# Intent-first vocabulary: pages that start from what the person wants to # DO, with predictable branches, operational commands on every page, popups # that close after a choice, and a layout that also works as a printed book # a partner reads from. Our own design; see tools/pagesets/DESIGN-intent.md # (it says which published principles it follows and what it does not copy). # # Built in three sizes from the same sections: 12 cells (3 x 4), 20 (4 x 5) # and 40 (5 x 8). Each size has a frame -- the operational commands, in the # same place on every page -- and the generator flows each section's items, # in order, into the other cells row by row. A section longer than a page # continues on the next page, linked by "Turn the page" in the bottom-right # corner (on the last page it goes back to the first). `min_size: 20` keeps # an item out of the 12-cell book, so the smallest book stays small. set: name: "Intent first ({size})" description: >- Start from what you want to do -- tell something, say something's wrong, ask, want, chat, go somewhere -- and each choice opens the page with the words for it. {size} cells per page, with the same operational commands on every page; also printable as a book a partner reads from. version: 2026-10-05 license: type: CC-BY-SA-4.0 copyright_notice_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ author_name: AuraSense Tech Corporation and the open-standards AAC contributors source_url: https://aac.aurasense.ai/ symbols: [mulberry, openmoji] root: start palette: op: "#E0E0E0" tell: "#BBDEFB" wrong: "#FFCDD2" question: "#E1BEE7" want: "#C8E6C9" chat: "#FFF9C4" go: "#FFE0B2" do: "#B2EBF2" feel: "#F8BBD0" people: "#D7CCC8" time: "#CFD8DC" answers: "#DCEDC8" describe: "#F0F4C3" food: "#FFCCBC" things: "#E6EE9C" core: "#FFFFFF" cells: # Operational commands (the frame) start: {label: "Back to the start", go: start, symbol: "home", color: op} back: {label: "Go back", go: "@back", symbol: "nav:back", color: op} oops: {label: "Oops, that's a mistake", do: backspace, symbol: "wrong", color: op} finished: {label: "I'm finished", do: speak, symbol: "all done", color: op} wrongq: {label: "Something's wrong", say: "Something's wrong.", go: wrong, color: wrong} turn: {label: "Turn the page", go: start, want_symbol: "turn the page", color: op} # The intents: words that start the message, and the page with the rest tell: {label: "I want to tell you something", say: "I want to tell you something.", go: tell, color: tell, want_symbol: "tell"} question: {label: "I have a question", say: "I have a question.", go: question, color: question, symbol: "question"} want: {label: "I want something", say: "I want", go: want, color: want, symbol: "want"} chat: {label: "Let's chat", go: chat, color: chat, symbol: "hi"} go: {label: "I want to go somewhere", say: "I want to go", go: places, color: go, symbol: "go"} do: {label: "Let's do something", say: "Let's", go: activities, color: do, symbol: "play"} people: {label: "People", go: people, color: people, symbol: "friend"} answers: {label: "Yes, no, maybe", go: answers, color: answers} feel: {label: "How I feel", say: "I feel", go: feelings, color: feel, symbol: "happy"} time: {label: "When", go: time, color: time, symbol: "when"} describe: {label: "Describe it", go: describe, color: describe} more: {label: "More words", go: categories, color: op} # Core words on the 40-cell start page (Universal Core vocabulary, # CC BY 4.0 / CC BY-SA 4.0, Project Core / UNC CLDS: the words only) w-i: {say: "I", color: core, src: universal-core} w-you: {say: "you", color: core, src: universal-core} w-it: {say: "it", color: core, src: universal-core} w-that: {say: "that", color: core, src: universal-core} w-here: {say: "here", color: core, src: universal-core} w-want: {say: "want", symbol: "want", color: core, src: universal-core} w-like: {say: "like", color: core, src: universal-core} w-go: {say: "go", symbol: "go", color: core, src: universal-core} w-get: {say: "get", symbol: "get", color: core, src: universal-core} w-make: {say: "make", symbol: "make", color: core, src: universal-core} w-look: {say: "look", symbol: "look", color: core, src: universal-core} w-put: {say: "put", symbol: "put", color: core, src: universal-core} w-open: {say: "open", symbol: "open", color: core, src: universal-core} w-turn: {say: "turn", color: core, src: universal-core} w-help: {say: "help", symbol: "help", color: core, src: universal-core} w-stop: {say: "stop", symbol: "stop", color: core, src: universal-core} w-more: {say: "more", symbol: "more", color: core, src: universal-core} w-all: {say: "all", color: core, src: universal-core} w-not: {say: "not", color: core, src: universal-core} w-different: {say: "different", color: core, src: universal-core} w-good: {say: "good", symbol: "good", color: core, src: universal-core} sizes: 12: grid: [3, 4] frame: - {at: [0, 0], cell: $start} - {at: [1, 0], cell: $oops} - {at: [2, 0], cell: $finished} turn: [2, 3] 20: grid: [4, 5] frame: - {at: [0, 0], cell: $start} - {at: [1, 0], cell: $back} - {at: [2, 0], cell: $oops} - {at: [3, 0], cell: $finished} turn: [3, 4] 40: grid: [5, 8] frame: - {at: [0, 0], cell: $start} - {at: [1, 0], cell: $back} - {at: [2, 0], cell: $wrongq} - {at: [3, 0], cell: $oops} - {at: [4, 0], cell: $finished} turn: [4, 7] sections: start: name: Start description: >- Point to what you want to do; the page it opens has the words for it. A partner reading the book aloud reads each row, then each choice in the row the person picks. items_by_size: 12: [$tell, $wrongq, $question, $want, $chat, $go, $answers, $feel, $more] 20: [$tell, $wrongq, $question, $want, $chat, $go, $do, $people, $answers, $feel, $time, $more, {say: "Yes", symbol: "yes", color: answers}, {say: "No", symbol: "no", color: answers}, {say: "Help me.", symbol: "help", color: wrong}, {say: "Stop!", symbol: "stop", color: wrong}] 40: [$tell, $question, $want, $chat, $go, $do, $people, $feel, $answers, $time, $describe, $more, {say: "Yes", symbol: "yes", color: answers}, {say: "No", symbol: "no", color: answers}, $w-i, $w-you, $w-it, $w-that, $w-here, $w-want, $w-like, $w-go, $w-get, $w-make, $w-look, $w-put, $w-open, $w-turn, $w-help, $w-stop, $w-more, $w-all, $w-not, $w-different, $w-good] tell: name: I want to tell you something style: {color: tell} items: - "Something happened." - "It's good news." - "It's bad news." - {say: "It's funny.", symbol: "funny"} - {say: "It's important.", min_size: 20} - {label: "About someone", say: "It's about someone.", go: people, color: people} - {label: "About a place", say: "It's about a place.", go: places, color: go} - {label: "About something I did", say: "It's about something I did.", go: activities, color: do} - {label: "About how I feel", say: "It's about how I feel.", go: feelings, color: feel} - {label: "When it was", go: time, color: time} - {say: "It happened today.", symbol: "today"} - {say: "It happened yesterday.", symbol: "yesterday"} - {say: "It's going to happen.", min_size: 20} - "Guess!" - "Ask me questions to find out." - {say: "I'll show you.", symbol: "show"} - {say: "It's a secret.", min_size: 20} wrong: name: Something's wrong style: {color: wrong} items: - {label: "It hurts", say: "It hurts.", go: body, symbol: "hurting"} - {label: "I feel sick", say: "I feel sick.", go: sick, symbol: "sick"} - {label: "Something's broken", say: "Something's broken.", go: broken} - {label: "How bad", go: howbad} - {say: "I need help.", symbol: "help"} - {say: "Stop!", symbol: "stop"} - "I don't like it." - {label: "I'm upset", say: "I'm upset.", go: feelings, color: feel} - "Someone is bothering me." - {say: "I'm scared.", symbol: "scared"} - {say: "I'm too hot.", symbol: "hot"} - {say: "I'm too cold.", symbol: "cold"} - {say: "I need the bathroom.", symbol: "bathroom"} - {say: "I'm hungry.", symbol: "hungry"} - {say: "I'm thirsty.", symbol: "thirsty"} - {say: "I'm tired.", symbol: "tired"} - {say: "It's too loud.", symbol: "loud", min_size: 