Prentke Romich Company ECO Unity User manual

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ECO™ Unity® Manual
For use with ECO software
version 1.06 and higher
Prentke Romich Company
April, 2009
Revised August 2010
14416 v.2.1

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ECO, Vantage, Vanguard II, Vanguard, Pathfinder, SpringBoard, Language Activity Monitor (LAM), Memory
Transfer Interface (MTI) and PRC Infrared Receiver (IRR) are trademarks of Prentke Romich Company.
DECtalk is a product of the Digital Electronics Corporation.
Minspeak is a registered trademark of Semantic Compaction Systems.
Minspeak Application Programs (MAPs) are trademarks for products manufactured by the Prentke Romich
Company.
Unity is a registered trademark in the USA of Semantic Compaction Systems.
Windows, Windows XP, Windows Explorer, Windows Media Player, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word,
Windows WordPad and Microsoft PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft, Inc.
IntelliTools is a registered trademark of IntelliTools, Inc.
Natural speech supplied by: Fonix-DECtalk Text-to-Speech software, a copyright of Fonix Corporation, all
rights reserved; and RealSpeak Text-to-Speech, a product of Nuance Communications, Inc.
Non-English text-to-speech supplied by the Acapela Group and RealSpeak Text-to-Speech, a product of
Nuance Communications, Inc.
Computer access pages for Kurzweil, WYNN, TestTalker, Word, and Outlook created by Brian Simms, M.A.
CCC-SLP, Augmentative Communication Specialist, Colorado Therapy Associates
WYNN and TestTalker are trademarks of Freedom Scientific, Inc. Kurzweil 3000 is a trademark of
Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.
April, 2009
Revised August 2010
PRENTKE ROMICH COMPANY
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Prentke Romich International
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©2009
14416 v.2.1

Table of contents
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Contents
ECO Hardware............................................................................................. 6
ECO2 and ECO-14 Front Panel.............................................................................. 6
ECO-14 Right Side Panel ....................................................................................... 7
ECO2 Right Side Panel........................................................................................... 7
ECO-14 Left Side Panel.......................................................................................... 8
ECO-2 Left Side Panel............................................................................................ 8
Menus and Settings....................................................................................... 9
Drop-Down Menus ................................................................................................. 9
Customize a User Area ........................................................................................... 9
Maintenance Menu................................................................................................ 11
ECO Vocabulary Options..................................................................................... 12
Six User Areas in ECO......................................................................................... 13
Other Language Programs .................................................................................... 14
Introduction to Unity.................................................................................. 15
Unity 60 1-Hit.............................................................................................. 16
Organization.......................................................................................................... 16
Talking.................................................................................................................. 17
Core vocabulary and icons.................................................................................... 18
Practice sentences for 60 1-Hit ............................................................................. 22
Activity row.......................................................................................................... 23
Pages ..................................................................................................................... 25
Simplify by hiding keys........................................................................................ 26
Unity 60 Sequenced..................................................................................... 27
Organization.......................................................................................................... 27
Use the Icon Tutor to look up words. ................................................................... 27
Whole Sentences................................................................................................... 28
Unity Patterns.............................................................................................. 29
Unity Pattern – Single Hit Words......................................................................... 29
Unity Pattern – Pronoun Phrases .......................................................................... 30
Unity Pattern – Question Pronoun Phrases........................................................... 31
Unity Pattern -- Pronouns ..................................................................................... 32
Unity Pattern – Grammar Categories.................................................................... 33
Icon + Grammar Ending ........................................................................................... 34
Grammar Icon + Core Icon....................................................................................... 34
Unity Pattern -- Dynamic Activities..................................................................... 35
Sentence Builders and endings in the Activity Row............................................. 35
Extra Verbs in the Activity Row........................................................................... 36
Main Activity Rows, Pages, and Computer Access ............................................. 36
Category Labels in Core ....................................................................................... 37
Unity Customization Options: Icon prediction and Embellished Icons............... 38
Icons and Icon Rationales..................................................................................... 39
Practice Sentences for Unity 60 Sequenced.......................................................... 43

