Voiceonics Ltd
TTS100 Communicator User Guide.
Voiceonics.co.uk
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Basic operation; 4, 5
Selecting numbers 6, 7
Selecting £ $ ‘ ? 8, 9
Changing the volume 10, 11
Replaying the last sentence 11
Turning on the call for assistance alarm 12
Changing the voice 13
Replaying memories. 14, 15
Saving memories. 16, 17, 18
Deleting memories 19
Checking memories 20, 21
Editing memories 22, 23
Charging the battery 23
Turning on / off the key press beep 27
General usage. 3
Cleaning 29
Clearing the memories and re-setting 30
Company details / product classification 31
Predictive Text 24, 25, 26
Warnings 32
Intended clinical use 33
Adjusting the keyboard sensitivity 27, 28
Turning on / off predictive text 27
Contents.
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General usage.
The communicator is designed to be as easy to use as possible, however to
get the most from this product please read this manual carefully. The basic
operation of the communicator is described in the next sections in the form of
a tutorial. It is recommended that the user works through each example in this
tutorial, where each function is detailed with step-by-step examples.
The communicator is water resistant and can be cleaned in soapy water, see
page 29 for further details. If used in a hydrotherapy pool try not to let too
much water enter the speaker slots as this will reduce the speech sound
level. If necessary tip the communicator on its side to drain water from the
speaker, this will not harm the communicator. Due to the room / water
acoustics of a hydrotherapy pool it may be necessary to increase the volume
above your normal sound level. The communicator should not be submerged
more than 40cm. Submersion of the communicator at more than 40cm may
damage the loudspeaker.
Battery life:- the communicator will give 3 days of typical use on one charge.
To maximise the life of the battery, only recharge the device when the battery
is low (see page 23).
Power saving.
The communicator display has a light to make it easy to see in low light
conditions. This light automatically turns off after 2 minutes if no key is
pressed. When a key is pressed the display light turns back on. The
communicator automatically turns off after 10 minutes if no key is pressed.
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Basic operation.
To turn the communicator on, press
the “ON” button. The communicator
will automatically switch off if you stop
using it for more than 10 minutes,
alternatively a second press of the
“ON” button will switch it off.
Type “hello_everyone.”,
Then press the “ENT” button and the
Now make a deliberate mistake, type
“_what_is_your_nsme.”. Then press
the “ENT” button..
The top line shows the cursor
position and the bottom line
shows the battery status. The
cursor always flashes.
To correct the mistake, move the edit
cursor by pressing the left arrow “←”
until its under the “S” (character
flashing). And press “A” to correct it.
That’s better.
Oops, that’s not right, a
mistake.
The communicator
automatically sets the start of
each sentence to a capital
letter.
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If you change (edit) a sentence, that
the communicator has already spoken,
the communicator will speak from the
word that’s been edited.
If you want to repeat all the sentence,
move the cursor to the sentence start.
Press the “ENT” button to speak the
corrected sentence.
There is a function to automatically
speak the sentence from the start,
detailed later on page 11.
Type “._hello_again.”
Press the “ENT” button to speak the
sentence.
Now delete the word “again”, move the
cursor left to the first letter of again,
“a” (character flashing) and press the
delete key “DEL”, each press will
delete one letter. Keep pressing until
the word “again” is deleted.
Note: To delete all words, press the
delete key “DEL” and keep it pressed
for two seconds.
To say the word “hello”, move the
cursor anywhere under the word and
press the “ENT” button to speak.
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Selecting numbers.
Turn the communicator on and type
“Numbers_”
Press the up/down arrow key “↑↓” to
reveal a second line of characters.
Next press the up/down key “↑↓” to
select number 1.
Note: When you select a number the
first 3 characters from the second line
disappear. These characters are for
access to functions described later.
The display should look like
this, note the cursor under the
number 1.
To select the number, first move the
cursor under the desired number. To
select number 1, press the left arrow
“←” until the cursor is under the
number 1 (character flashing).
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To select number 2, press the right
arrow “→” until the cursor is under the
number 2 (character flashing).
To select number 3, press the right
arrow “→” until the cursor is under the
number 3 (character flashing). And
press the up/down key “↑↓” to select
number 3.
To finish press the “ENT” key. The
second line of characters will
disappear.
Press the “
ENT” button again to make
the communicator speak.
Press the up/down key “↑↓” to select
number 2.
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Selecting £ $ ‘ ?.
Turn the communicator on., and type
“Theyre ok.”
Press “ENT” and listen to the speech.
The pronunciation is incorrect, it can
be corrected by adding the missing
apostrophe.
Now we will add the apostrophe “’” to
improve the speech pronunciation.