20} - {say: "I'm lost.", min_size: 20} - {say: "I can't see.", min_size: 20} - {say: "I can't reach it.", min_size: 20} - {say: "Something is missing.", min_size: 20} - {say: "It's not fair.", min_size: 20} - {say: "I made a mistake.", min_size: 20} body: name: Body parent: wrong popup: true style: {color: wrong} items: - {say: "my head", symbol: "head"} - {say: "my eyes", symbol: "eye"} - {say: "my ears", symbol: "ear", min_size: 20} - {say: "my nose", symbol: "nose", min_size: 20} - {say: "my mouth", symbol: "mouth"} - {say: "my teeth", symbol: "teeth", min_size: 20} - {say: "my throat", want_symbol: "throat"} - {say: "my neck", want_symbol: "neck"} - {say: "my chest", want_symbol: "chest"} - {say: "my stomach", symbol: "stomach"} - {say: "my back", symbol: "back"} - {say: "my arm", want_symbol: "arm"} - {say: "my hand", want_symbol: "hand"} - {say: "my leg", want_symbol: "leg"} - {say: "my knee", want_symbol: "knee", min_size: 20} - {say: "my foot", symbol: "foot"} - "all over" - "I'll show you where." howbad: name: How bad parent: wrong popup: true style: {color: wrong} items: ["A little.", "A lot.", "Very bad.", "It's getting worse.", "It's getting better.", "It comes and goes."] sick: name: I feel sick parent: wrong popup: true style: {color: wrong} items: - "I'm going to throw up." - {say: "I have a headache.", symbol: "head"} - {say: "I feel dizzy.", symbol: "dizzy"} - {say: "I feel hot.", symbol: "hot"} - {say: "My stomach hurts.", symbol: "stomach"} - {say: "I need to lie down.", symbol: "bed"} - {say: "I need my medicine.", symbol: "medicine"} - {say: "I can't breathe well.", symbol: "breathing"} - {say: "Please call the nurse.", symbol: "nurse"} - {say: "I have a cough.", min_size: 20} - {say: "I feel weak.", min_size: 20} - {say: "I have a runny nose.", symbol: "nose", min_size: 20} broken: name: Something's broken parent: wrong popup: true style: {color: wrong} items: - "It's not working." - "It's stuck." - "It needs charging." - "Please fix it." - {say: "my wheelchair", symbol: "wheelchair"} - "my glasses" - {say: "my phone", symbol: "phone"} - {say: "the TV", symbol: "tv"} - "my communication book" - {say: "my tablet", min_size: 20} - {say: "the computer", symbol: "computer", min_size: 20} - {say: "the light", min_size: 20} - {say: "my hearing aid", min_size: 20} question: name: I have a question style: {color: question} items: - {say: "Who?", symbol: "who"} - {say: "What?", symbol: "what"} - {say: "Where?", symbol: "where"} - {say: "When?", symbol: "when"} - {say: "Why?", symbol: "why"} - {say: "How?", symbol: "how"} - "What's that?" - "What are we doing?" - "What's next?" - "Where are we going?" - "Who is coming?" - "Can I have a turn?" - {label: "Can I …?", say: "Can I", go: activities, color: do} - {say: "Which one?", min_size: 20} - {say: "How many?", symbol: "how many", min_size: 20} - {say: "When is it finished?", min_size: 20} - {say: "What happened?", min_size: 20} - {say: "Are you OK?", min_size: 20} want: name: I want something style: {color: want} items: - {label: "to eat", say: "to eat", go: food, symbol: "eat", color: food} - {label: "to drink", say: "to drink", go: drinks, symbol: "drink", color: food} - {label: "to go somewhere", say: "to go", go: places, symbol: "go", color: go} - {label: "to do something", say: "to", go: activities, symbol: "play", color: do, note: "Says only the word 'to'; the page it opens adds an activity: 'I want' + 'to' + 'watch TV'."} - {label: "someone", go: people, symbol: "friend", color: people} - {label: "a thing", go: things, color: things} - {say: "more", symbol: "more"} - {say: "help", symbol: "help"} - "a break" - {say: "a hug", symbol: "hug"} - {say: "to rest", symbol: "rest"} - {say: "to stop", symbol: "stop"} - "a turn" - "to be alone" - "something else" - "I don't want it." chat: name: Let's chat style: {color: chat} items: - {say: "Hi!", symbol: "hi"} - "How are you?" - {say: "I'm good.", symbol: "good"} - "Not so good." - {say: "Guess what?"