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Eco Unity Instruction Manual

Manual is about: For use with ECO software version 1.06 and higher

Summary of Unity

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    1 eco™ unity® manual for use with eco software version 1.06 and higher prentke romich company april, 2009 revised june 2010 14416 v.2.1.

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    2 eco, vantage, vanguard ii, vanguard, pathfinder, springboard, language activity monitor (lam), memory transfer interface (mti) and prc infrared receiver (irr) are trademarks of prentke romich company. Dectalk is a product of the digital electronics corporation. Minspeak is a registered trademark o...

  • Page 3: Contents

    Table of contents 3 contents eco hardware ............................................................................................. 6 eco front panel ..................................................................................................... 6 eco right side panel ........................

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    Table of contents 4 word prediction .......................................................................................... 46 icon tutor .................................................................................................... 46 teaching unity ...........................................

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    Table of contents 5 practice sentences for unity 84 sequenced.......................................................... 93 where to find .............................................................................................. 95 introduction to unity 144 ..........................................

  • Page 6: Eco Hardware

    Eco hardware 6 eco hardware • 3 usb ports • usb keyboard and mouse • 2 switch jacks • internal microphone • external speaker jack • built-in cd-rw/dvd-rom drive • 14.1” touch screen • 60 gb hard drive • integrated blue tooth technology eco front panel there are eight recessed keys on the top of the ...

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    Eco vocabulary 7 eco right side panel eco left side panel special instructions for using the re-set button: the first re-set you will try if your screen locks up is to hold down the on/off key and count to 10. Do not use the re-set button on the left side if your hard drive is still active. You will...

  • Page 8: Menus And Settings

    Eco vocabulary options 8 menus and settings drop-down menus • select the menu key on the right side of the status display and look at the list of menus and settings. • each menu has a counterpart in the toolbox which can be used by a scanner or someone using any of the other eco access methods. Cust...

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    Eco vocabulary options 9 change the colors 1. Select the menu key 2. Select colors. Notice the tabbed property sheet that is titled “user area setup properties.” 3. Choose the colors that you like for each item. 4. Select ok 5. Go to the toolbox and select feedback menu. Notice the color choices on ...

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    10 maintenance menu the maintenance menu is in the device toolbox. Important settings include • system lock • auto power down (saves battery power) • calibrate touch screen • system information – including the software version • battery status • shipping mode.

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    Eco vocabulary options 11 eco vocabulary options from the menu key you can open any one of the six user areas in eco. There are many more language programs (maps) available from the user area menu in the toolbox. You may view these options by selecting replace user area. Remember to back up any cust...

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    Eco vocabulary options 12 six user areas in eco area contains unity 60 single hit 60 location display. Most keys are one hit = one word. 42 single words with dynamic links to activity rows that help you put 2 and 3 word phrases together at a beginning language level. Pages for intellitools, computer...

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    Eco vocabulary options 13 other language programs number of key locations programs 144 unity 144 single hit; wordcore 144 84 unity 84 transition, unity 84 scan, wordcore 84 45 unity 45 one hit, unity 45 transition, unity 45 basic, unity 45 sequenced, unity 45 1-hit adult, unity 45 abc with pages, wo...

  • Page 14: Introduction To Unity

    Eco introduction to unity 14 introduction to unity unity is meant to be a growing and expanding system of language representation. Each program is related to the others. There is more than one level of unity, but all the levels use the same group of category and grammar icons to represent the same c...

