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1. After your database is restored you need to completely stop TapSpeak Choice via the multitasking bar and then restart the app To completely restart the app first close the app by tapping the home button Next double tap the iPad s home button to bring up the multitasking bar Long press the TS Choice icon until it wiggles and shows the red minus sign badge Tap the red minus sign badge to completely close the app Tap the home button to dismiss the multitasking bar Now restart the app and you ll see your restored database Restore comple Please Restart App Your database has been jme successfully restored Please completely restart app by closing it in the multitasking bar A Ok d De Export The Export feature is the same as the pre version 4 0 backup function Export works the same as Backup so follow the Backup instructions to do an export Export produces an XML file which can be edited and Imported Documentation on the XML schema and TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 54 editing topics is beyond the scope of this document Please contact help tapspeak com for more help on using exported XML files Import The Import feature is the same as the pre version 4 0 backup function Export works the same as Backup so follow the Backup instructions to do an export Export produces an XML file which can be edited and Imported Documentation on the XML schema and editing topics is beyond the scope of this document Please con
2. None Word Variations Word variations are used in conjunction with word types to provide word morphology Currently this is only active in the Choice AAC page set The word variation types are predefined for word types When you change a button s word type the set of word variations automatically change to match the new word type For example with bite the verb word variations are Present third person bites TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 66 Present participle biting B R bite Variations biting bitten Link to Message Window This option is only available for page link buttons in the Navigation library When this switch is set to On the page link button is copied to the message window By default it is off and page links are not sent to the page window Sending page links to the message window is useful with some speech production page sets Reset Page Reference This option is only available for page link buttons in the Navigation library If you ever need to reset a page link page reference you can do so with this option Tap it to show a list of all pages in your page set The current page reference if any is marked with a check Change where the page link will take you by selecting another page reference TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 67 2123 24 Item Sample ABC Alphabetic Keyboard Breakfast First page Home Page Example QWERTY with numbers Scan Friendly Keyboard
3. Social Phrases EX I please D not so good Q how old Q excuse me goodbye The Library toolbar buttons from left to right are TapSpeak Choice User Manual e Page Button e Library List e Button e Microphone Button e Eye Button e Settings e About e Library Buttons TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 8 User Databases In version 5 0 we introduced the ability to support multiple user databases A user database contains all the pages and libraries for that user Neither pages or libraries are shared between users You select a user database from the page list on the page view The current user is shown in the top section of the page list E User ChoiceAAC Page Led Home Choice AAC School eus Keyboard p 24 Item Sample p First page p Breakfast p Home Page Example p Test Edit Board Info Tap the current user to go to the user list Select a different user to switch to that user s database a j Boards ChoiceAAC dy Default TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 9 Create a new user by tapping the plus button at the top of the user list You ll then go to the screen where you can specify how to create the new user You can create a user database based on any of the existing users a blank New database or you can create a user from the default database The Default database will always be an option as well as the New dat
4. About Backing Up Backup File Destination M Dropbox gt iTunes File Sharing gt Dropbox Link Account Tap Link Account If you have the Dropbox app installed you ll be directed to the Dropbox app to link your account to TapSpeak Choice Tap Allow to allow TapSpeak Choice to access your Dropbox account A TapSpeak folder will be added to your Dropbox account and all backup files will be stored in the Apps TapSpeak folder Dropbox TapSpeak Choice wants access to a folder in your Dropbox CN e ul TapSpeak ted tapspeak com Change TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 50 If you don t have the Dropbox app installed you ll see a screen similar to this Follow the prompts on the Dropbox screen to link TapSpeak Choice to your Dropbox account Dropbox TapSpeak Choice The app TapSpeak Choice would like to connect with your Dropbox This app will create a folder named TapSpeak Choice in your Dropbox The app will only have access to this folder Email Password New to Dropbox Get the App Now enter a backup file name and tap Start Backup to begin your backup BackingUp Backup to Dropbox Backup Backup Filename Bruce Start Backup Enter backup filename and tap Start Backup You ll see a series of messages as you re backing up your setup TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 51 BackingUp Backup to Dropbox Backup Backup Filename Bruce Start Backup Sending file to
5. Copy Page Link Button This option is only available for page link buttons in the Navigation library This is useful for some page sets that have multiple pages that link to the same page but need a different image for that page link button on each page that it appears Tap this option and it will copy the button with Copy of added to the button title You can edit a page link button copy just like any other button You can delete a page link copy This is the ONLY case where you ll see a delete badge on a page link button When you ve deleted all page link copies but one the delete badge no longer shows on the page link button TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 68 Concepts Page Linking TapSpeak Choice makes it easy for you to link pages Whenever you add a page to your setup a page link button is added to the Navigation library To link from a page to another page just add a page link button from the Navigation library to your page Here s the process 1 Create the page you want to navigate to You don t have to add buttons to it right away Creating a page adds that page s page link button to the Navigation library 2 Go to your source page e g the home page 3 Tap the button in the toolbar and select Navigation 4 Scroll left right until you see a page link button with the title of the destination page you created Note that you can change the page link button s image title background color etc 5 Drag a
6. For those who want to use private preview with scanning you must use recorded messages We currently don t have the ability to send text to speech output to either the left or right hand stereo output jack On the main speech editor screen you can edit a button s title and set whether you want a title on the button You can also access the editors for the spoken and scanning messages TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 22 Speech Editor Title ask Show Title The Spoken line lets you set the spoken message The spoken message is the message you hear when you tap a button on the page It s also used in the message window as part of the phrase that s spoken when you tap the message window The Scanning like lets you set the message spoken as a scanning prompt In the scanning settings set the Auditory Prompt switch to On to use the scanning message The scanning message is spoken as you scan through buttons on a page as a way to give an hint to the user as to which button they re scanning through There are three ways to edit a message Same As TTS and Recording Same As for the spoken message means that the message is the same as the button title It will be spoken as text to speech For scanning messages Same As means that the scanning message is the same as the spoken message TTS means that the text to speech string spoken is different from the button title You can use this setting to enter a longer message than on t
7. TapSpeak Choice User Manual For TapSpeak Choice and TapSpeak Choice AAC Table of Contents TapSpeak Choice Basics 1 Pages Boards 2 Libraries 3 Page Library Views 5 Page View 5 Toolbar 5 Message Window 6 Page Buttons 6 Library View 7 User Databases 9 Page Editing 12 Create a Page 12 Copy a Page 12 Edit Page Information 13 Page Play Edit 15 Moving Deleting Buttons 16 Add a Button 17 Editing a Button 22 Page View Button Editor Options 22 Speech Editor 22 Image Editor 24 Symbols 24 Photo 25 TapSpeak Choice User Manual Table of Contents Text 25 Shape 26 Background Color 26 Border Color 27 Completion Action 27 Delete Button 28 Hide 28 Library Reference 29 Settings 30 Board Folders 30 Scan Settings 31 Direct Select 32 One Switch Scanning 33 Two Switch Scanning 33 Scan Dynamics 33 Auditory Scanning Prompt 34 Accessibility 35 Tap Mode 35 Preview Mode 36 Anti Stimming 36 Touch Mode 37 Touch Release Mode 38 Touch Average 38 Voices 39 Message Window 42 TapSpeak Choice User Manual Table of Contents Button Settings 43 Play Lock 45 About 47 Get Choice AAC 47 Restore Choice AAC 47 Acknowledgements 47 Introduction 47 TapSpeak Website 47 YouTube Channel 47 Help Site 47 Submit Help Ticket 47 Register 48 Refresh Keyboards 48 Backup Your Data 49 Backup 49 Restore 53 Export 54 Import 55 Library View 56 Toolbar 56 Page User List 57 Library List 57 Button 59 Microphone Button 59 Eye Button 6
8. ability level for a shared setup or by activity type Folders are not meant to correlate to a page navigation system Page navigation is completely independent of the folder organization Folder organization can t be used as a part of page navigation It s ok if you make the folder organization the same as your page navigation but it s not necessary Also folders are only one level deep We ve done this to make things less complicated for you and make it less likely that a page will get lost in a deep folder hierarchy TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 30 Settings Folders c ME S 7 The Edit button lets you rearrange and delete folders You can only delete folders with no pages in them In the page list you can delete pages in a folder or move a page to another folder Edit Board Info lets you edit a folder s title Scan Settings TapSpeak Choice has the most comprehensive scan settings of any app and it s better than many full feature AAC devices You can use the iPad as a switch or you can use one or two external switches via most popular Bluetooth switch interfaces You can scan buttons in sequential order row column or step scanning You can set scan directions scan speed scan cycles and auditory prompt parameters Please note that in version 5 the button pop amount and duration sliders were moved to the new Button Settings screen under Settings In addition to the scan settings on this screen there s two other plac
