Gotalk NOW User Guide

Attainment’s

User’s Guide

GTN v5 Contents

1 Getting Started with GoTalk NOW ...... 1 1 1. Quick Start...... 1 2 Using the GoTalk NOW Player ...... 4 3 Using the Page Editor ...... 5 3 1. Add New Pages to a Book...... 5 3 1. 1. Page Wizard...... 6 3 2. Set Page Options ...... 6 3 3. Page Labels...... 8 3 3. 1. Page Label Title...... 8 3 3. 2. Page Label Icon...... 8 3 3. 3. Auditory Cue for Pages...... 9 3 4. Creating a Message Location...... 9 3 4. 1. Background and Border Colors...... 9 3 4. 2. Button Text...... 10 3 4. 3. Add Images to a Message Location ...... 11 3 4. 4. Edit an Image ...... 12 3 4. 5. Add Actions to a Message Location...... 13 3 4. 6. Auditory Cues for Message Locations...... 14 3 4. 7. Copy, Paste, Swap, Remove, or Hide Message Locations on a Page...... 14 3 5. Quick Buttons ...... 15 3 6. Manage Pages and Templates ...... 15 4 Creating Scene Communication Pages...... 16 4 1. Add Message Locations to a Scene Communication Page...... 16 5 Creating Keyboard Pages...... 18 6 Using Express Pages ...... 19 6 1. Adding Express Pages to Your Book ...... 19 6 2. Using the Message Bar in the Player...... 19 6 3. Express Page Optional Features...... 20 6 4. Sharing Message Bar Content ...... 20 7 Creating and Sharing Page Templates...... 21 7 1. Create a Template...... 21 7 2. Share Templates by Email...... 22 7 3. Online Gallery Sharing...... 22 7 4. Use Free Pre-Made Pages from the Online Gallery...... 23 8 Creating, Removing, and Sharing Communication Books...... 25 8 1. Broadcast Sharing on a WiFi Network...... 26 8 2. Sharing with AirDrop or Email...... 26 8 3. Exporting a Communication Book as PDF Pages ...... 27 9 Backing Up Your Communication Books...... 28 9 1. Backing Up to Your Computer with iTunes...... 28 9 1. 1. Backing Up to Your Computer Via the Finder...... 29 9 2. Backing Up with Dropbox or Google Drive...... 30 9 3. Additional Cloud Backup Options...... 32 10 Selection Scanning and Switch Access Support...... 33 11 GoTalk NOW App Settings ...... 34 GoTalk NOW Downloads...... 38 Contact Information ...... 39 Section 1 Getting Started with GoTalk NOW

Use GoTalk NOW® to create Communication Books with interactive message buttons. Or use an image to create a scene page with screen hotspots that play messages. Use keyboard pages for typing messages with built-in word prediction and text-to-speech message playing. The Help button on the Home screen provides user Open the User Guide guide information and video tutorials. The best way PDF in the to learn about GoTalk NOW is to start creating your iBooks app for full page viewing and own Communication Pages. Use the QUICK START text searching. instructions below to learn the basics. Fig. 1-1 A GoTalk Communication Page with four Message Locations. A tap on a Message Location can play audio or video, navigate to a new page, or open a web page.

1.1 QUICK START 1. Tap Page Editor on the Home screen. If no books have been created yet, the first page

of the Default Book will open. Fig. 1-2 The selected book title appears at the bottom of the Home screen. GoTalk NOW LITE and GoTalk Start do not show a title, as they are limited to a single book.

To exit Return to the Page Home Add Editor, tap Manage Screen New Page the Home button or Pages and Set Page Add Edit use a three-finger Templates Add Quick Options Page Icon Page Title Buttons swipe up on the iPad screen. To restrict access to the Page Editor, add a passcode for leaving the Player (see app settings, page 35). Fig. 1-3 Use the Page Editor to add Message Locations to the page. A page can be divided into 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25, or 36 Message Location buttons. Each button can have a different appearance and action. A Message Location area on the page can be left blank.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 1 GTN v5.0 Section 1 2. Tap the Page Options tool bar icon . Getting Started Use the Buttons setting to adjust the number with GoTalk NOW of Message Locations on the page . Use the Background setting to choose a background color for the page . The Enabled switch must be turned on for the page to be included in the book .

3. Tap on one of the Message Location buttons . “Button Text” will appear on the selected button as default text for that Message Location . Editing tools will appear on the screen for replacing the text, changing the button appearance, and Fig. 1-4 The Page Options tab provides settings for the page adding actions . background color and the number of Message Locations on the page. Enabled must be set to “on” for the page to be viewed in the Player. See page 14 to learn about Scanning Auditory Cues. See page 19 to learn about the Express Page feature.

Add Button Add Auditory Add Button Action Cue After-Action

Edit Button Save Button Background Changes Color

Edit Button Edit Button Add Image Border Color Text to Button Fig. 1-5 When selected in the Page Editor, a Message Location button is enlarged for easier editing. Background color, border color, text content, and images can be adjusted. A Message Location must have an Action assigned to it (Text-to-Speech to play the button text is the default action).

4. With the Message Location selected, use the Background and Border tools to select colors for the Message Location . Use the Button Text settings to edit the text label or change the text size, font style, and text color . A drop shadow effect can also be added to the text .

Fig. 1-6 The Button Text tab provides settings for making changes to the text label of a Message Location.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 2 GTN v5.0 Section 1 5. With the Message Location selected, use the Getting Started with GoTalk NOW Add Image tool to add a picture to the Message Location. More than one image can be added. Use a finger-drag to position the image. Resize an image by pinching and stretching.

To use symbols and illustrations from the GoTalk Image Library, go to the Fig. 1-7 The Add Image tab has settings for adding one or more GoTalk NOW Store pictures to a Message Location. from the Home screen. The image 6. With the Message Location selected, tap the red library is free for Action button to assign an action. Text-to-Speech (TTS) is the default action and will read GoTalk NOW users. the text aloud. Recorded Audio lets you use the iPad microphone to record a message. Other available actions include Jump To Page (go to a different Communication Page), Media Player (play audio from the iPad song list), URL (open a web page), Hue Light Control, or Video. 7. Press the Done button to save the completed Message Location to the page. 8. Tap the Page Title at the bottom of the Page Editor screen to edit the page title or add an image next to the page title. Tap Set Font to make text changes, and tap Icon button to add an icon image. The Auditory Cue feature for pages is explained on page 14. Tap Done when See page finished editing the Page Title. 14 to learn how to 9. To add a new blank page, tap and select Add Blank Button Page from the New Page menu. add an Auditory If your book has multiple pages, you will find the “+” button on the last page of the book. Cue to a Message Location. See 10. Tap the Quick Buttons button to add up to four Message Locations that will be page 14 to learn available throughout the book. Tap anywhere on the page to close the Quick Buttons tab. how to add an After Action to a More information on Quick Buttons can be found on page 15. Message Location. 11. Return to the Home screen and tap Player to open your Communication Book. See page 4 for information about the GoTalk NOW Player.