  • Page 15: Unity 60 1-Hit

    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 15 unity 60 1-hit organization row 1 is the main activity row. • activity rows contain vocabulary specific to certain situations. • some keys in the main activity row do not open other activities. These keys are tools. The pages key links to the ...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 16 talking • with core vocabulary you can say one word at a time, or put phrases together by using the dynamic activity rows linked to each core key. When you select the apple icon, you say “eat” and the food row appears. Say the following phrases: •...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 17 core vocabulary and icons icon name icon rationale word obj (object) give me the present. Me possessive it’s mine. It has my nametag on it. My interjection interjections pop up in conversations just like fireworks. Please determiner mr. Determiner...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 18 icon name icon rationale word verb + ing we were pouring water out of the bucket. Were verb + ed the “+ed” bucket means past tense “was” because the water was poured out of the bucket. Was to + verb the “to” bucket says the word to. To number the ...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 19 icon name icon rationale word stop you stop at the stop sign. Stop it mary had a little lamb; its fleece was white as snow. It he he is a boy. He wanted he is a wanted man. Want dog you call your dog to come. Come remember tie a string around your...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 20 icon name icon rationale word god people make cookies of different shapes to celebrate holidays (god). Make umbrella you need your umbrella when it is raining. Need juice you can drink juice. Drink kitchen you turn the thermometer in the kitchen p...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 21 practice sentences for 60 1-hit open the activity row labeled word yes/no. Your screen looks like this: try the following sentences and phrases. I need that. I need a drink. I need help. I don’t need that. What do you need? You need to work. I nee...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 22 activity row icon contains good, yes, no, bad, all done quick access to names. Hi. What’s up? How are you? I’m fine. I’m not so good. It’s nice to meet you. Well, i must be going now. Good-bye. Personal information: my name is…, i live in…, and a ...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 23 activity row second row contains whole sentences separated into sub-categories: jokes, speaking, communication repair, medical, wants, friends, protests, questions, telling, and technology. Contains tools for working in and managing notebooks. Too...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 24 pages these are the pages available from the pages key. The top right corner key of each page goes back to core. The blank key is a hidden key for the notebooks page. To show this key, use the set-up key. When you first select the set-up key, you ...

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    Eco unity 60 1-hit prentke romich co. March, 2009 25 simplify by hiding keys some people may need to have the field of choices narrowed; maybe because of vision or attending problems. If these people begin learning on a 4, 8, or 15 location page system, then they will have to re-learn many key posit...

  • Page 26: Unity 60 Sequenced

    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 26 unity 60 sequenced organization the layout of unity 60 sequenced is very similar to unity 60 1-hit. The major differences are • there are more combined icons where two pictures/concepts occupy the same key. • there are no text labels on most o...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 27 whole sentences the sentence icon is a quick way to begin saying important messages, too. When you select the sentence key, you will see keys in the activity row highlighted in blue. This coloring means that they are links to another activity ...

  • Page 28: Unity Patterns

    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 28 unity patterns unity is a pattern-based system so that learning many new vocabulary entries becomes predictable. We will look at examples of the following patterns in unity 60 sequenced. All of these patterns are also found in the other unity ...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 29 unity pattern – pronoun phrases i can i can’t after you select the “i” pronoun, your screen looks like this: practice some of these pronoun-verb phrases..

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 30 unity pattern – question pronoun phrases reverse the order of this pattern for question phrases and negative questions. Can i can’t i after you select the juice icon, your screen looks like this: notice the pronoun phrases on all the yellow pr...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 31 unity pattern -- pronouns pronouns are color coded yellow. They are always in column two and three. Icon sequence subject pronoun icon sequence object pronoun i me you you it it she her he him we us they them icon sequence possessive adjective...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 32 unity pattern – grammar categories icon + grammar ending verbs, category nouns, and adverbs ending in –ly use the pattern of core icon + ending. Embellished icons off embellished icons on eat eat food food hungrily hungrily select apple to see...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 33 icon + grammar ending category nouns (singular and plural) are in the 2nd row, with orange color coding. Adverbs ending in –ly are in the 3rd row, with white color coding. Adjectives follow the pattern of a core icon + a solid light blue color...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 34 unity pattern -- dynamic activities dynamic activities contain more nouns. When a core icon is activated, a dynamic activity row provides quick access to category-related nouns. These words are referred to as “fringe vocabulary” because they a...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 35 extra verbs in the activity row when you select mr. Action man, the verb icon, you see a row of extra verb categories select a verb. Main activity rows, pages, and computer access these are the same as in unity 60 1-hit..

