Braille Sense U2 MINI User Manual HIMS Inc. 4616 W. Howard Lane, Ste 960 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 888-520-4467 Fax: 512-837-2011 Email: support@hims-inc.
Safety Precautions For your safety from the Braille Sense U2 MINI, please read safety precautions carefully. 1. The input voltage of the AC adapter is 100V - 240V, and the output is DC 5V / 2A. 2. When the Braille Sense U2 MINI is shipped, the battery may be separate from the unit to avoid damage. The battery may not be fully charged when it is shipped. Before you use the Braille Sense U2 MINI, you should make sure the battery is fully charged.
adapter, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will shut down one minute after the announcement of the battery’s status. The amount of battery life per charge will vary depending on the options you have set. 6. Your Braille Sense U2 MINI needs to be handled with care. The Braille Sense U2 MINI is a very delicate machine. You should make sure to handle the unit in a proper manner. Also, the Braille Sense U2 MINI is very sensitive to dust. Make sure to keep the Braille Sense U2 MINI away from dusty environments. 7.
11. If you have any complaints or suggestions, please provide us with your comments on our website. We will improve our product based on your comments and suggestions. Thank you for using the Braille Sense U2 MINI, and we value any comments or suggestions you have for our product. 12. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions.
15. This device is only authorized for use in a mobile application. At least 20 cm of separation distance between the transmitting antenna device and the user's body must be maintained at all times.
Congratulations on the purchase of your Braille Sense U2 MINI! The Braille Sense U2 MINI is capable of doing everything that an ordinary PDA can do, and more – all without the need for a screen! II. How to use this manual Before using the Braille Sense U2 MINI, you should read the entire manual to familiarize yourself with the functions of the Braille Sense U2 MINI. Reading the entire manual will allow you to operate the Braille Sense U2 MINI to its fullest potential.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 31 1.1 What is the Braille Sense U2 MINI? .............................................................................. 31 1.2 Hardware ...................................................................................................................... 32 1.2.1 Top Panel .......................................................................................
2.9 Multi Tasking ................................................................................................................ 54 2.10 Switching Audio mode ................................................................................................ 55 2.11 Switching Key lock ...................................................................................................... 56 2.12 Print Spool .........................................................................................................
3.2.15 Voice Rate ............................................................................................................ 71 3.2.16 Voice Pitch ........................................................................................................... 71 3.2.17 Scroll Voice .......................................................................................................... 72 3.2.25 Play Power On/Off Sound .................................................................................... 73 3.
4.1.1 Navigating the File List ........................................................................................... 85 4.1.2 Item (Folder or File) Selection Key ......................................................................... 86 4.1.3 Cancel / Exit Key .................................................................................................... 87 4.2 Using File Manager Features in the File List.................................................................. 87 4.2.
4.3.2 Type in Path / File Name...................................................................................... 100 4.3.3 Opening the History List ...................................................................................... 101 4.4 Network share function .............................................................................................. 101 4.4.1 Search for shared computers and add the network list. ...................................... 102 4.4.2 Remove Remote folder registered ..
5.2.8 Clear Clipboard .................................................................................................... 119 5.2.9 Select All .............................................................................................................. 119 5.2.10 Insert from File................................................................................................... 120 5.2.11 Insert Date .........................................................................................................
5.4.6 Read Current Sentence ........................................................................................ 135 5.4.7 Read Current Line ................................................................................................ 136 5.4.8 Read Current Word .............................................................................................. 136 5.4.9 Read Current Character ....................................................................................... 136 5.4.10 Read Status ...
6.5 Backing up and restoring the address list ................................................................... 154 6.5.1 Backup Address List ............................................................................................. 154 6.5.2 Restore Address List............................................................................................. 155 6.5.3 Setting Backup Option ......................................................................................... 155 6.
7.4.4 End time ............................................................................................................... 172 7.4.5 Subject ................................................................................................................. 173 7.4.6 Location ............................................................................................................... 173 7.4.7 Memo ...........................................................................................................
7.11.5 Cancel ................................................................................................................ 186 7.12 Synchronizing With Microsoft Outlook..................................................................... 186 7.13 Hot Keys for the Schedule Manager ......................................................................... 187 8. E-MAIL ..................................................................................................................................190 8.
8.5.2 Set Options .......................................................................................................... 233 8.5.3 Spam Settings ...................................................................................................... 234 8.6. Hot Keys for E-Mail .................................................................................................... 241 8.6.1 Hot Keys That Are Used in the Inbox ................................................................... 241 8.6.
9.3.6 Settings ................................................................................................................ 267 9.4 Additional features ..................................................................................................... 273 9.4.1 Moving features using the cursor keys ................................................................ 273 9.5 Hot Keys in the Media Player...................................................................................... 273 10. FM RADIO .
11.3.1 Start selection .................................................................................................... 290 11.3.2 Copy ................................................................................................................... 291 11.3.3 Add to clipboard ................................................................................................ 291 11.3.4 Copy URL ............................................................................................................
11.6.3 Show visited links .............................................................................................. 302 11.6.4 Changing the Default Download Folder ............................................................. 302 11.6.5 Clear cookies ...................................................................................................... 303 11.7 Read Page ................................................................................................................. 304 11.7.
12.3.6 Move by Text Index ........................................................................................... 323 12.4 Mark ......................................................................................................................... 324 12.4.1 Previous Mark .................................................................................................... 324 12.4.2 Next Mark ..........................................................................................................
13.2.8 Using Multiple Services Simultaneously ............................................................ 350 13.3 Hot keys in Bluetooth Manager ................................................................................ 351 14. DATABASE MANAGER ....................................................................................................352 14.1 Table Manager .......................................................................................................... 353 14.1.1 Add Table .........
16.2.2 Launch “Twitter” ................................................................................................ 372 16.2.3 Twitter window ................................................................................................. 373 16.2.4 Timeline ............................................................................................................. 375 16.2.5. Manage "Tweet" ............................................................................................... 377 16.2.6.
16.5.2 Google talk ......................................................................................................... 434 16.5.3 MSN messenger ................................................................................................. 436 17. UTILITIES ..........................................................................................................................438 17.1 Calculator.........................................................................................................
17.5.6 Wakeup Call Times ............................................................................................. 455 17.5.7 Confirm/Cancel .................................................................................................. 455 17.6 Calendar.................................................................................................................... 456 17.6.1 Using the Calendar ............................................................................................. 456 17.
19. USING ACTIVESYNC.........................................................................................................483 19.1 What is ActiveSync?.................................................................................................. 483 19.2 Connecting the Braille Sense U2 MINI to a PC .......................................................... 483 19.3 Setting up the Braille Sense U2 MINI in the ActiveSync Program ............................. 483 19.
20.6.1 Hot keys that are used in the inbox ................................................................... 493 20.6.2 Hot keys for Sending E-Mail Including Reply, Forward, and Save in the Mail Outbox .......................................................................................................................... 494 20.6.3 Hot Keys for Reading E-Mails or Writing an E-Mail Message ............................. 494 20.7 Media Player.................................................................
20.15.2 Setting time and date ...................................................................................... 508 20.15.3 Checking Date and Time .................................................................................. 509 20.15.4 Calendar ........................................................................................................... 509 20.15.5 Pronunciation dictionary ................................................................................. 509 20.15.6 Stopwatch .......
21.4.3 Hot Keys for the Commands .............................................................................. 517 21.4.4 Miscellaneous Hot Keys ..................................................................................... 518 21.5 Schedule Manager .................................................................................................... 518 21.5.1 Hot keys for the commands ............................................................................... 518 21.5.
21.15 Utilities ................................................................................................................... 532 21.15.1 Calculator ......................................................................................................... 532 21.15.2 Setting the Date and Time ............................................................................... 534 21.15.3 Checking the Date and Time ............................................................................ 534 21.15.
1. Introduction 1.1 What is the Braille Sense U2 MINI? The Braille Sense U2 MINI is a Braille note taker developed and manufactured by HIMS, for people who are blind and visually impaired. You can do the following with the Braille Sense U2 MINI. 1. You can use the Word Processor, and the Perkins style keyboard, to create Braille documents. 2. You can print your text documents using any compatible ink printer. 3. You can emboss your Braille documents when you connect the unit to a Braille printer. 4.
13. You can copy any files from your personal computer to the Braille Sense U2 MINI, and vice versa. 14. You can use the Braille Sense U2 MINI as a Braille display with a compatible screen reader, such as Window-Eyes. 15. You can copy, move, and delete files on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. 16. You can adjust the volume, the speed, and the pitch of the speech. You can change as many of these features as you want on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. 17.
The first thing you should do is place the Braille Sense U2 MINI on a level surface that you can use to examine the Braille Sense U2 MINI, such as a table or desk. When the Braille Sense U2 MINI is placed on a level surface, the shape of the entire unit will resemble a small, thin rectangular box. The Braille Sense U2 MINI has six sides. You should feel for the Braille keys and Braille display. The side that the Braille keys and Braille display are on should be facing up.
has more than 32 Braille cells, the scroll buttons will scroll the Braille display. Above the cursor routing keys, are four rectangular shaped buttons. The spacebar is located between these four rectangular shaped buttons. Two of the rectangular shaped buttons are located on the left side of the spacebar and the other two are located on the right of the spacebar. These four rectangular shaped buttons are function keys.
Toward the top of the Braille Sense U2 MINI on the top panel, is a liquid crystal display (LCD) in the center. The LCD displays the printed text, so that someone who has sight can see what you are typing. On both sides of the LCD, there are two speakers, which enable the Braille Sense U2 MINI to emit sound. At the right side of this LCD, there are there are 4 LED lights.
The back of the AC adapter jack, you will find a slide switch which is key lock switch. This switch will be explained in more detail in the next section. 1.2.3 Left Side Panel Now, let's take a look at the left side panel of the unit. If you move your finger to the left side of the Braille Sense U2 MINI, you will find USB port. You can connect USB cable to this USB port. Continuing toward the back of the unit on the left side panel, you will find second USB port.
At the right of the LAN port, you will find USB port which is used for user to connect USB cable or USB memory stick. The details of this feature will be explained in more detail later in this manual. Next, to the right of the USB port, you will find a video output port. The video output port can be used to display the text that is shown on the Braille display on a regular computer monitor for sighted people. If you want to use this port, it will have to be turned on from within the options menu.
Congratulations! You are now familiar with the very basic functions of the buttons and ports that are located on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. The rest of the manual will discuss each function in greater detail to allow you to maximize the potential of your Braille Sense U2 MINI. 1.3 Hardware Specifications of the Braille Sense U2 MINI 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Operating system: Windows CE 6.0. Flash memory: 32GB. RAM: 256MB. CPU: Mobile CPU (800MHz).
memory) and 32GB of flash memory. The RAM is memory space that is reserved for running programs. This memory space is a temporary storage of any program files that are running or any current data located in documents that you are editing. The data in the RAM area will disappear if your battery goes dead, and the AC adapter is not connected. Also, when the Braille Sense U2 MINI reboots for any reason, the data in the RAM will disappear.
2. Basic Functions of the Braille Sense U2 MINI 2.1 How to Use the Commands All of the commands that you will use on the Braille Sense U2 MINI are comprised of different combinations of the Braille keys. In this user manual, the “-” sign is used to indicate key combinations. For example, “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” indicates that the user should press “space” and “letter z (dots 1-3-5-6)” simultaneously and then release them at the same time. You will also find expressions like “Space-1-3-5-6” in this manual.
you the name of the program that was running on the Braille Sense U2 MINI when you turned it off. If you turn off the Braille Sense U2 MINI while you are using the word processor, it will tell you the file name/input mode and file protection status as well as the program name. When you connect the AC adapter to the Braille Sense U2 MINI, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will speak the message “AC adapter connected.
“File” menu in order to move directly to “New.” “Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-5)” is what you would press to access the function “New” from anywhere in the word processor. The “n” is the shortcut key and “Enter-n” is the hotkey. It is important to note that not all shortcut keys work from anywhere in the Braille Sense U2 MINI; some commands will only work while you are in a specific program. For example, if you want to activate the “new document” option in the word processor.
menu is the top menu in the Braille Sense U2 MINI. That is, the “program” menu is the parent directory for everything, as there are no directories or menus above the “program” menu. The items in the “program” menu are file manager, word processor, address manager, schedule manager, e-mail, media player, FM Radio, web browser, daisy player, Bluetooth manager, database manager, extras, social networking, utilities, global options, and help. The first item of the “program” menu is “File manager.
The following table shows the names and the symbols of the control symbols that are displayed in front and back of menu names. Name Menu Menu item List item Edit box Multi edit box Computer edit box Symbol Comments MN It means the menu that has submenus. MI It means the menu that does not have a submenu. LI The item name after this symbol represents the name of the item in any list. (Ex: “LI database” or “LI sample.
Combo box CB Edit combo box ECB Prompt button PB Static box ST Link LN Anchor ANC Radio button RB (Ex: “CE To: (cursor) “ in the email program) It represents the combo box in which you can choose an item by pressing the up scroll button or the down scroll button. (Ex: “CB Type: *.*” in the “Open dialog box” of the word processor program) You can choose the desired item by pressing the up or down scroll button, or by directly typing in the item name.
Radio button SRB select Radio button URB unselect Check box check SCHB Check box uncheck UCHB button, down scroll button, space, or Backspace. Also it cycles between items when pressing this key. (Ex: “RB Attribute: Write” in the “Information dialog box” of the file manager) It means that the radio button is selected in the web browser It means that the radio button is not selected in the web browser. It means that the check box is selected. It means that the check box is not selected.
“F2” key will open the specific menu for each program. The “F3” key has the same function as “tab (“Space-4-5”). If you press “Space-F3,” this will have the same function as pressing “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”).” The “F4” key will function just like the “escape” key does on a personal computer. This key performs the same function as pressing “Space-e (dots 1-5).” Please note that the “escape” key does not exit a program, as does “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6).
from the battery or the AC power/USB power supply. If the battery power level drops under 15 percent, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will display the battery status on the Braille display, and it will announce (through the speakers) that the battery has less than 15 percent of its power left.
called “folders” on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. The books in each section can be compared to what are called “files” on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. You can save files into any folders at your convenience. If you make the proper folder names for files you are saving, it will make it easier to find saved files when you need to access them later. When the Braille Sense U2 MINI is shipped from the factory, the name of the flash memory in the Braille Sense U2 MINI is called “flashdisk.
speech at the same time for reading. However, you cannot turn off both Braille and the speech simultaneously. You can utilize “Backspace-F2” to turn the speech on and off. You can use “Backspace-F3” to turn the Braille on and off. Please refer to section 3.2.1 in this user manual for more information. 2.8 How to type the character In the document, “edit box” and “multi edit box” on Braille Sense U2 MINI, you can enter the grade 1 or grade 2 Braille.
apostrophe: dot 3 left parenthesis: dots 1-2-3-5-6 right parenthesis: dots 2-3-4-5-6 asterisk: dots 1-6 PLUS: dots 3-4-6 comma: dot 6 dash: dots 3-6 period: dots 4-6 slash: dots 3-4 0: dots 3-5-6 1: dot 2 2: dots 2-3 3: dots 2-5 4: dots 2-5-6 5: dots 2-6 6: dots 2-3-5 7: dots 2-3-5-6 8: dots 2-3-6 9: dots 3-5 colon: dots 1-5-6 semi colon: dots 5-6 less than: dots 1-2-6 equal: dots 1-2-3-4-5-6 great than: dots 3-4-5 question mark: dots 1-4-5-6 at sign: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dot 4 A: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dot
L: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3 M: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-4 N: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-4-5 O: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-5 P: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3-4 Q: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3-4-5 R: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3-5 S: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 2-3-4 T: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 2-3-4-5 U: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-6 V: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3-6 W: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 2-4-5-6 X: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-4-6 Y: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), d
q: dots 1-2-3-4-5 r: dots 1-2-3-5 s: dots 2-3-4 t: dots 2-3-4-5 u: dots 1-3-6 v: dots 1-2-3-6 w: dots 2-4-5-6 x: dots 1-3-4-6 y: dots 1-3-4-5-6 z: dots 1-3-5-6 left brace: dots 2-4-6 vertical bar: dots 1-2-5-6 right brace: dots 1-2-4-5-6 tilde: dots 4-5 2.8.2 Input/search for Control character Control character is a code in a character set, which does not in itself represent a written symbol in computing.
The control character can be searched as well in the Braille documents. Searching for the control character, follow these steps below. (1) While opening the Braille document, press “Space-f (dots 1-2-6)”. (2) “Text to find” will be displayed. (3) Press “Space-x (dots 1-3-4-6)” and “control character” will be announced. (4) Input the control character that you want to search for. For example, pressing “l (dots 1-2-3)” for Form Feed (FF) and “i (dots 2-4)” for TAB in alphabetic order.
case, you can switch them with “tab(Space-4-5 or F3)” or “shifttab(Space-1-2 or Space-F3).” Switching documents will be explained later in detail in section 4, which covers the word processor. After you press F1 to call up the “program” menu, or after you press F1F4 to open the Task Name, you can press “escape” (“Space-e” or “F4”) to return to the previously-running program.
work for the Daisy program. If you push the audio mode switch to the right side, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say “media mode” and the audio buttons will work for the Media program. So in order to use the audio buttons as you desire, you have to set the audio mode switch to the proper position. For example, when you are using Media program and the audio mode switch is located in the left side, the audio buttons on the front panel will work for FM Radioprogram.
2-3-4-6.” Then, you will see the dialog box which has three controls. The first control is a list that gives you information about files that are being printed. There is also a “Cancel” button and a “Close” button. You can cycle through the three controls by pressing “tab (Space-4-5)” or “shifttab (Space-1-2).” In the information list, you can move item by item by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1.
1. To type a character, you press the dots in any combination or order. And when you have pressed all dots, press “Space.” For example, if you want to type the “h,” you press “dot 1” and “dot 2” separately or together and then press “dot 5.” And finally you press “Space.” 2. To press a command that includes “Space,” you press “Space” both before and after the other keys.
In order to cancel the “Typing Mode”, follow these steps: (1) Press “Backspace-Enter-c (dots 1-4)” in the “Typing Mode”. (2) It shows “End typing mode”. After you cancel the “Typing Mode”, it will go to the next line in document when you press “Space-4”. 2.15 Common Combination Keys 1. Call up the program menu: F1 2. Execute the individual program in the program menu F1-”shortcut key” (varies for each program) 3. Call up the Task Name list: F1-F4 4. Switch to previous program: Space-F2-F3 5.
21. Scroll left: Up scroll button 22. Scroll right: Down scroll button 23. Move the cursor to each cell or move to an item: The corresponding cursor routing key 24. Read the current item again: Space-r (dots 1-2-3-5) 25. Say current time: Space-t (dots 2-3-4-5) 26. Display power status: Space-1-6 27. Call up the “Global options”: Space-o (dots 1-3-5) 28. Online help: Space-h (dots 1-2-5) 29. Checking your version: Space-v (dots 1-2-3-6) only in the Braille Sense U2 MINI “program” menu.” 30.
3. Global options The “Global options” in the Braille Sense U2 MINI has information on all of your settings. You can change your preferences regarding each option. You can access the “Global options” by pressing “F1.” Then, use “Space4” or “Space-1” until you find “Global options.” Then, press “Enter” on “Global options.” By pressing the “Space-o (dots 1-3-5),” you can open the “Global option” while you are anywhere in the Braille Sense U2 MINI.
3.1 Global options Overview The “Global options” contains different settings that can be changed in the Braille Sense U2 MINI. By pressing “Space-o (dots 1-3-5),” you can open the “Global options” while you are anywhere in the Braille Sense U2 MINI. The “Global options” has five groups. 1. Braille setting (which includes Braille display, Braille cursor, eight dot mode, view/input grade, Braille Code and message display time) 2.
Now, let’s take a look at each function in the “Global options” in more detail, and look at the specific steps on how to change the various settings. It is very important to note that there are duplicate shortcut keys; therefore, pressing a shortcut key will move the focus to the next setting that has a matching shortcut key, and pressing the same shortcut key will move the focus to the next setting that has the same shortcut key.
press “Enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter.” If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter.” You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5).” Note that there are three types of cursors: 1. “dots 7-8” 2. blinking “dots 7-8” 3.
are Uncontracted Braille, Contracted Braille, and Computer Braille. You can switch between the settings by pressing “Space” key. You can press “Space-g (dots 1-2-4-5)” to cycle through the three settings while you are using other programs without calling up the “Global options”. If you have changed the setting, press “Enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter.
then press “Enter.” You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5).” Note: If you change the Braille Code option while you are editing Braille in the Word Processor, current written Braille would be changed to different meanings in text. In order to avoid this situation, the Braille Code option needs to be changed before launching the Word Processor. 3.2.6 Message Display Time You can choose when a Braille message will disappear from the Braille display.
