Talking Book User Manual v1.50
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1. 8 PGVANIGSGI ASKS daan TE EET 8 How to copy all messages within a category to another CEVICE cscceeceecseeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 8 How to remove a category or delete all messages within a category ssssssssssrsnrsrrsrnrrsenrenrenene 9 How to copy a special selection of messages from one device to another device ss ssssesssseresns 9 How to change the order of the messages in a category s s sssssssssrssrnsrnnrrrsnnnnnnnnennennrnnennennenns 9 How to change the order of the categories on a Talking BOOK ssssssssssssnssnsnnsnnsnnrrsnrnnrnnrenennne 10 How to change the language of a Talking BOOK ccccceccsseeeeeeeeeesaeeeseeeaeeeaeeeseesaeeseaesaeseesaeees 10 How to copy user feedback messages from another Talking BOOK sccssccssesseeseeeeetanseseeeseeees 10 How to update a Talking Book while also copying its user feedback and statistics data 10 Using Me EXPE E MOJ eeeavevecacnstcnactronacesn qosduve see uu stpuatenec steed eran eee ine ctevanctetcneat tava vian aulseve wieveeancne 11 How to duplicate one Talking Book from another Talking BOOK sscssecseeteeeseeeeeeenseesseseeeeeeees 11 How to translate the operating system instructions into a NEW LANGUAGE scceecseeeeteeteeeeeeeaees 12 How to update one or more instructions in the Operating system ccccccecceeeseeeeeaeeeseeeeaeeeeeees 12 How to give a new language from one device tO another ccceeccse2. to select the new category 14 Unplug the black cord How to add a message to your Favorites category 1 Find the message that you want to be listed in your favorites 2 Press the black circle during or after the message plays 3 You will have several options to choose from Press the right arrow gt until you hear the option To add this message to your favorites then press the black circle to select that option 4 a will then be able to find that message listed in the Your favorites category It will still also be listed in the original category How to take a multiple choice quiz 1 To take a quiz first you must find it as you do any message Once you have located the quiz you would like to take proceed to the next step 2 To begin the quiz press the right arrow or just wait for the first question to be spoken 7 V1 50 r791 3 You will hear a question and then the list of possible answers for the question You can scan through the answers using the right arrow When you hear the answer of your choice press the black circle to select it a If you are correct the next question will be spoken b If you are incorrect the question will be spoken again and you will need to select another answer You can press the right arrow to skip over the question or answers to speed up the process 4 Once you answer a question correctly the next question will be spoken until there are no more questio
3. How to turn the device on and off e To turn the device on press the center button po e To turn the device off hold down the center button gt until you see a red light and hear a beep The device will turn off automatically when not in use How to find the Welcome Message The Talking Book always begins with a Welcome message followed by the first instruction for listening to a message see below To return to this Welcome message at any time press the home 4 V1 50 r791 How to listen to a message 1 The messages on the device are organized into categories for example agriculture health and education To scan through the categories press the left arrow lt or right arrow gt 2 When you have found the category of your choice press the up arrow lt gt or down arrow NY to listen to the messages within that category These buttons allow you to circle through all of the messages in a category 4 Note When listening to a message if you hear a ringing sound and the red light flashes you can press the black circle to hear more about the topic or word that is mentioned just after the sound see audio hyperlinks below How to move within a message pause and change the volume and speed While you are listening to a message you can do the following e Change the volume To increase the volume press the plus sign To decrease the volume press the minus sign There are 15 volume levels
4. categories press the left lt or right arrows A How to copy a message from one Talking Book to another Talking Book For this procedure the device that contains the messages you want to share is called the Sender The device that you want to copy the messages to is called the Receiver 1 Turn on both devices and take off their rubber exterior bands 2 On the Sender the device that contains the message to copy find the find the black cord on the side of the device This is the cord that you will use to transfer the message to the other device Important Do not pull hard on the black cord the cord could break if you do not handle it with care 6 V1 50 r791 3 On the Receiver the device that you want the message to be on locate the small rectangular hole just below where the black cord is This hole receives the Sender s cord and will enable you to transfer the message 4 To transfer a message to another device you must be listening to it On the Sender locate the message for instructions see How to listen to a message 5 While you are listening to the message press the black circle J 6 You will have several options to choose from one of the options allows you to copy the message to another device Press the right arrow gt until you hear To give this message to someone else 7 Press the black circle to confirm that you want to copy 8 Make sure that the Receiver i
