Prentke Romich Company walkertalker, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ...ntham Lincs NG33 4PA UK Fax 44 1476 550872 E Mail Address info prentromint com The WalkerTalker Operater s Manual PRENTKE ROMICH COMPANY World Headquarters 1022 Heyl Rd Wooster Ohio 44691 Telephone 33...

Page 2: ...registered trademark in the USA of Semantic Compaction Systems Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc AppleTalk is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc IBM is a registered...

Page 3: ...d and Store Messages 29 Choose Standard or Extended Speech 31 Before You Begin Storing Plan Your Messages 33 Storing a Message 35 When a Shorter Message is Hidden by a Longer Message 37 Review Your Me...

Page 4: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO MEMORY UNIT SPEAKER CONTROL UNIT 16 Key Keyboard Worn in Pouch on Control Belt This area slides back to reveal Control Panel The WalkerTalker Parts...

Page 5: ...an remove the cover by pulling the Velcro tabs apart The WalkerTalker lifts out of the cover The keyboard and keyboard pouch can be placed on the left or right side of the belt The protective cover wh...

Page 6: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO OVERLAY KEYGUARD TOOLBOX The Keyboard...

Page 7: ...d the waist The 16 key keyboard consists of 16 small keys and a sturdy plastic keyguard that covers the keys Underneath the keyguard you can find an overlay protector and a vinyl overlay These can all...

Page 8: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO Microphone External Microphone Jack MEMORY UNIT SPEAKER CONTROL UNIT WalkerTalker Speaker...

Page 9: ...he round component between the Memory Unit and the Control Unit The bottom of the speaker contains the microphone you speak into while storing messages There is also a jack where you can plug in an ex...

Page 10: ...Keyboard Battery Charger Slide top panel back to see inside Control Unit BATTERY HOOK UP CONTROL UNIT and charging LED STORE RECORD ERASE EXTENDED MEMORY FULL REVIEW EXT SP Connectors on end of Contr...

Page 11: ...top slides back until the Control Panel is revealed and then the top snaps into place To cover the Control Panel simply slide the top panel back into its original position The Control Unit also conta...

Page 12: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO External Speaker Jack Speaker Volume MEMORY UNIT Speaker WalkerTalker Memory Unit...

Page 13: ...PDU ULHI GHVFULSWLRQV RI ZKDW RX ZLOO ILQG RQ WKH 0HPRU 8QLW The Memory Unit contains the circuit boards which you won t have to worry about On the end of the unit you will find the volume knob for th...

Page 14: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO MEMORY UNIT SPEAKER CONTROL UNIT Connect the cable on either side of the keyboard Keyboard connector Connect the WalkerTalker and the Keyboard...

Page 15: ...when the belt is around the user s waist This will help protect the microphone from spills drooling etc You can place the keyboard on either side of the belt Make sure it is easily accessible to the W...

Page 16: ...earn how to charge the batteries correctly 2 Do not charge the batteries longer than 8 10 hours at a time 3 You can use the WalkerTalker when the charger is plugged in but it will take longer to charg...

Page 17: ...he battery charger plugged in for more than eight hours When the batteries are low the WalkerTalker will say Batteries are low whenever you speak a message When the batteries are low you will not be a...

Page 18: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO 8 _ 17 72 9 81 FRQ 6HTXHQFH DPSOHV Minspeak Icon Sequences...

Page 19: ...ges it is logical in how it represents a person s language it is easy to learn because it fits into a person s natural ability to associate many meanings to one picture it promotes language developmen...

Page 20: ...HU 0DQXDO Icon Associations Vocabulary word WHERE Z 8 QUESTION WORD WANTED who is the man in the WANTED icon Associations for this icon might be 6 6 WEATHER UNDER SHELTER RAIN UMBRELLA WHETHER Icon As...

Page 21: ...use Z represents a question and 8represents a person who you may or may not know You will notice that in the future when you want to speak the word who you can simply activate the icons that you chose...

Page 22: ...ages think about The rules your vocabulary program uses Possible associations for each icon Potential categories Combining icons for a wide range of messages Icons should be easy to LEARN easy to REME...

Page 23: ...rn and easy to remember If you are using a vocabulary program you will want your own sequences to work the same way as the sequences work in your program To achieve this you will need to understand th...

Page 24: ...x Overlay is under neath icon overlay Place a new overlay on top of Toolbox overlay S S ZORRO AUDIO FEEDBK THEME SET CLR CTL PNL ON OFF SYS DEF MEM SAVE MEM LOAD BAUD RATE SELECT PAGE ACCEPT TIME ZORR...

Page 25: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO Changing an Overlay You selected a Unity vocabulary and overlay when you ordered the WalkerTalker...

Page 26: ...ONHU 0DQXDO C1 C2 C3 C4 R1 R2 R3 R4 LOCATION 2 2 R2C2 KEY LOCATIONS ROW R Across COLUMN C Down C1 C2 C3 C4 R1 R2 R3 R4 LOCATION 3 4 R3C4 C1 C2 C3 C4 R1 R2 R3 R4 LOCATION 4 1 R4C1 Locate Keys by Row an...