The shortcut for jumping quickly to the “Language” setting is “l (dots1-23)”. Press “Space” to toggle the TTS voice between “English” and “Spanish”. If you have changed the setting, press “Enter” to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter.” If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter.
3.2.9 Punctuation Level You can choose how you want the Braille Sense U2 MINI to read punctuation marks. The shortcut key is “p (dots 1-2-3-4).” The setting options are “All,” “Off,” “Punctuation,” and “Symbol.” The default setting is set to “All” in which the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say all punctuation marks and symbols. The “Space” key allows you to cycle through all four of the setting values. If you select “Off,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will not say any punctuation marks.
3.2.11 Capitalization alert You can decide how the Braille Sense U2 MINI will speak the “capital character” when you type the character or read the document by using “Space-3” or “Space-6” in computer edit box or ASCII mode . The shortcut key is “u (dots 1-3-6).” The setting values are “Off,” “Say cap,” and “Pitch.” The default value is “Pitch.” If you select the default, you will hear higher pitch when meet the capital letter.
3.2.13 Abbreviations You can turn the translation of acronyms on/off in Braille Sense U2 MINI. For example, when the Braille Sense U2 MINI reads “Ala” it announces “Alabama”. But if using “Abbreviations” set to ‘Off’, it will announce “Ala”. To change the setting value, follow these steps below. (1) Move to the “Global option” by pressing short cut key, “o (dots 1-35)” or navigating key in the main program. (2) The short cut key is “a (dot 1).
3.2.15 Voice Rate You can control the speed of the Braille Sense U2 MINI speech. The shortcut key is “r (dots 1-2-3-5).” The setting options are 1 through 12 with the default set to 8. The “Space” key increases the speed level and the “Backspace” key decreases the speed level by one unit at a time. Without opening the “Global options”, you can increase the speed with the key combination of “Space” and “F4” keys, or you can decrease it with “Space” and the “F1” key.
setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter.” You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5).” 3.2.17 Scroll Voice You can decide if you want the Braille Sense U2 MINI to speak while using the scroll buttons in the document. The shortcut key is “s (dots 23-4)” with the default set to “Off.” The default setting (Off) does not allow the Braille Sense U2 MINI to speak while scrolling.
3.2.25 Play Power On/Off Sound You can choose whether you will hear a power on/off sound or not when you turn on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. The shortcut key is “s (dots 2-34).” The default for this option is set to “On.” If you keep default setting, you will hear a starting sound signal when you turn on or off the Braille Sense U2 MINI. If you don’t want to hear the on/off sound signal, you can press “Space” key once to turn “Off” the sound signal.
next character on the Braille display and it works as if you press “Space3” or “Space-6.” If you set the value to “Move by paragraph,” left-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next paragraph and it works as if you press “Space-2-3” or “Space-5-6.” If you set the value to “Move by sentence,” left-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next sentence and it works as if you press “Space2-3-5” or “Space-2-5-6.” If you have changed the setting, press “Enter” to save the setting.
the Braille display and if you press right-down scroll button, you can move to next character on the Braille display and it works as if you press “Space-3” or “Space-6.” If you set the value to “Move by paragraph,” right-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next paragraph and it works as if you press “Space-2-3” or “Space-5-6.” If you set the value to “Move by sentence,” right-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next sentence and it works as if you press “Space-2-3-5” or “Space-2-5-6.
You can choose the display location of information regarding the files and menus in the Braille Sense U2 MINI. The short cut key is “i (dots 24),” and the default is set to “After.” To toggle “Control information” between before, after and off, press “space. If you select “Before,” you will hear control information before a menu or list item. If you select “After,” you will hear control information such as “list item” or “menu item” after a menu or list item.
(“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter.” You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5).” 3.2.31 Hot Key Information As described before, hot keys are keystrokes that can take you directly to an item, such as a menu, or a particular item in a list. You can choose the speech output method of hot key. The short cut key is “h (dots 1-25),” and the default is set to “Letters.
setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter.” You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5).” 3.2.33 Power Saving Mode You can choose to have the Braille Sense U2 MINI use the power saving mode. The shortcut key is “p (dots 1-2-3-4).” The default setting is set to “On,” which will use the power saving mode. The “Space” key switches between “On,” “Off”, and “Message.
If you have changed the setting, press “Enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter.” If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter.” You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5).” 3.2.
button, and then press “Enter.” You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5).” For your reference, this option is set to “Off” even if you are set to “On” when connected the Braille Sense U2 MINI to USB keyboard. And if you remove the USB keyboard, this option will be returned to value that before you connected to the USB keyboard. 3.2.37 Automatic spell-check You can choose whether the Braille Sense U2 MINI will check spelling or not.
You can choose between “Sense document”, “Braille document,” and “Text document.” By default, it is set to “Braille document.” Press “Space” to toggle through the three settings, and press “Enter,” or press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter,” to save the changed setting. If you do not want to save the changed setting, press “tab (Space-45)” to move to the “Cancel” button, and press “Enter.
sign. The shortcut key is “p (dots 1-2-3-4),” and you can choose one among “Silent,” “Beep,” and “Message.” By default, it is set to “Message.” Press “Space” to toggle through three settings, and press “Enter” to save to the changed option. If it is set to “Message,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say progress in percentage, like 10% or 20%. If it is set to “Beep,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI outputs beep sound during copying or opening any documents or webpage.
For your reference, in order to use Bluetooth function of the Braille Sense U2 MINI, please turn it on. And please turn it off while you are not using the Bluetooth function to save battery power. 3.2.42 Wireless LAN You can decide whether the Braille Sense U2 MINI will turn Wireless LAN on. The shortcut key for this option is “w (dots 2-4-5-6).” You can choose between “On” and “Off” by pressing “Space.” By default, it is set to “Off.
can download the Active Sync program from the Microsoft website for free. If you have changed the setting, press “Enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter.” If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter.” You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5).
4. File Manager 4.1 Overview The functions and structures of the “File manager” on the Braille Sense U2 MINI are very similar to the “file manager” on a personal computer. In order to run the “file manager,” press “f (dots 1-2-4)” or press “Enter” when you are on “file manager” in the “program” menu. The “File manager” includes an “address window” and a “file list.” When you open the “file manager,” the disk name will appear. The default disk name is “flashdisk.
automatically bring you back to the top of the list when you press “Space-4.” However, when you reach the end of a “file list,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will remain at the end of the “file list,” even if you press “Space-4.” The following is a list of the navigation keys; 1. 2. 3. 4.
cancel selections or reselect canceled items by pressing “Space” on the item. When the “Select All” command is given, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say the number of selected files, and will display “*” in front of the selected files on the Braille display. 4.1.3 Cancel / Exit Key Cancel (“Space-e (dots 1-5)” or “F4”): This command will cancel a function, just like the “esc” key cancels functions on a personal computer.
Folder) There are several ways to open a folder. You can utilize a menu to get into a specific folder. 1) You can call up a menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2.” You will have to choose the menu item called “Open” from the list and press “Enter” to get into a selected folder. 2) You can also press “Enter-o (dots 1-3-5)” to call up the menu to open a desired folder. 3) Another way to open a selected folder is by just pressing “Enter” on the folder that is selected.
Sense U2 MINI. If you press “Enter” on a file type other than those mentioned above, the “Open With” dialog box appears, because the file type is not associated with a program. Also, you can bring up the “Open With” dialog box through the menu. By using the “Open With” menu item, you can open the currently selected file with a program other than the program originally associated with it.
In the “File manager,” if you activate the “Open With” menu after focusing on folders that have Daisy or media files, you will see the associated program, Daisy or media player. If you activate the “Open With” menu, and encounter a folder that does not have the Daisy info file (discinfo.html or ncc.html), you will not be able to see the Daisy player as an associated program. You can play all of the files after selecting either the Daisy or media player. 4.2.
Third, you need to go into the destination folder and call up the menu, and choose “Paste.” Press “Enter” on “Paste,” and your selected files and folders will be copied or moved. If the destination folder is the same folder where the selected files are, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will attach “Copy1-” to your original file names for copied files. If the same files are copied into the same folder once again, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will attach “Copy2-” to the original file names for the second copied files.
same result as above. You can delete selected files or folders even without calling the menu by using hot keys. “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)” and “Enter-d (dots 1-4-5)” are the hotkeys assigned to perform the delete function. However, “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)” can be used with in the programs on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. “Enter-d (dots 1-4-5)” can only be used in the “File manager.” When you delete only one file or one folder, it is not necessary to use the select function.
text (txt).” You can create two types of documents, which are “text file” and “Braille file.” When the Braille Sense U2 MINI displays “File type: text (txt),” you can use the down arrow (“Space-4”) to select the “Braille (brl)” file format. When you press “Enter” on either “text (txt)” or “Braille (brl),” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will display “New document name: New Document0.txt” or “New Document0.brl.” “New Document0.xxx” is the default file name based upon the file type you have chosen.
The Braille Sense U2 MINI can convert one or more files at the same time to the file format you prefer. Select files using the file selection method. After selecting the files you want to convert, call up the menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4).” Move down to the “File Conversion,” and press “Enter.” The Braille Sense U2 MINI will prompt you to choose the preferred file format. Use the up and down arrows (“Space-1” or “Space-4”) to select the desired file format.
“Search For File” is to find out files of the current or other disk. You can press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4) to call up the menu and move to “Search For File,” and press “Enter” or “b.” Or, you can press “Space-f (dot 1-24)” without calling the menu. Then, you can see dialog box for file search.
4.2.13 Sort Files By This option is used to specify the order of how files and folders will be displayed within the file list. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to bring up the menu. Then, press “Space-4” repeatedly until you reach “Sort Files By,” and then press “Enter.” Also, you can access this feature by pressing “Enter-g (dots 1-2-4-5)” in the file list, or by pressing “g (dots 1-2-4-5)” in the menu. Then, you can specify in what order the files and folders in the file list will be sorted.
“File manager,” and the same information will be displayed when the “File manager” is started again. 4.2.15 Display Only Files of Type This is used to specify what type of files will be displayed in the file list. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to bring up the menu. Then, press “Space4” repeatedly until you reach “Display Only Files Of Type,” and press “Enter.” You can also access this feature by pressing “Enter-w (dots 2-45-6)” in the file list, or press “w” in the menu.
several files or folders, the default name is the folder name that contains the files and folders. 4) If you press “Enter” (or press “Enter” on “Confirm” by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)”), the zip file will be created in the current path. If you want to change the name of the zip file, you can modify the default by using the cursor keys or type in a new name. If you want to cancel, press “Space-e (dots 1-5)” or “Space-z (dots 1-3-56).
4.2.18 Information The Braille Sense U2 MINI can provide information about files and folders. The information feature in the “File manager” provides you with information about the file type, file size, the date and time of the file or folder’s creation, and file attribute. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu. Press the down arrow (“Space-4”) until you reach “Information.” Press “Enter” to activate the “Information” feature.
4.3 Using the Address Window This window provides you with the ability to type in the file name you want to open. Also, this window provides you with the opportunity for you to type in the path name you want to go to. This window contains the history list you can use for opening a file or for moving to a directory. The history list contains file names and directory paths you have used recently. 4.3.
4.3.3 Opening the History List The history list contains paths, folders, and files that you have opened previously. You can access this history list within the address window by pressing the down arrow (“Space-4”). Use the up and down arrows (“Space-1” or “Space-4”) to review the history list. You can also use the scroll buttons to move around on this list. Simply open or visit the file and path by pressing “Enter” on the item, which is displayed in Braille.
to A router, if you are connected to B router wireless LAN which is subconnection of A router. If you want detailed LAN/wireless LAN setting, refer to Setup Internet of Utilities in this user manual. 4.4.1 Search for shared computers and add the network list. When you execute File Manager, you will see network list on disk list. Network list consists of the shared folder list of computer registered. On network disk, you can access to the registered computer’s shared folder or remove the registration.
Move to the previous control: Shift-Tab (Space-F2 or Space-1-2) ON the Remote Folder list, Connectable folder list is displayed. The following is the functions. Move to the next list: Space-4 Move to the previous list: Space -1 Select list and Cancel: Space Select all list: Enter-a (dots 1) Using “Add” buttons control, you can add shared folder list which is selected in the Remote folder list to the File manager network list. In the Remote folder list, “enter” key execute as “Add” button.
folder route in Remote folder list. If you want add more than 1 folder to the folder list, you can select list by pressing ‘space’ and press “Enter”. Within the list searched, “Space” key can cancel or select the focused list. In case of adding shared folder, you don’t need to search the folder again, if you want to connect to the same network. You can enter network disk in file manager and check and access to the list.
If you press “Tap” in registered remote folder list, you can see “Add” button change “Remove” button. According to whether the folder is already registered or not, next control is changeable to “Add” or “Remove” button. 4.5 Hot Keys in the “File Manager” Hot Keys for the File Manager 1. Open: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) 2. Open with: Enter-e (dots 1-5) 3. Zip: Enter-z (dots 1-3-5-6) 4. Unzip: Enter-u (dots 1-3-6) 5. Send: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) 6. Copy: Enter-c (dots 1-4) 7. Cut: Enter-x (dots 1-3-4-6) 8.
5. Word Processor When you launch the word processor on the Braille Sense U2 MINI, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will place you in a new document that is ready for you to write in. The menu can be opened by pressing “Space-m (dots 13-4)” or “F2.” Don’t worry if you can’t remember the exact shortcut keys for each of the menu items, since you can activate various functions of the word processor by activating the word processor menu. The menu in the word processor consists of file, edit, go to, read, and layout.
documents that were edited, and print in Braille. It also contains various environment setting menus. In order to select the file menu, press the “Space-m (dots 1-3-4),” and press “f (dots 1-2-4).” Or, press “Enter” on “File.” 5.1.1 New The new command creates a new document that can be edited. By default, the name of the new document is “noname.brl.” The extension, “.brl” is the extension given to documents that are created in Braille on the Braille Sense U2 MINI.
The open command opens a document that has already been saved on to a disk. Select “Open” on the “File” menu, or press “Enter-o (dots 1-35).” You can access the “File” menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4”), or by pressing “F2.” Then, a dialog box pops up, so that you can open a file. The “Open dialog box” is a tool that helps you find documents that you want to edit and read.
F3.” Then, press “Backspace” until you hear the USB stick memory or the compact flash card. Then, press “Enter” to open the memory. The Braille Sense U2 MINI will choose the Braille mode depending upon the file type. For example, if you press “Enter” to select a file that has the extensions hbl or brl, or if you type in a file name with those extensions and press “Enter,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will open the selected file in Grade 2 Braille.
If you execute “Save” after you edit a document that was opened using the “Open” function, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will save the document with the same file name without using a dialog box. After saving a document, it will return to document edit status. When you have several documents open, you can save the current open document, by pressing “Space-q (dots 1-2-3-4-5).” This will close the document, save it, and return to the previous document.
and “Epub”, the formatting will not be kept and will be saved as “TXT” format. However, if you created a new document by executing the word processor or by executing “New,” and you execute “Save” or “Save As,” the displayed default file name is “noname.brl” and the file path is “flashdisk/My Documents/.” If you want to edit the file name that is displayed on the Braille display, press the cursor routing key where you want to edit the file name, and then modify it.
5.1.6 Print The “Print” command is used to print the current document in ink or emboss it in Braille. If you want to execute this command, press “Spacem (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and press “Enter” on the “File” menu. Then, move to “Print” by pressing “Space-4,” and then press “Enter,” or just press “p (dots 1-2-3-4).” While editing a document, the hot key for printing is “Space-p (dots 1-2-3-4).” There are two lower level menus for the “Print” menu.
3) Number of copies This option designates the number of copies to be embossed. The default value is set to 1. You can change this number by typing in the number that is desired. If you press “Space-4” or “Space-1,” you will be moved to “Print method” or “End page number,” respectively. If you want to move to “Confirm,” press “tab (“Space-4-5”).
“Printer” is almost the same as “Embosser.” After you input the value as in embosser dialog box, press “tab (“Space-4-5”),” and then “Print: Yes” is displayed. If “Enter” is pressed, printing will start. But, if you press “Space” to move to “No,” and press “Enter,” printing will be canceled, and the Braille Sense U2 MINI will return you to the open document. Note that the Braille Sense U2 MINI will work with all HP printers (level 3 PCL or higher), and with HP-compatible printers. 5.1.
4. 5. 6. 7. document from any unintentional modifications. If you want to change it to “No,” press “Space.” Note that when you choose to select “Compressed” on the option for reading with the Braille display, you set “Read only” to “Yes.” When you are reading a document pressing a “cursor routing key”, will show a word or character corresponding to the operation of the “cursor routing key.” This will be displayed at a very left of the 32-cell Braille display.
If you completed the settings, you move to “Confirm” button by press “tab (Space-dots 4-5)” and press “Enter.” If so, you can change the settings and return to the current editing document. If you do not want to save the setting, you press “Enter” on “Cancel” button. If so, it will cancel the setting and return to the current editing document. 5.1.8 Exit This command will close the word processor. In order to execute this command, select “Exit” in the file menu, or press “Space-z (dots 1-3-56).
to use this function, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to open the “Edit” menu, and then press “Enter” on “Start Selection,” or you can press “b (“dots1-2”)” in the “Edit” menu to get to this option. While editing a document, pressing “Enter-b (dots 1-2)” will activate this command. The end point of the selected text is where you want to place the cursor after setting the starting point.
The difference between “Cut” and “Copy” is that if you execute the “Cut” command, the text that has been selected will be moved to the clipboard and the selection in the document will be cut. However, the “Copy” command will copy the selection to the clipboard, and the text that has been selected will not be erased from the document. 5.2.4 Paste To paste selected text to the clipboard, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and then press “Enter” on “Edit” to enter into the “Edit” menu.
5.2.7 Add to Clipboard When you have selected the text you want to select in your document, you should press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and then press “Enter” on “Edit” to enter into the “Edit” menu. Move to “Add To Clipboard” by pressing “Space-4,” and then press “Enter,” or press “p (dots 1-2-3-4).” While editing a document, pressing “Enter-p (dots 1-2-3-4)” will activate this command. “Add To Clipboard” is almost the same as the “Copy” command.
5.2.10 Insert from File This command will insert another file in the current document that is being edited. If you want to run this command, press “Space-m (dots 13-4)” or “F2,” and press “Enter” on the “Edit” menu. Move to “Insert From File” by pressing “Space-4” repeatedly. Then, press “Enter” on “Insert From File,” or just press “I (dots 2-4)” in the “Edit” menu. While editing a document, pressing “Enter-i (dots 2-4)” will activate this function.
document, you should press “Enter-w (dots 2-4-5-6)” to activate this command. 5.2.12 Insert Time To use this function, press “space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and then press “enter” on “edit” to enter into the “edit” menu. Move to “insert time” by pressing “space-4” repeatedly. Then, press “enter” on “insert time,” or press “t (dots 2-3-4-5)” (which is the short cut) in the “edit” menu. Then, you can insert the current time where the cursor is located.
5.2.14 Check Spelling This option is used to check spelling while you are editing a document. In order to bring up check spelling option, do the following; 1) 2) 3) 4) Call up the menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2.” Move to the “Edit” menu by pressing “Space-4.” Press “Enter” on the “Edit” menu. Press “Space-4” until “Check Spelling” is displayed. Or, press “k (dots 1-3)” in order to move to “Check Spelling” directly. 5) Press “Enter” on the “Check Spelling.
5. Current word: check just the word where the cursor is located. You can move from one item to the next by pressing “Space-1” or “Space4.” When you press “Enter” on the “Custom dictionary” dialog, the following items will be displayed: 1. List: it shows the words that are registered in the custom dictionary. (Example: Braille 1/20). If there are no words registered, “no items” will be displayed. 2. Add word (backspace-a): if “Enter” is pressed on this button, “Add word:” will be displayed.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. toggle between “On” and “Off” by pressing “Space.” Skip an upper-case word: if this option is set to “On,” words with only upper-case letters will not be checked. The default is set to “On,” and you can change it by pressing “Space.” Skip a word which includes an address: if this option is set to “On,” the words that contain an address will not be checked. The default is set to “On,” and you can change it by pressing “Space.
