Did you ever want to have your end user stay in MyTalk instead of accessing other programs on the iPad? Use Guided Access to make MyTalk the only app available on your iPad.

Tap Settings

Select 'General'

Scroll down to Accessibility

Tap 'Guided Access'

Turn Guided Access on

Now Tap 'Set Passcode'

Enter a 4 digit Passcode once, then you are asked to enter it again.

After entering your passcode two times

Tap the 'Accessibility' back button, then the device's home button to return to the main menu.

Open MyTalk

Within MyTalk, triple click the device home button and Select 'Guided Access' 

Accept the default settings (at the bottom) and tap 'Start' at top right.

If your end user selects the device home button to close MyTalk and go somewhere else, they are met with the greeting below. 

Even if your end user is high functioning, reads, understands and triple clicks the device home button.

They are met with the 'Enter Passcode' dialogue box.  Bad entries in that box will give them the message below.

So let's just talk, with MyTalk and iPad a dedicated communication device.  Make sure that your insurer understands as well as your end user.  It's time to get funding for these wonderful low cost solutions.

Video example - Watch closely:

In the video below a user is working in MyTalk but then selects the device home button, navigating to the music app. We may not want that to happen.

Next you will see that we go to Settings (the gray gear icon) and walk through the steps above, enabling Guided Access.

Upon re-entering MyTalk the user starts a conversation but then selects the device home button.  You are then presented the 'guided access' message and held in MyTalk. 

In the 'guided access' message your end user is instructed to hit the idevice home button 3 times.  The video assumes a high functioning end user and demonstrates following that instruction, selecting the device home button 3 times rapidly.

But as you see, they are presented the password dialogue box.  From there the end user can guess, tapping the numbers or tap the cancel button.  Both scenarios return him to MyTalk.

What does this mean for funding iPads and MyTalk?

Linkedin members, see Mark's comments in the Linked in Chat:

http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=221391531&gid=3541551&commentID=150351149&trk=view_disc&fromEmail=&ut=2Gg27bP8YFH5Q1

Non Linkedin Members, we have excerpted comments from the link above:

The link above and the excerpt below are the opinions of the writers.  I have commented within the Linkedin string of notes.  In the excerpt below I have removed some references to the traditional manufacturers that can be seen on the post, but were deleted from the MyTalk site as a courtesy.