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Where to Find ....................................................................................................... 45
Word Prediction.......................................................................................... 47
Icon Tutor.................................................................................................... 47
Teaching Unity............................................................................................ 48
More Customizations.................................................................................. 49
Changing core icons.............................................................................................. 49
Important Tools for customizing .......................................................................... 49
Activity Rows ....................................................................................................... 49
Visual Scenes........................................................................................................ 51
Create a Visual Scene................................................................................. 53
Importing Graphics............................................................................................... 53
Create a Scene Page.............................................................................................. 53
Sounds on Scene Pages......................................................................................... 54
Linking a Page ...................................................................................................... 55
Vocabulary Builder..................................................................................... 56
Choose words from the Vocabulary Builder screen............................................. 56
Use a Word List .................................................................................................... 57
Import a Word List................................................................................................ 57
Computer Access......................................................................................... 58
ECO Revised Computer Access ........................................................................... 58
Customize Your Computer Access....................................................................... 62
Program a link with the Run Program tool:.............................................................. 62
More ECO Features.................................................................................... 64
Extra Help....................................................................................................64
ECO Unity 84.............................................................................................. 65
Unity 84 1-Hit.............................................................................................. 66
Organization.......................................................................................................... 66
Talking.................................................................................................................. 67
Simplify by Hiding Keys...................................................................................... 68
Core Vocabulary and Icons................................................................................... 69
Practice Sentences................................................................................................. 75
Activity Rows ....................................................................................................... 76
Internal Computer Access..................................................................................... 78
Practice computer access ...................................................................................... 79
Unity 84 Sequenced Organization............................................................. 81
Talking.................................................................................................................. 81
Simplify................................................................................................................. 82
Icons and Rationales............................................................................................. 83
Core Vocabulary Patterns..................................................................................... 89
Use the Icon Tutor to look up words. ................................................................... 92
Activity Rows, Pages, and Computer Access....................................................... 92
Visual Scenes in Unity 84..................................................................................... 93

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Visual Scene Books to teach Unity........................................................................... 93
Practice Sentences for Unity 84 Sequenced.......................................................... 94
Where to Find.............................................................................................. 96
Introduction to Unity 144........................................................................... 97
Unity 144 Single Hit.................................................................................... 98
Load Unity 144 Single Hit.................................................................................... 98
Organization.......................................................................................................... 98
Talking................................................................................................................ 100
Simplify by Hiding Keys.................................................................................... 100
Core Vocabulary and Icons................................................................................. 101
Practice Sentences............................................................................................... 108
Activity Rows ..................................................................................................... 109
Internal Computer Access................................................................................... 110
Pages ................................................................................................................... 111
Where to Find ..................................................................................................... 112
Unity 144 Sequenced Icon Rationales..................................................... 113
Unity Patterns in 144 Sequenced............................................................. 120
Computer Access in Unity 144................................................................. 120
Directions for using computer access rows and pages........................................ 120
ECO Unity Computer Programs page................................................................. 121
Choose Your Spell Page ..................................................................................... 121
Customize your computer access........................................................................ 121
More Resources for Unity 144................................................................. 122

ECO Hardware
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ECO Hardware
•3 USB Ports
•USB keyboard and mouse
•2 Switch jacks
•Internal Microphone
•External speaker jack
•Built-in CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive
•14.1” touch screen
•60 GB Hard drive
•Integrated Blue Tooth technology
ECO2 and ECO-14 Front Panel
There are eight recessed keys on the top of the ECO frame. Six of these keys are user-
defined keys. This means that you can customize the tools that are activated. To change
a user-defined key, go to the ToolBox and select Assign Core Keys Menu. Follow the
prompts on the screen. The user-defined keys are also accessible to scanners. Scanning
through them is an option that you can find in the Access Method Menu.

