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Страница 1: ...Vantage Lite Unity Manual 14762 Vantage Lite Unity ...

Страница 2: ...all rights reserved and RealSpeak Text to Speech a product of Nuance Communications Inc Non English text to speech supplied by the Acapela Group and RealSpeak Text to Speech a product of Nuance Communications Inc Computer access pages for Kurzweil WYNN TestTalker Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook created by Brian Simms M A CCC SLP Augmentative Communication Specialist Colorado Therapy Associate...

Страница 3: ... 16 Indefinite Pronouns 16 Whole sentences 16 Sentences in the Activity Row 17 Jokes and Songs 17 Numbers 17 Unity Tools for Getting Started 18 Exploration Wizard 18 Teaching Pages 19 Context Scenes 19 Icon Tutor 20 Vocabulary Builder 20 Unity Programs in Vantage Lite 21 45 Locations 21 60 Locations 22 84 Locations 23 Unity Progression or Where do I start 23 Implementing the Unity Language System ...

Страница 4: ...uilder Off 40 Missing Words in Unity 40 A Final Comment on Text Files 41 Computer Access Activity Rows and Pages 42 Set up computer access in the Output Menu 42 Education software pages Set up instructions 48 Outlook Express 48 Microsoft Word 49 TestTalker 49 WYNN 50 Kurzweil 3000 50 Education Software Tech Notes by Brian Simms 51 Outlook Express 51 TestTalker 51 WYNN 51 Kurzweil 51 Vantage Lite S...

Страница 5: ... develop for frequently used words and phrases Unity is the only language system in AAC that takes advantage of motor learning to increase rate of communication and reduce cognitive effort Unity systems focus on frequently used words Research has shown that about 400 frequently used words make up more than 75 of our speech regardless of age gender or background Unity programs take advantage of thi...

Страница 6: ...S key at the end The rest of the top row keys open activities Rows 2 through 5 contain core words Core words are words that people of all ages use frequently across situations and environments Each core word in the 1 hit Unity versions requires only one keystroke Tools in core The second Mother Hubbard key is a plural tool and adds s to any word on the display The NUMBERS key opens a page of numbe...

Страница 7: ...namic Activities on permanent you will use CHOOSE ACTIVITY 1 user defined key or OBJ OBJ to return to the main Activity Row If you select the apple you see Select the Go Back arrow to return to the main Activity Row When you open the YES NO row you see tools for spelling punctuation and delete word When you select the Pages key you open the Pages page This page contains links to selected pages in ...

Страница 8: ... section will describe some of the basic patterns in sequenced versions of Unity Although the examples are taken from Unity 60 Sequenced after you learn the patterns they are easily applied to the other versions of Unity Memorizing a pattern helps you learn new words without memorizing individual sequences ÂNote For suggestions on decreasing the amount of vocabulary in 1 hit versions and for addin...

Страница 9: ...ons Category nouns end with Mother Hubbard She is a person her cupboard is a place and there is a thing in the cupboard Adverbs that end in ly use the Adverb icon as an ending The airplane is carrying a banner with the ly ending Adjectives end with the paintbrush because a painting describes something If you have Embellished Icons turned on in the Feedback Menu you will see a concrete picture of t...

Страница 10: ...ives Pronoun Possessive icon my your its her his our them Possessive Pronouns Possessive icon Pronoun mine your its hers his ours theirs Reflexive Pronouns Object icon Pronoun myself yourself itself herself himself ourselves themselves Unity Pattern 3 Pronoun Verb Phrases a A pronoun category icon Declarative Phrase I hope I did I had I do I wish I m going I was I could I love I think I like I am ...

Страница 11: ...n t love I don t like I haven t I don t feel I won t I shouldn t I don t like I didn t I don t I m not going I couldn t I don t think I m not I don t know I don t need I can t I wouldn t c A category icon a pronoun Question Phrase Example SUN I Do I like d A category icon KNOT pronoun Negative Question Phrase Example SUN KNOT I Don t I like ...

