Talk To Me Technologies zuvo PLUS User manual

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User Guide for zuvo™PLUS
Speech-Generating Devices
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Table of contents
Communication
Typing on the keyboard ......................................2
Using Word Prediction .......................................3
Working with saved phrases ..................................4
Message retrieval...........................................5
Message Banking ..........................................6
Beyond Communication
Creating text and email documents in Notepad ...................7
Zuvo Control for television ....................................8
Zuvo Control for lights, fans and more ..........................9
Printing ..................................................10
Email....................................................10
Accessing the web using Internet browser ......................11
Audiobooks ..............................................11
Social media..............................................12
Technical
Connecting to WiFi.........................................13
Software updates..........................................13
Pairing a mobile phone .....................................14
Adding music .............................................15
Taking pictures............................................16
Import pictures via USB drive ................................17
Backing up vocabulary sets..................................18
Important Note: If these instructions do not match your current vocabulary set, please
contact Technical Support for assistance.

2
Typing on the keyboard
Use the keyboard to type novel words or sentences. There are several
function buttons to make typing quick and easy.
Select Speak to play your message.
Select More to access numbers and punctuation. Select the
button 3 times to return to the keyboard.
Select Delete Word to remove an entire word.
Select the Rest button to pause eyegaze access if your eyes need
a rest. It will turn red when Rest Mode is activated. Select the Rest
button again to reactivate eyegaze access. Rest will also rest all
access types including switches, pointer, and touch access.
Select Shift to capitalize. Press the button quickly two times to
activate caps lock.
Select Backspace to delete a single character.
Select Settings to adjust various settings like volume, dwell speed,
calibration and shutting down the device.
Select My Phrases to toggle to the Phrases page.
Select Clear to erase everything from the Speech Display bar.
Select Back to return to the previous page.
Undo: enables you to reverse any edits you make in your chat
writing area.
Save My Place: allows you to start a message and save it for
later to nish.
Retrieve: allows you to retrieve the message you started and want
to nish editing.

3
Using Word Prediction
Use Word Prediction to reduce the time it takes to create a message as
well as the number of buttons you need to select. Word Prediction will
suggest what word might be coming next in your message (shown in
yellow).
Word Prediction will remember the words and phrases you frequently use
and suggest those words rst.
Chat History (shown in blue): All previously spoken words and phrases can
be accessed under > More.
As you type letters, it will start to guess and give you various suggestions
for what the next word might be. If you see the word you want, simply
select the word from the Word Prediction line, and it will be displayed in the
Speech Display bar.

4
Working with saved phrases
Typing and saving phrases to cells is a quick and easy way to prepare in
advance for anticipated conversations such as a doctors visit or shopping
trip.
To save the phrase in the
speech display bar, tap
Save > select an empty
cell in your grid or tap
an existing cell and it
will be placed before the
selected cell.
From the My Phrases
page, navigate to
keyboard page > type
message > Back > select
appropriate category.
Your phrase is now saved
for future use!
As you create more
phrases, the More button
will be automatically
created to allow you to
scroll through and access
all of your newly saved
phrases!
To delete a saved phrase,
select the Delete >
choose a cell to remove
in the words list.

5
Message retrieval
Sometimes you may be unable to complete a saved message and want to
nish it later.
Navigate to the keyboard page.
Start typing a phrase. If you are unable to nish the paragraph or sentence,
select Save my Place to nish later.
An icon will briey appear letting you know
that your phrase was saved.
When you are ready to nish your paragraph or
sentence, select Retrieve on the keyboard page.
Select the phrase you would like to nish. It will appear back onto the
keyboard page for you to nish and add to your saved phrases.
If you want to remove unnished phrases,
select Remove from list. The phrases will
turn red. Select the one you want to delete,
and it will be removed.

6
Record in the Message Banking page
1. On the Keyboard, type out the message you are going to bank.
2. Select My Phrases > Message Banking > Record/Stop Recording >
speak the desired message aloud > Record/Stop Recording.
3. Your message will now be added to the Message Banking page.
Message Banking
Message Banking allows a user to record their own voice onto their
device. This feature is utilized by those who currently have the ability to
naturally speak, but may lose their natural speech at some point due to a
degenerative diagnosis (e.g. ALS). A user can message bank single words
or entire sentences.
4. Under Label For Cell, type the text to be displayed on the button > OK
> OK.
5. Your message will now be added to the Message Banking page.
4. Under Label For Cell, type the text to be displayed on the button > OK
> OK.
5. Your message will now be added to the Message Banking page.
Record on the Settings page
1. Select (Menu) > Settings >
Speech > Message Banking > Add >
Record > speak the desired message
aloud > Stop.
2. Select Listen to play back your
recording.
3. Under Full Text, type out the message
in writing.
Load a pre-recorded audio le
1. Select (Menu) > Settings >
Speech > Message Banking > Add >
Browse > locate the audio le > Open.
Note: audio les must be MP3, m4a, wav, or
wma
2. Select Listen to play back your
recording.
3. Under Full Text, type out the message
in writing.

7
Creating text and email documents in Notepad
Easily create, email and print letters, grocery lists and more with the
Notepad application. The formatting page helps to compose, save, and
edit letters and other documents.
3. Once your message is complete, select the Format icon on the
keyboard to further stylize and align your document.
4. Choose the Select icon to highlight individual words and lines, or
choose Select All to apply a style to the entire document. By choosing
the Select icon, you can highlight word by word or line by line. Once
highlighted, you can choose how you would like to edit the words.
5. When you have completed formatting your work, select Send as Email
to send your work as an email or Documents to save it as a document.
At this point, your work is automatically saved to your device.
1. On the homepage, select More icon.
2. Select Notepad icon > to start a new document select New
and the keyboard will appear. Type your message.
Tip: Refer to page 9 (“Printing”) for how to connect your printer to your device. Refer to
pages 9 (“Connecting to WiFi”) and 10 (“Email”) to connect to the Internet and congure
contacts and email settings before emailing documents.

8
Zuvo Control for television
8. Use Transmit Now button to test functionality.
8. Repeat steps 2 through 7 for remaining buttons on page.
9. Click Finish Editing > Yes to save.
Tip: Please contact TTMT Support with any questions regarding the conguration of
television control.
Zuvo ECU (Environmental Control Unit) allows you to use your eyes, switch
scanning and other access methods to control your television volume,
channels, cable box, and more!
Congure television buttons via Infrared Control
1. Navigate to the ECU page.
2. Click (Menu) > Edit Grid > select the button you wish to program.
3. If the button action is set to anything other than Infrared follow steps 4
through 6. If it is already set to Infrared, skip ahead to step 7.
4. In the command section, remove the incorrect action by clicking the X
to the right of the action name.
5. Click Add Command > Click the magnifying glass in the top right
corner of the Add Command window and search “infrared” > Infrared
> Next > select UUIRT from the Transmitter drop down menu.
6. Click Start Learning and follow on-screen prompts to learn the remote
function.
7. On the left-hand panel under Commands, click Learn > Start
Learning > follow on-screen prompts to learn the remote function.