After creating a Communication Book with one or more Communication Pages, tap the Player button To exit the on the Home Screen to use your Communication Player, Book. The title of the selected book is shown at the use bottom of the Home screen. To choose a different a three-finger downward swipe on book, tap the book title at the bottom of the Home the iPad screen, or screen for a list of available books. If you are using press and hold the Home button for GoTalk NOW LITE or GoTalk NOW Start, only one eight seconds. Communication Book is available. A four-digit password for • From the Home screen, tap the Player Fig. 2-1 Open a Communication Book by tapping the Player button leaving the Player button. The selected Communication on the Home screen. can be added in the app settings. Book will open. • Tap the Message Locations on the page to select and play assigned actions.

GoTalk NOW LITE and GoTalk Start are limited to a single Communication Book. When using those apps, the Quick book title will Left Back Page Buttons Right not appear at Navigation Home Icon Page Label Jump the bottom of the To Navigation Home Screen.

Fig. 2-2 A navigation bar appears at the bottom of the Player screen. Use the app settings • Use the left/right to control which navigation buttons appear (see page 34 for app settings information). Navigation Buttons to flip through the pages. Tap the • Tap the Home button to return to the first page Feedback icon in the of the book. Hold the Home button for 5 seconds bottom left corner to return to the Main Menu. of the Home screen to email a question • Tap the Back button to return to the previously or comment to viewed page. the GoTalk NOW support team. • Tap the Jump To button to open a list of available pages, then tap a page to go there. • Tap the Quick Buttons button to use the Quick Button messages (see page 15 for more about Fig. 2-3 Tap the Quick Buttons button to use additional adding Quick Button messages to a book). Message Locations.

Tap the Page Editor button on the Home screen to create and edit Communication Pages . To exit the Page Editor, tap the Home button or use a three-finger upward swipe on the iPad screen. To restrict access to the Page Editor Return to Manage during student use, Home Set Page Add Edit Pages and Add Quick Add Screen Options add a passcode Page Icon Page Title Templates Buttons New Page requirement for leaving the Player (see app settings, page 35).

Fig. 3-1 Use the Page Editor to add Message Locations to the page. A page can be divided into 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25, or 36 Message Locations. Each Message Location can have a different appearance and action. A page does not have to use all of the available buttons as Message Locations. Up to four additional Quick Buttons can be added to a book (see page 15 to learn about using Quick Buttons).

3.1 Adding New Pages to a Book New pages are added from the New Page menu, which provides different ways to add pages to a Communication Book . Access the New Page menu with the “+” button that appears on the last page of a book . The options, listed bottom to top: • Add Blank Button Page. Insert a blank page to add new Message Locations . • Add Blank Scene Page. Use an image for the page content instead of Message Locations . Add touch-sensitive hotspots to the image (see page 16) . • Keyboard Page. Let advanced users type messages using the iPad keyboard with built-in word prediction . Completed messages are played with Text-to-Speech voicing (see page 18) . • Page Wizard. Enter text items to quickly create a set of Message Locations for the page (see section 3 .1 1). . • Duplicate Page. Copy a page from the book and revise existing Message Locations . Fig. 3-2 Different methods for adding new pages are available • Import from Another Book. Copy a page from a from the New Page menu. The New Page menu is opened with the “+” button found on the last page of a book. It can also be different book . opened from the opened Manage Pages tab. • Downloaded Templates, My Templates, Online Gallery. Use premade pages from your Template collection or from the Online Gallery of templates (see pages 21–24) .

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 5 GTN v5.0 Section 3 3.1.1 Page Wizard Using the Page Editor Page Wizard is a GoTalk NOW utility that makes it easy to create a Communication Page and add button text to all of the Message Locations . Based on the number of button text entries added, the Page Wizard will generate a page with 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25, or 36 Message Locations . A blank button text entry will place an empty space on the page instead of a Message Location . If you select Add Images from Library before Fig. 3-3 Add button text for up to 36 Location buttons with the typing in button text entries, the Page Wizard will Page Wizard, then tap Done to create a page with all of the automatically add images to your Message Locations Message Locations in place on the page. from the image library you select . If no match is found, only the button text will be shown on the Message Location .

Fig. 3-4 Use the Add Image from Library option to automatically add images related to the button text added to the Message Locations. If no match is found, only the button text will be shown on the Message Location.

3.2 Set Page Options The Page Options button is used to control the layout and appearance of a Communication Page .

Fig. 3-5 Use the Page Options button to adjust page features.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 6 GTN v5.0 Section 3 • Background. Choose a page background color . Using the Select from provided color swatch choices or use Page Editor the color picker tool .

Fig. 3-6 The selected Fig. 3-7 The color picker tools background color is stored provide exact color selections in the bottom right, grid- and light/dark tint pattern swatch button for adjustment. use when assigning that color to text or borders.

• Buttons. Select the number of Message Locations allowed on the Communication Page: 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25, or 36 .

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Fig. 3-8 A Communication Page can have 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25, or 36 buttons added as Message Locations on the page.

Scanning Auditory Cues only appears as a Page Option when four or more Message Location buttons are on the page.

If a one- button • Scanning Auditory Cues. Assign auditory cues layout Fig. 3-9 Auditory cues has been assigned to rows or columns for screen navigation and Fig. 3-10 Auditory cues for for rows: When auditory to the page, the columns: Each column on selecting . Select either Grouping in the app scanning is in use, tap on Auto Activate a page can use a recorded each row to set a cue as Button appears settings to select row or column scanning when audio or Text-to-Speech cue recorded audio or Text-to- as an additional Auditory Cues are enabled in the app settings . when auditory scanning is Speech. setting in the Page in use. Options button. • Enabled. Turn on this setting to include the page When Auto Activate in a book and show it in the Player . Turn this is in use, the setting off to exclude the page . Message Location is automatically • Express Page. Turn on this setting to add the Express Page communication bar to the Player for activated when the Communication that page . Turn the setting off to remove the communication bar . Page is opened. • Page-Specific Scanning.Overrides the setting for selecting buttons by rows, columns, or other groups, on current page only (see Grouping setting, page 35) .

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 7 GTN v5.0 Section 3 3.3 Page Labels Using the Page Editor A Page Label appears at the bottom of a Communication Page . The label may have a Page Title, a Page Icon, or both . The Page Label area may also be left blank . By default, the page number Fig. 3-11 By default, the page number is used for the is used for the Page Title . A Page Icon appears only Page Label Title. when added . To make changes to the Page Label or add an Auditory Cue for the page, tap the label area of the editing screen .

3.3.1 Page Label Title A page title appears at the bottom of each Communication Page . Page titles are also used for the Jump To list of page links . Use the text entry field to change or remove label text . Tap the Set Font button to change the text size and font style .

Fig. 3-12 Tap the Page Label and use the text entry fieldto change or remove a page title.

3.3.2 Page Label Icon An image can be added to the Page Label . Tap the label space next to the page title to add an icon image . Images are available from the GoTalk Image Library, through an Internet search, from the iPad Photo Library, or from a new photo taken with the iPad camera .