Move the cursor by pressing the left
arrow “←” until its under the
“r” (character flashing).
Press the space key.
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Press the up/down arrow key “↑↓” to
reveal a second line of characters.
Next press the up/down key “↑↓” to
select the character “ ’ ”.
Select the “ ’ ” character. Press the left
arrow “←” until the cursor is under the
“ ’ ” character (character flashing).
To finish entering punctuation
characters press the “ENT” key. The
second line of characters will
disappear.
Press “ENT” to speak the sentence.
Adding a question mark “?” to the end
of a sentence will increase the pitch of
the last word in the sentence, giving a
more natural sound. Select the “?”
character in the same way as above.
Can you hear the difference? As a
reminder type “Ok” and press “ENT”.
Then type “Ok?” and press “ENT”.
The pitch sounds higher when
pronouncing OK with the question
mark added.
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Changing the volume.
To change the speaker volume, press the up/down key “↑↓” to reveal the
second line of charracters.
Select the “” symbol, press the left arrow “←” until the cursor is under the
“” (symbol flashing).
Press the up/down key “↑↓” key to
adjust the volume. The factory set
volume is 3.
To change the volume, for example
to 6, press the right arrow “→” until
the cursor is under the character
“6” (character flashing).
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Press the up/down key “↑↓” to select
volume 6. The display is cleared after
changing the volume.
Setting the volume to 9 sets maximum volume. Setting the volume to 0 turns
off the sound.
Replaying the last sentence.
First type in the following sentences.
“hello. what time is it?”
Press “ENT” to speak.
To repeat the last sentence press the
up/down key “↑↓” to reveal the
second line of charracters.
To select the “
” symbol, press the
left arrow “←” until the cursor is under the “
” symbol (symbol flash-
ing).
Press the up/down key “↑↓” to repeat
the last sentence.
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Turning on the call for assistance alarm.
To turn on the call for assistance
alarm, press the up/down key “↑↓” to
reveal the second line of charracters.
Then select the “
” symbol, press
the left arrow “←” until the cursor is
under the “
” symbol (symbol
flashing).
Press the up/down key “↑↓” to start
the call alarm.
The display will change to show the
assistance alarm has been activated.
Press the “ENT” key to stop the call alarm.
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Changing the voice.
The communicator has two voices, male or female.
To change the voice, press the up /
down key “↑↓” to reveal the second
line of charracters. Press the left
arrow “←” until the cursor is under
the “
” character (character
flashing).
Press the up/down key “↑↓”. This will
take you to the memories / change
voice / adjust keyboard menu.
The display will change to give you
these three options.
Press “V” to enter the voice menu.
The memory and keyboard functions
will be detailed later.
Press “M” to select the male voice or
“F” to select the female voice.
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Replaying memories.
Memories are phrases that are programmed into the communicator. These
enable the communicator to speak commonly used phrases without the need
to type the whole phrase. Each phrase can be as short or long as you like,
from one word to many hundreds of words (useful for making notes).
The communicator comes with five memories programmed. These are:
“See you soon.”
“What time is it?
“Would you like a cup of tea?”
“I’m fine, thank you.”
“Hello.”
Each memory has its own abbreviation, the above examples are abbreviated
as follows;
“See you soon.” CY
“What time is it? WT
“Would you like a cup of tea?” UCT
“I’m fine, thank you.” IOK
“Hello.” H
Later you will see how to change, delete and save your own phrases.
For now, we will see how to re-play phrases.
Turn the communicator on and press
the up/down arrow key “↑↓” to reveal
a second line of characters.
Select the memory “” character, the
cursor on the second line starts on
this character, (character flashing).
Press the up/down key once more to
select the memory function.
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To select the “See you soon” memory,
type the abbreviation “cy”.
Press “ENT”. To select the memory
and say the phrase.
If you type an abbreviation that has not been programmed into the communicator, the display will briefly indicate “memory not found”.
For example, select the memory “
”
character, then enter the abbreviation
“a”.
Press “ENT”. The following message
will be displayed for approximately
one second.
Then the memory selection will be
deleted.
For example, to say “I’m fine thank you.
How are you”. Select the memory “
”
character, then enter the abbreviation
“IOK”.
Press the “Space” key to select the
abbreviation without speaking it.
Type “_How are you.”. Press the “ENT”
key to speak; “I’m fine thank you. How
are you”.
A phrase can be selected without being spoken, so that further words can be
added.
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Saving memories.
Each memory is identified by its own abbreviation.
The abbreviation can be a single character, two characters or three
characters.
The characters can only be letters, not numbers.