5. label at the top of any column e g Title Categories Language or any of the statistics columns to sort the messages in alphabetic or numeric order e Check one or more boxes in the Categories or Languages panes to filter the main window to a list that only includes messages with those criteria Uncheck all boxes to return to the full list e Type in a word or part of a word in the Search box in the upper right corner to filter the main window to a list that only includes messages with those characters in the title or other description 16 V1 50 r791 How to listen to a message in the Audio Content Manager e Double click the message e Or click the message to highlight it and press the play button gt How to edit the title and other message properties 1 Click on the wheel or right click a message s row after it is highlighted 2 Then select the Edit option 3 See the pop up Audioltem Properties window 4 Select a cell in any row in the Value column and type a new value e g add a title to your message by clicking the Title row under the Value column 4 Note Some values cannot be changed e g Identifier and Source 5 Close the window by clicking the Close button at the bottom of the window 6 The values are immediately saved and will remain as part of your ACM library To make those properties become part of the message as stored on a Talking Book you must now add the message to
6. ready to begin adding messages to it Note that the ACM acts like a library that you will use to store all of the messages that you want to use in all of your programs You can select all or a portion of the messages to add to each Talking Book that you have The following procedure explains how add messages to the ACM and then how to add a portion of the messages to a Talking Book 1 Record messages onto a Talking Book in the appropriate category 2 Connect the Talking Book to a computer that has the ACM installed see How to put the Talking Book into USB mode Open ACM double click on the exe and then click Yes to continue 4 Inthe left hand pane locate the box titled Devices You should see an entry representing the Talking Book you connected with a drive letter like E or F Double click the listing a 5 A window will appear that lists all of the messages that are on the Talking Book 6 Check the boxes next to the messages that you wish to import and click the Import button 7 Wait while ACM imports the messages When ACM is finished all of the messages will appear in the list of messages and they will be sorted into the correct categories 8 Disconnect the Talking Book How to sort and filter messages by category language or keyword The ACM will display all of your messages together in the same main window but it offers a few ways to easily find the recording you are looking for e Click on the
7. the end of the Sender s black cord into the Receiver s rectangular hole The current system language for the Sender will be added as the last available language for the Receiver Important Do not plug in both Receiver and Sender cords to each other at the same time Use only one of the cords to avoid damage to the devices How to change the order of the system languages on a Talking Book To set which language the Talking Book begins speaking when it is turned on follow the steps below You can use this procedure to set the exact order of all the languages on the Talking Book Each time this feature is used the language that was previously first will become the second language Repeating this procedure will allow you to create the order you wish 1 During the Welcome message press and hold the up arrow lt gt until you hear the words Expert Mode Press the right arrow gt within Expert Mode to hear the tasks that you can complete When you hear If you want this device to always start speaking in this language press the black circle to select this option 13 V1 50 r791 CONFIGURING A TALKING BOOK USING A COMPUTER The procedures in this section apply to advanced users who are comfortable using a computer Many of these procedures use the Audio Content Manager ACM which is a computer application that allows you to view listen to and organize the messages on a Talking Book Basic Task
8. to choose from e Fast forward or rewind To move ahead 60 seconds in a message hold down the right arrow until you hear a beep To go back 7 seconds hold down the left arrow If you hold the right arrow when the message was within 60 seconds of ending you will need to select a new message press lt 5 7 e Pause To pause a message press the center button When paused to restart the message press the center button P again e Change the speed To listen to a message at a faster speed or to scan ahead while still listening to the message press and hold the plus sign To slow down a message to hear it more clearly press and hold the minus sign There are two fast speeds and two slow speeds How to record a new message 1 To create a new message you must first locate the category where you want the message to be saved To locate a category press the left arrow or left arrow until you find the category of your choice 2 When you hear the category name or when you are listening to a message in the appropriate category press the star and begin talking after the beep ZB Note While recording you can press the center button bu if you would like to pause Then press the center button again to begin recording where you left off 3 When you are finished press the star to stop recording 4 The device will play your message and it will be saved as the first message in the subject that you selected 5
