Lightwriter SL40 Connect User Guide

This is a User Guide for Lightwriter SL40 Connect. For updates or additions, visit our website at http://www.toby-churchill.com

Designed and manufactured in the UK by: Toby Churchill Ltd Toby Churchill House Norman Way Industrial Estate Over Cambridge CB24 5QE United Kingdom tel: +44 1954 281210 fax: +44 1954 281224 email: [email protected]

For Technical Support in the UK: tel: 01954 281 222 fax: 01954 281 224 email: [email protected] SMS text: 07518 037 058 For support and assistance outside of the UK, please contact your local supplier, details can be found on the base of your Lightwriter.

® Lightwriter is a registered trademark of Toby Churchill Ltd.

Toby Churchill Ltd reserves the right to make reasonable changes or modifications to the products, materials and services at any time without notice. 2

Note to UK customers: Your Lightwriter has been delivered with an O2 pay-as-you-go SIM card already fitted, which includes a balance of £10. This means you can begin to use the Lightwriter’s built-in phone straight away. Alternatively, you can change the SIM card to one from a current mobile phone or purchase a separate one just for your Lightwriter.

Once the £10 on your SIM card has run out you will need to add more credit to continue sending SMS message and making audio calls. For more information on adding credit, the costs of SMS messages and calls, and anything else related to your SIM card, please see the O2 user guide supplied with the SIM card.

If you make a lot of audio calls on your Lightwriter, your supplied pay-asyou-go O2 SIM card may become expensive to use. Replacing it with a monthly contract SIM card may be more economical. See Fitting a SIM card for information about changing the SIM card in your Lightwriter.

Your Lightwriter also comes with the Toby Churchill Ltd Technical Support numbers in the Contacts activity. You can send us an SMS message or call us for help. (Don’t forget to include a mobile or landline number in your SMS message for reply).

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Contents Welcome to your Lightwriter...6 Accessories...8 Charging your Lightwriter...10 What the keys do... 11 Turning on your Lightwriter...15

Talk...17

Remote...49

Speakiing... 17 Typing... 18 Predictions and word stores... 20 Things you can do... 23

Recording... 49 Using... 51 Things you can do... 51

Phone...24 Fitting a SIM card... 24 Phone Indicators... 27 Balance Check... 28 PIN Codes... 29

SMS Messages...30 New... 30 Inbox... 31 Outbox... 32

Audio Calls...34 Making a call... 34 Missed calls... 35 Emergency calls... 35 During a call... 36 Voicemail... 40 Phone settings... 42

Contacts...44 Add new... 44 Browsing... 44 Things you can do... 45

Notebook...46 Add new... 46 Browsing... 47 Things you can do... 48

Alarms...52 Add new... 52 Things you can do... 54

Setups...55 Managing your setups... 55 Advanced Setups... 55 Volumes... 56 Speech... 58 Word Stores and Language... 60 Displays... 63 Keyboard... 64 Power... 66 Information... 67

Shortcuts...68 Memory Sticks...69 Plugging in... 69 Configuring... 70 Things you can do... 71

Your Keyboard...73 Changing your keyguard... 73 Changing your keyboard layout... 77 Cleaning your keyboard... 79

Troubleshooting...80 Main... 80 Memory sticks... 81 Phone... 82

Index...85 5

Welcome to your Lightwriter The Lightwriter SL40 Connect is a text-to-speech communication aid with a difference. It makes typing and talking quicker and easier, but also lets you:

• speak using high quality Acapela voices. • make audio telephone calls and send SMS messages using the built-in phone.

• record infra-red codes to control equipment around your home, such as televisions and stereos.

• write and save long notes and speak them later. • store contact information for your friends and family. • set alarms to wake you up or remind you of events.

Your Lightwriter Built-in Microphone

Keyguard

User Display

Leverage points

Phone Light Battery Light Remote Code Receiver

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Partner Display

Remote Code Transmitter

Loudspeaker

Charging Socket

Memory Stick Port

Charging Light

External Microphone Socket

Headphone Socket

Mounting Points

SIM Card Slot

Quick Tip Your Lightwriter may have protective films covering both displays. You should remove them before using your Lightwriter. 7

What’s in the Box ? There are a number of additional accessories included with your Lightwriter, which let you use and customise your communication aid. Check that all of these are in the box with your Lightwriter Charger - Use this to charge your Lightwriter’s battery. You should charge your Lightwriter for 8 hours every night to always get a full day’s use. See Charging your Lightwriter for more information. A charger for use in a car may also be available from your supplier.