9. The play button is a right pointing arrow in the same location as the edit button You can also toggle play edit mode by tapping the page title TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 15 3 22 PM a Home Do 4 ping Verbs 1ore verbs RES c db TIIIIIIIII QUI m 1 1111 1 1 IIIIIIIJ e A Le LG S Moving Deleting Buttons You move buttons around the page by dragging and dropping them When you drag and drop a button onto an existing button the two buttons will swap positions Buttons will swap positions regardless of whether the target position is occupied by a button or a blank button As you drag a button to be moved the source button around a page the target button under the source button will expand when the two are close enough for a drop and replace to occur You cannot drag and drop a blank button You can only drag and drop a populated button onto a blank button Delete a button by tapping the X badge on the button s upper left corner 1 If the page uses a static grid dimension like 3x4 or 5x7 the button will be replaced by a blank button 2 If the page uses a dynamic grid dimension the page will be reflowed by moving to the left and up all buttons after the deleted button If deleting a button fits the next grid size with fewer buttons the app will change the displayed grid and reflow all the buttons For example going from 13 to 12 buttons changes the page grid from 4x4 to 3x4 Tap
10. begin editing it Microphone Button The microphone button was the original way of accessing the speech editor for a button This has now been deprecated in favor of using the editor list See Speech Editor for more information on using the speech editor TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 59 Eye Button The eye button was the orignial way of accessing the image editor for a button This has now been deprecated in favor of using the editor list See Image Editor for more information on using the image editor Settings The gear icon accessing the library settings menu You can edit library folders and coloring systems in the library settings Library Folders Background Coloring Systems Library folder editing is the same as editing page folders See Board Folders for more information Background Coloring Systems are described below Coloring Systems The background coloring systems are used for both button background and border colors TapSpeak Choice comes by default with a coloring system we call Choice Key You can set up any number of coloring systems configured in the app Settings Coloring Systems Default Coloring System Choice Key Coloring Systems Choice Key Tap the Default Coloring System row to select a default coloring system Select one of the coloring system that you have created as the current or default coloring system Tap any of the coloring systems in the Coloring Systems section to edit the c
11. KB gt Bruce zip Today 1 26 PM 156 KB Ei Molecules a tempRecording caf Yesterday 5 32 PM 44 KB Pages s sore D SPL Meter i e Cj TS Choice Apps Other 171GBFree Sync Restore Restoring your database from a backup completely replaces your existing database with the contents of your backup file If you are in any way unsure about replacing your current database back it up before performing a restore Start a restore the same way as starting a backup Tap the icon in the tool bar and tap Restore At the next screen select your restore file source Dropbox or iTunes File Sharing You have the option to link unlink your Dropbox account here About Restoring Restore File Source ag Dropbox gt iTunes File Sharing gt Dropbox Unlink Account Once you ve selected your restore file source select a backup file to restore You ll see a list of file names date they were backed up and the backup file size Select a file to proceed to the next step TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 53 Restoring Dropbox File List Adam zip gt Jan 19 2013 1 21 PM 152 5 KB ad Bruce zip gt D Jan 19 2013 1 23 PM 152 5 KB demo zip gt Jan 2 2013 11 19 AM 118 4 KB After you ve selected a backup file to restore tap the Restore Database button to restore your database You ll see a series of messages as the backup file is restored Dropbox File List Adam zip Restore Database Tap Restore button to begin
12. Library or a text string Gear icon Shows a settings list You can configure the folders available in the library list and set up your background coloring scheme Exclamation point icon Displays a list of resources and backup options You can access this document our website YouTube channel and help system backup restore import export your database or refresh your keyboard pages TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 4 Page Library Views In TapSpeak Choice you have two views of your system the page and the library views Pages consist of references to buttons managed in libraries You don t have to use libraries but they re great in that you can set up just the buttons in the user s vocabulary in libraries and then when you create a page for them you can easily access the buttons in a library You don t have to search through thousands of symbols every time you want to add a button by using libraries You switch between the page and library views using the book and filing cabinet icons in the toolbar Tap the book icon to show the page view and tap the filing cabinet icon to show the library view Tap the book or library icon a second time and you ll see the page or library list Page View The page view is where you access pages buttons create messages and speak messages Depending on your access method direct access or scanning you tap buttons to speak buttons and or build messages in the optional message window O
13. area The zone scan lets you choose wether you ll scan through the message window buttons message window clear TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 69 backspace or scan through the page s buttons This increases efficiency by not having to scan through the message window buttons to get to the page buttons When you re not using the message window there is no zone scan You simply scan through the page s buttons Scan Rate Speed Enhancements For higher scan rates you can reduce or eliminate the button pop Go to the Button Settings screen and reduce the button pop amount to 0 You can also speed up audio prompt speaking rate in the Voice setup Go to the Voices setting screen and select Scanning The default speaking rate is 180 words per minute You can adjust that up to 700 but find some speaking rate that s a good fit for your scan rate Use the Test Voice button to sample your voice settings How Do Arrange Pages Folders Pages can be arranged generally for speech production or communication boards Speech production pages should be organized in a way that core vocabulary and higher frequency words are the easiest to get to Communication boards don t need to have such a focus on core vocabulary and thus can be arranged by situation time of day or categories of items phrases TapSpeak Choice is great for beginning communicators that start with two buttons on up to several or more buttons on a board These boards don t have s
14. be moved to that folder The Modifiable row lets you protect the current page from modification If this switch is set to Off page editing is disabled The new button button the button in the toolbar and the page edit button the pencil in the toolbar are disabled and grayed out when the Modifiable button is Off The Home Board lets you set the current page as the home page Turn this switch On to do so You ll get a confirmation alert which will also tell you the previous home page The Background Color row lets you select a color for the background color This can help users with vision issues or provide a visual cue for what page is being used Tap this row to display a list of colors and select a color to change the page background color The Notes row lets you add some descriptive notes for a page A note isn t used by the app it just gives you a place to write down additional information about a page why you made it how it should be used etc Page Play Edit A page can be in one of two modes Play or Edit In play mode you can operate the page and add buttons using the button on the toolbar In edit mode you can edit move and delete buttons Enter edit mode by tapping the edit button the pencil on the toolbar The page background will turn from black to grey you ll see a delete button badge on each button and the button border will disappear Switch back to play mode by tapping the play button on the toolbar
15. control move both sliders to the left As the user gains greater control over their movements they get greater positive feedback from successful touches but still get negative feedback with a bloop sound if their touch exceeds the duration and drift sliders For more typical usage If you find that touches are not registering or making the bloop sounds make sure the duration and drift sliders are at least at mid scale Sometimes the sliders will get set all the way to the left which can make successful touches challenging even for typical users Preview Mode All access modes can use the Preview mode which announces a button before you select it For Touch and Tap modes the first touch on any button announces it and a second touch selects the button For touch release and touch average modes buttons are announced as you drag your finger s across the iPad surface When you lift your hand the last announced button is selected Preview mode works great for visually impaired users The preview announcements act as auditor prompts and an help a visually impaired user learn buttons on a page without actually selecting a button Activate the Preview mode by turning on the Preview switch Anti Stimming All access modes can use the anti stimming mode Stimming touches are self stimulatory behavior such as repeated tapping on the iPad surface Anti stimming works with all access modes It works with the Stim Delay slider The stim delay
16. for page links just turn off this switch The Button Pop settings let you adjust the amount of the pop and the duration of the pop The button pop is the same as a zoom that you may see on other systems It expands the button image and text temporarily You can even turn off the pop by moving the sliders all the way to the left Button Pop Button Pop Button Pop Button Pop Amount Off Button Pop Amount 20 96 Button Pop Amount 50 96 m 0 96 50 96 O 96 50 0 50 96 Button Pop Duration Off Button Pop Duration 1 0 sec Button Pop Duration 10 0 sec e 0 0 sec 10 0 sec 0 0 sec 10 0 sec 0 0 sec 10 0 sec Use the button pop along with the preview accessibility mode to make buttons easier to see Larger pop values make the button easier to see in preview mode and then the user can select the button if it s the one they want Play Lock Play lock disables editing and most other controls so that users can t inadvertently change anything If you want to lock down the system so that there s no chance of changing it use this switch You can also password protect the play lock setting so that even if a user finds the switch they ll need a password to turn it on LE Ia ht Play Lock You get to the play lock switch from the app settings under the gear icon Tap the play lock switch to turn on play lock The only toolbar buttons that work now are the page list and home back navigation buttons The password s
