Creating a Visual Scene in the Vantage Lite.
PROGRAMMERS TIP: This option is best used by the therapy team and programmers.
You must be using the Touch access method.
A scene is a special Page you make that has a picture superimposed over keys on your overlay.
You create and work with scenes much the same way as you do with any other page.
There are a number of scenes already stored in your Vantage Lite. We will use one of these scenes in the following example.
Importing Your Own Scenes:
You can import your own scenes to the Vantage Lite so they will be available for you to use. Save your own scenes to your USB drive, then plug the USB drive into the Vantage Lite. Open the TRANSFER MEMORY MENU and select Import Scenes.
Create a Page that Contains a Scene
1. In the Toolbox, select CREATE PAGE 
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2. Spell in a name for your page and select OK.
3. Select the number of locations you want. Scenes work best on overlays with a lot of keys on them, so let’s select 84. If you want to use a template, we suggest that you use the 60 or 84 TEMPLATE. If that is not your default template, go to the USER AREA MENU and change Templates to 60 or 84. Select OK.
4. Select any key on the overlay.
5. Select Change Scene.
6. You see the Modify Visual Scene screen. Select Choose Scene. It may take a few seconds for the scenes to appear.
Note: You can also import scenes here from your USB or hard drive. Select Import Scenes instead of Choose Scene.
7. All of the pre-stored scenes as well as any scenes you have imported will appear on these pages. Use More Items to scroll through the pages. Select the picture you want to use for your visual scene and select OK.
You can also import a scene here and delete scenes you no long want to use.
8. Notice that the picture covers all the keys on the overlay. You can choose your own size for the picture so that it covers only the keys you want it to cover. Select Change the size of the picture.
9. Select the area you want the picture to cover by selecting a top right corner key and bottom left corner key.
10. Now you can see how your page will look with the visual scene on it. You can select Change the size of the picture again to change it, you can remove it, or you can choose a new scene.
If you want your client to be able to see the keys under the graphic, set the Transparency option to more than 0%. The higher the Transparency percentage under the Change Scene key, the more visible the icons and labels on the keys under the picture become. If the transparency is too high, you may not be able to see the picture at all. 20% is generally a good starting point if you wish to use this feature. Select OK when you are finished.
Now you can program the keys on your overlay. You can program keys that are covered by the Visual Scene as well as those that aren’t. You might add messages that help explain things in the picture, or teach new vocabulary about the picture. You might program a key that takes you to another Page or Activity that relates to the Visual Scene.
11. Select Choose next key to define and begin to program the keys just as you would any other page.
Other things you can do:
• If you want to add a sound effect to a key, you may either record a sound or import a WAV or MP3 file. Change Type of Message to Recorded.
• Create links to other pages (see below).
• Define a scan just for this page by using Modify Scan Pattern.
12. Select OK when you have completed your visual scene.
You can create links to other Pages on your Visual Scene Page.
1. Set Type of Message to Computer Speech.
2. Select Spell Text for Message.
3. Select PAGE LINK.
4. Select YES.
5. Select the Page you want to link to.
6. Change the label, icon, color, etc., if you wish. Select OK when you are finished.