Quick Start: Introducing DynaVox Series 4
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Section 3: Software Overview
Terms You Should Know
Quick Start
uses some basic computer terms and vocabulary that is unique to DynaVox Series 4 software.
It is important that you take a few minutes to become familiar with these terms and their meanings.
Reviewing this section now will make it easier for you to learn about your DV4/MT4 device.
Pages and Popups
For DynaVox Series 4 software, the primary communication tools are pages and popups. These can be
designed and customized to meet your unique physical, visual and communicative needs.
Page -
A page contains a collection of buttons that represent words, phrases, sentences, behaviors
or links to other pages and popups. A page covers the entire touch screen below the title bar.
Popup -
A popup is a miniature page that is displayed on top of a full size page. A popup usually
contains a group of buttons that are related to a specific topic or activity. A popup can also
contain a miniature Message Window.
Pages and popups can feature various components:
Message Window -
The Message Window is an area on a page or popup where a text or symbol
message can be composed. When the Message Window is selected, its contents will be spoken by
the device. The size and location of the Message Window may vary, but moving from page to page
will not delete or alter its contents.
Tab Control -
Tab controls are used to navigate between multiple layers of buttons on a page.
These layers are called panes. The top of each pane features a tab. A pane is displayed whenever
its tab is selected. There can be up to six panes in a set of tab controls.
Button -
A button is a graphic object on a page or popup that can be selected with a touch, a
mouse click or other input device. It may represent a behavior, a word or even several sentences.
A button may feature a text label and/or a symbol, and can be programmed to enact specific
behaviors when it is selected. There are several different kinds of buttons:
Symbol Button -
This button usually features a symbol and a label. It can be used for
communication (with an Insert Label/Insert Text or a Speak Label/Speak Text behavior) or
as a command button. Assigning behaviors to a symbol button enables it to perform tasks
like speaking, activating a macro or performing an infrared command.
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