9. 6 Open the zip file Press CTRL A to select all of the contents within the zip file e g folders titled languages inbox messages and system and possibly a img file 7 Double click the device Removable Drive E and you will see that there are no files in the device 8 Drag the files from the zip file all three folders into the device It might take several minutes for Windows to copy all of the files z 2 Minutes remaining Copying 326 items 12 8 N from content C Users Trina Go content to Removable Disk E About 2 Minutes remaining Yl More details gt Computer gt Removable Disk E gt File Edit View Tools Help Organize 7 a Open Burn New folder Documents x Name Music Pictures a languages 4 Videos a8 Homegroup a messages system Trina Gorman literacybridge J spss I unlimitedftn Ji 3 items selected Date modified 1 12 2011 3 50 PM ada a IIi 10 Close the window for the device by clicking the X in the upper right corner 11 Safely remove the device 20 V1 50 r791 12 13 14 15 Open Devices and Printers Custo ge Eject GENERALPLUS MSDC Removable Disk E rrr Disconnect the device from the computer using the USB cord Before you turn on the device note the following important information it takes 45 seconds to initialize the device when you first turn it on after reformatting it When you turn i
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11. Next do one of the following a To listen to the messages in this category press the up lt gt or down arrows b To create another message in this category repeat steps 2 3 c To create a message in a different category repeat steps 1 3 How to listen to helpful tips about the device Each Talking Book has information about how to use it recorded directly on the device including most of the information in this document To locate this information use the following procedure 1 Starting from the Welcome message press the right arrow until you hear the Talking Book category 5 V1 50 r791 2 Then press the up arrow lt gt to listen to messages about the Talking Book How to record feedback about a particular message 1 Find the message that you want to record your feedback about 2 Press the black circle during or after the message plays 3 You will have several options to choose from Press the right arrow gt until you hear the option To record your ideas about this message then press the black circle to select that option 4 Begin speaking then press the star button when you are finished 5 Your recording can be found in the User Feedback category When the message is imported into the Audio Content Manager ACM see Configuring a Talking Book Using a Computer a link to the original message will be included for reference How to answer the survey question about a particular
12. Receiver 9 You may need to remove power from the Receiver and reapply it for it to start up with the new content Important Do not remove the batteries or any source of power from the Receiving device for the first 60 seconds after the copy has completed if the red light is on The device may be updating its software during this time and should not be interrupted How to translate the operating system instructions into a new language Any user can create a version of the Talking Book operating system that speaks any language they like To do this the user simply needs to listen to each one of the system instructions and then repeat the instruction in the new language ZB Note It may be helpful to study the entire ordered list of instructions before beginning the translation recordings The English text of the system instructions can be downloaded at http literacybridge org files languages en txt rnn 4 Note There are currently over 100 instructions and categories to translate Creating new recordings for all of them will require a couple hours to complete but your work will be saved automatically as you progress so you can stop and resume any time 1 During the Welcome message press and hold the up arrow lt gt until you hear the words Expert Mode l 2 Press the right arrow within Expert Mode to hear the tasks that you can complete When you hear To create a new system language press the black c
13. a device see How to add messages to a device from the Audio Content Manager below How to copy messages from the Audio Content Manager to your computer s desktop e To copy a single message from the Audio Content Manager to your computer s desktop click on the wheel or right click a message s row after it is highlighted Then select the Export option You will then be asked to select a directory where the file will be copied e To copy multiple messages from the Audio Content Manager to your computer s desktop highlight all the messages you want to copy they must be adjacent messages and right click them Then select the Export option which will indicate the number of messages you have highlighted You will then be asked to find the folder where the files will be copied Important Do not type a filename in Export pop up window Just select the folder where you want the messages to be copied The original filenames will be used How to add messages to a device from the Audio Content Manager 1 Connect a Talking Book to the computer see How to put the Talking Book into USB mode 2 When the new Talking Book appears in the Devices pane double click the drive letter associated with it Unless you wish to add messages from this device to the ACM cancel the import window 4 Drag one or more messages from the main ACM window onto the Talking Book listed in the Devices pane Watch f