Quick Tip You should only use the charger supplied with your Lightwriter

Keyguards - Your Lightwriter is supplied with three different keyguards, which can raise the area around your keys to help you type accurately. See Your Keyboard for more information. Toolkit - Your toolkit contains a keyring, screwdriver, and the keyguard release tool. You will need to use these to remove your keyguard or change your SIM card.

Memory Stick - Use your memory stick to transfer pieces of text and system backups between your Lightwriter and your computer. See the Memory Sticks activity for more information.

Carry Bag - Use your carry bag to move your Lightwriter and all of its accessories around securely.

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Additional Accessories SIM Card - If you want to use your Lightwriter’s built-in phone to send SMS messages and make audio calls, you will need a SIM card. See Fitting a SIM Card in the Phone activity for more information.

A dedicated range of robust accessories are also available for the Lightwriter. These will let you mount your Lightwriter on a wheelchair or stand, or use a strap set or alternative carry bags to make it easier to transport and use. Contact your supplier for more information on all of the extras which are available for your Lightwriter.

Quick Tip Contact your supplier if you need a replacement for any of the Lightwriter accessories.

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Charging your Lightwriter Before turning on your Lightwriter for the first time, you should plug in the charger. You will need to leave your Lightwriter on charge for 12 hours before it is ready to be used. Your Lightwriter should then be fully charged for 8 hours every night so that you always get a full day’s use.

Plug the charger into the socket shown on the left side of the Lightwriter. The battery light will be green to show that the Lightwriter is receiving power.

Quick Tip You should only use the charger supplied with your Lightwriter.

The battery light on the front of your Lightwriter will also be green when the charger is plugged in. You can continue to use your Lightwriter whilst it is charging.

When your battery begins to get low on your Lightwriter, the battery light will change to amber and then red to alert you that you need to plug in the charger. An icon may also appear on screen: If the battery gets too low, your Lightwriter will turn itself off, and you must plug in the charger before you can turn it back on again. If you try to turn it on again without the charger, the battery light will turn red for 5 seconds, to show that the charger is needed.

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What the keys do As well as the letter keys for typing and talking, your Lightwriter has a few other keys to let you use all of the activities. For information on changing how your keyboard works, for example using a hold or delay time on the keys or changing the layout, see the Setups activity.

On and Clear key This key will always turn on your Lightwriter if it is in Suspend mode or turned off. If you need to restart your Lightwriter, hold down On/C until the display turns off (this can take up to 20 seconds) and release. Once your Lightwriter is turned on, On/C will cancel what you are doing and take you back to the previous screen. When you are speaking or typing text, On/C will stop anything that is being spoken or clear the text line. If you make a mistake while you are typing, for example clearing the text line or selecting the wrong prediction, pressing Shift-On/C will undo the last action.

Activities key Pressing this key will always take you back to the Activities Bar. If you are in a phone call, this key will give you the option to hang up.

Do key Pressing Do will select the highlighted item or speak the text you have typed. Your Lightwriter can also speak any prompt text on screen which you have not typed yourself, for example menus or message screens, by pressing Shift-Do.

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Back and Next keys Press these keys to move around menus and lists. When typing, the Back key will also delete the last character you have entered. Remember that you can delete the whole line at once with On/C. To edit text, press Shift-Back or Shift-Next to move the cursor left or right You must without deleting anything, indicated by the arrows icon: have Navigation Lock turned on in the Setups activity to do this.

Shift key Pressing the Shift key changes the action of the next key you press. It lets you enter capital letters and select the orange items on your keyboard, for example punctuation or help. An icon will appear on the right of the After the next key is pressed, Shift is screen when you press Shift: automatically turned off again. If you have Caps Lock turned on in the Setups activity, pressing Shift twice will change all of your text to capital letters.

Pick key When you are typing text, press Pick to see your list of phrases to make speaking quicker. You can also press Shift-Pick to see the symbol picker and select punctuation marks, symbols, and accents which are not shown on your keyboard. In Setups the Pick key will always select the default factory setting.

Buzz key The Buzz key immediately produces a sound to help attract attention, and can be pressed at any time. Shift-Buzz will also produce an alternative sound. You can choose which sounds this key produces in the Setups activity.

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Menu key Pressing the Menu key will always show you all of the things you can do in the current activity. For example, it will let you edit, delete, or save items such as notes and SMS messages. Shift-Menu can also be used anywhere to see the quick setups menu. This lets you change your Speech Volume and Display Brightness.