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 36 category labels in core you may find it helpful to see labels on the core keys in unity 60 sequenced. These labels are not comprehensive; however, they represent the most frequently used group of words available after the first selection of th...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 37 unity customization options: icon prediction and embellished icons because many different types of people use unity to communicate, there are many ways to customize the look of your unity program. Icon prediction and embellished icons are both...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 38 icons and icon rationales icon name icon rationale phone give the present to me. Pronoun ending for objective pronouns. Pronoun beginning key for reflexive pronouns. Suit it’s mine. It has my nametag on it. Categories: names, clothing. Ending ...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 39 icon name icon rationale verb + s the “s” bucket stands for “is” because of the s on the bucket. Present tense singular ending for verbs. Verb + ing we were pouring water out of the bucket. Present participle ending (-ing) for verbs verb + ed ...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 40 icon name icon rationale more most people want to hear more music. Categories: music, musicians, words: more, less stop you stop at the stop sign. Categories: endings, spell mode, words: stop, wait, quit he he is a boy. Pronoun “he” it mary ha...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 41 icon name icon rationale god people make cookies of different shapes to celebrate holidays (god). Categories: holidays, religion, shapes umbrella you need your umbrella when it is raining. Categories: weather, negatives juice tv you can drink ...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 42 practice sentences for unity 60 sequenced i’m hungry for pizza you’re not. What would you like? I don’t know. Maybe a hamburger. I don’t think so. Well, what? Let’s get some ice cream. Okay we both like chocolate. Let’s go. Wait. I need my jac...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 43 do what? Find my homework. You had homework? A little. A little what? A little math paper i saw that. Where? It was on the tv. Help me look. We will find it. Thank you for helping. Where are we going? It’s a surprise..

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 44 where to find air card phone tools activity row, phone back up the memory transfer memory menu calculator activity row, device tools change how a word is pronounced dictionary menu change the voice speech menu create visual scenes begin by imp...

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    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 45.

  • Page 46: Word Prediction

    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 46 word prediction there are three different options for word prediction in eco. Go to the toolbox and select word prediction menu. Try each one of the following options. Select the option, then go to spell mode and begin spelling a word. Prc wor...

  • Page 47: Teaching Unity

    Eco unity 60 sequenced prentke romich co. March, 2009 47 teaching unity teach vocabulary • by categories • by student-centered activities • by patterns o identify the patterns o prioritize o select vocabulary from each pattern to teach o use a variety of teaching aids teach navigational and operatio...

  • Page 48: More Customizations

    Eco more customizations 48 more customizations changing core icons • change one icon at a time by using the set-up key (#2 user defined key) • change one icon at a time by using the assign core keys menu. • change all occurrences of an icon by using the user area menu. Important tools for customizin...

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    Eco more customizations 49 create a new activity row 1. Begin in the toolbox with the create activity menu. 2. Spell the name for your new activity (can be up to 20 characters). Select ok 3. Choose an icon to represent the activity. If you choose no icon, the label text will represent your new activ...

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    Eco more customizations 50 visual scenes what are visual scenes? • special pages • one large graphic superimposed over keys • created much like other pages modify a visual scene 1. In unity 60 sequenced, go to the pages page. 2. Select my scenes, and then pets. 3. Use the set up key to begin modifyi...

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    Eco more customizations 51 location of visual scenes in unity maps unity 60 pages page, my scenes unity 84 1-hit pages page, my scenes activity row, have fun, books unity 84 sequenced same as unity 84 1-hit plus pages page, teach core unity 144 pages page, my scenes.

  • Page 52: Create A Visual Scene

    Eco more customizations 52 create a visual scene review of visual scenes • a special type of page with one large graphic superimposed over the keys. • begin creating just like any other page in eco • several examples are already done in eco. Look for the pages page in unity 60 single hit, and then g...

