Menus Overview

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Menu and Quick Menu

When you are viewing a vocabulary, the Menu button appears to the right of the message window.

When you select Menu, the Quick Menu is displayed. The Quick Menu provides access to the Toolbox and displays shortcuts to commonly used features. You can also choose to customize the quick menu.

Menu options including Editor, Vocabulary Builder, and Power settings for a device.

The Exit Menu button takes you back to the last page you were on in the vocabulary.

The Toolbox button allows you to set options that control application features.

The Customize Quick Menu button allows you to add, remove, and rearrange Quick Menu shortcuts.

Quick Menu Shortcut Options

Desktop: On a non-dedicated device, the Desktop shortcut shows the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. On a dedicated device, the desktop is not available.

Go To Home: The Go To Home shortcut takes you back to your home page in the current vocabulary.

Volume: The Volume shortcut allows you to adjust device and headphone volume.

Power: The Power shortcut allows you to put the device to sleep, shut down the device, or restart the device.

Go Back: The Go Back shortcut takes you back one screen when you are in your vocabulary.

Vocabulary Builder: The Vocabulary Builder shortcut turns Vocabulary Builder on.

Editor: The Editor shortcut displays the Editor buttons for customizing vocabularies.

Check Positioning: The Check Positioning shortcut opens the Eye Tracking window. Check and adjust your calibration settings.

Save Message: The Save Message shortcut allows you to save the message currently displayed in the message window to a button.

Speech: The Speech shortcut allows you to toggle speech on and off.

  • When speech is turned on, each word is spoken as you select it. When you select the message window, the entire message is spoken.

  • When speech is turned off, words are not spoken as you select them. When you select the message window, the entire message is spoken.

Tracking: The Tracking shortcut allows you to toggle head tracking or eye tracking on and off.

  • When Tracking is turned off, head tracking or eye tracking is paused and the tracking button in the top center of the screen shows “Tracking is OFF”.

  • When Tracking is turned on, head tracking or eye tracking is active or resumes and the tracking button in the top center of the screen shows “Tracking is ON”.


Customize the Quick Menu

To add, remove, and rearrange shortcuts, select Customize Quick Menu from the Quick Menu.

Menu options including 'Customize Quick Menu' highlighted for user selection.

The upper section of the page displays the current shortcuts. Each empty space now will now display a plus sign (+). The lower section displays available shortcuts. The grayed out buttons indicate shortcuts that are already used in the Quick Menu.

Keyboard interface displaying various function buttons for editing and navigation tasks.

Add a Shortcut

  1. Select a space with a plus sign (+) in it in the top section. The space will change color.

  2. Select the shortcut you want. The shortcut will appear in the selected space.

  3. Select Save. The page will close and the current vocabulary page will be displayed. When you select Menu, the new shortcut will be available.

Remove a Shortcut

  1. Select the shortcut you want to remove. The shortcut will change color and a minus sign () will appear in the lower row.

  2. Select the minus sign () to move the selected shortcut moves to the lower row.

  3. Select Save.

Rearrange Shortcuts

To move a shortcut to a different location combines the procedures for removing and adding shortcuts.

  1. Select the first shortcut you want to move and select a space with a minus sign () in it. The selected shortcut will move to the lower row.

  2. Select and delete each additional shortcut you want to move. The selected shortcuts will move to the lower row.

  3. Select the first space with a plus sign (+) in it to which you want to move a shortcut. Then select the shortcut to move it to that space.

  4. Repeat step 3 for each additional shortcut you want to move.

  5. Select Save.