Fig. 3-13 Tap the Page Icon box to add an image to the Page Label. Images can be added from the GoTalk Image Library, an Internet search, or the iPad Photo Library. You can also use the iPad camera to create an icon image.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 8 GTN v5.0 Section 3 3.3.3 Auditory Cue for Pages Using the The Page Label tools include the Auditory Cue button for adding an auditory cue to a page . Page Editor The cue may be created with the Text-to-Speech player or with the audio recorder . When Auditory Cues is turned on in the app settings, the audio page cue will be heard when the Communication Page is opened .

Fig. 3-14 An Auditory Page Cue can be created for a page Fig. 3-15 An Auditory Page Cue can be created for a page with the audio recorder. with the Text-to-Speech player.

3.4 Creating a Message Location To add Message Locations to a Communication page, start by selecting one of the unassigned page buttons . The new Message Location will have a black border, white background, and the words “Button Text” as placeholder text .

Fig. 3-16 Tap on a page button to create a Message Location.

3.4.1 Background and Border Colors Background and border colors can be different for each Message Location . The border color can match the background color or be a different color . Use Background and Border to change Message Location colors .

Fig. 3-17 Editing buttons above and below the Message Location provide tools to change the appearance and add features to a Message Location. The words “Button Text” appear as placeholder text.

Fig. 3-18 Use the Background and Border buttons to choose Fig. 3-19 For custom color selections, use the Picker tab to colors for the Message Location button. The Swatches tab select any color. Or use the Set Via Hex button to enter a provides a set of standard color choices. The bottom right, hexadecimal color value. Light/dark fine tuning for a color grid-pattern swatch choice stores the selected background can be adjusted with the slider control. color for use when assigning text or border color.

3.4.2 Button Text Tap Button Text or double-tap the text of an opened Message Location to use the text adjustment settings . Type in the text to be shown . The text size, font style, and color can be changed .

Fig. 3-20 The text message on the Message Location is Fig. 3-21 Tap the Text setting to add or remove a word or adjusted with the Button Text tab settings. phrase to the Message Location This option will also open by double tapping the button text on a Message Location.

Fig. 3-22 Separate text lines can be placed on the Fig. 3-23 Adjust the Size of the Message Location text with Message Location by typing the characters ## at the the slider control. You can also change the text size by start of a new line. pinching or stretching the text with your fingers.

Fig. 3-24 To change the text style, tap the Font setting and Fig. 3-25 Use the Swatches or Picker tabs to choose a Text choose an available font style. Color. The bottom right, grid-pattern swatch choice will select the current background color.

3.4.3 Add Images to a Message Location Use the Add Image button to add one or more images to a Message Location . Images may be obtained from the GoTalk Image Library, from your iPad Photo Library, or from an Internet search . You can also use the iPad camera to take a picture to place on a Message Location .

Fig. 3-26 Tap the Add Image button to place an image on a Message Location. Choose one of the four image source options. Fig. 3-27 The GoTalk Image Library has over 4,000 images to choose from. Scroll through the categories or enter a keyword in the text field to narrow the choices.

Fig. 3-28 The Internet Search tool searches for images available from Bing.com. Use the text field to enter keywords for image searching.

Fig. 3-29 More than one image can be added to a Message Location.

3.4.4 Edit an Image An image placed on a Message Location can be enlarged, reduced, cropped, moved, and rotated . Double-tap or tap and hold on an image to open the Edit Image tab .

Fig. 3-30 Tap and hold an image to open the Edit Image settings for cropping, deleting, or to bring an image to the front of other image objects. Tap Reset Position to return to the original image placement on the Message Location. Tap Save to Camera Roll to store the image in your iPad Photo Library.

Fig. 3-31 Reposition an image on the Message Location with a finger-drag.Resize an image with a pinch or spread screen gesture. To rotate an image, use two fingers to turn the image in either direction.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 12 GTN v5.0 Section 3 3.4.5 Add Actions to a Message Location Using the Use the Action button to add media Page Editor behaviors to a Message Location . An audio message can be added with the Recorded Audio or Text-to-Speech options . Jump To Page can turn the Message Location into a navigation button . Media Player is used to play audio from the iTunes song list . The URL action assigns a web page location Turn on the Trim for the Message Location to open with the iPad web Videos browser (iPad must be connected to the Internet) . The feature in the app settings to include GoVisual action launches Attainment’s GoVisual app a video editor tool and opens the scene you choose . The Video action Fig. 3-32 Tap the Action button to add a recording or Text-to- Speech audio to a Message Location. for selecting a turns the Message Location into a video player button . portion of a video.

A Message Location using a Recorded Audio or Text-to-Speech message can have a second action added that will happen after the message is played . After adding an audio message to the Message Location, tap the After Action button to add one of three possible actions: • Go to the next page of the book • Go back to the previous page viewed • Jump to a specific page

The Hue Light Control button is used Fig. 3-33 A Message Location can be used to play a song for WiFi control of Hue lighting systems or show a video. Use the Media Player action to choose a when available . The supporting bridge and portal song from the iPad song list. Use the GoVisual action to launch a GoVisual scene. technology required for this environmental lighting control system must be purchased separately .

Fig. 3-34 Use the Jump to Page action to use the Message Location as a book navigation button.

Fig. 3-35 Tap the After Action button to add a second action that happens after an audio message action plays.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 13 GTN v5.0 Section 3 3.4.6 Auditory Cues for Message Locations Using the Use the Auditory Cue button to add an Page Editor auditory cue to a Message Location . An auditory cue is played when the Message Location is tapped . The cue may be created with the audio recorder or the Text-to-Speech player . Auditory Cues will be played only if turned on in the main app settings . Auditory Cues added to Message Locations can help with communication for different purposes . Here are some examples: Fig. 3-36 Tap the Auditory Cue button to create a message • Scanning prompts. An auditory cue can provide to be used as an Auditory Cue for the Message Location. a spoken prompt for each Message Location during the scanning process . This is called “auditory scanning ”. • Introducing new vocabulary. Some words and concepts are difficult to visually illustrate . An auditory cue can make it easier to understand messages such as “please” or “want” or a hard- to-interpret image . • Visual impairment. An auditory cue can help a communicator who is blind or visually impaired as they navigate through a Communication Book . • Preliminary messages. By adding an auditory cue, a Message Location becomes a two-part action . The first tap plays the auditory cue, and a second tap plays an additional message if it has been added to the Message Location . Fig. 3-37 When Auditory Cues is turned on in the app settings, the first tap on a Message Location plays the auditory cue, and the Message Location is highlighted with a green border. If tapped again, the border highlighting turns red, and any actions assigned to the Message Location are activated.

