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PRENTKE ROMICH COMPANY
European Headquarters:
Prentke Romich Europe Ltd
Whitegates • Swinstead • Grantham • Lincs.• NG33 4PA • UK.
Fax: 44 1476 550872
E-Mail Address: info@prentromint.com
The
WalkerTalker
Operater's Manual
PRENTKE ROMICH COMPANY
World Headquarters:
1022 Heyl Rd. • Wooster, Ohio 44691
Telephone: (330) 262-1984
Fax: (330) 263-4829
E-Mail Address: info@prentrom.com
Web Site Address: www.prentrom.com

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  • Page 1 PRENTKE ROMICH COMPANY European Headquarters: Prentke Romich Europe Ltd Whitegates • Swinstead • Grantham • Lincs.• NG33 4PA • UK. Fax: 44 1476 550872 E-Mail Address: info@prentromint.com WalkerTalker Operater's Manual PRENTKE ROMICH COMPANY World Headquarters: 1022 Heyl Rd. • Wooster, Ohio 44691...
  • Page 2 Minspeak communication device. © Prentke Romich Company 1993, 1994, 1997. All rights reserved. Under the copyright laws this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without written consent of Prentke Romich Company.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    What is the WalkerTalker? ................5 The WalkerTalker Keyboard ................7 The WalkerTalker Speaker ................9 The WalkerTalker Control Unit..............11 The WalkerTalker Memory Unit ..............13 Hooking Up and Adjusting the WalkerTalker ..........15 Charging the Batteries..................17 What is Minspeak?..................19 An Example of Using Minspeak Icons............21 Selecting Icons ....................23 Changing an Overlay..................25...
  • Page 4 SPEAKER MEMORY UNIT CONTROL UNIT This area slides back to reveal Control Panel 16 Key Keyboard Worn in Pouch on Control Belt The WalkerTalker Parts :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 5: What Is The Walkertalker

    Then by pressing keys on the keyboard, the user can recall the messages that have been stored into the device. In this way, the WalkerTalker allows users to participate in conversations wherever they happen to take place.
  • Page 6 TOOLBOX OVERLAY KEYGUARD The Keyboard :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 7: The Walkertalker Keyboard

    Underneath the vinyl overlay is another overlay that displays the Toolbox functions. Your WalkerTalker comes with a sample overlay with icons on it already in place underneath the keyguard. Use the sample overlay with the First Steps workbook.
  • Page 8 SPEAKER MEMORY UNIT CONTROL UNIT External Microphone Jack Microphone WalkerTalker Speaker :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 9: The Walkertalker Speaker

    There is also a jack where you can plug in an external microphone. When you record messages for the WalkerTalker, don't mumble and don't shout; just speak clearly into the microphone in your normal voice.
  • Page 10 CONTROL UNIT Connectors on end of Control Unit RS-232 Keyboard Battery Charger Computer and charging LED Slide top panel back to see inside Control Unit STORE RECORD REVIEW MEMORY FULL EXTENDED ERASE EXT SP BATTERY HOOK-UP Control Unit and Control Panel :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 11: The Walkertalker Control Unit

    You select standard or extended speech here and you also open the Toolbox on the keyboard from the Control Panel in order to access some of the WalkerTalker's special tools. There are four (4) Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) above the programming buttons.
  • Page 12 Speaker MEMORY UNIT External Speaker Jack Speaker Volume WalkerTalker Memory Unit :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 13: The Walkertalker Memory Unit

    The WalkerTalker Memory Unit 6XPPDU\ %ULHIGHVFULSWLRQVRIZKDW\RXZLOOILQGRQWKH0HPRU\8QLW The Memory Unit contains the circuit boards (which you won't have to worry about). On the end of the unit you will find the volume knob for the speaker volume and a jack for an external speaker.
  • Page 14 Keyboard SPEAKER MEMORY UNIT CONTROL UNIT connector Connect the cable on either side of the keyboard Connect the WalkerTalker and the Keyboard :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 15: Hooking Up And Adjusting The Walkertalker

    Unit, it will not work. Plug the Keyboard into the Control Unit: 1. Take one end of the cable that came with the WalkerTalker and plug it into the connector on either the left or the right side of the keyboard. Plug the other end of the cable into the jack marked with the picture of a keyboard ) on the bottom end of the Control Unit.

