1 Beeline - Table of Contents Beeline - Table of Contents ... 1 1 What is Beeline?
10 The colour scheme of cells is an integral part of the Beeline system, and this is controlled using preset styles within The Grid 2. Some additiona
11 3.5 Workspace Settings Beeline offers interfaces for browsing the web, checking and sending emails and SMS messages. You need to ensure your user
12 4 Getting to know the home page This is the main page of the vocabulary and it is the one to which you will always return. It provides you with t
13 5 Learning how to use the different types of cells All cells are colour-coded to help you learn what each type of cell does. See below for an exp
14 Press „I‟ Now look in the MAGIC STRIP and you will find all your other „I‟ words: “me”, “my”, “mine”, “myself”. Press “my” in the MAGI
15 This is the page that lets you turn your voice off or make it louder or quieter. Press Mute to turn the voice off and press it again to turn the
16 Look in the MAGIC STRIP and you will find lots of other words that are part of this helping verb: „be‟, „am‟, „are‟, „was‟, „were‟, „being
17 Press “come” Look in the MAGIC STRIP to find „come‟, „comes‟, „coming‟, „came‟. Press “came”. You will see that „come‟ has been repla
18 Press ACTIONS and you will see a change to your page. More actions are offered. Take some time to look at the action words offered on this p
19 5.4 Combining Yellow and Green Cells (pronouns and verbs) Beeline will work out how the action words should sound depending on the person word yo
2 VOCABULARY REVISION 1 ...22 5.6 Adding grey cells - „little‟ or function words
20 Now try the same with the following: Clear the display: Now see what will happens if you try pressing these
21 5.5 Changing the Tenses of Verbs To save you key presses, Beeline will automatically change the tense of your verb by looking at the Helping Verb
22 VOCABULARY REVISION 1 Thinking about all you have learnt so far, see if you can say these sentences. Try to say them with the least number of key
23 5.6 Adding grey cells - ‘little’ or function words These are some of LITTLE words that we need in every sentence. You will use at least one of th
24 5.6.1 Using ‘some’; ‘any’;’ every’;’ no’ By combining these cells plus the MAGIC STRIP you will be able to say more useful words: Press
25 VOCABULARY REVISION 2 Thinking about all you have learnt so far, see if you can say these sentences. Try to say them with the least number of key
26 5.7 More Grey Cells (Conjunctions) These Grey Cells are your linking words that join one sentence to another so that you can make longer sentence
27 “I do not know if I am coming or going” “If you said I must do it so I will” 5.7.1 Yet More Grey Cells! By pressing LIT WORD you will find anothe
28 See if you can find the following words on this page. Remember you will have to press LIT WORD every time you want to find the next word: since
29 5.8 The Brown Cells (Prepositions) The brown cells are position words (prepositions). You will use these in many of your sentences. Try them: „t
3 10.1 Saving your work as a document...50 10.2 Opening a saved document ...
30 5.9 The Pink Cells All pink cells are social cells; on the HOME page the social cells will start questions: Try saying these words: The next w
31 “Where is everybody then?” “Which drink would you like?” 5.9.1 More Pink Cells You will find more useful social words by selecting LIT WORD: Y
32 5.10 The Descriptions Page (Adjectives) You can move to a page of DESCRIPTIONS by selecting the page link at the top of the screen. This page l
33 Many of the descriptions words are grouped together in pairs or opposites for ease of location. Once a description word has been chosen, Beeline w
34 5.11 The Useful Words Page On the HOME page, below the MAGIC STRIP, there is a link to a page of USEFUL words (nouns) that are often used in sen
35 5.12 The Topic Pages On every page you have a link to the TOPICS pages. This is where you will find word pages grouped by topic:
36 Select the FOOD page and you will be taken to a page of food words: The FOOD page offers a wide range of words organised into columns related to
37 Try these combinations to see how this works: “I want toast” “would you like cheese? “I like chocolate” Ending these sentenc
38 5.13 The Spelling Page If you are unable to find a word stored in the vocabulary you can go to the SPELLING page: Take some time to look at this
39 VOCABULARY REVISION 3 Thinking about all you have learnt so far, see if you can say these sentences. Try to say them with the least number of key
