B R A I L L E H A NS ONE 2 U S E R M A NU A L E NGLIS H Ver 1. 0 HIMS C o. , Ltd. KAIS T HTVH 5104, 5105, 5016 53- 3, E oeun- dong, Yuseong- gu, Daejeon, KORE A 305- 701 Tel : 042- 864- 4460 F ax : 042- 864- 4462 E - mail : hims@ himskorea. co. kr http://www. himskorea. co.
NOT IF IC A T ION T hank you for your purchasing Braille HA NS ONE . Please check the following items when you open your package. 1) Braille Hansone. 2) DC adaptor 3) S erial cable 4) US B cable 5) C arrying bag 6) User manual 7) Braille user manual (S hort cut key table) 8) A ctive sync C D- ROM 1. T he input voltage of DC adaptor is 100V and the output is DC 6V / 2A . 2. T he battery is not full charged. Before you use this unit, please charge up to 100 percent level. 3.
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1. Introduction 1.1 What is ‘Braille Hansone’ Braille Hansone is Braille note taker developed and manufactured by HIMS for the blind. Y ou can do followings by using Braille Hansone. (1) Y ou can make Braille document by using Perkins style keyboard. (2) Y ou can print tex t document if you print it on ink printer. A nd you can emboss Braille document if you connect Braille printer to Braille Hansone. (3) Y ou can open MS - Word document and read in Braille.
two additional function keyboard including backspace and enter key. A nd there are 32 cells of Braille display. Please position the unit with Braille display facing you. Braille display is made to read from left side to right side. E ach cell consist of 8 dots. A nd behind the Braille display, you can find 32 small keys that correspond to 32 Braille cells. T hese keys are called cursor routing keys.
key is called F 4 key and the key located left of F 4 key is called F 3 key. Behind the Braille keyboard, there is liquid crystal display (L C D) for displaying text. A nd right and left side of L C D there are two speakers. L et us look at right side of Braille Hansone. Move your finger to the left of the unit. Y ou can find power on/off switch. Pull the switch if you want to turn the power on and pull the switch if y ou want to turn the power off.
S erial port is used to print using any printer with serial interface or connect to personal computer for communication with personal computer. T he more detailed will be ex plained later in this user manual. A nd if you move your finger from the serial port to Braille keyboard, you can find small projection. T his is reset switch. If there is any problem on your Braille Hansone, you can reset the unit by pressing this reset switch with any needle or end of ball point pen.
storage of any program or data like document that you are editing. T he data in RA M area will be disappeared if the battery power is used up when DC adaptor is not connected. Or if Braille Hansone reboots by pressing reset button or any other action, the data in RA M is also disappeared. But the data in flash memory is not disappeared even if the power is down or rebooted by pressing reset. 2.
It is very easy to cancel any command that the user inputted. Most of commands are ex ecuted by pressing enter button. If you want to cancel ex ecution of any command and return to the previous status, just press ‘space- z (dots 1- 3- 5- 6)’. 3.2 C oncept of menu T he menu that is used in restaurant helps you to select any food in the restaurant. T he menu in Braille Hansone also provides selection choice to you in Braille Hansone.
‘space- 4- 6’ moves to the last item of the program menu, and ‘space- 1- 3’ moves to the first item of the program menu. If move from the current menu to upper level menu, press ‘space- z (dots 1- 3- 5- 6)’. A nd you can press enter when any menu or sub menu is displayed in order to ex ecute that menu item.
By pressing ‘space’ at any item of the option setting, you can on or off the setting value. If there are many values to any item in option setting, those values are set by pressing space. If the wanted value is displayed, press enter, or press tab (space- 4- 5) in order to confirm changes. If enter is pressed when ‘cancel’ is displayed or E sc (space- e) is pressed, the setting value will not be changed and ex it from the option setting. 3.
3.7 E x planation of Disk and folder F lash memory in Braille Hansone is just like big bookshelf in the library. We say it ‘disk’. Y ou can make some partition in order to classify the books in bookshelf. T his partitioned section is ‘folder’. A nd each book may be considered as ‘file’. Y ou can put any file into any folder at your convenience. Making proper folder will help you to find any file after you save any file in the disk. A nd the name of disk may be named by the user at one’s convenience.
