DynaVox Series 5, User Manual

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Using Slots
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8. Select the
Label
text box. The system keyboard will open.
9. Enter the text that you want to use in the button label.
10. At this point, follow steps 6 - 11 in the
Adding Slots to My Phrases
section of this
User’s
Guide
. These steps take you through selecting the word to be used as the slot, as well as
selecting the concept for the slot.
When you finish with those steps, select the
OK
button and continue with step 11 below.
11. The Series 5 software will automatically search for a symbol that corresponds to the text in
your button label.
If there is no symbol to match the label, then only the label will be added to the button.
If the label matches one symbol, then the symbol will be automatically added to the button.
If the label matches more than one symbol,
the
Select a Symbol
menu will open to
display all of the corresponding symbols.
Select the symbol you want to use, and the
selected symbol will be added to the button.
If you do not want to use one of these
symbols, select the
Cancel
button to close
the
Select a Symbol
button without
choosing a symbol.
12. Continue to edit the button to suit your
preferences.
13. Select the
OK
button to close the
Modify Button
menu.
When you select the button that you just modified, the label will be sent to the Message
Window. The slot will be presented as a blue, underlined word. Return to the
Working with
Slots in the Message Window
section in this
User’s Guide
guide to learn more about
selecting new vocabulary to fill the slot.
Reference:
Step-by-step instructions for using every option in the
Modify Button
menu are available in the
Searchable Help
on your Series 5 device
(or on CD). To find more information, open the
Searchable Help
and
perform a keyword search on “
Modify Button
menu.”
Select a Symbol menu