Matrix Maker Plus

Matrix Maker Plus has been specifically designed to be the simplest and most affordable software for making communication overlays and educational resources. With an easy to use intuitive interface, you can start creating and printing straight away with no need for training.

Making symbol and picture resources is now as easy as 1, 2, 3

1. Choose your template:

Matrix Maker Plus has a huge bank of ready-made templates, Over 100 commonly used communication devices and switch templates.
A wide variety of low tech communication book templates to meet different needs. Add your own pictures to make motivational games and worksheets.
Make personalised visual timetables, reward charts, stickers and certificates.

2. Add your pictures:

Either from the IT media library with over 26,000 images, including the current and extensive SymbolStix and Widgit libraries. Search by key word, category or alphabetically using our intelligent search system; Or use our time saving Internet option - go straight to Google images, click on the thumbnail of your choice and the image is immediately added to your template; Or add a photo instantly using the webcam feature. You can also browse to any folder on your computer to use your own pictures. Add these to the IT media library for fast future searching.

3. Print it out

Now simply print your communication board, worksheet, timetable or game.
If you need to edit, there are simple intuitive tools to use.
Drag and drop your pictures into the right place - pictures automatically swap and resize. Change the colour of cells and background. Alter size, colour and position of text. Tweak pictures and symbols with the simple paint tool.

The ever expanding Widgit Symbol Set has been developed over the past 25 years and now contains more than 11,000 symbols, which cover an English vocabulary of over 40,000 words. Widgit’s simply drawn, colourful symbols each illustrate a single concept in a clear and concise way. They cover a range of topics, including many curricular areas wide enough to make them suitable for symbol users of all ages and abilities.

IT pictures contains over 3000 images of pictures, symbols and illustrations ready to use in Matrix Maker Plus. Each image is clear and concise and is supported by strong black outlines for clearer definition. In the 3000 images you can expect to find illustrations from the popular Inclusive Technology range of software titles like the SwitchIt! Extras and ChooseIt! Ready-Mades. This library is constantly being updated to reflect the new products that Inclusive produce.

A symbol set of over 13,000 symbols that has emerged as a world standard in picture based communication.

Originally designed and developed by News-2-You, SymbolStix depicts people as lively stick figures with no gender, age or culturally specific attributes, so that learners can focus on the concepts without being distracted by detail.

You may experience problems using multi-touch touchscreens on Windows 8 and 10 if the user is not capable of performing a clearly defined single point of touch. The program will not respond if the user hits the screen with a palm or a fist.

Potential issues with multi-touch touchscreens on Windows 8 and 10

Our touchscreen software has been programmed to respond to a left-mouse click. A single point of touch in Windows 8/10 will emulate a left mouse-click... however, two (or more) points of touch will be interpreted as a 'gesture' - a completely different command which our software will duly ignore.

This issue does not affect multi-touch users running on Windows 7. Windows 7 will accept the first point of touch and ignore whatever additional contact is made, successfully emulating a left-mouse click.