Hi Antoinette,

AlphaCore is a page set I designed specifically for patients with ALS and it does have an onscreen keyboard for mouseless browsing with Mozilla. Your DynaVox rep should definitely supply you with a copy of AlphaCore for your evaluations since you are working with patients with ALS.

Navigate to the computer page and in the first row you will see a button to open the Mouseless Internet Keyboard and in the second row you will see a button to open Mozilla at the same time you open Mouseless Keyboard.

In addition, I am going to soon release AlphaCore 3 which will have control pages for AccessIt as an alternative to using onscreen keyboards on your SGD. Many of my patients prefer AccessIt (which allows you to control your home computer- move mouse, pour SGD message window into open document on home computer, open Internet, navigate Internet, edit, everything) since they get a whole computer screen (on their alt computer) without an onscreen keyboard taking up real estate. Some patients connect their home computer to their TV screen so they have a huge computer display. AccessIt works beautifully (I can only speak to the excellent control of AccessIt Standard since I have not used AccessIt wireless yet- Frankly I'm not sure why you would bother with wireless AccessIt).

I didn't realize what a great computer solution AccessIt would be until I started using it recently. Yes, the new dual core processor DynaVox now has will eliminate some of the problems with using your DynaVox as your computer but sharing real estate with an onscreen keyboard is not fun. I think AccessIt it the way to go for many people who are heavy computer users.

Sincerely,

Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
Augmentative Communication Specialist

Forbes Norris ALS Research Center
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San Francisco, CA 94115
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--- On Wed, 11/3/10, Antoinette Verdone <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Antoinette Verdone <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Dynavox Computer Access Question
To: "xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 9:40 AM

I do not have Word Power or Navigator, I only have Series 5 and Speaking Dynamically Pro.

This is the first time I am trying to set something like this up, so thanks for your help.

Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP

Assistive Technology Specialist
The ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter
42 Broadway, Suite 1724
New York, NY 10004

Phone: 212-720-3054

Fax: 212-619-7409
Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx
www.als-ny.org

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From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Jasch
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:29 PM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Dynavox Computer Access Question

I think it depends upon the user. There are a few different layouts and designs based on the user. Word Power and Navigator both have pages set up using Mouseless browser with Firefox. In Navigator the pages are in the internet and onscreen keyboard folders. If you not using Navigator you can move this folder to your user.

The following Pages have what you’re looking for: “MLB Navigation Medium” “MLB Navigation”, “MLB Web navigation”

There may be others but these are the ones I’ve used. If they are not showing up on the onscreen keyboard set that your using, you can link a button to one of these.

Hope this helps

Chris

Christine Jasch, OTR/L
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Technology Center for the
Environment, Computers and Communication
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From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Antoinette Verdone
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 10:31 AM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Dynavox Computer Access Question

I am trying to set up a device for scanning computer access on a Vmax.

Where are the keys like Ctrl, Alt, Page Up, Page Down. All the onscreen keyboards I am finding do not have these keys?

Thanks for any help.

Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP
Assistive Technology Specialist
The ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter
42 Broadway, Suite 1724
New York, NY 10004

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