To make it easier to remember the phrases abbreviation, it’s recommended
that (where possible) you chose an abbreviation that’s similar to the phrase,
for example;
“Hello, my name is mike.” MN
“What’s your name” YN
“I would like a cup of tea?” CT
“What’s on the television today?” TV
“Goodbye.” GB
“Hello” H
Press the “S” key to save a memory.
To save a memory, press the up/down
key “↑↓” to reveal the second line of
charracters. Press the left arrow “←”
until the cursor is under the “
”
character (character flashing).
Press the up/down key “↑↓” to enter
the memories / change voice / adjust
keyboard menu. Press “M” to enter
the memories menu.
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The display will prompt for the
memory name (abbreviation).
Press “ENT” to start. The display will
ask for an abbreviation for your
phrase.
For this example we will save the
memory “Tea please.”, with the
memory name (abbreviation) “T”.
Type “T”. Then press “ENT”.
When the “ENT” key is pressed the
communicator will first check that
this memory name has not already
been used.
If this name has not been used
before then the display will show the
following message.
Press “↑↓” to clear the display.
The phrase can be typed in now.
Type “tea please.”
Press “ENT” to save the memory.
The display will briefly show the
following message.
After the memory has been saved the
display will go back to the memories
menu.
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The display will prompt for the
memory name (abbreviation).
Press “ENT” to start. The display will
ask for an abbreviation for your
phrase.
For this example we will try to save
the memory “Happy.”, with the
memory name (abbreviation) “H”.
“H” is already the memory name for
“Hello”.
Type “H”. Then press “ENT”.
When the “ENT” key is pressed the
communicator will first check that this
memory name has not already been
used.
Because this name has been used
before, the display will show the
following message.
Press “ENT”, the display goes back to
the memories menu.
You can delete the memory named
“H”, edit the memory named “H”,
check the memory named “H” or exit.
(See pages 19-22).
Next we will deliberately try to save a
memory that already exist.
From the memories menu press the
“S” key to save a memory.
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Deleting memories.
Press the “D” key to delete a memory.
To delete a memory, press the up /
down key “↑↓” to reveal the second
line of characters. Then select the
“” character, press the left arrow
“←” until the cursor is under the “
”
character (character flashing).
Press the up/down key “↑↓” to enter
the memories / change voice / adjust
keyboard menu. Press “M” to enter the
memories menu.
The display will prompt for a memory
name.
Press “ENT” to start.
The communicator is now waiting for
your memory name.
To delete the phrase “Tea please”
Type in the memory name
(abbreviation) “T”
Press “ENT” to select the phrase to be
deleted.
The communicator will show the
phrase and ask if you really want to
delete it. You can now chose to delete
or keep it.
To keep the phrase type “N”. The
display will display the following
message.
Alternatively, to delete the phrase
press “Y” and the display will show the
following message.
Press “
ENT” to go back to the
memories menu.
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Checking memories.
Press the “C” key to check the
memories.
To check the memories, press the up /
down key “↑↓” to reveal the second
line of charracters. Then select the
“” character, press the left arrow
“←” until the cursor is under the “
”
character (character flashing).
Press the up/down key “↑↓” to enter
the memories / change voice / adjust
keyboard menu. Press “M” to enter the
memories menu.
The display will first show the number
of memories stored.
Press “ENT” to go to the next page.
The display now shows the percentage
of memory used.
The communicator can store over
500,000 characters, 500 characters
will increase the number by 000.1%.
Press “ENT” to go to the next page.
The top line shows the first 20
characters of the memory and the
bottom line shows the memory name.
The arrow pointing right indicates this
is the first memory entered.
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Press the right arrow “→” to view the
next memory.
There now two arrows, left and right,
to view the previous memory press the
left arrow “←”, or to view the next
memory press the right arrow “→”.
Press the right arrow “→” to view the
next memory.
Press the right arrow “→” to view the
next memory.
Press the right arrow “→” to view the
next memory.
Press the right arrow “→” to view the
next memory.
When you get to the last memory only
the left arrow will be displayed, this
indicates all the memories have been
viewed.
Press “ENT” to go back to the
memories menu.
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Editing memories.
Press the “E” key to edit a memory.
To edit a memory, press the up/down
key “↑↓” to reveal the second line of
charracters. Then select the “
”
character, press the left arrow “←”
until the cursor is under the “
”
character (character flashing).
Press the up/down key “↑↓” to enter
the memories / change voice / adjust
keyboard menu. Press “M” to enter
the memories menu.
The display will prompt for the
memory name.
Press “ENT” to start.
The communicator is now waiting for
your memory name.
To edit the phrase “Tea please” Type
in the memory name (abbreviation)
“T”
Press “ENT” to select the phrase.
