Vantage™/Vanguard™ Developer`s Assistant™
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1. eat Page WHATDO VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 33 You can narrow a search by adding a space before after or before and after a single word but this may miss some of the places where the word is used For example if you type a space and then type eat into the Find Text box you will see u Vantage anguard Developer s Assistant File Edit Options Tools Vocabulary Help Core Sequence FRSC I d like something to eat Core Sequence Scroll through the display and you will see that some of the instances where eat is stored are the same as the first display and some are no longer there You should play with this option some to discover how it will best suit your needs If you create your Own overlay you could use this option to find partial words or misspelled words VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 34 Write with Icons bE Vantage anguard Developer s Ascistant File Edt Options Tools Vocabulary Help Go to Vocabulary Display vocabulary Display Options B J Core Key Assignments Core Vocabulary Sequences gt Dynamic Activities Specific Activity Specific Page Look up Vocabulary Location Wi Tike with loons The Write with Icons option allows you to type text word by word and see it displayed as icons Words that are in the Core Vocabulary and Dynamic Activities of the current User Area in your emulator will be d2. S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 36 Now You Can e See details of a Vocabulary use any option in Vocabulary menu e Teach all the associations that start with contain or end with a specific icon Use Core Vocabulary Sequences e Save arecord of all the Dynamic Activities that start with end with or contain a specific icon in its sequence Core Vocabulary Sequences e Print a specific Page including its details for training make copies for the staff who work with the client Specific Page e Discover where a particular text item word phrase sentence and or character string 1s stored Look Up Vocabulary Location e See icon sequences that match the words you are typing Write with Icons gt Remember you can also take pictures of the emulator displays save the displays as word processing documents and e mail pictures and documents VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 37 38 Addendum Importing Sound wav Files for Recorded Messages The Developer s Assistant now allows you to import wav files and store them as recorded messages Any Toolbox Menu that allows you to store recorded messages now has a button labeled Import Sound File that becomes active when you select Recorded Message Instead of recording a message you can find a sound file wav file that you have saved on your computer and store it as the recorded message You cannot use wav files for prompts Choose location
3. S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 15 Working with Vocabulary Displays The Vocabulary menu has a Vocabulary Display option which allows you to do a number of things with the vocabularies in the emulator You can do vocabulary sorts for Core vocabulary Activities Pages etc You can see where icons and sequences are stored what the rationales are for different icons etc You can add your own comments to rationales You can find specific phrases You can even type in text and see the icons that represent your text Using the Vocabulary Display Options When you are using options in the Vocabulary Display menu you will see a display of the vocabulary that is in the current User Area of your emulator You can switch User Areas in the emulator to see different vocabularies For example Double click on the Developer s Assistant icon on your desktop to open the program if it is not already open If the Developer s Assistant did not open up in Minspeak select the Go To Minspeak key Now you should see the overlay in the current User Area For this example we are going to use the Unity Enhanced 2 Hit overlay Make sure this is the overlay you are using To check this go to the Toolbox Activate the CHOOSE OVERLAY menu If the text in the Text Display Area does not say Unity Enhanced 2 Hit activate Switch User Area and select the Unity Enhanced 2 Hit User Area Click OK Activate Go To Minspeak Open the Vocabulary menu at the top of t
4. VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 10 Using the MTI Options in the Tools Menu Make sure your e mail program has the MAPI server enabled The Developer s Assistant allows you to do a Memory Transfer while you are in the emulator This means you can create a Page or Activity and save it as an MTI file in your computer Or you can save a whole User Area or the complete emulator vocabulary as an MTI file on your computer Once you have created the MTI file you can e mail it to someone if you would like to For example let s say you created a Page You want to save it as an MTI file and then e mail it to someone so they can download it to their computer and load it into a device or into their Developer s Assistant emulator Once you have created the Page open the Tools menu in the menu bar at the top of the emulator s Text Display Area Select Memory Transfer MTI Lt Vantage anquard Developer s Assistant File kdl Options Tools Vocabulary Help Mem ory Transfer MT Screen Capture Email Chi G b You see the TRANSFER MEMORY MENU Select Save A Page Select the Page you want to save You will see a screen similar to this one Select an MTI File aid Save in amp 9 My Documents Fi c _ brochure and letter Clerk of Session _ Long Range Flan _ MISC Docs My Pictures VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 11 Select an