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    Eco more customizations 53 sounds on scene pages you may make a digitized real-voice recording or import a wav file on a key by changing the type of message to record. Tip: if you select ok, ok when programming a page, you will be off the page and into the toolbox. Find your page again by selecting ...

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    Eco more customizations 54 linking a page once you have created your visual scenes page, you will need to link it in to the unity map so that you don’t have to go to the toolbox to find it every time. Begin by deciding where you want to link the page. In unity 60 1-hit, there is a page named my scen...

  • Page 55: Vocabulary Builder

    Eco vocabulary builder 55 vocabulary builder vocabulary builder is an electronic way of hiding keys much like putting a paper overlay onto a manual board. You see only the sequences for words that you choose. You can choose the words by picking one of the text files already stored in eco, you can im...

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    Eco vocabulary builder 56 use a word list 1. Select use word lists 2. Select the list, and then load list 3. Select save mask info 4. Use the assign core keys menu to hide and show any remaining tools that you may want to hide. 5. To unmask keys while keeping the same word list, go to the menu key, ...

  • Page 57: Computer Access

    Eco computer access 57 computer access your eco will do computer access with the eco windows computer or with an external computer. The settings for computer access are in the output menu. Find the output menu by using the menu key on the status bar, or go to the device toolbox and select output men...

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    Eco computer access 58 unity 60 1-hit computer access activity row when you select the eco comp key from either page or activity row, it turns on the internal computer access in the output menu. There is a key in the computer activity row that turns off the internal computer access. Selecting the ex...

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    Eco computer access 59 eco unity 60 computer programs page this page shows just four rows of the computer programs page so that you can see your computer applications on the eco. If you select the go back key on the top left, you go back to the unity 60 pages page. If you select the core key at the ...

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    Eco computer access 60 example of a simplified computer programs page you may clear out or hide applications that you are not using..

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    Eco computer access 61 customize your computer access you can store links to your own personal files in eco by using the run program tool. First we will look at a key that is already programmed with this tool. Go to the computer access activity row, and then select word. On the word pad page you wil...

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    Eco computer access 62 6. You see titles for all the executable files on your eco’s c drive. 7. Select advanced 8. Select yes for show all files, and then select ok. 9. Use the navigating keys at the bottom of the screen to locate the file you want. 10. If you make a wrong selection, you can use del...

  • Page 63: More Eco Features

    Eco computer access 63 more eco features your eco has several other helpful features that are not covered in the introductory training. • notebooks – files where you can save large amounts of text. You can edit notebooks, lock them, store them to open with a sequence, and read them aloud a sentence ...

  • Page 64: Eco Unity 84

    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 64 eco unity 84 many people have achieved communication success with unity 84 since its addition to the minspeak application programs (maps). The eco version of unity adds integrated computer access features that allow you to work in and navigate through w...

  • Page 65: Unity 84 1-Hit

    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 65 unity 84 1-hit organization row 1 is the main activity row. • activity rows contain vocabulary specific to certain situations. • some keys in the main activity row do not open other activities. These keys are tools. For example, the pages key links to t...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 66 talking • with core vocabulary you can say one word at a time, or put phrases together by using the dynamic activity rows linked to each core key. When you select the apple icon, you say “eat” and the food row appears. • when you select names or family,...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 67 simplify by hiding keys 7. Select the tools key at the top left corner of the eco frame. 8. Select modify activity, and then more items until you see the key marked blank. 9. Select blank, and then select the key labeled “show.” 10. Select ok, and the g...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 68 core vocabulary and icons icon name icon rationale word me (obj) give the present to me. Me my (poss) it’s mine. It has my nametag on it. My dress (suit) he wore a suit to dress up. Wear name you put your name on a name tag. This key links to names in t...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 69 icon name icon rationale word we the two friends are pictured on the we icon. We are (verb) mr. Action man is pictured on the verb icon are is (verb + s) the “s” bucket stands for “is” because of the s on the bucket. Is were (verb + ing) we were pouring...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 70 icon name icon rationale word know you know what you learn in school. Know play (dice) you can play games with dice. Play like (sun) everybody likes a sunny day. Like work (hammer) you can work with a hammer. Work have (money) it’s good to have money. H...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 71 icon name icon rationale word old (watch) old is a time-related word. Old do (remember) tie a string around your finger to remember to do something. Do go (frog) look at that frog go! Go get (morning) you get up in the morning. Get big (elephants) the e...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 72 icon name icon rationale word with (love) the new baby is with its mother. With follow (people) people follow the leader. Follow drive (truck) she can drive a truck. Drive put (open) you open the chest to put things in. Put not (knot) the knot stands fo...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 73 icon name icon rationale word turn (kitchen) you turn the thermometer in the kitchen pan. Turn bed you sleep in a bed. Sleep.