5. 6. 7. 8. 9. encountered that is not in the dictionary, the word will not be modified. You can also press the “down scroll button” in order to skip the word. Skip all (i): if you press “Enter” on this button, the word that is the same word as the currently focused word will not be modified and skipped throughout the spell check range. Add to custom dictionary (a): if you press “Enter” on this button, the word that is currently focused is added to your “Custom dictionary.
submenus: “Find,” “Find Again,” “Replace,” “Go To Location,” “Go to Previous Page,” “Go To Next Page,” “Set Mark,” “Go to Mark,” “Go To Previous Document,” and “Go To Next Document.” 5.3.1 Find The find function allows you to search for text in a document. Once the text is found you will be taken to that position in your document. To execute this command, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and move to “Go To” by pressing “Space-4” and press “Enter” on “Go To.” Then, select “Find.
4. Confirm After you set all of the fields and want to execute “Find,” press “Enter” on “Confirm.” You can also start finding text by pressing “Enter” on “Text to find” or “Search direction.” 5. Cancel In order to cancel the “Find” function, press “Enter” on “Cancel.” Or, you can cancel the “Find” command by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-35-6).” If you have executed the “Find” command as explained above and it finds the text that you typed in, the sentence with the text is displayed on the Braille display.
not work. “Find again” is used to find the text that you have previously found in the current document. 5.3.3 Replace To execute this command, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and move to “Go To” by pressing “Space-4.” Then, press “Enter” on “Go To.” Move to “Replace” by pressing “Space-4” to move to “Replace (r),” and press “Enter,” or press “r (dots 1-2-3-5)” in the “Go To” menu (which is the short cut). While editing a document, pressing “Enter-r (dots 1-2-35)” will activate this function.
“No.” If you want to change the value, press “Space.” Pressing “Space” will toggle between “No” and “Yes.” 5. Replace You may want to replace only one piece of text. Or, you may want to replace all the texts that coincides with the text that you typed in the “Text to find” field. You can set it in the “Replace” field. There are two choices: “Once” and “All.” You can toggle between the two choices by pressing “Space.” 6. Confirm and Cancel Pressing “Enter” on “Confirm” will start finding and replacing text.
page number you type in is not valid, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say, “Move range error.” You can also use this function to move to a specific paragraph. First, select “Go To Location” in the “Go To” menu, or just press “Enter-l (dots 1-2-3).” Then, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say, “Move to page number:” Before you type in the number of the paragraph that you want to go to, type “p (dots 1-2-3-4),” and then type the number of the paragraph that you want to go to.
Location” in the “Go To” menu. Then, when the Braille Sense U2 MINI says, “Move to page number:” you can type in the page number followed by the line number. For example, to move to the 3rd line on the 20th page, you would type “20 3,” or you could type “f20 3.” When you use the command of the “Go To Location” function, you cannot use the “+” or “-” sign. You can only go directly to the page and line number. 5.3.
short cut. While editing a document, press “Enter-m (dots 1-3-4)” to activate this command. Move the cursor to the location that you want to mark, and press “Enterm (dots 1-3-4”). Then, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say “Mark name:.” To name the mark, use the letters a through z. For example, if you put down the letter “a (dot 1),” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will move you to that point in the document immediately. If you are in the document, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will not show the mark sign.
currently editing. To execute this command, press “Space-m (dots 1-34)” or “F2,” and move to “Go To” by pressing “Space-4.” Then, press “Enter” on “Go To.” Move to “Go To Previous Document” by pressing “Space-4,” and then press “Enter.” Or, you can press “shift-tab (space 1-2)” while you are editing a document to go to the previous document. 5.3.10 Go to Next Document If you have multiple documents open, you can go directly to the next document that is open.
5.4.2 Read Beginning of Selected Text The “Read Beginning Of Selected Text” command will allow you to hear the first line of the selected text, without moving the cursor location. To execute this command, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and move to the “Read” menu by pressing “Space-4.” Then, press “Enter.” Move to “Read Beginning Of Selected Text” by pressing “Space-4,” and then press “Enter,” or you can press “u (dots 1-3-6)” on the read menu, which is the short cut.
been completed. Once the text has been read, the cursor will move to the end of the document. To execute this command, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4),” and move to the “Read” menu by pressing “Space-4.” Then, press “Enter.” You can move to “Read From Cursor To End” by pressing “Space-4” and press “Enter,” or you can press “g (dots 1-2-4-5)” on the “Read” menu, which is the short cut. While editing a document, you can press “Enter-g (dots 1-2-4-5)” to activate this function.
This function will let you know the information of the current sentence. To execute this command, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4),” and move to the “Read” menu by pressing “Space-4.” Press “Enter” to move to “Read Current Sentence” by pressing “Space-4” and press “Enter.” Or you can press “e (dots 2-5),” short cut key in the read menu. While editing a document, you can press “Space-1-4-5-6” to activate this function. In order to return to the document that you were editing, press any key. 5.4.
While editing a document, you can press “Space-3-6” to activate this function. In order to return to the document that you are editing, press any key. 5.4.10 Read Status This function will tell you information about your current file. If you activate this function, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will tell you the “file name,” “edit mode (insert or overwrite),” and “file protection(write or read only).
are editing a document, the setting will be valid on the rest of the document. You can navigate the menu items with “Space-1” or “Space-4,” and you can move to “Confirm” or “Cancel” by pressing “tab” (“Space-4-5” or “F3”). You can skip an item by pressing “Space-4” if you don’t want to change the default setting. The following are the items that can be changed: 1. Set characters per line This sets the number of characters (Braille) per line to emboss in Braille. The default value is set to 32.
5. 6. 7. 8. press “Space.” Pressing “Backspace” will allow you to move in reverse order. When you have selected your preference, you need to press “Space-4” in order to move to the next setting. Set page numbering This sets the position of the page number when embossing. The selections are “Upper right” and “Lower right.” The default setting is set to “Lower right.” Press “Space” in order to change the setting. Pressing “Backspace” will allow you to move in reverse order.
by pressing “tab” (“Space-4-5” or “F3”). You can skip an item by pressing “Space-4” if you do not want to change the default setting. The following is a detailed explanation of each setting: 1. Set top margin This sets the top margin for ink printing. The top margin is the distance from the top of the paper to the first line of the printed paragraph. The default value is set to 20mm (about 0.78 inches).
This is used to edit the header that will be printed at the top of each page. Move to “Header,” and type in the text that you want to be printed. 7. Footer This is used to edit the footer that will be printed at the bottom of each page. Move to “Footer,” and type in the text that you want to be printed. 8. Distance between lines This sets the distance between the lines that will be printed. The default value is set to 150%. The distance can be anywhere from 100% to 300%.
1. Indent first line This indents the first line of the paragraph as designated by the number of characters. The default value is set to 0. In order to change this setting, type in the number of characters to be indented on the “Indent first line” setting item. Press the down scroll button or “Space4” in order to move to the next setting item. 2. Indent all lines except the first line This indents all the lines of the paragraph, except the first line of the paragraph as designated by the number of columns.
The following is a detailed explanation of the settings for “Print Paragraph Layout:” 1. Set left margin This sets the left margin for ink printing. The default value is set to 0mm. In order to change the setting, you will need to type in the value. Move to the next setting by pressing the down scroll button or press “Space-4.” 2. Set right margin This sets the right margin for ink printing. The default value is set to 0mm. In order to change the setting, you will need to type in the value.
Abstract2: Times New Roman, Font size 14, Boldface Sub title: Courier New, Font size 16, Italic, Boldface, CEnteraligned Title: Times New Roman, Font size 20, Boldface, CEnter-aligned 7. Confirm / cancel In order to apply a setting, press “Enter” on “Confirm.” In order to cancel a setting, and move to “edit mode,” press “Enter” on “Cancel.” You must press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to get to the confirm and cancel buttons. 5.
the current paragraph function, you will hear the entire paragraph where the cursor is located. Read the current paragraph: “Space-2-3-5-6” Read the current sentence: Space-1-4-5-6 Read the current line: “Space-1-4” Read the current word: “Space-2-5” Read the current character: “Space-3-6” If you want to delete a part where the cursor is, you can use the following keys. For example, if you activate the delete the current paragraph function, you can delete the entire paragraph where the cursor is located.
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5. Layout menu Braille document layout: Backspace-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Print document layout: Backspace-t (dots 2-3-4-5) Braille paragraph layout: Backspace-1-2-4-6 Print paragraph layout: Backspace-2-3-4-6 6.
6. Address Manager 6.1 What is the “Address Manager”? The “Address manager” is a program that you can use to keep track of your contact information and schedule information, such as names, company addresses, home addresses, as well as other information. “Address manager” has two main dialog boxes: “Add Address” and “Search Address.” In the “Add Address,” dialog you can enter contact information, such as names, company addresses, home addresses and so on.
6.2 Starting the Address Manager When you press “Enter” on “Address manager” in the “program” menu, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say “Search Address,” and display the prompt, “Last name:.” In other words, when you start the “Address manager,” the “Search Address” dialog box will be opened. In “Address manager,” you can use the menus to conveniently browse and execute all of the available commands.
press the down arrow (“Space-4”), and the field will be left blank. You will then be prompted for the next field. When you have entered information in the desired fields, you can save the information by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-12”)” repeatedly to move to the “Confirm” button. Then, press “Enter.” Or, you can press “Enter” in any field.
case, you should press “dot 6” to enter the comma in computer Braille or “dot 2” in grade 1 Braille. When you enter a home page address or an e-mail address, you should enter the information using computer Braille. For the @ (at sign), you should press “Space-u (dots 1-3-6)” and then “dot 4.” A period or dot (.) in a home page address (or an e-mail address) should be entered as “dots 4-6.” A colon (:) can be typed in using “dots 1-5-6” and a slash (/) can be typed in using “dots 3-4.
After setting all the fields you want to change, move to the “Confirm” button or the “Cancel” button by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”, and then press “Enter” to save or cancel the changes. Another way you can cancel the changes is by pressing “Space-e (dots 1-5)” or “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6).” 6.3.3 Using “Search Address” in “Add address” In “Add Address,” use the “Search Address” function to jump to another record.
For moving each field and record in the search result list, you can use the following keys.
want to search by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1,” and then press “Space” to change the value of that field to “unused.” By pressing “Space,” you can toggle the value of a field between “used” and “unused.” 6.4.3 Using “Add Address” In “Search Address” You can use the “Add Address” command in the “Search Address” dialog box. To do this, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to bring up the menu, and then select “Add Address.” Then, press “Enter.
6.5.2 Restore Address List If you want to restore the address list after a cold reset, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu, and use the up and down scroll buttons to find “Restore Address List.” Then, press “Enter” on “Restore Address List.” Or, you can press “r (dots 1-2-3-5)” while you are in the menu to find “Restore Address List.” You can also press “Enter-r (dots 12-3-5)” to activate this function, without calling up the menu.
If you activate the function, you will see a dialog box. The dialog box has three controls: “Backup mode” radio button, a “Confirm” button, and a “Cancel” button. You can switch between controls by pressing “tab (Space-4-5)” or “shift-tab (Space-1-2).” To switch between radio buttons, you can press “Space-1,” “Backspace,” “Space-4,” or “Space.” The “Backup mode” has three radio buttons: “Always backup changes when exiting,” “Manual backup,” and “Prompt backup changes when exiting.” 1.
also separated by the commas of its set. It will import CSV file from contacts of MS outlook or contacts of some cell phones. In “Address Manager” of Braille Sense U2 MINI, 1. “Import from CSV” allows you to import the data of CSV file in “Address Manager”. 2. “Export to CSV” allows you to export the data of "address manager" as CSV file. 6.6.1 Import from CSV You can import the data of CSV file in “Address Manger”, using this function.
6.6.1.3 Importing the CSV file In order to import the CSV file, follow these steps: 1) Press “Enter” on “Address Manager”. Or press “a (dot 1) in program list. 2) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu. 3) Press “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to “Import from CSV” and press “Enter”. Or press “C (dots 1-4). Without calling the menu, you can move to it by pressing “Backspace-i (dots 2-4)”. 4) It shows “File name”. 5) Typing file name that you want to import.
6.6.1.4 Adding the CSV file in data of “Address Manager” Once you import the CSV file, “Last name: unused 1/xx” will be displayed. Structure is like below. 1. 23 filed list of Search address/ Add address 1) unused 2) Field name list of CSV file 2. “Allow fields in first record” 3. “Confirm” 4. “Cancel” By pressing “Tab (Space-4-5)” or “Shift-Tab (Space-1-2)”, you can move to “23 list of Search address/Add address”, “Allow fields in first record” SCHB, “Confirm” button, “Cancel” Button.
2) Follow steps the above by pressing “Tab (Space-4-5)” to move to different field such as “Group”, “Company”, and “Title” etc. 3) Press “Tab (Space-4-5)”, move to “Allow fields in first record”. You can change setting, by pressing “Space”. When you import the fields of first record in CSV file, you select it. ∙ When you select in “Allow fields in first record”: If there is field value of the first record in CSV file, select it.
3) Press “Space-1” or “Space 4” and move to “Export to CSV”. 4) Press “Enter”. Or press “x (dots 1-3-4-6)”. Without calling menu, you can directly execute this function by pressing “Backspace-x (Dots 1-3-4-6)”. 6.6.2.2 Structure and Move of “Export to CSV” menu 1. “File name” ECB 2. “Confirm” Button 3. “Cancel” Button 4. “File storage” list You can move between the controls by pressing “Tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “Shift-Tab (“Space-1-2”)”. 6.6.2.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Execute “Address manager”. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu. Press “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to “Export to CSV”. Press “Enter”. Or press “x (dots 1-3-4-5)”. It shows “File name”. Press “Tab (Space-4-5)”, move to “File storage” list. It shows list of work folder in “Flashdisk”. ∙ When you want to save folder in “Flashdisk”: Press “Enter” on folder that you want to save in “Flashdisk”.
or “Company e-mail” by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4.” Then, press “Enter” on “Home page,” “Home e-mail” or “Company e-mail.” If you press “Enter” on a “Home page,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will automatically connect to the Web browser program. If you press “Enter” on an “Home e-mail” or “Company e-mail,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will bring up the “E-mail” program, so that you can send an email to the email address that you have selected.
pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4),” and select “Delete Address.” Then, press “Enter” or press “d (dots 1-4-5)” (which is the short cut) in the “menu.” Or, you can press “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)” (which is the hot key) while the record is displayed. You can also delete more than one record at a time as follows: 1. Select the records to be deleted and use the “Delete” command. To select the record that you want to delete, press “Space” when the record is displayed.
After selecting the records that you want to print, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to bring up the “menu,” and then select “Print Address.” Then, press “Enter,” or press “Space-p (dots 1-2-3-4),” which is the hot key. The Braille Sense U2 MINI will now prompt you to select a printer. The default selection is “Printer.” If you press “Space” once, the selection will be changed to “Embosser.” And, if you press “Space” again, “Cancel” will be selected.
please refer to chapter 18. Please take the following steps in order to synchronize the Braille Sense U2 MINI with Microsoft Outlook: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Download and install “ActiveSync” on to your personal computer. Connect the Braille Sense U2 MINI to your personal computer, using a USB cable. If the “Partnership” dialog box opens on your PC after you connect the Braille Sense U2 MINI to your PC, select “Yes,” and press the “Next” button on your PC. Then, you will be asked for a device name.
Move to the previous record: Space-1 Move to the next record: Space-4 Move to the first record: Space-1-2-3 Move to the last record: Space-4-5-6 Move to previous same field different record: Space-3 Move to next same field different record: Space-6 3.
Cancel: Space-e (dots 1-5) or F4 Exit: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)
7. Schedule Manager 7.1 Overview The “Schedule manager” is a program that is used to manage important information about appointments, anniversaries, and events. The Schedule manager can also inform you of appointments at a specified time. You can start the “Schedule manager” from the “program” menu, by pressing the up or down arrows (“Space-1” or “Space-4”) to move to “Schedule manager.” Then, press “Enter.” Or, you can press “s (dots 23-4)” in the “program” menu, which is the short cut.
interface to enter time and date information in these dialog boxes. So before we start talking about using the “Schedule manager” in this section, we should explain how to enter the date and time. When you are asked to enter a date and time, you can either type in the date and time, or select it using shortcut keys, which are outlined at the end of this section.
7.4 Adding a Schedule To add a new appointment, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to bring up the menu. Select “Add Schedule,” and press “Enter,” or press “Enter-i (dots 2-4)” in the “Search Schedule” dialog box. The “Add Schedule” dialog box has a set of input fields, a “Confirm” button, and a “Cancel” button. The input fields are “Start date,” “Start time,” “End date,” “End time,” “Subject,” “Location,” “Memo,” “Alarm time,” and “Set recurrence schedule.
Note: Above 2 cases only apply if you search by “date” in schedule manager. If you search by “subject”, the default of “Start date” is set to the date based on current system. 7.4.2 Start time “Start time” is the second field in the “Add Schedule” dialog box. Here you can set the time when your appointment starts. By default, this field shows the current time, which can be changed in the “Set Time and Date” in the “Utilities” program.
setting the time, press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the next field. If you press “Enter” by accident right after entering the time, you will get the message, “no subject,” and then the focus moves to the “Subject” field. 7.4.5 Subject “Subject” is the fifth field where you can type in the subject of an appointment. If you do not enter anything in this field, you will not be able to save the record.
minutes before your appointment, so that you are not late. The default value for this field is set to “Time of appointment.” This means that the alarm will sound at the same time as you have set for your appointment. You can set the time in the same way as when you set the appointment time. The time can be set anywhere from one minute to forty-seven hours. To set the time with shortcut keys, you can use the following commands. 1.
move to the combo box where you can set the recurrence pattern. In this combo box, you can select one of “Daily”, “Weekly”, “Monthly” and “Yearly.” We will discuss these options in more detail in the next section. 7.4.9.1 Daily If you select “Daily,” and press “tab (Space-4-5),” the focus will move to “Recurring interval of day” edit box. Here, you can enter the number of days after which the appointment recurs. You can type a number between 1 and 999.
recurring interval as in “Daily” is applied to “Weekly.” If the recurring interval is one week, the appointment duration should be shorter than one week. Otherwise, you will get an error message, “The appointment duration should be shorter than the recurring interval.” If you press “tab (Space-4-5)” after entering the recurring interval, the focus will move to a list box where you can select the day of the week on which the appointment recurs.
to “First week,” “Second week,” “Third week,” “Fourth week” or “Last week.” This is for setting the week of a month when the appointment recurs. Here if you press “tab (Space-4-5),” the focus will move to a combo box where you can select the day of the week when the appointment recurs. Since you can select only one of the 7 days, the one shown currently is the selected day. If you press “tab (Space-4-5)” here, the focus will move to the “Set recurrence end date” check box, and you can set it. 7.4.9.
If you press “Enter” on the “Cancel” button, the appointment information you entered will be discarded, and you will be asked to enter information about another appointment. You can also cancel the entry by pressing “Space-e (dots 1-5).” 7.5 Search Schedule “Search schedule” is used for searching Appointments that you have entered before. When you start “Schedule manager,” the “Search Schedule” dialog box will be opened.
the day will be shown. If there is no appointment on that day, “There is no schedule registered.” will be announced. Otherwise, the first appointment on that day will be announced in the form of “date, time, and subject.” If the appointment lasts for more than one day, “continuous schedule” will be announced. If the appointment recurs, “recurring schedule” will be announced.
search the schedule with subject. For example, if you registered any appointment on January 1, 2007 and made it recur the first day of every month, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will show this schedule on January 1, 2007 only when you search it with “searching with subject.” If you want to read the schedule in detail, you can press “Enter” at the schedule that you want to read in detail. After you read the schedule in detail and return to the schedule list, press “Space-e (dots 1-5).
7.7 Deleting a Schedule If you want to delete a schedule, move to the schedule in the find result list. Then, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to open the menu, and press “Enter” on “Delete Schedule.” Or you can press its hot key, “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)” in the find result list. If the selected schedule is a recurring schedule, “Recurring appointment. Delete type?” will be displayed. This is asking whether you want to delete the recurring schedule, or just the appointment for that day.
7.9 Saving Appointments as a File You can save appointments stored in “Schedule manager” as a document file. In the search results list, press “Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5),” or call up the menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and then select “Save Schedule As File,” and press “Enter,” or press “t (dots 2-34-5)” in the menu. Then, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will ask you to specify the beginning and end date of the appointments to be saved just like it did in “Print Schedule.
7.10.2 Restore Schedule If you want to restore your schedule after a cold reset, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu, and use the up and down scroll buttons to find “Restore Schedule.” Then, press “Enter” on “Restore Schedule.” Or, you can press “r (dots 1-2-3-5)” while you are in the menu to find “Restore Schedule.” You can also press “Enter-r (dots 1-23-5)” to activate this function, without calling up the menu.