5. can insert or attach them to an e mail using the E Mail Screen Capture option VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 9 you can use them in a PowerPoint presentation In short you can do anything with them that you can do with graphics on your computer Set Preferences in the File Menu sI Vantage anguard Developer s Assistant File Edi Options Tools Vocabulary Help New CtrN Open Chrl 0 Gaye Eres a eye cotta Gpe Preferences Set Graphics Program Set Word Processor E Set Comm Part Tum welcome Message On You can select a graphics program and a word processing program of your choice in this menu option If you do not set a preference the Developer s Assistant will use WordPad and MS Paint as the default programs Once you set a preference all graphics and documents will be saved in those programs unless you return to Preferences and select different ones You can also set a Comm Port for doing regular MTI transfers A regular MTI is when you have connected the Vantage or Vanguard to your computer Comm Port and you are going to save or load vocabulary from the device to the computer or vice versa The Welcome Message can be turned On or Off in this menu When this is turned On you will see a screen that contains a few quick tips about often used Developer s Assistant options You can also see this screen by opening the Help menu and selecting Welcome Message
6. 8 Look Up Vocabulary Location Option oeeeesseessseeeeessssssssecreesssssssccreesssssssecceessssssseceressssss 30 While wihi Icon ODU aena sedan olesipre wen dander vaiwneled nad Giaecleaienvren eamteeieliceweinds 35 NOW YOC Caa E A 37 Addendum Importing Sound wav Files for Recorded Messages cccssesesseceeeeeeeeeeeeees 39 VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 3 Vantage Vanguard Developer s Assistant Install the Developer s Assistant Insert the Developer s Assistant CD into the CD ROM drive on your computer If the install process begins automatically on your computer you will see this box on your computer screen Winzip Self Extractor Developer s Assistant InstalLexe EG f Thank you for tying Developer s Assistant v Select SETUP to continue Cancel About Click on Setup and follow the instructions If the Install process does not begin automatically on your computer go to the drive where you inserted the CD and click on Developer s Assistant Install exe You will see the box shown above Click Setup and follow the instructions When the installation is complete the program will close automatically in a few seconds Go to your computer Desktop and double click on the icon to open the Developer s Assistant When the Developer s Assistant opens you will see the screen below In order to use the Developer s Assistant you must call PRC to get a passw
7. K Activities xf Select an activity gt z Cancel So SBDELe 3 gt b Word sent sii Word sent BLD2 Word senrt s03 WOrd SENT s05 Word Sent sos a u Yantage anguard Developer s Assistant PS fel x File Edi Options Tools Vocabulary Help Activity SENT BLD4 Definition Read Only id Hold the right mouse button down over a key to view key details i Scroll down using the scroll bar to view details text id Go to File gt Save and Open to save a copy of this page for editing and printing Activity Name SENT BLD4 Key Label Icon File none Row 1 Key 1 lt DELETE CHARACTER gt lt SERIAL MARKER gt Ibackspace lt TEXT MARKER gt lt SPEAK SENTENCE gt lt SHIFT gt lt PROMPT MARK Activity Name SENT BLD4 ie Se rf You see a display of all the keys in the Activity As you scroll down the display you will also see all the links to this activity If you scroll down a bit youll see that the PHONE VERB sequence is a Dynamic Activity link to the SENT BLD4 activity DA right click on a key will also show you that key s details VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 27 ur Yantage anguard Developer s Assistant Pale E3 File Edi Options Tools Vocabulary Help BACK Activity Name SENT BLD4 Key Label BACK Icon File SMRIGHT PRC Row 1 Key 9 lt GOTO MINSPEAK gt lt PROMPT MARKER gt go back Links to Activity SENT BLD4 Dynamic Activity y R1C4 Emb
8. MTI File Save int E My Documents E J 1 brochure and letter Clerk of Session L Long Range Plan MISC Docs C My Pictures T Open as read only Type in a name for your page Make sure the name ends with mti dotmti Select Save A yellow box will appear telling you the transfer is complete Click OK Open the Tools menu at the top of the Text Display Area Select E mail Select E Mail Memory Transfer MTI Er Yantage anguard Developer s Assistant File Bait Options Tools Vocabulary Help Memon Transfer MTI Screen Capture aa Screen Capture File BMF VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 12 Depending on where you saved the file you will see something similar to this Select a file to e mail File name Files of type MTI files mti Open as read only Select the File The Developer s Assistant shows you the last file or folder where you saved an MTI file Click on the name of the file you want to e mail and select Open If you want to send an MTI file that was stored in a different folder click on the arrow in the Look In box and find the folder that contains the MTI file you want to send Highlight the file and then select Open Send the E mail When you have selected Open a new message from your e mail program will appear on your screen The MTI file will be attached to the e mail All you have to do is type