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 74 practice sentences open the yes/no activity row. Your display will look like this: try the following sentences and phrases. Before you start, open the yes/no row. I need that. I need a drink i need help. I need to sit. What do you need? You need more wo...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 75 activity rows icon contains punctuation, delete word, link to spell mode, yes, maybe, no, all done, all gone, and speech on/off what’s up? Hi. How are you? Fine. Nice meeting you. Take care of yourself. Good-bye. Personal information: my name is…, i liv...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 76 icon contains there are two rows of intellitools computer commands. One is for version 3 and one is for version 4. You may hide the row(s) you are not using. Go to the modify activity menu in the toolbox. The rec keys in this row will save the text on y...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 77 internal computer access eco as an integrated communication device has some computer access tools available in activity rows and pages. The eco computer access tools are stored in an activity row named computer access. • select choose activity until you...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 78 practice computer access • select the internal on key. Your eco program shows just five rows. You can see your eco’s windows desktop in the background. • select the top wordpad icon on this page to launch wordpad. • see a page of tools for working in wo...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 79 • try typing some words or letters into your document. Then go to core vocabulary and use the keys there to add text to your document. Use the ok key in the computer access row to return to the page of word pad commands. Experiment with the editing, fon...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 80 unity 84 sequenced organization the layout of unity 84 sequenced is the almost same as unity 84 single hit. The differences are: • the preverb icon takes the place of names. Names are now linked to the possessive icon at row 2, column 2. • there are onl...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 81 simplify the vocabulary builder tool has many features for simplifying unity 84 sequenced. To see sample sets of words already programmed for vocabulary builder, go to the pages page, and then vocabulary builder. Select one of the lamp sets to see an ex...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 82 icons and rationales icon name icon rationale objective give the present to me. Ending for objective pronouns. Two hits on this key = choose activity possessive it’s mine. It has my nametag on it. Ending for possessive pronouns suit he wore a suit to dr...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 83 icon name icon rationale we the two friends are pictured on the “we” icon. Beginning icon for “we” pronoun phrases. Verb mr. Action man is pictured on the verb icon ending icon for action words. Verb + s the “+s” bucket stands for “is” because of the “s...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 84 icon name icon rationale know you know what you learn in school. Category:knowledge and school dice you can play games with dice. Category: games. Sun everybody likes a sunny day. Like, fun, funny, etc. Hammer you can work with a hammer. Category: work,...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 85 icon name icon rationale dog you call your dog to come. Category: animals watch you use a watch to tell the time. Category: time remember tie a string around your finger to remember to do something. Category: verbs – things you do with your hands frog l...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 86 icon name icon rationale exit the sign shows the right way to exit the building. Leave, arrive, send, way, right phone call me on the phone. Category: small appliances, talking-related verbs; thumbs up stands for positives. House you live in a house. Ro...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 87 icon name icon rationale umbrella you need your umbrella when it is raining. Category: weather words thumbs down stands for negatives. Juice you can drink juice. Category: beverages tv ask what’s on tv. Category: television kitchen you turn the thermome...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 88 core vocabulary patterns all versions of unity are based on just a few patterns for combining icons into sequences that speak words, phrases, and sentences. Unity pattern icon + ending verbs, category nouns, adjectives, and adverbs ending in –ly use the...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 89 unity patterns – dynamic activities dynamic activities contain more nouns. These words are referred to as “fringe vocabulary” because they are not all frequently used. Foods games drinks clothing body parts reading materials music and musical instrument...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 90 unity patterns – grammar icon + core icon interjections, conjunctions, prepositions, determiners, question words, and adverbs that do not end in –ly follow this pattern. All of these beginning icons are in the 2 nd row from the top. Examples: yum withou...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 91 sentence builders and endings in the activity row. • watch for words that help you build sentences such as “be” and “have been”. These words will appear in the activity row at the top after you begin speaking. You may use the top row of words, or use co...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 92 visual scenes in unity 84 locate visual scenes in unity 84 by selecting the pages key, and then my scenes. There are six books which are like photo albums where you can put in your own pictures. The keys at the bottom right link to scenes for teaching u...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 93 practice sentences for unity 84 sequenced i like to read. You like to eat. This is good. That is better i want my mp3 player. He wants his radio. She is hungry. I am hungrier. When is lunch? I need a dollar. I think he is nice. He thinks i am pretty. Ev...