Number keys As well as entering numbers as you type, you can also use the number keys to select items quickly from menus and lists. This can be a lot quicker than using the Next, Back, and Do keys. For example, on the activities bar pressing 4 will select the Notebook activity, and in the Talk activity 1, 2, 3, and 4 select prediction words. Using the Number keys is an easy way to remember how to get to something without looking at every screen. For example, from the Activities Bar, pressing 7, 2, 1, 1 will let you change the Speech Volume. When you are typing, to enter numbers you will first need to press the 123.. key to turn on Number Lock.

123… and Help key The 123.. key changes how your number keys work when you are typing text. The number keys will automatically select one of the predictions from the boxes below your text. If the 123.. key is pressed the number keys will enter numbers into your text instead, and an icon will appear on the right of the screen to show that you are in Number Lock. Press 123.. again to turn off Number Lock. Shift-123.. can be used anywhere to select Help, which will show a short description of the activity you are using.

Letter and Space keys Use the letter and space keys to type in text to speak. To enter a capital letter, press Shift before using the letter key. To change the order of your letter keys, see Keyboard Layout in the Setups activity. 13

Punctuation and Accent keys Your keyboard may have additional punctuation, letter, or accent keys for your language. Adding punctuation to your text may make your speech clearer. Press Shift first to select the items shown in red. To make typing quicker, your Lightwriter will automatically add a space after . , ! or ?. For accents shown without a letter, first select the letter you would like to use, for example e, and then add an accent, for example ˆ, to create the character ê. You can also press Shift-Pick to find more accents in the symbol picker if they are not shown on you keyboard.

Silent Mode key Some keyboards may include a mute key. This is a quick way of turning Silent Mode on and off. See the Setups activity for more information about Silent Mode.

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Turning on your Lightwriter After charging your Lightwriter it will be ready to use. To turn it on press the On/C key. Your Lightwriter will take a few moments to start up. If you do not use your Lightwriter or press any keys for a short time, it will turn off the displays and go into Suspend mode. This helps the battery to last longer. To wake the Lightwriter up again, press On/C. You can change when your Lightwriter goes into Suspend mode with Suspend Time in the Setups activity.

First Run Wizard The first time you turn on your Lightwriter, you may see this message.

This is the First Run Wizard, which will ask you a few questions to help you set up your Lightwriter. Use the Next and Back keys to view all of the options, and press Do to select one. Don’t worry, you can change these later if you need to.

• Voice - Choose the Acapela voice you would like to use to speak.

Remember, you can press Shift-Do to hear an example of each voice as you scroll through the list.

• Speech Volume - Choose how loud you would like your voice to be. • Buzz Sound - Choose the sound you would like your Buzz key to make. You can use Shift-Do to hear an example of each sound.

• Key Click Volume - Changes how loud the clicks are when you press

a key. Press Next to make them louder, or Back to make them quieter or turn them off.

• Time - Set the current time for the clock on your Lightwriter. This will let you set alarms. Set the hours and then the minutes.

• Date - Once you have set the time, set the day, month, and year for the date.

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Activities This is the Activities Bar. It is the most important screen on your Lightwriter; everything on your Lightwriter is accessible from this main menu. Pressing the Activities key will always return you to the Activities Bar.

Talk

Phone

Contacts

Notebook

Remote

Alarms

Setups

Shortcuts

Each of the 8 activities have an icon on the Activities Bar. The day and time are also shown in the bottom-right of the screen.

To select an activity use the Number keys or Next, Back, and Do. Alternatively, just start typing text to enter the Talk activity automatically. The name of the highlighted activity will be shown in the bottom-left of the screen.

Quick Tip You can get help on any screen by pressing Shift-123.. This will give you more information about the activity you are using.

The icons on the Activities Bar are also shown on the top-right of every other screen on your Lightwriter, to let you always see which activity you are using. For example, the screen below is in the Alarms activity, as the alarm clock symbol is shown. Activities Icon

See the next sections for more information about each activity.

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Talk The most important thing your Lightwriter does is speak the words you type. For this you need to use the Talk activity.

Anything you type will appear in the top half of the screen, and also on the out-facing partner display for your communication partners to read.

Quick Tip If your communication partner cannot read everything you have typed, you can adjust how much text is visible on the partner display with Partner Lines in the Setups activity. Underneath your text you can see four predictions, which update as you type and predict the word you are most likely to use next. Select a prediction with the Number keys or Next, Back, and Do. To speak all of the text you have typed, press Do. You can choose whether your Lightwriter also speaks every word or every sentence automatically with Speech Mode in the Setups activity.