9. NU MENU MENU J TRANSFER WORD eiean ears d DISPLAY MINSPEAK Now you are in the Toolbox and can use it the same way you would on your device For example select the MODIFY ACTIVITY menu You see Zz nnn 18 22 83 9 87AM Caps Lock Shift m eee ee synte Ctrl B mae Total m Speech Previous More Items Items Store Category Prompt Activity Change Position gt e J ee J a You can modify any activity you want to the same way you would on your device Select Cancel to return to the Toolbox VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 8 Using the Screen Capture Option in the Tools Menu Perhaps you want to create a new activity in order to teach people how to do it You would like to take a screen picture of every step you make in the process Then you would like to print the pictures and use them as handouts You might even like to e mail the pictures to someone Go to the Toolbox Activate the CREATE ACTIVITY Menu Spell the name for your Activity Open the Tools menu in the menu bar at the top of Text Display Area Ww Yantage anquard Developer s Assistant File Edit Options Tools Yocabular Help Memory Transter MT Screen Capture Ctri G Emall Notice that the second option in the menu is Screen Capture This allows you to take a picture of the screen you are working on Select Screen Capture The default graphics program on you
10. R5C3 g Key 4 Activity Key gt I don t like that Look Up Vocabulary Location works best with phrases In the above example we wanted to find where the phrase I don like was used The Developer s Assistant has given us a display of all the places we can find this phrase The Developer s Assistant will show up to 25 results for the text you entered If you see a message box that says there are more than 25 examples try being more specific when entering the search text VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 31 For another example go to the Look Up Vocabulary Location option then type in go to as the phrase You see Vantage anguard Developer s Assistant ile File Edit Options Tools Vocabulary Help Core Sequence a f RIC go to school at Core Sequence Fe RICS Page Key z g R2C1 go to school at I go to school at Page SELF i Notice that every instance in which the phrase go to is used is displayed beginning with Core vocabulary VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 32 If you type in a single word such as eat you will see a display that contains every instance of a word where the letters eat are used This includes such words as weather cheat great etc u Vantage anguard Developer s Assistant Pel E2 Ge Ed tons Teds Mocabubni Hep Core Sequence Page WORDPLAY y R5C 4
11. Vantage Vanguard Developer s Assistant PRENTKE ROMICH COMPANY 1022 Heyl Rd e Wooster Ohio 44691 Telephone 330 262 1984 Fax 330 263 4829 E Mail Address info prentrom com Web Site Address www prentrom com Prentke Romich International Minerva House Minerva Business Park Lynch Wood Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE2 6FT UK Fax 44 1733 391939 E Mail Address info prentromint com Developer s Assistant Vantage Vanguard Vanguard II and MTI Memory Transfer Interface are trademarks of Prentke Romich Company Minspeak is a registered trademark of Semantic Compaction Systems Minspeak uses the methodology derived from the concepts covered by U S Patent Numbers 4 661 916 5 097 425 5 210 689 and subsequent patents and applications of Bruce Baker Unity is a registered trademark in the USA UK and Canada of Semantic Compaction Systems MSPaint WordPad and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc Picture Communication Symbols PCS is a copyright 1981 2002 of Mayer Johnson Inc PRENTKE ROMICH COMPANY 1022 HEYL RD WOOSTER OH 44691 330 262 1984 or 800 262 1984 VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 13784 2 Table of Contents Install the Dey cloper r Assista 5 cota dass es a a a a T 5 About The Developer s ASSISTANS 6 The Developer sAssistant EMUO erreren a aa ouclen eed tes eye A 7 Using the Screen Capture Option in the Tools Menu ssssenessssssssseerssssssssseerrsss
