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1. on the bottom of the screen Press this menu icon to select the alternative view II Communication The HOPE system allows users to communicate in various ways The methods of communication include selecting predefined items by navigating through the menu and communication categories generating new user defined sentences and utilizing the speech to text features of the system Predefined Categories BA E 7 29 pm J M 9 03 pm ud COFFEE BEER 4 Ia CHEESE FRIES HOTDOG ICECREAM MUFFIN STEAK TOAST Some Categories 4 Icon View Food Category 16 Icon View The HOPE system includes a selection of common communication items that are divided into related sets and stored under disjoint categories an item will not be in two categories In the 4 icon view these items are accessed by touching the talk icon on the home screen then navigating through the various categories which are visually represented by icons The categories are available directly from the home screen in the 16 icon view These categories are either activity based or item based Some of the categories include greetings decisions and tasks For example to say hello to someone the user would touch the Talk icon on the home screen then touch the Greetings icon on the following screen and finally touch the button labeled Hello on the screen containing the greetings Other common communication items are accessed in a similar fashion by navigating to the2. sentence will be added to the list of sentences and will be available for use later Listening HOPE HOPE All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy Talk Menu Listen Screen The Listen feature of the HOPE system utilizes Speech to Text to display spoken words This feature is useful for users that have hearing disabilities To access this feature in the 4 icon view touch the Talk icon on the home screen then touch the More icon to go to the next screen and finally touch the Listen icon The Listen screen consists of a large text box and a button that has the image of a microphone To use this feature the user will press the microphone icon to begin recording The person who 1s communicating with the user will then speak and be recorded by the device Once they are done speaking the user will press the microphone icon again to stop recording The device will then convert the speech into text and display what was said in the text box for the user to read HI Searching HOPE Type the search term below SUBMIT qi Wi Fel ri pti py pui fi al fsi q1 Ft fe fhi p FK p 4p FZ X Fc EVA D MN m Ge Search Screen The HOPE system allows the user to search the system for specific features or menu items To use this feature first access it by touching the Search icon on the home screen The search screen will consist of an editable text box a button labeled Submit and a touch keyboard for user input The user wi
3. HOPE System User Manual Introduction Welcome to the Helping Old People Easily HOPE system user manual This manual will serve as a guide to the functionality of the HOPE system Table of Contents This user manual is organized into the following sections I Home Screen 1 Talk 2 Search 3 Favorites 4 Emergency Calls 5 Customization II Searching Ill Communication 1 Predefined Categories 2 New Sentence Generation 3 Listening Speech to Text IV Calling Contacts V Emergency Calls 1 Assistive People Emergency Contacts 2 Nearby Hospitals 3 911 I Home Screen SEARCH RECENT 4 Icon View a M 7 58 pm RESTROOM aie aa ah TALK PEOPLE HEALTH OUTDOORS RESPONSES LISTEN e RECENT SEARCH 16 Icon View The very first screen that the user will see when the application is launched is the home screen This screen will contain a number of icons that allow access to different features of the system The HOPE system allows customization of various items that govern the appearance of the menu that is presented to the user including icon size number of icons per screen and choice of icons on the home screen However at a minimum four icons will appear on the home screen These icons are labeled Talk Search Favorites and 911 The following sections describe the features that will be accessed by clicking these icons Talk 4 Icon View The Talk icon allows the user to access
4. ce a call touch the desired emergency contact button and the call will be placed
5. correct categories New Sentence Generation HOPE HOPE The quick brown fox jumped over tl 7 The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog EW SENTENCE LISTEN Talk Menu New Sentence Screen When the user wants to communicate something that is not in the predefined set of communication items they can generate a new sentence and save it for later use if desired The New Sentence screen 1s accessed by touching the Talk icon on the home screen then touching the More icon then finally touching the New Sentence icon This screen consists of a keyboard for user input a large editable text box a button labeled Save a button labeled Speak and a drop down box The drop down box contains the ten most recently used sentences as a way to save time and prevent generating the same sentences too often If the user would like to generate a new sentence the keyboard is used to type the sentence and the output is displayed in the text box The user can then have the device speak the sentence using the Text to Speech engine by pressing the Speak button Saving a Sentence A E 9 07 ov Get off my lawn you darn kids Get off my lawn you darn kids y What day is this When I was your age I had to wa CF Woohoo time for my meds Let s go to Luby s for lunch What day is this Creating a Sentence Saved Sentences If the user decides to save the new sentence they can press the Save button and the
6. ll input a search term which describes the feature for which they are searching into the text box Then they will click the button labeled Submit on the search screen Next the results of the search will be displayed in a list from which the user can make a selection Finally once the user makes a selection they will be taken to the screen that contains the item IV Calling Contacts a M 10 42 pm Contacts Screen The HOPE system allows the user to place calls to their saved contacts To use this feature touch the icon labeled People This will open the contacts screen The user s contacts will be displayed in a scrollable pane Each contact is displayed as a picture and labeled with the contacts name which is chosen by the user To place a call the user simply touches the icon that represents the contact that they would like to call V Emergency calls Ta M GG 10 44 pm HOPE POISON MEDICAL Emergency Call Screen One of the major focuses of the HOPE system is to allow the user quick and reliable access to emergency care when needed While the system is placing the emergency call it will also immediately send an SMS to the contact that is specified by the user This contact should be someone that is almost always close to the user To access the emergency features of the system the user only has to touch the icon labeled 911 on the home screen The emergency call menu will be displayed now To pla
7. the communication features of the HOPE application Communication features include speaking user defined and predefined sentences creation of new sentences and speech to text functionality These features are explained under the Communication section in this manual Search The Search icon allows the user to access the search functionality of the HOPE application Items that are used for communication images with meta data and menu items can be quickly found by accessing this screen These features are explained under the Search section in this manual Recent es Ml E 7 28 em HAMBURGER 4 Icon View 16 Icon View The Recent icon allows the user to access to recently used menu items The HOPE system automatically saves the last ten items that were used 911 The 911 icon allows the user to access the emergency features of the HOPE system The HOPE system will contact assistive persons nearby hospitals and the 911 system in the event of an emergency based on the user s preference These features are explained under the Emergency Calls section in this manual Customization i TASKS FOOD PLACES ff restroom SEARCH a PEOPLE HEALTH LISTEN 16 Icon View 4 Icon View SEARCH Switch to 16 Icon View Switch to 4 Icon View The user is able to select the number of icons on their screen to suit their visual needs To access this option press the menu button on the Android device A context menu will appear
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