A nd then press ‘space’ to select as you want. If anything is set to ‘on’ and you want to make it off, just press ‘spacebar’. A fter setting proper values that you want, press tab (space- 4- 5) and press enter when ‘confirm’ is displayed. Or you can turn Braille or sound on or off by pressing the other key s. By pressing backspace- F 2, it turns sound on or off. By pressing backspace- F 3, it turns Braille display on or off. But both Braille and sound are not turned off simultaneously. 3.
A sterisk: dots 3- 5- 8, dots 3- 5- 8 E x clamation mark: dots2- 3- 5- 8 Question mark: dots 2- 3- 6- 7 C olon: dots 2- 5- 8 S emi colon: dots 2- 3- 8 Wave mark: dots 3- 6- 8, dots 3- 6- 8 A postrophe: dots 3- 8 3.
4.1.1 Basic of ‘file manager’ ‘F ile manager’ in Braille Hansone has almost the same function and structure of ‘file manager’ in personal computer. ‘F ile manager’ consists of ‘address editing window’ and ‘file list’. A nd for improvement of user accessibility and convenience, it provides ‘pop up’ style menu and short cut key. 1) A ddress editing window: T he user can input folder name or disk name, or fine name.
8) New F older: C reate new folder under the current folder. 9) F ile C onversion: T his function converts one or more selected file(s) to the desired fine format and save it. 10) S elect Option: T his function is used to determine the method to select files or folders. T here are three types of selection styles; ‘one’, ‘continuously ’, ‘select all’. 11) Information: S hows detailed information about the selected file or folder. A nd the user can change some of attribute of the selected file. 4.
the use can select by pressing 2 nd cursor key. It will be supported at the nex t upgrade. (13) F ind and move by inputting first letter of file or folder in the file list. 4.2.2 F ast ex ecution in the pop up menu T he pop up menu has ‘fast ex ecution key ’ as well as move key s. T he users can select and ex ecute any desired file by pressing the corresponding alphabet. F ollowing are the list of such keys.
the same function as ‘A lt- F 4’ in the personal computer. In order to ex it from any program, press space + z (dots 1,3,5,6) 4.3 Using function in the file list F ile list is the list when the user ex ecutes ‘file manager’. If the ‘file manager’ is ex ecuted, the disk selection part is displayed first. Press ‘enter’ and then the folder and file list in the corresponding path is displayed. A t the list, the item that was put in the double quotation mark (“”) is folder and the other ones are files.
desired disk name is displayed and then the selected files or folders are copied to the selected disk. By pressing ‘enter + s (dots 2,3,4) that is short cut key of sending. 4.3.5 C opy / Move T he difference between ‘copy’ and ‘move’ is that copy remains original files or folders in the original position but move removes original files or folders at the original position. A t the ‘file manager’, the ‘copy ’ is ex ecuted as followings. F irst, select original file or folder to be copied.
press short cut key ‘enter + r (dots 1,2,3 5), and then ‘change name?’ is displayed. Input new name and press enter. 4.3.8 New folder It creates new folder at the current path. S elect ‘new folder’ at the pop up menu or press ‘enter + f (dots 1,2,4) to create new folder. If it is ex ecuted, ‘new folder?’ is displayed and Hansone waits for user input. Input new folder name and press enter and then new folder is created at the current path. 4.3.
‘shift- tab (space + dots 1,2)’. By pressing those keys, following information is displayed. 1) F ile or folder type: In case of folder, ‘there is/are x x folders’ is displayed. In case of file, it shows ex tension name of the file. 2) S ize: In case of file it shows size of file, In case of folder, total size of all the files in the folder. 3) Date/time: Displays date and time when the folder or file is modified recently.
download folder is loaded. E x ample3) A ddress edit window: .. (E nter) Move to upper folder. T his function will be supported later. E x ample4) A ddress edit window: / (enter) Move to upper- most folder (root folder). T his function will be supported later 4.4.3 Open History History stores the path and folder or file list that was opened before. A t the address edit window, press down arrow key in order to open history list. T he items in the history list can be navigated by using up/down arrow key.
