TABLE OF CONTENTS
ECO Manual
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Table of Contents
GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR ECO....................................................................................................11
The Front Panel ...........................................................................................................................................................12
The Top of the ECO ....................................................................................................................................................14
The Back of the ECO...................................................................................................................................................15
The Right Side Panel...................................................................................................................................................16
Battery Door and Batteries ..........................................................................................................................................17
Left Side Panel ............................................................................................................................................................18
The Display Areas.......................................................................................................................................................19
Different Ways to Turn your Device Off.....................................................................................................................21
About the Batteries in your ECO.................................................................................................................................23
The Touch Screen and the Exploration Wizard...........................................................................................................25
The Unity
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60 Sequenced Overlay..............................................................................................................................27
About Minspeak
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........................................................................................................................................................29
Icon Prediction Shows Where You Have Messages Stored ........................................................................................30
About the Color-Coded Toolbox.................................................................................................................................32
Change the Speaker Volume .......................................................................................................................................33
About the CALL Tool in the Toolbox.........................................................................................................................34
SETTING UP YOUR COMMUNICATION DEVICE ..........................................................................................35
About Setting Up your Device ....................................................................................................................................36
Select a User Area .......................................................................................................................................................37
Access Methods...........................................................................................................................................................43
The ACCESS METHOD MENU................................................................................................................................45
Touch Options .............................................................................................................................................................47
1 Switch Scanning Methods........................................................................................................................................48
1 Switch Scanning Options..........................................................................................................................................50
2 Switch Scanning Methods........................................................................................................................................52
2 Switch Scanning Options..........................................................................................................................................53
Headpointing/Joystick Methods ..................................................................................................................................56
Joystick Options ..........................................................................................................................................................56
Tracker Headpointing Options ....................................................................................................................................58
Mouse/Trackball/USB Joystick Options .....................................................................................................................61
The FEEDBACK MENU............................................................................................................................................64
FEEDBACK MENU Options......................................................................................................................................65
SPEECH MENU Options............................................................................................................................................67
The AUDITORY PROMPT MENU............................................................................................................................70
The OUTPUT MENU .................................................................................................................................................73
Save Your Set-Up Settings..........................................................................................................................................75
Store the "Use Settings" Keys on your Overlay ..........................................................................................................76
WORD PREDICTION..............................................................................................................................................77
About Minspeak
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and Word Prediction ......................................................................................................................78
Spell and Select Words................................................................................................................................................79
Word Prediction Options.............................................................................................................................................82
USING THE CORE VOCABULARY OVERLAY................................................................................................89
About Core Vocabulary and Activity Row Vocabulary..............................................................................................90
Recorded and Computer Speech..................................................................................................................................91
Before You Begin to Store, Plan What You Want to Say ...........................................................................................91