Series 5 v1.07 - User’s Guide
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Rate Enhancement Basics
Section 6: Rate Enhancement
This section of the
User’s Guide
describes the rate enhancement features in the DynaVox
Series 5 software, and includes tips on why each feature is useful. This section also includes
step-by-step instructions on setting up the rate enhancement features for an individual user.
Rate Enhancement Basics
DynaVox Series 5 software offers rate enhancement features that can help you communicate
more quickly and efficiently. They can reduce the number of selections that are required to
perform a task or create a message, resulting in a faster, more efficient communication rate.
Each one of these features has unique benefits that may be particularly useful to an individual
user.
This
User’s Guide
will cover three of the more commonly-used rate enhancement features:
Word Prediction
What Does It Do?
Predictor buttons on keyboard pages will anticipate word choices and display vocabulary from
the device dictionary for quick selection. If the software predicts the word you want to use, you
can select the predictor button to immediately send the word to the Message Window.
Who Would Use It?
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Users with good literacy skills.
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Users who need help with spelling out words, but can recognize them on sight.
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Users who use alternate access methods that make it inefficient to completely spell out
words.
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Users who can spell the first few letters of words and then must rely on symbols to help
identify words.
Why Is It Useful?
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Increases spelling speed.
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Can help improve literacy skill by enabling users to spell a few letters and then rely on
word recognition or symbols to get the right option.
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Decreases fatigue by reducing the number of necessary keystrokes.
Additional Information
Basic word prediction can be enhanced by the use of the following rate enhancement features:
character prediction, context prediction, flexible abbreviation and phrase prediction.
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