14. bber band off of the Talking Book and connect it to the computer using a USB cord The device will appear as a drive after 3 seconds or so To view the drive click My Computer and you will see the new device for example Removable Disk E a If the device does not appear as a disk you can also press the star button while you turn it on which will force the device into USB mode immediately Right click the device for example Removable Device E and click Format Change the File system to FAT32 see the figure below click Start and click OK if you receive a warning a Format Removable Disk E Capacity 237 MB File system FAT32 Allocation unit size 2048 bytes Restore device defaults Format options Quick Format Create an MS DOS startup disk Close l Volume label L 19 When you receive a message that the format is complete click OK in the message box Then click to close the Format dialogue box V1 50 r791 A JL gt content gt File Edit View Tools Help Organize v Open Share with Burn New folder A Favorites 2 Name Date modified Type Jp Links f h languages 1 12 2011 3 50PM File folder JL My Backup Files JL messages 1 12 2011 3 50PM File folder J MyDocuments _ system 1 12 2011 3 50PM File folder J My Music My Pictures BB My Videos Ea T
15. edback messages recorded on a Talking Book simply Copy the Feedback from Users category see How to copy all messages within a category to another device 2 The device receiving the copy will now have a User Feedback category that includes all the messages just copied see How to listen to a message above 3 You can then connect the receiving device to a computer and use the Audio Content Manager to import the User Feedback messages How to update a Talking Book while also copying its user feedback and statistics data If you have new messages or an operating system update to give to many Talking Books or if you need to retrieve usage statistics survey results and also recorded user feedback from other Talking Books use the following procedure Important This feature was not included in the operating system revision r790 Please upgrade to r791 to use this feature 1 Use a computer to copy the new messages and any operating system update that you want to distribute into an outbox folder on a device see How to create an outbox folder in the Configuring a Talking Book with a Computer section 10 V1 50 r791 When ready to begin updating other devices ensure that the Sender device the one with the outbox folder is off Then hold down the plus sign while turning the device on by pressing the center button Ey until you see a solid red light Remove the gray rubber band from eac
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17. from one device onto another device including all messages categories languages and even the operating system You should use this procedure with caution because all of the contents of the device that you are copying the information to will be erased if 2 a Remove the gray rubber band from each device Turn on the Sender device the one that you want to duplicate by pressing the center button L During the Welcome message of the Sender press and hold the up arrow lt gt until you hear the words Expert Mode Press the right arrow within Expert Mode to hear the tasks that you can complete When you hear To make another Talking Book become a copy of this one press the black circle to select this option Make sure that the Receiver is not speaking Place the end of the Sender s black cord into the Receiver s rectangular hole Important Do not plug in both Receiver and Sender cords to each other at the same time Use only one of the cords at a time to avoid damage to the Talking Books 1 1 V1 50 r791 7 The Sender will begin copying the category and messages to the Receiver Do not press another button or disconnect the black cord until you hear a confirmation that the transfer is complete If you do not wait for a confirmation the message will not be properly copied 8 When the transfer is complete you will hear a confirmation from the Sender Remove the Sender s black cord from the
18. ges folders To create an outbox folder with a set of messages to later be copied to other devices 1 Follow all steps in How to add messages to a device from the Audio Content Manager except the last step Do not disconnect the Talking Book yet 2 Click My Computer and double click the device Right click on the inbox folder and select Copy 4 Click on any part of the window containing the inbox folder without clicking on the other files or folders Then right click and select Paste 5 Right click on the new folder named Copy of inbox and select Rename ag 18 V1 50 r791 6 Rename the folder to outbox Now all the messages that you selected in step 1 will be ready to be copied to any other device using the steps described in How to update a device and retrieve its user feedback and statistics at once How to reformat a Talking Book and apply a new operating system This procedure assumes that you received an img for example r790 img and a zip file from a staff member at Literacy Bridge These files together contain all of the content needed to reformat a device including the audio system messages individual messages if there are any as well as the firmware that tells the Talking Book how to function correctly Use the following procedure to update a Talking Book with the new files Be aware that this will delete all content that is currently on the device i Take the gray ru
