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Boardmaker is a complete special education platform that supports education, communication, access and social and emotional needs of more than six million students in 51 countries. At home, at school, or in a clinical practice, Boardmaker drives your student’s success. Access over 90,000 free pre-made materials to share, use and store. Compatible Enjoy the flexibility to access Boardmaker on Windows, Mac and Chromebook laptop and desktop computers. Boardmaker 7 is the premier tool to help educators create, edit and share teaching materials. Save time with searchable, ready-made material and curricula for students of all ages and ability levels. Enjoy an intuitive interface with the ability to easily edit interactive or print templates. Our trial periods let you try on our software for size before you buy. Each of our trials give you access to all the unique features of Boardmaker Studio, Boardmaker Plus!, Boardmaker, Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro, Boardmaker Player, as well as Pre-made Boardmaker Activities. Sample Results From Member Downloads.

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An incredibly flexible and powerful communication display maker!

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Boardmaker is a communication and learning tool containing over 4,500 Picture Communication Symbols (PCS). It is designed to enhance the language and learning process for students of all levels. The program allows you to:

  • Make a professional looking communication display in minutes
  • Quickly find and paste PCS symbols into your display or desktop publishing program
  • Make the pictures any size and with any spacing
  • Print and/or save your display on disk for later use
  • Print displays in black and white or colour (if you have a colour printer)
  • Combine elements from PCS to create your own custom symbols
  • Import digital photos and other graphics and create custom-drawn images
  • Store, name, retrieve, resize, format and paste any image or graphical object

Boardmaker is the ideal tool to for creating symbol-based materials such as communication displays for AAC users, worksheets and flash cards for English language learners, visual schedules and social skills stories for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, books and symbol-supported literacy activities for beginning and pre-readers, song and story boards for preschoolers, and general educational and functional living skills materials for special education students. And that’s just the beginning! Add more symbols to the core library, or add digital images or other graphics, and the communication possibilities never end!

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  • Now with over 4,500 Picture Communication Symbols (the Australian PCS symbols and vocabulary) in both colour and black-and-white.
  • Symbols from the 1998 Addendum Library now integrated into the core set
  • Symbols with transparent background, enabling you to seamlessly layer them to create free-form materials (e.g. in stories, language activities, games and more)
  • A drawing program
  • More than 100 sample boards and more than 350 templates
  • Option to install a library of symbols pertaining to sexuality
  • Option to install country-specific symbols such as holidays, famous people, food and currency
  • A Boardmaker User Manual
  • Printable alphabetical index of core Boardmaker symbols (.PDF format) which lists the names of all of the available core symbols

Boardmaker is so easy to use!


  1. Just open a template or create your own board
  2. Choose symbols and languages
  3. Print and use!

From February 2008 in Australia and New Zealand, Boardmaker for Mac has been upgraded to Version 6.

Reasons to Upgrade to Boardmaker for Mac Version 6

  • Symbolate Tool – Just type and symbols appear in the new Symbolate button feature! Quickly and easily add symbol support to sentences, stories and other text using a Symbolate button. Just choose the Symbolate Tool, click, and start typing-or copy and paste in a block of text. Symbols will automatically appear! View Symbolate screenshots
  • Movable Buttons – Define the buttons and destinations and you’re on your way to an amazing interactive board. View Movable Buttons screenshot
  • Swap and Shuffle Buttons – Allow for quick swapping of content, appearance and actions between two or more buttons. View Swap and Shuffle screenshot
  • Align and Centre Buttons – A powerful time saver
  • Freeform Tool – Lets you draw freeform buttons of any shape you like. No longer limited to square buttons or hotspots! View a Freeform button
  • Drag and Drop – You can now drag in images from your Internet browser or other programs. Now also supporting formats such as .png (Portable Network Graphics), .avi (Audio Video Interleave), and .mpg (MPEG video)
  • Quickly Resize Multiple Buttons
  • Easier Board Sharing – Package up your boards to take with you or share with others
  • Dashed Button Borders
  • Export boards to Boardmaker version 5.3 or higher, and export groups of boards in board packages
  • Change button colours and borders
  • Now with PCS supported by 44 languages.
    • Each symbol is supported by 44 languages, can be searched in all languages, and placed in a board or activity with any of the languages
    • Symbols may be placed with:
      • no text above the symbol
      • one or any two languages above the symbol
    • Additional text in any language may be added to the symbol by the user
    Note: In order for the many languages to work, the computer needs to be set up with the correct regional settings and has the appropriate fonts for those languages.

Delem software download. Click here to see a quick overview of the top new features in the Boardmaker Version 6 family (Boardmaker, Boardmaker Plus and Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro) in PDF format.

REASONS NOT TO UPGRADE TO BOARDMAKER FOR MAC VERSION 6

  • Your machine is old and can’t run OS X 10.2.8 or higher
  • You’re happy with your current version
  • Your hard drive doesn’t have 350 megabytes of free space to load the new version of Boardmaker
  • Your computer doesn’t have 256 MB of memory or higher

Two different ways to buy Boardmaker from Spectronics!