3.4.7 Copy, Paste, Swap, Remove, or Hide Message Locations on a Page Once you have created a Message Location, it can be copied to other available button locations on a Communication Page . Tap-hold a Message Location to use the Copy and Paste tools, or to flip two Message Locations with the Swap tool . Message Locations can be removed from a page with the Delete tool, or hidden with the Disable tool . Fig. 3-38 Tap and hold a Message Location to copy, swap, or remove Message Locations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 14 GTN v5.0 Section 3 3.4.7 Copy, Paste, Swap, Remove, or Hide Message Locations (continued) Using the • Tap-hold to select a Message Location to use the Copy tool . Then tap-hold a different Message Page Editor Location and use the Paste tool to copy it into the second Message Location . Any properties assigned to the first Message Location will be kept . • To flip the positions of two Message Locations on the same page, tapSwap with one of the locations selected, and then tap on the other location . The two Message Locations will exchange positions . • Use Disable to hide a Message Location on a page instead of permanently deleting it .

3.5 Quick Buttons The Quick Buttons feature allows you to add up to four Message Location buttons that will be available from all pages of a Communication Book .

Fig. 3-39 Tap the Core Vocabulary button to create Message Locations to be available throughout the Communication Book.

3.6 Manage Pages and Templates Open the Pages button to go to another page, or tap Edit to rearrange or delete pages in the list . Use the Template Gallery to add new pages based on an existing page layout (see page 21 for more about Templates) .

Fig. 3-40 Tap one of the listed Fig. 3-41 To delete a page Page Labels to go to that from the Communication page of the Communication Book, tap the red deletion Book. Tap Edit to reorder or button next to the Page remove pages. Label. The currently displayed page may not be deleted. To move a page, tap and hold the drag bar next to a listed page and move it to a new location in the list.

A Scene Communication Page can be used for page content as an alternative to the page grid of Message Locations. Touch-sensitive hotspots are added to parts of the image to create screen-tap actions. All actions available for Message Locations can be added to scene hotspots. To create a Scene Communication Page, use the Add Blank Scene Page option from the New Page menu. Choose an image for the page and add touch-sensitive hotspots. Fig. 4-1 A Scene Communication Page uses touch-sensitive 1. Open the New Page menu with the button hotspots to trigger actions. and select Add Blank Scene Page. 2. Tap the button in the bottom right corner to set the scene image. Choose an image from the GoTalk Image Library, the iPad Photo Library, or an Internet search. You may also use the iPad camera to take a picture for the page. 3. Drag or pinch the image to adjust size and position on the page. Fig. 4-2 Select Add Blank Scene Page from the New Page menu to create a Scene Communication Page. 4. To lock the image into place on the page, tap the button again, and then tap Lock Image to prevent the image from moving while adding hotspots to the page.

Fig. 4-3 The page image can be chosen from your iPad Photo Library, the GoTalk Image Library, from an Internet search, or taken with the iPad camera.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 16 GTN v5.0 Section 4 5. Tap the button at bottom left to add a hotspot Creating Scene Communication area to the page . Drag or pinch the hotspot to Pages adjust size and position on the image . 6. Tap the hotspot to open a tab for setting actions . The same media and navigations used for Message Locations can be added to image hotspots . Up to 25 hotspots may be added to a Scene Communication Page .

Fig. 4-4 Place hotspots on the image and add actions as you would for a Message Location.

Fig. 4-5 Use the Page Options tab to add a background color if the image does not fill the entire page. Turn onHighlight 4.1 Add Message Locations to a Tappable Areas in Player to make the hotspots visible in Scene Communication Page Player mode. Use the Hybrid setting in the Page Options to add a row of up to four Message Location buttons to a Scene Communication Page . Use the Orientation setting to place the Message Locations at the left, right, top, or bottom side of the Scence Page .

Fig. 4-7 Message Locations can be added to the left, right, Fig. 4-6 Use the Page Options tab to create a Hybrid Scene top, or bottom sides of a Hybrid Scene Communication Page. Communicagtion Page. Up to four Message Locations can be added.

Keyboard Pages feature a message bar for typing Auto and messages with the iPad keyboard and built-in word Step Scanning prediction . Typed messages can be heard with the includes only Player Text-to-Speech message player . Add the pre-formatted Page navigation Keyboard Page from the New Page menu . More than buttons when using a Keyboard Page. one Keyboard Page can be added to the same book . No page adjustments can be made for text size or style . The page title “Keyboard Page” may not be changed .

Fig. 5-1 Select Keyboard Page from the New Page menu to create a communication page that allows message typing with the iPad screen keyboard.

Fig. 5-2 While typing characters into the message bar, word possibilities are presented to help with word completion. This feature can be turned off in the app settings.

Fig. 5-3 Tap to listen to the typed message with Text-to-Speech audio. The message will be available for replay until new words are typed in the message bar.

Express Pages use a message bar to combine selected To be message buttons and play them in sequence. Tapping added to the a Message Location adds it to the message bar. message bar, a Message Location must have either Recorded Audio or 6.1 Adding Express Pages Text-to-Speech as to Your Book an assigned action. With a Communication Page open in the Page Editor, tap the Page Options button and turn on the Express Page setting for that page. A message bar will Fig. 6-1 Turn on Express Page from the Page Options button be placed on the Communication Page. To remove the to add the message bar to a Communication Page. message bar, return to the Page Options and turn off the Express Page setting.

6.2 Using the Message Bar in the Player When the message bar appears above a Communication Page, tapping a Message Location adds it to the message bar. There is no limit to the number of messages added to the message bar, and messages can be added more than once. To remove the last message added, tap the delete button on the message bar. To remove all messages, tap and hold the delete button.

Fig. 6-2 The message bar can be placed on the top or bottom of an Express Page.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 19 GTN v5.0 Section 6 6.2 Using the Message Bar in the Player (continued) Using To play all of the added Message Locations as a single Express Pages message, tap anywhere in the message bar . To hear the message again, tap the replay button in the message bar . When the message bar is blank, it can be repeated or replaced with a new message .

If the auditory cue feature is in use (turned on in app settings), the first Fig. 6-3 Tap a Message Location to add it to the tap on a Message message bar. Tap the delete button to remove the last Location will play message added. Tap anywhere in the message bar to play the auditory cue the created message. and a second tap will add the message to the Express Page message bar. Fig. 6-4 If scanning is in use, an additional delete button appears. The top button (green) removes the last Message Fig. 6-5 After a message plays, the replay message button Location added to the message bar. The bottom button (red) appears to repeat the message bar playback. The message will clear the entire message bar. content is held in memory until a new message is created. 6.3 Express Page Optional Features Use the app settings for optional Express Page features . • Express Bar Location. Changes message bar location to top or bottom for all book pages . • Create New Pages as Express Pages. When turned on, every new page created for a book will include the message bar . • Combine TTS Items When Speaking. When turned on, a series of Text-to-Speech messages will be read as a single sentence . When turned off, a pause will occur between each individual message . • Combine as Word Fragments. When turned on, a series of single letters in the message bar will be read together to form a word . NOTE: The app setting “Combine TTS Items When Speaking” must also be turned on .

6.4 Sharing Message Bar Content Message Locations placed in the message bar can be captured as an image and sent by email or text message . Tap and hold the message bar to open the Share Window and select one of the delivery options . All Message Locations used for the message will be included in the image .