5.1 F ile (F ) ‘F ile’ menu contains the menus to create new document, open any document that was saved in disk, save any document that is edited and print through Braille printer A nd it contains various environment setting menu and inserting document and ex it. In order to ex ecute ‘file’ menu, press ‘backspace + f (dots 1,2,4)’ when the wordproccssor is opened. 5.1.1 New document (N) It creates new document after closing the document currently editing. T he name of new document is ‘noname.
recently, the user can make sure it by pressing ‘space + dot 4’ that is ‘move to nex t key’. T he file names that was opened recently are displayed one by one every pressing of ‘space + dot 4’. If the file that the user wants to open is found, press enter to select it. In order to move to previous file name in the list, press ‘space + dot1’.
Remember that it may take long time if the file size to be saved is big. 5.1.5 Print (P) Printing on ink printer or emboss on the Braille printer can be done by using this menu. T o select print menu, select ‘print’ at the file menu, or press ‘backspace + m (dots 1,3,4) and then press ‘p’, or just press ‘space + p (dots 1,2,3,4). T here are two lower level menus for print menu. One is print on ink printer and the other one is print (emboss) on the Braille printer.
2) Printing on ink printer If you want to print the document on the ink printer, open the document to be printed and press space- m (dots 1- 3- 4) to open file menu and select ‘print’. A nd then select ink printer, or press p (dots 1- 2- 3- 4). T he dialog box for ink printer is almost the same as that of Braille printing. But in case of ink print, ‘font size selection’ is added. A nd it does not have function to save as ‘brl’ file format. T he default value of the font size is 11.
opened documents, and if ‘no’ is selected, it is valid only for current editing document. In order to toggle between ‘yes’ and ‘no’, press ‘space’. 7) C onfirm: Press ‘enter’ at ‘confirm’ changes the settings and return to current editing document 8) C ancel: Press ‘enter’ at ‘cancel’ will cancel setting changes and return to current editing document. 5.1.7 Insert F ile (I) In order to insert other document into the current editing document, use this function.
‘enter + b (dots 1,2)’. A nd move to the end of block to be set and select any block function as ‘copy ’ or ‘paste’. E ach function has the same function as in the block menu. A nd ‘select all’ is added to the edit menu for selecting all part of the document very conveniently. F ollowings are the more detailed ex planation of each function of edit menu. 5.2.
5.2.7 S elect all (A ) In order to select all parts of the document, select ‘select all’ at the edit menu and press enter, or press ‘backspace + e (dots 1,5) and them press ‘a’, or just press ‘enter + a (dot 1)’. 5.3 Move (M) In order to call move menu, press ‘m’ after pressing menu key ‘space + m (dots 1,3,4)’ in the wordprocessor. Or press ‘backspace + m (dots 1,3,4)’. In the move menu, there are submenus like ‘find’, ‘find again’, ‘replace’, ‘fast move’, ‘mark’ and ‘move to mark’ 5.3.
direction. If the cursor is located at the end of the document, it is better for the user to select ‘backward’ direction. 5.3.2 F ind again (H) J ust like ex plained before, select ‘find again’ at the move menu and press enter, or press ‘backspace+ m (dots 1,3,4)’ and then press ‘h’, or just press ‘space+ r (1,2,3,5). How to use this function is the same at the method of old version of Hansone. 5.3.3 Replace (R) By ex ecuting this function, selected word or sentence is replaced by new word or sentense.
jumps to the paragraph at once. If the user wants to move to forward direction, add plus sign in front of the number. If the user wants to move to backward direction, add minus sign in front of the number. 5.3.5 Mark (M) It marks at some position in the document for the later use. In order to use this function, move to the position where the mark is marked, and select ‘mark’ in the move menu and press enter, or press ‘backspace + m (dots 1,3,4) and then press ‘m’, or press ‘enter + m (dots 1,3,4)’. 5.3.
