Using the Word Prediction in Accent
The Word Prediction Menu Options
Unity Benefits
Unity vocabulary represents your CORE vocabulary—verbs, adjectives, nouns, interjections, phrases, etc. These are words that make up most sentences and turn sentences into conversation. But lots of sentences also contain words that are not exactly "core" words. They are more like "fringe" vocabulary; words that help to make the sentences interesting or to clarify meaning. These fringe words often are not stored in your Unity vocabulary because they are words that you only use occasionally. To use them, you must spell them out which takes time, cuts down on your ability to communicate rapidly and is labor-intensive. This is where Word Prediction helps.
Word Prediction Benefits
Word Prediction systems help improve a person's ability to communicate by cutting down on the amount of time spent in spelling out long and/or seldom used words.
Your Device has Two Word Prediction Systems
The PRC Word Prediction system predicts words based on how often (frequency) or how recently (recency) you have used the word.
The WordQ™ system predicts words based on words that are most likely to follow the word you just typed.
When to use Word Prediction
Use your CORE vocabulary when words are less than six letters in length.
With words longer than six letters, you can save time by selecting the predicted word in the window.
Note: Depending on the MAP you are using, some of the following options may not be available in your Word Prediction menu.
You can turn Word Prediction ON or OFF here. You can also turn it ON or OFF using the appropriate key in your Activity Row or on your Spelling Keyboard.
Combined Dictionaries
If you select Combined, both the PRC and WordQ dictionaries will work together to predict words. All three display options can be set: Recent Words, Previous Word and Suggest Spelling. Words you used most recently will be predicted first and then the words most likely to follow the word you typed or selected.
PRC Dictionary
If you select PRC Dictionary, the only display option you can set is Display Recent Words.
The Word Prediction system will keep track of and predict all the words that apply that you have used most recently. Once the most recently used words are displayed, the words that you see will be in the order of most frequently used.
In the Display Recent Words option, select the number of recently used words that you would like to see on the display. When you begin to spell a word, your device will display the 5 (or whatever number you have selected) most recently used words that begin with the letter(s) you have typed. The rest of the words on the display will be the most frequently used words that begin with the letter(s) you have typed.
If you set the number to "0", the words that appear in the Word Prediction Window will be the words that you use most frequently, but not necessarily the most recently used words.
TIP: Display Recent Words does not work if you have selected the WordQ dictionary alone.
WordQ™ Dictionary
If you select WordQ Dictionary, you can set two display options: Use Previous Words and Suggest Spelling. Both of these options default to ON.
Use Previous Words
Once you have selected a predicted word, WordQ will then display the words that are most likely to follow it. This may save you from having to start typing another word. If you turn this OFF, once you have selected a predicted word, WordQ will not predict another word until you begin to type in what you want.
Suggest Spelling
This option tells WordQ to try to predict the word you want if you have misspelled it.
When you turn this On, along with Spell One Word (in the FEEDBACK MENU), you can type on your Spelling keyboard, return to your MAP and the predicted word with its endings will be visible in the Word Prediction Area so you can select the word you want.
Unity – Add a Word to the Word Prediction Dictionary
· Go to the Toolbox and select the WORD PREDICTION MENU.
· Select Add a Word.
· Type the root word of the word you want to add. (A root word has no endings to it, such as 'es', 'ing', etc.) For example, enter the word "abominate".
· The display asks you to enter a word with similar word endings (that is, a word used the same way in sentences and with the same kind of endings as the word you entered). Type in a similar word. For this example, type "Terminate". "Terminate" appears in your Word Prediction window so you can select it. Select OK.
· You see a box containing the word you want to add with all its endings. If most of the endings are correct for the way you want to use your word, select YES. The new word is entered into the dictionary. If the endings aren't right, select NO, type in a new "similar word" and try again.
Delete a Word
This allows you to delete a word from the dictionary.
· Select Delete a Word.
· Type in the word you want to delete.
· Select the word from the Word Prediction Window.
· Select OK. The word is deleted.
