PRC-Saltillo Acquires Ner Chat, Bringing Minspeak® Symbols to Glint Visual Support Platform

Acquisition brings together AAC expertise and school-focused innovation, with plans to add familiar Minspeak symbols to Glint and help educators and clinicians spend more time supporting communication.

WOOSTER, Ohio, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PRC-Saltillo, a global leader in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), today announced the acquisition of Ner Chat, creator of Glint, a visual-support creation platform that helps educators and specialists turn hours of visual-support preparation into seconds.

The acquisition brings together two organizations with a shared mission: making communication support easier to create, easier to implement, and more accessible for the individuals who rely on it every day.

As an initial collaboration, the organizations are working to bring PRC-Saltillo's Minspeak® symbols to Glint; the familiar symbols used in LAMP Words for Life® and Unity® AAC apps, as well as Minspeak-based systems on Genesis®, NovaChat®, Accent®, and Via® devices.

For teams supporting a child who uses a Minspeak-based AAC system, the planned addition will create a simpler path to building visual supports and lite-tech backup AAC with familiar symbols. Educators and clinicians will be able to create classroom activity boards, visual schedules, choice-making materials, and communication supports using the symbols many learners already know through LAMP Words for Life, Unity, and other Minspeak-based systems.

Founded in 2024 by Dylan Makani and Scott Soifer, Ner Chat created Glint to make assistive technology easier to bring into schools. Glint gives educators, therapists, and support teams a fast way to create personalized visual supports from simple text prompts, turning hours of manual creation into seconds so more time can be devoted to supporting learners and communication.

PRC-Saltillo brings six decades of AAC leadership to the partnership. As the company celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2026, the acquisition reflects its continued commitment to supporting communicators, families, clinicians, and educators through innovative communication solutions and implementation support.

"Our history is built on relationships with people who use AAC and the families, educators, and clinicians supporting them. Those teams tell us what they need. We want to make it easier to create useful materials with the symbols a child already knows and spend more time supporting communication," said Sarah Wilds, CEO of PRC-Saltillo.

Glint already creates schedules, social narratives, communication boards, and other visual supports from text prompts, with options for QR-code sharing in more than 50 languages. Adding Minspeak symbols will help connect that creation process with the communication tools children and their teams already use.

"We built Glint to help educators and therapists turn their ideas into visuals without spending hours preparing materials," said Dylan Makani, Co-Founder & CEO of Ner Chat. "Working with PRC-Saltillo brings deep AAC experience to that goal. We're excited to help teams create supports with familiar symbols, personalize them for each learner and get back to supporting communication."

The companies plan to demonstrate a beta featuring Minspeak symbols in Glint at the Closing The Gap Conference, with customer availability to follow. This marks the first collaboration between the two organizations, with additional innovations planned for the future.

While Ner Chat is now part of the PRC-Saltillo community, Glint will continue to operate under its existing brand identity. Together, the companies are working toward a straightforward goal: familiar tools, easier preparation, and more opportunities for children to communicate and participate throughout their day.

About PRC-Saltillo

Founded in 1966, PRC-Saltillo is a pioneer and global leader in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology for individuals with complex communication needs. The company offers a full range of speech-generating devices, industry-leading AAC apps, and research-based vocabulary systems. PRC-Saltillo is 100% employee-owned and headquartered in Wooster, Ohio, with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Singapore, and India.

About Glint

Glint helps educators and specialists create the visual supports their learners need, communication boards, visual schedules, social narratives, and more, in seconds instead of hours. No design skills, no starting from scratch, no late nights. Just the right visual, ready when you need it. Founded in 2024 by Dylan Makani and Scott Soifer and headquartered in New York, Glint supports tens of thousands of educators across hundreds of school districts. Learn more at nerchat.com.

SOURCE PRC-Saltillo