‘backspace + t (dots 1,2,4,5). 5.4.4 F rom the cursor to the end (G) It reads from the cursor position to the end of the document in voice. In this case, Braille display is synchronized with the voice. In order to use this function, select ‘from the cursor to the end’ at the read menu, or press ‘space + g (dots 1,2,4,5). 5.4.5 A utomatic scroll (A ) It scrolls automatically as set in the environment settings of file menu. It reads the document line by line automatically.
Print: S pace + p (dots 1,2,3,4) E nvironment settings: E nter + e (dots 1,5) Insert file: E nter + i (dots 2,4) E x it: S pace + z (dots 1,3,5,6) 2) E dit menu: Backspace + e (dots 1,5) Block: E nter + b (dots 1,2) C opy: E nter + c (dots 1,4) A dd to the clipboard: E nter + p (dots 1,2,3,4) Delete: Del (S pace + dots 1,4,5) C ut: E nter + x (dots 1,3,4,6) Paste: E nter + v (dots 1,2,3,6) 3) Move menu: Backspace + m (dots 1,3,4) F ind: S pace + f (dots 1,2,4) Replace: E nter + r (dots 1,2,3,5) F ast move:
‘A dd address’ can input and save name, company address, home address and so on, and ‘search address’ can search, edit and delete stored data. A nd it can print selected address through ink printer or Braille printer. 6.2 E x ecution of address list Pressing enter at the ‘address list’ menu and then Hansone asks ‘name?’. By ex ecuting address list, ‘search address’ is ex ecuted automatically. But if there is no address that is already inputted, it starts from ‘add address’ automatically .
Delete: S apce+ d (dots 1,4,5) S elect all: E nter+ a (dot 1) Option setting: E nter+ o (dots 1,3,5) S ave as a file: E nter+ t (dots 2,3,4,5) Print: S pace+ p (dots 1,2,3,4) 6.4 A dd address It adds new address on the address list. In order to ex ecute it, press ‘space + m (dots 1,3,4) in order to call address list menu, and press up arrow key (space + dot 1) or down arrow key (space + dot 4) to find ‘add address’ and press enter.
T he items of the add address are name, nick name, company name, title, mobile phone number, home telephone number, home fax number, company telephone number, company fax number, home address, home zip code, company address, company zip code, e- mail id, home page and memo. Out of those input items, the telephone numbers may be inputted as lower numbers (computer Braille) without number sign or normal number (normal Braille) with number sign, and use dash (- ) between telephone number like 000- 000- 0000.
6.5 S earching address 6.5.1 How to search address It searches inputted address. In order to ex ecute it, press ‘space + m (dots 1,3,4)’ in order to call menu, and select ‘search address’ by pressing up arrow key (space + dot 1) or ‘down arrow key (space + dot 4)’ and press enter. Or just press ‘enter + s (dots 2,3,4). If the user presses enter without inputting any tex t in the search key word, all the records inputted are selected. ‘Record’ is the address of one person.
(space + dots 1,2)’ is pressed, the field is changed to edit window for inputting searching key word. 6.6.2 E diting field In order to edit the field, move to the field by using up arrow key or down arrow key. A t the field to be modified, press ‘space + m (dots 1,3,4)’ to call menu and select ‘edit’, or just press ‘enter + e (dots 1,5)’. A nd then input modifying content. Move to the other field by pressing direction key ex plained before.
‘delete’ key. ‘S elect all’ is the function to select all the recorded that was searched. 6.6.4 Print It prints the selected record in Braille printer or ink printer. F irst, search the record to be printed using ‘searching address’ function and select it. A fter selecting the record, press ‘space + m (dots 1,3,4)’ to call menu and select ‘print’, or press ‘space + p (dots 1,2,3,4)’. In order to select record, press space at the record to be printed or ex ecute ‘select all’.
Basically, planner is ex ecuted by not only menu but also short cut key s. 7.
(2) E x it: S pace + z (dots 1,3,5,6) E x it from the planner. It can be used as cancel key for any func tion. 7.4 S etting date / time S etting data / time is the common function in the add schedule and search schedule to set date and time. T his is very important ex planation in the planner function and so we will ex plain it as independent section. S etting date / time can be inputted directly, or can be inputted by using short cut keys.
