Using the Vocabulary Editor

  • What symbols or words are in the selection set?
  • Which graphic or digitised speech file is used for each symbol/word?
 
These are the questions to be answered when using the Vocabulary Editor. This editor is for designing the language resources used by an application. Each vocabulary item can have different representations in various modes (text, graphic, sound, and so on). It is easy to export a vocabulary from one ComLink application and import it into another one, if required.

Shown here is part of the vocabulary for the Messenger:

 
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For example, the vocabulary item Drink might have the following representations:

  Word: Drink
Phrase: I would like a drink
Blissymbol Filename
Pictogram Filename
Digitised speech file Filename
 
When using the Layout Editor, you specify which of these representations is displayed, and which is output on scanning or selecting.
 
Facilitator adjustment facilities can be added using the Toolbar Editor