Page 27: ...here the key is There are 4 four rows and 4 four columns on the keyboard For example the key at the top left hand corner of the keyboard is located at ROW 1 COLUMN 1 The rows go across and the columns...

Page 28: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO Slide top panel back to see inside Control Unit Top panel slides back BATTERY HOOK UP STORE RECORD ERASE EXTENDED SP MEMORY FULL REVIEW EXT SP The Control Panel...

Page 29: ...sages You can also choose Standard or Extended Speech here There are four LEDs Light Emitting Diodes that light with a steady light or a flashing light depending on which activities you are doing Two...

Page 30: ...efault The LED is unlit Standard Speech 1 minute Press the EXT SP button to switch to EXTENDED Speech The LED will flash for a moment After that it will light when you store messages Extended Speech 2...

Page 31: ...me messages in high quality speech and some in lower quality You might store messages that are used mainly around family in Extended speech and messages that are used mostly in public social situation...

Page 32: ...age which help you to remember Write them down ICON SEQUENCES MESSAGES messages which are necessary useful fun Write them down EYE NAME EYE HOUSE QUESTION APPLE LIGHTENING Before you begin to store me...

Page 33: ...ction of icons too Decide which icons you want to use for each message before you begin storing the messages Remember that you may use up to three icons for each message If you use more than three ico...

Page 34: ...E 3 Press the icons you have chosen to store the message under 4 Press and hold RECORD and speak message into microphone 5 Release RECORD TO STORE TO HEAR MESSAGE 1 Press REVIEW or 2 Press icons you c...

Page 35: ...CORD button LED lights and speak your message Release the RECORD key immediately when you have finished speaking LED goes out 4 Test the message by pressing the REVIEW key The LED lights and the Walke...

Page 36: ...nother sequence you must tell the WalkerTalker which sequence to speak ICON SEQUENCE 6 We went to Grandma s house for our vacation I love to stay at my Grandma s house MESSAGE Press twice to hear the...

Page 37: ...n sequence for one stored message also happens to be the beginning of a sequence for a different stored message the WalkerTalker cannot be sure which message you want to speak For example suppose you...

Page 38: ...ssage that was stored or spoken 4 Press REVIEW to hear next message TO REVIEW AUTOMATIC REVIEW 1 Press and hold REVIEW key for 5 seconds 2 The MEMORY FULL LED flashes 3 The WalkerTalker begins to revi...

Page 39: ...EW key each time you want to step to another message When you are not pressing the REVIEW key you can use the WalkerTalker just as you normally would 5 If you want to erase a message press the ERASE k...

Page 40: ...Panel until you see the ERASE button 2 On the keyboard press the icon sequence for the message you want to erase 3 Once the message has been spoken press the ERASE button You can also press REVIEW Wh...

Page 41: ...ing until you free up some memory space To use the ERASE button slide the Control Panel cover down the Control Unit a little more This uncovers the ERASE button To Erase a Message 1 Press the icon seq...

Page 42: ...SELECT PAGE ACCEPT TIME 6 A regular overlay has icons on it which you have assigned to individual keys You use a regular overlay every day The Toolbox overlay shows you which keys on the keyboard have...

Page 43: ...d the Toolbox overlay are vinyl they may stick together Just peel the Toolbox overlay from the user overlay and put it back on the keyboard The Toolbox overlay has seven 7 white keys with writing on t...

Page 44: ...s used most often BOTTOM ROW Second Tools used less often ZORRO AUDIO FEEDBK THEME SET CLR CTL PNL ON OFF SYSTEM DEFAULT MEMORY SAVE MEMORY LOAD BAUD RATE unused Toolbox keys 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ACCEPT TI...

Page 45: ...the feedback you hear when you press the keys Other tools will allow you to set an icon theme or lock the Control Panel A few keys even contain more than one tool In order to use the tools you have to...

Page 46: ...l 3 Press the keys in the pattern shown below 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 Forward Reverse 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 4 ZORRO ZORRO Press R1C1 again to confirm that you w...

Page 47: ...nd icon overlay so that you can see the Toolbox overlay To Zorro the WalkerTalker 1 Press and hold the STORE button for 5 seconds When you hear 5 and the beep release the button 2 Press the key at R1C...

Page 48: ...hear the beep 2 Press AUD FDBK key R1C3 3 Press once for Beep Off press again for Beep On Press BEEP AUDIO FEEDBK MEMORY LOAD Press MEMORY LOAD NOTE SHH BEEP is the default setting Press STORE to exi...

Page 49: ...Audible Key Feedback 1 Press and hold the STORE key for 5 seconds to enter the Toolbox Release the button when you hear 5 and the beep 2 Press the key at R1C3 One press turns the beep OFF The next pre...

Page 50: ...5 seconds to open Toolbox Wait to hear beep 2 Press 1 ICON THEME key R1 C4 3 One beep sets the theme Press BEEP THEME SET CLEAR 4 Select the icon you want to use 5 Press STORE to exit Toolbox The them...