  • Page 16: Battery Information

    2. Do not charge the batteries longer than 8-10 hours at a time. 3. You can use the WalkerTalker when the charger is plugged in, but it will take longer to charge completely.
  • Page 17 When the batteries are low you will not be able to store or erase messages until you plug in the battery charger. You can use the WalkerTalker while you are charging it, it will just take longer to fully charge the batteries.
  • Page 18 ,FRQ6HTXHQFH ([DPSOHV ,:$17 +$9( Minspeak Icon Sequences :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...
  • Page 19 About Minspeak The Vanguard uses a patented vocabulary-coding method called Minspeak to help you communicate. Minspeak is a means of coding vocabulary to a small set of icons that are rich in meaning. Minspeak's use of icons taps into a person's natural tendency to associate multiple meanings to pictures.
  • Page 20 Icon Associations Vocabulary word = WHERE? WANTED= who is QUESTION WORD the man in the WANTED icon?. Associations for this icon might be: WEATHER UMBRELLA UNDER SHELTER RAIN WH ETHER Icon Associations :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...
  • Page 21 An Example of Icon Associations Minspeak uses icon combinations to represent a vocabulary. For example, suppose you want to store the word, "Where." Minspeak allows you to choose several icons to represent the word. If you choose a two-icon sequence, you will find that you can speak the word with only two key activations.

  • Page 22: Selecting Icons

    When selecting icons for your own messages, think about: The "rules" your vocabulary program uses; Possible associations for each icon; Potential categories; Combining icons for a wide range of messages. Icons should be: easy to LEARN easy to REMEMBER easy to TEACH "...
  • Page 23 About Selecting Your Own Minspeak Icons to Represent a Message 6XPPDU\ :KHQFKRRVLQJ\RXURZQLFRQVFRQVLGHUWKHIROORZLQJWKH UXOHVIRU\RXUYRFDEXODU\SURJUDPDOOWKHDVVRFLDWLRQVDQLFRQ PD\KDYHWKHFDWHJRU\\RXUPHVVDJHPD\EHORQJLQKRZHDV\ WKHDVVRFLDWLRQEHWZHHQLFRQDQGZRUGZLOOEHWROHDUQWR UHPHPEHUDQGWRWHDFKZKDWLFRQVPLJKWEHFRPELQHGWR UHSUHVHQWDZLGHUDQJHRIPHVVDJHV There is an overlay in place on your device. This is the Unity 2-hit overlay. Each sequence can be retrieved with two activations. We suggest you use this overlay for practice.
  • Page 24 Lift up on keyguard to remove it from case. ZORRO AUDIO THEME' FEEDBK SELECT SET/CLR PAGE BAUD SAVE LOAD RATE CTL.PNL. ACCEPT ON/OFF TIME Toolbox Overlay is Lift up on icon overlay under neath icon to remove it from overlay. keyboard.

  • Page 25: Changing An Overlay

    Changing an Overlay You selected a Unity vocabulary and overlay when you ordered the WalkerTalker. :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...
  • Page 26 KEY LOCATIONS ROW (R) = Across COLUMN (C) = Down C1 C2 LOCATION 2-2 (R2C2) C1 C2 LOCATION 3-4 (R3C4) C1 C2 LOCATION 4-1 (R4C1) Locate Keys by Row and Column :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 27: Location Codes

    WKHNH\ERDUGWKHUHDUHURZVDQGFROXPQV There are some instances, such as during a review of stored messages, where the WalkerTalker will repeat the location of the first icon in your sequence before it speaks the message. It designates a location by the number of the row and the number of the column where the key is.
  • Page 28 Slide top panel back to see inside Control Unit Top panel slides back STORE RECORD REVIEW MEMORY FULL EXTENDED SP ERASE EXT SP BATTERY HOOK-UP The Control Panel :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 29: Use The Control Panel To Record And Store Messages

