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Allora 

V1.0.1.1.   14-07-2006 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for Allora

Page 1: ...Manual allora...

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Page 3: ...witch 4 Charging Allora s batteries 6 The keyboard 7 Writing and pronouncing a message 12 Word prediction 15 The display 17 Messages and abbreviations 18 Date and time 19 Settings 21 Use Allora with 1...

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Page 5: ...significantly You can also store more than 100 frequently used messages and sounds even music Allora can optionally be equipped with an infrared remote control module Gewa that can learn IR commands t...

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Page 7: ...hat Allora is starting up This will take about 20 seconds After a short while the name allora will appear on the display and a few moments later a cursor will appear at the beginning of the first line...

Page 8: ...of Allora s display and the on off indicator will turn off In case Allora was in power down mode the on off indicator will stop blinking For a complete reset press and hold the on off switch for abou...

Page 9: ...ra will turn off itself in a few moments This is to avoid a deep discharge of the battery To charge the battery of Allora use the adapter delivered with the device Do not use another adapter The batte...

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Page 11: ...rrow down to decrease it If you want to type a second special character press the Fn key again and select the character You can also hold the Fn key to select special characters or to change volume Fo...

Page 12: ...Fn key character or figure and for the combination Square Shift key character or figure Use the Allora Tools to store sounds and music in Allora s memory see chapter Allora Tools Press the Square key...

Page 13: ...mbination First type the message Then press the Message key twice followed by the character key or figure key you want the message to be linked with To finish confirm by pressing the Message key again...

Page 14: ...menu you can choose Type Sound Holdtime for numbers Post selection delay Acceptance time Choose the parameter you want to change using the Space bar Change the parameter setting with the Enter key Pr...

Page 15: ...r more Allora will not accept keystrokes immediately following a previous one Allora will wait until the delay time has expired 1 short 5 longer to accept a new keystroke Changing this parameter will...

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Page 17: ...inted in blue on the upper part of some of the keys You do not have to hold the Fn key first press the Fn key release it and then press the key with the special character you want to select Press the...

Page 18: ...to change the language if more languages are available Voice Within one language different voices can be available The Voice parameter indicates the activated voice Press the Enter key to change the v...

Page 19: ...of a word is not correct or could be improved This can occur with names for instance With the feature Add pronunciation you can change the pronunciation of a specific word When you select in the menu...

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Page 21: ...on system and how you can change them Press the Message key once and then press the Space bar You now enter the top menu of Allora Choose the next item by pressing the Space bar The following items ap...

Page 22: ...Minimal Length defines the minimal number of characters of the words in the prediction list The Enter key allows you to choose between 1 2 3 4 or 5 Choose for instance 2 Allora now shall display a pr...

Page 23: ...you can choose Scroll Intensity Choose the parameter you want to change using the Space bar Change the parameter setting with the Enter key Press the Message key to leave the menu Press the CLR key to...

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Page 25: ...Shift a character or a figure you use the same procedure First write the message and then press the Message key twice Now press successively the Fn key and or Shift key followed by a character or a f...

Page 26: ...Instead of linking a message to a key or a key combination you can also replace a message by an abbreviation First write the message Then press the Message key twice Now type the abbreviation Confirm...

Page 27: ...eech Date Time Choose item Date Time and press the Enter key to go into the sub menu In the sub menu you can choose Change date Change time Read Choose the parameter you want to change using the Space...

Page 28: ...hour 00 23 and then the minutes 00 59 Press the Enter key to confirm or the CLR key to start again Read date and time time only date only This parameter defines whether Allora only reads the time only...

Page 29: ...eter setting with the Enter key Press the Message key to leave the menu Press the CLR key to go back to the top menu Menu Language This parameter defines the language of the menus Standby after 1 2 3...

Page 30: ...lected Abbreviation Expansion Allora has the capability to learn abbreviations This parameter defines whether Allora has to expand the abbreviation or not Read mem messages You can recall a programmed...

Page 31: ...ppearing at the right end of the first line The first row in the scan matrix consists of 5 figures representing the predictions The following rows consist of characters five each representing the alph...

Page 32: ...hown on the second line of the display Selecting one of these figures inserts the corresponding prediction into the message The specific symbols in the series _ I correspond with _ space Enter key pro...

Page 33: ...n of sounds Two consecutive selections will result in Allora telling and displaying time and or date M Message key for the selection of programmed messages Triangle key for environmental control A Att...

Page 34: ...on A second problem can be accidental selections caused by uncontrolled movements To avoid these selections you can define an Acceptance Time This is the time you need to hold a key before Allora acce...

Page 35: ...very slow 10 very fast Post selection delay 0 1 2 3 4 5 When the Post selection delay is set to 0 there is no delay time after a selection Allora will immediately accept another switch action When the...

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Page 37: ...r or figure the infrared command is linked with Programming infrared remote control commands Suppose you want to program the command to increase the volume on your television First press the Triangle...

Page 38: ...will turn on again waiting for you to send the infrared code of your remote control for a second time Press the same button on your remote control again Hold the button down until the red light in the...

Page 39: ...ow XP Installation of the Allora Tools Insert the Allora Tools CD in the CD station If the installation procedure doesn t start automatically then launch the setup exe from the CD Follow the instructi...

Page 40: ...Allora is ready to use your computer should inform you that new hardware was found The following windows appear on your computer Choose Install from a list or specific location Advanced and select Ne...

Page 41: ...nd enable Include this location in the search Browse to the Win XP Driver or Win 2000 Driver map on your CD ROM depending on the operating system of your computer Select Next and complete the procedur...

Page 42: ...ine of the display you can start the Allora Tools by clicking on the Allora Tools icon twice The first time you make a connection to your computer the synchronization procedure might take some time Be...

Page 43: ...empt to upgrade if there is no notice of the availability of firmware upgrades You can also change the attention sound Keyboard Use this option to program and link messages sounds or music with charac...

Page 44: ...ow enter the top menu of Allora Choose the next item by pressing the Space bar The following items appear on the display Speech Date Time Display Keyboard Word prediction Scanning Version Now press th...

Page 45: ...f the new Alarm wave file in the Select alarm sound field or use Browse to find the file Then press the button Upload If you want to execute another manipulation click on the appropriate icon If not p...

Page 46: ...computer screen In the list Keyboard layout you can choose another keyboard layout Choose the layout that corresponds with actual layout of Allora s keyboard Then click on one of the characters or fi...

Page 47: ...r to the combinations Shift A Fn A and Shift Fn A Follow the same procedure to link messages and sounds with other characters or figures The Print all keys button allows you to print the messages that...

Page 48: ...ilable on your computer and that you want to download in the memory of Allora The standard version of Allora has about 30 Mbyte of memory space for sounds and music The memory space for sounds and mus...

Page 49: ...few minutes Do not disconnect or switch of Allora as long as the message PC connection is shown on Allora s display When that message disappears you can disconnect Allora Click on the icon Abbreviatio...

Page 50: ...n Click on the icon Pronunciations The following window appears on your computer screen Choose New to add a word and its new pronunciation to the pronunciation dictionary Write the word that you want...

Page 51: ...to execute another manipulation click on the appropriate icon If not press the OK button to start the memory update of the Allora This might take a few minutes Do not disconnect or switch of Allora a...

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