In order to move to previous/nex t item, press tab (space + dots 4,5) and shift- tab (space + dots 1,2). T he items in ‘alarm setting’ will be ex plained in the section ‘5.5.5 alarm setting’. 7.5.1 Promise date When the add schedule is ex ecuted, ‘promise date’ is displayed first. Default date displayed is year/month/day that is set recently. In order to use this date as promise date, just press enter or tab to move to nex t item.
Press ‘space + dot 3’ in order to decrease by 1 minute. Press ‘space + dot 6’ to increase by 1 minute. T he max imum time duration is 23 hours 59 minutes. T he alarm time can be set by using above method. If this time is set to ‘0’, it means that the alarm function will not be used. A larm function works only when the Hansone is turned on. E ven though the alarm is set, if Hansone is not turned on, the alarm does not ring. 7.5.6 C onfirm It saves the inputted data. 7.5.7 C ancel It cancels input.
7.7 E dit schedule In order to ex ecute ‘edit schedule’, select ‘edit’ after call planner menu by pressing ‘space + m (dots 1,3,4)’ end press enter, or just press ‘enter + e (dots 1,5)’. ‘E dit schedule’ can edit and modify schedule that is already inputted. In order to modify the schedule, edit the schedule just as the method of add schedule. A fter finishing editing, the original schedule will be replaced by the modified schedule. 7.
3) C onfirm It confirms changes of the value and return to the previous status that was ex ecuted before selecting alarm option. 4) C ancel It cancels setting changes. If it is ex ecuted, alarm option is stopped and the status that was ex ecuted before selecting alarm option is displayed. 7.10 Morning call Morning call can be ex ecuted by pressing ‘morning call (m)’ in the planner menu, or just pressing ‘enter + m (dots 1,3,4)’. Morning call do not affect add schedule nor search schedule.
1,2,3,4)’. T o select record, press ‘space’ or use ‘select all’. T he selected record is printed by seleting ‘print in Braille’ or ‘print in ink printer’ in the menu. Regarding the printing method, refer to the ex planation of printing in wordprocessor. 7.12 C reate file It creates new file that contains only the selected records of planner. S electing the record to make new file is the same method as the file selection in ‘print’.
F ollowings are detailed ex planations. 8.1.1 Read received e- mail (dots 2,4) If ‘read received e- mail’ is selected, ‘preparing for e- mail list’ is displayed and the email list is displayed later. E - mail list consists of title, rec eiver, sender, sent time, attachment, e- mail message, reply and transfer. F ollowings are move key between each items.
order to read that e- mail. ‘S ender’ is the name or e- mail id of the sender. If the sender’s e- mail id is too long, it may not appear on the Braille display but is announced in voice. Y ou can also make sure it by pressing move key like F 2 or F 4. ‘Receiver’ shows the e- mail id of receiver and ‘S ent time’ shows the time that the email was sent. 8.1.5 Download attached file If there is ‘attached file’ on the received e- mail, Braille Hansone announces ‘x attached file(s)’.
T here are items including ‘sender’, ‘cc’, ‘hidden cc’, ‘title’, ‘file attachment’, ‘message’ and ‘send’. Move from item to the other item is done by pressing space- 1 and space- 4. ‘S ender’, ‘cc’, ‘hidden cc’ and ‘title’ should be input directly and select attachment file and press enter in order to attach file. A nd write ‘message’. ‘S ender’ should be input. If it is not input, nex t item will not appear. Writing ‘message’ is the same way in wordprocessor.
want to add as receiver’s list. If space is pressed twice at the same address, it cancels selection. F inally press enter when you finished selecting addresses. If any address was selected by pressing space, Braille Hansone announces ‘selected’ and ‘*’ is displayed at the address. If adding e- mail address is done, it returns to address input status. If you want to input more address, call address list again and input continuously. 8.2.
