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Fill in this form completely and then click the Create
User button. When you see the Main Menu again, it will display your user name
and the blue bar.
If you use the programs at least once a week, the menu will remember your name and
it will appear on the screen along with the blue bar. If the user name is
GUEST, you will have to login by clicking the LOGIN option and displaying the following
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Enter your user name and password and then click the Login
Button. You will then see the Main Menu again with your user name and the
blue bar displayed. If you forget your user name or password, click on the
links provided to have them emailed to you. If you do not receive them via
email, it means that either you typed your email address incorrectly or your spam
filter blocked our email. In that case, call us at 800-727-7681 (800-PARROT-1)
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The yellow bar titled MULTI-USER CONTROL PANEL will only
be displayed if you are a treatment provider. If not skip to the next section.
The first time you use the programs you must setup at least one patient. To
setup a patient, click the yellow bar and you will see a login screen. Enter
your user name and then click the Login button to display the following screen: |
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To add a user click on the link:
Click here to Add a User to display the New User form. |
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Fill in this form completely and then click the Add User
button. You will be taken back to the My Users form and the name you entered
will be listed under accounts. Click on
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Starting a Program |
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To start a program, click on the blue bar. If you
are a treatment provider, you will see a list of your patients. Click on the patient's
name who will be using the program and you will see the categories of programs included
along with two performance options.
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Home users will go directly to the following menu: |
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We will take you through the process of running your first
program. Click on the category Cognitive Reasoning and you will see a screen
similar to the following: |
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Notice that the category has a square around it and the
programs have a gray background. There are more programs in this list and
you can display them by sliding the bar on the right down. In this example,
click on the program Cause and Effect and you will see the following screen: |
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This screen will list the lessons and any options available
for this program. The lessons in this program are graded for difficulty.
If you click the following link, you can see a detailed description of each program with
information about lessons and options:
Detailed Information about lessons and options
Most programs read text on the screen and supply spoken reinforcement. You can remove
speech by checking the Remove
Voice check box. After selecting a lesson and setting your preferences,
click the continue button and you will see the following screen: |
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The question mark in the small red box is the
Instructions button. Click this button to
hear or see the lesson instructions.
At the bottom of the screen you will see the lesson, item number, number correct,
time taken to respond, and the average time for all items answered. These
will update as you use the lesson.
To start, click the large 'Click here to start' button and you will see the following
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You will hear the question and see four possibilities
listed. When you click on a possibility, it too will be read aloud.
After selecting the correct answer click the large button to record your answer
and you will hear the appropriate reinforcement.
Continue until you reach the end of the lesson or you can stop at any time by clicking
the 'X'
in the small red box. After clicking the 'X', you will see the
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This page displays your progress for this lesson.
You can try the program again or go back to the Program Menu by clicking the appropriate
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To see cumulative progress, click the Progress and
Information option under
the list of program categories. You will see
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Click on the progress option and you will see the following |
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This table lists all of the program titles used along with
the Date, Lesson, Number Attempted, Number Correct, Average Time per item, and the
total time spent on the lesson. You can also filter the information by Category
showing only programs in a specified category by clicking a Category tab at the
top of this page. And finally, you can see graphs of progress by clicking
the red link at the top. |
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This page lists all the programs and two types of graphing.
The first is Average Response Time which is an indication of progress above and
beyond number correct. After selecting a program name and the Graph Type,
you will see a screen similar to the following: |
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The second graph style, Correct Responses per Minute would
look similar to the following: |
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Suggested Programs |
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One final important option is a Disability Survey that
helps you determine which programs to try first. This survey is available
from the main menu by clicking TELL ME WHICH PROGRAMS I SHOULD TRY FIRST.
After clicking that option, you will see the following screen: |
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There are 30 questions in the survey that can be answered
Yes or No. Select the answer for each question and then click the Next button
to go to the next question. After completing the survey, you will see a page
similar to the following: |
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This list provides the top 10 programs you should try and
the category in which you will find them. Click the Print this list button
to have a hard copy of the list to refer to. After a few weeks, try the survey
again to see if the list changes. |
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Speech Recognition Programs |
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Speech Recognition is the ability of your computer to know
what was said when someone speaks into a microphone. We have added 6 speech
recognition programs to the subscription. To utilize speech recognition, you
must have a Windows operating system, a low noise unidirectional microphone, and
at least 512 MB or RAM. The programs that utilize speech recognition have
the word 'NEW' before them in the program menu. The first time you try a program
with speech recognition, you will see the following screen: |
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This page instructs you to click a link to download our
Speech Recognition Browser. After installing the browser, you will have a
Parrot Icon on your desktop. You will use that icon to start the internet
subscription. |
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You can setup your microphone for Speech Recognition by
Opening the Control Panel on your computer and double clicking the Speech Icon |