ECO Vocabulary
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ECO-14 Right Side Panel
ECO2 Right Side Panel
Mini USB port Ethernet Port
to Computer
2 USB ports Battery Door
Headphones
Headphones
Microphone
Microphone
3 USB ports
3 USB ports

ECO Vocabulary
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ECO-14 Left Side Panel
ECO-2 Left Side Panel
Re-set
Button
Charge port External Compact Microphone
2 switch jacks Monitor Flash Card
reader Headphones
Special instructions for using the re-set button: The first re-set you will try if your
screen locks up is to hold down the ON/OFF key and count to 10. Do not use the re-set
button on the left side if your hard drive is still active. You will see a red flashing light
on the right side of the center window when the hard drive is spinning.
You may also plug in the USB keyboard and do a re-boot with CTRL + ALT + DEL.
Reset
Reset
Compact
Compact
Flash
Flash
Card
Card
reader
reader
PCMIA slot
PCMIA slot
for phone
for phone
card
card
2 switch
2 switch
jacks
jacks
External
External
Monitor
Monitor Charge port
Charge port
Phone audio
Phone audio
cable from
cable from
Phone card
Phone card

ECO Vocabulary Options
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Menus and Settings
Drop-Down Menus
•Select the Menu key on the right side of the Status Display and look at the list of
menus and settings.
•Each menu has a counterpart in the ToolBox which can be used by a scanner or
someone using any of the other ECO access methods.
Customize a User Area
We are going to use the menus to customize a user area. Settings you choose from these
menus will stay with the user area, and will not change other user areas.
1. First, select “Open User Area” Open User Area shows you a list of all the areas
currently available in ECO’s six user areas. If you choose “Replace User Area”
you can see a list of all the available language programs in ECO. Choosing
“Replace..” will erase all stored vocabulary in the area you are working in, so be
careful with this one!
2. Select Unity 60 Single Hit. This opens up the 60 Single Hit MAP.
3. Next we’ll use our menus to customize Unity 60 Single Hit the way we want it.
Display Area
Display Area
Text Display
Icon Display
Status Display
Drop Down
Menus

ECO Vocabulary Options
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Change the colors
1. Select the Menu key
2. Select Colors. Notice the tabbed property sheet that is titled “User Area Setup
Properties.”
3. Choose the colors that you like for each item.
4. Select OK
5. Go to the ToolBox and select Feedback Menu. Notice the color choices on the
right.
6. Select OK, OK to return to Unity 60
Change the Access Method
1. Select the Menu key
2. Select Access Method. Use the pull-down arrow to view the list of all access
methods in ECO.
3. Choose a method, then OK
4. Go to the device ToolBox, select Access Method Menu and see that the same
changes have been applied here.
5. When you are setting up customized block scanning, you need to use the Access
Method Menu in the Toolbox to define the scan blocks.
6. Predictive Selection is common to all access methods. When predictive selection
is off, all keys are active, whether they contain anything or not. When predictive
selection is on, any keys that are grey or white cannot be selected. The default
setting is predictive selection off in all user areas. One advantage to having it on
is that you don’t have to start over if you mistakenly hit an empty key.
Auditory Prompts
1. Are for auditory scanning or auditory “fishing.” You will not need to set these up
unless you need spoken prompts to help you make selections.
2. When auditory prompts are on, and your access method is set on “Touch,” you
will have to hit a key twice to activate it: once to hear the prompt, and once to
make the selection.
Feedback Menu
1. Use the drop-down menu to choose speaker volume, activation beep volume,
backlight intensity, and text size.
2. Select OK, and then go to the Feedback Menu in the ToolBox. Notice that the
same changes apply.
3. Select OK, OK to return to Unity 60.
Speech Menu
4. The Speech Menu in the ToolBox is the same as “Voice” in the drop-down menus
5. Select the Menu key, then Voice.
6. Set up the speech the way you want it and test it, then hit OK.