ASSISTIVE CONTEXT-AWARE TOOLKIT (ACAT) USER GUIDE VERSION 1.0.0 1 INTRODUCTION | ACAT User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Organization ................................................................................................................................. 7 2 INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Installing ACAT ............................................................................................................................ 8 2.2 Uninstalling ACAT ................................................................................................................... 14 2.3 Installing ACAT Language Packs ....................................................................................... 20 2.4 Uninstalling ACAT Language Packs .................................................................................. 24 3 GETTING STARTED ....................................................................................................................... 26 3.1 ACAT Dashboard ..................................................................................................................... 27 3.1.1 Dashboard Shortcuts .......................................................................................................... 28 3.2 Vision Tryout ............................................................................................................................ 30 3.2.1 Vision Tips .............................................................................................................................. 33 3.3 Using Vision with ACAT ........................................................................................................ 34 3.3.1 Initialization and Calibration .......................................................................................... 34 3.4 ACAT Tryout .............................................................................................................................. 35 3.4.1 Typing ...................................................................................................................................... 36 3.4.2 Adjusting scan speed .......................................................................................................... 37 3.5 ACAT Phrase Application ..................................................................................................... 37 3.6 ACAT Talk Applications ........................................................................................................ 38 3.6.1 Talk (QWERTY) .................................................................................................................... 39 3.6.2 Talk (ABC) .............................................................................................................................. 43 3.6.3 Talk (Alt) ................................................................................................................................. 46 3.6.4 Talk (Alt ABC) ....................................................................................................................... 47 3.7 ACAT Application .................................................................................................................... 47 3.7.1 ACAT (QWERTY) .................................................................................................................. 48 3.7.2 ACAT (ABC) ............................................................................................................................ 48 3.7.3 ACAT (Alt) ............................................................................................................................... 49 2 INTRODUCTION | ACAT User Guide 3.7.4 ACAT (Alt ABC) ..................................................................................................................... 50 3.7.5 Using ACAT with Notepad ................................................................................................ 51 3.7.6 Resizing the scanner ........................................................................................................... 52 3.7.7 Exiting ACAT application .................................................................................................. 52 3.8 ACAT Config ............................................................................................................................... 53 4 ACAT SCANNERS ............................................................................................................................ 54 4.1 Scanning ...................................................................................................................................... 54 4.2 Color scheme ............................................................................................................................. 57 4.3 The Alphabet Scanner ........................................................................................................... 58 4.3.1 Resizing the scanner ........................................................................................................... 62 4.4 The Punctuations Scanner ................................................................................................... 62 4.5 The Cursor Scanner ................................................................................................................ 63 4.6 The Mouse Scanner ................................................................................................................ 65 4.7 Numbers Scanner .................................................................................................................... 69 4.8 Function Key Scanner ............................................................................................................ 70 5 ACAT MENUS ................................................................................................................................... 73 5.1 Contextual Menus .................................................................................................................... 73 5.2 Main Menu ................................................................................................................................. 73 5.3 Tools Menu ................................................................................................................................ 74 5.4 Settings Menu ........................................................................................................................... 76 6 TOOLS ................................................................................................................................................. 79 6.1 The Talk Window .................................................................................................................... 79 6.1.1 Talk Window Features....................................................................................................... 79 6.1.2 Talk Window Contextual Menu ...................................................................................... 80 6.1.3 Talk Window Zoom Menu ................................................................................................ 81 6.1.4 Volume Settings .................................................................................................................... 83 6.2 File Browser .............................................................................................................................. 84 6.2.1 Opening Files ......................................................................................................................... 84 6.2.2 Deleting Files ......................................................................................................................... 86 3 INTRODUCTION | ACAT User Guide 6.3 File Creator ................................................................................................................................ 86 6.4 Windows Task Switcher ....................................................................................................... 88 6.5 Application Launcher ............................................................................................................ 90 6.5.1 Customizing the Launch Dialog ...................................................................................... 92 6.6 Lecture Manager ...................................................................................................................... 93 6.6.1 Speech/Navigation Mode ................................................................................................. 95 6.6.2 Speak ........................................................................................................................................ 96 6.7 Screen Lock ................................................................................................................................ 96 6.8 Phrases ........................................................................................................................................ 97 6.9 Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................... 99 6.9.1 Add an abbreviation ........................................................................................................