19. h device Place the end of the Sender s USB black cord into the Receiver s rectangular hole Important Do not plug in both Receiver and Sender cords to each other at the same time Use only one of the cords to avoid damage to the devices The Sender will begin copying the outbox messages and or operating system updates to the Receiver Do not press another button or disconnect the black cord until you hear a confirmation that the transfer is complete If you do not wait for a confirmation the message will not be properly copied When the transfer is complete you will hear two ding sounds The Sender device will now have User Feedback messages from the Receiver which you can listen to see How to listen to a message above The Sender will also now include a copy of any usage statistics and survey results that were on the Receiver including information received from other devices Connect the Sender to a computer and using the Audio Content Manager view the statistics information and import the User Feedback messages Using the Expert Mode Each Talking Book includes a hidden expert mode with several useful features for organizations to use when administering a Talking Book program To enter expert mode press and hold the up arrow lt gt when you are listening to the Welcome message How to duplicate one Talking Book from another Talking Book This procedure duplicates the contents
20. hen the transfer is complete you will hear a confirmation and then the first message in the message will play on the Receiver 11 If the category copied does not exist on the Receiver the messages will be copied to a similar category e g livestock will become agriculture if the Receiver does not have a livestock category HIV AIDS will become health if the Receiver does not have a HIV AIDS category If there is no similar category the messages will be placed in the Receiver s Other Messages category How to remove a category or delete all messages within a category Just as you can delete a single message by finding the message and pressing the black circle you can do the same with a category or with all the messages in a category 1 Find the category and then press the black circle before listening to its messages 2 You will have several options to choose from Press the right arrow gt until you hear the option you need Then press the black circle to select that option a One option allows you to delete all the messages within a category Once messages are deleted they cannot be recovered b Another option allows you to remove a category The category can be added back later using a computer see below If there are currently messages in that category they will no longer be accessible unless the category is added back An upcoming release will allow you to use a Talking Book to add any categ
21. ircle to select this option 3 Press the up arrow to listen to the first system instruction to translate To repeat it press the Play button Press the star button when you are ready to record your translated version of the message and then press the star again to finish the recording Important Begin speaking immediately after you hear the beep and see the red light Any pause at the beginning of these recordings will cause the new operating system to appear slow and non responsive when buttons are pressed 4 Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you complete all messages At any time you can press the right arrow to shift into the list of your translated recordings From there you can move up and down to browse your recordings or press the left arrow to return to the original messages 5 Press the black circle when you are finished or want to start over or when you have decided to try out a partially completed new language with the original language instructions in place of any missing instructions in the new language How to update one or more instructions in the operating system Any user can update a system instruction in the current language although this would normally be done by a staff member associated with a Talking Book program To update one or more instructions of the current system language Important Once you indicate that you are finished with the updates your updated instructions will replace the origina
22. l ones of the current system language This cannot be 12 V1 50 r791 undone If you made a mistake and want to return to the original version of the current system language you will need to get a fresh copy from a computer or another Talking Book i 4 During the Welcome message press and hold the up arrow lt gt until you hear the words Expert Mode Press the right arrow gt within Expert Mode to hear the tasks that you can complete When you hear To make changes to this language s recordings press the black circle to select this option From this point the translation tool behaves exactly as it does when you create a new language See steps 3 5 in How to translate the operating system into a new language above When you complete your translation you should notice the updated system instructions How to give a new language from one device to another 1 2 NO Remove the gray rubber band from each device Turn on the Sender device the one that you want to duplicate by pressing the center button L During the Welcome message of the Sender press and hold the up arrow lt gt until you hear the words Expert Mode Press the right arrow gt within Expert Mode to hear the tasks that you can complete When you hear To make another Talking Book become a copy of this one press the black circle to select this option Make sure that the Receiver is not speaking Place
