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PRC HEADQUARTERS PRC INTERNATIONAL 1022 Heyl Rd Liberator Ltd Wooster, OH 44691 “Whitegates”, 25-27 High Street Telephone: (330) 262-1984 • (800) 262-1984 Swinstead, Lincolnshire NG33 4PA UK Fax: (330) 263-4829 Telephone: +44 (0) 1733 370 470 E-mail Address: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0) 1476 552 473 Web Site Address: www.prentrom.com E-mail Address: [email protected] Web Site Address: www.liberator.co.uk 2 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started Table of Contents First Steps ................................................................................................. 4 Selecting a Key Size .................................................................................. 5 Using the Directory .................................................................................. 9 Changing the Keyboard Layout .............................................................. 10 Changing and Saving the Access Method .............................................. 11 Choosing a Voice .................................................................................... 13 Adding to your Communication Power ................................................... 15 Adding Messages to a key ...................................................................... 15 Using Word Prediction ........................................................................... 17 Using Abbreviation Expansion ............................................................... 20 Customizing Essence ............................................................................... 23 Using the Setup Key to Add Messages to Keys ...................................... 23 Recording Messages .............................................................................. 27 Hiding Keys ............................................................................................. 29 Swapping Keys ....................................................................................... 30 Creating and Linking Your Own Pages ................................................... 31 Backing Up Customized Work ................................................................ 36 Using the Alarm ...................................................................................... 39 Using Essence 15 .................................................................................... 40 Essence 15 Keyboard ............................................................................. 41 Essence 15 Tools Page ........................................................................... 42 Changing Settings in Essence 15 ............................................................ 44 Getting Additional Information .............................................................. 46 3 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started First Steps Charging Your Device You received a battery charger in the box with your device. Please ensure that your device is adequately charged prior to use. Although devices are designed to charge from various charging sources, PRC recommends only using the charging unit provided with the device or other charger accessories that can be purchased from PRC. Using this Manual This manual will help you learn some of the most frequently used features of Essence Vocabulary. You Will Learn: about Essence vocabulary and pages how to use the Setup key to make customizations how to create, link, and modify pages how to use special features For information on additional support and training, see “Getting Additional Information” on page 46. 4 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started Selecting a Key Size The first thing you will see is the Essence Welcome page. Essence Welcome Page This page asks you to select a key size that suits you. Choose 15, 45, 60, 84, or 144 to test the key sizes. The number indicates how many keys are on a page. A smaller number will have fewer keys per page, but the keys will be larger. Tip! The upper left and right corners of the Essence Welcome Page have links to target tests that may be useful in determining what key size is best for the individual. 5 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started Now you will see the Keyboard for the overlay size you selected. 15 ABC Sample Keyboard 60 QWERTY Sample Keyboard 6 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started 144 QWERTY Sample Keyboard You can change the layout of the Keyboard by selecting Change This Keyboard. This key will toggle between the QWERTY and ABC layouts. A dark blue key at the top of the keyboard shows what layout the keyboard is currently set to. Go ahead a type a few messages on the keyboard. Does this size feel comfortable to you? If you want to try a different key size, select the Return to Start key. Then select the key size you want to try next. Once you have determined that the current keyboard is the size you want to use, select the Select This Keyboard key. This will open the Directory page. 7 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started For Essence 15 Select the Tools key to open the Tools page. Then select Change Keyboard Layout. This will open a page with four different keyboard layout options: ABC Keyboard, ABC Condensed Keyboard, Frequency Keyboard, and Frequency Condensed Keyboard. Select the key for the layout you want to try. Tip! Many of the keys found on the 45, 60, 84, and 144 location keyboard will need to be accessed through the Tools key on the 15 location keyboard layouts. If you want to try a different overlay size from the 15 location, first select the Tools key and then select the Return to Start key. If you want to choose the 15 location as your overlay size, select the Tools key and then the Select This Keyboard key. The Essence 15 overlay is arranged slightly different than the other Essence overlays. For information on using the Essence 15 overlay, skip ahead to the Essence 15 section. 8 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started Using the Directory The Directory page gives you access to the applications in the Essence program. For now, you may choose any key on this page to look at what’s available in Essence. To return to the Directory from any page, select the Directory key. If you do not see a Directory key, press the Close key until you see the Directory key. One of these keys will usually be located in the upper left corner of the page. Tip! Regardless of what page you are on, the Directory key will return you to the Directory, while the Close key will take you back to the previous page. 9 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started Changing the Keyboard Layout Earlier, you selected a key size and keyboard layout. If you would like to change either of these settings, you can do so from the Tools page. From the Directory, select the Tools key to open the Tools page. Tools Page To change the keyboard layout: Select the Change Keyboard key. Choose either Use ABC Keyboard or Use QWERTY Keyboard. Select the My Keyboard key to test the new layout. To change the key size: From the Tools page, select the Return to Start key and choose the desired key size. 10 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started Changing and Saving the Access Method We recommend that you ask a clinician who is familiar with the Access Method you want to use to help you set it up. From the Directory page, select the Tools key. Now select Access Method Menu. Select Choose Different Access Method The current access method is displayed here. If the method you see is not the one you want, select Choose Different Access Method to go to the method you want. Select the options you want to change. When you have things the way you want, select the OK key. Now you can save your settings so you can recall them at any time. 11 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started Recall your settings using the Use Settings #1, #2, or #3 keys. Save your settings using the Save Settings #1, #2, or #3 keys. Tools page Select Save Settings #1, Save Settings #2, or Save Settings #3 to save the current device settings to the corresponding settings file. Once saved, you can recall your setting at any time by selecting Use Settings #1, Use Settings #2, or Use Settings #3. Tip! You can save different settings with each of the three settings keys. For example, Settings #1 could be for eyegaze, while Settings #2 could be for switch scanning. This way you can quickly switch between access methods or other settings. 12 Essence Vocabulary Getting Started Choosing a Voice You can choose the voice you want to use. From the Directory, select the Tools key. Now select Speech Menu from the Tools page. Select the Change Voice key to open a list of possible voices. The More Items key will open the next page of voices. Selecting the Test Speech key will play a sample of the next voice you select, without choosing it. Listen to the current voice by selecting the Test Speech key. You may also want to change other options: • Use the Speech