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1. WE WE z we pronoun KNOW It s good to KNOW the answer when you are in school SUN Everybody LIKEs a SUNny day HAMMER You can WORK with a HAMMER SCALES The sausage on the SCALES is FAT SUIT The SUIT is an article of clothing FLOWERS It is nice to give FLOWERS EXIT The EXIT sign is pointing to the RIGHT SHOE You put on your SHOEs and go for a WALK BOY The BOY will get WET in the pool BOOK You can READ a BOOK MOREMUSIC Most people want to hear MORE MUSIC ICON P4 DELETE LAST SELECTION deletes the last thing you did 13 ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE YOU YOU you pronoun THEY THEY they pronoun EYE You LOOK with your EYEs DICE The DICE are LITTLE PHONE You SAY things on the PHONE to other people THINK The lady is THINKing GIRL Sic gi This icon is not used in Unity 144 Single Hit MOUNTAIN Don t FALL down the MOUNTAIN when you are hiking WRONG This problem has the WRONG answer FROG Look at that FROG GO MORNING We GET up in the MORNING NIGHT You can WISH upon a star late at NIGHT MEDICAL The ambulance is bringing medical HELP 14 ICON ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE dry 2 CACTUS The CACTUS grows in a DRY desert ICON_N1 HIDE SHOW hide or show the current open notebook DELICO ICON_P5 The DELETE ICON key takes off the last icon you chose HE HE2. vlc a a o a lt q amp E us S m i o zL Ij ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE HOUSE Your HOUSE is your HOME JUICE You can DRINK JUICE KITCHEN The KITCHEN pot is HOT LOVE The mother LOVEs her NEW baby TRUCK TRUCKS are to DRIVE ELEPHANT The ELEPHANTS are BIG THMBS DN The THUMBS DOWN signal means BAD POLICE The POLICEman LETs you through when there is a lot of traffic ICON P7 The DELETE CHARACTER key takes off one letter at a time IT IT z it pronoun KNOT KNOT quick access to the word NOT WATCH WATCH the time so you will know when to START ZEBRA A ZEBRA is an ANIMAL 17 ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE X RAY The X RAY icon is not used in Unity 144 Single Hit COMPUTER You STORE things ina COMPUTER VOLT Electricity VOLT travels FAST BATH You can WASH in the BATHtub NAME WRITE your NAME with the pen MONEY It s good to HAVE MONEY MASKS The MASKS show happy and sad FEELings STOP You STOP at a STOP sign TV ASK what is on TV RETURN The RETURN arrows are TURNing BED You SLEEP in a BED ICON_O8 Location R9C1 NUMBER You can COUNT the blocks on the NUMBER icons 18 ICON ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE SHIFT lt ICON_C8 Location R9C3 f sit CHAIR You sit on your CHAIR E NS SPACE The rocket b
3. Okay let s go I feel good s go out and Li Let have some fun Do you have any money Where is yours I don t have any I thought you did 34 Where to Find Air Card phone tools Activity Row Device Tools Phone Options Device Or PHONE PHONE Back up the memory ToolBox Transfer Memory Menu Calculator Activity Row Device Tools Change how a word is pronounced ToolBox Dictionary Menu Change the voice Toolbox Speech Menu Create Visual Scenes ToolBox Begin by importing a scene in the Transfer Memory Menu Go to Create Page to create the scene page Hide Activities ToolBox Modify Activity Menu Hide Core Keys ToolBox Assign Core Key Menu Hide Page Keys Set up Key then select the key you want to hide Select Hide Show Follow the on screen prompts Icon Tutor Activity Row Infrared phone Activity Row Remotes Phone Options Kurzweil WYNN and TestTalker pages Activity Row Pages Education Software Kurzweil WYNN and TestTalker rows Activity Row School Open the page you want to modify Use the set up key Select the key where you want the a link Spell Text for Message Insert Tool Set Page choose the page Lock the ToolBox ToolBox Maintenance Menu player MORE MORE Set Up Key User defined key number 2 on the top frame of ECO Teaching Unity
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5. Items for calendar or circle time for example days of the week months weather songs Pledge of Allegiance Links to other activity rows of songs games and learning activities and sentences Words phrases and sentence that you use when you are playing games Link to rows for classes in school This row contains an answer row plus links to rows for math science reading art history language arts social studies geography music and health Link to education software rows for Kurzweil WYNN and TestTalker Device tools available in activity rows Sound options calculator caps lock word prediction on off icon tutor remote controls backlight up down spell page options dynamic activities on off Interactive tools for working in IntelliTools Contains tools for working in and managing notebooks 21 Icon Contains Remote control infrared commands for TV VCR CD player tape deck tuner X 10 and TASH phone Links to pages IntelliTools Clock Money Numbers Visual Scenes Phonics Word Families and Education software Contains ECO internal computer access tools Keys to run Windows Word Pad Outlook Internet Explorer Solitaire and Windows Media Player Computer access commands for either internal or external computer access Blank activity row contains all blank cells Use this row to cover up existing rows to simplify the display Return to