12. Vocabulary Display You will see the vocabulary display you were using You must use these two options any time you want to switch from a vocabulary display to the emulator or back DA vocabulary display must be open in order to switch between a display and the emulator Keyboard Shortcut Use the F2 key on your keyboard to toggle between vocabulary and emulator displays Viewing Core Vocabulary Sequences Er Vantage anguard Developer s Assistant Eile Edi Options Tools Vocabulary Help Petia to emalata re TTT vocabulary Display Options Cor eke pis igniments Core Vocabulary Sequences starts with Dynamic Activities See Specific Activity Contains Specific Page po Look up Vocabulary Location 9n AT Awite with loons Total Mim You might like to know 1f an icon is used in any sequences in a particular vocabulary Open the Vocabulary Display Options menu Select Core Vocabulary Sequences Select whether you want to find sequences that Starts with Ends with or Contains a particular icon For example you might want to know 1f the VERB icon is used as an ending icon in any sequences in the current vocabulary You would select the Ends with option VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 22 Cancel ae When you select the Core Vocabulary Sequences Ends with option you will see this box You can select any icon in the vocabulary as the Ends with i
13. con For this example scroll down and select the VERB Mr Action Man icon Then select OK You can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate through the icons e g Tab OK Cancel and the Up and Down arrows otherwise just use the scroll bar Vocabulary Display is changing Box When you change from one Vocabulary Display option to another one you will see the following box Save Document Vocabulary Display is changing Do vou want to save the previous Vocabulary Display as a Word Processor document Cancel If you want to save the earlier display select YES Select where you want to save the file then click Save The emulator will then go to the new Vocabulary Display you selected If you dont care about saving the display select NO You will then see the new Vocabulary Display you selected VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 23 u Vantage anquard Developer s Assistant File Edit Options Tools Vocabulary Help kI a lt al RACE j pace anaue J pica Embellishes VERB __ Scroll down To see this display When you selected Ends with VERB the program produced this screen You can see where each sequence is stored and how it is stored If you want to copy a sequence in a custom vocabulary just save the document and print it out as a reference for later storing With sequences ending in the VERB icon you might want to check on grammatical endings You can look at a sequence in this d
14. ellishes OT ft R1C7 Embellishes J Activity SENT BLD4 SENT_BUD4 a_i a rf The Dynamic Activity option and the Specific Activity option can help make it easy to find and modify specific activities on your emulator This is a Read Only Display so you cannot edit it as you look at it However you can save the display in a word processing document edit it 1f you wish and print it out Viewing Specific Page This option allows you see all the items associated with a Page Click on Specific page Yantage anguard Developer s Assistant File Edit Options Tools Yocabulay Help FRE cu arbor emua re Vocabula fy Es m ai F mli s Core Key A sign E Core Vocabulary Sequences Dynamic Activities Specific Activity S pectic Page Look up Vocabulary Location Write with Icons VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 28 COMPUTER COOKING COSMETIC DATE DRAYWING DRINKS E PHONE FAMILY FASTFOOD IF0ODS FREQUENCY HEALTH HIDESEER Select a Page to view Yantage anguard Developer s Assistant A fel Xx Ele Ed Options Tools Vocabula Help Page Definition for COLORS id Hold the right mouse button down over a key to view key details ie Scroll down using the scroll bar to view details text ed Go to File gt Save and Open to save a copy of this page for editing and printing When you choose the Specific Page option
15. he Text Display Area and then open Vocabulary Display Options Yan age Vanguard Developers Aszsizian Eile Edi Options Tools Vocabulary Help Fenm ta emdata ra vocabulary Display Options Core Key Assignments Core Yocabularn Sequences Dynamic Activities a S pecific Activity Specific Page Look up Vocabulary Location write with loons All of the new options allow you to view vocabulary in different ways Select the Core Key Assignments option VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 17 The Core Key Assignments Option W Vantage anquard Developer s Assistant fe x File Edt Options Tools Vocabulary Help Core Key Assignment Information Read Only id Hold the right mouse button down over a key to view key details Double click on a key to edit rationale information Scroll down using the scroll bar to view details text Go to File gt Save and Open to save a copy of this page for editing and printing You now see a copy of the current User Area vocabulary Unity 2 hit Notice the background color of the display on your screen and the directions at the top of the page Both of these are indicators that you are in a Read Only display This means that basically the only things you can do are what the directions at the top of the page tell you The Edit menu is not available for use All Read Only displays there are 3 have the pink background and similar d