Reviewing Words in the Dictionary
You can review words in the dictionary. Perhaps you want to check out the words that begin with specific letters or maybe you just want to see the whole dictionary. You can review the dictionary by viewing it on your display screen, by seeing it on the display and also hearing it spoken, or by seeing it on a computer monitor or printing it out.
STEP or AUTO are options for how you can go through the pages of words.
STEP means that you must activate a switch or touch the screen to move from page to page. AUTO means that your device will automatically change pages for you after the pre-set amount of "looking" time has passed.
You can select the Previous Items, More Items or the Cancel keys at any time whether you are using Step or Auto.
Normal
Predicted words are visible in the area below the regular Text Display Area. You select a word by pressing on it.
Large
If the Normal area is too small for easy use, select Large. This allows you to select a word by pressing on it in the Word Prediction Area or by pressing on the space above the word in the Text Display Area.
Fixed
This indicates that your device is placing your word choices on a fixed grid. You can select anywhere on the word to activate it.
Persistent
This keeps grid location defined at all times, even when Word Prediction is Off. “Persistent” is the default.
You can select to see predicted words in UPPER CASE or lower case.
The words in the Word Prediction window can be highlighted in any color. The background area can be a different color. Select the Highlight Color option to select the background color and the text color that you want to use.
In the Text/Background option, select Background Color box or Text Color box. Select a color area in the large box and then use the color bar and arrows to the left of the screen. The very top of the color bar is always white and the very bottom of it is always black. You can touch areas of the large color chart to change colors and then move the arrows to select a color. The four arrows to the right of the screen move the cursor on the color chart in increments of five. Hue, Saturation and Luminosity can be controlled through these four arrows or with the arrows that come with each option.
If you create a color that you want to save, select the Save New Custom Color key. Then select one of the Custom Color keys to store it under. If you select a Custom Color key where you have already stored a color, the new color will take the place of the older color.
The Color Menu is available in the pull-down menu. Select Colors. Select Text or Background in the Word Prediction Color box. Select a color.
You will only use this option if you are using a computer emulation program that has a command for delete that is different from your device's default command. The default "delete" command is: (esc)backspace.
If the delete command for your computer is different you must select the Computer command for delete option and type in the keyboard emulation command that your program uses. Select OK when you have finished typing.
When Word Prediction is On and Output is set to Immediate in the OUTPUT MENU, any characters you type are sent to the display and to the computer monitor. When you select a word from the Word Prediction window, the characters that you spelled are deleted from your device display and are replaced by the word that you want. These spelled characters must also be deleted from your computer display. Your device sends the Delete command for each character that is to be erased from your computer, so it is important that it knows the correct command.
TIP: The computer delete command must be used to delete one character at a time. Delete Word will not work correctly.
Increase a Word's Frequency Value
Word Prediction also keeps track of how often a word is used. The more a word is used, the closer it gets to the front of the predicted words line. If you have a word you use lot and you don't want to wait for it to appear at the front of the line use this option to tell Word Prediction to move it to the front now.
This sends the dictionary to the display screen. When you select this option your device tells you to enter the start letters of the words you want to review. If you want to review all the words that begin with a certain letter(s), just type that letter and select OK. If you want to see more specific words, type in more letters. For example, if you type in "chu" you will see all the words that begin with "chu".
If you want to look at the entire dictionary, do not type in anything. Just select OK.
This works the same way as Review to Display except that your device will speak the entries on each page.
This allows you to save the dictionary review in a file on a USB drive or onyour device’s hard drive. If you have the optional internal computer, you can open the file in Word Pad on your device. If you do not have the internal computer, you should save a review to your USB flash drive. Then you can transfer it to your external computer and open it in a word processing program. Remember to set the correct options in the OUTPUT MENU.
When you receive your device, the default PRC Dictionary is already loaded into it. You can add words to, and delete words from, this dictionary.
If you make many changes to the dictionary and then decide you want the original PRC dictionary loaded back into your device, you can use the Load Default PRC Dictionary option. When you load the original dictionary back into your device, all of the changes you have made to your current dictionary will be lost.
NOTE: At this time you cannot make changes to the WordQ dictionary. Any words you add go into the PRC Dictionary.