If you activate this function, you will see a dialog box. The dialog box has three controls, “Backup mode” radio button, a “Confirm” button, and a “Cancel” button. You can switch between controls by pressing “tab (Space-4-5)” or “shift-tab (Space-1-2).” To move between the radio buttons, you can press “Space-1,” “Backspace,” “Space-4,” or “Space.” The “Backup mode” has three radio buttons: “Always backup changes when exiting,” “Manual backup,” and “Prompt backup changes when exiting.” 1.
by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” in the “Schedule manager.” This dialog box has a list of alarm option fields, a “Confirm” button, and a “Cancel” button. Alarm option fields include “Alarm duration,” “Alarm repeat interval” and “Repeat.” You can move between these fields by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4.” You can access the “Confirm” and “Cancel” buttons by pressing “tab (“Space-dots 4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-dots 1-2”).” 7.11.
The alarm will make a sound as the amount of time that you changed the alarm duration and it then stops. After a specified time interval, you will hear again the alarm sound. “Repeat” is a field, which allows you to decide how many times the alarm will sound. You can set the value from 1 time to 10 times, and the default value is set to 3 times. To change the value, you type in a number between 1 and 10. After entering the number, you press “tab (Space-45),” and press “Enter” on the “Confirm” button.
ActiveSync, refer to chapter 18. You should take the following steps in order to synchronize the Braille Sense U2 MINI with Microsoft Outlook: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Download and install “ActiveSync” on to your personal computer. Connect the Braille Sense U2 MINI to your personal computer, using a USB cable. If the “Partnership” dialog box opens on your PC after you connect the Braille Sense U2 MINI to your PC, select “Yes,” and press the “Next” button on your PC. Then, you will be asked for a device name.
Hot keys for the commands Add schedule: Enter-i (dots 2-4) Alarm option: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) Backup schedule: Enter-u (dots 1-3-6) Restore schedule: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Set backup option: Enter-e (dots 1-5) Toggle search mode: Enter-f (dots 1-2-4) Exit: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) 4.
2) Exit: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) Exit from the schedule manager. It can be used as cancel key for any function.
8. E-mail The e-mail program is used to communicate with others using the Internet. In order to use the e-mail program, you must have your own email account, which has been provided to you by your Internet service provider. The e-mail account that you have should support POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). You should check with your Internet service provider to make sure that your provider supports POP3 and SMTP.
information, how to modify e-mail service information and how to delete e-mail service information. 8.1.1 Executing e-mail In order to execute e-mail, follow these steps: 1) Move to the “E-mail” in program menu, pressing “Space-1” and “Space-4”. 2) Press “Enter” on the “E-mail” or press “E (dots 1-5)”. When you launch the e-mail program for the first time, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say “You must create at least 1 mail account from the accounts manager in the Tools menu.
8.1.2 Management e-mail service information In “Accounts manager”, you can manage e-mail service information. To execute e-mail service, follow these steps: 1) Press “Space-M (dots 1-3-4) to call up the menu in “Inbox” mail list. 2) Pressing “Space-4”, move to “Tools”. Press “Enter” on “Tools”. Or press “T (dots 2-3-4-5)”. 3) It shows “Accounts manager”. 4) Press “Enter”. 5) It shows “Account name: no items”. Without calling up menu, you can also move to this menu by pressing “Enter-m (dots 1-3-4).
2) 3) 4) 5) Move to “Tools”, pressing “Space-4”. Press “Enter” on the “Tools” or press “T (dots 2-3-4-5)”. It shows “Accounts manager”. Press “Enter”. It shows “Account name: no items”. Without calling up the menu, you can move to this menu by pressing “Enter-M (dots 1-3-4)”. 6) Press “Tab (Space-4-5)”, move to “Add”. 7) Press “Enter” on the “Add” or press “A (dot 1)”. 8) Then, the dialog box will be opened and “Account name:” will be appeared. Type in the “Account name” edit box with the Braille keys.
18) When you finish adding the services, press “Space-z (dots 1-35-6)” to exit to the “inbox.” In order to move from a setting item (Ex: ID, password) to the previous setting item, press “Space-1.” And, in order to move to the “Confirm” button or the “Cancel” button, press “Tab (Space-4-5)” or “Shift-Tab (Space-1-2).
4) It shows “Accounts manager” in LCD and Braille display. 5) Press “Enter” on the “Accounts manager”. 6) It shows “Account name”. Without calling up menu, by pressing “Enter-M (dots 1-3-4)” you can move to this menu. 7) Press “Tab (Space-4-5), move to “Add”. 8) Press “Enter” on the “Add” or press “A (dot 1)”. 9) Press “Tab (Space-4-5), move to “Advanced”. 10) Press “Enter” on the “Advanced”. 11) It shows “Use secure POP3 (POP-SSL)”. The default value of this check box is unselect.
19) Press “Space-4” to move to “Save mail copies in sent mailbox”. When you send e-mail, you can set the Braille Sense U2 MINI to keep e-mail message in sent mailbox or not. Press “Space” to change “Yes” to “No”, and press “Enter”. 20) Press “Tab (Space-4-5)”, move to “Use signature”. The default value is “No”. If you want to attach your signature in mail, press “Space” to change “Yes” to “No”. 21) Press “Tab (Space-4-5)”, move to “Signature”. 22) Press “Enter” on the “Signature”.
8) The “Information” dialog box will be opened, and “Account name: (Added account name)” will be displayed (Ex: account name: Braille Sense U2 MINI). 9) Press “Space-4” or “tab (“Space-4-5”)” and check the added information for each item. Pressing “enter” on the “Close” will return you to the service list. You can check all added information of e-mail service.
8) It shows “Account name”. In this case, it is a “modification,” so the Braille Sense U2 MINI will show you the current information. For example, “Account name: Braille Sense U2 MINI.” 9) The “Modify” dialog box will be opened, and “Account name: (Added account name)” will be displayed (Ex: Account name: Braille Sense U2 MINI). You can type in here that you want to modify. 10) Press “Space-4”, move to “Display name”. You can type in here that you want to modify.
1. You can delete the current letter by pressing “Space-d (dots 1-4-5).” 2. Press “Backspace” in order to delete the previous letter. 3. In order to delete the current line, press “BackSpace-1-4.” Then, “Delete line: yes” will be displayed. Press “enter” in order to delete the line. Otherwise, press “Space” to change from “Yes” to “No,” and then press “enter.” 8.1.2.
8.2.1 Receiving E-mail The Braille Sense U2 MINI is capable of receiving plain text email and html email messages. You can receive e-mail messages by doing the following. 1) Press “Space-M (dots 1-3-4) to call up the menu. 2) Press “Space-4”, move to “Message”. 3) Press “Enter” on the “Message” and press “Enter”. Or press “M (dots 1-3-4)”. 4) It shows “Reply”. 5) Press “Space-4”, move to “Check for New Mail”. 6) Press “Enter” on the “Check for New Mail”. Or press “N (dots 1-34-5)”.
8.2.2 Reading the Received E-mail Messages If you downloaded e-mail from your server, the e-mail messages will be listed in the “inbox.” Each e-mail in the “inbox” has the following items. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Subject Date From (Sender) CC Message Attach (this will be displayed only for an e-mail that has an attac hed file) You can move from one item to the next item or previous item by pressing “Tab (Space-4-5)” or “Shift-tab (Space-1-2),” respectively. 8.2.2.
You can move from one e-mail message to the next e-mail message when this subject is displayed. You can move by using the following keys; Move to the next e-mail: Space-4 Move to the previous e-mail: Space-1 Move to the first e-mail in the Inbox: Space-1-2-3 or Space-1-3 Move to the last e-mail in the Inbox: Space-4-5-6 or Space-4-6 8.2.2.2 Date Control “Date” shows the date and time when the e-mail was received; “Date: (date), (time) xx/yy.
messages that have not yet been read will have the “-” sign placed in front of the sender. For example, let’s suppose there is an email that has been unread. It would appear as “- From: (sender’s e-mail address) xx/yy” You can save the e-mail id of the sender using the following sequence: 1) Press “Enter-i (dots 2-4)” when “From: (sender’s e-mail address) xx/yy” is displayed. 2) Then, the “add address” dialog box will be opened, and “Name: (sender’s user name or e-mail address)” will be displayed.
1) Press “Enter-i (dots 2-4)” when “CC: (carbon copy recipient’s email address) xx/yy” is displayed. 2) Then, the “add address” dialog box will be opened, and “Name: (sender’s user name or e-mail address)” will be displayed. 3) Type in the carbon copy recipient’s name with your keyboard, or press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to “Confirm” and press “enter.” When you type in the name, you can type it in “Name” edit box directly.
2) Press “Space” on the file name that you want to download. Then “*” will be displayed in front of the file name. 3) Press “enter” to download that file. Then “Attachments will be saved to /flashdisk/download. Do you want to change this location? No” will be displayed. Press “enter” in here. By doing so, the selected file will be saved in the “download” folder in “flashdisk.” If you have more than one attachment that you want to download, you can press “Enter-a (dot 1).
8.2.2.7 Reading HTML type of e-mail If you received the html type of e-mail, follow these below steps: 1) You can open it with the Web browser regardless of anywhere of received e-mail by pressing “Backspace-o (dots 1-3-5).” 2) Or after calling menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4),” move to “Message” and then press “enter”. You can see menu items of “Message.
10) Type in the e-mail address of the other recipient using computer Braille. If you do not need to carbon copy a recipient, you can skip to the next step. 11) Press “tab (Space-4-)” to move to “BCC:.” 12) Type in the e-mail address of another recipient using computer Braille. This e-mail address will not be seen by the recipient or the carbon copy recipient. If there is no “hidden recipient,” you can skip to next step. 13) Press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to “Subject:.
8.2.3.1 Attaching file While you are writing e-mail, you can attach file. The following is the procedure to attach a file. 1) While you are writing e-mail, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to call up the menu. Then, it shows “File” menu. 2) Press “Enter” on the “File” menu. 3) It shows “Attach File”. 4) Press “Enter” on the “Attach File”. It will be opened “File list”. You can attach file pressing “Enter-f (dots 1-2-4)”, without calling up the menu.
If there are any files attached to an e-mail, the “Attach” item will be displayed after the “Message body” item like the following: “Attach: (attached file name) xx/yy (file size).” “yy” is the total number of attached files, and “xx” means the “xxth” file out of “yy” files. You can move and check the attached files by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4.” If there is an undesired file in the attached file list, you can delete it from the list by pressing “Space-d (dots 1-4-5).
1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “E-mail” menu at “To,” “CC,” or “BCC.” Then, “File” will be displayed. 2) Press “Enter” on the “File” menu. 3) Press “Space-4” to move to “Lookup Address.” 4) Press “Enter” on “Lookup Address.” Then “Search for address” will be displayed. Pressing “Enter-l (dots 1-2-3)” will take you to this step directly. 5) Type in the last name of the desired recipient at “Search for address,” and then press “enter.
4. “Storage folder” List You can move between the menu controls by using “Shift-Tab (Space-12)” or “Tab (Space-4-5)”. The following describes how to save email in outbox: 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” after you write the e-mail message. Then, the “File” menu will displayed. 2) Press “enter.” 3) Press “Space-4” to move to “Save Mail In Outbox”. 4) Press “Enter”. 5) Then, the dialog box for save will be opened. 6) “File name: (subject of writing e-mail).txt” will be displayed.
1) The Braille Sense U2 MINI will display “Current writing mail. Save? Yes.” 2) If you want to return to the “inbox” without saving the email, press “Space” to change “Yes” to “No,” and then press “Enter.” If you press “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” instead of “Space-e (dots 1-5)” while you are writing an e-mail message, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will return to the “inbox” without asking whether it will save the message or not. 8.2.3.
9) Press “Enter”. Or press “Tab (Space-4-5) move to “Confirm” and press “Enter”. If you want to cancel, press “Tab” on the “Confirm, move to “Cancel”. Or press “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) regardless of location. If you want to change the path for saving it, press “Tab (Space-4-5)” on the “Cancel” move to “Storage folder”. The default folder is in the “flashdisk/email/outbox”. 1. If you want to change folder in “Flashdisk”: By pressing “Space”, select folder that you want to save. And press “Enter”. 2.
The following describes how to send e-mail In “Outbox”. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Execute “E-mail” program. It shows mail list in “Inbox”. Press “Shift-Tab (Space-1-2)”, move to “Mailbox”. Press “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to “Outbox”. Press “Enter”. It shows mail list in “Outbox”. Press “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to the mail that you want to send. ∙ When you want to send all the emails in the list: Press “Enter-a (dot 1).
The following describes how to set default e-mail account. 1) Execute “E-mail” program. 2) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to call up the menu in mailboxes except “Outbox”. 3) Press “Space-4”, move to “Tools”. 4) Press “Enter” on the “Tools menu” or press “T (dots 2-3-4-5)”. 5) It shows the “Accounts manager”. 6) Press “Enter” on the “Accounts manager”. 7) It shows “Account name” lists. 8) Press “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to the e-mail account that you want to set the default account.
8.3.1.1 Deleting an e-mail You can delete an e-mail in the mailbox by following the steps below; 1) Press “Space-1” or “Space-4” to move to the “Subject” of the email that you want to delete. 2) Press “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)”. 3) Then it shows “Delete (subject of the selected e-mail) mail? Yes”. 4) Press “Enter” if you want to delete the e-mail. If you want to cancel it, press “Space” to change “Yes” to “No” on the “Delete (subject to the selected e-mail) mail?”. And Press “Enter”.
If you want to cancel this function, press “Space” to change “No” on the “Delete xx message? Yes”. Press “Enter”. Or you can cancel it by pressing “Space-e (dots 1-5)” or “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)”. 8.3.1.3 Deleting E-Mail by Making a Selection If you want to delete multiple e-mail by designating a selection, you can delete them as follows: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Press “Enter-a (dot 1)” on the “Subject” or “Date” control. Then, all of the e-mail will be selected.
If you have pressed “Enter-a (dot 1)” or “Enter-b (dots 1-2),” but you want to cancel it, press “Space” to change “No” on the “Delete xx message? Yes”. And press “Enter.” Or you can cancel it by pressing “Space-e (dots 1-5)” or “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)”. 8.3.2 Reply And Reply All to a Received E-Mail. When you reply to an email that was received, you can edit or add a message to the original message or add another recipient.
12) Type in the “Message body” that you want to add or edit. 13) Press “Enter-s (Dots 2-3-4) to send the e-mail. When you reply the e-mail, after you press “Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5),” you can add recipient or attach file as well as write an e-mail. If you want to add another e-mail recipient, press the “cursor routing key” that is located at the position where you want to add the recipient, and type in the new e-mail address. Use computer Braille when typing in this information.
8.3.3 Forwarding a Received E-Mail Message “Forwarding” means that you will send an e-mail that you received to another person. You can also add or edit the message and subject. You can also attach a file to this e-mail. Let’s explain how to use “Forward” with an example. Let’s suppose there is an e-mail message that you received as follows: Sender’s e-mail address: hims@hims-inc.
You can also save the e-mail that you are writing in the “Outbox”. 8.3.4 Saving a Received E-mail as Document. You may need to save an e-mail as a document when you are reading an e-mail in the “Inbox”. You can do this by completing the following steps: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu. It shows the “File”. Press “Enter” on the “File”. Press “Space-4”, move to “Save As Text.” Press “Enter” on the “Save As Text.” It will open the “save as dialog box”.
You may want to print an email that you received or sent in using either an embosser or an ink printer. In order to print to an ink printer, do the following: 1) Connect the Braille Sense U2 MINI to an ink printer with the printer cable that was provided by the manufacturer of the printer. The printing port must be the same port that was set in the “Print port” in the “Global options”. 2) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu. 3) It shows “File”. 4) Press “Enter” on the “File”.
2. 3. 4. 5. “Search” radio button “Direction” radio button “Confirm” button “Cancel” button. In the “Find” dialog box, you can move between the five controls by pressing “Tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “Shift-Tab (“Space-1-2”)”. The shortcut key is “f (dots 1-2-4).” You can move to this function without calling up the menu by pressing “Space-f (dots 1-2-4).” To activate the “Find” function, use the following steps: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu.
8.4.2 Find Again The “Find Again” command finds the next text according to what you found using “Find” dialog box, and it will go to the previous text if you set the direction to “Backward” when you used the “Find” function before. The “Find Again” function only works in the “Subject,” “Date,” or “From” control. To activate the “Find Again” function, use the following steps: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4) or “F2” to call up the menu.
6) Press “Space-4”, move to the “Move to Next Unread Message”. 7) Press “Enter” on the “Move to Next Unread Message”. Or press “u (dots 1-3-6). To use this function without calling up the menu, press “Enter-u (dots 13-6).” 8.4.4 Copy or Move to Mailbox There are two methods how to copy or move an e-mail to folder. 1. You can copy and move e-mails directly in “Mailbox” lists except “Outbox”. In order to copy and move an e-mail to folder, follow there steps: 1) Execute “E-mail” program.
16) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu. 17) It shows the “File”. 18) Press “Space-4”, move to the “Edit”. 19) Press “Enter” on the “Edit”. 20) It shows the “Select All”. 21) Press “Space-4”, move to the “Paste” and press “Enter”. Or without calling up the menu, press “Enter-v (dots 1-2-3-6). 22) It will be copied or moved the e-mail to mailbox. 2. You can copy and move e-mails using the “Copy to Mailbox” or “Move To Mailbox” in the “Edit” menu.
6) It shows the “Select All”. 7) Press “Sapce-4”, move to the “Copy to Mailbox” or “Move To Mailbox”. 8) Press “Enter” on the “Copy to Mailbox” or “Move To Mailbox”. 9) It shows “Folder list”. Or without calling up the menu, press “Backspace-c (dots 1-4)” or “Backspace-x (dots 1-3-4-6). 10) Press “Space-4”, move to the folder that you want to copy or move. 11) Press “Enter”. 12) It will be copied or cut the e-mail in the folder. 13) It will return to the “Mailbox” before calling the menu. 8.4.4.
8.4.4.2 Deleting Folder You can’t delete “Inbox”, “Sent”, “Outbox”. But you can delete the added folders. In order to delete the folder, follow these steps: 1) Execute “E-mail” program. 2) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4) to call up the menu in mail lists of “Inbox”. 3) It shows “File”. 4) Press “Space-4”, move to “Edit” and Press “Enter”. Or Press “e (dots 1-5). 5) It shows “Select All”. 6) Press “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to “Copy to Mailbox” or “Move To mailbox”. 7) Press “Enter”.
8.4.4.3 Changing Folder Mailbox You can’t change folder mailbox of the “Inbox” and the “Storagebox”. In order to change the folder mailbox, follow these steps: 1) Execute “E-mail” program. 2) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4) to call up the menu in mail lists of “Inbox”. 3) It shows “File”. 4) Press “Space-4”, move to “Edit” and Press “Enter”. Or Press “e (dots 1-5). 5) It shows “Select All”. 6) Press “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to “Copy to Mailbox” or “Move To Mailbox”. 7) Press “Enter”.
4. Set spam Each sub menu except the “Accounts manager” will be explained in detail in this section. 8.5.1 Set Path “Set Path” sets the default download path where file attachments and email are stored. You can set the download path using the following method: “Set Path” sets the default download path where file attachments and email are stored. You can set the download path using the following method: 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “E-mail” menu in the “Inbox.
“Set Path” will be closed if you press “Space-e (dots 1-5)” or “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6).” Or, you can close it by pressing enter on the “Close” button. 8.5.1.1 Set the Save Attachments Path The default path for downloaded attached files is “/flashdisk/download.” You can set the download path using the following method: 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “E-mail” menu in the “Inbox.” 2) Press “Space-4”, move to the “Tools”. 3) Press “Enter.” 4) It shows “Accounts manager”.
is one of the lower level folders located in “flashdisk,” “Save attachments path: /flashdisk/My Documents” would be displayed. 8.5.1.2 Set the Send Attachments Path “Send attachments path” is the path where the files to be attached are saved. The default path is “/flashdisk/upload.” You can change this path to a different path using the following method: 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “E-mail” menu in the “Inbox.” 2) Press “Space-4”, move to the “Tools”. 3) Press “Enter.
8.5.1.3 Set the Disk to save mail The e-mail messages that are downloaded from your network are saved in the “Email” folder, which is a lower level folder of “flashdisk.” If the size of an email you are receiving is so large that it cannot be downloaded and stored in the “flashdisk,” you can change to a different disk using the following method: 1) Connect the external storage disc to the Braille Sense U2 MINI. 2) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “E-mail” menu in the “Inbox.