16. in an address and any message you want to add and then send the e mail You can e mail a vocabulary document 1 e a Vocabulary Display that you have saved as a document or a screen capture in exactly the same way as you e mail an MTI file If you receive an MTI file as an attachment in an e mail and you want to load it into your emulator You may be able to open the attachment simply by clicking on it in the e mail If this does not open the attachment drag it to your desktop and then click on it to open it If you have set up your computer so that e mail attachments are automatically placed on your desktop look there for the MTI attachment If none of these suggestions work find your e mail Attachments folder and look for the MTI attachment in the folder You can open it from there When you have opened the attachment the MTI program on your computer should come up on your computer Select Options and select Vantage Close the MTI program Now open the Developer s Assistant if it is not already open Open the Tools menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen Select Memory Transfer MTI VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 13 Select the appropriate option from the TRANSFER MEMORY menu in the Toolbox Find the MTI file you received and click on it Click OK in the yellow box when the transfer 1s complete You can load any MTI file into your emulator as long as the file is on your computer For example if yo
17. in and delete your addition If you decide you dont want the rationale select Cancel before you select Save The program will return to the default details VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 19 This is the only Read Only Vocabulary Display where you can edit a rationale on screen If you scroll down the vocabulary display you will see the same detail information printed out as text Ww Vantage anguard Developer s Assistant You can save this information to use later or to send to someone VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 20 Y Vantage anguard Authoring Tool Beta Evaluation version 4 18 03 PM Pa fel E3 File Edi Options Tools Vocabulary Help New Crl N prmation Read Only Open Ctrl O Save Cries se button down over a key to view key details Save and Open lkey to edit rationale information ___ ___________ the scroll bar to view details text Preferences gt and Open to save a copy of this page for editing and printing al Open the File menu at the top of the screen To save this file click on Save Select a place to save the file and a name for the file For this example you might save it to your desktop and name it Core Keys Vocab or something similar The program will save the file as a word processing document rtf Go back to the File menu and select Open Go to where you just saved the file and select the file Click on Open The fi
18. irections at the top of the display All other Vocabulary Displays have a cream colored background and the Edit Menu is active Read Only Vocabulary Display Directions File Edi Options Tools Vocabulay Help Core Key Assignment Information Read Only Hold the right mouse button down over a key to view key details Double click on a key to edit rationale information Scroll down using the scroll bar to view details text Go to File gt Save and Open to save a copy of this page for editing and printing 4 H If you place your mouse over a key and hold down the right mouse button you will see details about the key For example right click on the SUN icon You will see among other things the icon name its location on the overlay and the file name under which you can find that exact icon VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 18 If you want to add a rationale to the icon double click on the key you want For example double click on the SUN icon This box appears over the display icon Rationale Icon Name SUN File Name SUN_M1 PRC Location R3C 4 Rationale Type in the rationale Icon Rationale Icon Name SUN File Name SUN_M1 PRC Location R3C4 Rationale The sun is YELLOW The sun is YELLOW has been added to the rationale If you select OK the program will save the edited rationale It will remain a part of the SUN icon s rationale unless you bring up the box aga
19. isplay then go to the emulator activate the sequence and check how it works Then return to the Vocabulary Display A Note About Embellished Icons In the sequences above the final icon in each sequence has been embellished or changed in some way In these cases the icon that has been changed is the VERB icon In the first example DRINK DRINK the VERB icon was changed to the DRINK icon In the third example down the VERB icon was changed to the MIX icon This screen tells you that the last icon in each sequence is VERB and that it has been embellished VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 24 Viewing Dynamic Activities pi Yantage anguard Developer s Assistant Eile mrlje Options Tools Vocabulary Help Vocabular Display Options Core Rey Assign meri ts 7 Core Vorabulan Sequences Opname Achwabes H HEumti endar Starts with Specific Page a Contains Look up Vocabulary Location write with loons The next Vocabulary Display option is Dynamic Activities Starts with Ends with Contains Among other things this allows you to discover if there is a Dynamic Activity that starts ends or contains any icon you are interested in It can also be helpful if you are looking at Core Vocabulary on the emulator and you find a Dynamic Activity that you would like to use elsewhere You can find how it is stored by going to the Dynamic Activity option and selecting one of the icons from the se