Fig. 6-6 Tap and hold the Express Page message bar to share Fig. 6-7 The complete Express Page message is delivered as the message.. an image file.

Communication Pages can be saved as a template that becomes a set of pre-made pages that can be added to a Communication Book . A template can hold up to 10 pages . More than one template can be applied to a single book . Templates that you create are stored in the My Templates gallery of the app .

7.1 Create a Template Tap the Manage Pages button to open the Fig. 7-1 To create a pre-made pages template, go to Create Pages tab, tap at the top of the tab window, New Template from the Template Gallery. and then select My Templates from the list of choices . Tap Create New Template to name and add up to ten pages to a new template . • Name. The name entered here will be used in the My Templates list . • Description. The description appears in the My Templates list and is used for gallery searches . • Author. The author name appears in the My Templates list . • Pages. Choose up to 10 pages from the current Communication Book, and then tap Set . Fig. 7-2 Use the New Template tab to save up to 10 pages • Screenshot. Choose a page to be the template icon from an existing Communication Book. Choose one of the in the My Templates list . pages to be an icon display in the template list. When all of the template information is complete, tap Create to save your new template to the My Templates gallery .

Fig. 7-3 Your created templates are stored in the My Templates gallery where they are available as content for new Communication Books.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 21 GTN v5.0 Section 7 7.2 Share Templates by Email Creating and Sharing Page Tap the Manage Pages button to open the Pages Templates tab, and then tap in the tab title bar to open the New Page menu . Choose My Templates to view the available templates . • Select the template to be shared . • Choose the envelope icon in the Share choices . An email form will open on your iPad .

• Enter an email address and send the template Fig. 7-4 To use email to deliver a template, select a template download link . and tap the envelope icon in the Share selection bar.

7.3 Online Gallery Sharing Your page templates can be added to a Public Gallery for sharing with other GoTalk NOW users . Or you can create a Private Gallery template that requires an access code for sharing . Tap the Manage Pages button to open the Fig. 7-5 The GoTalk NOW Template email includes the template description and provides a download link for an Pages tab, and then tap in the tab title bar to open iPad that has the GoTalk NOW app. the New Page menu . Select My Templates to view available templates . • Select the template to be shared . • Tap the cloud icon in the Share choices . The Upload to Online Template Gallery window will open . • Select either Public Gallery or Private Gallery .

7.3.1 Add Template to the Public Gallery

If a template is uploaded to the Public Gallery, Fig. 7-6 Select Public Gallery to upload a template to the it will be available to all GoTalk NOW users . Once GoTalk NOW shared online public gallery. a template has been added to the Public Gallery, it cannot be edited or removed .

7.3.2 Add Template to a Private Gallery If a template is uploaded to the Private Gallery, it will be available only to people who know the Share Code assigned to your gallery .

Fig. 7-7 To require use of an access code, use the Private Gallery for template sharing.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 22 GTN v5.0 Section 7 7.4 Use Free Pre-Made Pages Creating and Sharing Page from the Online Gallery Templates The Online Gallery is a source for free pre-made pages that will help you learn about the interactive features possible with GoTalk NOW Communication Books . Tap the Manage Pages button and use the button in the tab title bar to open the New Page

menu . Select Online Gallery to locate and download Public Gallery free page templates . • Private Gallery. GoTalk NOW users can share page templates with one another by providing the Share Code to their gallery . • Featured by Attainment. This gallery includes page templates created by Attainment Company Fig. 7-8 Use the Online Gallery to download free page templates. staff members that demonstrate the interactive features of GoTalk NOW .

Fig. 7-9 Private Gallery templates are not listed by name in the Online Gallery. The Share Code is required to view and use the templates in the gallery.

Fig. 7-10 In the Featured by Attainment template gallery are pre-made pages created by Attainment staff.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 23 GTN v5.0 Section 7 7.4 Use Free Pre-Made Pages from the Online Gallery (continued) Creating and • Attainment Curriculum. Sets of Communication Sharing Page Pages that connect to Attainment’s curriculum in Templates these areas: English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Transition . • Public Gallery. Enter a search term, select a category, or view all of the templates contributed by the community of GoTalk NOW users . These pre- made Communication Pages are great ways to get ideas on how to create your own pages . After finding and selecting a page template, tap the Download icon to place the template into your Downloaded Templates group . Tap the Add to Communication Book icon to add the downloaded template to the Communication Book you have open . Fig. 7-11 Attainment Curriculum templates are designed to be used in conjunction with Attainment’s lessons.

Fig. 7-12 In the Public Gallery there are templates created by GoTalk NOW users around the world. Search by keywords or choose a category to narrow the list of available page templates.

Fig. 7-13 Downloaded templates are placed in your Downloaded Templates group and can be used to create new GoTalk NOW pages.

Tap the book title at the bottom of the Home GoTalk Screen to view a list of the Communication Books NOW LITE and in your GoTalk NOW library . If no books have been GoTalk Start do created, the Default Book with a single blank page will not allow book and appear in the library . There will always be at least one template sharing. Those two apps are book listed; it is not possible to delete all books in the limited to a single library . Communication Book. The book title To create a new Communication Book, tap at the is not shown on the top left of the library list tab window . Home screen and the library list view Tap Edit to change the order of the book library list . Fig. 8-1 Tap the book title at bottom of the Home screen to is not available. Tap and hold a book title drag bar icon to move the open the library of Communication Books. Select the book title to be active in the Player or Page Editor. book to a new location in the list .

Tap the Share icon next to a listed book title to use other book management tools . • Delete. Tap to delete the book from the GoTalk NOW library . The currently selected book may not be deleted (unselect it, then delete) . • Rename. Tap to change or replace the book title . • Duplicate. Tap to create a duplicate of the book with a new name . • Backup/Restore. Your Communication Books can be backed up to your computer through file sharing services like iTunes and Dropbox . • Share Compressed Book. Tap to send a copy of the Fig. 8-2 Start a new Communication Book by typing its name and tapping the Create button. A newly created Communication Book to another GoTalk NOW user . Communication Book starts with a single blank page. The book will be uncompressed when uploaded to another iPad . • Export PDF. Tap to convert the Communication Pages into a PDF file . An email form with a PDF download link is provided for delivering the PDF .

Fig. 8-3 Open the Edit view to change the order the Communication Books with the drag bar icons next to each title. Use the red delete icon to remove books from the app.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 25 GTN v5.0 Section 8 8.1 Broadcast Sharing on a WiFi Network Creating, Removing, When two or more iPads with GoTalk NOW are and Sharing on the same WiFi network, one iPad can send Communication Communication Books to other iPads with the Books Broadcast feature . Sending: 1. Select the Communication Book to be shared with iPads on the same WiFi network and close the library list . The title of the selected book should appear at the bottom of the main screen . 2. Tap the GoTalk NOW button on the main screen to begin WiFi broadcasting .

