Eco 14 - Recorded and Computer Speech; Before You Begin to Store, Plan What You Want to Say

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Recorded and Computer Speech
Your device allows you to store messages in two different kinds of speech.
Recorded (digitized) speech is speech that someone records into your device, just like recording
something into a tape recorder.
Computer speech (RealSpeak
™
, AT&T Natural Voices
™
, Acapela
™
or optional DECtalk
™
) is
speech that your device produces from words that are typed into it. Each time you store a
message you can select which kind of speech you want to use.
Select a computer voice from
the SPEECH MENU in the Toolbox.
 When you import icons you use up digitized speech memory.
Before You Begin to Store, Plan What You Want to Say
Helpful Hint! Before you begin to store new messages, look over the Vocabulary Sort on the
CD or do a vocabulary review from the REVIEW VOCABULARY MENU in the Toolbox to
see what is already stored in the device. You may find that you do not need to store many new
messages.
You can record and store any spoken or typed message (words, phrases or sentences) into your
device's memory. You can also link icon sequences to activities (Dynamic Activities) and even
to Pages. If you have sound files (wav, wma and mp3 files) stored on a USB or flash drive or on
your computer, you can use Record to store the sounds instead of a message.
Before you store, you should make some decisions. What do you want to say? Are you storing
Core vocabulary or Activity Row vocabulary? Decide on the icon or icons you want to use. Are
you going to use synthesized or recorded speech or both? If you are recording, write down the
messages and their icon or icon sequences. This helps to save on the amount of time you must
hold down the RECORD key. The longer you hold down RECORD, the more memory is used.
If you are storing synthesized messages, you can store more quickly if you know what you want
to type and what sequences you want to use.
The recording microphone is the small hole located to the top right of the infrared window on
the front of the case.