17. from the app s settings menu under the gear icon on the page view toolbar You ll see three items e Voice Download Lets you install reinstall voices for use as a speaking or scanning voice Speaking Set up the voice to use when you select buttons and when you speak from the message window Set speaking rate volume and pitch e Scanning Same as Speaking except for the scanning voice The scanning voice is used for auditory prompts when scanning TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 39 a Settings Voice Setup Voice Download Speaking Scanning Under Voice Download is the list of available voices for your language The number of voices you see will vary according to the language you re using The right hand side of the voice list shows which voices you have installed and which are available to be downloaded and installed Voice Setup Available Voices Deepa Available Heather Available Kenny Available Laura Available Micah Available Nelly Installed Ryan Available Saul Available Select a voice to show the Voice Information view This will give you some information about the voice Tap the Install Voice button to start the voice download and installation process A status line and progress bar gives you feedback on the progress of the voice installation Voice downloads are from 50MB to 150MB depending on the voice TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 40 Available Voices Voice Information Name Laura G
18. on a new iPad or restore it to your iPad if you ve reinstalled the app You can also use this screen to overwrite your current Choice AAC page set if you want to restore it to the default configuration Acknowledgements The acknowledgements screen shows legal and copyright information Introduction The Introduction gives you a basic introduction on how to use TapSpeak Choice and goes over the new features in the latest version of TapSpeak Choice You can email or print the document from this screen TapSpeak Website This item takes you to the TapSpeak website in a new Safari window YouTube Channel We have many YouTube videos on how to use TapSpeak apps on our YouTube channel We re constantly adding new videos to help you learn all the features of TapSpeak Choice Help Site Our help site lets you create help tickets and browse our help topics While we have some help topics on our web site this has more details and how to s You can track your help ticket s here You ll be directed to a new Safari window when you tap this item Submit Help Ticket This item opens a new help ticket on our help site in a new Safari window TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 47 Register You can subscribe to our newsletter with this item Refresh Keyboards If you ever need to restore your system keyboards to their original state this function will do that Tap this item and in a few seconds your keyboards will be restored You ll get an alert
19. setting The third section is the list of the current coloring system s parts of speech and associated color Select either the default color or a color from the list Hemember a color setting made from the page view overrides the library setting Border Color Border colors work the same as the background color please refer to Border Color for instructions Completion Action Completion actions are navigation actions that occur after a button is tapped With a completion action you can go to the home page back a page or go to any page in your setup Completion action settings made in the page view override completion action settings made in the library view You can return to the library setting by tapping the Default line Enter the completion action editor by tapping Completion Action on the editor list The completion action row will show if the completion action is unset None set to a page home or back TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 27 10 51 AM EditButon Completion Action Default from Library Default Completion Action None Back Home Page Home Pages Choice AAC Pages Home Accessories Adverbs Animal Parts Animals d Appliances The first section is the default completion action If this is checked the library completion action is checked If it s checked the library completion action is indicated by the checked row in completion action section and the page section The completion action
20. when the restore is completed TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 48 Backup Your Data It is very important that you back up your data l Il say it again It is very important that you back up your data You ve spent a long time setting up Choice to be exactly what you need iPads while quite reliable can be accidentally wiped clean setups overwritten or deleted lost or stolen Without a good backup you ll have to redo your work and try to remember what you did We don t want you to ever have to go through that TapSpeak Choice gives you the option of backing up to Dropbox or to iTunes File Sharing We recommend using Dropbox as it gives you a safe portable and permanent way to save your backup files This table compares the different backup destinations Access Methods Web App Plug in Computer only Only through the app that created the data No 731 access Cloud access Cloud access Supports other pur Please Note The LE M feature is the same as the pre version 5 0 RN restore If you need to restore a version 4 0 or earlier backup file use the Import feature Backup You can set up Dropbox via the Dropbox website or via the Dropbox app on your iPad Get to the backup function from the About menu TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 49 Backup Backup gt Restore gt Export gt Import gt Tap Backup to start The first time you back up Choice you ll need to link your Dropbox Account
21. 0 TapSpeak Choice User Manual Table of Contents Settings 60 Coloring Systems 60 About 64 Library Button Editing 65 Word Type 66 Word Variations 66 Link to Message Window 67 Reset Page Heference 67 Copy Page Link Button 68 Concepts 69 Page Linking 69 Scanning 69 Scan Select Switch Definitions and Usage 69 Scanning With Without Message Window 69 Scan Hate Speed Enhancements 70 How Do I Arrange Pages Folders 70 TapSpeak Choice Settings App Settings 71 System Settings 71 Play Lock 72 Windows Library 72 Bluetooth Switch Support 72 Keyboard 72 PCS 72 Voice List and Language Settings 73 TapSpeak Choice User Manual Table of Contents TapSpeak Choice Basics Every child s communication needs are different so TapSpeak Choice strives to make itself adaptable to communication needs You can use the app for a wide range of applications from two button selection boards grow to simple communication systems and expand all the way to full fledged speech generation systems TapSpeak Choice is delivered with a few sample pages and libraries to give you an idea on how to get started using the app Our Choice AAC page set a full feature speech generation page set is available as an In App purchase or included with TapSpeak Choice AAC The idea behind TapSpeak Choice to adapt the app to your communication needs not conform your communication to the app You can use Pixon symbols your own images or text for button images You can use any
22. Dropbox if you backed up using iTunes File Sharing you ll see an alert telling you to copy your backup file from iTunes File Sharing to your computer Breakfast Adam 152 KB NB Backup Complete You must copy the backup file to sn your computer using iTunes File Sharing to ensure that you have a safe copy of your data y UOdIUu U lf you backed up to iTunes File Sharing you need to copy your backup file from your iPad to your computer Make sure your iPad is connected to your Computer and start iTunes Make sure you re viewing your Library upper right corner and select your iPad just to the left of the Library iTunes Store button Tap The Apps tap at the top scroll down to the File Sharing section and then tap TS Choice in the File Sharing section In the TS Choice Documents section you see a list of your backup files they ll have a xml file extension Drag and drop your backup file s to you computer to make sure you have a safe copy of your data To be extra safe copy your backup file to a USB drive memory stick etc as a Secondary backup location TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 52 DES m ex al e Q gt Search Library TapSpeak iPad 3 4G 1 4 Summary Info Apps Music Movies TV Shows J 3 Devices Done ric olay The apps listed below can transfer documents between your iPad and this computer Apps TS Choice Documents DI mie lt A Adam zip Today 1 25 PM 156
23. Light Blue Light Gray Orange Pink Standard Custom Only the standard system defined color list is currently available Just tap a color to select that color for the part of speech You can create your own coloring system On the coloring system table tap the button in the upper right corner A new coloring system will be created with the title New Tap that row to edit the coloring system Settings Coloring Systems Default Coloring System Choice Key Coloring Systems Choice Key New Tap the New row to edit the coloring system You ll see a system colors list with no parts of speech Tap the coloring system name field to type in a new name for the coloring system Tap the button to add new parts of speech and then tap the part of speech to edit the part of speech name and select the part of speech color TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 63 Coloring Systems System Colors Coloring System d NY Y Ir New Parts of Speech About The About button the icon brings up the About menu It s identical to the About menu accessible from the page view See About for more information TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 64 Library Button Editing You can edit buttons from both the page and library views There are some editing functions available in just the library view some common to both and some editing functions in the page view override settings in the library Additio