Page 51: ...the first time you only need to press the second icon in the sequence as you enter each message The Walker Talker automatically selects family for the first icon as long as you remain in ONE ICON THE...

Page 52: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO repeats the location code of the first icon to remind you of the theme...

Page 53: ...ORE for 5 seconds until you hear the beep 2 Press 1 ICON THEME key R1 C4 3 A double beep means the theme is cleared Press BEEP THEME SET CLEAR 4 Press STORE to exit Toolbox with the theme cleared BEEP...

Page 54: ...til you hear a double beep The beeps signify that the theme has been cleared 2a At this point you can choose a new theme by pressing the THEME key again to turn it back On and then choosing an icon 3...

Page 55: ...F BEEP BEEP BEEP DISABLE THE CONTROL PANEL ENTIRE SYSTEM 4 3 beeps entire system OFF 5 1 beep Control Panel ON 1 Press and hold STORE for 5 seconds to open the Toolbox Wait to hear the beep or click 2...

Page 56: ...though You can also lock the entire WalkerTalker system so that you cannot even speak messages To Turn the Control Panel OFF 1 Press and hold the STORE key for 5 seconds Hear the beep 2 Press Key R2C2...

Page 57: ...beep WalkerTalker speaks the number 1 2 3 etc to indicate acceptance time rather than speaking the seconds 1 1 16 second default 2 1 4 second 3 1 2 second 4 3 4 second 5 1 second 6 1 1 4 seconds 7 1 1...

Page 58: ...some people The WalkerTalker has a tool that allows you to choose a longer acceptance time Change the Acceptance Time 1 Press and hold STORE for 5 seconds Hear the beep 2 Press key R2C3 3 The default...

Page 59: ...Toolbox Wait to hear the beep 2 Press SYS DEFAULT key R2C4 Press BEEP 3 Press STORE to exit Toolbox with the defaults set SYSTEM DEFAULT Audible Feedback BEEP Control Panel ON Set Clear Theme CLEAR DE...

Page 60: ...ures to their original settings if you have changed them By pressing location R2C4 you turn the audible key feedback to ON beep the Control Panel to ON and THEME will be set to CLEAR This saves you th...

Page 61: ...E SECOND TOOLS 1 1 ZORRO AUDIO FEEDBK THEME SET CLR CTL PNL ON OFF SYSTEM DEFAULT MEMORY SAVE MEMORY LOAD ACCEPT TIME BAUD RATE WalkerTalker says Two 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 FIRST Then press the tool that you...

Page 62: ...the beep Once you have opened the Toolbox you must tell the WalkerTalker that you want to use a second tool In order to do this press the key at R1C1 once When you are in the Toolbox pressing R1C1 te...

Page 63: ...Type MTI and press ENTER 5 Type the letter of the device you are using W or O 6 Open the Toolbox press and hold the STORE button for 5 seconds until you hear the beep 7 Press key 1 1 You will hear 2...

Page 64: ...ert the MTI IBM disk into the disk drive of your computer Switch to the drive that has the disk in it if necessary 4 Type MTI and press ENTER 5 Type the letter of the device you are using in this case...

Page 65: ...ntinue 13 EXIT the program when the transfer is completed 1 Plug in the battery charger 2 Plug one end of the MTI cable into the jack with the picture of a telephone handset on the back of the Mac Plu...

Page 66: ...3 Turn the computer On and insert the MTI Mac disk Double click on the MTI icon to open the program Double click on PRC 4 Click on the name of the device you are using WalkerTalker 5 Open the WalkerT...

Page 67: ...DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO rate is 57600 Change the computer baud rate to 57600 in the menu bar of the MTI...

Page 68: ...olumn 2 or some other location code instead of a beep you have forgotten that you are in a THEME Either go to the Toolbox and CLEAR the theme or continue to store using the THEME TROUBLESHOOTING When...

Page 69: ...ll speak the location of the Icon Theme You can then go ahead and store your message Another clue that you are in a One Icon Theme is that the WalkerTalker will not allow you to press a three icon seq...

Page 70: ...ttery Troubleshooting 1 Read the battery information in the First Steps manual 2 Do not charge the batteries longer than 8 10 hours at a time unless the batteries have gone completely dead 3 If the ba...

Page 71: ...rd from the Control Unit 2 Plug in the battery charger and wait about 5 minutes 3 Push the re set button on the back of the Control Unit 4 The unit may begin to speak Memory 1 Memory 2 etc This means...

Page 72: ...W 1 Press and release the REVIEW button 2 The last message stored or spoken is repeated 3 Press REVIEW to listen to the next message AUTOMATIC REVIEW 1 Press and hold REVIEW for 5 seconds Hear click 2...

Page 73: ...speaks the last message stored or spoken It repeats the location code of the first icon and then the message 3 Press REVIEW to listen to the next message 4 Press the ERASE button once you have heard...

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Page 75: ...4 12 Location Codes 11 Masking Icons 16 Memory Full 17 Memory Transfer Interface IBM 29 Memory Transfer Interface Macintosh 30 Memory Unit 5 Minspeak 8 10 MTI 5 29 MTI 6 30 Overlays changing 10 sample...