If you would like to make your conversation more private, you can also use Second Conversation to turn off the partner display. See Things you can do with your text.

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Typing

• Capital Letters - To type a capital letter, press Shift before selecting a letter key. When Shift has been pressed this icon will appear:

If you want to type multiple capital letters, for example BBC or UNICEF, you can turn on Caps Lock by pressing Shift twice. Everything you type will be in capital letters until you press Shift again. When you are in Caps Lock this icon will appear: You can turn Caps Lock off, or use All Caps to make all of your text capital letters, in the Setups activity.

• Numbers - To enter numbers in the text screen, switch on Number Lock by pressing the 123.. key. A 123.. symbol is shown on the right of the screen when you are in Number Lock:

Press 123.. again to turn Number Lock off. The number keys will select predictions when Number Lock is off. Number Lock is switched on automatically in text screens which do not have predictions, for example when entering a name or telephone number in the Contacts activity.

Quick Tip

• Undo - If you make a mistake in

The way you type text is the same in all of the activities on your Lightwriter.

Talk, you can undo it by pressing Shift-On/C. For example if you have accidentally deleted all of your text with On/C, Shift-On/C will restore it. It can also remove anything you have accidentally typed, a prediction you have selected, or an autocorrection. Shift-On/C can undo up to the last 20 entries.

• Delete - You can delete the things that you have typed by pressing Back to delete one character at a time, or On/C to delete the entire line of text.

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• Punctuation - Commonly used punctuation and symbols are shown on

the number keys in orange; to use them, simply press Shift followed by the number key. Punctuation used to end a sentence, for example . ? and !, will automatically be followed by a space. To enter punctuation and symbols which are not shown on your keyboard, press Shift-Pick to see the symbol picker.

The symbols are shown in three groups. Use the Next and Back keys to see which symbols are in each group. When you see the symbol you need, press Do to select the group, and use the Next, Back, and Do keys to select the symbol. You can also use the number keys to select a group and the symbols on the top row.

• Accents - Depending on which language you are using, your keyboard

may have additional diacritic letter or accent keys. Use these in the same way as normal letter keys.

• Moving around your text - To move the cursor left and right through

your text without deleting anything, press Shift-Back or Shift-Next to turn on Navigation Lock. When you are in Navigation Lock this icon will appear: Once you get to the point you want to edit press any other key to turn Navigation Lock off and begin typing or deleting text again.

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Using predictions and word stores As well as simply typing the text you want to speak, your Lightwriter has some different ways to help you speed up your communication.

• Predictions - Your Lightwriter

Quick Tip

will automatically remember the Predictions and other typing words you use and the way you aids are also available in the use them. As you type, it will then Phone and Notebook activities. try to predict what you are most likely to say next. Your Lightwriter already has a few words to get you started, but the more you type and talk, the more accurate these predictions will be. The four suggested predictions are shown in the square tabs. You can select a prediction by using the Number keys (make sure Number Lock is off), or Next, Back, and Do. If the word you want is not shown, begin to type the word until the correct prediction appears.

If you do not want to use predictions, see Predictor Display in the Setups activity to turn it off. Talk will then show two lines of text instead.

• New Words - Your Lightwriter has a huge dictionary, but some unusual

names and words may be missing, for example Cambridgeshire. You will be asked to add new words to your dictionary after you have typed them three times. A word will not appear as a prediction until you add it to your dictionary.

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• Phrases - You can also

save and use short pieces of text as phrases. To save a phrase simply type it in, press Menu, and select Save as Phrase. It’s that simple.

Quick Tip Dictionary words, phrases, abbreviation expansions, auto-corrections, and speech exceptions can also be added, edited, or deleted in the Words Stores section of the Setups activity.

When you want to use a phrase, press Pick to select it from the phrase picker. Your Lightwriter already has a few phrases to get you started.

All of your phrases are shown on the right of the screen. The most commonly used phrases will be shown at the top of the list. You can select a phrase using the Number keys or with Next, Back, and Do. If you cannot see the phrase you would like to use, you can quickly search for it by typing in a key word. This will appear in the top box on the left of the screen. For example, to find the phrase Hello, my name is Toby. you may want to type in Toby or name, as these may be unique to this phrase.

You can enter more key words by pressing Space. If you want to delete a key word, press On/C.

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