4 B.1.3 Compatible phones ... 63 B.1.4 Partially compatible phones ...
40 6 Personalising your Chat Page This section of the CHAT page needs to be programmed so that you can talk about yourself: The following
41 Click OK to accept the changes to the cell Now left click on „I live in‟ cell. Click on the words Edit Cell that appears at the top of the l
42 7 Email Beeline works with many different email service providers; you will need to configure your user settings to work with your particular emai
43 4. You will return to the Home page automatically. 7.2 Read emails in your inbox 1. On the SPECIAL grid, select the email Inbox icon to be take
44 8 Mobile phone You can send and receive text messages from your mobile using Beeline. You need to ensure your Mobile phone or USB modem is correc
45 8.2 Read SMS messages using Beeline 1. From the SPECIAL grid select the SMS INBOX. This will take you to a new grid: 5. Your messages will a
46 9 Internet Beeline contains a web browser which enables you to surf the web and read your favourite websites. Users can browse favourite websites
47 4. Selecting the purple Back icon will take you to the last webpage you viewed. Selecting Forward will return you to the webpage before you went
48 9.3 Using the keyboard in a web browser Beeline enables users to enter text into the address bar or a form on a website. You might want to do thi
49 9.4 Surf the Internet using links 1. Select the Links cell from the main INTERNET grid. 2. You can follow links using the Next link and Activa
5 1 What is Beeline? It is a symbol-based, single word vocabulary designed for users with relatively good language skills. Beeline offers a large, s
50 10 Documents You can save the contents of the workspace as a simple document (.doc format). Beeline will automatically save it into a documents f
51 10.2 Opening a saved document 1. Select Save and List to see the list of saved documents. 2. Use the up and down arrows to select the documen
52 11 Music You can use Beeline to play music stored on your computer, or to play CDs and DVDs. The Grid 2 uses Windows Media Player to play music s
53 2. To select a different track use the up and down arrows; the selected track will be highlighted in blue. 3. Select play to play the highlighte
54 12 Environment Control You can use Beeline to control different environment settings. These require different systems to be configured to work wi
55 13 Contacts Beeline contains a dedicated grid for editing your email and mobile phone contacts. This is accessible from the SPECIAL grid. Select
56 Note: You can also manage contacts from the AutoContent menu, by selecting ‟Contacts‟. Here you can add a picture or photograph to each contact.
57 14 My Settings 14.1 Speech options There are options to vary the volume of your speaking voice. On the SPECIAL grid, select the VOLUME cell. 14.2
58 15 Other places to look for help Various sources of help with set up, operation and editing of The Grid 2 and Beeline are available. In the firs
59 Information about different Users 15.3 Sensory Answers Sensory Software, the creators of Beeline and The Grid 2, run a website with answers to
6 • Includes verb morphology, word completion and next word prediction Beeline has been created by Gillian Rumble of VOCAtion, and Sensory Software I
60 APPENDIX A: Email Settings The Grid 2 has built-in email to allow you to send and receive emails easily, using your existing email account. A.1
61 Most email accounts do not require secure encrypted connections (SLL). The port for incoming email is normally 995. The port for sending
62 Receiving email: Host: pop.gmail.com Username: [username]@gmail.com Password: [the password you selected] Requires SSL authentication
63 APPENDIX B: Text Messaging The Grid 2 allows you to send and receive SMS messages. There are different methods of doing this. We currently recomm
64 Sony Ericsson: W890, C903, C510, K530i, K750i, K810i, K850i, T610, W810i, W850i, S500i, W715 Motorola: V360 B.1.4 Partially compatible phone
65 B.2.1 Before you Start You will need the following Uninstall unwanted phone software. If you have previously installed software for other USB
66 B.2.2 Install the modem software. When you connect the modem to the computer, Windows will give it a 'port number'. The port number wi
67 B.2.3 Checking you can send and receive messages with the modem Start the modem software running. It should detect the SIM card and show it is
68 Select the correct port, and test the connection. The checkboxes next to the test button will show if the connection is working. B.2.5 Troublesh
69 B.3 Connect a mobile phone to The Grid 2 with Bluetooth The Grid 2 allows you to send and receive SMS text messages via some bluetooth mobile phon
7 2 Installing Beeline You will have received a free copy of Beeline when you purchased The Grid 2. Alternatively you can download it from our Grids
70 Check which number has been assigned to the Outgoing port for your phone. You might have more than one outgoing COM port for your phone. Use t
71 APPENDIX C: Environment Control The Grid 2 allows you to integrate “environment control” (EC) directly into your grids. Examples of devices that
72 Here is an example grid set up to include all functions for a TV, but you can build your own grids as well. Enter editing mode by pressing F11, a
73 Once you have the command shown above, click on Select Button. If this is the first time you have used the environment control, select COM Port a
74 Once you have trained this button, you can test it works by clicking on Test button. When you are finished, press OK to return to the editing gri
75 C.2 Setting up TIRA and UUIRT Many of our standard grid sets include basic template grids for setting up Environmental Control to use with your TV
76 Here is an example grid to include all functions for a CD player, but you can edit the grid to look however you want. Enter editing mode by pre
77 Select Learn button, and another window will appear. Hold your remote control close to the EC sensor, as instructed, and click on Start learning
8 3 User Settings Before Beeline is used, there are some important settings that need to be adjusted to suit the needs of the user. If Beeline was in
9 3.2 Input Method Your “input method” is the way you access the computer: switches, mouse, touch screen, head pointer, eye gaze etc. There are som
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