    Two of the LEDs correspond to the STORE RECORD buttons. The third LED lights when the WalkerTalker's memory is full and whenever you are reviewing messages. The fourth LED tells you whether you are using Standard or Extended speech. If...
  • Page 30 Slide top panel back to see inside Control Unit Top panel slides back EXT. SP. Remember STANDARD speech is the default. The LED is unlit . Standard Speech = 1 minute Press the button to switch EXT SP Speech. EXTENDED The LED will flash for a moment.
  • Page 31 PLQXWHVRIORZHUTXDOLW\([WHQGHGVSHHFK6HOHFWHLWKHU 6WDQGDUGRU([WHQGHGVSHHFKLQWKH&RQWURO3DQHO The WalkerTalker records your messages in digitized speech. This means you simply speak into the WalkerTalker and it plays back what you have recorded. There are two settings for recording messages, Standard or Extended speech. Messages recorded in Standard speech sound a little better when they are spoken by the WalkerTalker than messages recorded in Extended speech.
  • Page 32 Before you begin to store messages: PLAN MESSAGES ICON SEQUENCES Select Plan icon sequences for messages which are each message which necessary/useful/fun help you to remember. Write them down. Write them down. Examples: Examples: My name is Taylor. EYE NAME I live on Hickory Lane.
  • Page 33 PHVVDJHVIRUWKHXVHU.QRZZKDW\RXZDQWWRVD\EHIRUH\RX EHJLQWRUHFRUG The WalkerTalker is the voice of the user. If the user is a young child, ask a child (who can be easily understood) to do the recording. If the user is a young woman, ask a young woman, not a man, to do the recording.

  • Page 34: Storing A Message

    STORE RECORD ERASE REVIEW FULL EXT SP TO STORE 1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Press STORE 3. Press the icons you have chosen to store the message under. 4. Press and hold and speak message RECORD into microphone. 5. Release RECORD TO HEAR MESSAGE 1.
  • Page 35 Note: You may not select the same icon twice in a row. The WalkerTalker will emit an error beep. Just re-enter new icons. If you select too many icons for a sequence or press two keys at once, all the lights in the Control Panel will flash. Just start over.
  • Page 36 When one icon sequence is also the beginning of another sequence, you must tell the WalkerTalker which sequence to speak. ICON MESSAGE SEQUENCE We went to Grandma's house for our vacation. I love to stay at my Grandma's house. Press twice ( to hear the first message.
  • Page 37 ,IDQLFRQVHTXHQFHIRURQHPHVVDJHLVDOVRWKHEHJLQQLQJRID VHTXHQFHIRUDQRWKHUVWRUHGPHVVDJHVHOHFWWKHODVWLFRQLQWKH VKRUWHUVHTXHQFHWZLFH Once you store a message into the WalkerTalker, you can speak it at any time by selecting the icon sequence (or single icon) that you stored it under. However, if an icon sequence for one stored message also happens to be the beginning of a sequence for a different stored message, the WalkerTalker cannot be sure which message you want to speak.

  • Page 38: Review Your Messages

    ERASE REVIEW FULL TO REVIEW 1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Press REVIEW 3. WalkerTalker will speak the last message that was stored or spoken. 4. Press to hear next message. REVIEW AUTOMATIC REVIEW 1. Press and hold key for 5 seconds.
  • Page 39 REVIEW to another message. When you are not pressing the REVIEW key, you can use the WalkerTalker just as you normally would. 5. If you want to erase a message, press the key after the ERASE message has been spoken.

  • Page 40: Erase A Message

    ERASE FULL (REVIEW) TO ERASE 1. Open the Control Panel until you see button. ERASE 2. On the keyboard, press the icon sequence for the message you want to erase. 3. Once the message has been spoken, press the button. ERASE You can also press .
  • Page 41 WalkerTalker speaks, "Memory is full," three times. You can press the button, but you cannot record until you free up STORE some memory. You can still retrieve and speak messages. To learn how to erase the entire contents of the WalkerTalker, see page XX. :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 42: Using The Toolbox Overlay

    > A regular overlay has icons on it which you have assigned to individual keys. You use a regular overlay every day. AUDIO THEME ZORRO SELECT FEEDBK. SET/CLR. PAGE MEMORY MEMORY BAUD SAVE LOAD RATE CTL.PNL. SYSTEM ACCEPT ON/OFF DEFAULT TIME The Toolbox overlay shows you which keys on the keyboard have tools assigned to them and what the...
  • Page 43 TOOLBOX. "tool," and these tools allow you to change some of the WalkerTalker's settings. In order to use these tools, you must "open" the Toolbox in the Control Panel. You will learn how to do this on the next page. For now, it is enough to know that once you have opened the Toolbox, you should use your Toolbox overlay.
  • Page 44 THEME ZORRO FEEDBK. SET/CLR. SELECT PAGE BAUD MEMORY MEMORY RATE SAVE LOAD SYSTEM CTL.PNL. ACCEPT DEFAULT ON/OFF TIME TOP ROW = Tools used most often BOTTOM ROW = "Second Tools" used less often unused Toolbox keys WalkerTalker Toolbox :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 45: Tools In The Toolbox

