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 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.