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CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
2 OVERVIEW 5
A 5
USER ENVIRONMENT 5
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PPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS
ADMINISTRATOR NVIRONMENT 5
AIN E EMENTS OF THEM L COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 6
OMMC UNICATION GRID 6
QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR 6
LLS
CE 7
ASIC FEATUREB S 7
LP HE 7
ELECTINGS AND VIEWING OPTIONS 7
WRITING TEXT 8
S ROLLING 8 C
3 OPTIONS MENU 9
OPTIONS: GRIDS – MANAGING THE APPLICATIONS GRIDS 9
OPTIONS: ACCESSIBILITY – TOUCH TIME AND TEXT TO SPEACH 10
OPTIONS: APPEARANCE – SETTING COLOURS AND SIZE FOR GRIDS 10
O : GENERAL – SECURITY AND LANGUAGE 11 PTIONS
4 GRID MENU 12
EDITING THE QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR 12
E ITING GRID 13 D
5 CELLS MENU 14
SETTING THE TYPE OF CONTENT FOR THE CELL 14
INSERTING SYMBOL FROM THE LIBRARY 15
INSERTING IMAGE FROM THE FILES OF THE DEVICE 15
USING A PHOTO 15
INSERTING TEXT 16
RECORDING SOUND 16
TEXT TO SPEECH 16
LISTENING THE SOUND OF A CELL 16
SETTING A CELL LINK 16
EDITING THE CELL COLOUR 17
ADDING CELLS 17
DELETING CELLS 18
E ITING SEVERAL CELLS AT THE SAME TIME 18 D
6 WIDGIT LITERACY SYMBOLS 19
7 JOIN IMAGINA COMMUNITY 20
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1 INTRODUCTION
Vox4all® is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) mobile
application for smartphones and tablets. It uses the main features of these
devices: touch screen, camera and voice output, making this application very
intuitive and appealing for the end user.
Vox4all® enables people with speech and language problems to communicate in a
safe and autonomous way. Symbols, images and sounds allow all the
communication.
Read this guide to learn and know all the features of Vox4all®.
IMPORTANT: You can access this guide within the application. For this you must:
1 Tap
2 Tap
3 Tap CONSULT to view the guide in .pdf format. To stop viewing the guide,
just tap .
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2 OVERVIEW
Read this chapter to learn how Vox4all® is organized and its basic principles.
APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS
The application has two environments: USER ENVIRONMENT and ADMINISTRATOR
ENVIRONMENT.
USER ENVIRONMENT
The user communicates their wishes and needs through this communication
system.
The editing options are disabled.
When tapping the SETTINGS icon you can access the ADMINISTRATOR
environment.
Note: To restrict access to the ADMINISTRATOR environment, you can enable the
option SECURITY (see page 11) and use a password. So whenever you touch the
SETTINGS icon, you have to insert a password to access the ADMINISTRATOR
ENVIRONMENT.
ADMINISTRATOR ENVIRONMENT
In this environment you can build the entire communication system.
You can set the general options of the application, as well as edit and create new
cells and grids. The editing options are always available.
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WRITING TEXT
Touch a text field so you can see the virtual keyboard. Then you just need to
write.
SCROLLING
Sometimes you are not able to see all the contents of a window on the screen. To
see other options, you should drag your finger in the direction of the bar.
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3 OPTIONS MENU
In the OPTIONS menu you can set the default settings of the application. Read this
chapter to learn about all the available features.
When you touch in the OPTIONS icon , you see a window with four tabs:
Grids
Appearance
Accessibility
General
OPTIONS: GRIDS – MANAGING THE APPLICATIONS GRIDS
In the GRIDS OPTIONS you can manage all the available grids of your application.
Change the identification of a grid: tap to change the name of a grid. Note
that in brackets () is the title visible when opening the grid. This may be different
from the identification name of the grid – see EDITING GRID.
Delete grids: tap of the grid that you want to delete.
Note: To delete a grid you must be sure that no cell has a link to this grid.
Use specified grid to start: to set the first grid that appears when Vox4all® is
opened, touch the check box and select the grid to start the application. This
grid will have this icon .
Note: To settle this option, you must tap DONE , close the application and
restart again. Closing or quitting an application can be different depending on the
device you have. You should get informed how this is done in your equipment.
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Cells can have image and text, only image or only text.
INSERTING IMAGE FROM THE FILES OF THE DEVICE
1 To use an image or photo already saved in your device tap .
2 Search and touch the image you want to include in the cell.
INSERTING SYMBOL FROM THE LIBRARY
You have more than 12,000 Widgit Literacy Symbols in a library (you can see more
information in the chapter Widgit Literacy Symbols).
To insert a symbol in a cell:
1 Touch the icon to open the symbol library .
2 Touch the text box and write a word that describes what you are looking for.
When writing several symbols are suggested.
3 Hide the virtual keyboard and choose the symbol you want.
Note: If you see a scroll bar at the end of the window, scroll with your fingers to
see more available symbols.
4 Touch DONE to close the symbol library.
IMPORTANT: There are many words that can have different meanings. So it is
very important that the selected symbol is the appropriate to represent the
desired concept.
USING A PHOTO
1 Touch to open the window for taking a photo.
2 Take the picture.
If you have an Android device, follow these steps:
3 If you want to take another photo, tap to remove and take a new one.
4 Touch DONE to save and put the photo in the cell.
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INSERTING TEXT
Touch this box to write the text for the cell. As soon as you touch, a virtual
keyboard will appear, so you can write the word you want. You can insert words
and/or expressions with a maximum of 16 characters.
TEXT TO SPEECH
The option USE TEXT TO SPEECH can only be allowed if you enabled this option in the
OPTIONS menu in ACCESSIBILITY (see page 10).
After this option is chosen in the ACCESSIBILITY tab, you can use text to speech. To
use it, just tap so it becomes selected . A text box will appear, so you can
write the text you want to be read with the synthetized voice.
RECORDING SOUND
1 Touch to open the window for recording sound.
2 In the window, tap to start recording.
3 To stop recording, tap .
4 To listen to the latest recorded sound, tap
5 To record again, tap .
6 To remove the sound, tap .
7 To save and use that sound in the cell, tap DONE .
LISTENING THE SOUND OF A CELL
In the editing cell window, touch the button to listen to the sound of that cell.
SETTING A CELL LINK
The cell link to a grid can be made to an existing grid or to a new one.
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DELETING CELLS
Delete one or more cells: select the cell or cells you want to remove and tap
the icon above the grid.
EDITING SEVERAL CELLS AT THE SAME TIME
Editing two or more cells at the same time: select the cells you want to edit and
touch . When editing two or more cells at the same time, you can only set the
type of content and their colour.
Use settings as default: All the chosen options can be set as default for new cells
you create. You just have to choose this option .
Note: As you are selecting more than one cell, where you should select the
background colour, you see a ?. The colour you choose will be the same for all
selected cells.