Страница 12: ...resents names of people and the suit represents items of clothing The first hit on this key brings up names in the activity row The second hit on POSSESSIVE shows clothing Each of these icons is related to a set of words in activity rows When you select the APPLE icon the activity row changes to sub categories of different kinds of food Specific foods are located within each of these activities ...

Страница 13: ...versation just like fireworks let s thank you oops you re welcome well okay excuse me sure fine awesome congratulations ha ha ha ouch maybe sorry very good all done please Bingo hi all gone hello good morning surprise Yuk yum goodbye cool yikes good night Determiners The wizard is pointing to that those these etc the that a an that s these each all this these none enough ...

Страница 14: ...together and if both than or because until but Prepositions The cloud can go over under through the bridge top middle bottom before after behind from beside under for at inside into by about on between around in front of up outside over out off with without through down of upside down in underneath ...

Страница 15: ...which how many how much how old how who when where what Adverbs Many adverbs end in ly ever away ready forward just so even too also as today much once very always never still together here indoors when outdoors backwards there almost again else yet ...

Страница 16: ...e anytime somewhere sometime begin with the Determiner icon Select any every some no on the activity row and then complete the word with the options shown In Unity 84 Start with End with A any time E every body S some how N no more one thing way what where Whole sentences There are many whole sentences stored in each Unity program They begin with the Sentence icon in Unity 45 and 60 and in Unity 8...

Страница 17: ...o a song page linked to the PAGES page Numbers A numbers page is linked to the Number Adjective icon There is a number dynamic activity row linked to the Conjunction icon Unity Basic Patterns Summary 1 Category icon Grammar icon verbs category nouns adjectives and adverbs 2 Pronouns 3 Pronoun Verb Phrases 4 Nouns in dynamic activity rows 5 Grammar icon category icon interjections determiners conju...

Страница 18: ...for your selected list of words leaving all other keys blank Exploration Wizard This is the first user area that opens up when you turn on your device for the first time By default it is located in User Area 4 The TARGET key opens up a group of pages for checking access This would help determine what size key a person could touch or how well they could use a switch head tracker The 8 PIC TEST and ...

Страница 19: ...used words associated with core icons Find these pages by going to the PAGES page and then to MY SCENES One example of these context scenes is the COLORS scene Hot spots in the scene say color words in this scene When you select TRY IT you can use icons to say the related words GO BACK takes you back to the Scenes page CORE takes you back to the core vocabulary ...

Страница 20: ...ords at a time Unity 60 Sequenced with all vocabulary showing Unity 60 Sequenced with Vocabulary Builder set One to show just three words Find the Vocabulary Builder page by going to the PAGES page and then BUILDING You will see keys that load pre made lists of just a few words You can make your own lists of words by using the Vocabulary Builder Menu in the Toolbox For more information on the Voca...

Страница 21: ... along with 1 hit access to frequently used words 70 2 000 no emergent to beginner User Area Menu Replace User Area Unity Programs 45 Basic To provide access to all the basic words in Unity 45 700 4 000 no intermediate User Area Menu Replace User Area Unity Programs 45 Sequenced To provide fast access to language that allows full communication 1 160 5 000 yes intermediate to full communication Def...

Страница 22: ...sition To provide some sequenced words with 1 hit access to most words 100 2 000 no emergent to beginner User Area Menu Replace User Area Unity Programs 60 Basic To provide access to all the basic words in Unity 60 700 4 000 no intermediate User Area Menu Replace User Area Unity Programs 60 Sequenced To provide fast access to language that allows full communication 2 000 5 000 yes intermediate to ...

Страница 23: ...mmunication Default User Area Six Or User Area Menu Replace User Area Unity Programs Unity Progression or Where do I start The Unity language system was designed to be progressive from one and two word utterances to full grammatically correct sentences The starting and ending points of this progression will vary because of a person s ability and interests Some people need to start with a Unity 1 h...