24. Me Toolbar i Home L Ia TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 5 The Page toolbar buttons from left to right are e Page user list e Switch to library view e Add button to page Page title e Edit play e Settings e About e Back e Home Message Window The message window is where you build up messages from buttons on a page It consists of the message button the backspace button and the clear button want a drink The message button can display message text or a copy of the button that was tapped Make the message buttons speak its message by tapping it Tap the backspace button to remove the last word button Tap the clear button to clear the message button If you want to use TapSpeak choice as a traditional selection board or communication board turn off the message window Page Buttons Tap page buttons to speak a button or build a message in the message window Buttons can have an image be blank or it can be hidden Buttons can be access with direct select or scanning Direct select access can be modified to accommodate a wide range of motor skills our Accessibility settings accommodate stimming behaviors touch averaging touch release and a number of other special modes TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 6 Library View The library view is where you edit buttons Use of libraries are optional You can bypass using libraries by using the New option when adding buttons on a page
25. Speak Choice User Manual Page 16 3 23 PM BL Home gt Oo lt ping Verbs am ore verbs Describers o e dictiona ction Words e di e L d i i M Add a Button You can add a button to a page under several conditions 1 The page has blank buttons If there are no blank buttons the add button icon will be grayed out 2 The page has a dynamic grid dimension and has less than 56 7x8 buttons on it If there are 56 buttons on a page the add button icon will be grayed out 3 The page s Modifiable switch is set to on If this switch is set off the add button icon on the toolbar will be grayed out Tap the add button button the button on the toolbar to bring up the button source list TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 17 Navigation Social Phrases es QWERTY Number Keyboard Scanning Keyboard There will be three selections in the button source list 1 The New option adds a button at the first available blank button or at the end of a page that has the dynamic page grid The editor list will appear for the button and the page will be set to edit mode 2 The Navigation option brings up the button picker with the navigation library buttons owipe left or right on the button picker to view all buttons in the library Drag a button from the button picker onto a blank button for a static grid page or onto an existing button for a dynamic grid page This option is the
26. abase E B e Add User New User Name David Copy from Existing ChoiceAAC V Default Create User Create User First type in a name for the new user Select the source database from New any exiting user or Default and then tap Create User to create the user database When you go back to the user list you ll see the new user database Select it to switch to that user Ka Boards a ChoiceAAC d David Default In the user list you can delete user databases Tap the Edit button at the bottom of the user list to enter the user edit mode Note that you can t delete the default or the current user database TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 10 Boards ChoiceAAC V Gi David Default c Boards Gi ChoiceAAC Gi David Default V TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 11 Page Editing Create a Page Create a page by first opening the page list At the upper right corner is a button The button creates a new page by first displaying the New Page view 3 14 PM New Board ES General Title Dimension Dynamic 56 Folder Root Folder Modifiable Home Board Background Color Notes In the New Page view enter a title and select the page s grid dimension Grid Dimension refers the number of rows and columns on the page You can have 1x1 1x2 3x4 up to 7x8 button grids on a page The Dynamic page gird resizes a page gird automatically according to
27. ana o Vittorio e Japanese Sakura e Mandarin Chinese o Lulu e Norwegian o Bente o Karl o Olav e Polish o Ania e Portuguese o Celia e Russian o Alyona e Scanian o Mia TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 75 e Spanish o Antonio o Ines o Maria e Swedish o Ellin o Emma X Erik e Turkish o Ipek e US English o Heather Kenny o Laura o Mlcah Southern o Nelly o Ryan o gt Saul Urban o Tracy o Will o Will Bad Guy o Will From Afar o Will Happy o Will Little Creature o Will Old Man o Will Sad o Will Up Close e US Spanish Language Spanish Region United States o Rosa TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 76
28. ce button and the clear button The message window is scannable just like the buttons on a page are scannable Did you get that The message window is configured through the app s settings under the gear icon Scroll down to Message Window and tap it to see the message window configuration table TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 42 Settings Message Window View aE Display Display Type Buttons and Text Spoken Text V Height M Standard V Larger Largest The View section has one item the Display switch Turn it on to display the message window and turn it off to remove the message window from the screen With the message window off the page buttons are re flowed to take up the space used by the message window The Display Type section lets you select whether you want to see buttons or the spoken text in the message window With it set to Buttons and Text you see buttons as they are on the page With it set to Spoken Text you see the button s spoken text in the message window When you re using a keyboard you ll always see text as you type on the keyboard If you re using Buttons and Text when you tap a button the button will appear in the message window alongside the spoken text The Height section configures the message window height The message window width is always the width of the iPad screen The Larger setting is 1 5 times the height of the Standard setting and the Largest setting is two times the heigh
29. ch is being dragged from the button picker to the last button in the middle row If your finger were lifted from the iPad at this point the ouch button would be added to this position TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 20 QWERTY Number Keyboard Scanning Keyboard TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 21 Editing a Button One of TapSpeak Choice s strengths is its flexibility to meet a myriad of needs Button editing options bear this out with the number of ways you can change a button s appearance and function You can edit a button on either the page view and the library view You can do more things from the library view Some of the page view editor options override button settings made on the library view The are Completion Action Button Background Color eButton Border Color We ll first go through the editors available on the page view and then we ll go through the editors available from the library view Page View Button Editor Options Here are the options from the page view They cover the most frequently used button options Edit Button Editing Speech Editor Image Editor Background Coloring Border Editor Completion Action Delete Button Hide Library Reference S to Verbs Speech Editor The speech editor lets you set text to speech message or lets you set the button s recorded message You can have a spoken message separate from the scanning message or they can be the same
30. d to a special library called the Ad Hoc library You can tap this line to go to the button s library and view or edit it there There are more options for button editing in the library view than in the page view TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 29 Settings The settings button on the page view gives you access to some powerful features in TapSpeak Choice You can adjust the accessibility settings to accommodate a wide range of motor skill issues like high low muscle tone tremors stimming etc The scan settings let you set up scanning for virtually any scanning need Set up voices to match the user s language voice and personality With the message window settings you can configure the app to operate like a communication board or with the message window on and text display on it functions as a full feature speech generating AAC device Button settings let you configure button zooming pop border width etc to accommodate vision disabilities or draw focus to selected buttons Finally the play lock feature locks out editing and configuration features so that inadvertent changes can t be made The settings menu 100 mm D Settings Board Folders Scan Settings Accessibility Voices Message Window Button Settings Play Lock NN Board Folders Folders are used to organize pages to make them easier to work with For instance you can have folders for boards organized by location school home
31. discard changes you ve made or the Save button to save the changes TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 13 Home Info ES General Title Home Dimension 5x7 35 Folder Choice AAC Modifiable Home Board Background Color Notes The Title row lets you change the pagess title The Dimension row lets you change the page s button grid dimension You can change a page s dimension to one with more buttons than you have on a page but you can t change it to a dimension with fewer buttons f Home Info Info Dimensions Dimensions eu Info Dimensions Standard Grids Keyboard Grid Dynamic 56 4 x 10 Keyboard 1x1 1 4x11 Standard Keyboard 4 x 12 Keyboard 5 x 10 Keyboard w numbers row 5 x 11 Standard Keyboard w numbers row 5 x 12 Keyboard w numbers row We have many pre set dimensions from 1x1 to 7x8 In addition there are some keyboard specific grids that are meant for easy keyboard layout While you can use these for pages we recommend that you reserve their use for keyboards as in the iPad portrait orientation these grid sizes don t work well The Folder row lets you move the current page to another folder Can Home Info ES General Title Home Dimension 5x7 35 Folder Choice AAC yen Folders School md Keyboard LL Choice AAC Home Edit Edit Folder Info TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 14 Tap the folder row to see the available folders Select a new folder and the page will
32. dit a button in a library all references to that button in any page will reflect those editing changes The only caveat is that you can override background color and completion action in a page Here s a sample library Also showing is the editor list that appears when you long press a button A similar editor list appears on a page when it s in edit mode and you long press a button Swipe left or right to view all buttons in a library TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 3 Editng Speech Editor Image Editor Background Editor Completion Action Delete Button Page Reference s Go to More Verbs Book icon Tap this to return to the page view Filing cabinet icon Tap this to display the library list Just like with pages you manage libraries in the library list Tap the plus button in the library list to add a library Plus icon Tap this to add a button to the library The new button will have a red circle as its image and it will appear at the upper left corner Long press the new button to display the editor list Microphone icon Tapping this icon invokes the speech editor The speech editor lets you specify the text to speech message or record a message You can have separate spoken and prompt messages and it can speak a different message from the button title Eye icon Invokes the image editor The image editor lets you set a Pixon symbol PCS too if you purchased the app before version 4 0 an image from your Photo