8.3.1 A dd service In order to send and receive any e- mail, following information should be registered. 1) S ervice name: Name of registered environment (for ex ample, hitel) 2) L ogon id: e- mail id that was registered at the e- mail service provider (for ex ample, hansone) 3) Password: Password that was registered at the e- mail service provider 4) E - mail id: the e- mail id that was registered at the e- mail service provider. (for ex ample, hansone@ hitel.
8.3.3 S et option and default (dots 1,2,3,5) ‘S etting option an default’ has ‘setting delete option’, ‘setting file attachment path’ and ‘setting downloard path’. ‘S etting option and default’ can be selected at the e- mail environment setting menu. Or press r(dots 1- 2- 3- 5) at the e- mail environment setting menu. Move from one item to the other is done by pressing space- 1 or space- 4. A nd press space- z (dots 1- 3- 5- 6) in order to ex it from setting menu and move to upper level menu.
Move to the first e- mail: space- 2- 3 Move to the last e- mail: space- 5- 6 2) Reading e- mail: r (dots 1- 2- 3- 5) Read received e- mail: I (dots 2- 4) Receive new e- mail: n (dots 1- 3- 4- 5) S ave in e- mail storage: r (dots 1- 2- 3- 5) 3) Writing e- mail: w (dots 2- 3- 5- 6) E x it from e- mail writing: space- z (dots 1- 3- 5- 6) S earch address list: space- 3- 4 Move to nex t item: space- 4 Move to previous item: space- 1 S elect or cancel selection of address: space S elect address: enter 4) Delete e
Braille keyboard that will be ex plained in this section and also can be played by using audio keys that are located in the front side of the unit. Media player contains not only playing music but also recording voice. 9.1 Using audio buttons In order to use audio buttons that are located at the front side of the unit, stop all the application programs and the control should be at the program menu.
9.1.4 S top button S top button is rectangular button. During playing any music or recorded voice, if this button is pressed, it will stop playing. Or during recoding voice, if this button is pressed, the recording will be stopped. 9.2 Braille keyboard and ex tended keys If you use media player by using Braille keyboard of Braille Hansone, you can use more features than you use the media player using audio button that are located at the front side of the unit.
registered in the play list tab. In the play list tab, many of play list can be registered. F ollowings are ex ample of play list. F or example, if ‘(1): Chopin - F antasie Impromptu 1/10’ is in the play list, the first number (1) is play item number (we say it ‘ track’ ). A nd ‘ C hopin – F antasie Impromptu’ is file name in play list. ‘ 1/10’ is registered in the play list and it means that this music is first one out of 10 items in the play list. 9.2.
9.3 How to use media player menu Media player menu consists of 4 menus. F irst menu is ‘file’. It is used to register any music file into play list tab or delete any music file from the play list tab. T he second menu is ‘play ’ that has playback function menus for playing music. T he third menu is ‘record’ that provides function to record voice. T he last menu is ‘setting’ that has various setting function for playing and recording. F ollowings are more detailed information. 9.3.
A t this add file dialog box , you can select files to be played and select play list and add that file to the selected play list. In the ‘file open dialog’ box , if you add any audio file, then it is played immediately without pressing play button or command. But in this ‘add file dialog box ’, it adds any file into the play list but not start playing music immediately. A lso you can call this dialog box quickly by pressing ‘backspace- o (dots 1- 3- 5)’ that is short cut key for add file dialog box .
9.3.2 Play In order to start playing, press ‘space- m (dots 1- 3- 4)’ or call media menu and press ‘p(dots 1- 2- 3- 4)’ that is initial of play, or move to ‘play p’ by pressing moving keys. T hen following 13 lower level items appear. T he functions and its short cut keys are listed below. 1) Play (p): S tarts playing selected file in the play list tab. If more than one file is selected, the selected files are played sequentially.
10. Web Browser T he main purpose of Hansone web browser is to read web page in the internet. In order to ex ecute web browser, select ‘web browser’ at the program menu and press enter. T hen it is connected to the web page that was registered as ‘starting page’ in the web browser. T he more detailed will be ex plained below. 10.
