Research Information

Mr. Bruce Baker has written extensively on the development and application of Minspeak®. The papers included here provide important background information and a glimpse into the future of Minspeak®.

Minspeak® : A Semantic Compaction System That Makes Self-Expression Easier For Communicatively Disabled Individuals, by Bruce Baker

This article was published in BYTE Magazine in September 1982.
Core Vocabulary Is The Same Across Environments, by Bruce Baker, Katya Hill & Richard Devylder

This paper was presented at the CSUN Conference in Los Angeles in March 2000.
The Role of Motor Planning In AAC and Language Acquisition, by Bruce Baker
This paper was presented at the CSUN Conference in Los Angeles in March 2005 and again at the Texas Speech and Hearing Association Conference in January 2006.
Toddlers Through First Grade Language: What Does The Research Say, by Bruce Baker.
This paper was presented at the Southeast Augmentative Communication Conference (SEACC) in Birmingham, AL in October 2005.
Lexical Versus Language Development: Their Roles In AAC, by Bruce Baker & Dan Phillips

This paper describes the difference between lexical and language development as it relates to the field of AAC.

Minspeak conference proceedings can be found on the Minspeak Programs Around the World page.