan panels (sometimes also referred to as scan keyboards) with just those keys, controls and functions they need, thereby greatly enhancing the power and versatility of SwitchXS. Proloquo users can use LayoutKitchen to create their own speech panels for easy access of commonly used phrases or, when images are used on the buttons, to build communication panels for people who cannot read or write. LayoutKitchen is included with SwitchXS, while Proloquo users can purchase LayoutKitchen as an add-on.

LayoutKitchen provides many features for creating highly customized panels with colored background, labels and buttons, with many types of images, and with a variety of powerful functions. Beginners can start by reusing buttons from existing panels and create more complex panels as they become comfortable with LayoutKitchen. To accommodate a variety of users, LayoutKitchen provides both mouse-based (drag and drop) and keyboard-based interfaces (keyboard shortcuts) for many actions and also includes functions making it easier for switch users to design their own panels with limited mouse use.

A great companion to LayoutKitchen is PCS for LayoutKitchen, which is purchased separately. PCS for LayoutKitchen contains a collection of over 8000 Picture Communication Symbols™ from Mayer-Johnson that can be used with LayoutKitchen to design speech panels for Proloquo as well as scanning panels for SwitchXS. These industry-standard picture symbols are in color and fully-resizable.

LayoutKitchen key-features

Layout editor for SwitchXS and Proloquo.
Supports colored panel background, button labels and buttons.
Supports full-color images of any size on buttons in many graphic formats (including PNG, TIFF, JPEG, PSD, PDF).
Adjustable text font, size and style per button. Provides drag and drop editing of buttons, colors and images.
Includes advanced functions to organize and arrange buttons.
Allows a wide range of functions to be assigned to buttons, from speech to text to AppleScripts and keyboard macros.
Includes a quick-access image browser.
Works with the over 8000 Picture Communication Symbols™ from Mayer-Johnson, available for separate purchase as PCS for LayoutKitchen.