Receiving: Fig. 8-4 Communication Books are easily shared with another iPad on the same WiFi network. Start by selecting a 1. On a networked iPad with the GoTalk NOW book in the library list. Then return to the Home screen and app, open the library tab list of Communication tap the GoTalk NOW button to broadcast the book. Books by tapping the book title at the bottom of the main screen . 2. Tap the Pull icon at the top left of the Communication Books tab . A pop-up labeled Select Other GoTalk App will appear . 3. Select the broadcasted Communication Book . A new pop-up with a Pull button will appear . 4. Tap the Pull button and wait for the iPad to connect and the Communication Book to be transferred . The process is complete when the book appears in the library list of the Communication Books tab of the receiving iPad . Fig. 8-5 On the receiving iPad using the same WiFi network, open the GoTalk NOW book library and tap the Pull icon. The broadcasted Communication Book will be available for downloading.

8.2 Sharing with AirDrop or Email Select the book to be shared in the library list, tap the Share icon and select Share Compressed Book . You can share it instantly with iPad users nearby using AirDrop, or use email to deliver a book . This also serves as an alternate method for backing up Communication Books (see page 32) .

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 26 GTN v5.0 Section 8 8.2.1 Send a Compressed Book via Email Creating, A Communication Book can be sent by email and Removing, opened in another iPad with the GoTalk NOW app. and Sharing Communication Select the book to be shared in the library list, tap the Books Share icon and select Share Compressed Book. Tap the “Mail” option to open an email message with the Communication Book attached as a compressed file compressed with the “gtbz” name extension. Add an email address and send the book to your recipient. Follow these steps to load a compressed Communication Book from the email: Fig. 8-6 After downloading completes, the shared book must 1. Tap the email book attachment to download be named for the receiving app. The name can be the same or different as the original book. the file. 2. The GoTalk NOW icon will appear above the *.gtbz file. Tap to open the iPad share options. 3. Tap Copy to GoTalk Now. 4. Type a book name into the Name New Communication Book pop-up. The name can be the same or different from the shared book. Tap Create and the book will appear in the library list.

8.2.2 Send a Compressed Book via AirDrop AirDrop is a built-in wireless iPad sharing option for iPads in close proximity. Instead of selecting “Mail” from the share options, select one of the names listed in the AirDrop list. That person will receive an iPad message telling them that the book is available for their GoTalk NOW app. AirDrop must be turned on for each iPad. AirDrop can be used for iPad 4 and newer.

8.2.3 Share via Webserver If email sharing is not possible, the webserver method can be used to upload and download compressed books using a Mac or PC computer that is on the same WiFi network. Contact Attainment Company for assistance setting up the webserver sharing method.

8.3 Exporting a Communication Book as PDF Pages To create a PDF version of a Communication Book, Fig. 8-7 To create a PDF version of your Communication select the book in the Communication Books library list Book, select Export PDF from the sharing options. and tap the Share icon. Select Export PDF from GoTalk NOW creates an email for sending a PDF the displayed options. The PDF will be available via an download link for the book. emailed download link.

Communication Books can be saved to your computer using iTunes or saved to a file hosting service such as Dropbox or Google Drive .

9.1 Backing up to Your Computer with iTunes

If Apple iTunes is on your computer, you can use iTunes File Sharing to copy files between your computer and your iPad . NOTE: Macs from 2019 or later do not use iTunes; see 9 .1 .1 next page .

Save a Communication Book to Your Computer Using iTunes: 1. Close the GoTalk NOW app . Plug the iPad into your computer using the USB port . 2. Open iTunes on your computer and select your iPad from the iTunes menu bar . See Example 1 3. Open a list of your iPad apps by clicking on “File Sharing” in the settings list . See Example 2 Example 1 4. Scroll down to the “File Sharing” section and select “GoTalk NOW” from the list of apps shown . A list of your Communication Books will be displayed . Select the book to be backed up and save it to a folder location on your computer . See Example 3 Mac: drag the book to a folder or use the “Save to” button Windows: use the “Save to” button

Example 2

Example 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 28 GTN v5.0 Section 9 Backing Up Your Communication 9.1 Backing up to Your Computer with iTunes (continued) Books Restore a Saved Communication Book Using iTunes: 1. Close the GoTalk NOW app . Plug the iPad into your computer using the USB port . 2. Open iTunes on your computer and select your iPad from the iTunes menu bar . 3. Open a list of your iPad apps by clicking on “Apps” in the settings list . Example 4 4. Scroll down to the “File Sharing” section and select “GoTalk NOW” from the list of apps shown . 5. Drag the Communication Book folder from its saved location into the the GoTalk NOW Documents list in iTunes . See Example 4 6. Open the GoTalk NOW app .The restored Communication Book will now be available from the library list . See Example 5

Example 5

9.1.1 Backing up to Your Computer Via the Finder If you are operating a MacOS from 2019 or later, iTunes is not offered, but file sharing is built in via the Finder . When your iPad is plugged in, it shows up under “Locations” and its files are listed . Locate the GoTalk NOW folder, and then copy/paste or drag the communication book file(s) to a folder on your desktop computer .

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 29 GTN v5.0 Section 9 9.2 Backing up with Dropbox or Google Drive Backing Up Your Communication Dropbox and Google Drive are online storage Books services that connect to GoTalk NOW. The apps are free to download to your iPad . You need to set up a user account before backing up your books .

Save a Communication Book Using Dropbox or Google Drive:

1. Start at the GoTalk NOW Home screen . Tap Example 6 the book title to open the list of Communication Books that are on your iPad, and select the book to back up . 2. Tap the Back Up button at bottom right of the Home Screen . The question “Computer or Dropbox?” will appear . Select Via Dropbox or Via Google Drive to start the backup process . See Example 6 3. If this is the first time using Dropbox with GoTalk NOW, tap Link Dropbox Account and provide your Dropbox account information . If using Google Drive, you will need to sign in with your Google account . See Example 7 4. Tap Back Up to Dropbox/Google Drive from the pop-up window . 5. If this is the first backup to be added to your Example 7 Dropbox/Google Drive folder, a pop-up window will appear asking you to name the backup . The existing name can be kept or changed . Tap the Create button to continue the backup process . See Example 8

Example 8

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 30 GTN v5.0 Section 9 6. If other Dropbox/Google Drive backups exist, a Backing Up Your pop-up window will appear asking you to create a Communication new backup folder or use an existing folder. Using Books an existing folder will replace the book previously backed up to that location. Tap the folder name to start the backup process. Tap the Create New button to create a new backup folder with a different name, and start the backup process by tapping the Create button. See Example 9 7. When uploading completes, the book-folder will appear in the Apps/GoTalk NOW section of your Example 9 Dropbox/Google Drive storage folder.