6. he pronoun The PREVERB key is not used in Unity 128 Single Hit x 40 The QUEENBEE represents being verbs Am is common m d QUEENBEE form of the verb to be f want WANTED The WANTED man WANTS to get out hear Y Q EAR You HEAR with your EARs f do et REMEMBER i you tie a string around your finger you will REMEMBER to DO f take Yd TIME Father TIME says TAKE your TIME building N YORK The cathedral of YORK is a BUILDING f need Wy UMBRELLA You NEED your UMBRELLA when it is raining end ISLAND The ISLAND is a PLACE 15 ICON E E 4 E E 54 t F 17 Ci o gt Ash 8 o 2 8 3 b tu J A LB ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE OPEN You OPEN the chest to PUT things in PEOPLE PEOPLE FOLLOW each other in line RAINBOW A RAINBOW is made up of many COLORs THMBS UP The THUMBS UP sign means GOOD ICON O4 EDIT MENU is not used in Unity 144 Single Hit ICON P6 This DELETE WORD key takes of the last word that you said SHE SHE she pronoun PREVRB S The PREVERB S key is not used in Unity 144 Single Hit APPLE You can EAT an APPLE SNAIL SNAILs are SLOW DOG You call your DOG to COME FAMILY The FAMILY is all together God People MAKE cookies to celebrate holidays GOD 16 ICON a a X
7. Pronoun Phrases I can t amp M ge Reverse the order of this pattern for question phrases and negative questions 2 can I M g can t I 31 Unity Patterns Grammar Icon Core Icon Interjections conjunctions prepositions determiners question words and adverbs that do not end in ly follow this pattern of these beginning icons are in the 2 row from the top Examples yum that without and why very Activity Rows Pages and Computer Access See the charts on pages 21 through 24 32 Practice Sentences for Unity 144 Sequenced I like to swim 2 a El You like to run 2 a m 4 Gl He likes to ride 2 GY They like to dance ES Bs 73 We like to eat a elle What do you like to do 530 2 715 She is pretty He thinks so I don t know like some pizza Let s order some with pepperoni and lots of cheese Why Because I m hungry 33 really hungry I want a salad with mine What do you want to drink Just a soda Will you be here tonight Sure I will it s time to go Now it Are you ready
8. Sequence usus quse rt I tts I Leti nave ba inu 33 Where TOP 35 Introduction to Unity 144 Unity 144 for ECO is the same as Unity 128 with a few additions for the internal computer access and visual scenes If you are familiar with Pathfinder Unity 128 you will be able to talk with ECO Unity 144 right away People who are using Unity 128 will be able to save a memory transfer and load it into ECO with all their customizations The pages and activity rows for computer access and visual scenes can be copied from an ECO Unity 144 area into a customized user area So why the title Unity 144 Why not ECO Unity 128 Because there are actually 144 keys in the display of ECO s highest level vocabulary The 8 key Activity Row from Pathfinder is now expanded into sixteen keys for easier access to fringe vocabulary ECO Unity 144 has all the features of Pathfinder Unity 128 plus more You will be able to work in Windows and navigate to all of ECO s computer applications using the computer access rows and pages that are programmed in ECO Unity 144 And with the Run Program tool in ECO you will be able to customize your computer access to make it even faster and smoother Unity 144 has a single hit version for beginning language learners and a complete sequenced version which combined with spelling and word prediction provides access to full language at the most advanced level Unity 144
9. Single Hit Unity 144 Single Hit Load Unity 144 Single Hit Unity 144 Single Hit is not one of the six default MAPs in ECO Follow these steps to load Unity 144 Single Hit If there is a program that you want to save in the area you are loading you must first do a memory transfer and save the user area 1 Go to the ECO ToolBox 2 Select Choose Overlay Menu 3 Select Switch User Area 4 Select the area where you want to load Unity 144 Single Hit 5 Select Overlay Menu 6 Select Load Unity 144 One Hit this is the single hit area 7 Select Yes and then OK OK Organization QUICK GREETII MI CALEND HAVE FU PAGES M ACCESS BLANK 9 E i 2 E Jj FOE Slee 5 i 2 tt AM lee t 4 8 Jac 2 1 e 4 PS ae ES M ollow 40 wos EH al amp s o xx E Xa 3 5 5 3 aH 2 q 3 LE Ss d HEB iE SNBE Row 1 is the main activity row Activity rows contain vocabulary specific to certain situations Some activity rows contain tools for specific tasks Rows 2 through 9 contain core vocabulary words Core words are words that people of all ages use frequently across situations and environments There are over 80 single hit words in Unity 144 single hit With most of the core keys on