In order to check the current path, press ‘space + dots 3,4’. T his can be used at the dialog box es of ‘save as’, ‘add favorite’ and ‘favorite list’ Web browser can open only html file, and so there is no file format item in the dialog box of web browser. T his is the difference between the dialog box of wordprocessor and that of web browser. In order to cancel ‘open’, press ‘escape (space + e)’ or ‘ex it (space + z)’. Or select ‘cancel’ by pressing tab and press enter to cancel ‘open’. 10.1.
10.2.1 Move to home page (P) T he first page when web browser is opened is called home page. T he user can register one’s favorite site as home page. Whenever ‘starting page’ is selected or ex ecuted, web browser shows home page that was registered. T he default starting page is www.himskorea.co.kr that is the home page of HIMS C o., L td.. In order to move to the home page, select ‘home page’ at the web browser menu, or just press ‘enter + p (dots 1,2,3,4)’ during web browser is opened. 10.2.
as the page address and name that the user inputted. T he title of each item in the history list is displayed. In order to display the address, press ‘space + i (dots 2,4)’ . If the user had been inputted ‘www.yahoo.co.kr’ before, it will show the title of the page, ‘Y ahoo!’. In order to connect to Y ahoo site by using history list, select ‘Y ahoo!’ in the history list and press enter. In order to change the display from the title to the address, press ‘space + i’.
10.3 F avorite (A ) ‘F avorite’ is ex ecuted by selecting ‘favorite’ at the web browser menu that is called by pressing ‘space + m (dots 1,3,4)’ and pressing enter, or just pressing ‘backspace + a (dot 1)’. By using ‘favorite’ menu, the user can find the web site that the user browses frequently. 10.3.1 Registering home page (H) ‘Home page’ is the web site that is connected automatically when the web browser is opened. T he user can register the web site that the user browses frequently as home page.
In the favorite list, if there is any folder that the user created, the folder name is displayed with the file name. T he folder name is displayed with quotation mark. Open the menu by pressing ‘space + m’ and then the user can rename, copy, paste and create folder, just like the functions in ‘file manager’. 10.4 Read page In the web page, there are links, controls and other various elements as well as tex ts.
box , the user should select one of the items. In the Hansone web browser, it uses a pair of symbols to inform the beginning and end of control. A nd in order to move from one control to the other control without reading other tex ts, Hansone provides move to control as follows. 1) Previous control: S hift- tab (space + dots 1,2) Move to the nearest previous control from the current position. If there is no more previous control, warning sound is outputted.
press ‘down arrow key (space + dot 4)’ or ‘up arrow key (space + dot 1)’. 4) Radio button If the radio button is selected, ‘dots 2,4,5,6, dots 1,2,3,4,5,6 and dots 1,2,3,5’ is displayed. If the selection is canceled, ‘dots 2,4,5,6, dots 3,6 and dots 1,2,3,5’ is displayed. A nd then press enter to select. 5) C heck box If the check box is selected, ‘dots 4,5,6, dots 1,2,3,4,5,6 and dots 1,2,3’ is displayed. If the check box is not selected, ‘dots 4,5,6, dots 3,6 and dots 1,2,3’ displayed.
If the cell is merged, it is outputted like ‘second row, from third to fourth column’. It means that the third cell and fourth cell are merged. It is the same as for merged column. Move by cell is valid only in the table and if ex ecuted out of table, warning sound is outputted. 1) Move to previous table: space + dots 3,4,5,6 It moves to the starting position of the previous table. If there is no more previous table, warning sound is outputted.
upper level table, warning sound is outputted. It does not work at the upper most level table. 11) Move to lower cell of upper level table: backspace + dots 2,6 It moves to the row of the current cell that contains current table. If the table cell that contains current table is at the last row of upper lev el table, warning sound is outputted. It does not work at the upper most level table.