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    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 94 no one came. Where did they go? I don’t know. You don’t like it. Mom went shopping. I can’t do that. Yes, you can. Try it again..

  • Page 95: Where To Find

    Eco unity 84 prentke romich co. March, 2009 95 where to find air card phone tools activity row, phone back up the memory transfer memory menu calculator activity row, device tools change how a word is pronounced dictionary menu change the voice speech menu choose activity user defined key #1 or obj ...

  • Page 96: Introduction To Unity 144

    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 96 introduction to unity 144 unity 144 for eco is the same as unity 128 with a few additions for the internal computer access and visual scenes. If you are familiar with pathfinder unity 128, you will be able to talk with eco unity 144 right away. People ...

  • Page 97: Unity 144 Single Hit

    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 97 unity 144 single hit load unity 144 single hit unity 144 single hit is not one of the six default maps in eco. Follow these steps to load unity 144 single hit. If there is a program that you want to save in the area you are loading, you must first do a...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 98 column 1 contains tools. Tools are keys that perform functions; they do not talk. • abc is a link to spell mode. • choose activity scrolls through activities and closes dynamic activities. Find this key at row 3, column 1. Choose activity is also user ...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 99 talking • with core vocabulary you can say one word at a time, or put phrases together by using the dynamic activity rows linked to each core key. When you select the apple icon, you say “eat” and the food row appears. • when you select names or family...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 100 core vocabulary and icons icon icon name icon rationale spell/minspeak = a toggle key to go between spelling keyboard and minspeak keyboard speak all = speaks all of the text generated since the last time clear display was activated. This key will spe...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 101 icon icon name icon rationale verb mr. Action man represents verbs because he is walking, whistling, working, and carrying. In unity 128 1-hit this key is quick access to the word are. Verb+s one of mr. Action man's buckets, this one says "is" because...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 102 icon icon name icon rationale suit the suit is an article of clothing. Flowers it is nice to give flowers. Exit the exit sign is pointing to the right. Shoe you put on your shoes and go for a walk. Boy the boy will get wet in the pool. Book you can re...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 103 icon icon name icon rationale frog look at that frog go! Morning we get up in the morning. Night you can wish upon a star late at night. Medical the ambulance is bringing medical help. Cactus the cactus grows in a dry desert. Icon_n1 hide/show = hide ...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 104 icon icon name icon rationale open you open the chest to put things in. People people follow each other in line. Rainbow a rainbow is made up of many colors. Thmbs up the thumbs up sign means good. Icon_p6 this delete word key takes of the last word t...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 105 icon icon name icon rationale elephant the elephants are big. Thmbs dn the thumbs down signal means bad. Police the policeman lets you through when there is a lot of traffic. Icon_p7 the delete character key takes off one letter at a time. It it = it ...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 106 icon icon name icon rationale return the return arrows are turning. Bed you sleep in a bed. Blank number you can count the blocks on the number icons. Shift chair you sit on your chair. Space the rocket blasts off into space. Triangle triangle = trian...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 107 practice sentences try the following phrases and sentences. I drive fast. You drive slow. You follow me. I not follow. Start. Stop. Make it stop. Make it turn. Go store. Go home. Go there. Not go there. Make it go fast. Make it go slow. What color? I ...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 108 activity rows icon contains punctuation, link to spell mode, speech on/off, maybe, i don’t know. Also three sentences that do not put text on your display hi. What’s up? And other greetings personal information: my name is…, i live in…, and a link to ...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 109 icon contains interactive tools for working in intellitools version 3. A row of tools for recording messages and speaking saved messages. Interactive tools for working in intellitools version 4. You may choose to delete or hide the activity rows you a...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 110 pages find the pages in unity 144 by selecting the pages key in the activity row. Icon page contains interactive commands to control intellitools software time concepts; vocabulary for teaching time and telling the time vocabulary for teaching and tal...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 111 where to find air card phone tools activity row, remotes, phone options, device back up the memory toolbox, transfer memory menu calculator activity row, device tools change how a word is pronounced toolbox, dictionary menu change the voice toolbox, s...