33. e is very high in order to make listening to audio prompts more comfortable Auditory Prompt IR e Pan Volume Spoken Message c H 100 Auditory Prompt 71 96 Accessibility No other AAC app or device has the range of accessibility options that TapSpeak Choice has In addition to the wide range of scanning options we offer a variety of methods for accessing buttons with one or more fingers are parts of the hand Tap Mode The first accessibility mode is the Tap mode With the tap mode you must touch the iPad surface and release the touch to register a tap The Tap mode works with one finger The Tap Duration and Tap Drift sliders can be used to train motor control to be finer and finer grained You should set the Failed Tap Feedback on when using the motor control training feature If a finger stays on the surface longer than the tap duration or moves more than the tap drift setting the failed tap feedback will sound and the tap will not register Done Accessibility Tap Release Average Tap Duration emm 1 0 Seconds Tap Drift ea 100 Failed Tap Feedback OX E Anti Stimming _ OFF Preview Stim Delay Average Trail TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 35 Use the duration and drift sliders to encourage finer grained motor control by first setting the sliders far to the right This will allow a long and drifting type touch to still register a tap As the user gains greater motor
34. ency with any symbols used in other exercises Symbols When you tap on the Pixon or PCS segments at the bottom of the view you ll see a search selection view NUUS PIV Ca Image Editor Search color Categories adjective adverb article auxiliary You can search for symbols by typing in a search string browsing categories or a combination of the two Any time that you see the symbol you want in the symbol list tap it to select it When you select a symbol the image on the button will change and TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 24 you ll see a list of one or more labels for that button Either accept the default label or select an alternate label from the label list You can always change a button s label using the Speech Editor To search using a search string select the search type and enter a search string It may take a few moments for the search to complete The Starts With search type will return all symbols whose labels start with the search string The Anywhere search type will return any symbol where the search string is in the label Finally the Exact search type only returns symbols whose labels are an exact match with the search string The category list lets you browse symbol categories or restrict the text string search to the categories you select There are categories and category folders in the category list Category folders have an indicator while categories don t When you select a categ
35. ender Female 30 Install Voice After the voice has been downloaded and installed you ll get a confirmation alert You can now select and set up the voice as a speaking or a scanning voice Go back to the Voice Setup table and you ll see the Speaking and Scanning selections The Speaking voice selection lets you set up the speaking voice and the Scanning voice lets you set up the voice for auditory prompts while scanning Use of auditory prompts while scanning is optional The speaking and scanning voice setup tables are identical Either voice gives you the same configuration options The first row of the voice setup table lets you select the voice you want to use Tap it and you ll see a list of voices that have been downloaded and installed The currently installed voice will have a checkmark next to it Tap another voice to select it You can modify three parameters for a voice Rate The default is 180 words per minute The range is from 50 to 700 Volume The default is 100 The range is from O to 200 2 Pitch The default is 100 The range is from 70 to 140 The pitch setting can be used change the perceived age of the speaker TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 41 Voice Setup Speaking Voice Voice Shaping Pitch e 70 Test Voice Message Window The message window is an optional part of the TapSpeak Choice screen that lets you build and speak phrases and sentences It s composed of a message button the backspa
36. es where you can manage scanning attributes If you use audio prompts you can set a separate message from the spoken message You do this using the speech editor which you can access from the button editor menus You can also set a different audio prompt voice from the speaking voice using the Voice configuration menu You can access this from the page view under the settings the gear icon Scan Settings Sections There are three sections to scan settings The top section sets scanning physical attributes such as switch type and number scan style and scan directions The middle section sets scan dynamics such as rate cycles and restart position The bottom section sets scan audio prompting TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 31 K Scanning Settings Switch Configuration iPad EET 2 Switch Scan Type Direct Select 1 Switch Auto Switch Auto 2 Switch Step Row Column Column Row Left Right Right Left Bottom Top Scan Speed 2 0 sec Scan Order Scan Timeout 3 0 sec Scan Cycles 1 Cycle s Restart Scanning at Last Position OFF Auditory Prompt OX Spoken Message 100 Auditory Prompt ea X 71996 Direct Select The simplest scan settings configuration is for direct select the default access method In direct select mode all our accessibility modes tap touch release average are available With any other scan setting the accessibility modes are not active Set di
37. ettings are accessible from the iPad s Settings app Start the Settings app and scroll down to the app section and then down to TS Choice TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 45 Page Lock Password Enabled C nec Password In the Play Lock section there is a switch to enable the password protection and a field to enter the password If you ever forget the password you can just retype a password to reset it TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 46 About All About functions are available under the Get Choice AAC Our Choice AAC speech production page set can be purchased via an In App Purchase This screen shows you the Choice AAC description document and lets you start the In App Purchase process You can print or email the Choice AAC description document icon in the toolbar The Choice AAC page set provides augmented communicators with a robust set of essential core vocabulary These words equip people to communicate effectively whether at a single or multi word developmental level Core vocabulary is the high frequency vocabulary that is inherent in all conversations It is what enables augmented communicators to go beyond requesting objects and activities to communicating for a broader range of functions such as asking questions directing others commenting negating etc This page set incorporates Pixons a powerful symbol system for representing core vocabulary Restore Choice AAC Use this screen to re enable Choice AAC
38. he title or adjust the pronunciation of the text to speech engine for example Recording means that a recording will be used for the message You can record messages to provide familiar voices match accents dialects or many other purposes Hecord a message by tapping and holding the red record button Release the button when you re finished recording When you re speaking during a recording try to keep the level meter about two thirds full Avoid staying in the red but make sure the meter moves to the right a good bit as you re recording Review a recording by tapping the play button TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 23 Speech Recording Speech Recording Text To Speech Press and hold to Tap to play message s Image Editor The image editor lets you set a button s image to a symbol photo text or a shape In the image editor you select the image type using the segment picker at the bottom of the view The are four image types Pixon PCS We offer the Pixon symbol library to our customers and the PCS symbol library to pre version 4 0 customers If you ever need to get back access to your PCS symbol library please contact help tapspeak com Photo You can use any photo in your iPad s photo library as an image for a button Text You can use any text string for use as a button s image Shape The shapes in TapSpeak Choice are the same as in TapSpeak Button and TapSpeak Sequence in order to maintain consist
39. key to adding page links and a home or back button to your page In TapSpeak Choice you don t change a button to be a page link All page link buttons are managed by the app for you so all you have to do after you add a page is drag and drop its page link button onto a page to get a link to that page 3 The last option will show the name of the last library that you viewed Tapping it will bring up the button picker with that library s buttons Swipe left or right on the button picker to view all buttons in the library Drag a button from the button picker onto a blank button for a static grid page or onto an existing button for a dynamic grid page Here s what TapSpeak Choice looks like after adding a new button TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 18 UT Edit Button Editing Speech Editor Image Editor Q4 Item Sample Q Breakfast Background Coloring Border Editor Completion Action Delete Button 9 Hide Scan ni n Library Reference Keyboa Go to Ad Hoc Navigation Here s what TapSpeak Choice looks like after tapping the Navigation option You can see that there are a number of page link buttons shown on in the button picker TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 19 no electronics ethnic food ppp E Lee T QWERTY Number Keyboard Scanning Keyboard Library Here s what TapSpeak Choice looks like after tapping the last entry The button labelled ou
40. n that it will accommodate a wide range of hand finger movements Combined with the Preview mode almost any motor skill can be accommodated Use touch average mode much like touch release mode Instead of just lifting your touch on a button you drag your touch around through or close to a button and select the button when you release You don t have to be on the button unlike touch release mode Touch average uses the Average Trail slider setting The trail is the path the hand takes across the iPad s surface and includes any part or parts of the hand that touches the iPad The average trail setting limits the length of the trail The trail length is limited so that as the hand gets closer to a button touches farther away from the button are ignored and a more accurate touch average calculation is made If you find that that you re not selecting the button you want try changing the average trail setting to better suit your dragging motions TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 38 Done Accessibility Tap Duration Seconds Tap Drift Failed Tap Feedback ON Anti Stimming OX Preview OFF Stim Delay emm 3 0 Seconds Average Trail emm gt 1 5 Seconds Voices TapSpeak Choice features text to speech TTS voices from Acapela We support 40 languages and 88 voices for those languages See Voice List and Language Set for more information on the languages and voices we offer You get to the voice settings