Страница 24: ...program for instructions You may apply the step by step instructions to any other Unity program We have already discussed the organization of Unity 1 hit and Navigation Tools see Introduction to Unity Here are the main points that will be covered Simplify with Hide and Show Keys Customize with the Setup Key Practice talking Activity Rows Pages Icon Rationales Directory of Features ...

Страница 25: ...All 5 Select the CORE key so that it shows as brightly lit 6 Select the text area to exit hiding and showing 7 Select CORE to go to core To hide core keys 1 Select the Setup Key 2 Select Hide Show Keys 3 Select Hide All 4 Select more stop go and eat 5 Select the CLEAR key 6 Select the text area to exit hiding and showing Use the same steps to show keys again except select show instead of hide Cust...

Страница 26: ... I need help I don t need that What do you need You need to work I need to work and play You need sleep Get me a drink I get a turn You don t get a turn Get more to eat Get it Go get help I all done Choose GO BACK to go back to the YES NO row Turn off I want more You get more Eat more Get more to drink Help me get more I don t want more ...

Страница 27: ...27 Activity Rows ACTIVITY CONTAINS Link to the PAGES page ...

Страница 28: ...page to show use the Setup Key and go to Hide Show keys COMPUTER Links to computer access pages EDUCATION Links to pages of keyboard shortcuts for Kurzweil WYNN and TestTalker MY SCENES Links to context scene pages REMOTES Links to remote control pages IR commands PHONICS AND WORD FAMILIES Recorded speech for phonics sounds and word building INTELLITOOLS Computer commands to control IntelliTools C...

Страница 29: ...itles SONGS Song titles and computer voice songs SENSORY Sensory items swing ball trampoline etc FAMILY Family members CLOCK Clock page CALENDAR Calendar page date days months years PHONE Messages for talking on the phone DRAWING Messages for interactive art work HEALTH Messages about health and medical issues REALTION Messages and single words about relationships FAST FOOD Messages and single wor...

Страница 30: ...e cloud is above the bridge cars go over the bridge water goes under the bridge In is a common preposition QUESTION WORD The QUESTION WORD icon stands for question words What is a common question word NOUN The NOUN icon is a picture of Mother Hubbard She is a person her cupboard is a place and there is a thing in the cupboard This key in Unity is the article a because it comes before a noun NOUN P...

Страница 31: ...o the word is VERB ING Quick access to the word were VERB ED Quick access to the word was TO VERB Quick access to the word to NUMBER NUMBERS represents a link to the numbers page ADJ ER ADJ er represents quick access to the word an ADJ EST The ADJ EST icon represent quick access to the word the YOU The finger is pointing to YOU THEY THEY are a group DICE You can play games with DICE ...

Страница 32: ...sad BOOK You can read a BOOK MORE MUSIC The hands are signing more The music notes stand for music Most people want to hear MORE MUSIC STOP Always stop at the STOP sign IT Mary had a little lamb ITs fleece was white as snow HE HE is the icon for the he pronoun WANT He is a WANTed man His picture is on a WANTed poster DOG You call your DOG to come REMEMBER Tie a string around your finger so you wil...

Страница 33: ...made up of many colors BATH Sometimes we need help in the BATHroom BLANK The BLANK icon stands for clear display SHE SHE is the she pronoun KNOT The KNOT icon stands for negatives like not and don t APPLE You can eat an APPLE GOD People make cookies at holiday times Most holidays have a religious GOD meaning UMBRELLA You need an UMBRELLA when it rains JUICE You drink JUICE ...

Страница 34: ...34 ICON ICON NAME RATIONALE RETURN The turning arrows of the RETURN icon represent turn OPEN You can put things in the OPEN chest BED You sleep in a BED ...

