Core and Activities

The SpringBoard has two kinds of vocabulary stored in the main overlay, Core vocabulary and Activity vocabulary. Core vocabulary is stored under icons on the main part of your overlay (rows and columns).

Activity vocabulary is stored under the two keys on each side of the Text Display Area.

In general, Core vocabulary is made up of words that you use everyday to make sentences. Nouns, pronouns, verbs, and words like, "it," "and," "about," "the" can be found here. Core vocabulary is stored under single icons or icon sequences and can be accessed with one, two or three-hit sequences. All of the SpringBoard overlays contain one-hit vocabulary

Core vocabulary is modified by using these Green Keys in your Toolbox.

The Activity keys can be scripted vocabulary for certain situations or events throughout the day. Activities can be linked to core keys so that selecting a specific core key will bring up a specific activity. For example, if you select the DRINK icon in the core vocabulary, the activity row with drink options will open. If you select the PLAY icon in your core, the PLAY activity will open. Your Minspeak overlays already contain many activities. You can also create your own activities and link them to core vocabulary.

Activities are modified by using these orange keys in your Toolbox.

Pages

Custom pages are special-interest screens that are part of your overlay or that you create yourself. The SpringBoard has some custom pages already stored in it. You can see these pages in the PAGE MENU in the Toolbox.

Perhaps you would like a custom page that allows you to play a game or sing songs. You can dedicate each key on your keyboard to a single move in a game or a single song. Custom pages can be created for the all keyboard sizes. Custom pages do not have an Activity Row, and each key on the page is a single activation key. There is no sequencing. You can think of a custom page as one big single activity.

Pages are modified by using these purple keys in your Toolbox.