The communicator will show the
phrase.
To edit the phrase, just type in your
changes.
For example, change the phrase to
“Tea and 2 cakes please”.
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After the memory has been saved the
display will go back to the memories
menu.
Charging the battery.
Recharge the communicator when the
battery level is low.
Or very low.
To recharge, plug the charger into the
wall socket and turn the mains power
on.
Push the charger lead into the side of
the communicator. The communicator
will automatically turn on and indicate
the following message.
When the communicator is fully
charged the display will show the
following message.
To save your changes press “ENT”.
The display will briefly show the
following message.
The best time to recharge is overnight, as the communicator can’t be used
when it’s being recharged.
It takes around 4 hours to fully charge the battery.
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Predictive Text.
To minimise the number of key presses, the communicator has predictive text.
The communicator contains 2000 of the most commonly used words in
English. These are listed inside the communicator in order of frequency of
use, with the most often used words at the top of the list and the least used
words at the bottom. As you type, the communicator will try to predict your
word, offering you its best guess at what you would like to say. This is based
upon the frequency of words spoken. For example, the word “should”, a
frequently spoken word is predicted after typing the first two letters. The first
letter typed “s” will be predicted as “she”, this is because the word “she” is
spoken more frequently than “should”. On typing the next letter “h”, the
communicator, realising you don’t want the word “she” will now predict the
word “should”.
Only words that contain more than two letters are predicted, this is because
short words are quicker / easier to type with no prediction.
To use predictive text follow the steps on page 27 to switch the predictive text
on.
Type “t”,
The top line shows “T”.
The second line shows “the”.
To select the predicted word “the”,
press the “INS” key.
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Type “s”,
The top line shows “s”.
The second line shows “she”, this is
because the word “she” is said more
often than “street”.
Now type “t” ,
The top line shows “st”.
The second line shows “state”, this is
because the word “state” is said more
often than “street”.
Now type “r”.
The top line shows “str”.
The second line shows “street”.
To select the predicted word “street”,
press the “INS” key.
The following example shows you how to say “street” with predictive text. The
word “street” is a relatively uncommon word.
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Sometimes the communicator will not know the word you want to say, it will
keep offering you its best guess as you type in the word, but you may finish
typing it in before it guesses correctly. The following example illustrates this
with the word “stick”.
Type “s, the top line shows “s”.
The second line shows “she”,
this is because the word “she” is said
more often than “stick”.
Now type “t” ,the top line shows “st”.
The second line shows “state”,
this is because the word “state” is
said more often than “stick”.
Now type “i”, the top line shows “sti”.
The second line shows “still”.
Now type “c”, the second line still
shows “still”, this is because the
communicator does not know the
word “stick”.
Type “k” to complete the word “stick”.
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Turning on / off the key press beep.
To turn on / off the key press beep,
press the up /down key “↑↓” to reveal
the second line of charracters. Then
select the “” character, press the
left arrow “←” until the cursor is under
the “
” character (character
flashing).
Press the up/down key “↑↓” to enter
the memories / change voice / adjust
keyboard menu. Press “K” to enter the
keyboard menu.
Press the “Y” key to turn on the key
beep, or press the “N” key to turn off
the key beep.
After this selection, the display will
show the predictive text menu.
Press “Y” to turn on predictive text, or
“N” to turn off predictive text.
After this selection, the display will
show the adjust keyboard sensitivity
Press “N” to exit, or “Y” to adjust the
keyboard sensitivity.
Turning on / off the Predictive Text.
Adjusting the keyboard sensitivity.
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Adjusting the keyboard sensitivity.
For maximum comfort, the response time of the keyboard may be changed.
Two adjustments can be made. These are the key hold-down time and key
delay time.
The key hold-down time is the time that the key needs to be pressed
before it is accepted. This reduces the chance that an unintentional touch
of the keyboard will result in an unwanted key press.
The delay time is the time that the keyboard will ignore further key
presses after a key has been pressed. This reduces the chance of
hand tremor accidentally pressing a key more than once.
To adjust the keyboard, follow the steps detailed on the previous page to get
to the ‘Adjust keyboard sensitivity’ menu.
Then press the “Y” key to enter the
adjust keyboard sensitivity menu.
The display shows the key hold-down
time menu. Adjust by pressing one of
the following options:[Z] = Zero (0.1 seconds).
[L] = Low (0.4 seconds).
[M] = Medium (0.7 seconds).
[H] = High (1.0 seconds).
When the hold-down time has been set the display will change to the key
delay time menu.
Adjust by pressing one of the following options:[Z] = Zero (0.1 seconds).