} - {say: "Wow!"} - "Oh no!" - {say: "That's funny!", symbol: "funny"} - "Really?" - "I like it." - "I don't like it." - "Your turn." - "My turn." - "I don't know" - {say: "Thank you."} - "Bye!" - {say: "What's new?", min_size: 20} - {say: "Cool!", min_size: 20} - {say: "Yuck!", symbol: "yucky", min_size: 20} - {say: "Me too.", min_size: 20} - {say: "Not me.", min_size: 20} - {say: "I agree.", min_size: 20} - {say: "No way!", min_size: 20} - {say: "Tell me more.", min_size: 20} - {say: "Sorry.", min_size: 20} - {say: "See you later.", min_size: 20} places: name: Places popup: true style: {color: go} items: - {say: "outside", symbol: "outside"} - {say: "home", symbol: "home"} - {say: "to the bathroom", symbol: "bathroom"} - {say: "to bed", symbol: "bed"} - "to my room" - {say: "to school", symbol: "school"} - {say: "to work", symbol: "work"} - {say: "to the store", symbol: "store"} - {say: "to the park", symbol: "park"} - {say: "to the doctor", symbol: "doctor"} - {say: "for a walk", symbol: "walk"} - {say: "for a drive", symbol: "car"} - {say: "to a friend's house", symbol: "friend"} - "somewhere else" - {say: "to the kitchen", min_size: 20} - {say: "to the library", min_size: 20} - {say: "to a restaurant", symbol: "restaurant", min_size: 20} - {say: "to the pool", min_size: 20} food: name: Food parent: want popup: true style: {color: food} items: - {say: "breakfast", symbol: "breakfast"} - {say: "lunch", symbol: "lunch"} - {say: "dinner", symbol: "dinner"} - "a snack" - {say: "fruit", symbol: "fruit"} - {say: "an apple", symbol: "apple"} - {say: "a banana", symbol: "banana"} - {say: "bread", symbol: "bread"} - {say: "rice", symbol: "rice"} - "soup" - {say: "chicken", symbol: "chicken"} - {say: "fish", symbol: "fish"} - {say: "cheese", symbol: "cheese"} - {say: "a cookie", symbol: "cookie"} - "ice cream" - "something else" - {say: "pasta", min_size: 20} - {say: "a sandwich", min_size: 20} - {say: "pizza", min_size: 20} - {say: "eggs", min_size: 20} - {say: "yogurt", min_size: 20} - {say: "cereal", min_size: 20} - {say: "vegetables", min_size: 20} - {say: "cake", min_size: 20} drinks: name: Drinks parent: want popup: true style: {color: food} items: - {say: "water", symbol: "water"} - {say: "milk", symbol: "milk"} - {say: "juice", symbol: "juice"} - "tea" - "coffee" - "a soda" - {say: "something hot", symbol: "hot"} - {say: "something cold", symbol: "cold"} - "something else" - {say: "hot chocolate", min_size: 20} - {say: "a smoothie", min_size: 20} - {say: "with ice", min_size: 20} activities: name: Things to do popup: true style: {color: do} items: - {say: "play a game", symbol: "game"} - {say: "watch TV", symbol: "tv"} - {say: "listen to music", symbol: "music"} - {say: "read a book", symbol: "book"} - {say: "draw", symbol: "draw"} - {say: "go outside", symbol: "outside"} - {say: "go for a walk", symbol: "walk"} - {say: "play with a ball", symbol: "ball"} - {say: "sing", symbol: "sing"} - {say: "see my friends", symbol: "friend"} - {say: "rest", symbol: "rest"} - {say: "watch a movie", symbol: "movie"} - "do something else" - {say: "dance", symbol: "dance", min_size: 20} - {say: "cook", symbol: "cook", min_size: 20} - {say: "swim", symbol: "swim", min_size: 20} - {say: "do a puzzle", min_size: 20} - {say: "use the computer", symbol: "computer", min_size: 20} - {say: "use my tablet", min_size: 20} people: name: People popup: true style: {color: people} items: - "me" - "you" - {say: "Mom", symbol: "mom"} - {say: "Dad", symbol: "dad"} - {say: "my brother", symbol: "brother"} - {say: "my sister", symbol: "sister"} - {say: "my friend", symbol: "friend"} - {say: "my teacher", symbol: "teacher"} - "my helper" - {say: "the doctor", symbol: "doctor"} - "someone else" - {label: "A person I know", say: "…", fill: {photo: true, words: true, hint: "Add a photo and their name"}} - {say: "my grandma", symbol: "grandma", min_size: 20} - {say: "my grandpa", symbol: "grandpa", min_size: 20} - {say: "the nurse", symbol: "nurse", min_size: 