10. full activity row by selecting Choose Activity key 22 Pages Find the pages in Unity 144 by selecting the Pages key in the Activity Row Page contains zA zZ Computer commands for WYNN software Computer commands for Kurzweil software E gt A m D Computer commands for TestTalker software c c P Interactive commands to control IntelliTools software Time concepts vocabulary for teaching time and telling the time Vocabulary for teaching and talking about money A page of numbers E Visual scenes This page contains links to visual scene pages PHONICS A page of recorded speech sounds for the alphabet WORD 14 FAMILIES A page of recorded speech for practicing word building with phonics 23 Internal Computer Access Use the Launch key in the Activity Row or on the Spell Page to open this row a amp 8 W EMAIL W MEDIA START W SIZE W 81 al jj Mil 2 7 i A Blank keys where you can store links to programs and files for easy access from Unity to the ECO computer Closes programs Contains the keyboard shortcut Alt f x Opens a page of computer commands for working in Microsoft Word Opens a page of computer commands for Microsoft Outlook Opens commands for Windows Media Player Opens So
11. help Pages page Teaching Core Pages Turn the activation beeps off ToolBox Feedback Menu Windows Media player Activity Row Launch 35
12. spelling page Choose Activity which closes open activity rows and scrolls through the main activity row Tools the green toolbox on the left opens a link to device tools Two hits on Tools opens up the computer access row Tools Computer opens the mouse page Delete Selection takes off the last selection you made Delete Icon takes off the last icon You can use this tool to close a dynamic activity row and return to the row you had opened previously Delete Character takes off the character to the left of the cursor 28 Other tools in Unity 144 e Arrow keys in the upper right corner are active in Unity and in computer access e Store core at the bottom right corner is where you begin storing customizations to core rows 2 9 OK and cancel are tools you need when you are storing e Speech ON OFF turns the speech on and off e SPACE the space ship at the bottom center types a space Talking Mte Uude pin Diet way IAN a You can begin talking with your Unity 144 sequenced program right away Try using the INTERJECTION key to say some social words and phrases m fe Use the sentence key to say some whole sentence Experiment with other keys to find words If a key is white or grey there is nothing stored there This feature is called icon prediction Simplify core keys by using the Assign Key Menu See page 9 of this section Hide Activity keys by going to the Tool Box and choosing Modi
13. B mi ADVERB airplane is carrying an ly banner Most ADVERBs end ACTIVI YES CHOOSE ACTIVITY scrolls through the activity row OBJ Give the present to me OBJECTIVE POSS The name tag shows POSSESSIVE Mr Action Man represents verbs because he is walking whistling VERB working and carrying In Unity 128 1 Hit this key is quick access to the word ARE VERB S One of Mr Action Man s buckets this one says is because it has an s on it VERB ING This is Mr Action Man s ing bucket We WERE pouring water out of the bucket 11 ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE This is Mr Action Man s ed bucket Was means in the past and VERBE ED ed means in the past VERB EN En is two letters and on is two letters TO VERB This is Mr Action Man s to bucket Quick access to the word TO The adjective paintbrush stands for descriptions because when you ADJ paint something you can describe it Colors are adjectives This icon is not used in Unity 144 single hit ADJ ER Most comparative adjectives end in er ADJ EST Superlative adjectives end in est NOTEBOOK This NOTEBOOK icon is not used in Unity 144 1 Hit This TOOL BOX key opens a dynamic row of ECO device tools Two TOOLS hits opens a dynamic row for computer access TOOLS COMPUTER opens a MOUSE Page pronoun 12 ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE DEL SEL