41. n the Ad Hoc library but you can Toolbar al A oO Verbs CH i The library toolbar buttons from left to right are e Page User list TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 56 e Library list e Add button e Speech editor deprecated use editor list from a button long tap e Image editor deprecated use editor list from a button long tap e Settings e About Page User List Tapping this button in the library view takes you to the page view See Page User List Library List While in the library view tapping the library list button brings up the library list In the library list you can create edit and delete libraries You can also access library folders Adjecti AJIERES Led Keyboard Core Vocabulary j Home Wa School Adjectives Verbs Animals Weather Food Sample Text Buttons Words Navigation V V V V V V V V Ad Hoc Edit Library Info Select any library in the library list to bring up the library for editing Tap a folder row to show the libraries in that folder TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 57 The Edit button enables you to delete and rearrange libraries Note that some libraries cannot be deleted For example the Navigation and Ad Hoc libraries cannot be deleted Even when you tap the Edit button you cannot delete these libraries Tapping the Done button exits the edit mode libraries m Keyboard je Core Vocabulary m Home Wa School o Adjecti
42. nally some library view editors are only available in the Navigation library Here s a table that lists these distinctions wem E ES wet ef AS o mew Y meo 6 Y oa Gemma P TS mens 6 AS o ww A A o Ce Link to Message Y Navigation Window Reset Page Y Navigation Reference Copy Page LInk Y Navigation Button Page Override means that a button setting made on the page view doesn t change the setting in the library view New buttons added to a page from a library aren t affected by a page setting If a library setting is changed the button with a page override doesn t see it In the library view you ll see these button editor options TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 65 Edit Button Completion Action Delete Button WordType Word Variations gt Link to Message Win og Reset Page Reference gt Copy Page Link Button Page Reference s Go to Verbs Word Type The Choice AAC page set has word types defined The default page set does not Ina future version we ll have a way to create your own word types Word types are used to provide morphology to words For example with verbs you can conjugate verbs and enter all conjugations By default all words have no word type Change word type by selecting a word type Be aware that when you change a word type any word variation you have entered for the previous word type will be deleted EdtButon Word Types Verb Noun Adjective
43. nd drop the page link button onto your page Thats it You don t have to ever create a page link button as in any other AAC app It s all managed for you in TapSpeak Choice If you delete a page the page link button is removed when you add a page a page link button is created for you Scanning Scan Select Switch Definitions and Usage Scanning uses the concept of a scan and a select switch For one switch scanning the scan and select switch use the same switch but for two switch scanning they are separate switches A scan switch activation initiates scanning For auto scanning modes this starts advancing scanning through buttons or rows columns using the scan speed setting s scan rate A select switch selects a button or a row column When using a single switch the switch is a combination scan and select switch When scanning is inactive it s a scan switch and while you re scanning it s a select switch You can only use auto scanning modes with a single switch The iPad surface is a single switch Step scanning is a bit different The scan switch advances scanning one element button row or column The select switch selects the element There s a timeout on scanning where if scanning is idled for a long time without another scan or select scanning will be reset Scanning With Without Message Window When you re using the message window with scanning you ll first do a zone scan between the message window and the page
44. new button directly in a page TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 2 add a button from the navigation library or add a button from the last library you looked at in the library view Title and pencil icon Tapping either of these puts the page into edit mode In edit mode you can drag buttons to move them delete a button or long press a button to bring up an editor list Gear icon Displays a list of settings for the app You can configure board folders scan settings accessibility voices message window scan feedback and the play lock Exclamation point icon Displays a list of resources and backup options You can access this document our website YouTube channel and help system backup restore import export your database or refresh your keyboard pages Back icon Navigates to your previously viewed page Very useful for communication boards with teacher parent assisted navigation Home icon Navigates to your home page Message window The message window consists of three elements the message back and clear buttons The message window is optional Buttons on a page Buttons can be blank except Dynamic page grid hidden or display a symbol or an image from your photo library Buttons with a gray triangle on the upper right corner are navigation buttons and will take you to its destination page Libraries TapSpeak Choice stores buttons in libraries Pages consist of references to buttons in libraries When you e
45. of 88 voices in 30 languages for text to speech voices or your own voice recordings for button messages What good is an app if it isn t accessible Our unparalleled accessibility options make assistive communication available to everyone short of eye gaze needs which we ll support as soon as some enterprising company makes it available For scanners we have e Direct Select e Bluetooth switch support e One switch auto scanning and step scanning e Two switch auto scanning and step scanning e Sequential row column column row options Restart scanning from last position option e Configurable scan cycles Private preview with recordings only at this time e Selectable scan order left right top bottom e Separate speaking and preview messages e Scannable and configurable keyboard For those with motor skill or stimming behaviors we have e Anti stimming setting e Tap mode requires touch and release e Tap mode can be configured to encourage finer grained motor control e Touch mode requires only a touch of a button No release needed e Touch on Release mode detects touch on release e Touch Averaging averages the last few seconds of finger movement configurable to determine touch location e Touch Release and Touch Averaging works with multiple fingers or parts of the hand touching the screen And new for version 5 0 is a preview mode e Tap Touch initial tap announces a button and a second tap selects it Tap butt
46. oloring system TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 60 MS Coloring Systems System Colors Coloring System Choice Key Parts of Speech Adjective Adverb Description Miscellaneous Noun People Preposition Pronoun Question Social The coloring system table shows the coloring system name and a list of all the parts of speech and colors defined for the coloring system Change the name of the coloring system by tapping the name filed and typing in a different name The Edit button lets you delete parts of speech rows Parts of speech are always ordered alphabetically and the order cannot be changed unless you change the name of a part of speech TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 61 Coloring Systems System Colors Coloring System Choice Key Parts of Speech Adjective Adverb Description Miscellaneous Noun People Preposition Pronoun Question Social Add a part of speech by tapping the button A part of speech is added with the name New and its color is left undefined Coloring Systems System Colors Coloring System Choice Key Parts of Speech Adjective Adverb Description Miscellaneous New Non i gt Edit a part of speech by tapping its row You ll see a text field where you can type in the part of speech name and select a color TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 62 System Colors Adjective Adjective Black Blue Dark Blue Dark Gray Gray Green Lavender
47. ons until you find the one you want and then touch it again to select it TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 1 e Touch Release Touch Average As you drag your finger s along the iPad surface buttons are announced Release all fingers to select the button Taps with the whole hand several fingers grabbing motions swipes etc can be detected using the right accessibility setting Try different settings until you find one that works best Contact us at help tapspeak com for assistance with using these new accessibility settings Pages Boards We use the idea of pages and libraries where a page consists of links to buttons which are stored and managed in libraries Starting with TapSpeak Choice 4 0 you do not have to use libraries if you don t want to use them You can add buttons directly to a page without first creating them in a library Here s an example page We ll go through each icon and page element 11 41 AM al T 24 Item Sample S D i t toy cars Book icon This icon displays the page list In the page list you can create new pages edit page information such as page gird dimensions home page and whether the page is editable Filing cabinet icon This icon flips the display to the library view In the library view you can create and edit buttons More on this later Plus icon Adds buttons to a page Tapping this displays an add button list where you can choose the button source You can either create a