Страница 35: ...utor Activity Row Device Infrared phone pages Pages page or Activity Row Device MORE Remotes Kurzweil WYNN and TestTalker pages Pages page Education Software Kurzweil WYNN and TestTalker rows Activity Row School Education Software Link a page Open the page you want to modify Use the Setup Key Select the key where you want the link Select Spell Message or Define Key Function Select Page Link Follow...

Страница 36: ...s among all the other potential sequences in the device This seems to the AAC professional difficult and distracting One possible solution is to physically remove ALL the non Dolch words from the sequenced Unity vocabulary and leave only the target items The advantage now is that a there are fewer sequences to search through b the vocabulary is already in the device so no programming is required a...

Страница 37: ...he hidden words If Vocabulary Builder has never been used you will always see the left box full and the right box empty The keys in the middle of the screen provide the following options Show Show All These buttons let you take items from the hidden list and put them into the visible With the Show key you first have to highlight the word s you want to make visible Use the Show All if you want to s...

Страница 38: ...ocabulary For example if you were using the Fry First Hundred Sight Words and were ready to progress you could use Merge List to add the Fry Second Hundred Sight Words list You would simply select Merge List which would open the Vocabulary Word Lists Menu and select the vocabulary list you want to merge with your current vocabulary Delete List This tool is used to delete one of the lists from the ...

Страница 39: ... first choice be the sequence for the word stored in core vocabulary The second choice would probably be the word stored in the activity row and finally the word stored on a page The essential difference between a Word List and a Sequence List is this A Word List automatically includes all the instances of each word in the list In the case of this example the word bad would be included in all four...

Страница 40: ...list transfer the list from your computer to a USB memory stick When you select Import New List it will open a screen showing your USB memory stick as a choice and you can open it and select the list you want to import Turn Builder Off Vocabulary Builder On Off is located in the center of the main screen of the Vocabulary Builder Menu When Vocabulary Builder is on only the words in your visible li...

Страница 41: ...ext file the words must be entered in list format This means you have a word on a line then a return character then the next word Be sure your lists are in this format before you try to import them Save the list as a txt file If you are using an Excel list save as Text tab delimited txt ...

Страница 42: ...iring of your Vantage Lite and computer 4 If you select USB you must plug in your USB cable provided 5 Select your host computer type ÂIf you will be using your Vantage Lite to activate the mouse then you must calibrate your mouse 6 Select OK and Go to Core For more information on these steps consult your Vantage Lite Operator s Manual or the PRC product support website http support prentrom com I...

Страница 43: ... MARKER hold alt _f PROMPT MARKER file menu ESC escape or cancel OUTPUT MARKER esc PROMPT MARKER escape SPELL go to spell page SET PAGE 60 SPELL PROMPT MARKER spell page NUMBERS go to number page SET PAGE NUMBERS PROMPT MARKER numbers NOTEBOOKS go to notebooks page SET PAGE 60 NOTEBOOKS PROMPT MARKER notebooks page Note this key is hidden Use the Setup Key to hide and show keys ...

Страница 44: ...e OUTPUT MARKER print PROMPT MARKER print screen DELETE delete OUTPUT MARKER delete PROMPT MARKER delete OUTPUT MENU goes to Toolbox Output Menu OUTPUT MENU PROMPT MARKER output menu TO TOP goes to top of line or document CTRL HOME OUTPUT MARKER hold ctrl home PROMPT MARKER home PAGE UP moves the page up OUTPUT MARKER pageup PROMPT MARKER page up MOUSE go to mouse page SET PAGE COMPUTER ACCESS MOU...

Страница 45: ... CTRL END COPY BLOCK BLOCK MARK PROMPT MARKER copy display UP up arrow OUTPUT MARKER up PROMPT MARKER up WINDOWS KEY Windows Start Key OUTPUT MARKER rel combine ctrl esc PROMPT MARKER windows start button TAB 5 X moves tab 5 times OUTPUT MARKER tab tab tab tab tab PROMPT MARKER tab 5 TAB LEFT back tab OUTPUT MARKER hold shift tab PROMPT MARKER back tab TAB RIGHT forward tab OUTPUT MARKER tab PROMP...