In “Set Options”, you can set the “Inbox” with default folder when the “Email program is started. 8.5.2.1 Using the “Inbox” with Default Folder If you set the “Inbox” with default folder, it will move to list of “Inbox” whenever the “E-mail” program is started. In order to use the “Inbox” with default folder, follow these stets: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Execute “E-mail”. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “E-mail” menu in the “Inbox.” Press “Space-4”, move to the “Tools”. Press “Enter.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu while you are in the “inbox.” Press “Space-4”, move to the “Tools”. Press “Enter.” It shows “Accounts manager”. Press “Space-4”, move to ““Spam Settings”. Press “Enter.” It shows “Type: Subject 1/3”. Without calling the menu, you can also execute to this stage directly by pressing “Enter-e (dots 1-5)”. Now, you are in the “Spam Settings” menu. “Spam Settings” contains the following 6 items; 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Now we will explain how to register, modify, and delete the spam settings. 8.5.3.1 Add As Spam E-Mail First, we will explain how to set the e-mail program to sort out spam by setting any specified words in the e-mail subject. 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu while you are in the “inbox.” 2) Press “Space-4”, move to the “Tools”. 3) Press “Enter.” 4) It shows “Accounts manager”. 5) Press “Space-4”, move to ““Spam Settings”. 6) Press “Enter.” 7) It shows “Type: Subject 1/3”.
the e-mail server, but will delete them automatically. So those e-mails will not be in the inbox. You can also avoid receiving e-mail messages from a specific sender or host by registering it. The following are the steps to register a sender’s e-mail address: 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu while you are in the “inbox.” 2) Press “Space-4”, move to the “Tools”. 3) Press “Enter.” 4) It shows “Accounts manager”. 5) Press “Space-4”, move to ““Spam Settings”. 6) Press “Enter.
“E-mail address string: (e-mail address),” the displayed e-mail address will be erased, and the new e-mail address will be displayed. But, if you press the “cursor routing key” at the position where you want to modify the displayed address, that address will be modified as you type in the modifications. When “E-mail address string: (registered e-mail address) 1/1” is displayed, you can add it by pressing “a (dot 1)” or pressing “Tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the “Add, and press “Enter.
MINI will delete them automatically. So those e-mails will not be found in the inbox. At step 5 above, you can add the additional host address by modifying the host address that you have typed in. If you type in a new host address at “Host add: (host address),” the displayed host address will be erased, and the new host address will be displayed. But, if you press the “cursor routing key” at the position where you want to modify the displayed address, that address will be modified where you modify it.
1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu while you are in the “inbox.” 2) Press “Space-4”, move to the “Tools”. 3) Press “Enter.” 4) It shows “Accounts manager”. 5) Press “Space-4”, move to ““Spam Settings”. 6) Press “Enter.” 7) It shows “Type: Subject 1/3”. Without calling the menu, you can also execute to this stage directly by pressing “Enter-e (dots 1-5)”. 8) Move to “list” by pressing “tab (Space-4-5).” Then, “Subject: (Registered word) 1/xx” will be displayed.
8.5.3.3 Deleting Spam You can delete an item that has been registered in the spam list. Let’s start our explanation from “Subject.” 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu while you are in the “inbox.” 2) Press “Space-4”, move to the “Tools”. 3) Press “Enter.” 4) It shows “Accounts manager”. 5) Press “Space-4”, move to ““Spam Settings”. 6) Press “Enter.” 7) It shows “Type: Subject 1/3”.
Reply: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Reply all: Backspace-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Forward: Enter-f (dots 1-2-4) Call up “set path”: Enter-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Call up “set option”: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) Call up “set spam”: Enter-e (dots 1-5) Find: Space-f (dots 1-2-4) Find again: Backspace-f (dots 1-2-4) Move to unread message: Enter-u (dots 1-3-4) Move to mailbox: Backspace-x (dots 1-3-4-6) Copy to Mailbox: Backspace-c (dots 1-4) Add a sender to the address list: Enter-i (dots 2-4) (This is valid only at the “from” item of t
Cut to the clipboard: Enter-x (dots 1-3-4-6) (It is not valid when you are reading e-mail in the “inbox”).
9. Media Player The Media Player on the Braille Sense U2 MINI is a program which you can use to play audio files. The Media Player will play the following formats, flac, mid, avi, wma, wmv, aac, asf, Audible(aa, aax), asx, m3u, m4a, mp2, mp3, mp4, ogg, pls, wav, wax and asx. Note that you will not be able to see the video with “avi” and “wmv” files. You can control the playing of audio files using either the Braille keyboard commands or audio keys that are on the front panel of the Braille Sense U2 MINI.
front panel. Then, move one button to the left. This is the “play/pause” button. With the “play/pause” button, you can easily play audio files registered in the play list. If there are no files that have been registered in the play list, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will display the message, “There are no items to display.” You have to add a file to the play list before it can be played.
button again, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will resume recording. When you press the “record” button while you are recording, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will pause your recording. You can resume the recording by pressing the “record” button again. The recorded sound will be stored in a file, and placed in the “flashdisk/media/record” folder. 9.1.4 Stop Button The “stop” button has a square shape, and is used to stop playing.
You can use more of the features in the “Media player” with the Braille keyboard than with the audio buttons. You can use the Braille keyboard commands to control the player in the “Media player” dialog box. To open the “Media player,” press “Enter” on “Media player,” or press “m” in the “program menu.” The “Media player” is also opened when you play audio files by pressing the “play/pause” button on the front panel of the Braille Sense U2 MINI.
file is the first item in the play list. “Chopin – Fantasie Impromptu” is the file name. “1/10” means the file is the first of ten files in the play list. Whenever you register an audio file using the “File”, the file is added to the play list. 9.2.
Dots 1-2-6 Space-up scroll button Space-down scroll button Space-1-3-4 Space-1-2-5 Space-4-5/Space-1-2 Space-1-3-5-6 Slow down Volume up Volume down Open menu Open help Move to “play list” tab Exit “Media player”
2) Hot Keys in the Play List Tab Hot key Space-4 Space-1 Space-4-6 Space-1-3 Space Enter-1-2 Enter Backspace Space-1-4-5 Dot 6 Dot 3 Dots 4-6 Dots 1-3 Dots 5-6 Dots 2-3 Dot 4 Dot 1 Dot 2 or Dot 5 Dots 3-4-5 Dots 1-2-6 Space-up scroll button Space-down scroll button Space-1-3-4 Space-1-2-5 Space-4-5/Space-1-2 Function Move to the next file Move to the previous file Move to the last file Move to the first file Select/resume current file (while playing, it is used as play/pause) Start selecting files Start p
Space-1-3-5-6 Exit “Media player” 9.3 How to Use the Media Player Menu When you want to open the “Media player” menu, you can press “Spacem (dots 1-3-4).” You can also “F2” while in the “Media player” dialog box. This menu contains five items: “File,” “Play,” “Record,” “Position,” “Mark” and “Settings.” Using the “File” menu, you can add or delete files in the play list. The “Play” menu lists all of the commands related to playing files.
“Enter,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will register the files in the play list, and start playing the first file. You can select more than one file in the “Open File” dialog box by pressing “Space” on the file you want to play, and then move to another file to be played, and press “Space.” Once you finish selecting all the files you want, press “Enter.” When you open the “Open File” dialog box, files in the default folder will be displayed. The default folder is set to “/flashdisk/media.
used for “Open File” will be displayed. If you select all of the files that you want, and press “Enter” (as in the “Open File” dialog box), then the Braille Sense U2 MINI will add the selected files to the play list. However, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will not start playing these files. If you want to start playing the files in the play list, press the “play/pause” button on the front panel of the Braille Sense U2 MINI. Or, you can press “Enter” on “play” in the “play” menu.
without using a dialog box. After saving a play list, it will return to “Media player” dialog box. 9.3.1.6 Save as play list The “Save As Playlist” menu item is used to save the play list as a different file or on another disk drive. If you want to use this function, you can press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to open the “File” menu and execute the “Save As Playlist” command by pressing “Enter” on it, or you can press “l (dots 1-2-3).
selected item. If you press “Space” on a selected item, the selection will be canceled and the “*” will disappear. Now, let’s explain how to delete multiple files in a block from the play list. Press “Enter-b (dots 1-2)” on the first file to be deleted. “Enter-b (dots 1-2)” is the start of the block. Next, if you press “Space-4” or “Space-1,” the displayed files will be selected. After selecting the files you want to delete, press “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)” in order to delete them. 9.3.1.
this menu will be explained in this section. 9.3.2.1 Play If you press “Enter” on “Play,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will start playing the files in the play list. Also, if you press “Enter” in the “Media player” dialog box, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will start playing. 9.3.2.2 Previous Track “Previous Track” is used to play the previous file, while a file is being played. You can also do this by pressing “dot 3” in the “Media player” dialog box. 9.3.2.
9.3.2.7 Last Track This is used to play the last file in the play list. You can also do this by pressing “dots 4-6” in the “Media player” dialog box. 9.3.2.8 Volume Up and Volume Down These options are used to adjust the audio playback volume. Here, the volume level ranges from 0 to 10. You can also adjust the volume level by pressing “Space-up scroll button (up)” or “Space-down scroll button (down)” in the “Media player” dialog box.
can also do this by pressing “Backspace” in the “Media player” dialog box. 9.3.3 Record This menu item is used to open the “Record” dialog box. To open the “Record” dialog box, first, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to bring up the “Media player” menu. Press “Space-4” twice to move to “record (r),” and then press “Enter,” or you can press “r (dots 1-2-3-5).” Then, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will display the “Record” dialog box.
9.3.3.2 Record This is used to start recording. You can also start recording by pressing the “Record” button on the front panel of the Braille Sense U2 MINI. While recording, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will display the “recording information” tab. Whenever you start recording the Braille Sense U2 MINI will create a file. The file will be named “record01.mp3,” or “record02.mp3” etc. The recorded sound will be saved to that file. These files are stored in a special folder.
This is used to stop recording or playing. If you press “Enter” on “Stop” while recording, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will stop recording and show the “recording information” tab. If you press “Enter” on the “Stop” button while playing, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will stop playing and show the “playback information” tab. You can also stop recording or playing by pressing the “stop” button on the front panel of the Braille Sense U2 MINI. 9.3.3.
This menu will also let you jump to the time you want to go to in an audio file. The “Position” menu has four submenus: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Mark Position Delete Marked Position Jump To Marked Position Go To Time Go To Percent Set Start Point Release Point You can move between the menus by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1.” To execute this menu, press “Enter.” 9.3.4.1 Mark Position If you execute this function when you are playing a file, or when a file is paused, a bookmark will be set.
If you select “Yes,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will save the bookmark, at your current position, and play from the bookmark position the next time that you execute the Media Player. If you select “No,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will save the bookmark that is already set. If you select “erase,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will delete the bookmark that is already set. 9.3.4.
3) Move to “Jump To Marked Position” by pressing “Space-4,” and press “Enter.” 4) Or, you can press “Enter-j (dots 2-4-5)” when playing a file, or when a file is paused. If you execute this function in a file that does not have a bookmark, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will display “There is no bookmark in selected file.” 9.3.4.4 Go to Time If you execute this function when you are playing a file, or when a file is paused, it will move to a time that you specify, and begin playing the file.
While playing or in a pause status of file, you can move to the location via a percent in a file. 1) While playing or in a pause status of file, press “Space-M (dots 13-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu. 2) By pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to “Position” menu. 3) Press “Enter”. Or press “a (dot 1)” 4) By pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to “Go to percent” menu. 5) Press “Enter”. Or without calling up the menu, press “Backspace-p (dots 1-2-3-4)” while playing or in a pause status of file.
1) Press “Record button” at the point where you want to start the section while playing. 2) To set end point, press “Record button” at the point where you want to end the section. But it executes record when you press “Record button” while pause and stop. After “Set end point” message, A B repeat mode allows you to play a specific part of an audio file as many times as you wish. To set how many times a specified region, go to "playback settings" under the "settings" menu. 9.3.4.
9.3.5.2 Move to Mark You can move to next or previous mark by pressing “Backspace-dot 6” or “Backspace-dot 3.” You can also move to a mark by using menu. Call up the menu by press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” and move to “Mark.” And then press “Enter” on “Mark.” And move to the “Previous Mark” or the “Next Mark” and press “Enter.” You can also move to a mark by the mark number. 1) Call up the menu and press “Enter” on “Mark”. And then move to “Move To Mark.” 2) Press “Enter” on “Move To Mark.
open dialog box by using the menu. Call up the menu by press “Spacem (dots 1-3-4)” and move to “Mark.” And then press “Enter” on “Mark.” And move to “Mark Manager” and press “Enter.” The dialog box consists of “mark list”, “Move button”, “Delete button”, “Close button”. You can go to each control by pressing “tab (Space-4-5)” or “shift-tab (Space-1-2).” There are all marks of the current file in the “mark list” with information of “name of mark: setting time of mark”.
than:”, a “Confirm” button, and a “Cancel” button. You can move between controls by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-12”)”. And you can move between options by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4.” The “Display title” option allows you to set whether or not you can hear the track title when you move to previous/next track or transfer to next track automatically. If this is set to “On,” you can hear the track title.
In this dialog box, pressing “Space-4-5” or “Space-1-2” will circulate among setting options, “Confirm” and “Cancel.” The setting options are the “Display time” option, the “Repeat” option, the “Playlist” option, the “Shuffle”, the “Times to repeat the specified track”, the “Set speed” option and “Time index” option. Press “Space-4” or “Space-1” to move from one option to the next or previous option. You can also open this dialog box by pressing “Enter-s (dots 2-3-4)” in the “Media player” dialog box.
“Times to repeat the specified track” allow you to set how many times you wish to repeat, when you execute section repetition. “Times to repeat the specified track” can be selected the value from 1 to 10 or unlimited. The default setting is 3. Pressing “Space” increases the times to repeat the specified track and “Backspace” decreases the times to repeat the specified track. The “Set speed” option allows you to set the audio playback speed. The speed level ranges from 1 to 10. The default setting is the 5.
If you press enter on “Record Settings” in the “Settings” menu, or press “Backspace-s (dots 2-3-4)” in the “Media player” dialog box, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will display the “Record Settings” dialog box, which contains “Recording type,” “Sample rate” option, “Bitrate” option(only when recording type is mp3), “Bits per channel” option(only when recording type is wav), “Line in mode” option, “Set folder,” “Confirm” button and a “Cancel” button.
9.3.6.4 Effect Settings Dialog Box Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)”or “F2” in media player program, move to “Settings” menu and press “Enter”. By pressing “Space-4”, move to “Effect settings”. Press “Enter” on “Effect settings” or press “E”. Or press “Enter-e (dots 1-5)” in “Play list tab” or “Playback information tab”.
The “Echo” option is used to hear echo sound more efficiently. The value can be entered from 0 to 100 that you want to enter the value in edit box. The higher value you enter, the stronger echo sound you will hear. To save the changed settings and exit from this dialog box, press “Enter” after you change all the options you want to change, or move to the “Confirm” button by pressing “Tab(Space-4-5)” or “Shift-Tab(Space-1-2)” repeatedly, and then press “Enter.
Previous track: Dot 3, Previous button Next track: Dot 6, Next button Back 5 track: Dots 2-3 Forward 5 track: Dots 5-6 First track: Dots 1-3 Last track: Dots 4-6 Volume up: Space-up scroll button Volume down: Space-down scroll button Speed up: Dots 3-4-5 Slow down: Dots 1-2-6 Pause/continue: Space, Play button Stop: Backspace, Stop button Change time index: dot 2 or dot 5 Move to next position by time index and play: dot 4 Move to previous position by time index and play: dot 1 Delete play list during stop:
Mark manager: Backspace-k (dots 1-3) 6) Hot Keys for the Commands in the Setting Menu Configuration dialog box: Backspace-c (dots 1-4) Playback setting dialog box: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Record setting dialog box: Backspace-s (dots 2-3-4) Effect settings dialog box: Enter-e (dots 1-5) 7) Hot keys for toggling options.
10. FM Radio In order to use “FM Radio” program in the Braille Sense U2 MINI, please connect the headphone to the headphone jack of the Braille Sense U2 MINI. The headphone connected to the Braille Sense U2 MINI will work as a radio antenna. In the program menu, please press scroll buttons to move to the “FM Radio” and press “Enter,” or just press “r (dots 1-2-3-5)” in order to execute FM Radio program. Once the FM Radio program is executed, your Braille Sense U2 MINI will announce the radio frequency.
Then you can hear the radio sound from both headphone and internal speakers. This setting is valid only in the FM Radio program. If you exit from FM Radio program and hear the sound through speakers, you have to unplug the headphone. If the external speakers are selected in the “Settings” dialog box and “Space-4” is pressed, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will announce “Volume.” You can adjust the radio volume by pressing “Space”. Radio volume can be adjusted without calling dialog box.
You can input the frequency directly by pressing “Space-f (dots 1-2-4).” If you press “Space-f (dots 1-2-4),” then the dialog box will be opened. You can input the frequency in numbers and press “Enter” to move to that frequency. Besides using the Braille keys on the top panel, you can use audio buttons on the front panel. In order to use the audio buttons on the front panel, the audio mode switch should be moved to “FM” that is the left side of the switch.
In order to delete any channel, move to the channel to be deleted and press “Space-d (dots 1-4-5).” If “Space-d (dots 1-2-4)” is pressed, the selected channel will be deleted without any warning message. You can add and delete channels in the presets manager dialog box. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to call menu, press “Enter” at “Presets,” move to the “Preset Manager” and press “Enter.” Or you can press “Enter-m (dots 1-3-4)” without calling menu to open the preset manager dialog box.
Pressing “stop” button for more than 2 seconds will delete the selected channel. 10.4 Recording FM Radio sound If you want to record the radio, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to call menu, move to “Record (r)” and press “Enter.” Or just press “Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5)” without calling menu. Then the record dialog box will be opened and the Braille Sense U2 MINI starts recording. The record dialog box consists of as follows. 1. “Record status” status bar 2. “Pause/Continue” button 3. “Stop” button 4.
box will be exited automatically. If you press “Enter” at “Cancel” button or press “c (dots 1-4)”, the recorded file will not be saved and exit the dialog box. During recording, you cannot change the channel and frequency. During listening to the radio, you can record without calling the record dialog box by pressing the “record” button on the front panel. Before you use the “record” button out of the audio buttons on the front panel, please set the audio mode switch to the FM radio mode.
Please do as follows; 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to call menu and press “Enter” at “File.” 2) Press “Enter” at “Record Settings.” Or press “BackSpace-s (dots 2-3-4)” without calling menu. 3) Then the record dialog box will be opened and “Recoding type: mp3” is announced. There are three options such as mp3 (16000Hz~22050Hz), mp3 (32000Hz, 44100Hz), Wav. The three options are used to control the quality of recorded sound. You can change these values by pressing “Space.
and press “Enter.” Then “Record folder: (Changed folder)” is announced. Press “Tab (Space-4-5)” to move to “Confirm” button and press “Enter.” 10.5 Additional features 1. Sensitivity adjustment When you activate the FM Radio program, if the Braille Sense U2 MINI cannot tune to the broadcasting frequency, please adjust the sensitivity. In order to adjust the sensitivity, call “Settings dialog box” as explained in the Section 9.1.
Call up the record dialog box: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Record start/pause: short press record button Record stop: short press stop button Mute on: short press stop button or Space Mute off: short press play button or Space Volume up: Space-up scroll button Volume down: Space-down scroll button
11. Web Browser You can use the Web browser on the Braille Sense U2 MINI to read pages on the Internet, as well as reading html books that you have saved to disk. In addition, you can download and read books from places such as Web Braille, and BookShare. Note that you will need to have setup an account in order to access many of the books on these sites. When you want to launch the Web browser, press “Enter” on the “Web browser” in the “program” menu. Or, you can press “b (dots 1-2)” in the “program” menu.
on the Braille display is “Open URL.” Press “Enter” to get into the “Open URL” edit window, or press “Enter-u (dots 1-3-6)” while the Web browser is open. When “Open URL” is executed, the edit window for an address will be displayed. On the Braille display, you will see the address of the current page. You can enter a new web page address that you want to connect to. You need to enter the new address in computer Braille such as “www.google.com.” Then, press “Enter.
The default folder is “/flashdisk/download,” and it can be changed by the same method as explained in the “File manager.” There are three types of files in “Type”; “*.*,” “htm,” “html.” Default is “*.*” and it means that all types of files will be shown in the file list. At the “Type,” press “Space-1” or “Space-4” to select the file type. In order to check the current path, press “Space-3-4.” You can use this command in the following dialog boxes: “Save As,” “Add To Favorites,” and the “Favorites List.
“Backspace” and if you want to enter the selected folder or select a file, press “Enter” on the folder or file that you want to select. And press “Space-4” or “Space-1” in order to move next or previous folder or file. There is a “Type” option combo box that is the next item of “File name” edit combo box. You can move from “File name” to “Type” by pressing “Space-4-5.” The available file types are htm, html, brl, brf and txt file format. Use “Space-4” or “Space-1” to select the file type that you want.