Restore a Saved Communication Book Using Dropbox or Google Drive: 1. In GoTalk NOW, tap the Back Up button at bottom right of the Home Screen. In the pop-up that appears, enter the name of the book. This can be the same or different from the name of the book in the Dropbox/Google Drive folder. Tap Create to add the book title to the GoTalk NOW library. See Example 10 Example 10 2. Tap the Share icon for the book and tap Back Up/Restore. The question “Computer or Dropbox?” will appear. Tap the Via Dropbox or Via Google Drive button. See Example 11

Example 11

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 31 GTN v5.0 Section 9 3. A pop-up will ask if you want to “Back Up” or Backing Up Your “Restore” a book. Tap the Restore from Dropbox Communication or Restore from Google Drive button. Books See Example 12 4. A pop-up will appear asking you to “Select Backup” with a list of available books in your Dropbox/Google Drive folder. Tap the book title to start the downloading process. When complete the book title will be added to the library list. See Example 13 Example 12

Example 13

9.3 Additional Cloud Backup Options Another way to back up and restore a communication book is to tap the Share button , tap “Share Compressed Book,” and then save it to a storage site such as iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive, or Dropbox. When saved on a computer or storage drive, the GoTalk book files have the extension .gtbz (“GoTalk Book Zipped”), and they can be copied or dragged to a folder. Backup communication books can be restored in several ways: • Open the cloud storage app on your iPad, locate and select the file, and tap three dots adjacent or at top. Look for “Open with” or “Export,” then GoTalk NOW. • Send the file by AirDrop or email. • Use file sharing (see pages 28-29).

Alternative communication support built into GoTalk NOW includes two scanning modes: • Auto Scanning. Available screen buttons are sequentially highlighted . A single switch is used to select a highlighted button . The scanning speed is adjustable from 1 to 10 seconds for each screen selection . • Step Scanning. The user uses one switch to control movement of the scanning process and another switch to select the highlighted choice . Scanning/Switch Device Types. Scanning is turned off when Scanning Device Type is set to “None” in the app settings . Scanning is turned on when one of the switch device types is selected: • Attainment Switch App (use a second iOS phone or tablet as a switch device) • Tilde/Number Key Switches • Space/Enter Key Switches • iPad Screen as Switch

Fig. 10-1 Alternative communication support for GoTalk NOW includes scanning and switch access. Auditory Cues. An auditory cue can provide a spoken prompt for each Message Location during the scanning process . This is called “auditory scanning .”

Grouping . Rows or columns of message buttons on a page can be included in the scanning process . After selecting a row or column, scanning continues for the individual cells in a row or column .

Scan Express Bar. (Under Express Page settings) When using Express Pages, the message bar can be included or excluded from the scanning process .

Scan Navigation Buttons. The Player navigation buttons can be included or ignored by the scanning process . To provide a page-turn selection, assign a Jump-to-Page action to a Message Location button on the page .

Swap Functionality. When step scanning is used, the left and right switch buttons can be set to serve as the “next” or “select” function .

Attainment Switch Settings. If using the Attainment Switch for iOS devices, the switch button can be customized to be different colors, or use an image for the button appearance .

Tap Settings from the Home screen to enable Editor features or adjust the screen appearance of the Player .

PRIVACY (in iPad Settings) Use these settings to allow or restrict access to the iPad camera, microphone, and photo library. Photos: On / Off Microphone: On / Off Camera: On / Off

BUTTONS Left and Right Navigation Buttons: On / Off The navigation buttons can be removed from the Player screen. Assigning a go-to-page action to a Communication Location button is an alternative method for page turning when the left/right navigation buttons are removed from the screen. Home Button: On / Off Back Button: On / Off Jump to Button: On / Off Quick Button: On / Off Disable Three Finger Swipe: On / Off If turned on, the only way to exit the Player is to press and hold the Home Button for 10 seconds. Home Button Action: Go to First Page / Exit Player The Home Button can be used to go to the first page of the book or exit the player.

PLAYER SETTINGS Grow Button During Playback: On / Off Communication Location buttons can grow larger on the screen when selected. Swipe Left and Right Navigation: On / Off Page turning with screen finger-swipes can be turned on or off. Prevent Device Sleep: On / Off Turn this on to override the iPad general setting for auto-lock sleep mode. Stop Other Audio: On / Off Use this setting to stop another audio source (music, video) from playing when a Message Location button is tapped. Type of Touch for Button Activation: Touch Up / Touch Down Screen-touch settings for tapping screen buttons can be either “Touch Up” or “Touch Down.” Touch Up: Buttons are activated when the finger lifts up from the screen. Touch Down: Buttons are activated as soon as the finger touches the screen. Auditory Cues: None / Regular Volume / Lower Volume / Pan / Private Auditory cues are preliminary prompts added to a page or button. Regular Volume: Cue and message played at same volume. Lower Volume: Cue is played at lower volume than the button message. Pan: Sends the cue message to the right channel and the button message to the left channel. With an audio splitter, this can send cues to headphones while other audio plays through a speaker. Private: The cue message is heard on headphones plugged into the iPad, while the main message plays from the iPad speaker. Skip Empty Auditory Cues: On / Off When using Audio Cues, use this setting to allow Message Location buttons without an Auditory Cue to function as a single-tap button. Turn this setting off when using scanning. Auditory Cues for Navigation/Interface: On / Off Auditory Cues can be used for the Player navigation buttons. The first button tap provides a clue about the button function and a second tap will trigger the button action.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 34 GTN v5.0 Section 11 Set Navigation/Interface Auditory Cues: use default names or create new names GoTalk NOW Auditory cues for the navigation buttons can use the default button names or can be changed using the tools for App Settings Recorded Audio or Text-to-Speech. Passcode Required to Exit Player: On / Off Set Passcode: create a four-digit access code Do Not Convert Books on Open: On / Off This setting is used to troubleshoot image display problems when books are being transferred from a newer or older generation iPad tablet. Default setting is OFF. Disable Prediction on Keyboard Page: On / Off When turned ON, word prediction choices will not be shown on Keyboard Pages.

ACCESSIBILITY Debounce: None / duration values from ¼ second to 10 seconds Using the debounce setting helps prevent an accidental repeat button tap during an assigned period of time.