[L] = Low (0.3 seconds).
[M] = Medium (0.4 seconds).
[H] = High (0.5 seconds).
When the delay time has been set the keyboard adjust menu will be cleared.
Your changes will be remembered the next time you turn the communicator
on.
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Cleaning.
The communicator may be cleaned by immersion in a washing-up bowl of
clean, lukewarm water and a couple drops of washing-up liquid.
If necessary, remove any remaining dirt with a soft sponge.
When the communicator is clean, rinse under a tap with clean water.
Dry with kitchen paper to avoid any staining (can be caused by lime scale
deposits in hard water areas).
When cleaning do not use abrasive cleaners, these will damage the display
window.
The mains charger is not water proof.
Do not immerse in liquid, clean only with soft cloth.
Deep cleaning*.
1. Milton Fluid.
The communicator can be further cleaned with Milton fluid.
Follow the Milton instructions when making up the Milton solution.
Place the communicator into a suitable container and pour in the Milton solution. Gently shake the
communicator to remove any air pockets. Ensure the communicator is held under the liquid with a
suitable weight.
Immerse for no more than 30 minutes, and rinse off under a tap with clean water. Dry with kitchen
paper to avoid staining.
2. Ethanol 70% Bv. (Hospital use only).
To deep clean with Ethanol, totally immerse the communicator in the liquid, ensure there are no air
pockets. Leave the communicator in the liquid for no more than 20 minutes. Always rinse with
distilled water then leave to dry, or use a drying cabinet (no hotter than 45ºC). This should be
performed no more than once per week.
*Deep cleaning is not intended to imply sterilization.
Service.
The communicator is supplied with a two year guarantee from date of
purchase. If a fault occurs within two year from the date of purchase the
communicator will be repaired free of charge. Please contact service
department for repair.
The communicator is powered by a li-ion battery. It is recommended that this
is replaced after 3 years use. Replacement can be arranged via the service
department.
Accidental damage, if the communicator becomes damaged contact the
service department for repair.
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Clearing the memories and returning the communicator to its factory
setting.
The communicator memories can be cleared and the factory settings
restored.
It is recommended that if the communicator is given to a new user, this
operation should be performed, as should the cleaning / deep cleaning
detailed on the previous page.
Turn the communicator on.
Type “Clear_28467”.
Press “ENT”
The following message will be shown
on the display.
Press “Y” to clear the memories and
re-set the communicator to the factory
settings.
Press any other key to abort this
operation.
Original factory settings:
Key delay time = Zero;
Key hold-down time = Zero;
Voice = Male;
Volume = 3.
Memories cleared.
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Company contact details:
Tel. 01243 850539 or 07748 904923
(9am to 5pm, Monday - Friday)
E-mail Sales: sales@voiceonics.co.uk
Enquiries: enquireis@voiceonics.co.uk
Service: service@voiceonics.co.uk
Company address details:
Voiceonics Ltd,
29 Foxbridge Drive,
Hunston,
W. Sussex.
PO20 1NQ.
Product Classification;
The TTS100 is a Class 1 medical device.
Tested to IEC60601-1
Electrical Class II.
Company number: 7030041.
VAT reg. number: 136 7000 39
Compliant with the WEEE / RoHS
directives. If you are subject to the WEEE/
RoHS directives, contact Voiceonics for
the passport for recycling this product.
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Warnings
The TTS100 device must not be used in the
presence of medical gases or in oxygen
enriched atmospheres.
Do not wash the TTS100 battery charger in
water.
Do not handle the battery charger with wet
hands.
Only charge the TTS100 with the charger
provided.
The TTS100 is powered by an internal Li-ion
rechargeable battery.
Do not connect the internal battery to other
equipment.
Do not short circuit the battery.
Do not dispose the battery in fire, it may
explode.
Do not attempt to take the battery apart.
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Document Issue status:
Issue C.
Date: 07 /Sept / 2012.
Intended clinical use.
The TTS100 (AAC) device is intended to provide an
effective reduction in the effect of the symptoms of
moderate to severe expressive communication
disabilities, notably Dysarthria, Developmental Verbal
Dyspraxia, Apraxia of speech and Dysphasia
(Aphasia).
These symptoms may occur in association with the
following conditions;
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s
Disease);
Cerebral Palsy;
Multiple Sclerosis;
Parkinson’s disease;
Brain stem stroke;
Huntington’s disease;
Guillain-Barre Syndrome;
Traumatic brain injury;
Severe developmental communication impairments
(e.g., autism and other developmental disabilities).
The TTS100 (AAC) device can only be operated via
the key-board. As such the patient must have
sufficient hand movement and coordination to
operate a key-board.
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