    Some of the WalkerTalker keys do things besides store and retrieve messages. These other functions are called tools. Tools are used to adjust the WalkerTalker so that it becomes even more useful for you. For example, ordinarily key 1-3 (R1C3) may have an icon...
  • Page 46 3. Press the keys in the pattern shown below 1-1,1-4, 2-1, 2-4, 2-4, 2-1,1-4,1-1 ZORRO Forward ZORRO Reverse Press R1C1 again to confirm that you want to Zorro. Press in the Control Panel to STORE exit the Toolbox and to start the Zorro. ZORRO WalkerTalker's Memory :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...
  • Page 47 WalkerTalker. Also, a single user may outgrow the original vocabulary and need different messages. You can erase all of the memory in the WalkerTalker at one time by "Zorroing" it. "Zorroing" simply refers to a special key sequence you press in order to erase the WalkerTalker's contents.

  • Page 48: Change Audible Key Feedback

    1. To open Toolbox, press and hold for 5 seconds until you hear STORE the beep. 2. Press key (R1C3) AUD. FDBK 3. Press once for Beep Off; press again for Beep On. "BEEP" is the default setting. AUDIO FEEDBK Press MEMORY LOAD AUDIO...
  • Page 49 STORE puts the new setting into effect. The WalkerTalker also has an error beep that you hear if you make a mistake such as pressing too many keys at once or selecting too many icons for a sequence. This is a higher pitched, two-toned beep.
  • Page 50 SET 1 ICON THEME 1. Press and hold for 5 seconds STORE to open Toolbox. Wait to hear beep. 2. Press key (R1-C4) 1 ICON THEME 3. One "beep" sets the theme. THEME SET/CLEAR Press 4. Select the icon you want to use. 5.

  • Page 51: One Icon Theme Set

    :KHQ\RXVHWD2QH,FRQ7KHPHWKH:DONHU7DONHUDXWRPDWLFDOO\ VHOHFWVWKHVDPHILUVWLFRQIRUDQ\VHTXHQFHV\RXVWRUH2SHQ WKH7RROER[3UHVVWKHNH\DW5&:KHQ\RXKHDUWKHEHHS VHOHFWWKHLFRQDQG2QH,FRQ7KHPHLVVHW means that the WalkerTalker pre-selects the first ONE-ICON THEME icon of every sequence entered into it. For example, let's say that you have a number of messages you would like to store that have something to do with "family", such as, "My family is from Ohio,"...
  • Page 52 repeats the location code of the first icon to remind you of the theme. :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...
  • Page 53 CLEAR 1 ICON THEME 1. Press and hold for 5 seconds STORE until you hear the beep. 2. Press key (R1-C4) 1 ICON THEME 3. A double beep means the theme is cleared. THEME SET/CLEAR Press 4. Press to exit Toolbox STORE with the theme cleared.

  • Page 54: One Icon Theme Clear

    ONE ICON THEME ways. You can use it to set up the WalkerTalker for different users, each with their own vocabulary stored under a different key. Changing the themes when you change users allows THEME the new users to access only their own vocabularies.
  • Page 55 DISABLE THE CONTROL PANEL/ ENTIRE SYSTEM 1. Press and hold for 5 seconds to STORE open the Toolbox. Wait to hear the beep (or click). 2. Press key (R2C2) CTRL PANEL 3. 2 beeps = Control Panel OFF CTRL PANEL ON/OFF Press 4.
  • Page 56 Toolbox so that you can turn the Control Panel back On. You cannot use it for storing. You can still speak messages from the keyboard, though. You can also lock the entire WalkerTalker system so that you cannot even speak messages. To Turn the Control Panel 1.
  • Page 57 "5" = 1 second "6" = 1 1/4 seconds "7" = 1 1/2 seconds "8" = 2 seconds "WalkerTalker speaks the number, "1", "2", "3", etc. to indicate acceptance time, rather than speaking the seconds . Change the Key Acceptance Time...
  • Page 58 WalkerTalker activates the key. However, one-sixteenth of a second may be too fast for some people. The WalkerTalker has a tool that allows you to choose a longer acceptance time.