11.2 Read The “Read” menu can read the page generally. In order to call up the “Read” menu, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4),” and press “Enter” on “Read” or press “r.” The “Read” menu has three submenus: 1. Read From Beginning To Cursor 2. Read From Cursor To End 3. Auto Scroll You can move between the menus by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1.” To execute the menu, press “Enter.” 11.2.1 Read from Beginning to Cursor This function will read the current page from the beginning to the cursor location.
If you want to quit this function before the end of the current page, press “BackSpace-enter.” If you execute this function, the Braille display and LCD change to correspond with the voice output. 11.2.3 Auto Scroll This function will scroll the current page from the cursor to the end of the current page. To execute the “Auto Scroll” function, press “Enter” on “Auto Scroll” in the “Read” menu. Or, you can press the up and down scroll buttons simultaneously when you open a web page.
In order to use this command, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)”, move to “Edit” menu by pressing “Space-4” and press “Enter” at the starting point of selection. And press “Enter” on the “Start Selection.” Then move to the end of selection that you want to select. You can also set the starting point of the block by pressing “Enter-b (dots 1-2)” without calling up the menu. 11.3.
The web address of the page will then be placed on the clipboard. You can paste it to a document, or wherever you can paste text on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. 11.3.5 Copy Link The “Copy Link” function allows you to copy a link in the web page that you are on. For example, if you tab (“space 4-5”) to a link, and select the “Copy Link” function, then the link will be copied to the clipboard.
“Enter,” or by pressing “Backspace-h (dots 1-2-5)” while your Web browser is opened. 11.4.2 Go to Previous Page The previous page is the page shown just before the current page. For example, when the Web browser is activated, the first page that opens is the home page that is set as the default home page on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. You can search and load the web page of google, which is www.google.com. Then, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will connect to the Yahoo web page.
11.4.4 Go to Previous Heading If you activate the “Go To Previous Heading” function, you can go to a heading that is located before your current location. To execute the “Go To Previous Heading” function, open the menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and press “Space-4” repeatedly to move to the “Go To” menu. Press “Enter” on “Go To.” Then, use “Space-1” or “Space-4” to move to “Go To Previous Heading,” and press “Enter.” Or, press “u (dots 1-3-6)” in the submenu.
5) Press “Enter” on “Go To Next Text.” Or you can call up the “Go To Next Text” menu by pressing “Space-1-24-5-6” while the web page is being read. In order to execute “Go To Previous Text” menu, do the following: 1) 2) 3) 4) Call up the menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2.” Move to “Go To” by pressing “Space-4.” Press “Enter” on the “Go To” menu. Press “Space-4” until “Go To Previous Text” is displayed. Or, you can press “b (dot 1-2)” in order to move to “Go To Previous Text” directly.
In order to visit the Yahoo web site by using the history list, first, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to call up the “menu,” and go to the “Go To” menu by pressing “Space-4.” Then, press “Enter.” Go to “History” by pressing “Space-4,” and press “Enter.” You can always open the history list by pressing “Enter-h (dots 1-2-5)” while the Web browser is running. The Braille Sense U2 MINI will show the history list. Move to the title of the web site that you want to select by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1.
dialog box, you can press the “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-12”)” to move from one control to another. Enter the text to search for, and select the search direction. Then, press “Enter.” The Braille Sense U2 MINI will then find the text, and move the cursor position to the text. The default search direction is set to “Forward.” This means that the Braille Sense U2 MINI will search for the specified text from the current cursor position to the end of the page.
If you want to move to the selected page in “links list,” press “Enter” on the link of focus in “links list.” Or move to “Activate link” button by pressing “Space-4-5” or “Space-1-2” and press “Enter” there. If you want to go to the link position selected in “links list,” move to “Focus link” button by pressing “Space-4-5,” and press “Enter” there. To close the dialog box, move to “Cancel” button, and press “Enter” there. Or just press “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or press “Space-e (dots 15).” 11.
11.5.2 Add to Favorites You can add the web page that you are reading now to the “Favorites” list. In order to add the web page to the “Favorites” list, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and move to “Favorites” by pressing “Space-4.” Then, press “Enter.” Then, move to “Add To Favorites” by pressing “Space-4,” and then press “Enter.” You can activate “Add To Favorites” by pressing “Backspace-a (dot 1)” when the Web browser is running.
You can check the list of the web sites that are saved in “Add To Favorites.” The user can copy, delete, or rename the title of the sites in the favorites list. In order to open the “Favorites” list, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4),” and move to “Favorites” by pressing “Space-4.” Then, press “Enter.” Move to the “Favorites List” by pressing “Space-4,” and press “Enter.” Or, you can press “Enter-l (dots 1-2-3)” while the Web browser is running.
these two file formats. If you select “*.*” then all types of files will be shown. 11.6 Options Using the “Options” menu, you can set the type that is gets the web page and change default download folder. Also you can clear cookie in the “Options” menu. In order to execute the “Options” menu, 1) Press “Enter” on “Web browser”. 2) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu. 3) Move to “Options” pressing “Space-4”. 4) Press “Enter.
2) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the menu. 3) Move to “Options”, by pressing “Space-4”. 4) Press “Enter.” Or you can press “Backspace-o (dots 1-3-5)” while the “Web browser” is executing. 5) It will find “User agent: Windows CE” on the LCD and Braille display. 6) Using “Space”, you can select one in the “Windows XP”, “Windows CE” and “Pocket PC”. 7) After you select the value that you want, press “Enter”. It will open the web page which you chosen type. 11.6.
4) Press “Enter.” Or you can press “Backspace-o (dots 1-3-5)” while the “Web browser” is executing. 5) Pressing “Space-4”, move to “Default download folder” 6) It will find list of “Flashdisk”. When you change the different folder in “Flashdisk”: Using “Space”, select the folder that you want. When you change the different folder of “External memory”: Using the “Backspace”, move to disk. Move to folder that you want to change and select it using “Space”. 7) Press “Enter”.
If you want to cancel to clear cookie, press “Enter” on “Cancel” button. Or press “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)”, regardless of location. 11.7 Read Page On the web page, there are links, controls, and other various elements, as well as text. In order to read web pages properly, the Web browser should classify each element, and notify the user with its information. When reading a web page by moving with “Space-4” or “Space-1,” one element will be displayed on one line.
there are no more controls, the warning sound will be played. When you find controls in web pages, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will show control symbols ahead of the contents of the control. The followings are a list of control symbols. Control name Link Visited link Anchor Edit box Multi edit box List Box Combo box Radio button select Radio button unselect Check box check Check box uncheck Button Symbol LN LNV ANC EB MEB LB CB SRB URB SCHB UCHB BT 1.
to the next item by pressing “Space-4.” Also it will renew a page automatically when you change combo box in combo box. 7. Radio button, check box: In order to select or cancel the selection, press “Enter.” 8. Button: If you press “Enter” on a button, you will move to the referenced page. 11.7.2 Moving to a Form A “form” is a page that has all of the controls, except the “link” control. The edit windows, buttons, and combo boxes are included in a “form.
it displays “table 2-1 3 rows, 2 columns.” At the end of the sub table, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will display “table 2-1.” If the table consists of only 1 row and 1 column, or empty space that has only border or background, such tables are not considered tables in the Braille Sense U2 MINI. The Braille Sense U2 MINI provides a way to move table by table, and cell by cell, in order for the user to comprehend the structure of the table.
the starting line of the table, the warning sound will be played. 4. Move to next cell: Space-5-6 It moves to the next cell. If the current cell is the last cell, it moves to the end line of the table. If it is pressed on the end line of the table, the warning sound will be played. 5. Move to upper cell: Space-3-5 It moves to the cell in the previous row within the same column. If the current cell is on the first row, the warning sound will be played. 6.
11.7.4 Move to the Frame 1. Move to the previous frame: Space-3-4-6 It moves to the starting position of the previous frame. If there are no previous frames, the warning sound will be played. 2. Move to the next frame: Space-1-4-6 It moves to the starting position of the next frame. If there are no more frames, the warning sound will be played. 11.7.5 Playback of Streaming Audio Files While you navigate any web page, if you come across a link for streaming audio file, you can simply press “Enter” on it.
4. Turn down the volume: Space-down scroll button Playback of a streaming audio file does not stop if you switch to another program, until you press the “stop” button on the front panel after you come back to “Web browser.” You can download real audio files but not play them in the Web Browser. 11.
Go to next text: Space-1-2-4-5-6 Refresh: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Open the history list: Enter-h (dots 1-2-5) Check the address of the selected title in the history list: Space-i (dots 24) Find: Space-f (dots 1-2-4) Find again: Enter-f (dots 1-2-4) Links list: Backspace-i (dots 2-4) Favorites Set current as your home page: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Add to favorites: Backspace-a (dot 1) Favorites list: Enter-l (dots 1-2-3) Options setting: BackSpace-o (dots 1-3-5) Hot Keys When Playing Audio Files in the Web Brows
Move to the next cell: Space-5-6 Move to the upper cell: Space-3-5 Move to the lower cell: Space-2-6 Read current cell: Space-2-3-5-6 Move to the previous cell of the upper level table: Backspace-2-3 Move to the next cell of the upper level table: Backspace-5-6 Move to the upper cell of the upper level table: Backspace-3-5 Move to the lower cell of the upper level table: Backspace-2-6 Check the current position: Space-1-5-6 Move to frame Move to the previous frame: Space-3-4-6 Move to the next frame: Space-
12. DAISY Player Using the Daisy player, on the Braille Sense U2 MINI, you can listen to files and read books that use the DAISY format. DAISY is an acronym for (DIGITAL ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION SYSTEM). One advantage to DAISY books is that you can listen to the audio as well as read the associated text with the audio in books where both text and audio are present. The Braille Sense U2 MINI supports DAISY books that are version 3.0 or earlier.
Note: the following instructions assume you already have an account with the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download service (BARD). If you do not currently have a BARD account, please contact your regional NLS lending library or visit: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/ApplicationInstructions.html To register your Braille Sense U2 MINI with NLS BARD, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. Log in to your account on the BARD main page. Choose the “Update Account Settings” link. Choose the “Add a purchased player” link.
3. Press “I” to bring up the Information Dialog. 4. Navigate below “Mac Address for wireless LAN”. After the words “Key Number” a 5 or 6 digit number is displayed. When you want to execute the player, follow these steps: (1) Press “Enter” on “Daisy player” in the “program” menu. (2) Or press the shortcut key “d (dots 1-4-5)” in the Braille Sense U2 MINI “program” menu.
you want to exit from the Daisy player, press “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6),” which will move you to the prompt box. Once in the prompt box, you can select “Yes” or “No” with “Space” or “Backspace.” You can open the Daisy player menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” when you are in the Daisy player. In the menu, you will find “File,” “Document,” “Mark,” and “Heading.” You can move between these menu items with “Space-1” or “Space-4,” and press “Enter” when you want to activate the selected menu item.
you are anywhere in the four control components, you can play or pause by pressing “Space.” 12.2 File When in the “File” menu, you can open a new DAISY file, check file information on the file that is currently open, and set voice parameters. You can open the “File” menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and then press “Enter” on “File.” Or, you can press “f (dots 1-2-4).
“open DAISY” dialog box. Namely, you can move to up and down by pressing “previous” and “next” button in list of “Open DAISY” dialog box. And you can select and unselect by pressing “record” button. If you press “stop” button, you can move to upper folder. And if you press “play” button, you can play the selected file in file list of “Open DAISY” dialog box. In order to use this function, you must set the audio mode switch to “DAISY mode.” 12.2.
12.2.2.1 DAISY play type It will show while playing text+audio DAISY. You can use this function when you play the text+audio DAISY. Without calling the menu, you can directly this function by pressing “Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5)”. The default setting is “Audio”. It will play with audio in text+audio Daisy. If you set the “Text”, it will play with text in text+audio Daisy. To change the setting value, press “Space-1” or “Space-4”.After changing the setting value, press “Enter”.
NIMAS Daisy control includes “image”, “description”, “caption”, “prodnote, “table”. “image” is displayed on the braille display as “img”. “desc” is for “description” and “prodnote”. “cap” is for “caption”. “tdt is for “table”. 12.2.3 Book-Info Using “Book-Info,” you can check the information on the file that is currently playing. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” and press “Enter” on “File.” Press “Space4” repeatedly to move to “Book-Info” and press “Enter” on “Book-Info.
12.3 Document When in the “Document” menu, you can move by phrase or level while playing. If you want to activate the “Document” menu, press “Space-m (dots1-3-4)” and then press “d (dots 1-4-5).” In this menu, you will find items such as, 1) “Play/Pause” 2) “Previous Phrase” 3) “Next Phrase” 4) “Previous Page” 5) “Next Page” 6) “Go To Page” 7) “Move down” 8) “Move up” 9) “Set To Prior Level” 10) “Set To Next Level.” You can move between these items with “Space-1” or “Space-4.
“Enter.” You can move to the next, previous, next fifth, or previous fifth phrase without calling up the menu by pressing “dot 6,” “dot 3,” “dot 4,” or “dot 1,” respectively. Also you can move to the previous or next phrase without calling up the menu by a short pressing “previous” button or “next” button in the front panel. In order to move by phrase with “previous” or “next” button, you must set the audio mode switch to “daisy mode.” 12.3.
The setting values are “5 seconds”, “10 seconds”, “30 seconds”, “1minute”, “3 minutes”, “5 minutes”, “10 minutes”, “15 minutes”, “20 minutes”, “30 minutes” and “1 hour”. To set previous time index, follow these steps: 1) Press “dots 1-2”. Every time you press the dots 1-2, Braille Sense U2 MINI toggles between 30, 10, or 5 seconds; 1 hour and 30 minutes. 2) Choose the setting value you want. To set next time index, follow these steps: 1) Press “dots 4-5”.
To set next text index, follow these steps: 1) Press “dots 4-5”. Every time you press “dots 4-5”, Braille Sense U2 MINI toggles between “Phonetic”, “Character”, “Word” and “Sentence”. 2) Choose the setting value you want. When you set the value, to move by the setting value, follow these steps: 1. Move to previous text: Press “dots 2-3-6”. If you set “Sentence”, it will move to previous position by sentence. 2. Move to next text: Press “dots 3-5-6”.
“Previous Mark.” Then, press “Enter” on “Previous Mark.” You can also move to the previous mark by pressing “Space-3” during reading DAISY contents. 12.4.2 Next Mark The “Next Mark” function will allow you to move to a location where you have placed a mark. If you have placed a mark in a DAISY Player file, and you have not yet passed it, you can move to that mark by using the “Next Mark” function.
mark name that you want to go to. Make sure that you have already set a mark. Otherwise, you will not be able to move to a mark. 12.4.5 Deleting a Mark Without using the menu, you can activate the “Delete Mark” function by pressing “Space-d (dots 1-4-5).” You can also activate this function by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2.” Then use, “Space-4” to move to “Mark,” and press “Enter.” Then, use “Space-4” to move to “Delete Mark,” and press “Enter” on “Delete Mark.
While playing a DAISY file, you can move heading by heading without using the “Heading” menu. You can move to the next, previous, first, and last heading by pressing “Space-5,” “Space-2,” “Space-2-3,” and “Space-5-6,” respectively. Also you can move to the previous or next heading without calling up the menu using audio buttons on the front panel. Before you use this feature, you have to set the audio mode button on the front panel to “daisy mode.
At the “Heading to find:” edit box, you can input the mark name that you want to find. And select the searching direction to “Previous” or “Next” at “Search direction” prompt by pressing “Space.” 12.5.3 Scan Heading and Read Heading While playing a DAISY Player file, you can check your current heading (or heading list) from your current location to the last heading. You can scan them by activating the “Read Heading” or “Scan Heading” in the “Heading” menu.
7) Press “Enter” on the “Find Phrase”. Or press “s (dots 2-3-4)”. Without calling the menu, you can execute directly it by pressing “Spaces (dots 2-3-4)”. While executing the “Find Phrase”, it will open “Find Phrase dialog box”. The “Find Phrase dialog box” consists of as follows. 1) Phrase to find 2) Search direction 3) Confirm 4) Cancel You can move between 4 controls by pressing “Tab (Space-4-5)” and “Shift-Tab (Space-1-2)”.
Play Play/Pause: Space Move to the beginning of document: Space-1-3 or Space-1-2-3 Move to the last phrase: Space-4-6 or Space-4-5-6 Increase the speed: dots 3-4-5 Decrease the speed: dots 1-2-6 Increase the volume: Space-up scroll button Decrease the volume: Space-down scroll button Move by Phrase Move to the next phrase: dot 6 or short press “next” button Move to the previous phrase: dot 3 or short press “previous” button Move to the next fifth phrase: dot 4 Move to the previous fifth phrase: dot 1 Move b
Find heading: Space-f (dots 1-2-4) Find again: Enter-f (dots 1-2-4) Scan heading: Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-5) Read heading: Enter-w (dots 2-4-5-6) Set mark Set mark at current position: Enter-m (dots 1-3-4) Move to the next mark: Space-6 Move to the previous mark: Space-3 Delete mark: Space-d (dots 1-4-5) Miscellaneous Hot Keys Move to the title list: Space-1-2-5-6 Open DAISY file: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) Voice setting: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Set DAISY play type: Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5) Check the book-info: Enter-i (d
13. Bluetooth Manager The Braille Sense U2 MINI is Bluetooth capable. Bluetooth is the latest in wireless technology that allows for a Personal Area Network (PAN). Unlike a traditional Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), these networks are limited to approximately 30 feet or less. Bluetooth enables users to exchange various types of information. In order to use Bluetooth with the Braille Sense U2 MINI, you must change the Bluetooth option to “On” in the option menu.
devices in range, so expect to wait about 30 to 40 seconds for this process to complete. You will hear “Scanning for devices. Please wait…” message and beep sound when this process begins. And when the Bluetooth device is detected, the Braille Sense U2 MINI announces “find (Bluetooth device name).” Until the end of scanning all devices, any keys on the Braille Sense U2 MINI will not work, and you cannot stop scanning the device. You have to wait until the completion of the scanning devices.
(dots 1-3-4)” or by pressing “F2.” The “Bluetooth Device List menu” has the “Rescan For Devices,” “Device Name,” “Delete Pair Information,” and “Exit.” You can navigate the menu items with “Space-1” or “Space-4.” The first menu item is “Rescan For Device.” This item allows you to rescan for other Bluetooth devices. To activate this item, press “Spacem (dots 1-3-4)” for “F2” and then press “Enter” on “Rescan For Device.
navigate to “Exit.” Then, press “Enter” on “Exit.” You can also access the item while in the menu by pressing “z (dots 1-3-5-6)” while you are in the Bluetooth Device List menu or at any time without calling up the menu by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6).” 13.2 Bluetooth Service List Once you know which remote Bluetooth device you want to connect to, press “Space-1” or “Space-4” to navigate to the device you want to connect to in the Bluetooth Device List, and then press “Enter” on the device name.
How to use “Device Name” and “Exit” in the “Bluetooth Service List” menu are the same as how to use them in the “Bluetooth Device List” menu. The “Open FTP” menu item allows you to open a direct FTP connection with a remote Bluetooth device without having to select the device and then the service. However, you must have connected the service first before the Braille Sense U2 MINI will allow you to transfer files.
To authenticate a service and connect to it, press “Enter” on the service. Once you have pressed “Enter” on the service, you will hear “Connecting service.” Then, you will hear “PIN code:” You must use ASCII characters when you type in this edit box. On the Braille display, you will see “PIN code:” This edit box will only appear when you have pressed enter on a service that not say “Connected” after the service name.
13.2.2 LAN Service With the LAN service, you can connect to the Internet through your computer. If you connect this service, you can use the Web browser and email program, just like if you were connected to the Internet via a dialup modem or wireless LAN card. However, you must setup Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on your remote Bluetooth device. Without ICS properly setup, you will not be able to connect to the Internet using the LAN service.
5. 6. 7. New Folder Delete File/Folder Open Local Folder. If you press “Enter” on this, you will be taken to the local folder list. If you are in the local folder list, this menu will be changed to “move remote folder.” 8. Select All 9. Information In the next few sections, we will discuss the various FTP functions. Please note that while sending data to and from the remote Bluetooth device, the remote Bluetooth device may still need to give access permission to the Braille Sense U2 MINI.
