What Haven does

Every picture below is Haven itself, version 0.38, on a test computer with made-up things in it. First, how Home looks for different people; then each part of Haven in turn. Or try the set-up yourself.

One Haven, set up for each person

The same computer, after different answers to the first-start questions. Every one of these is Haven's real Home screen; carers can change any of it later, and a "quiet day" or "sick day" lasts only for that day.

Home with big picture tiles: My Day, Favourites, Talk, Calm, Messages, Playground, Websites, How-to, Music, Photos, About me, Draw, Pairs, Timer, First–Then. — **A child who doesn't use speech.** Prefers pictures, needs support with most things, sounds can be too much. The biggest pictures, Talk always there, First–Then and a Timer, and nothing louder than "quiet".

Home with picture tiles and words: My Day, Favourites, Talk, Calm, Energy, Helper, Messages, Playground, Websites, How-to, Music, Photos, About me, Draw, Pairs, Timer, First–Then. — **A child with a few words.** Reads some words, needs support with most things. Pictures with words under them, which helps reading grow, plus Energy, and Haven AI's Helper when the AI is switched on.

Home with smaller tiles: My Day, Favourites, Talk, Calm, Energy, Helper, Messages, Websites, How-to, Focus, Music, Photos, Write, Reminders, About me, My settings. — **A teenager for whom talking comes and goes.** Reads easily, needs some support. Smaller tiles with words, Focus, Write and Reminders, and Talk ready for when talking stops.

Home with picture tiles and words, the same set as for a child with a few words. — **An adult who doesn't use speech.** Reads some words, needs support with most things. The same big pictures, with adult examples and adult websites.

Home with smaller tiles including Focus, Write, Reminders and My settings. — **An adult who runs their own computer.** Talking comes and goes. My settings is on Home, and nobody changes anything without asking them first.

Home with many small tiles, including Camera, Games and apps, and My settings. — **An adult who wants everything.** Every part switched on: small tiles, games and apps, the camera, and Talk only if they want it.

Home in dark colours. — **Calm Dark.** Dark, warm colours for people who find bright screens too much.

Home in soft grey colours. — **Low Stimulation.** Soft, greyed colours: less to take in.

Home in black with white outlines and a yellow Home button. — **High contrast.** Black, white and yellow outlines, for people with low vision.

Home in soft grey colours with smaller tiles. — **A quiet day.** For a tired or low-energy day: softer colours and no sounds, just for today. Tomorrow is back to normal.

Home with big picture tiles; the Talk button down the side is outlined, showing where the switch will press. — **Switch access.** For people who can't press easily: Haven lights up each thing in turn (here, Talk), and a big switch presses it.

Haven's Home: the Haven bar down the left with Home, Back, Talk and Calm; across the top, Now: Snack, then: Walk outside, with a ring showing the time left; big picture tiles for My Day, Favourites, Talk, Calm, Messages, Playground, Websites, How-to, Music, Photos, About me and Draw.

Home, and the Haven bar

Home is a few big pictures: only the parts the person uses. Down the left edge is the Haven bar: Home, Back, Talk and Calm, always in the same place, on every screen.

The bar has a strip of its own. Websites, games and anything else open beside it, never over it, so Home and Calm can't be covered or lost.

Carers hold Home for three seconds to open the settings (with a PIN), so they're never in the person's way.

My Day

A picture plan of the day: what's happening now, and what comes next. A ring shows the time going, without numbers ticking.

Before something ends, a calm "time for…" warning comes as early as the person needs: minutes before, then again shortly before. The top of every screen says Now and Then.

Also: a First–Then board, a Timer that shrinks as time goes, and reminders.

Talk

A picture board that speaks, for people who don't talk, or for when talking stops. It uses AsTeRICS Grid, with Haven's own voice that works without the internet.

Quick phrases are one press away ("I can't talk right now", "Please write it down"), with a talking status to show others how talking is going today.

Symbols: ARASAAC pictograms by Sergio Palao, Government of Aragón (CC BY-NC-SA). Boards can use the person's own photos.

Press to see Calm: the circle breathes, then Ripples. No sound.

Calm

One press from anywhere. A slow breathing circle, quiet sounds, and the person's own "what helps me" (lie down, cold water, a favourite song).

Calm visits are never recorded or reported. Music that's playing gets quieter, and comes slowly back up afterwards.

Favourites

The things a person loves, kept on shelves: a shelf for each interest, arranged the way they choose.

A heart on every website keeps anything they like, and it goes onto the right shelf by itself. An empty shelf offers to find some: videos, or pictures and facts.

If the person wants it, Haven AI can suggest where things go. It never moves anything a person placed themselves, and every move can be put back.

Websites: the person's websites as big pictures: YouTube, Internet Archive, Wikipedia and PBS Kids.

Websites, safely

The person's websites as big pictures. Each person has the level that suits them: open with calm pause questions, filtered (safe search on, restricted YouTube), or only chosen websites.

Before buying something, typing a card number or giving an address, a calm question asks first. Flashing videos and pictures are softened or stopped on every website.

Games and other apps

A carer chooses from a short list of free games and apps: learning games, a building game very like Minecraft, chess, painting. They download one after another, and each one opens full screen with a "Back to Haven" button.

Screen time can be limited, with a warning before it ends. Minecraft is there too, clearly marked as not free.

The person's Games and apps: big tiles with each game's own picture: GCompris, Luanti, SuperTuxKart, Frozen Bubble, Chess, Krita.

And more

Messages

Only with people they know, who are invited in person with a code. Pictures for every reply, read aloud if wanted. Anyone new waits in "Someone new" until they're accepted, and can be blocked quietly.

How-to

Step-by-step guides with pictures or the person's own short videos: brushing teeth, making toast, anything.

Energy and feelings

A quick way to say how they are, in pictures. Shared with someone only if the person chooses.

Haven AI

Optional, and it runs on the computer itself. It explains what's on screen in plain words, helps with Haven, and does a few things from a fixed list, always asking first.

Draw, Music, Photos

Calm versions of each: no adverts, no surprises, sound kept under the volume limit.

Pressing made easier

Big targets, dwell (rest on a button to press it), switch scanning, and a Calm key and help key on any big USB button.

For carers

Set up once, change any time

A few questions at the start, then everything can be changed in the settings: what's on Home, colours, sounds, the day plan, websites, games, Messages.

Every change is shown

The person sees what changed and who changed it. Adults who run their own computer say yes or no to every change.

Updates only when chosen

Nothing installs by itself. Updates are signed by Haven, described in plain words, take effect at the next restart, and can be undone.

Backups and remote help

Backups to a USB stick or another computer at home, by themselves if wanted. Remote help only when someone at the computer starts it, with a banner while it's on.