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Setting up your device with Communicator 5 for the first time or looking for support and training guidance? Find video tutorials, how-to guides, software downloads, manuals and other useful resources.
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If you are just getting started with Communicator 5 software, these videos will help guide you through the set up process.
Meet Communicator 5
Configure caregivers settings
Create a new user
Choose the communication level
Edit the homepage
Send/Receive phone/text messages
Set up email
Add music to media player
Program a remote control
Add speaking with phrases
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Use dwell-free typing
Edit a button
Mouseless browsing in Firefox
Back up or restore a user
Add speaking with phrases
Sign into Microsoft accounts
Sign into Gmail Using 0Auth 2.0
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Communicator 5 suite installer, use it for first time installations or when you need a full installation, incl. voices. It does include Communicator 5, Sono Suite, relevant Acapela voices, Symbol Stix® symbol library and the PCS symbol library. This installer uses an internet connection.
How to use this installer:
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Download LiterAACy - a system that makes it easier for individuals with speech and communication impairments to learn how to read and write.
Please note: LiterAACy comes with the Communicator 5 suite so there is no need to download and install this if you have already installed the suite.
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Download Sono Flex for Communicator - An easy to use AAC vocabulary content pageset that turns symbols into clear speech and provides language to nonverbal users who are not yet in full control of literacy.
Please note: Sono Flex comes with the Communicator 5 suite so there is no need to download and install this if you have already installed the suite.
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Sono Key is content for Communicator that provides literate people with comprehensive, streamlined access to their communication device. With Sono Key it is easy to send/receive SMS messages, send/receive emails, hold a conversation, and more.
Please note: SonoKey comes with the Communicator 5 suite so there is no need to download and install this if you have already installed the suite.
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Download this version of the Picture Communicator Symbols (PCS™) for use with Communicator 5 software.
Please note: Sono Flex comes with the Communicator 5 suite so there is no need to download and install this if you have already installed the suite.
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Designed to work with Communicator 4 & Communicator 5, Talk Together is a multi-level vocabulary package that has been developed to complement the ACE Centre's "Guide to Developing and Using a Communication Book" and "Look2Talk" guide. From the very beginning, this innovative vocabulary package encourages your involvement in modelling and supporting a developing vocabulary - all within a highly intuitive set of pages that enables young people say what they want.
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Enables text messages in Tobii Dynavox Communicator. DO NOT use with Communicator on I-12+ and I-15+ devices.
Tobii Dynavox Beam is the mobile application one needs to setup a connection between your phone and Tobii Dynavox Communicator. It enables people to send and receive text messages using the Communicator through a bluetooth connection.
To enable text messaging on Communicator you simply install Beam on your phone, pair your AAC device and your phone using bluetooth and select the paired phone as your text messaging device in Communicator.
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To play embedded videos you may need to install separate Windows codecs if they aren’t already installed on your computer. We suggest the open-source DirectShow filter LAV Filters.
Quick guides
Accessible Apps quick guides
These documents provide instructions on how to get setup and started with the Communicator 5 Accessible Apps.
This training manual guides you through the set up stages and instructs how to get going with various tasks such as adding a new user, accessing settings, customisation and more.
Together with your I-Series(+) device with Communicator 5, you can install Communicator 5 on up to three additional devices i.e the parents or teachers devices. In order to run the software on the additional devices, you will need to obtain the Companion license for Communicator 5 and use the Companion license in Communicator on those devices.
To obtain the Communicator 5 Companion license, follow these instructions.
Overview of the latest feature improvements and changes in Communicator 5.
Communicator 5
Operating System
Processor
1.8 GHz or faster x86- or x64-bit Processor
Memory
2 GB RAM
Hard Disk
3 GB available
Display
800 × 600 or higher resolution,
1020 × 786 is recommended
Eyetracker
PCEye
PCEye Plus
PCEye Go
PCEye Mini
PCEye Explore (with Windows Control)
EM-12 with EyeMobile Plus
I-Series+
TD I-Series (TD I-13 and TD I-16) (only compatible device for Accessible Apps)
Browser
Mozilla Firefox 31 or newer
Software
TD Control
Windows Control
Classic Tobii Gaze Interaction Software
Languages
Chinese (simplified)
Danish
Dutch
English US/UK
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Norwegian (Bokmål)
Polish
Portuguese (BR)
Swedish
Spanish
Spanish (MX)