23. message 1 Find the message that you want to record your feedback about 2 Press the black circle during or after the message plays 3 You will have several options to choose from Press the right arrow gt until you hear the option To answer a survey question about this message then press the black circle to select that option 4 ie to the question and then respond with your answer using the buttons 5 Your answer will be recorded and reflected in the ACM statistics the next time this Talking Book or another Talking Book that connects to this one is imported to the ACM How to delete a message 1 To delete a message you must be listening to it To locate a message a Press the left arrow or right arrow gt to scan through the categories on the device b Once you have found the correct category press the up arrow lt gt or down arrow Nv until you find the message While listening to the message press the black circle 3 You will have several options to choose from one of the options allows you to delete the message Press the right arrow gt until you hear if you are sure you want to delete this message 4 Press the black circle to confirm that you want to delete When the message is deleted you will hear the Talking Book respond removed 5 Next do one of the following a To delete or listen to another messages in this category press the up lt gt or down NY arrows b To switch
24. ns in the quiz How to use audio hyperlinks to hear the definition of a word when a message is playing For some specially configured messages the Talking Book will play a ding sound when there is a word or phrase that you can learn more about This could be a definition for a vocabulary word or just further information on an agriculture practice If you are listening to a message and you hear a pause followed by a ding you can press the black circle to find out what is there After the hidden audio is played the message you were listening to will resume exactly where it was before you pressed to hear the definition Advanced Tasks How to copy all messages within a category to another device Performing this task is similar to copying a single message in that you begin the process by pressing the black circle however you press the black circle when you are listening to the category introduction instead of listening to a message within a category Use the following procedure to copy a category and all the messages within the category from one device to another 1 Turn on both devices and take off their rubber exterior bands 2 On the Sender the device that contains the category to copy find the find the black cord on the side of the device This is the cord that you will use to transfer the category to the other device Important Do not pull hard on the black cord the cord could break if you do no
25. or the exporting window and wait until it disappears Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have copied all the messages you desire 7 Disconnect the Talking Book You will now be able to listen to the new messages on the device a ors How to delete messages from the Audio Content Manager e To delete a single message from the Audio Content Manager click on the wheel or right click a message s row after it is highlighted Then select the Delete option You will then be asked to confirm you really want to delete the message Once you do it cannot be recovered 17 V1 50 r791 e To delete multiple messages highlight all the messages you want to delete they must be adjacent messages and right click them Then select the Delete option which will indicate the number of messages you have highlighted You will then be asked to confirm you really want to delete all the messages Once you do they cannot be recovered How to view message usage statistics and survey results Any Talking Book contains information about how many times each message on it has been listened to or copied and how users have answered survey questions about it Each time you open the ACM s Import window for a Talking Book see How to add messages to the Audio Content Manager from a device all the usage statistics and survey results on that device including statistics from other devices that it has connected to are used to update the ACM
26. ory that already has a local language recording How to copy a special selection of messages from one device to another device A special category called Favorite Messages can be used to group together a selection of messages that may come from different categories 1 To adda message to the Favorites category find the message and press the black circle o You will have several options to choose from Press the right arrow gt until you hear the option to add the message to your favorites 2 When you have finished adding messages to the Favorites category find the category and review the messages in it to confirm you have exactly what you want to copy see How to listen to a message above 3 When ready to copy the selected messages simply copy the Favorites category see How to copy all messages within a category to another device How to change the order of the messages in a category When you are listening to a message and then press the black circle one of the options allows you to make the message become the first in the category The second time this feature is used the message that was previously first will be played second Therefore by starting with the message that you want to be played last and then repeating this process until you select the message that you 9 V1 50 r791 want to be played first you can use this procedure to set the exact order of all messages in the category 1 Find the mes