SCANNING Scanning Device Type: None (off) / select the switch method to be used GoTalk NOW accessibility support includes scanning behaviors for switch use. Turn scanning on by selecting one of the four device type choices. Attainment Switch App: Use an iPhone, iPod touch, or another iPad as a one-button or two-button switch. The app uses a Bluetooth connection to communicate with the GoTalk NOW iPad App. Tilde / Number Switch: For switch interface system based on the “tilde” key (~) and number key on a computer keyboard. Space and Enter Switch: For switch interface based on the “enter” key and spacebar on a computer keyboard. Screen as Switch: When using auto scan, this turns the iPad into a one button switch (tap anywhere to select a highlighted item). When in step scan mode, this turns the iPad screen into a two-button switch (tap on the left side to advance the selection, tap on the right side to select). Auto Scan: On / Off (Off = Step Scanning) Turn this setting ON to use a single-switch function to select a button as they are sequentially highlighted on the screen. Turn this setting OFF to use Step Scanning and a two-switch device. The left switch will move to the next screen selection, and the right switch will activate the selection. A Scanning Device Type must also be selected for either Auto or Step Scanning to function. Start Scanning Automatically: On / Off When turned OFF, the autoscan process will not begin until a switch is activated. Auto Scan Speed: Choose a scan duration time from 1 to 10 seconds Auto Scan Repeat: Choose the number of times a page will be scanned . Grouping: None / Row / Column / Quarters by Rows / Quarters by Columns / Half by Rows / Half by Columns / Scan Fours by Row / Scan Fours by Column The scanning process can be customized to allow selection of a group of page buttons, after which each button within the group is scanned for selection. Swap Functionality: On / Off Swap Functionality determines the selection functions for the left switch and the right switch. ON: The right switch advances scanning, and the left switch is used to select. OFF: The left switch advances scanning, and the right switch is used to select. Scan Navigation Buttons: On / Off Player navigation buttons can be included or left out of the scanning/switching process. Resume from Current Location: On / Off Use this setting to determine where the scanning process should continue after a switch selection is made. ON: Resume scanning from the last selection. OFF: Resume scanning at the top of the page. Attainment Switch Settings: Green / Orange / Yellow / Default When using the Attainment Switch app, the colors used for the switch plates can be green, orange, yellow, or use the appearance provided by the switch app.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 35 GTN v5.0 Section 11 TEXT-TO-SPEECH SETTINGS GoTalk NOW Rate: Choose a rate from slow to fast for the TTS rate . App Settings Acapela TTS Volume Boost: None / Slight / Medium / Heavy

EDITOR SETTINGS New Buttons Created with Last Used Font: On / Off

EXPRESS PAGE SETTINGS Express Bar Location: Top / Bottom Disable Express Repeat: On / Off When turned ON, the Repeat (message) button is removed from the Express Bar pages. Create New Pages as Express Pages: On / Off Combine TTS Items When Speaking: On / Off Express Page Text-to-Speech messages can be read with a normal sentence style (ON) or as separate words (OFF). Combine as Word Fragments: On / Off Text-to-Speech audio can treat Express Page letter combinations as words (ON) or as individual letter sounds (OFF). Right to Left Accumulation: On / Off Use this setting for languages that read right-to-left (ON) instead of left-to-right (OFF). Play When Adding: On / Off Use this setting to have the message automatically read as it is added to the Express Bar. Default functionality: message is read only after the user taps on the Express Bar. Scan Express Bar: On / Off Use this setting if the scanning sequence should include the Express Page message bar.

VOICEOVER Use Auditory Cue Text-to-Speech as VoiceOver Hint: On / Off Turn ON to use iOS accessibility feature for screen audio cues. Auditory cues will remain active, but page button narration will not be played.

VIDEO BUTTONS Alternate Interface: On / Off If a video media action has been added to a Message Location button, controls shown on the iPad video player can be limited to only the play button and the exit button. Trim Videos: On / Off Turn this on to include the video editing tool.

TABLE OF CONTENTS © 2016 Attainment Company GoTalk NOW User’s Guide 36 GTN v5.0 Section 11 ADMINISTRATIVE GoTalk NOW If a passcode required to exit the Player is unavailable, follow these steps to access the app settings: App Settings 1.Exit GoTalk NOW. 2.Open the iPad settings page, scroll through the settings tab to the Apps list and select GoTalk NOW. 3.In the app settings, find the Go to Main Menu on Next Startup setting and turn it ON. 4.Open GoTalk NOW and tap the Settings button on the Home screen. 5.Use Set Passcode to create a new passcode or use Passcode Required to Exit Player setting to turn off the passcode requirement. Go to Main Menu on Next Startup: On / Off Disable Internet Search: On / Off

EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES Hide All Images (Text Only Buttons): On / Off Use this setting to display only text content assigned to the Message Location buttons. Show Touches When External Display Connected: On / Off When turned ON, a tap-and-hold screen touch displays a translucent blue circle to highlight the selected interface item. This display happens only when the iPad is connected to a projector or other external viewer. Switchamajig Support: On / Off The Switchamajig is an open-source technology for using an iPad as a controller for switch users and controlling household appliances. Quiz Support: On / Off Turn ON to add quiz options to the button action settings (correct, incorrect, results). It also allows randomization of page buttons in the Page Options. Enable Eight Quick Buttons: On / Off Turn ON to have eight Message Location buttons appear in the Quick Buttons player feature. When in the OFF position, four buttons will appear. Tactile Talk Support: On / Off When using the Tactile Talk Toolkit from Attainment Company, physical objects are attached to screen overlay transparencies. Objects are placed on the left side of Communication Location buttons. Turning this setting on changes the iPad screen behavior so that only the right side of the button is touch sensitive.

Supplemental add-ons for GoTalk NOW are available by tapping the Downloads button on the Main Menu. Download the free GoTalk Image Library for hundreds of symbol illustrations. To make store purchases, simply tap the price tag next to the add-on item. Once a purchase is made, tap download to install your purchased add-on. After downloading a Premade Communication Book, tap

to select it and add to your list of Communication Books. Fig. 12-1 The Downloads button can be found on the Main Menu page and offers an assortment of resources that are either free or available for in-app purchase.

Core Words books The free Core Words books are ideal to begin teaching language to students. These core word pages have been field-tested!

Image Libraries The GoTalk Image Library is included with GoTalk NOW. Expand your image options with SymbolStix, Widgit Symbols, METACOM, and PCS Symbol libraries.

Premade Communication Books Looking for a place to start communicating? Jump right in with Ready-Set-Communicate, Talk All Day, Participate NOW, AAC2go Girl, AAC2go Boy, AAC2go Teen, and Tactile Talk. Created by AAC specialists in the field, these Communication Books are intentionally designed for you to customize to meet your own needs.

Text-to-Speech Voice Shop Customize your GoTalk NOW messages with one of the many built-in or for-purchase voices. VocaliD Personalized Voices. For use of a VocaliD personalized digital voice with GoTalk NOW, select Available VocaliD Voice to enter required user name and password information. Go to https://vocalid.com for information about creating personalized digital voices.

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Project Managers Content Development Team Portions of the code were contributed by the following: Don Bastian Don Bastian LightMenuBar Haoxiang Li Joni Nygard Craig Booth ABPadLockScreen Aron Bury Project Programmers Julie Denu Enormego Barrett Jacobsen Autumn Garza Cocoa Helpers Enormego Seth Hartwick Seth Hartwick SBTableAlert Simon Blommegård Quality Assurance Barrett Jacobsen InAppSettingsKit Luc Vandal & Ortwin Gentz Jon Karbo Jon Karbo CMPopTipView Chris Miles Ali Schlimgen Scott Meister Asi-Http-Request All-Seeing Interactive Interface Graphics David Nelson SDWebImage Olivier Poitrey Heidi Barnhill Joni Nygard TouchJSON Jonathan Wight Josh Eacret Ali Schlimgen AQGridView Jim Dovey Beverly Sanders Don Severson SVProgressHUD Sam Vermette UAModalPanel Urban Apps