Welcome!
New DynaVox Users
Getting
Started!
An introduction the DynaVox
Series 5 line of products
AGENDA
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Welcome & Introductions
Materials
Evaluation Form
Hardware Overview
Title Bar
InterAACt Framework
Page Navigator
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Modify Button
Quick Pages
Linking Pages
Recording Sounds
Importing Pictures
Backing up
DynaVox Resources
Evaluation Form
DynaVox Public Training Evaluation
Feedback about your set up is very important to us. We take great pride in providing the highest quality training
available and your input helps us ensure we meet this standard. Please assist us with this by identifying the
components you received below and by offering your candid feedback and suggestions for improvement.
Date: ________________________________
Location: ________________________________
Training title: ________________________________
Trainer name: ________________________________
Attendee name: ________________________________
Attendee Email (Optional): ________________________________
Please answer the following questions using the scale below:
5 = extremely useful to me
4 = very useful to me
3 = somewhat useful to me
2 = not very useful to me
1 = not relevant to me
Topic
Training Component
Contracted trainer role and responsibility
The DynaVox Support Package
Training Evaluation Form
Hardware review
Device maintenance
InterAACT
User Tour
Set a selection method
Modify a Button
Create a Quick Page
Overall Rating
of component
Trainer’s
Knowledge
and
Delivery
Tools and
Materials
Provided
• Allows us to
continually assess and
revise our training
• Ensures we are able
to provide the
maximum number of
trainings
• Turned in before
leaving
Things To Remember…
• The Success of your
Student relies on
the Whole Team!
• Think of this as
learning a New
Language, it takes
time to understand!
• Be Patient, Expect
to be Frustrated at
times!
• Set Small Goals at
the Beginning.
• This is an
Interactive
Class…ASK
QUESTIONS!!
• Practice,
Practice….and
Practice!!
Hardware Overview
Hardware Features
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Strap Attachment
Power Button
Light Sensor
Indicators
Card Slot
Speakers
Infrared
Jacks
Ports
Battery
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Charging
Run time
Proper care
Replacement
Lets FIRST talk about our Language System & THEN set up a User.
Workbook page 10
An event like a
birthday party
A place like a
fishing pond
A standing obligation
like the workplace
Attributes of a Communication
Page
Title Bar
Set Up Menu
Explore Contents
Facilitator VS User Master Pages
Page Navigator
Goals for Communication
• Requesting
– Choosing an activity, food, etc
• Initiating
– Saying Hello, Telling a Joke, Participating in
activities
• Sabotage
– Over coming communication breakdown
• Sharing
– Show and Tell, Reports,etc.
The Modify Button
• Adding a Label to a Button
• Adding a Text Message to a Button
• Adding a New Symbol to a Button
Modify Button Menu
Modify Button
Add The Child’s Name
The Modify Button
The Modify button simplifies the programming process by allowing you to quickly program or edit an
object (button, page, Message Window, Tabs, etc.).
To modify a button:
Make sure that you are on the communication page or popup you want to modify.
Select the green Modify button. The button will turn red to indicate that it is active.
Select the button you want to modify.
Use the options in the Modify Button menu to change the attributes of the selected item (Hint: The
most important attributes of a button are the Label, Symbol, and Behavior).
Label: Words that appear on the button.
Symbol: The picture that will appear on the button.
Behavior: The action that will take place when the button is selected.
*Hint: Use the Hidden button to temporarily hide items on a page.
Swapping A Button
Swap a button on the “Talk”
Page
To Swap a button:
Select the Blue Main Menu Button.
Select Page Editing
Select Swap Button
Select the button you would like to move.
Then Select the button you would wish to swap it with.
Hiding a Button
To hide a button:
Make sure that you are on the communication page or popup you want to modify.
Select the green Modify button. The button will turn red to indicate that it is
active.
Select the button you want to modify.
The Modify Window will pop up.
In the bottom on the right side there is a place to select “Hidden”
Select Hidden and hit O.K.