27. pen File Security Warning The publisher could not be verified Are you sure you want to run this software A i Name C ACM acm 1 0 beta2 exe L Publisher Unknown Publisher Type Application From C ACM acm 1 0 beta2 exe Always ask before opening this file You should only run software from publishers you trust How can x This file does not have a valid digital signature that verifies its publisher s decide what software to run 7 Wait a few moments and ACM will open 15 V1 50 r791 How to put the Talking Book into USB mode USB mode is when you can view the files that are stored on the device by connecting the device to a computer using a USB cord When you connect a Talking Book it will appear just like a removable disk pen drive or thumb drive USB mode is helpful when you need to perform advanced tasks on the device such as reformatting it or configuring it with specific messages using ACM 1 Connect the Talking Book to a computer using a USB cable 2 If the device does not appear as a drive on your computer within a few seconds you can force it into USB mode by turning the device off see How to turn the device on and off Then press and hold the star and then press the center button gt to turn the device on Hold the star until you see a Solid red light How to add messages to the Audio Content Manager from a device Now that you have installed the ACM on your computer you are
28. r the language of the operating system you want to configure e g EN or TW Open the _activeLists txt file This file lists the category codes for each category that will be listed on the device for the selected language Type the numbers for each category that you want to add inserting the numbers in the same order that you want it to be presented in audio form Save the _activeLists txt file 10 Safely remove the device 21 V1 50 r791 11 Disconnect the USB cord from the device 12 Start the device in the selected language and notice the new categories are listed 22 V1 50 r791
29. s How to install the Audio Content Manager 1 Download the latest ACM installation file zip by visiting the following website http www literacybridge org files acm zip 2 Find the downloaded acm zip file right click to select Extract Files and choose a location for the ACM software e g C 3 Open the extracted ACM folder and find the exe file inside e g acm 1 0 exe or acm 1 0 beta2 exe A J Computer gt OS C ACM File Edit View Tools Help Organize Include in library 7 Share with Burn New folder Music 7 Name Date modified Type Pictures 4 Videos a8 Homegroup acm 1 0 beta2 exe 1 12 2011 4 30 PM Application 4 Right click the exe file and click Create Shortcut 14 V1 50 r791 Name Date modified Type a acm 1 0 beta2 exe i 1 17 2011 4 29 DM Annilicati Open Run as administrator Troubleshoot compatibility Scan Add to archive Add to acm 1 0 beta2 rar Compress and email Compress to acm 1 0 beta2 rar and email Extract files Extract Here Extract to acm 1 0 beta2 Open with WinRAR Pin to Taskbar Pin to Start Menu Restore previous versions y Send to Cut Copy Create shortcut 5 Drag the shortcut that you just created from the C ACM folder onto your desktop or to the task bar on the bottom of your screen 6 Double click the shortcut and click Run O
30. s counts ZB Note A Talking Book s statistics files are not updated until it is shut off This means that the counts associated with operation during its current on cycle will not be updated if the device is connected to an ACM before it has a chance to go to sleep or is manually shut off The six statistics columns provide the following information e Open the number of times the message was played for more than the first 10 seconds e End the number of times the message was played through to the end e Copy the number of times that the message was copied from one device to another e Survey the number of times that a user selected the option to take a survey about the message e Apply the number of times that a user responded to the survey that they intended to apply some of what they learned from the message e No Help the number of times that a user responded to the survey that the message was not very helpful to them Advanced Tasks How to create an outbox folder Creating an outbox folder on a Talking Book allows that device to easily update other devices with new messages or operating system updates See How to update a device and retrieve its user feedback and statistics at once above PA Note If Literacy Bridge has sent you a zip with a folder named outbox there is no need to follow this procedure Simply copy the outbox folder to a Talking Book so that it is adjacent to the inbox messages system and langua
31. s on but not speaking not playing any message and then press the black circle 9 Place the end of the Sender s black cord into the Receiver s rectangular hole Then press the black circle Important Do not plug in both Receiver and Sender cords to each other at the same time Use only one of the cords to avoid damage to the devices 10 The Sender will begin copying the message to the Receiver Do not press another button or disconnect the black cord until you hear a confirmation that the message was transferred If you do not wait for a confirmation the message will not be properly copied 11 When the transfer is complete you will hear a confirmation and then the message will play on the Receiver if it is in the same language as the Receiver s current language 12 If the message s category on the Sender does not exist on the Receiver the message will be copied to a similar category e g livestock will become agriculture if the Receiver does not have a livestock category HIV AIDS will become health if the Receiver does not have a HIV AIDS category If there is no similar category the message will be placed in the Receiver s Other Messages category 13 Next do one of the following on the Sender o To listen to or copy another message in this category press the up lt gt or down WY arrows o To switch categories press home and use the left and right arrows Jor