48. ory a checkmark is added to the right of the category name which indicates that that category is selected and can be used to restrict text string searches You can select multiple categories to restrict text string searches To unselect a category tap it again and the checkmark will go away You ll see the symbols in that category below the category list when you select a category When you select a category folder you ll see a list of categories for that folder Category folders are not used to restrict text string searches Photo You can use any photo in your iPad s photo library for use as a button image Tap the Photo segment at the bottom of the image editor view Tap the middle of the view to bring up the photo library image picker You can scroll through your albums select an album and then select an image from an album When you select an image you ll see it on the view Image Editor Tap to select photo Text You can use any text you like as the on a button and you can set the text font size TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 25 Image Editor The text image editor shows you a preview of how the text you enter will look like Type in the text in the Button Text field Select the text size using the size picker The button preview will update to show what the size change will look like Larger numbers in the size picker make the text font larger and smaller numbers make it smaller The size numbers are relative set
49. rect access mode by selecting iPad for the switch configuration and Direct Select as the scan type Direct Select is not available for the 1 Switch or 2 Switch switch configurations Switch Configuration Pad o 1 Switch 2 Switch Scan Type Mina 1 Switch Auto 2 Switch Auto 2 Switch Step Scan Order With the iPad switch configuration you can use the 1 Switch Auto scan type and any of the 1 Switch Auto scan orders The iPad surface functions as a switch in this configuration A switch actuate is detected when a finger or any part s of a hand make contact with the iPad TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 32 One Switch Scanning The 1 Switch switch configuration lets you use only the 1 Switch Auto scan type and lets you use any of the scan order settings This switch configuration uses an external switch connected to a Bluetooth switch interface All auto scan and step scan types let you use any scan order Sequential scanning scans buttons one by one using the left right and top bottom order you select Row column scanning scans rows until you select a row and then scans the selected row until a button column is selected Column row scanning scans columns until a column is selected and then scans the selected column until a button row is selected Sequential row column and column row scan orders use the left right and top bottom order selections For example column row left right bottom top scans columns from lef
50. section lets you set the type of completion action For the none home and back selection you won t be able to select a page from the page section With the page selection you must select a page to navigate to after a button is selected The page section lists all your page folders with the pages listed under their folders Scroll up and down to find and select the page to navigate to after the button is selected Delete Button The delete button does just that It deletes a button from the page It does the same thing as the delete badge on the button On static grid pages the button will be replaced with a blank button On dynamic grid pages buttons will be reflowed to fill the deleted button s position Hide The hide function hides a button from view It s especially useful for setting up a page for learning new vocabulary The hide leaves behind a very opaque view of the button so that it s visible to a therapist or parent This gives you a cue about which buttons are on a page without distracting the user TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 28 When a button is hidden it does not respond to taps nor will it be scanned If scanning is active it s treated as a blank button and will be skipped over Example of a hidden button Library Reference The library reference line shows the button s library All buttons in TapSpeak Choice are defined in libraries even if you use the New option when adding a button New buttons are adde
51. slider lets you set the length of time that stimming touches are rejected until the next touch is accepted TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 36 ES Accessibility Tap Release Average Tap Duration Ga 1 0 Seconds Tap Drift LT 100 Failed Tap Feedback OX Anti Stimming OX Preview Stim Delay emm ee 3 0 Seconds Average Trail Touch Mode The Touch mode only requires the user to make contact with the surface for a touch to register The contact point finger palm doesn t need to be lifted to register the touch unlike with Tap mode Done Accessibility Tap Release Average Tap Duration 1 0 Seconds Tap Drift Failed Tap Feedback GH Anti Stimming OX amp Preview Stim Delay 3 0 Seconds Average Trail TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 37 Touch Release Mode Touch Release mode lets you drag one or more fingers across the iPad s surface until you find the button you want lift your hand and the button is selected There is no time limit to how long your hand can be on the iPad surface If you release your touch between buttons no button will be selected Ka Accessibility Tap Touch Average Tap Duration Seconds Tap Drift cm 96 Failed Tap Feedback ON Anti Stimming O OFF Preview Stim Delay Average Trail Touch Average Touch average mode allows you to select a button without your hand touching the button It s the most flexible mode we offer i
52. speeds sets at what rate buttons are scanned If the scan speed is set to two seconds a button is advanced every two seconds You can match button pop to the scan speed using the Button Settings menu under the page view settings Scan speed is not used for step scanning Scan timeout is only used for step scanning With every step switch activation the the scan timeout timer is started If the timeout timer expires before another switch activation is made scanning is reset The purpose for this timer is to give the user a way to restart scanning if an intended select is missed reset scanning due to inactivity Scan Cycles is used to let the user scan through a page row column multiple times in order to correctly select an item For example someone may want to hear all the selections on a row to know which item to select You can set this to 1 5 cycles or continuous cycles The continuous setting will not automatically terminate or reset a selection must be made to reset scanning Restart Scanning at Last Position allows a user to continue scanning at the last selection point This is useful for pages designed for efficient use with a semantic button ordering on a page For example a page can be set up with sets of nouns verbs and objects After a user selects a noun he can quickly proceed to a verb without restarting scanning from the top of the page and going through the nouns to get to the verbs Scan Speed GEN 2 0 sec Scan Timeou
53. switch and the select switch becomes the scan switch This is useful for configuring interfaces where switches are swapped and you don t want to or can t change the physical switch locations Keyboard The Message Window Text Case setting lets you select how letter case is handled in the message window You can have mixed case upper case or lower case With mixed case the first letter of every sentence is capitalized Dropbox This section has been deprecated PCS Before TapSpeak Choice 4 0 Dynavox Mayer Johnson PCS symbols were our standard symbols If you need to re enable PCS symbols send us an email at help tapspeak com and we ll send you instructions to do so TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 72 Voice List and Language Settings We offer Acapela high quality text to speech voices with TapSpeak Choice We support 40 languages and 88 voices for those languages Following is a list of the languages and voices we offer The voices you see on the app s voice download list correspond to your iPad s language settings You only see the voices for the language setting on your iPad You can see the language options by launching the Settings app on your iPad select General on the left hand side and scrolling down on the right to International Under International is the Language setting Select it to see the language list If you select a different language under Languages the iPad will take a moment to reset When it comes back
54. t 3 0 sec Scan Cycles 1 Cycle s Restart Scanning at Last Position y OFF Auditory Scanning Prompt This section manages the system wide audio scanning prompt settings You can separately configure the scanning text to speech voice and button scanning messages Turn on auditory prompts with the auditory prompt switch If this switch is off no message is announced as you scan through buttons The pan and volume settings are intended to be used for private auditory prompts Private auditory prompts provide a user listening via an earphone of other private speaker the scanning audio prompt message so that the person they re speaking to doesn t have to hear the prompts Private audio prompts make for a better conversational experience since the listener isn t cluttered with the scanning prompts Private audio prompts at this time only work with recorded messages When our text to speech provider offers stereo voices on iOS these settings will apply to them Set the spoken message and auditory messages to opposite stereo channels by dragging the sliders all the way to the left or right You can mix a bit of the spoken message into the TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 34 prompt earphone by leaving the slider between the middle and the end of the scale The volume setting only reduces volume whatever volume the iPad is set to it can t raise the volume beyond that It might be useful to reduce auditory prompt volume if the overall system volum
55. t of the Standard setting Button Settings Buttons have global and individual settings The individual settings includes the image spoken scanning text border background color completion action etc Global settings include border width scan tap feedback page link announcement and pop amount duration This section describes the global settings Individual settings can be accessed via the button editors TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 43 You get to the button settings from the app s settings by tapping on the gear icon Settings Button Settings Border Width Button Scan Tap Feedback Sounds Scan Feedback OFF Announce Page Link Announce Page Link CJ OFF Button Pop Button Pop Amount 20 0 96 50 96 Button Pop Duration 1 0 sec am 0 0 sec 10 0 sec The first section lets you set the button Border Width As you drag the slider left and right you ll see the sample button s border change its width to match the slider s setting TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 44 When you ve found the width you want and dismiss the settings popover the page will redraw to reflect the new border width Scan Feedback provides you with an aural feedback when a button is tapped or scanned This is different from the scanning auditory feedback where you are prompted with the button s scanning message during scanning Announce Page Link will let you turn on off page link announcements If you want the added aural feedback
