The
following instructions explain how to install and use
Alexicom AAC for iPhone/iPad/iPod, the app that
allows you to publish your Alexicom pages to your
iOS device.
Requirements To
use Alexicom AAC on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod you must have:
an
iOS device running iOS version 3.0 or higher
an active
Alexicom account
App
Installation You can install the Alexicom AAC app to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod from
the iTunes App Store. The app is available for free.
1)
Click the App Store icon on your device.
2)
Click the Search button. Type alexicom aac into the
search bar and press Search. Alexicom AAC will appear in the list
of available apps.
3)
Press the FREE button next to the appropriate device, then press the INSTALL APP button.
The app will automatically be installed.
4)
When the installation is complete, you will see the
Alexicom AAC icon on your launch screen.
5)
You can immediately launch the app and use the set of four Alexicom demo pages.
With an Alexicom account, you can publish your own set of pages from the Alexicom server or
unzip a set of saved pages from an AlexicomTech.zip file on your computer.
Getting
your Alexicom pages onto your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Once
you have installed the Alexicom AAC app onto your iOS device,
you will need to transfer your AAC pages into the Documents directory of the app.
You can publish pages directly from the Alexicom server or you
can copy an AlexicomTech.zip file from your computer to
the device using a USB connection and iTunes software.
Publishing directly from Authoring
Tools/Publish Pages To publish pages directly from
the Alexicom server:
1)
Launch Alexicom AAC on your device.
2)
Press the Publish New button at the bottom of the screen.
3)
You will be directed to the Alexicom Publishing page on
the internet.
Note: If you are not already logged onto the server,
you will be redirected to the Alexicom login page. Enter
your Alexicom username and password. After logging in,
access Authoring Tools / Publish Pages from the fly-out menu.
4)
On the publishing page, click the Source dropdown list and select the
client account from which you wish to publish pages.
5)
Select the pages you want to publish and click
Publish.
6)
Once the pages have been constructed, the Please wait message will be replaced with
a Click here to download link. Click
on this link.
7)
Your pages will automatically be downloaded and
extracted to your device.
8)
Once your pages have been unpacked, an updated page list
will be displayed. Your pages are now ready to use.
Select a page to load.
Getting
your Alexicom pages onto your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Once
you have installed the Alexicom AAC app onto your iOS device,
you will need to transfer your AAC pages into the Documents directory of the app.
You can publish pages directly from the Alexicom server or you
can copy an AlexicomTech.zip file from your computer to
the device using a USB connection and iTunes software.
Copying an AlexicomTech.zip file from your
computer NOTE: You need to have an
AlexicomTech.zip file on your computer for this method
to work. To copy an AlexicomTech.zip file from your
computer:
1)
Plug your USB cable into your iPhone, iPad, or iPhone. Plug
the other end of the cable into the USB port on your
computer. Open iTunes on your computer if it does not
automatically launch.
2)
On your computer go to the Apps tab in iTunes.
3)
Select Alexicom AAC in the File Sharing Apps list at the bottom of the Apps page.
Drag the AlexicomTech.zip file from your computer into the
Alexicom AAC Documents section. If there is already an AlexicomTech.zip file there, replace it.
4)
Launch Alexicom AAC on your device and press the Unzip New
tab at the bottom of the screen. Press the Unzip New button in the center
of the screen to confirm that you really want to unzip the new page set.
5)
Your pages will automatically be extracted to your device.
6)
Once your pages have been unpacked, an updated page list will be displayed.
Your pages are now ready to use. Select a page to load.
Using
your Alexicom pages on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Once you
have installed the app and transfered your pages to your device, the pages
are ready for use. Here, we give a short tour of the app's features.
1)
Launch Alexicom AAC on your device.
2)
The list of your published pages is displayed.
3)
Select a page to load it. Your pages
will work exactly like those published on a Mac or PC.
Functions include:
Audio
output
Page
linking
Speak
button
Speak
& Clear button
Clear
button
4)
Linked pages: We got to the page below using the blue GO BACK button on the sample
page shown above.
5)
To jump between unlinked pages, press the Alexicom Pages button at the top of the
screen. You will be returned to the page list where you can select a new page. We got to
the page below by selecting it from the page list. Note that the buffered text
'I want' has been preserved.
6)
Now return to the opening screen by pressing the Alexicom Pages button. From this,
the Select a Page screen, you can access two other important screens: Publish New and
Unzip New.
7)Publish New lets you download a new set of
pages from the Alexicom server. The new pages
will replace any pages that are already on your device.
8)Unzip New lets you transfer a set of pages in the form of an
AlexicomTech.zip file from iTunes on your computer.
The new pages will replace any pages that are already on your device.