20} - {say: "everyone", min_size: 20} - {label: "Another person I know", say: "…", min_size: 20, fill: {photo: true, words: true, hint: "Add a photo and their name"}} feelings: name: How I feel popup: true style: {color: feel} items: - {say: "happy", symbol: "happy"} - {say: "sad", symbol: "sad"} - {say: "angry", symbol: "angry"} - {say: "scared", symbol: "scared"} - {say: "excited", symbol: "excited"} - {say: "tired", symbol: "tired"} - "bored" - "frustrated" - {say: "worried", symbol: "worried"} - {say: "sick", symbol: "sick"} - {say: "OK", symbol: "ok"} - {say: "confused", symbol: "confused"} - {say: "calm", min_size: 20} - {say: "silly", symbol: "silly", min_size: 20} - {say: "proud", min_size: 20} - {say: "lonely", min_size: 20} - {say: "great", min_size: 20} - {say: "embarrassed", min_size: 20} answers: name: Yes, no, maybe popup: true style: {color: answers} items: - {say: "Yes", symbol: "yes"} - {say: "No", symbol: "no"} - "Maybe." - {say: "I don't know", symbol: "i don't know"} - "I'm not sure." - "Sometimes." - {say: "Not now.", symbol: "now"} - "Later." - "Ask me again later." - {say: "Both.", min_size: 20} - {say: "Neither.", min_size: 20} time: name: When popup: true style: {color: time} items: - {say: "now", symbol: "now"} - "later" - "soon" - {say: "today", symbol: "today"} - {say: "tomorrow", symbol: "tomorrow"} - {say: "yesterday", symbol: "yesterday"} - {say: "this morning", symbol: "morning"} - {say: "tonight", symbol: "night"} - "I don't know when." - {say: "this afternoon", symbol: "afternoon", min_size: 20} - {say: "on the weekend", min_size: 20} - {say: "next week", symbol: "week", min_size: 20} - {say: "every day", symbol: "day", min_size: 20} - {say: "before", symbol: "before", min_size: 20} - {say: "after", symbol: "after", min_size: 20} - {say: "a long time ago", min_size: 20} describe: name: Describe it popup: true style: {color: describe} items: - {say: "big", symbol: "big"} - {say: "little", symbol: "little"} - {say: "hot", symbol: "hot"} - {say: "cold", symbol: "cold"} - {say: "good", symbol: "good"} - {say: "bad", symbol: "bad"} - {say: "yummy", symbol: "delicious"} - {say: "yucky", symbol: "yucky"} - {say: "fast", symbol: "fast", min_size: 20} - {say: "slow", symbol: "slow", min_size: 20} - {say: "loud", symbol: "loud", min_size: 20} - {say: "quiet", symbol: "quiet", min_size: 20} - {say: "new", min_size: 20} - {say: "old", symbol: "old", min_size: 20} - {say: "the same", symbol: "same", min_size: 20} - {say: "different", min_size: 20} - {say: "funny", symbol: "funny", min_size: 20} - {say: "scary", symbol: "scary", min_size: 20} - {say: "easy", min_size: 20} - {say: "hard", symbol: "hard", min_size: 20} things: name: Things parent: want popup: true style: {color: things} items: - {say: "my phone", symbol: "phone"} - {say: "a book", symbol: "book"} - "the remote" - "my glasses" - {say: "my blanket", symbol: "blanket"} - {say: "a ball", symbol: "ball"} - {say: "music", symbol: "music"} - "my tablet" - "something else" - {say: "a toy", symbol: "toy", min_size: 20} - {say: "my bag", min_size: 20} - {say: "paper", symbol: "paper", min_size: 20} - {say: "a pen", min_size: 20} - {say: "my coat", symbol: "jacket", min_size: 20} - {say: "my shoes", symbol: "shoes", min_size: 20} - {say: "the light", min_size: 20} categories: name: More words style: {color: op} items: - {label: "Food", go: food, symbol: "food", color: food} - {label: "Drinks", go: drinks, symbol: "drink", color: food} - {label: "Places", go: places, color: go} - {label: "People", go: people, symbol: "friend", color: people} - {label: "Things to do", go: activities, symbol: "play", color: do} - {label: "Things", go: things, color: things} - {label: "How I feel", go: feelings, symbol: "happy", color: feel} - {label: "When", go: time, symbol: "when", color: time} - {label: "Body", go: body, symbol: "head", color: wrong} - {label: "Describe it", go: describe, color: describe} - {label: "Yes, no, maybe", go: answers, color: answers}