20. isplayed You must type the word then add a space tab return or punctuation after it If you type a word and nothing happens either you forgot to add a space etc at the end of the word or that word is not available in the current vocabulary For example Select the Write with Icons option Type the word I and add a space You see an I sequence Type the word WANT and add a space If the result 1s a Dynamic Activity sequence you see an Activity Row Choices box Activity Row Choices Select an Activity Row Item to complete the Word d Phrase or Sentence OT SENT BLDI You can add an ending to the sword or phrase from the Activity or you can select the No Activity Key and continue writing In this example select No Activity Key to see the WANT icons on the screen Now type the word TO and add a space VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 35 You see the sequences under which I WANT and TO are stored Since these are Core vocabulary words they are often used in Dynamic Activities as building block words In this example you saw message boxes that gave you various choices that are available in the Activity Row after the sequence is selected You can add an ending or select No Activity Key to stay with just the Core words Finding Phrases You can also find sequences for phrases by using the F6 and F7 keys on your keyboard For example Let s try the phrase I want Select the Wr
21. ite with Icons option in the Vocabulary menu Select F6 on your keyboard This tells the Developer s Assistant you are going to enter a phrase Type I WANT and then select E7 This tells the Assistant that you have completed the phrase Type a space File Edit Options Tools Vocabulary Help A single space at the end of each typed word is needed to display the icon s a When a word in Unity Enhanced that is linked to a Sentence Builder is typed the Activity Row Choices window appear You can then select the desired Sentence Builder word from the list or the No Activity Key if you do not want one of the Sentence Builder words By default rite with Icons will generate your typed message a single word at a time For example if you enter Do you want it will write each single word with its icon s In contrast Unity Enhanced stores the pronoun phrase Do you MANNE MRCS only two icons WANT OU To get Write with Icons to give you the phrase Do you v Activi gt a ts Select an Activity Row Item to complete the Word d Phrase or Sentence WV OT SENT BLD1 that No Activity Key mid OK ee i EE ki You see the sequence for I WANT I WANT is part of a Dynamic Activity so you will also see the endings for I WANT that are produced by the Dynamic Activity You can select an Activity word to add to the phrase or you can close the box and start a new word or phrase VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER
22. le opens up as a word processing document You can now make any changes you want and or e mail the document to someone print it out etc You can also select Save and Open from the File Menu This will save your file and immediately open it as a word processing document for you to work on As with the Save command you will have to tell the program where to save the file and you will have to give it a name before it will be saved Printing Tip Before you print any vocabulary file or overlay that you saved as a document we recommend that you set your printer s paper option to Landscape instead of Portrait To Return to the Emulator When you have opened the Vocabulary Display menu and are working in or looking at one of the options you are not in the emulator To return to the emulator and check something out you VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 21 must open the Vocabulary menu and select the Return to Emulator option You are now in the emulator and can use it as you normally would LH Vantage anquard D eveloper s Assistant File Edi Options Tools Vocabulary Help Core Key Assig nme nt Return to Emulator Vocabulary Display Options Hald the riaht Return To Emulator To Return to Vocabulary Display If you went from a vocabulary display to your emulator and you want to return to the Vocabulary Display you were viewing working on open the Vocabulary menu and select Go To
23. ord They will ask for the Password Key numbers Your numbers will be different from those circled below Password Yantage anguard Developers Assistant Authorized users may call the Prentke Romich Company at 1 300 262 1933 for a Password Password Key 040104504 Enter Password VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 5 About the Developer s Assistant Files created in the Developer s Assistant can be used with both the Vantage and Vanguard II communication devices For ease of reference we will simply use Vantage in this manual The Developer s Assistant contains a Vantage Emulator This means that when you open up the Developer s Assistant you will see a copy of the Vantage screen on your computer monitor that looks and runs almost exactly like the PRC Vantage device The biggest difference between the emulator and the Vantage is that the Computer Pages Computer Activities IR and some of the Selection Techniques will not work from the emulator The Developer s Assistant also offers some new features that you will learn about in the following pages DAI examples in these instructions use the default Vantage vocabulary Unity Enhanced 2 hit This is already loaded into User Area 2 gt Pcs symbols are turned on and available for use in this emulator VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 6 The Developer s Assistant Em
