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4.4.1. General Options: Input Section
Your Palmtop device supports multiple selection methods for most of the standard configurations. You can
change and configure the current selection method using the controls in the
Input
section. Checking the
Touchscreen
box will enable direct selection. Checking the
Scanning
box will enable scanning. Checking
the
Morse
box will enable Morse code input, provided that the current configuration supports it.
Note:
It is possible to use both scanning and direct selection at the same time, but it is not
recommended. If you use the scanning input method, it is recommended that you disable
touchscreen input by unchecking the
Touchscreen
box.
After you have selected an input method, you can refine that method by selecting the
Configure
button to
the right of the corresponding check box.
•
For touchscreen input, the
Touchscreen
dialog opens. This dialog has controls to set the
touchscreen
Mode
and the
Focus Details
. See section 4.5 for details.
•
For scanning input, the
Scanning
dialog will pop up and provide four sections:
Method
,
Delays
,
Miscellaneous
, and
Audio Feedback
. You can use these controls to tailor the scanning interface to
your needs. See section 4.7 for details.
•
For Morse code input, the
Morse
dialog opens. See section 4.8 for details.
There is an additional
Configure
button for setting up input filtering. The
Input Filter
dialog has four sections:
Filtering
,
RepeatKeys
,
SlowKeys
, and
BounceKeys
. The controls in these sections can be used to filter out
unwanted inputs to make keyboard and touchscreen selection easier. See section 4.6 for details.
4.4.2. General Options: Auto Format Section
The spacing between words, symbols, and punctuation marks is very predictable in typed English. For
example, after a comma there is generally a single space before the start of the next word. After a period,
however, there are usually two spaces before the next sentence starts. If you enable auto-spacing, the
Palmtop software will insert the correct number of spaces after punctuation marks. It knows about special
cases like "Mr. Rogers" and "8.32," where the period should not be followed by two spaces. To enable
automatic spacing, check the
Auto-spacing
box.
Capitalization in English is also very predictable. If you check the
Auto-capitalization
box, your Palmtop
device will automatically capitalize the first word in each sentence for you. As with auto-spacing, the system
knows about common special cases like "www.dynavoxtech.com,” so you do not have to worry about auto-
capitalization mistakes. In those rare cases where the software capitalizes a letter that you wanted to remain
lowercase, select the
Undo
button or backspace over it and retype the letter - the lowercase version will
appear.
Your Palmtop device can be configured to expand abbreviations after a space (or any other character that
ends a word, such as a comma or period) by checking the
Abbreviations
box. For details on how to define
your own abbreviations, see the description of the
Abbreviation Editor
dialog in section 4.13.
By default, Palmtop will only clear the Editor Window when you tell it to do so. If you check the
Auto-clear
box, however, the system will automatically clear the Editor Window whenever you enter new text
immediately after having spoken a previous message. With this option enabled, if you select a button with
the message "My name is Joey," and then select a button with the message of "How are you?," the first
message will disappear, to be replaced by the second message.
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