Refresh: E nter + r (dots 1,2,3,5) Open history list: E nter + h (dots 1,2,5) History address: S pace + i (dots 2,4) F ind: S pace + f (dots 1,2,4) F ind again: S pace + r (dots 1,2,3,5) 3) F avorite: Backspace + a (dot 1) Register as home page: Backspace + a, h A dd favorite: Backspace + a, a F avorite list: Backspace + a, l 4) Move to link Move to previous link: Backspace Move to nex t link: S pace 5) Move to control Move to previous control: S hift- tab (S pace + dots 1,2) Move to nex t control: T ab (S
E nd of link: dots4,6, dots 1,2,3 S tart of edit window: dots 1,2,3,4,6 E nd of edit window: dots 1,3,4,5,6 S tart of combo box : dots 1,2,3,4,6, dots 2,5 E nd of combo box : dots 2,5, dots 1,3,4,5,6 S tart of list box : dots 1,2,3,4,6 dots 1,2,3 E nd of list box : dots 4,5,6 dots 1,3,4,5,6 S tart of button: dots 1,2,3,4,6 dots 2,6 E nd of button: dots 3,5, dots 1,3,4,5,6 Radio button selected: dots 2,4,5,6 dots 1,2,3,4,5,6 dots 1,2,3,5 Radio button not selected: dots 2,4,5,6 dots 3,6 dots 1,2,3,5 C heck bo
If the calculator is ex ecuted, ‘start calculation’ is announced in voice and Braille Hansone is ready to input ex pression. F ollowings are the input method for calculation. When inputting number in calculator, use computer Braille. It means that from 0 to 9, the corresponding Braille is dots 3- 5- 6 (0), dot 2 (1), dots 2- 3 (2), dots 2- 5(3), dots 25- 6(4), dots 2- 6(5), dots 2- 3- 5(6), dots 2- 3- 5- 6(7), dots 2- 3- 6(8), dots 3- 5(9). Do not use number sign.
multiplication is calculated. T he answer to this calculation is 72. 3) Negative number Basically, two operators cannot be input successively. If you should use two successive operators, use parentheses. F or ex ample, 10- - 3 cannot be input. T his should be input as 10- (- 3). 4) Percent Regarding the percent calculation, refer to following ex amples. E x 1) 90 + 20% : C alculate 20 percent of 90 first and the add it to 90.
11.2 S etting date/time (dots 2,3,4,5) Move to nex t month: S pace + dot 4 Move to previous month: S pace + dot 1 Move to nex t week: S pace + dot 5 Move to previous week: S pace + dot 2 Move to nex t day: S pace + dot 6 Move to previous day: S pace + dot 3 Move to nex t year: S pace + dots 5,6 Move to previous year: S pace + dots 2,3 Increase an hour: S pace + dot 5 Decrease an hour: S pace + dot 2 Increase a minute: S pace + dot 6 Decrease a minute: S pace + dot 3 E x it: S pace + dots 1,3,5,6 11.
inputted as normal number with number sign and lower number without number sign. When inputting year, month and date, insert space or ‘/(slash)’, or ‘- ‘. A fter inputting number and press enter, and then it reads the date inputted again and move to nex t item. If enter is pressed while solar calendar is displayed, it is changed to lunar calendar.
pronunciation as you prefer. 11.5.3 S earching item If this function is ex ecuted, ‘input key’ is displayed. Input a word to be searched and press enter. T hen ‘key xx x , converted value x x xx ’ is displayed. Press space- z (dots 13- 5- 6) in order to ex it to ‘work list’ and if space- z (dots 1- 3- 5- 6) is pressed again, then it ex its from ‘dictionary list’. 11.5.4 Modifying item It modifies registered word and its pronunciation. Input a word to be modified and press enter.
saying ‘count down x x (inputted time)’. It also stop counting if dot 6 is pressed and continue to count down if dot 6 is pressed again. Pressing dot 3 will initialize count down timer. If count down timer is 0 second during counting down, it alarms for 10 seconds and return to initial status. Press backspace- enter in order to stop alarming. A nd Braille Hansone returns to new count down timer. Press dots 3- 4- 5- 6 in order to make ready status of stopwatch.
Press reset button with any needle or end of ballpoint pen in order to reset you Braille Hansone. 11.9 C heck power status (dots 1,2) Press b (dots 1- 2) in the utility menu or select ‘check power status’ by using move keys in order to select ‘check power status’. Or y ou can check y our power status by pressing space- 1- 6 anywhere. Y ou can check two information regarding power status by checking power status.
