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Although not strictly Assistive Technology, the large icons and simple interface of this program may make it ideal for use in some Assistive Technology settings.

From the Authors:

Simple Interface

• A small number of useful tools are available. (See below.)
• The drawing canvas is a fixed size, so the user doesn’t need to worry about “pixels” or “inches” when making a new picture.
• The entire program fits in 640×480, and can be displayed full-screen, to hide the computer’s underlying “desktop” interface. (It defaults to 800×600 mode, and can run at larger sizes, as well.)
• Loading and saving of images is done using thumbnails, so no knowledge of the underlying operating system’s filesystem structure is needed. Even filenames are unnecessary.

Entertaining Interface

• Fun sound effects are played when tools are selected and used.
• A cartoon version of Tux, the Linux penguin, appears at the bottom to give tips, hints and information.

Drawing Tools

• Paint brush
  • Various brushes available
  • Parents/teachers can add more brushes
  • Various colors available
• Rubber stamp
  • Hundreds of photographic and cartoon stamps images are available
  • Parents/teachers can add more stamps and create categories
  • Stamps can have text (names, facts, etc.) and sound effects assigned to them
  • Stamps can be resized, flipped and mirrored
• Line tool
  • Uses Paint Brush’s brushes
  • “Rubberband” shows where the line will be drawn as you move the mouse
• Shape tool
  • Draw various filled and unfilled polygonal shapes
  • Rotate shapes (this feature can be disabled for younger children)
• Text tool
  • Comes with various fonts
  • Bold, italic and size can be changed
  • Parents/teachers can add more fonts
• “Magic” (special effects) tool
  • Fill – “flood-fill” an area with a particular color
  • Grass – paint realistic clumps of grass on the screen and into the distance
  • Bricks – paint realistic large or small brick patterns
  • Rainbow brush – draw using a brush that paints in all colors in the rainbow
  • Sparkles – draw glowing yellow sparkles
  • Blur – blur parts of the picture using the mouse
  • Smudge – push the colors around as though smudging wet paint
  • Lighten – fade the colors of parts of the picture
  • Darken – darken the colors of parts of the picture
  • Chalk – make parts of the picture look like a chalk drawing
  • Blocks – turn parts of the picture “blocky”
  • Negative – invert the colors of parts of the picture
  • Tint – change the color of parts of the picture
  • Drip – make parts of the picture look like it’s dripping away
  • Cartoon – make parts of the picture look like a cartoon
  • Mirror – flip the image horizontally
  • Flip – flip the image vertically
• Eraser
• Undo
  • Multiple levels of undo
  • Undo actions can themselves be undone with the “Redo” button

Commands

• Save
  • Save a picture to the virtual “picturebook”
  • One-click save: No file browser dialogs or filename prompts are used
  • If saving an opened picture, choose to save over it (like “Save” in desktop programs), or save a new picture (like “Save As”)
• Open
  • Open a previous drawing by selecting its thumbnail in a virtual “picturebook”
  • Delete previously-saved pictures
• Print
  • Print pictures on a printer