The button will no longer show up on the screen.
Quick Pages
Create a New Page to add to
the “My Words” Folder
To Create New Pages:
Select the Main Menu button.
Select Page Editing.
Select Quick Page. The Select Template menu will appear.
Choose a template that matches the layout of your active page set.
Choose Select. The system keyboard will appear.
Enter the name of your new page and Select OK.
Choose Fill from Text.
An Enter Label window will be presented and the first button on your page will be
highlighted.
Select the text box in the Enter Label window to access the system keyboard. Enter the
label for the first button and then select OK. If a symbol is associated with the label, it will
be added to the button. If more than one symbol is associated with your label, a Select a
Symbol menu will open. Select the symbol you would like to use. The selected symbol will
be added to the button.
Follow the system prompts and the page will automatically be saved using the name you
assigned to it. If you want to stop adding content to your communication page, select the
Stop Asking button in the Enter Label window.
Linking Pages
Link your New Page to “My
Words”
To Link Pages:
Go to the button that will become the “Go To” button.
Select the green Modify button.
Select Behaviors.
Select Go to Page.
Select Add.
The Select Pages menu will appear.
In the right viewport, locate the desired page.
Select OK.
Record a Sound and Link a
Sound to a Button in the
“Talk” Folder
To Record a Sound:
Select the Main Menu button in the title bar.
Select Setup.
Select Tools Menu.
Select the Sound Browser button.
Select the New button.
Use the system keyboard to enter a name for the new sound file.
Select the OK button to close the system keyboard.
Select the OK button to begin recording. The device will begin to record immediately, so you
can begin to speak as soon as
you select the button.
Note: The built-in microphone is behind the small hole to the left of the power button. You can also use a standard
computer microphone plugged into the mic port on the left side of the unit.
Note: Select the Cancel button to stop recording and delete anything you have recorded so far. You will be returned to the
Sound Browser menu. To try the recording again, start over with step 5.
When you are finished, select the OK button. A window will open, providing the following options:
Select the OK button to accept the recording, and continue to step 10.
Select the Playback button to review the recording.
Select the Record Again button to return to step 8 and record your message again.
After you have finished recording and selected the OK button, a window may briefly display the message: "Saving, please
wait...". The new sound file will be listed in the viewport of the Sound Browser menu.
To listen to the new recording, select the name of the sound file in the viewport and then select the Play Sound button.
Select the OK button to close the Sound Browser menu.
Select the OK button to close the Tools menu.
Note: When you create your own custom sounds, they are stored in the Sounds folder inside the User Files folder on your device
hard drive. The sound library provided by DynaVox is stored in the Sounds folder inside the Shared folder on your device hard
drive
Take /Import A Picture
Add it to the “About Me”
Folder
To Import a Picture:
Note: This answer assumes that the digital photo files have been copied to the USB storage
device, that an external CD drive is attached to the unit to read a CD that has the photos on it and/or
that the images have been saved to an Open device (i.e. the C drive).
To Use the Quick Import Feature, follow these steps:
Select the green Modify button from the title bar.
Select the button that you will import the symbol into.
Select the Symbol button.
Select the Quick Import button.
If the image is stored on a USB storage device, follow these steps:
Select the Show All Directories checkbox.
In the left viewport, select the USB drive letter, external CD drive or navigate to the location of the
saved photo files.
In the right viewport, select the image file to be imported.
Select OK. The system keyboard will be displayed.
Enter what you would like the image label to be and select OK.
Select OK to exit the Modify Button menu.
Backing up
Backing Up
Select the Main Menu button.
Select the Set Up button.
Select Set Up Menu.
Select the User Manager.
Select Backing Up the Selected User.
Select Yes to saving pictures and emails.
Click the box that says Show all Directories.
Highlight the flash drive (Please note, it will not be the C Drive)
Select the Name box and, and name the user.
Hit Ok
DynaVox Resources
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Email- @Dynavoxtech.com
Phone :
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