3) 4) 5) 6) select folders. You can only select files. If you try to select a folder, the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say “Deactivated.” Once you have selected files by pressing the “Space,” you can copy them by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2,” and then navigate to “Copy” by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4,” and press “Enter.” Or, you can press “Enter-c (dots 1-4)” to activate the function without calling up the menu.
function without calling up the menu by pressing “Enter-c (dots 14).” Note that you cannot copy folders to send to the local folder. 3) After you have activated this function, you will see the Disk list, just like when you open the file manager. You will be taken to “flashdisk” by default. However, if you have SD card or USB memory stick inserted, you can navigate to those disks by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4.” 4) After entering a disk, open the menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4).
2) After you have activated this function, you will see the disk list, just like when you open the file manager. You will be taken to “flashdisk” by default. However, if you have a SD card or USB memory stick inserted, you can navigate to those disks by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4.” Please refer to chapter 3 in this manual regarding navigation keys in the File manager. 3) Then, select a file by pressing “Space” on the file. You can only select files and not folders.
3) After you have selected the file, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to open the menu, and then use “Space-1” or “Space-4” to move to “Retrieve File,” and press “Enter.” You can also activate this function without calling up the menu by press “Enter-r (dots 1-2-35).” 4) Just like copying and pasting, you will hear a sound that indicates that the Braille Sense U2 MINI is working. If the file is larger than 300 KB, you will also hear the progress meter each time an additional 10% has been completed.
then be automatically returned to the list that you were in, whether it was the remote or local folder list. 4) To cancel any changes that you made, press “Space-z (dots 13-5-6),” and you will be returned to the previous list. 13.2.3.5 Delete File/Folder This function will allow you to delete files or folders in the remote or local folder list. Note that if a folder contains folders, you will not be able to delete the folder.
same as when using the file manager. To reference these keys, please refer to chapter 4 in this manual. 2) Then, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to open the menu, and then use “Space-1” or “Space-4” to move to “Information,” and press “Enter.” Or, you can activate this function without calling up the menu by pressing “Enter-i (dots 2-4).” 3) After you have activated the function, you will see the “Information dialog box,” which consists of “Type,” “Size,” “Date,” “Attribute (except folder),” and “Close”.
13.2.5 Serial Port If you connect this service, you should not connect the other services. The Serial Port service will allow you to use your Braille Sense U2 MINI as a wireless Braille display via Bluetooth. In order to use the Braille Sense U2 MINI as a wireless Bluetooth display, please reference the following sections. Note that you must be using Window-Eyes in order to use the Braille Sense U2 MINI as a wireless Braille display.
Control Panel, Bluetooth Devices, Options, and then check the check box that says “Show the Bluetooth Icon in the Notification Area.” 2) Press the “up or down arrow” keys until you get to “Open Bluetooth settings.” 3) Press “Enter.” 4) Select the Device tab control. You may need to press Ctrl-Tab in order to select this tab control. 5) Tab to the Add button. 6) Press “Enter.” 7) Press “Space” to check the checkbox for “My device is setup and ready to be found.” 8) Press enter.
was successfully set up. It is very important to note the COM ports for the outgoing COM port and the incoming COM port. For example, the outgoing COM port may be COM 5, and the incoming COM port may be COM 6. Do not be surprised if your COM ports are not set to COM 5 and COM 6. The COM ports used can vary from computer to computer. 17) Press “tab” to get to the Finish button, and press “Enter” to activate it. 18) You will then be taken back to the Bluetooth devices setting dialog.
6) Select the COM port that was given as the outgoing COM port when you setup the computer to interact with the Braille Sense U2 MINI via Bluetooth. 7) Press “Enter” Now that you have set up Window-Eyes, you need to finish the setup on the Braille Sense U2 MINI. 13.2.5.4 Setting up the Braille Sense U2 MINI 1) 2) Press “F1” to get to the Program menu. Press “Space-1” or “Space-4” to get to the Utilities menu, or just press the letter u.” 3) Press “Enter.
4) And then you will be prompted to input PIN code if Bluetooth keyboard require you to input PIN code. Otherwise, you don’t need to input PIN code. 5) Input PIN code on the Braille Sense U2 MINI and press “Enter.” And then you need to input PIN code on the Bluetooth Keyboard. (The PIN code of Bluetooth keyboard may be referred to the Bluetooth keyboard manual.) 13.2.7 Bluetooth Printer service You can print the documents connecting the printer to Braille Sense U2 MINI through the “Bluetooth”.
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14. Database Manager The Database manager is a program that can be used to create a database in the form that you specify. You can use the Database manager to add records and search for data in your records. A table contains at least one record, and a record consists of at least one field. You can specify attributes for each of the fields. In other words, a record is made up of a group of one or more fields.
1. Table manager: Here you can create, delete, and modify tables, records, and their fields. When you run the database manager for the first time, the “table manager” dialog box will appear. 2. Add record: You can add records to the current table. 3. Search records: You can search records in the current table. You can also search each field in the table. 4. List of records found: You can use this menu item to go through a list of records found in the table by the previous search.
5. Set default table button: Using this option, you can set the table that opens by default when you run the program. 6. Close button: After closing the “Table Manager” dialog box, it will take you back to where you were before you started the “Table Manager” dialog box. When there is no registered table, if you press “Enter” at the “Close” button, the database manager program will be closed. You can move between each of these controls by pressing “tab (Space4-5)” or “shift-tab (Space-1-2).” 14.1.
7) 8) Type “name” here, and then press “tab (Space-4-5).” Then, the “Field type” combo box will be focused. Press “Space4” or “Space-1” to move to “edit box,” and press “tab (Space-4-5).” 9) The “Set primary key” check box will be focused. If you want to set the current field as the primary key, press “Space” in order to check it. 10) Press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter.” Now, the “name” field has been added to the “addressbook” table.
(Space-4-5)” repeatedly to move to the “Delete field” button and press “Enter.” To change the order of a field, which is in your table, you can move to the field that you want to change. This can be done when you are in the “registered fields” list. Once you are on the field, press “p (dots 1-2-3-4)” or “n (dots 1-3-4-5).” Or you press “tab (Space-4-5)” and enter on a “Previous field” button or “Next field” button.
press “Enter.” If you want to delete an already registered field, press “Space-1” or “Space-4” repeatedly in the “registered fields” list to move to the name of the field you want to delete. And then press “tab (Space4-5)” repeatedly move to “Delete field” button and press enter or press “d (dots 1-4-5),” the shortcut key for the “Delete field” button. Or you can also press “tab (Space-4-5)” repeatedly to move to the “Delete field” button and press “Enter.
14.1.4 Set Default Table When you set a table as the default table, whenever the database manager is started, the table will be activated and you will be placed in the search dialog. You can search and add fields on this table. If you have registered more than one table and there is a table you use more frequently than the others, it may be convenient for you to set this table as the default table.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or F2 to open the menu, and press “Enter” on “Insert a New Record.” Or instead of using the menu, just press “Enter-i (dots 2-4).” Then the “name” field, the first field in the “addressbook” table, will be shown. Here, you type the name you want to add, and press “tab (Space-4-5).” Then, the “telephone” field will be focused. Here, type the phone number.
14.3 Search Records After you have added your records, if you want to search for information that is in your records, you can use the “Search Records” dialog box. To open the “Search Records” dialog box, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” and press “Enter” on “Search Records.” Or instead of using the menu, just press “Enter-s (dots 2-3-4).” Then, the “Search Records” dialog box will be opened, and the first field of the table will be focused. Here, you can type the text that you want to search for.
In the “List of Records Found,” if you want to search for different text, you can press “Enter-s (dots 2-3-4)” again to open the “Search Records” dialog box. Then, type the new text that you want to search for. If you want to delete a record found, press “Space-1” or “Space-4” to move to the record, and press “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)” in any of the fields in the record. Then, you will be asked if you really want to delete the record. Here, you can select “Yes” or “No” by pressing “Space” or “Backspace.
14.5 Setting Backup Option To backup your database file, you can do it manually using the “Backup Database” function. You can also backup your database file automatically by using the “Set Backup Option.” To activate the “Set Backup Option” function, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to open up the menu. Then press “Space-4” or “Space-1” repeatedly to move “Set Backup Option.” Then press “Enter” on it. Or, you can press “e (dots 1-5)” in the menu to go to “Set Backup Option.
You can change the backup mode if you press “Enter” after focusing on one of the three radio buttons. Or, you can press “Enter” on “Confirm” by moving to it by pressing “tab (Space-4-5).” The default backup mode is set to “Prompt to backup changes when exiting.” 14.6 Backup Database If a cold reset occurs, or if your battery goes dead, all of the data in the Database manager will be lost. So, it is very important that you make a backup file every time you make a change to the Database file.
Restore? Yes.” If you press “Enter,” the backup database file will be restored to the current database file. If you want to cancel, you press “Space” and press “Enter.” 14.8 Hot Keys for Database Manager Add record: Enter-i (dots 2-4) Search records: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Table manager: Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5) List of records found: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Setting backup option: Enter-e (dots 1-5) Backup database: Enter-u (dots 1-3-6) Restore database: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) 1.
15. EXTRAS 15.1 Games 15.1.1 Sense Dice game You don’t need to bring dice anymore. Use Braille Sense U2 MINI! Anyone can play Dice game anywhere, anytime. 15.1.1.1 Execute 1) Dice game is in “Extras” from the main menu. Press “Enter” on “Extras” or press “X (dots 1-3-4-6)” from the main menu. 2) Press “X (dots 1-3-4-6)” or move to “sense dice game” by pressing dot 4 with space and then press “Enter” to start game. 15.1.1.
1) Press “space-e (dot s 1-5) or F4” when the message “Press space to go on” announces. 2) And select the number of dices that you want to play when the list displays. Press “Enter” on the list that you want to change playing. 15.1.1.4 Exit Press space-z to exit the game. It will go back to “Extras” menu. 15.1.2 Sense Brain Game There are 4 games in Sense brain game. You can play everywhere, every time. It will help train your brain. Have fun and be smarter. 15.1.2.
15.1.2.4 Memory game When the game is started, you can hear numbers or alphabets one by one. Take stage 1 For instance, it will say 3 numbers one by one. Memorize these numbers. When it says “Type the answer”, write the numbers in the order and press “Enter”. If the answer is correct, you can go next question. If the answer is incorrect or time is over, you can hear a beep sound and the game will be over. Answering time is 10 seconds. When the game is over, it will say your score.
When the game is started, you can hear a sound of footsteps. A thief hid in a 10-story building. A police will say on which floor the thief hided. After a while, the thief will run away to the up and down stairs. It will say “Up” and “down” repeatedly. Listen carefully and you need to find on which floor the thief finally hided. When it will say “Type the answer”, write the number of floor the thief hided and press “Enter”. If the answer is correct, you can go next question.
You can see your record in this menu. Press “Enter” on “View ranking” menu. Press dot-1 with space or dot-4 with space and press “Enter” on the game name you want to check. The ranking list will show up. It shows rank, name and score. Press space to see next record. To go back to “View ranking” menu, press “Enter”. 15.2 Hot Keys in Extras 1.
16. Social Networking A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people who share interests and/or activities. To execute the Social networking service, follow these steps: (1) The Braille Sense U2 MINI needs to be connected to the internet using “Setup internet” of the “Utilities”. (2) Press the short cut key, “c (dots 1-4)” form the program menu.
The following is how to launch “Twitter”. 1) Within the main menu, press "c (dots 1-4)" or move to the “Social Networking" using “Space-4" and press "Enter". And then you can enter sub menu of “Social Networking". 2) Press "t (dots 2-3-4-5)" or move to the "Twitter" and then press "Enter". 16.2.1 Main Terms 1) Tweet: It is a message posted in ‘Twitter’. It is similar to posting on the message board. But, the difference is there is no space to write title, compared to common posting.
16.2.2 Launch “Twitter” In order to use "Twitter" program, you need a "Twitter" account. Visit "Twitter" web site and create "Twitter" account. If you have a "Twitter" account, you can use "Twitter" program after login. If you want to use "Twitter", the Braille Sense U2 MINI needs to be connected to Internet. 16.2.2.1 Sign In If you launch "Twitter", ‘Sign In’ dialog box appears.
1) When the ‘Sign In’ dialog box appears you will be placed in the "ID" computer edit box. Here, you should type the ‘ID’ that you have registered for your "Twitter". Note that the ‘ID’ should be typed using computer Braille. 2) Press "Tab (F3 buttons or Space-4-5)" to move to the "Password" computer edit box. On this box, type the password that you have setup for your "Twitter" account. Again, you should use computer Braille for this.
pressing "Tab"(F3 or “Space-4-5") or to the previous control pressing “Shift-Tab"(“Space-F3" or “Space-1-2"). The followings are compositions of Twitter Window. 1) Timeline: This represents tweet or retweet of your follows in the newest registration order. Timeline appears “A writer Id: Tweet” as follows. himsintl: Hello. This is HIMS International. In case of Mention, it appears “Sender ID: @ receiver Id, Tweet” as follows. Kimjk:@himsintl Hello.
5) Tweet button: Using this button, you can write tweet. You can launch the function by pressing "Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5)" or "Enter" key on the button. 6) Reply button: you can write reply on the focused tweets. You can launch the function pressing "Enter-y (dots 1-3-4-5-6)" or "Enter" key on the button. 7) Remove button: You can delete tweet that you posted. You can launch the function pressing “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)" or "Enter" key on the button.
3) Friend Timeline: This will display all tweets, except for ‘Retweet’. 4) The hot key for ‘Friend Timeline’ is "Enter-f (dots 1-2-4)". No matter what Timeline is displayed, if you press "Enter-f (dots 1-2-4)", refreshing ‘Friend Timeline’ will represent. 5) User Time line: It displays only the tweets which specified user posted. 6) Hot key is "Enter-u (dots 1-3-6)". You need to specify a user, because ‘User Timeline’ displays only specific user’s tweets.
16.2.4.2. Refresh Refresh is a function to renew tweet list indicated in Timeline. Once executing the function, Braille Sense U2 MINI will access to the twitter server and load new posted tweets. And then new posted tweets are rearranged in chronological order. You can launch ‘Refresh’ function by pressing the hot key "Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5)". Or Press "Tab" on the ‘Twitter’ window and move to the "Refresh" button and press "Enter". 16.2.4.
4) Cancel: you can cancel posting of tweet using this button. To post tweet, follow these steps. (1) Once "Tweet" dialog box is launched, "Tweet?" edit box appears. (2) If you have typed tweet, press "Enter" (3) If posting of tweet is successful, "Tweet completed" message represents. 16.2.5.2 Remove Tweet This is a function to delete tweet which you posted but you are not able to delete tweet which other users posted. The followings are the way to delete tweets.
Mention is tweets which would be sent to more than one specified user. You can use "Mention" function when you want to communicate with specific users intensively. How to send mentions is similar to way to post tweet. Just, enter at sign (@) in front of User Id and type mention you want to send. The following examples show the way to send mention. (1) Launch "Tweet" dialog box, pressing "Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5)" on the Timeline. (2) If "Tweet" dialog box is launched, "Tweet?" message is displayed.
2"). 1) Tweet? : This is edit box. You can write answer on this box. 2) Characters: This is status bar. It displays current characters and maximum characters like ‘Characters: 0/140T’. 3) Tweet: As a button, if you press "Enter", reply will be posted. 4) Cancel: As a button, you can cancel posting reply. The followings are how to post reply. (1) Within Timeline, move to the tweet which you want to reply and then press "Enter-y (dots 1-3-4-5-6)".
key in order to close. The followings are editing hot keys used in Contents box. 1) Start selection: "Enter-b (dots 1-2)" 2) Select all: Enter-a (dot 1) 3) Copy: Enter-c (dots 1-4) 16.2.5.7 Add to Favorite “Add to Favorite” is a function to add specific tweet to ‘Favorite List’ and it is similar to ‘Favorites’ function. You can add tweets as favorite. Later you can see the tweets quickly, calling up the ‘Favorite list’. The followings are how to add tweets to favorite.
“Space-d (dots 1-4-5)" or move to the button and press "Enter", the favorite will be deleted. 4) Close: This will close ‘Favorite List’ dialog box and go to the previous status. Or you can use "F4" or “Space-e (1-5)". 16.2.6. Manage Follow 16.2.6.1 Follow User This is a function to follow user. In order to call up “Follower User” dialog box, press "Backspace-a (dot 1)". Or after calling up the menu, you can launch "Follow User" on the sub menu of "Follow". "Follow User" dialog box consists of 3 controls.
3)". Or launch "Following" on the sub menu of "Follow", after calling up the menu. "Following" consists of 5 controls. You can move to the next control by pressing "Tab"(F3 or “Space-4-5") or to the previous control by pressing “Shift-Tab"(“Space-F3" or “Space-1-2"). 1) Following: As a list, it lists your follows. 2) About me: As a status box, it displays self- introduction of focused user. 3) Next list: Whenever you launch this function, it can load lists by 32 ‘follows’.
16.2.6.4 Followers “Followers” indicates Users who follow you. In order to call up “Followers”, press hot key, "Backspace-e (dots 1-5)". Or by calling up menu and moving to sub menu of "Follow", you can launch "Followers". “Followers” dialog box consists of 5 controls. You can move to the next control pressing "Tab"(F3 or “Space-4-5") or to the previous control pressing “Shift-Tab"(“Space-F3" or “Space-1-2"). 1) Followers: As a list, it lists your followers.
control pressing "Tab"(F3 or “Space-4-5") or to the previous control pressing “Shift-Tab"(“Space-F3" or “Space-1-2"). 1) Followers: Your followers appear. And then select follower who you want to send Direct Message. 2) Next list: Whenever you launch this function, it can load lists by 32 followers. Press "Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-5)" or "Enter" key on this button 3) Message: As edit box, you can type message on this box.
"Received Direct Message" dialog box consists of 4 controls. You can move to the next control pressing "Tab"(F3 or “Space-4-5") or to the previous control pressing “Shift-Tab"(“Space-F3" or “Space-1-2"). 1) Received Direct Message: This is a list. ‘Direct Message’ represents in the newest registration order. Message is displayed as "ID: message" 2) Next list: Whenever you launch this function, it can load lists by 32 messages. Press "Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-5)" or "Enter" key on the button.
16.2.8. Use Search function "Twitter" program allows you to search registered users and words contained in tweets with “Search” function. Also, it provides “Save Search” function in order to save words used frequently. 16.2.8.1 Global Search "Global Search" launches search for entered word among all "Twitter" Timelines and shows the result. Also you can follow user with "Global Search" function.
(1) If "Global search" dialog box is launched, “Search word" edit box appears. You can type the desired word on this edit box. (2) If you press "Enter", searching tweet starts with “Searching" message. (3) If search is successful, immediately search results appear. When there is no search result, "No search results" message will be displayed and you will go to the “Search word" edit box. (4) In the search result list, you can move to user whom you want to follow, by pressing “Space-4" or “Space-1".
5) Confirm: As a button, you can execute search. 6) Cancel: As a button, you can close “User Search” dialog box and return to the status right before calling up the Menu. Or you can use "F4" or “Space-e (1-5)". The followings are way to follow User, using "User Search" dialog box. (1) If "Global search" dialog box is launched, “Search word" edit box appears. You can type the desired User Id or name on this edit box. (2) If you press "Enter", searching tweet starts with “Searching" message.
6) Close: Using this button, you can close “Search word list" dialog box and go back to the status right before calling up the function. Or you can use "F4 or space-e (dots 1-5)". You can save words in the “Search word list” as follows. (1) If you have launched “Search word list" dialog box, press "Entera" (2) “Save Search?" edit box appears. (3) Type the desired word and press "Enter". (4) Once entered word is saved, ‘save completed’ message will be displayed.
Tab"(“Space-F3" or “Space-1-2"). 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Name ID Homepage About me Follow count Follower count Edit Close "Personal Information" dialog box can edit name, homepage, a selfintroduction. The followings are way to modify personal information. (1) After executing ‘Personal Information’ dialog box, move to the ‘Edit’ button by pressing "Tab". (2) Press "Enter" and then control box appears. It contains Name EB, Homepage CEB, About me EB, Save BT, Close BT.
desire. The default is ‘Timeline name current date’ like ‘Home Timeline 20110310’. 2) Confirm: As a button, you can execute “Save Current Timeline” 3) Cancel: As a button, you can exit “Save Current Timeline” dialog box and return to the “Tweet Window”, the previous status right before calling up the menu. 4) File List: As a list, you can change the storage path. The followings are move keys used in file list.