56. t to right and then buttons rows from bottom to top Switch Configuration iPad 1 Switch 2 Switch Scan Type Direct Select 1 Switch Auto Switch Auto 2 Switch Step Sequential Row Column Column Row Left Right Right Left GITT Bottom Top Two Switch Scanning The 2 Switch switch configuration lets you use 2 Switch Auto and 2 Switch Step scan type and lets you use any of the scan order settings This switch configuration uses two external switches connected to a Bluetooth switch interface Scan Order Two switch scanning functions just like one switch scanning except for that one switch the scan switch starts scanning and the other switch the select switch selects a row column button Step scanning differs from auto scanning in that the scan switch is activated for each scan navigation Where auto scan automatically scans through a row of buttons with step scan you must tap the switch each time you want to advance to the next button The select switch does just that it activates a button or selects a row column for row column scanning Switch Configuration iPad 1 Switch 2switeh Scan Type Direct Select 1 Switch Auto 2 Switch Auto 2 Switch Step Sequential Row Column Column Row Left Right Right Left Top Bottom Bi Ioi ug Scan Dynamics The scan dynamics settings configure timings cycles and restart Scan Order TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 33 Scan speed is used for auto scanning scan types Scan
57. tact help tapspeak com for more help on using exported XML files TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 55 Library View The library view shows you libraries that you have set up to organize commonly used buttons Library use is optional but if you find yourself creating lots of pages for specific circumstances they are very helpful It s helpful in editing in that you can make a change to a button in a library and all pages that use that button will immediately reflect that change You don t have to go to each page to make that change Also there are more button features available for editing in the library view than in the page view 1 17 PM Buttons created in a library can be used on any page Pages consist of references to buttons stored in libraries So if you make a change to a button in a library all buttons reflect that change You can organize libraries any way you wish but two organization styles are common Organize by Category Create libraries for actions nouns locations etc Create a library for family members school supplies verbs medical need phrases Organize by Page Create libraries for which you want to create pages If you have more buttons for library than you can fit on a single page it s easy to create multiple pages but manage all the buttons in a single library If you add buttons to a page using the New option buttons go to a special library called Ad Hoc You don t have to edit buttons i
58. the iPad will be localized to the language setting That means that apps set up to be localized like the Settings app will show prompts and labels in the selected language TapSpeak Choice uses the language setting to determine which voices to make available to you Some voices use the Region setting under International You ll see in the following list the languages that need a region setting to be selected e Arabic o Leila o Mehdi o Nizar Salma e Australian English o Tyler e Flemish Belgian Dutch Language Dutch Region Belgium Jeoren o Jeoren Happy o Jeoren Sad Sofie o Zoe e Brazilian Marcia e British English Graham o Lucy o Nizareng o Peter TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 73 o Peter Happy o Peter Sad o Queen Elizabeth o Rachel e French Canadian Language French Region Canada o Louise e Catlan o Laia e Czech o Eliska e Danish o Mette o Rasmus e Dutch o Daan o Femke o Jasmijn o Max e Finland Swedish Samuel Finnish o Sanna e French o Alice o X Antoine o X Antoine From Afar o Antoine Happy o Antoine Sad o Antoine Up Close o Bruno o Clair o Julie o Margaux o Margaux Happy TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 74 o Margaux Sad German o Andreas o Julia o Klaus o Sarah e Gothenburg Swedish o Kal e Greek o Dimitris o Dimitris Happy o Dimitris Sad e Indian English o Deepa Italian o Chiara o Fabi
59. the number of buttons on a page As you add delete buttons if the new number of buttons best fit on a smaller larger gird TapSpeak Choice automatically resizes and reflows the buttons on the page Once you ve set the title and page grid dimension tap the Save button and you ll see and can start adding buttons to the new page by using the button in the toolbar Copy a Page Create a page by first opening the page list At the upper right corner to the left of the button is the page copy button The page copy button first shows you a list of all pages for your current user database TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 12 3 14 PM Page to Copy 2123 24 Item Sample ABC Accessories Adverbs Alphabetic Keyboard Animal Parts Animals Appliances Assistive Technology Baby Animals Birds Birthday Scroll up and down through the page list to find the page you want to copy Select the page and then you ll see a page copy confirmation alert Reply Ok and the new page with an exact copy of all the source page s buttons will be created The new page name will be the same as the source page name but the page name will be prefixed with Copy of The page copy confirmation alert will show you the new page name and the folder where it was placed Edit Page Information At the bottom of the page list is the Edit Board Info button This lets you change the page s properties You can tap the Cancel button to
60. tings and not an exact font size as a button and the text will resize according to the page grid dimensions Shape The shape image editor is the same as the one in TapSpeak Button and TapSpeak Sequence Bring it up by tapping the Shape segment Image Editor Use the pickers to scroll through the image shapes and colors As you select a shape or color the button s image will update to match the settings you selected Background Color Button background colors are set by selecting a color from the system color list The system color list can be a list of parts of speech and the color associated with that part of speech or you can use any coloring system you want Well show the default coloring system here TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 26 Button background colors made on a page override the background color setting made from the library view You can return to the library setting by selecting the Default coloring Carrier gt 10 31 AM Edit Button System Colors Coloring System Choice Key Default from Library Default Parts of Speech Adjective Black Description Miscellaneous None Noun People Preposition Question Social Enter the background color list by tapping the Background Coloring row in the editor list There are three sections The first section shows you the active coloring system The second section lets you select the default background color for that button from its library
61. uch a need for organizations like speech production or communication board systems Pages can have parent child relationships where one page has links to another page This is different from the folders used in TapSpeak Choice The folder feature is meant to be used just to have convenient places to organize pages so that you can find them when doing guided access or just to break up large collections of pages There is no need for the folder organization to match the page parent child relationships Choose a page organization that meets your needs TapSpeak Choice is flexible enough to support any organization you choose TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 70 TapSpeak Choice Settings App Settings TapSpeak Choice has both settings in the app and settings in the iPad s Settings app The settings in the Settings app should rarely need to be changed Settings in the app are meant to be more easily accessible for more frequent changes To get to the Settings app settings open the Settings app scroll down to the app settings and continue scrolling to TS Choice Tap it and you ll see the settings on the right hand side TS Choice System Settings Default Text Button Text Size 85 Page Lock Password Enabled C OFF Password Window Libraries Modify OFF Bluetooth Switch Support Swap Switches C OFE Keyboard Message Window Text Case Mixed case gt DropBox Login ID email address DropBox Password PCS Enable PCS 5 OFF Pass
62. ves Verbs Animals Weather Food Sample Text Butt Words V Navigation V Ad Hoc Edit Library Info If you have enabled editing of the message window buttons in your iPad s Settings app you ll also see the Message Window and Page Windows libraries These libraries cannot be deleted The Edit Library Info button lets you edit information about the library Highlight the library you want to edit and tap the Edit Library Info button TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 58 Adjectives Info ES General Title Adjectives Folder Root Folder Notes Modifiable You can edit the library title select a different folder for the library enter some notes about the library and set the library to be read only or modifiable The Notes field isn t used anywhere else in the app It s there for you to provide some information about the library you created The Modifiable switch disables all editing functions for the library to prevent it from being inadvertently changed Tapping the button in the library list creates a new library Cancel New Library General Title Folder Root Folder Notes Modifiable You must enter a title for the library to save the library Tap the Cancel button to cancel adding the library Button The button adds a new button to the library It will be placed at the upper left hand corner of the button area Long press the button to bring up the editor list so you can
63. word email help tapspeak com System Settings This section currently only has one setting the default text button text size This settings sets the default size of text on a text button A text button is an image type on a button s image editor This is a value between O and 9 with 0 being the smallest text size and 9 being the largest The 9 value is appropriate for a single letter on a button TapSpeak Choice User Manual Page 71 Play Lock The Page Lock settings let you use a password with the page lock function Turn on the switch to enable passwords and then enter a password Now a password is required to exit play lock mode in the app You can easily reset the password by typing over the existing password Windows Library The modify switch when set on enabling editing of the message window buttons message backspace clear and the page window areas message window and page area You can change the prompt for these items for different languages and change the backspace and clear button images After you enable this option you still need to set the library modifiable switch to on to edit the buttons These libraries are by default read only The library names are Message Window for the message backspace and clear buttons and Page Windows for the page and message window areas Bluetooth Switch Support The Swap Switches setting lets you swap the meaning of a switch interface s switches The scan switch becomes the select

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