Adding an action for user

The User action allows the user to enable certain specific user settings. For example, you can allow the user to change the mode (mouse, scan, joystick), activate or modify the relevant dwell time, pause scanning or adjust the scan time. You can also allow the user to enable entering, checking, resetting passwords. The voice for speech can be adjusted, and another user can be logged on. The external dwell and external zoom actions make it possible to use dwell and zoom outside of Mind Express.

  1. Edit the cell (F5).
  2. Click Add item Ctrl+click=Copy item in the Actions options group.
  3. Choose User from the Actions drop-down list.
  4. From the drop-down list, select one of the following actions:
    Action Explanation
    Selection To change a selection setting. For example: to go to scanning mode, to increase dwell time, ...
    Change voice To change the voice of the speech, click Select voice. See The speech settings.
    Append to password Enter one or more characters that must be added to the password.
    Reset password To reset the password.
    Check password To check the password. The characters are added to the password using the Append to password action.
    Change user To select a different user.
    Print page To print the current page.
    Save document To save the current document. This allows you to save messages and quick recordings in the document.
    Save document copy To save a copy of the current document in the same folder as the current document. This can be useful for fill-in-the-blank exercises, so a supervisor can check the answers afterwards.
  5. If you have chosen the Selection action in the first drop-down menu, then choose one of the following actions from the second drop-down list:
    Action Explanation
    Go to mouse mode To go to Mouse mode.
    Go to scanning mode To go to Scanning mode.
    Go to joystick mode To go to Joystick mode.
    Go to eye tracking To go to Eye Control mode.
    Pause mouse selection To disable the mouse selection until you click on this cell again.
    Pause scanning To disable scanning until you click on this cell again.
    External dwelling: on/off To enable or disable external dwelling.
    External dwelling: on To enable external dwell.
    External dwelling: off To disable external dwell.
    External dwelling left click To activate external dwell by left-clicking.
    External dwelling right click To activate external dwell by right-clicking.
    External dwelling double click To activate external dwell by double-clicking.
    External dwelling drag and drop To drag and drop an item using external dwell.
    External zoom: once To zoom outside Mind Express. Click the cell with the external zoom action. Then click outside Mind Express. The area you have clicked is magnified. A click in the magnified view places the cursor on the clicked position in normal view, or the action that has been clicked is performed (for example: exiting a window).

    This action can be used once only. To use the action again, you must click the cell again.
    External zoom: on To enable zoom outside Mind Express.
    External zoom: off To disable outside Mind Express.
    Dwelling: on To enable dwell.
    Dwelling: off To disable dwell.
    Dwell time + To increase the dwell time.
    Dwell time - To decrease the dwell time.
    Scan time + To increase the scan time.
    Scan time - To decrease the scan time.
    Freestyle drag: on/off To enable or disable the dragging action of draggable cells on a page of a Freestyle page type.
    Freestyle drag: on To enable the dragging action of draggable cells on a page of a Freestyle page type.
    Freestyle drag: off To disable the dragging action of draggable cells on a page of a Freestyle page type.
    Auditory scanning: on/off To enable or disable auditory scanning.
    Auditory scanning: on To enable auditory scanning.
    Auditory scanning: off To disable auditory scanning.
  6. Click OK.