32. sage and then press the black circle 2 You will have several options to choose from Press the right arrow gt until you hear the option TO move this message to the first position then press the black circle to select that option How to change the order of the categories on a Talking Book One of the category options allows the user to make the category to be listed first The second time this feature is used the category that was previously first will be listed second Therefore by starting with a category that you want to be listed last and then repeating until you select the category that you want to start first you can use this procedure to set the exact order of all categories 1 Find the category and then press the black circle before listening to its messages 2 You will have several options to choose from Press the right arrow V until you hear the option To move this subject to the first position then press the black circle to select that option How to change the language of a Talking Book 1 Goto the Welcome message by turning the device on or by pressing the Home button 2 Press and hold the black circle until you hear the device speak a different language 3 Press and hold the black circle again if you want to rotate to the next language on the device You will eventually reach the language where you started How to copy user feedback messages from another Talking Book To get a copy of user fe
33. ssage usage statistics ANd survey FESUIES ccccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaneeseeeeeeseeseeaeeaeeaees 18 AAVA TASKE iiiaae ETTALL EA EET EEE einicmine ede ude weceeneaeaee eins 18 How to create an outbox FOIGES cccscssecseesseeeseeeeecuseeceeseeeceeseeneeseeeeeeserersaueesenanseersaeeseensneeeesans 18 How to reformat a Talking Book and apply a new operating system sssssssssnsrssrrerrsrrsrerrsrrnn 19 How to add a category to a Talking BOOK s sassassannnnnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne 21 3 V1 50 r791 LEARNING TO USE A TALKING BOOK Up arrow Changes messages within a category Hold down to enter expert mode Home Returns to the Welcome message Plus sign Increases the volume Hold down to play messages faster Black circle Selects an option Minus Sign Decreases or presents options for the the volume Hold down message or category Hold down to play messages slower to change languages Left arrow Changes Right arrow Changes categories Hold down categories Hold down to to repeat the last few skip ahead through a seconds of a message messaqe Literacy Bridge Star Starts or stops Down arrow Center button Pauses or recording a new message Changes messages starts a recording Also turns when you are in a within a category device on Hold down to turn category Hold down at device Off startup to connect with a computer Basic Tasks
34. t handle it with care 3 On the Receiver the device that you want the category to be on locate the small rectangular hole just below where the black cord is This hole receives the Sender s cord and will enable you to transfer the message 4 To transfer a category to another device you must be listening to the introduction to the category for example To listen to messages about health press the up arrow On the Sender locate the category that you want to copy 5 While you are listening to the category introduction press the black circle 6 You will have several options to choose from one of the options allows you to copy the S category to another device Press the right arrow V until you hear To give someone all the messages in this subject Make sure that the Receiver is not speaking and then press the black circle 8 Place the end of the Sender s black cord into the Receiver s rectangular hole Then press the black circle 8 V1 50 r791 Important Do not plug in both Receiver and Sender cords to each other at the same time Use only one of the cords to avoid damage to the devices 9 The Sender will begin copying all the messages in that category to the Receiver Do not press another button or disconnect the black cord until you hear a confirmation that the transfer is complete If you do not wait for a confirmation the message will not be properly copied 10 W
35. t on for the first time you will hear a bit as the software processes take place It is critical that you do not take out the batteries or unplug the device from USB from the computer as this happens Turn on the device When it turns on it will beep twice and you must wait until you hear the Welcome You are now ready to use your newly formatted Talking Book How to add a category to a Talking Book PA Note This procedure will soon be replaced in a future Talking Book operating system with a method of adding categories from the device s user interface 4 Note This procedure describes how to configure a device so that it includes a category that is already registered as part of the Talking Book system those viewable in the ACM s category pane To create a new category please contact Literacy Bridge so that it can be assigned a universal category identification number i to aN 9 Connect the device to your computer and place into USB mode see How to put the Talking Book into USB mode Click My Computer and double click the device Open the messages folder on the device Open the lists folder Open the Ib_taxonomy yaml txt file Browse this file to find the category that you want to add by looking at the text following name Once you find the categories you want to add note the number s for each one listed on the line immediately before the name line e g 2 3 Open the folder named fo
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