News Archives - thinksmartbox.com

Try Grid in your setting

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Hannah Craven

find a wide range of resources for all ages and abilities.

Try Grid in your setting

Webinar: My voice, my identity

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Hannah Craven

Watch a recording of the voice and identity webinar with Becky Martin and Alice Smith.

Webinar: My voice, my identity

Communication Matters AAC Awards 2023

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Fin

The AAC awards honour and celebrate excellence in AAC. Individuals, organisations and AAC providers will gather on 24 March 2023 at the University of Leeds, for a celebration involving drinks…

Communication Matters AAC Awards 2023

Grid update 83 release notes

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Jake Ward-Kear

The latest Grid update will be available on 6 February.

Grid update 83 release notes

Why join our new Simple AAC online training?

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Fin

Simple AAC is a framework of nine strategies to support an AAC learner, created by our Head of Content, speech and language therapist, Daisy. Explore these strategies with Grid 3 (Windows)…

Why join our new Simple AAC online training?

Webinar: My voice, my identity

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Hannah Craven

Join the webinar on Tuesday 24 January 14:00 - 15:00 GMT.

Webinar: My voice, my identity

New Irish voices

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Hannah Craven

Brand-new Irish SpeakUnique voices are now available in Grid.

New Irish voices

New SpeakUnique voices are here!

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Hannah Craven

Grid now includes 30 brand-new adult voices for the UK and Ireland.

New SpeakUnique voices are here!

Three workshops for AAC

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Fin

We have a range of online Grid training opportunities, which can mean you can get your groundings with Grid and become equipped with the skills to open up the world of communication for someone…

Three workshops for AAC

Find out more about Rob Burrows’ voice

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Fin

Throughout this year Rugby League legend Rob Burrows’ voice has been heard in millions of homes across the UK and around the world. Just this month, Rob joined the list of celebrities who have…

Find out more about Rob Burrows’ voice

Older Entries

Book a visit

Book an appointment from our team to try out our technology.

Book a visit

Request a quote

Quickly put together what you need and send it over to us.

Request a quote

Mailing list

Join the Smartbox mailing list for regular updates and news.

You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at hello@thinksmartbox.com.

We use MailChimp as our marketing email platform. When you join, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be transferred to MailChimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms.

Cookie	Duration	Description
AWSALBCORS	7 days	This cookie is used for load balancing services provded by Amazon inorder to optimize the user experience. Amazon has updated the ALB and CLB so that customers can continue to use the CORS request with stickness.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertisement".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
PHPSESSID	session	This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed.
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Cookie	Duration	Description
__zlcmid	1 year	This cookie is used by Zendesk live chat and is used to store the live chat ID.
player	1 year	This cookie is used by Vimeo. This cookie is used to save the user's preferences when playing embedded videos from Vimeo.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
_gat_UA-65566191-1	1 minute	This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
_gid	1 day	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form.
_hjFirstSeen	30 minutes	This is set by Hotjar to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions.
vuid	2 years	This domain of this cookie is owned by Vimeo. This cookie is used by vimeo to collect tracking information. It sets a unique ID to embed videos to the website.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	30 minutes	No description
_hjid	1 year	This cookie is set by Hotjar. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample	2 minutes	No description
_hjShownFeedbackMessage	1 day	No description