14. ECO Unity 144 14418 144 v 1 0 ECO Vantage Vanguard II Vanguard Pathfinder SpringBoard Language Activity Monitor LAM Memory Transfer Interface MTI and PRC Infrared Receiver IRR are trademarks of Prentke Romich Company DECtalk is a product of the Digital Electronics Corporation Minspeak is a registered trademark of Semantic Compaction Systems Minspeak Application Programs MAPs are trademarks for products manufactured by the Prentke Romich Company Unity is a registered trademark in the USA of Semantic Compaction Systems Windows WindowsXP Windows Explorer Windows Media Player Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Word Windows WordPad and Microsoft PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc IntelliTools is a registered trademark of IntelliTools Inc Natural speech supplied by Fonix DECtalk Text to Speech software a copyright of Fonix Corporation all rights reserved and RealSpeak Text to Speech a product of Nuance Communications Inc Non English text to speech supplied by the Acapela Group and RealSpeak Text to Speech a product of Nuance Communications Inc Computer access pages for Kurzweil WYNN TestTalker Word and Outlook were created by Brian Simms M A CCC SLP Augmentative Communication Specialist Colorado Therapy Associates WYNN and TestTalker are trademarks of Freedom Scientific Inc Kurzweil 3000 is a trademark of Kurzweil Educational Systems Inc June 2007 PRENTKE ROMICH COMPANY
15. e keystroke equals one word There are two keys that do not speak but open a dynamic activity row NAMES and FAMILY A label in all capitals means a link not a spoken word The orange key with Mother Hubbard and the s sign is a plural key Each core icon opens up a dynamic activity row for extended vocabulary Column 1 contains tools Tools are keys that perform functions they do not talk ABC is a link to spell mode Choose activity C through activities and closes dynamic activities Find this key at row 3 column 1 Choose activity is also user defined key number 1 on the ECO frame Tools is an icon that opens the dynamic row for ECO tools Two hits on Tools opens the launch activity row for computer access Tools Computer opens the MOUSE Page Delete last selection takes off the last thing you did Delete icon takes off the last icon you selected Delete icon will also close a dynamic activity row Delete word takes away one word at a time Delete character takes away one character at a time Clear clears the text area Other tools in Unity 144 Arrow keys in the upper right corner are active in ECO and in computer access Store core at the bottom right corner is where you begin storing customizations to core rows 2 9 OK and cancel are tools you need when you are storing Speech ON OFF turns the speech on and off SPACE at the bottom center types a space Talking e With core vocabulary you can
16. fy Activity Look for the keys Hide and Show Hide tools by using the Assign Key Menu e Turn off dynamic activities in the Dynamic Activity Menu Icons and Rationales See the chart on pages 10 through 19 Use the Icon Tutor to look up words Select the icon tutor in the center of the Activity Row Follow the prompts on the screen If you don t see the key for icon tutor select choose activity then icon tutor 29 Core Vocabulary Patterns Unity 144 is structured with several patterns for different types of words If you learn the pattern for each type of word you can find words without having to memorize individual sequences All versions of Unity are based on just a few patterns for combining icons into sequences that speak words phrases and sentences Unity Pattern Icon Grammar Ending Verbs category nouns adjectives and adverbs ending in ly use the pattern of core icon ending food hungrily hungry 6 6 07 1 44PM Caps Lock tr 30 Unity Patterns Semantic Categories Dynamic Activities Dynamic activities contain many nouns These words are referred to as fringe vocabulary because they are not all frequently used Foods Games Drinks Clothing Body parts Reading materials Music and musical 4 5 3 Y instruments Unity Patterns
17. gain go to Modify Activity in the ToolBox Select the Launch key and then Show Select OK OK to go back to Minspeak 90 ux ce um P3 Core Vocabulary and Icons ICON ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE f SPELL SPELL MINSPEAK a toggle key to go between spelling keyboard C and Minspeak keyboard SPEAK ALL speaks all of the text generated since the last time clear display was activated This key will speak text that you don t see on the display NAMES AME NAME You can write you NAME on a name tag SENTENCE SENTENCE stands for whole sentences There is no word stored on this key but it opens a dynamic activity row of sentences NO no INTERJECTIONS are words that pop up in conversation like INTERJ 3 i ii dia iu fireworks Please is a common interjection DET Mr DETERMINER is points to that CONJ CONJUNCTIONS join words like the train cars are joined together And is a common conjunction PREP PREPOSITIONS are position words The cloud is above the bridge water goes under the bridge In is a common preposition 2 WORD QUESTION WORDS ask questions What is a common question word 10 ICON ICON NAME ICON RATIONALE yes yes YES yes YES NOUN Mother Hubbard is looking at a thing in her cupboard NOUN PL This is the plural ending key Mother Hubbard is looking at many things in her cupboard ADVER