1. Boardmaker: Australian/New Zealand Version 6 for Mac with Addendums (2000-2008 and 2012) Bundle which includes:

  • Boardmaker Version 6 for Mac
  • Boardmaker 2000/2002/2004/2006/2008/2012 PCS Classic Addendum Library Bundle (giving you over 7000 extra symbols)
  • (This Boardmaker Bundle includes over 11,500 symbols)

2. Boardmaker: Australian/New Zealand Version 6 for Mac Standard which includes:

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  • Boardmaker Version 6 for Mac
  • (This Standard Boardmaker still includes over 4500 symbols)

View Boardmaker Family Product Features Comparison to see the features of Boardmaker Studio, Boardmaker Plus! and Boardmaker.

Confused about which symbol software program would best meet your needs? Click here to view our Symbol Software Comparison Chart comparing the features of Boardmaker, Writing with Symbols 2000, InPrint 2 ANZ and SymWriter ANZ.

Click here to download a pdf booklet showing you all of the additional symbols supplied in the 2000/2002/2004/2006 Addendum Bundles (3.0 MB .pdf) and the 2008 Addendum Picture Index (580 KB), and the 2012 Addendum Picture Index (1.5 MB).

Videos about Boardmaker Software Family

  • MacOS X 10.4.11 – 10.11.6; not compatible with Sierra or High Sierra (10.13) at this time, there are no workarounds and no ETA on when they might be fixed
  • Minimum RAM: 256 MB RAM (1GB recommended)
  • Disk Space: 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation
  • Minimum Display: thoussands of colours 800×600 display (1024×768 recommended)
  • CD to be in CD-ROM drive; users with external (USB) CD/DVD-drive please specify this at time of order
  • Boardmaker Software Family V.6 Handbook (4.4 MB)
  • World of Boardmaker Idea Book (4.4 MB)
  • Boardmaker Software Updates
  • Boardmaker Plus v6 for Mac 30 Day Trial
  • Lingo Overlays for Boardmaker
  • Free Pre-recorded Online Training by Spectronics is available for this product
  • Free Web Classes by Mayer-Johnson

Boardmaker Australian/New Zealand Version 6 for Mac is targeted at the following age ranges:

  • All Ages
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Boardmaker Australian/New Zealand Version 6 for Mac is designed to foster development in the areas of:

  • Early concepts
  • Literacy
  • Communication
  • Life Skills
  • Resource preparation

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and technical support visit:


Welcome to
Boardmaker Online Personal!

  • How is Boardmaker Online different from other Boardmaker Software Family products? Boardmaker Online is a web-based subscription service, and unlike previous products it does not need to be installed or even downloaded. It can be used to Create and Edit activities on any Windows or Mac computer nothing to install; Assign activities to.
  • Boardmaker Plus Resources for Macintosh and Windows (2010) Boardmaker is a graphics database library containing over 3,000 Picture Communication Symbols. Users can make Boardmaker materials quickly and efficiently and can also import digital pictures into Boardmaker libraries.

Create, print and play the Boardmaker activities you know and love, while also discovering
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Get Started in 6 Easy Steps!

Explore sample activities.

Get to know Boardmaker Online Personal by exploring the sample activities in your My Activities list. Find things like flashcards, schedules, games and more. Just click on the Play button next to each activity to get started!

The latest version of Boardmaker Plus is 6.1 on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for Teaching in the Education category. The app is developed by Mayer-Johnson.

Create a library of engaging print and onscreen activities.

Find hundreds of ready-made Boardmaker Sample Activities and Activity Packs already aligned to educational standards.

Grab the beloved Boardmaker activities you've already made and keep using, improving, and sharing them!

We've made it easy to track performance, simply fill in a Performance Tracking template and put it in your playlist!

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Play activities from a web browser on any Mac or Windows computer, or through the free Student Center app for the iPad.

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With your Personal subscription, the Online Editor gives you the freedom and flexibility to create and edit activities from any Windows or Mac computer, without a CD! Draw and spray your own buttons or use one of the 'performance enabled' templates to build customized activities.

Download the free Boardmaker Student Center App for iPads

Head over to the iTunes store and download the free Boardmaker Student Center App. With the app, you or your child can play activities on your iPad.

Bonus! Custom accessibility settings are instantly in effect, providing the ultimate in personalization. The advanced access methods (scanning, touch enter, touch exit, etc) mean that these powerful activities are fully accessible on the iPad.

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Want accessible curriculum that's research-based and ready to use? You already have it! Enjoy the full suite of Boardmaker Instructional Solutions for free on us. Click here to learn more about the powerful programs delivered right to your account.

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Want to learn more about Boardmaker Online Personal? Download the Getting Started – Personal tutorial, click on the Help menu to access the User's Guide, and use the Community Forums to ask a question, share an idea, report a problem or give praise. You can also visit our Training page in the Help and Training Center to register for a live webinar or to watch a recorded training session.