Страница 46: ...OMPT MARKER right CLEAR clear display CLEAR DISPLAY WORD go to edit Word page SET PAGE COMPUTER ACCESS WORD PROMPT MARKER word edit page EMAIL go to e mail keyboard shortcuts page SET PAGE COMPUTER ACCESS OUTLOOK EXPRESS PROMPT MARKER email page ED SOFTWARE go to education software links SET PAGE COMPUTER ACCESS ED SOFTWARE PROMPT MARKER education software page ITOOLS PAGES go to IntelliTools page...

Страница 47: ...47 KEY LABEL FUNCTION PROGRAMMING CANCEL escape or cancel Cancel OUTPUT MARKER esc PROMPT MARKER CANCEL DOWN down arrow OUTPUT MARKER down PROMPT MARKER down OK returns you to previous page OK ...

Страница 48: ...nternet provider to determine the appropriate settings 4 To add an e mail account you will need the following information from your Internet service provider ISP or local area network LAN administrator a On the Tools menu click Accounts b In the Internet Accounts dialog box click Add c Select either Mail to open the Internet Connection Wizard and then follow the instructions to establish a connect...

Страница 49: ...tcut Key Box hold down the Alt and F1 keys simultaneously It should then read Alt F1 d Click OK TestTalker If it is not preinstalled on your computer install TestTalker according to the company s directions Next 1 Put a TestTalker shortcut icon on the desktop by doing the following If a desktop icon already exits go to step 2 a Click Start b Click All Programs Windows XP c Look for TestTalker prog...

Страница 50: ... Box type the letter w It should then read Ctrl Alt W d Click OK Kurzweil 3000 1 Put a Kurzweil shortcut icon on the desktop by doing the following If a desktop icon already exits go to step 2 a Click Start b Click All Programs Windows XP c Look for Kurzweil program d Right Click on Kurzweil e Select Send To f Select Desktop create shortcut 2 Create a Keyboard Shortcut to Launch Kurzweil by doing ...

Страница 51: ... allows you to manuallyselect the function you want from the toolbar 1 Press the Go to Toolbar icon 2 Use the left or right arrows to select the desired function 3 Press the Select button to choose the desired function 4 Press the Go to Toolbar icon again to release from the toolbar Use the Exit key to escape out of functions such as the Dictionary Thesaurus Spell Word and Syllable functions Kurzw...

Страница 52: ...s on the left side of the screen Paul Harry Betty Kit child s voice etc 4 If you switch the synthesizer to RealSpeak you can select Jennifer or Tom 4 To hear the voice press the text area 5 Using the additional keys you can adjust the pitch rate and inflection of the voice 6 Select OK then GO TO CORE LOCKING THE TOOLBOX To lock the device 1 Go to TOOLBOX 2 Select MAINTANENCE MENU 3 Select SYSTEM L...

Страница 53: ...ELL MESSAGE OR DEFINE KEY FUNCTION to type text that will appear on the display select OK 7 CHANGE ICON and CHANGE LABEL as needed 8 Select OK 9 When you have finished touch the next key you want to program or select OK If you make a mistake or want to erase the contents on a particular key activate CLEAR KEY CONTENTS at the top right corner of your screen and start over DICTIONARY MENU Use this m...

Страница 54: ...t PAGE LINK 7 Decide if you want your page to automatically close after a button is pushed and select Yes or No 8 Find and select the page you wish to link select OK 9 CHANGE ICON and CHANGE LABEL 10 Select OK MEMORY BACK UP 1 Insert your flash drive into the USB port on the side of the device 2 Go to TOOLBOX 3 Select TRANSFER MEMORY MENU 4 Select SAVE ONE USER AREA and touch the user area you wou...

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