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Typing To Talk
To start using the TS-04 press the speaker Power ON/OFF switch, wait until the blue
Active indicator is ON, and begin typing to talk. There is no ON/OFF switch for the
keyboard. It powers on instantly every time you begin typing and powers off
automatically.
To talk, type a word or phrase, then press the enter key.
If you make a mistake typing just press the backspace key to delete the last key-
press entry (or words) while typing.
Advanced features such as auto-repeat, saving phrases, continuous speech generation
and speaking over telephones are described below.
Using Function Keys to Say Phrases
Function keys can be used to store commonly
used phrases. After programming, pressing any
function key will speak the pre-programmed
phrases.
A total of 32 phrases are available. F1 and F2 pre-allocated to special factory stored phrases. 30
other phrases are programmable.
F1 is pre-programmed to speak
“Hello, I cannot speak and will be
using a speech synthesizer”
F2 is pre-programmed
to speak
“Please be patient while I type responses”
F3 to F12 are User Programmable
Function key phrases are recorded and saved to memory after the TS-04 is powered
off.
"Alt" and "Control" key combinations may be used to store
20 additional phrases.
Hold down (or press and release) the ALT
or CTRL key, then press the desired Function Key (F3 to F12) to
program recorded phrases.
In normal operation TextSpeak waits to speak
until after the ENTER key is pressed!
F6
Alt
F2
F1
F3
F12
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F9
Ctrl