24. our changes by activating OK to exit If you decide not to save any changes activate Cancel instead of OK If you have a previously recorded message assigned to a key and you import a wav file the wav file will replace the recorded message Any macros assigned to the key will remain with the key VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 40
25. quence Core Icons E Select a Core Icon Cancel Activate OK when you have selected an icon VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 25 ka Vantage Vanguard Developers Assistant Pa fel ES Ele Edit Options Tools Wocabulay Help Dynamic Activities Starting With PHONE E J Activity SENT BLD2 ENT_E J Activity SENTBLD12 ENTE orc Embellishes J Activity SENT BLD4 SENT ELDI Embellishes J Activity SENTBLD12 Embellishes Activity SENT BLD3 In the example above PHONE is the Starts with icon You can easily see what Dynamic Activities start with PHONE their sequences and which Activity is activated As usual you can edit in the display save it and print it later Viewing Specific Activity Using the previous Dynamic Activity example let s say that you found out that PHONE VERB activates the Sentence Builder 4 activity Now you would like to know about that activity Open the Vocabulary Display menu and choose Specific Activity Ww YVantage anguard Developer s Assistant File Edt Options Tools Vocabulary Help Reto ta Emulator H ee Vocabulan Di play Options Core Ke Assign ments Core Vocabulary Sequences b Dynamic Activities Specific Ackwity Specific Page Look up Vocabulary Location Write with loons VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 26 Now select the activity you want In this case scroll down to WORD SENT BLD4 Click O
26. r computer will open up This is usually MS Paint The emulator will take the screen shot and the graphics program will display it on your computer Open the File menu on the graphics program and select Save As Name and save the picture to a file or folder where you will be able to find it again To select a different graphics program see the next page Set Preferences from the File Menu Whether you select Save As or not the graphic will be saved automatically in the Developer s Assistant folder that was placed on your computer when you installed the Developer s Assistant program Dif you cant remember where the Developer s Assistant folder is open your Start menu select Find select Files or Folders type in Developer s Assistant and click on Find Now The picture will be placed in the Bmp folder and named screendump bmp Each screen capture you take will overwrite the picture that was last placed in the Bmp folder so there will never be more than one picture in this folder We highly recommend that you select Save As in the graphics program and name and save the picture to a file or folder of your choice so you will remember where it is You can continue to capture and save each screen in the CREATE ACTIVITY process Once the pictures are named and saved into a folder on your computer you can print them you can open a word processing document and paste or insert the pictures into the document and print the document you
27. ssssseerrsssssssses 9 SEELE CAPUT O rE EE E EA 9 Seu Prejerences 1 the PANEME inerse E T N 10 Welcome MESSAGE iiciin a sieht de trae cach T A E E E E 10 Using the MTI Options in the Tools Menu ccccccccsssesseececceceeeeeseeseceeeeceeaaeeseeeeeeeeeeaaeeesees 11 Creating a Memory Iransferto E maisssiea i a atlas 11 Sendic aw MEPIS E mdi aena a a e eh dees 13 oad an MTI E mail Pile into your Deyi nc ascoc tet ccacuaw eh ceaar icone 13 INOW YOU CaN vies whee eiawtealecidusanvetcndatugaashas eobsdhaleanaauin wii mane rous tial vaeansenadetn Giamn nent oa eiuassalenien 15 Workin with Vocabulary Displays isc stensasencsieislucinsaatawensandad a E aa A Aa 17 Usine the Vocabulary Display O DUOHS croni a A ET a acetal ak 17 Core Key ASS cniments OPuon oneei aa a ee waliadieeeaeds 18 B ckoround OlOR ses wicasatemsize sane setind yacene tanh a taub satindateesae e e bus 18 Read Only Display eere tz hadatetaeitonc reco ac dawes dated atc toned aes 18 Sa 18 Ha ksaghl Rel o aeenmmertnes Nemte Ra ae reswe er eee see tier E 21 Retin 10 tne imal Or aee a a A N 21 Return to Vocabulary Display vwiceck tienen ruts tas es ania earn awnea 22 Core Vocabulary Sequences OPO niiki EA a a aiT 22 A Note about Embellished Tens scstctenicnetecerink eatintareeariaiahenlaanecetink datinteesriaiadeblaaeeernt 24 Dynamic ACIVIMES Optio siaxessusssavunedt exeteendduhad wareaes E O 25 SPCCHICACHVILY OPU ON caeai A E 26 pec ET ORE ODIO ira E E E E T A E 2
