CSD
5230
Speaking Dynamically
To Use An Existing Board
- From File Menu, Choose Open Board
To Create A New Board
- From Design Menu, select Design
Mode.
- From File Menu, choose New Board then go to
Step 3 in the next set of instructions.
To Edit An Existing Board
- From File Menu, Choose Open Board
- From Design Menu, Select Design
Mode
- From Make Buttons Menu, Choose New Action
Button
- The Action Menu is used to program the button
to carry out a specific action such as speech output, message
display, or change
- To make a grid of buttons, click and drag the
action buttons so that it is on the left side of the board.
- Hold down the Option key.
- Drag the button toward the right and do not
release the mouse button until you are finished.
- Click on the Action Menu but do not release
the mouse.
- Choose Message from the Action Menu.
- Type "something to say" on the
keyboard.
- Click on the OK button.
- Click on the Action Menu but don't release the
mouse.
- Choose Talk from the Action Menu.
- Type "something to say" on the keyboard.
- Click on the OK button.
- For Text symbols, go to step 9.
- For Picture symbols, go to step
10.
- From the Tools Menu, choose Text.
- Position the cursor inside the button,
click and type label.
- Switch to Boardmaker program.
- Type the word "pizza" on the keyboard.
- After locating the symbol, click on the
funny looking man.
- Switch back to Speaking Dynamically proram.
- From the Design Menu, choose
Design.
- Select the target button and choose Paste
from the Edit Menu.
- From Make Buttons Menu, choose New
Message.
- From the Edit Menu, choose Save Board. Type in
a name and select Save.
- From the Design Menu, choose User.
- To create more buttons, repeat step 3 through
11.
Make Buttons Menu
- New Action Button - used to speak, build
messages, change boards.
- New Message Display - displays the message of
a button.
- New Picture Button - add picture to the
Picture Display window.
- New Picture Display - displays the Picture
during message construction.
- New Preview Display - previews the content of
the button.
- New Group [Group Item Scanning] -
Select the buttons that you wish to Group by clicking and
shift-clicking on them. Then from the Make Button menu, choose New
Group.
Special Functions [Action Menu]
- Say Message - useful for message construction
with Picture Display format.
- Print Message - allows message to be
printed.
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