  • Page 59: Control Panel On/Off

    SET SYSTEM DEFAULTS 1. Press and hold for 5 STORE seconds to open Toolbox. Wait to hear the beep. 2. Press key (R2C4) SYS. DEFAULT SYSTEM DEFAULT Press DEFAULTS ARE SET TO: Audible Feedback = BEEP Control Panel = Set/Clear Theme = CLEAR 3.

  • Page 60: System Defaults

    7RRODW5& You can use the tool to reset some of the SYSTEM DEFAULTS WalkerTalker's features to their original settings if you have changed them. By pressing location R2C4 you turn the audible key feedback to (beep), the Control Panel to...
  • Page 61 ON/OFF TIME SECOND TOOLS R1-C2 = MEMORY SAVE R1-C3 = MEMORY LOAD R1-C4 = BAUD RATE FIRST Press R1C1. WalkerTalker says, "Two." Then press the tool that you want to use. Some Keys Have More Than One Tool :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 62: Some Keys Contain More Then One Tool

    STORE Once you have opened the Toolbox, you must tell the WalkerTalker that you want to use a second tool. In order to do this, press the key at R1C1 once. When you are in the Toolbox, pressing R1C1 tells the WalkerTalker that you want a key's second tool.
  • Page 63 MTI-IBM Plug in the battery charger. Connect the small end of the MTI cable to the connector with the picture of the computer on the Control Unit. Plug the other end into Serial Port 1 on your computer. Turn on computer and put the MTI disk into disk drive.
  • Page 64 Using the MTI-IBM 1. Connect one end of the battery charger that came with your WalkerTalker into the connector on the Control Unit that has the picture of a battery charger under it. Plug the other end into a working wall outlet.
  • Page 65 "MTI" icon. 4. Double click on "PRC" 5. Click on the name of the device you are using: "WalkerTalker" or "Other" . Open the Toolbox (press and hold the STORE button for 5 seconds until you hear the beep.) Press key 1-1. You will hear, "2".
  • Page 66 Before you begin, remove any other versions of the MTI you may have on your computer. Using the MTI-Mac 1. Connect the battery charger that came with your WalkerTalker into the connector that has the picture of a battery charger under it. Plug the other end into a wall outlet.
  • Page 67 rate is 57600. Change the computer baud rate to 57600 in the menu bar of the MTI. :DONHU7DONHU 0DQXDO...

  • Page 68: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING When STORE Won't Work STORE If you press and hear "Row 1 Column 2" or some other location code, instead of a beep you have forgotten that you are in a THEME. Either go to the Toolbox and CLEAR the theme or continue to store using the THEME.
  • Page 69 Another clue that you are in a One Icon Theme is that the WalkerTalker will not allow you to press a three icon sequence to store a message under. This is because the first icon has already been chosen.

  • Page 70: Troubleshooting: Batteries

    2. Do not charge the batteries longer than 8-10 hours at a time-- unless the batteries have gone completely dead. 3. If the batteries are charged but the WalkerTalker doesn't work: unplug the keyboard, wait 2 minutes, plug the keyboard back in. Troubleshooting: Batteries...
  • Page 71 Unplug the battery charger and plug the keyboard back into the Control Unit. The WalkerTalker does not work at all and you are fairly sure the batteries are dead: Unplug the keyboard from the Control Unit.
  • Page 72 RECORD AUTOMATIC REVIEW MANUAL REVIEW 1. Press and hold REVIEW for 5 seconds. Hear click. 1. Press and release 2. WalkerTalker repeats the button. REVIEW last message stored or 2. The last message spoken and automatically stored or spoken moves to next message.

  • Page 73: Store, Erase And Review At A Glance

    Manual Review 1. Press and release the button. REVIEW 2. WalkerTalker speaks the last message stored or spoken. It repeats the location code of the first icon and then the message. 3. Press to listen to the next message. REVIEW 4.

  • Page 75: Index

    Index 1 Icon Theme Clear 24 MTI-5 29 1 Icon Theme On 23 MTI-6 30 Acceptance Time 26 Overlays Audible Feedback 22 changing 10 Batteries 7, 33 sample 2 Baud Rate 31 toolbox 19-20, 28 Beep changing 22 Record 12 error 22 Re-set Button Connectors...

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