Press home. This ensures you start at the Home Screen.
Press talk topics. This takes you to the first six of 30
frequently occurring situations. Press the left or Right
aRRow to see more of these Talk Topics.
Press Bedtime. This is one of 30 Talk Topics on the
Tango. Pressing a Topic takes you to its Phrase Banks.
Press QUestions. That’s one of the six Phrase Banks to
choose from. You’ll now see six questions often asked
at bedtime.
Press whY?. You’ll hear a question many kids say
before bedtime. Now go back to Talk Topics and
explore more phrases on your own.
Shout-out
Language within Phrase Banks is based on samples of
children’s language within natural contexts. We have 30 Talk
Topics, each providing 72 things to say. This framework supports
engaging interactions, more conversation turns, and increased
success in communication development.
Speaking Phrases
Okay! It’s time to begin communicating.
Here’s how to quickly nd and speak
more than 2,000 phrases we’ve
already built into the Tango.
Press home. Make sure you start at the Home Screen.
We’re going to make a simple sentence that uses only
Core Words.
Press coRe fiRst. This takes you to first of three
screens of frequently occurring words. To see the rest,
just press Right aRRow.
Press BUtton 1. Press i.
Press BUtton 3. Press like.
Press Right aRRow. You’ll go to the second screen
of Core Words. (You can also find punctuation and
other functionality by pressing Right aRRow twice.)
Press BUtton 1. Press YoU.
Now, to hear your message, press speak /edit and
then speak. Or, if you want to keep building a longer
sentence, speak by touching the Message Strip
instead.
Building Sentences
You can also choose to create sentences word
by word. To do that, start with Core Words, the
building blocks of language.