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    Eco computer access unity 144 sequenced icon rationales icon rationale prc file name this location toggles between spell and minspeak. Abcspk.Prc speak all speaks everything that has been on the display since the last time the display was cleared. None speak next sentence speaks the next sentence. N...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 113 icon rationale prc file name yes = yes. Texticon.Prc mother hubbard is looking at "a" thing in her cupboard. Noun is the ending for category nouns. Quick access to the word "a." noun_m1.Prc this is the plural ending key. Mother hubbard is looking at m...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 114 icon rationale prc file name use for opening the notebooks that are stored in unity 144. Noteb_m1.Prc tools = tools. This key is a link to the dynamic activity row for device tools. Toolb_m1.Prc i = i. Ifeml_m1.Prc we = we. We_m1.Prc the more you stud...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 115 icon rationale prc file name you = you you_m1.Prc they = they they_m1.Prc dice = game-related words. You can play games with dice. Dice_m1.Prc eye = words related to eyes. You look with your eyes. Eye_m1.Prc phone = communication-related words; also s...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 116 icon rationale prc file name use this key before a verb in a pronoun-verb phrase when you are not using the pronoun. Examples: can, might, could, would prevr_m1.Prc queenbee = being verbs; also the adjective "busy." the queenbee is busy. Bee_m1.Prc th...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 117 con rationale prc file name snails are slow. Snail_m1.Prc you call your dog to come. Dog_m1.Prc family = family. Famil_m3.Prc people make cookies of various shapes to celebrate holidays (god). God_m3.Prc house = house and room-related words. House_m1....

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 118 you can see bones in an x-ray. Xray_m1.Prc computer = computer. Compu_m1.Prc an electrical volt travels fast. Volt_m1.Prc you can wash in the bath tub. Bath_m1.Prc the pen is writing a name. Name_m1.Prc money = money-related words. It's good to have m...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 119 unity patterns in 144 sequenced the unity patterns in unity 144 sequenced are the same as the patterns in unity 84. See pages 94 through 97. There are many more vocabulary words available. You can use your icon tutor to look up words. See page 48. Com...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 120 eco unity computer programs page this page shows just two rows of the computer programs page so that you can see your computer applications on the eco. If you select the go back key on the top left, you go back to the desktop page. If you select the c...

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    Eco unity 144 prentke romich co. March, 2009 121 more resources for unity 144 because the eco unity 144 is the same core vocabulary as pathfinder unity 128, you may find these resources helpful: • unity®: language for life, a presentation booklet by tracy custer, m.Ed., slp, judith meyer, m.A., ccc-...