Quick Start: Introducing DynaVox Series 4
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Alternate Output
DynaVox Series 4 devices also offer Alternate Output, a computer access method that enables you to send
information to a computer from any communication page without using computer access behaviors.
Alternate output is an excellent way to compose e-mails or other text documents because it allows you to
employ the rate enhancement features on the DV4/MT4 device. Since special computer access pages are
not required, you can use symbol buttons that feature whole words, phrases or sentences to compose
messages instead of typing letter by letter. When buttons are selected, the output of information to a
computer will depend on the behaviors that are programmed into each button. If a button has a Speak
Text or Speak Label behavior, vocabulary will be automatically sent to the computer when the button is
selected. If a button has an Insert Text or Insert Label behavior, vocabulary will be sent to the Message
Window when the button is selected. The vocabulary will be sent to the computer as soon as the Message
Window is selected.
Computer access behaviors are not necessary for Alternate Output, but they can be used to enhance it.
Unless buttons with computer access behaviors exist on the communication pages you are using, Alternate
Access mode will not have the ability to transmit mouse moves or computer commands. In this case, a
blank e-mail or other word processing file must be open on the computer and ready to receive
information before Alternate Output can be used. For optimum computer access through Alternate
Access, you should try using a computer command page in addition to your communication pages.
Since Alternate Output mode automatically applies computer access behaviors to standard communication
pages with buttons that do not feature computer commands, this feature must be activated and
deactivated. This can be done when the Alternate Output command is added as a behavior to a button.
When the Alternate Output button is selected, the Alternate Output Options menu will open and allow
you to enable or disable the feature.
To set up Alternate Output by adding it to a button, follow these steps:
1. Select the green Modify button in the title bar at the top of the touch screen. The button will
turn red.
2. Select the button you want to use to access Alternate Output. The Modify Button menu will
open.
3. Select the Label text box and use the system keyboard to add Alternate Output as the
button’s new label.
4. Select the Symbol button and use the Select a Symbol menu to choose an appropriate symbol,
such as computer.
5. Select the Behaviors button in the Modify Button menu. The Behavior Editor menu will open.
6. Select the Behaviors pull-down menu. The pull-down menu will expand.
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