Aditya - Autistic nonverbal savant academics

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Activate a dynavox macro from a button

Add an Activate a Macro Behavior to a Button

You can attach a macro to a button by using the Activate a Macro

behavior. Whenever a button with this behavior is selected, a specific

macro will be launched.

To add an Activate a Macro behavior to a button, follow these steps:

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1. Select the green Modify button in the title bar. The button will turn

red when it is selected.

2. Select the button you want to use to launch the macro. The Modify

Button menu will open.

3. Select the Behaviors button. The Behavior Editor menu

(page 8-2) will open.

4. If there are any behaviors currently listed in the Steps viewport,

select them and then select the Delete button.

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5. Select the Behaviors drop-down menu. The menu will expand to

display all the behavior categories.

6. Select the Common option.

7. Select Activate a Macro in the Behaviors viewport.

8. Select the Add button. The Activate a Macro window will open.

The names of the available macros will be displayed in the

viewport.

9. Select the name of the macro you want to assign to the button.

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10. Select the OK button to close the Activate a Macro window. The

Activate a Macro behavior and the name of the selected macro will be displayed in the Steps viewport in the Behavior Editor menu (in

standard communication mode).

11. Select the OK button to close the Behavior Editor menu. The

Activate a Macro behavior will be listed beside the Behaviors

button in the Modify Button menu.

12. Select the OK button to close the Modify Button menu.

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Macros for dynavox

Create a New Macro

To create an original macro, follow these steps:

1. Select the Main Menu button in the title bar.

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2. Select Setup in the main drop-down menu.

3. Select Tools Menu in the second drop-down menu. The Tools

menu will open.

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4. Select the Macro Editor button. The Macro Editor menu will open.

5. Select the New button. The New Macro menu will open.

6. Select the Name text box. The system keyboard will open.

7. Use the system keyboard to enter a name for the new macro.

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8. Select the OK button to close the system keyboard. The new

macro name will be displayed in the Name text box in the New

Macro menu.

9. Select the Behaviors button. The Behavior Editor menu

(page 8-2) will open.

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10. Select the Behaviors drop-down menu and then choose one of

the behavior categories that are displayed. The Behaviors

viewport will display the names of behaviors within the selected

category.

11. Select one behavior in the Behaviors viewport. You may need to

use the scroll buttons on the right side of the viewport to see all the

listed behaviors for the selected category.

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12. Select the Add button. If no further information is needed to enact

the behavior, the behavior name will be added to the Steps

viewport. If further information, such as text or the name of a page

or other file is needed, a window will open and prompt you to enter

the necessary information. Use the tools that are presented in the

window to enter the information and then select the OK button to

return to the Behavior Editor menu.

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13. To add additional behaviors to the new macro, repeat steps 10

through 12.

14. If you want to edit, reposition or delete an existing behavior in the

macro, select it in the viewport and then complete the rest of this

step.

a. To delete the highlighted behavior, select the Delete button.

The step will be instantly deleted from the Steps viewport.

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b. To move a highlighted behavior up one position in a multi-step

list, select the Move Up button. Keep selecting this button until

the step is appropriately repositioned.

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c. To move a highlighted behavior down one position in a multistep

list, select the Move Down button. Keep selecting this

button until the step is appropriately repositioned.

d. To make other changes to the highlighted behavior, select the

Edit button. Make the appropriate changes to the window that

opens, and then select the OK button to return to the Behavior

Editor menu.

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15. Select the OK button to close the Behavior Editor menu. The

behavior(s) you selected will be displayed in the viewport beside

the Behaviors button in the New Macro menu.

16. Select the OK button to close the New Macro menu. The new

macro will be displayed in the viewport of the Macro Editor menu.

17. Select the OK button to close the Macro Editor menu.

18. Select the OK button to close the Tools menu.

The new macro is now available for the current user.

[PittsburghPApa]

There are two possible ways to handle this.  The first is with commas. Each comma acts like a short pause. The next is if you put a 'Next Sentence' behavior (there are also Next Paragraph and Next Word behaviors) no a button on the page, then each time he hits the 'Next Sentence button' it will speak the next sentence in the message window.

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Another question was can you put a pause between 2 sentences on a msg window. e.g.Kid before going to the librarian types in "Can you help me finding a book" (PAUSE Lib:"Which one"? ) "Harry Potter Goblet of Fire please". Basically a pause on the msg window

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Another question we would prefer him doing his HW on dynavox because of predictions and shortcuts. If he does that, can I program/write or record a macro and assign it to a button where it go and dump contents of the msg window into a word doc...thanks

[PittsburghPApa]

full 2 handed typing is terrific for access. However, the MyPhrases, Slots, Prediction, etc in the DynaVox can allow rapid composition of much more than quick/functional communication.

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Yup I completely agree...its a terrific tool.

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He seemed much more comfortable with the touchscreen on his DynaVox than with the keyboard.  Have you connected the Dynavox to the computer with their IR link and allowed him to access the computer with that input?

[apotnis97]

Thank you for your kind words...no I have not tried the IR link with the computer. Great suggestion. I will try that and let you know how that goes. Thanks again for the encouragement

[PittsburghPApa]

Certainly. The items is called an AccessIT if you need to obtain one from DynaVox. It works well.

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We will try that..another thing we are trying is to get him to use all his fingers on the keyboard so he can type much faster since dynavox is limited to only quick communicaiton

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Cool...can I ask you a few questions (not sure if you work for dynavox they are located in PA to)

1) When copying and pasting buttons from one page to another is there a snap to grid function which will help me to align the buttons

[PittsburghPApa]

Yes, you can easily align buttons into a grid. This can be either by starting the new page as a template, or other features. I have posted video replies to this video showing some of the page editing/organizing features.

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Now you are going to get more questions :) needed someone like you (Can the page structure model be imported into something like visio like you can do for a website/database--to see the wireframe design

[PittsburghPApa]

I do not believe so.

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Sorry one more question. With WWS200 and a tablet PC I had used "penreader" for writing on screen with stylus..which then speaks it out. Do you have guys have something like that built in with the software itself series-5 ? Thanks

[PittsburghPApa]

I do not believe that is built-into the DynaVox. I know that such a feature comes standard from Microsoft in their XP Tablet edition, but not in XP Home or XP Pro.

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No he does not follow a pattern...maybe when he is pushing the keystrokes it is interfering with his fine motor skills. On the other hand he can push the buttons on the VCR with his toes

[dihoward]

very cool. keep up the good work,you can come over and pull Shayna's tail, she misses you lol.

[Alphyddan]

Intresting to see his repetetive moves. He seems to follow some sort of pattern?

Any moore info about this kid?

///Håkan