Concept demo 13 · Visual-first & messaging
Wordless wound care
The pictures carry the meaning. Captions and audio come in three languages, and they can be turned off for a picture-only view.
Pictogram-first steps with audio. For Mr. Tran, 71: prefers Vietnamese, limited reading; his wife changes the dressing (illustrative).
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What it shows
- One picture and one action per step
- Captions and audio in English, Spanish and Vietnamese
- A picture-only view
- Infection signs with one call button, the same in every language
Try it
- Play all steps
- Switch to VI or ES
- Turn the words off
How HealthLiteracyCopilot would build it
- A nurse-approved wound-care guide becomes a pictogram sequence from a reviewed pictogram library, not free-form image generation
- Captions and audio scripts get clinical-anchor checks and qualified human sign-off
- Checked with PEMAT-P and a picture-only comprehension probe with simulated readers (simulated participants, not patients)
Draws on: Create · Translate · Behavior change
Why the techniques work
Findings about the techniques, not results of this concept or of HealthLiteracyCopilot.
Techniques
- Pictographs
- Language access without walls of text
- Learner control
Behavior change techniques
- Demonstration of the behavior
- Instruction on how to perform the behavior
- Prompts and cues
Relevant pictures paired with plain words can help attention, comprehension and recall, especially for people with limited literacy.
Guardrails
- Every translation is reviewed by a qualified person
- The steps never replace what the person's own nurse showed them
- Every output has a complete text and print fallback
Questions
Is this something HealthLiteracyCopilot does today?
Not as shown here. HealthLiteracyCopilot reviews written health content for plain language and accessibility today. These concept demos show where it is going: the same review discipline carried into interactive, audio, video and voice formats. Organizations can help shape it as design partners.
Why not generate the pictures with AI?
Instructions need pictures that mean the same thing every time. A reviewed pictogram library keeps every step consistent and checkable.
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