18. lasts off into SPACE e f try TRIANGLE TRIANGLE triangle Puts on a period space speaks the sentence shifts to get ready for beginning the next sentence STORE CORE Use this key to begin storing a sequence in core OK Cancel SPEECH ON OFF 19 Practice Sentences QUICK Hy I s to rS ico W Of pA DE f Q ER count Try the following phrases and sentences iS JG DEVICE ITOOLS NOTEBO AUNCH WT PAGES j sh i B I 7l f lov X ACCESS BLANK drive fast You drive slow You follow me not follow Start Stop Make it stop Make it turn Go store Go home Go there Not go there Make it go fast Make it go slow What color want color red Help me color That wrong color Color more Stop color Not color more want to eat What do you want want to eat a banana Do you want drink want a big drink What do you want to drink Drink tea Get more Not more 20 Activity Rows 652 d B aea x B m Contains Punctuation ink to spell mode speech on off maybe don t know Also three sentences that do not put text on your display Hi What s up and other greetings Personal information My name is live in and a link to the YOU row with questions about you
19. litaire commands Opens computer commands for browsing web sites with Internet Explorer This key allows you to toggle between just two open applications Opens the Windows Start menu Computer commands for sizing windows minimize restore and maximize Also has keys that allow you to choose any minimized open programs Closes an open window Contains the shortcut for Alt f Turns computer output on and off does not turn the ECO on and off ECO reduces the number of rows so you can see through to windows SCROLL will scroll the unseen keys into view 24 Where to Find Air Card phone tools Activity Row Remotes Phone Options Device Back up the memory ToolBox Transfer Memory Menu Calculator Activity Row Device Tools Change how a word is pronounced ToolBox Dictionary Menu Change the voice ToolBox Speech Menu Create Visual Scenes ToolBox Begin by importing a scene in the Transfer Memory Menu Go to Create Page to create the scene page Hide Activities ToolBox Modify Activity Menu Hide Core Keys ToolBox Assign Core Key Menu Hide Page Keys Set up Key then select the key you want to hide Select Hide Show Follow the on screen prompts Icon Tutor Activity Row Device Infrared phone Activity Row Remotes Phone Options Kurzweil WYNN and TestTalker pages Activity Row Pages Education Softwa
20. re Kurzweil WYNN and TestTalker rows Activity Row School Open the page you want to modify Use the set up key Select the key where you want the apeg link Spell Text for Message Insert Tool Set Page choose the page Lock the ToolBox Toolbox Maintenance Menu Set Up Key User defined key number 2 on the top frame of ECO Turn the activation beeps off ToolBox Feedback Menu Windows Media player Activity Row Launch 26 Unity 144 Sequenced Unity 144 Sequenced Organization DEL WO JIE aow m ENTER 2 amp 1 E 0 I lt CLEAR a K SPEECH ON OFF Cancel Li 5 Ear Se Eris NIB Llc TIE The Activity Row is the top row These keys contain links to activities or tools that are specific to certain situations See the chart on pages 21 and 22 for an explanation of what each row contains Core Vocabulary is located in the remaining 8 rows In Unity 144 Sequenced there are approximately 2 500 root words over 600 phrases 12 single hit words and over 50 whole sentences This core of words is made up of selections that are the most frequently used words across age levels and environments Tools in Unity 144 Sequenced are located around the edges of the core vocabulary The first column on the left contains l pa 3 Spell ABC which takes you to a
21. say one word at a time or put phrases together by using the dynamic activity rows linked to each core key When you select the APPLE icon you say eat and the food row appears shte SPELL plea and what E pP n A a Pi J B5 E alt pall zz als YES ex e When you select NAMES or FAMILY you do not hear a word spoken until you select a word from the dynamic activity row Simplify by Hiding Keys Hide core keys 1 Select BLANK in the main Activity Row If you don t see a key labeled BLANK select Choose Activity When the BLANK row opens it covers up the items in the main activity row In the ECO ToolBox select ASSIGN CORE KEYS Select any key then select Hide All Next select the APPLE MORE and STOP icons Select CLEAR Select the text area to exit hide show Select OK OK er V eco pa eat stop STOP CLEAR 8 Show all the keys by going to Assign Core Keys in the ToolBox Select any key then select Show AII Select the text area to exit hide show OK OK goes back to Minspeak 9 To show all the activity row keys again select Choose Activity Hide computer access keys 1 To hide the Launch Activity Row first go to the ECO ToolBox Select Modify Activity Select the Launch Activity You see a red outline around the key Select Hide at the top right side of the programming screen Select OK OK to go back to Minspeak To show the Launch Activity Row a
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