Avaz App Resources
For a basic overview of the App and how to customize Avaz, check out the articles/links below!
Avaz offers 2 vocabulary options: Classic and Step Up. Avaz Classic is designed for vocabulary boards of smaller grid set sizes, like 15, 24, and 40 icons per screen. Avaz Step Up is designed for grid sizes over 40, anywhere from 60-117 icons per screen. You will set up this vocabulary when setting up the app. However, you can change it at anytime. To change the vocabulary:
- Select Menu > Settings
- Vocabulary > Change Vocabulary
- Select “Avaz Classic” or “Avaz Step Up” > Next
- Use Vocabulary
- Select your preferred grid size > Use Vocabulary
- In the Avaz app, select Menu > Settings
- Select “Picture Grid”
- To change the grid size, select “Pictures per screen (Grid size)
- Select your desired grid size
*Avaz has 2 vocabularies, Avaz Classic is designed for grid sizes under 40 buttons where as Avaz Step Up is designed for a grid size over 40 icons. If you change the grid size, Avaz may prompt you to change a vocabulary.
- Open the Avaz app and navigate to the page you would like to edit
- Select Menu at the top right
- Select Edit Words
- Select the icon you would like to edit or select a blank icon
- Select Word
- Type the word you would like the icon to be labeled as in “Word”
- The word should automatically populate in the “Speak As” section, but you can change what you want the button to say in this section as well.
- Once you type the word the picture should also automatically populate, but you can change this picture by selecting “Change Picture” below the image.
- The “word type” will also automatically populate and color code, but you can change this by selecting the drop down arrow next to the colored box
- Save
Click here for Avaz video instructions including an overview of features and how to edit a button
- Select Menu at the top right
- Edit Words
- Select all the icons you would like to hide
- Hide
- Done at the top left
- Open the Avaz app
- Select Settings
- Select Backup and Restore
- Create a new backup
- Name the backup
- Once the new backup is listed under “Your Backups”, select the newest backup
- Share
- Dropbox
- Upload
Please note, Avaz requires internet connection for backups to sync to a cloud service like Dropbox. The app will automatically backup every 7 or 15 days in the app, but we recommend manual backups frequently to ensure the backup is made and customization to be preserved.
- Open Avaz and navigate to the page where you would like to edit
- Select Menu at the top right
- Edit Words
- Select the icon to edit or blank icon
- Add in the word and picture
- Select the Advanced tab
- Select Actions on the left
- Choose Action Type
- Select Youtube video
- Paste URL link or select the magnifying glass icon to search for a video
- Save
- Set the Start time and End time of the video
- Save
- Open the Avaz app
- Select Menu > Settings
- Voice > Voice
- Select Default Voices, Premium Voices by ReadSpeaker, or Premium Voices by Ivona (only available for English US) > Select desired language
- If a voice has a cloud symbol, you can download it. Then, Select the “Play” button to test out how a voice sounds
- Select a voice by selecting the blank box next to a voice so that it has a check mark > Save
- Within the Speech Settings of the voice, you can change the rate and pitch of the voice
- To change the expressive tones voice, select “Expressive Voices” under “Speech Service”
There are two ways to search for a vocabulary word.
- At the bottom right of the app, on the brown Functions column, select the magnifying glass icon that says “Search.” There, you can type in your word, select it, and the top will write out the pathway to find the word.
- In Menu, select Search. There, you can type in your word, select it, and the top will write out the pathway to find the word.
In Avaz, when a word is selected, the word will by default enlarge. You can change the speed of this or turn this setting off.
- In the Avaz app, select Menu > Settings
- Select Picture Grid
- Under Picture Settings (Behavior), select “Enlarge Word on Selection”
- You can select “Don’t enlarge” to turn the setting off, or have the button enlarge slowly, normal speed, or quickly.
In Avaz, you are able to set a password for both the Settings and Editing. To set up a password:
- Select Menu > Settings
- General > Password Protection
- Set Password – this can be a password or passcode
- Select “Ok”
