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* Colour of the text and background can be adjusted * Symbol labels can be in one or two languages * Symbols can be used with or without text * Symbol sizes and spacing are adjustable * Symbols can be white on a black background

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While the PCS Classic were easy to identify with their thick outlines, bright colors, egg-shaped heads, and uncluttered design, the new ThinLine symbols are more realistic with subtle coloring, texture, and shadows, and people and animals always represented as full figures rather than sticks.The Australia/New Zealand version contains symbols such as Australian currency notes and coins, Vegemite, Milo, lamingtons, Hart Walker, and the Australian Sign Language signs for 'finish', 'more', and 'thank you'. A new style of PCS called PCS ThinLine was born. That same year the company recognized demand for symbols for communication and academics that were less childish and more appropriate for older students and adults. The site, now called, was an overnight success with 1600 people signing up before the site even went live and todayвЂ™s membership approaching a half million.Дў010 saw the introduction of Boardmaker Studio, an exciting and powerful product designed to make creating interactive activities easier and faster.

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In 2008, the company launched a free activity sharing site called. PCS was licensed by dozens of competing companies as the symbol set of choice for their AAC software.

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Between 19 Boardmaker and PCS were established as the leading AAC software and symbol set in the world with several companies licensing Boardmaker with SD Pro for sale on computers, then laptops, then tablets. Many of the products sold by Mayer-Johnson were printed materials developed by teachers and parents using PCS. Over time, the Boardmaker line of software expanded to include Speaking Dynamically and Writing with Symbols, but always featuring a growing collection of PCS. The original Boardmaker program was developed by staff at the Erinoak Hospital in Canada. A significant event for the company came when the PCS appeared for the first time in the computer software program Boardmaker in 1989. The company moved out of the JohnsonвЂ™s home in 1991. The вЂњsilly manвЂќ logo used by the company was inspired by Terry.

Terry Johnson, previously a special education teacher, became more and more involved and eventually began running the company full-time. In 1985 the second book of symbols was printed, and many other coordinating products were included in the growing catalog. Mayer-Johnson was incorporated in 1980 and 100 books were printed with a one-page advertising mailer sent to 300 potential customers.ДЇrom that small beginning the company continually grew. The symbols were designed with thick lines, so they could be photocopied to support multiple users. She developed the first book entitled The Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) that included 700 picture symbols. She saw the need for a set of picture symbols that limited-speaking or non-speaking persons could use for communicating. Roxie Johnson, co-owner of the company with her husband Terry, had been working as a speech therapist with special needs children in the public-school system and with adults in a hospital setting. One of the earliest companies in the Assistive Technology field was Mayer-Johnson, which started as a mail order company focusing on augmentative communication products.