28. to modify then create or change message Select OK when i Caps Lock Shift Gm sen Ciel I Tota J Speech FT T BANTJIQU r lype of Message Previous More lear Key Items Items DECtalk cee hea lapant Text to Display Qdd New oun File 4DELETE CHARACTER gt 4SERIAL MARKERD backspace 4TEXT MARKER gt Row 4SPEAK SENTENCED 4SHIFT gt 4CHOOSE ACTIVITY gt 4PROMPT MARKER P sm ee Listen to Spell Text Change Position Change Change oom aer a gt e ene _ For Example in the picture above Delete Current Row We are in the MODIFY ACTIVITY Menu and have selected the Modify Item Within Activity option This is a storing screen We have activated the Recorded option Activate the Import Sound File option Search for the file or folder where you have wav files stored VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 39 Look in E Media O H z t Ch imes n av a Tada wav a Chord way jap The Microsoft Sound waw l af Dinig wary a Logoff waw 3 j Notify way gf Recycle wav 2H Startwav File name Ehimes wav Files of type WAW Files wav Cancel Open as read only Select the file you want to use and activate Open You dont see anything happen but the file will be used as your Recorded Message Activate Listen to Recording to check that you got the correct file When you have finished with this screen save y
29. u want to load a User Area from a Vantage into a User Area in your emulator you must first perform a regular device to computer MTI Once the Area is saved as an MTI file on your computer you can use the Memory Transfer MTT option in the emulator Tools menu and transfer the Area into your emulator If you want to load a User Area from your emulator into a User Area in a device first you have to save the emulator User Area as an MTI file using the Go to Memory Transfer option in the emulator s Tools menu Once the Area is saved use the regular computer to device MTI process to load the Area in the device You can also e mail any screen capture or vocabulary document from the E mail option VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 14 Now You Can Save a picture of the Vantage display Save pictures of the steps used to create a Page or Activity Save a picture of a User Area Overlay Use these pictures as teaching tools Save the pictures in a graphics program and print a picture or e mail it Insert the pictures into a document and save them Create a specialized vocabulary for a client in one of the Developer s Assistant User Areas Turn the Vocabulary into an MTI file and download it into the client s Vantage or Vanguard E mail an MTI file to a colleague who can then download it into a device or into their Developer s Assistant emulator E mail vocabulary documents and screen pictures VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER
30. ulator i Double click on the Developer s Assistant icon r on your desktop This opens the Developer s Assistant emulator Click OK on the Welcome Message You should then see the Unity Enhanced 2 hit Overlay QUICK HIT YOU CIRCLE J iy ota ol Ah BS Way GREETING I ME i e PRET AVES ae K z If you see a different overlay please change to the 2 hit overlay To Change the Overlay go to the Toolbox open the Options menu on the menu bar at the top of the screen and click on Go To Toolbox or press key F9 on your computer Activate the CHOOSE OVERLAY menu in the Toolbox If the text in the Text Display Area does not say Unity Enhanced 2 Hit activate Switch User Area and select the Unity Enhanced 2 Hit User Area Click OK Activate Go To Minspeak You are now using the Vantage Emulator Notice the Menu Bar above the Text Display Screen D i aid antage anguard Developer s Assistant File Edi Options Tools Vocabulary Help Open the Options Menu File Edi pions Tools Ann Help nce a ans F Hide Menu Bar F4 Select Go To Toolbox VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 7 You see the Toolbox display xr Yantage PS fel x Caps Lock Shift Ctrl Speech SPEAKER VOLUME UP ONLINE MANUAL MODIFY ACTIVITY DYNAMIC SETTINGS NOTEBOOK Mea MENU MENU FEEDBACK MAINT OUTPUT edad SPEECH MENU i MENU ME
31. you must pick a Page to be displayed For this example we selected the COLORS Page You see all the keys that are associated with the VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 29 selected Page their assignments etc The display will also tell you if there are any links associated with the Page You can even select to display the PAGES Page This gives you a list of all the individual pages in a vocabulary and how to get to them This is a Read Only Display so you cannot edit it as you look at it However you can save the display in a word processing document edit it if you wish and print it out DA right click on a key will also show you that key s details Look Up Vocabulary Location uw Yantage anguard Developer s Assistant Ati ia ene a O0 OnwNW Vocabulary Display Options a Core Key Assignments Core Vocabulary Sequences Dynamic Activities b Specific Activity Specific Fage Look u p Vio cabulary Location White with Icons Find where particular text is used in the Area Find Next Find what dontik OO Type in the text you want to find Phrases work best Here we are searching for the phrase I don like VANTAGE VANGUARD DEVELOPER S ASSISTANT INSTRUCTIONS 30 Er Vantage anguard Developer s Assistant Ele Edt Options Tools Wocabulay Help Core Sequence w E R don t like Core Sequence PROTEST I
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