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What's New?

Join us in Tennessee on September 13 & 14!

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN

SALT Online Story Elicitation

SALT now offers an online application for eliciting stories from children in grades P, K, 1, 2, and 3.

Our animated character, Eric, will elicit stories in monolingual English, monolingual Spanish, and Spanish/English versions.
Learn More

About Us

Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) software standardizes the process of eliciting, transcribing, and analyzing language samples. It includes a transcription editor, standard reports, and reference databases for comparison with typical peers.

SALT Software, LLC is an intellectual property transfer company resulting from research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is home to the Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) software. The sale of the software provides funding for collecting normative data, creating updated versions of the software, and developing training materials.

SALT Software is dedicated to improving the assessment of language acquisition and disorders through the use of language samples. We focus on developing easy-to-use software, collecting comparison data from typical speakers, and providing high-quality training materials.

Jon F. Miller

Co-Founder, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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for short, informal videos about eliciting, transcribing, and analyzing your language samples using SALT. Or choose a video below.

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This clinical guide book incorporates 25 years of research and clinical practice using language sample analysis, providing both the conceptual background of LSA and practical guidelines for using SALT. It is included as a PDF file with the purchase of SALT 20 software (accessed from the Help menu). This product is the printed version of the reference book, for those who prefer a physical book.

Customers from New Zealand and Australia will have the NZAU version of the reference book available within their software. There is no printed version of the NZAU Reference Book.

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SLP/PSY Collaboration - Assessing MLLs PADLET

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SLP/PSY Collaboration - Assessing MLLs PADLET

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Contributed Databases for use with SALT 20

Databases posted here have been contributed. You may download these database files and add them to databases that came with the software, or databases you may have created from your own data. If you use these databases as part of any presentation or publication, please include an appropriate reference.

Download the database file(s) and store them in SALT's external database folder which, by default, is "Documents\My SALT Data\External Reference Databases" ( a folder which is created the first time you open SALT 20). Once stored in this folder, the databases can be used for comparison within SALT. They cannot be opened outside of SALT. The following document provides additional details: How to Add a Reference Database to SALT 20

93 story-retell narratives using the wordless picture book "Frog, Where Are You?" by Mercer Mayer. Samples were elicited from typical children, ages 3;4 - 10;10, located in Guyana, South America. The children spoke Guyanese English.

Guyana Narratives (700 KB)

compatible with SALT 18 and SALT 20

333 story-retell narratives using the wordless picture book "Frog, Where Are You?" by Mercer Mayer. Samples were elicited near the beginning of the school year from typical kindergarten students, ages 4;11 - 6;4, drawn from public schools in North Carolina. The students' primary language was English

NC Kindergarten FWAY (2.4 MB)

compatible with SALT 18 and SALT 20

Please if you have SALT databases to contribute.

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Before activation (trial version): The trial version only analyzes the first 15 utterances in your transcript. This is a great way to try out the software to make sure it will suit your needs. Open one of the sample files and generate several analyses. Or try typing in and analyzing one of your own samples. See how easy the software is to use and how much great data you can pull out of a language sample

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Summary of the SALT 20 Reference Databases: by Grade in School 

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Summary of the SALT 20 Reference Databases: by Grade in School 

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Summary of SALT Transcription Conventions 

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Summary of SALT Transcription Conventions 

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SALT Transcription Services Language Sample Upload Instructions

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SALT Transcription Services Language Sample Upload Instructions

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Instructions for uploading samples to SALT Transcription Services (1).docx