Retweet Of Me: Backspace-o (dots 1-3-5) Tweet: Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5) Remove Tweet: Space-d (dots 1-4-5) Retweet: Enter-e (dots 1-5)" Reply: Enter-y (dots 1-3-4-5-6) Add To Favorite: Enter-v (dots 1-2-3-6) Favorite List: Enter-l (dots 1-2-3) Send Direct Message: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Sent Direct Message: Backspace-m (dots 1-3-4) Received Direct Message: Backspace-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Follow User: Backspace-a (dot 1) Following: Backspace-l (dots 1-2-3) Followers: Backspace-e (dots 1-5) Global Search: Space-f (dot
16.3 Google talk Google Talk is one of the messengers to assist functions such as text chat, voice chat and sending/receiving files. And it has functions that similar to MSN’s. Google Talk allows you to exchange text messages in real time with people registered online and chat to voice conversation. Also, with sending/receiving file functions, you can exchange files conveniently. The following is how to launch Google Talk.
The Following is detailed explanations of "Login" dialog box. You can move to the next controls with "Tab" key (F3 or "Space-4-5") and to the previous controls with "Shift-Tab"("Space-F3" or "Space-1-2"). 1) E-mail: As a computer edit box, you can input your Gmail account as a user ID. 2) Password: As a computer edit box, you can input the password of your Gmail account. 3) Remember me: It is a check box. You can choose whether you save user ID or not.
MINI tries to log in. If login is successful, "Building contact list..." message will appear and after a little moment contact list will be displayed. If the Braille Sense U2 MINI isn’t connected to Internet, "Connection failed. Check network status." Message will appear and you will return to the "Sign In” button of “login” dialog box. If you log in Google Talk, contact list will appear. The contact list is displayed as "(Status) ID XX/YY" with Braille and "chat name, status, XX/YY" with voice.
16.3.2 Manage Contact If you log in Google Talk, contact list will appear. If you use Google Talk for the first time, there will be no contact list. You will get a detailed explanation about "Manage Contact" for example, adding, deleting and manage block list from this chapter. 16.3.2.1 Add Contact "Add Contact" is a function to add new contact to the contact list.
Edit Box to enter E-mail is displayed. 2) After typing user ID which you want to add using computer Braille, press "Enter". 3) With the user ID typed, adding contact is executed. If you add a contact, the contact will remain "off-line" until the contact accepting your request adding contact After the contact accepting your request, the status will be turn "on-line". 16.3.2.2 Delete Contact "Delete Contact" is a function to delete any contact registered in the contact list.
The way to block contact is as follows. 1) Move to the contact which you want to block in the contact list. 2) Press "back space-b (dots 1-2)" or press "Enter" on the "Block Contact" after entering sub-menu of "Contact", by calling up the menu. 3) "Block XXX? Yes" message appears. ‘XXX’ is user ID to block. If you press "Enter", the contact will be blocked. If you want to cancel blocking contact, change "Yes" button to "No" button, pressing "Space" key or press "F4" or "Space-e (dots 1-5)".
the status right before calling up the menu. The way to unblock contact, using "Manage Block list" is as follows. 1) Press "Backspace-m (dots 1-3-4)" on the contact list. The Blocked E-mails are displayed. 2) Move to the E-mail which you want to unblock using "Space-4" or "Space-1" and press "Enter." 3) The contact will be unblocked. 16.3.2.5 Contact Information "Contact Information" is a function to show on-line ID and E-mail of selected contact and adding contact status.
3) E-mail: It displays E-mail account. 4) Chat: It displays whether chat is possible or not as "Enable" or "Disable". 5) File sharing: It displays whether it is able to send/receive file or not as "Enable" or "Disable". 6) Voice Chat: It displays whether voice chatting is possible or not, as "Enable" or "Disable". 7) Status contact: It displays current contact relation status such as “acceptance” or “standby”.
or to the previous control pressing "Shift-Tab"("Space-F3" or "Space-12"). 1) E-mail: As a list, this displays user ID requesting you to add as contact. 2) Accept: As a button, you can accept focused user ID as contact. 3) Reject: As a button, you can reject focused user ID as contact. 4) Close: As a button, once you execute a function, you will go to the "Contact list", the previous status right before calling up the menu.
1) Input: Edit control 2) History: Edit control You will get detailed explanation about each control of "Chat." You can move to the next control pressing "Tab"(F3 or "Space-4-5") or to the previous control pressing "Shift-Tab"("Space-F3" or "Space-1-2"). 1) Input: As a edit box, you can type message to send. 2) History: As a read only edit box, you can see messages sent and received in chronological order. Messages are displayed as "Writer ID: message content.
"Enter" on "Move to Recently Chat" menu, after entering sub-menu of "Action", calling up the menu. If you want to exit "Chat" windows, press "Space-z(dots 1-3-5-6-)" or "Space-e(dots 1-5)." Or you can exit "Chat" windows, if you press "Enter" on "Exit" menu after entering sub-menu of "File" 16.3.4 Start Voice Chat Start voice chat is a function to send and receive voice message with registered contact in real time like using phone. Voice chat is possible to converse with only one person.
Accept question button" message is displayed. "XX" means user ID requesting voice chat. (2) If you press "Enter", you will accept voice chat. But, if you want to reject voice chat, change the button to "Reject" using "Space" key and press "Enter." After rejecting, you will go to the "Contact list". In the midst of voice chat, you can exchange messages on the "Chat" window. 16.3.5 Send/Receive a file Google Talk program of Braille Sense U2 MINI supports a function to receive and send file.
6) Enter into selected folder or open the selected file: Enter Move to the upper level folder: Backspace (3) Select file and press "Enter" using hot key for Start selection. When you send one file, focus on file which you want and press "Enter." Select item by item: Space Start selection: Enter-b (dots 1-2) Select all: Enter-a (dot 1) (4) Control to display Sending File Information appears. It is a list located on the next control of "Received message" on the chatwindow.
The following is how to receive files. (1) If contact requests to send file, "XXX send to file" message will be displayed, "Chat" window will be activated and "Receiving File Information list" is focused on. (2) "Receiving File Information list" shows "Receiving: Pending acceptance XX file name". "XX" means the number of files which request to receive. (3) If you want to accept file transmission, press “Enter” key. And Receiving File will start.
In order to execute this function, press "Space-s (dots 2-3-4)" within the "Chat" window or press "Enter" on the "Save Conversation" menu located on sub menu of "File" by calling up the menu. "Save Conversation" dialog box consists of 4 controls. 1) 2) 3) 4) File Name: Edit combo box Control Confirm: Button Control Cancel: Button Control File List: List Item Control The following is a detailed explanation about each control of "Save Conversation" dialog box.
disk/My Documents" folder. This folder is the default folder. 16.3.6.2 Manage Chat "Manage Chat" supports a function to view information of chat window opened and to move directly to the selected case of opening 2 chatwindows you can switch to other chat-window using this function and check status sending/receiving of file. In order to call up "Manage Chat" press "Enter-m(dots 1-3-4) on the contact list or press "Enter" on the "Manage Chat" after entering sub-menu of "Action" menu by calling up menu.
window on the chat list. 5) Cancel: Using this button, you can exit "Manage Chat Window" dialog box and return to the "Contact list". 16.3.6.3 Find “Find” supports a function to search for input word in “History” edit box of chat window. It is useful in the situation that a lot of messages are exchanged. In order to call up "Find" press "Space-f(dots 1-2-4) on the chat window or press "Enter" on the "Find" after entering sub-menu of "Edit" menu by calling up menu. "Find" consists of 4 controls.
“Find”. 4) Cancel: This is a button, using this button you can exit “Find” dialog box, and the chat window that right before calling “Find” menu will be displayed. The Following is how to find the message in chat window. 1) Press "Space-f (dots 1-2-4)". Edit to type “Text to find” box will appear. 2) Type the desired letter, word, and sentence, press "Enter". 3) If you press “Enter”, the searching executes toward the end of chat targeting “Text to find”.
"Tab"(F3 or "Space-4-5") or to the previous control pressing "ShiftTab"("Space-F3" or "Space-1-2"). 1) File name: It is a combo edit box. You can type in the file name to be saved in this edit box. 2) Confirm: It is a button. You can execute "Export Contact list". 3) Cancel: It is a button. You can exit "Export Contact list" dialog box and return to the "Contact list", the previous status right before calling up the menu. 4) File list: It is a list. You can set path to save "Contact list".
"Import Contact List" consists of 4 controls. 1) 2) 3) 4) File name: Combo Edit control. Confirm: Button control Cancel: Button control File list: List control The following is a detailed explanation about each control of "Import Contact list" dialog box. You can move to the next control pressing "Tab"(F3 or "Space-4-5") or to the previous control pressing "ShiftTab"("Space-F3" or "Space-1-2"). 1) File name: It is a combo edit box. You can type file name which you want to import.
16.3.7 Setup Options Braille Sense U2 MINI Google Talk Program supports options setting such as "My status options", "on-line ID", "auto-reply" “notification and sound". You will get detailed information of each option setting from this chapter. 16.3.7.1 My status Options This menu will allow you to setup your status and on-line ID to be shown to other contact.
"Action Options" Allows you to setup auto-reply, idle time Display Contact List and so on. In order to call up "Action Options" dialog box, press "Backspace-a (dot 1)" on the contact list or press "Enter" on the "Action Options" menu after entering sub-menu of "Setup" by calling up the menu. "Action Options" dialog box consists of 5 controls.
will be accepted automatically. If you choose "reject", the contact will be rejected automatically. You are able to change the setting by using "Space" or "Backspace". Incoming chat request: You can setup you move to chatwindow immediately or to be still at contact list, when someone wants to talk with you. You can choose one between "Move to the chat" and "Don’t move". If you select "Move to the chat", chat window will be focused on immediately when you are requested chat.
2) 3) 4) 5) requested chat. If you select "No", you will not send auto-reply message, when you are requested chat. You are able to change the setting by using "Space" or "Backspace." Auto-reply message: It is edit box. You can type message when using auto reply function. Show me as "Away" when I'm inactive for: When there is no input during the setting time, your status will be displayed as "Idle". You can enter time by the minute. Confirm: It is a button. You can save the setting Cancel: It is a button.
input is converted into the sound or not when you are writing your message to a person in chat-window. You can choose between "Yes" and "No." If you choose "Yes", what you are typing will be announced in voice. If you choose "No", what you are typing will not be announced in voice. If you set to "No", when you are typing message, you can view received message immediately. You are able to change the setting by pressing "Space" or "Backspace.
"Path Options" dialog box consists of 5 controls. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Set download path: Button Control Set temporary path: Button Control Set save conversation path: Button Control Confirm: Buttons Control Cancel: Button Control The following is a detailed explanation of each control on "Path options" dialog box. You can move to the next control pressing "Tab"(F3 or "Space-4-5") or to the previous control pressing "Shift-Tab"("Space-F3" or "Space-1-2").
menu. 16.3.
Close Chat (Z): SPACE-z (dots 1-3-5-6) Edit (E) Menu Commands Cut (X): ENTER-x (dots 1-3-4-6) Copy (C): ENTER-c (dots 1-4) Delete (D): SPACE-d (dots 1-4-5) Paste (V): ENTER-v (dots 1-2-3-6) Start Selection (B): ENTER-b (dots 1-2) Select All (A): ENTER-a (dot 1) Find (F): SPACE-f (dots 1-2-4) Find Again (G): BACKSPACE-f (dots 1-2-4) Action (A) Menu Commands Start Chat (S): ENTER-s (dots 2-3-4) Start Voice Chat: ENTER-h (dots 1-2-5) Stop Voice Chat: SPACE-e (dots 1-5) Send File (F): ENTER-f (dots 1-2-4) View
runs on a PC. Using MSN messenger, you can chat online with other registered users of MSN messenger. Note that you will need to setup your MSN messenger account with Microsoft before using this service. To start MSN messenger, executing the “social networking” and press the short cut key, “n (dots 1-3-4-5)”. Or pressing ‘Space-1’ or ‘Space-4’ to move to the “MSN messenger” and press Enter. 16.4.1 Getting Started with MSN Messenger When you first launch MSN messenger a log-in dialog box will be displayed.
5) Press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the “Auto Sign In” check box. The default is “Uncheck”. If you want to automatic log in when executing MSN messenger, press ‘Space’ to change to setting. 6) Press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the “Confirm” button. Pressing “Enter” here will log you in to your Messenger account. Once you are logged in, a contact list will appear. If you want to cancel logging in, press “tab (Space-4-5)” once more at the “Confirm” button, to move to the “Cancel” button.
1. Move to the previous item : Space-1 or up scroll button 2. Move to the next item : Space-4 or down scroll button 3. Move between online and offline groups : Space-5-6 You can have the received message stay on the Braille display until you are done reading it. When in the Contacts list box you can press “Enter-l (dots 1-2-3).” When you are asked to “Confirm the received message: No,” select “Yes” by press the “space.
3) Press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter.” Then, the contact information will be stored and you will be placed back in the contact list box. If you want to cancel adding the contact information, press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the “Cancel” button, and press “Enter.” The added contact will be displayed as offline until the person accepts your request for adding him or her to your contact list. As soon as the request is accepted, their status will be changed to online.
Information” by pressing “Space-4,” and press “Enter.” Or instead of using the menu, just press “Enter-v (dots 1-2-3-6).” 3) Then, you will be placed the “Contact Information” dialog box. First, “Nickname” is focused. Press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the email address of the contact. Press “tab (Space-4-5)” again to move to his/her status. 4) After you have read all the information about the contact, press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the “Close” button, and press “Enter.
2) Then, the dialog box will appear, and your nickname will be displayed. Press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to your email address, and “tab (Space-4-5)” again to move to “Status,” and so on. 3) When you have read through all of the information, you can press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to the “Close” button, and then press “Enter.” Or you can just press “Space-e (dots 1-5).” Then, the information dialog box will be closed and you will be placed in the contact list box.
2. Save account If you did not check the “Remember me” and “Save password” check boxes in the Sign In dialog box, later, you may want to save the account information once you are logged in. You can use the “Save Account” option for this. It is exactly the same as checking the two check boxes in the login dialog box. To use “Save Account,” you should press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to open the menu. Press “Space-4” repeatedly to move to “Tools,” and press “Enter.
message to a person in the instant message dialog box. In other words, you can choose whether you will hear a person’s message input while inputting your message or your message input continuously when a person send you a message. You need to take the following steps for this function. 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to call up the menu. 2) Press “Space-4” to move to the “Tools” and press “Enter.” 3) Press “Space-4” to move to the “Play Keyboard Sound” and press “Enter.
6. Message sound notification while messenger is in the background You can select whether you use beep sound for receipt of the messages or not to use “message sound notification while messenger is in the background” when you are using another program like as word processor. You need to take the following steps for this function. 1) Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to call up the menu. 2) Press “Space-4” to move to the “Tools” and press “Enter.
nickname of the person who wrote the message will be displayed first, and then the content of the message will be displayed. Each message is considered as a paragraph. When you are in the instant message dialog box, if the other person sends a message, the message will be displayed in Braille and announced in speech immediately. If you receive a message while the focus is at the “input” edit box, the focus will not be changed.
current instant message dialog box. Now, you are able to have a conversation with more than one person in one dialog box. 16.4.2 Saving and Printing Your Messages You can save or print the messages that are shown in the “history” window. If you want to save the messages, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to open the menu. Press “Enter” on “File.” Move to “Save As” and press “Enter.” Or instead of using the menu, you can just press “Space-s (dots 2-3-4).
16.4.4 Searching Messages You can search the messages in the “history” window for text. This is very useful especially when you have exchanged a lot of messages. The “Find” dialog box is used for this, and it works the same as the one in the “Word processor.” Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to open the menu. Press “Space-4” to move to “Edit,” and press “Enter.” Press “Space-4” repeatedly to move to “Find,” and press “Enter.” Or instead of using the menu, just press “Space-f (dots 1-2-4).
Favorite List: Enter-l (dots 1-2-3) Send Direct Message: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Sent Direct Message: Backspace-m (dots 1-3-4) Received Direct Message: Backspace-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Follow User: Backspace-a (dot 1) Following: Backspace-l (dots 1-2-3) Followers: Backspace-e (dots 1-5) Global Search: Space-f (dots 1-2-4) User Search: Backspace-f (dots 1-2-4) Search Word List: Backspace-w(dots 2-4-5-6) Next List: Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-5) Refresh: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Exit: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) Move to the next twe
Start Chat (s): Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Start Voice Chat: Enter-h (dots 1-2-5) Send File (f): Enter-f (dots 1-2-4) Move to Recently Chat (r): Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5) Manage Chat (m): Enter-m (dots 1-3-4) Contact (b) Menu Commands Add Contact (q): Backspace-q (dots 1-2-3-4-5) Delete Contact (d): Space-d (dots 1-4-5) Block Contact (b): Backspace-b (dots 1-2) Manage Block List (m): Backspace-m (dots 1-3-4) Contact Information (i): Enter-i (dots 2-4) Manage Contact List (p): Enter-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Option (s) Menu C
Manage Chat (m): Enter -m (dots 1-3-4) Move to Previous Chat (p): Space-2-3 Move to Next Chat (n): Space-5-6 The move keys in Google Talk. Move to the previous Contents: Space-1 Move to the next Contents: Space-4 Move to the previous 32-items of the Contents: Space-1-2-6 Move to the next 32-item of the Contents: Space-3-4-5 Move to the first item of the Contents: Space-1-2-3 Move to the last item of the Contents: Space-4-5-6 16.5.
Nickname: Enter-p (dots 1-3-4) Save account: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) Confirm the received message: Enter-l (Dots 1-2-3) 3) Instant message dialog box Move to the next control: Tab (Space-4-5 or F3) Move to the previous control: Shift-Tab (Space-1-2 or Space- F3) Move between the instant message dialog box and the contact list box: Space-1-2-6 or Space-3-4-5, F1-F2, or F3-F4 Save as: Space-s (dots 2-3-4) Print: Space-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Close: Space-e (dots 1-5) Cut: Enter-x (dots 1-3-4-6) Copy: Enter-c (dots 1-4)
17. Utilities The “Utilities” menu provides several special functions for use with the Braille Sense U2 MINI.
3) The “Utilities” menu has several submenus under each of the menu items. The following sections will discuss each of these menu options and their functions in greater detail. 17.1 Calculator Using the calculator on the Braille Sense U2 MINI you can do simple math equations as well as complex scientific calculations. The results and formulas will be displayed in Braille, and spoken by the Braille Sense U2 MINI. While using the calculator, you can refer to the “help” menu by pressing “Space-h (dots 1-2-5).
press “Enter” on “General Functions.” Or, you can press “g (dots 1-2-45)” in the menu to access “General Functions.” After starting the calculation, 0 will be displayed in computer Braille. On the calculation line, you can access the “General Functions” by pressing “Enter-g (dots 1-2-4-5).” If the dialog box pops up first, you will be placed on the general function list.
17.1.2 Memory Functions The “Memory Functions” will keep your resulting answers and calculations in the memory. The “Memory Functions” menu has four submenu items: “Recall Item,” “Delete All Saved Items,” “Save Item,” and “Statistics Functions.” You can move between these items by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1” repeatedly, and then press “Enter” on the desired feature. To access these menu items, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” to call up the menu, and press “Enter” on “Memory Functions.
want to delete some of them, you can select the items by pressing “Space,” and press “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)” on the selected items. 17.1.2.2 Delete All Saved Items When you use this function, you can delete all of the saved items that are stored in the “Recall Items.” To activate it, you can call up the menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or press “F2.” Then, use the “Space1” or “Space-4” to get to the “Memory Functions” menu, and press “Enter.
If you select this menu item, a dialog box opens, which consists of a list box containing all the stored variables, a list box displaying the results of several functions, and a “Close” button. You can move between these elements by pressing “tab (Space-4-5),” or “shift-tab (Space-1-2).” You can bring up this dialog box by pressing “Backspace-t (dots 2-3-4-5)” in the calculator line, or by pressing “t (dots 2-3-4-5)” in the “Memory Functions” menu.
moving with “Space-1” or “Space-4,” or if you press “Enter” on “Confirm” on one of the functions while moving with tab (“Space-4-5”), you can insert it into your calculation line after selecting one of the sine functions. Or, you can insert one of the three sine functions by pressing the first letter of each in the list. 17.1.4 Cosine Functions You can activate the “Cosine Functions” by pressing “Enter” on “Cosine Functions,” or if you press “i (dots 2-4)” in the menu.
The “Logarithm Functions” is a dialog box, which contains the following: “function list,” a “Confirm” button, and a “Cancel” button. You can move between the three items by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”. The function list consists of “Common logarithm” and “Natural logarithm,” in which you can move by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4.” You can activate the “Logarithm Functions” menu by pressing “Enter” on “Logarithm Functions,” or if you press “l (dots 1-2-3)” in the menu.
17.1.8 Option Settings “Option Settings” is a dialog box, which contains the following: “setting list,” a “Confirm” button, and a “Cancel” button. You can move between the three items by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-12”)”. The “setting list” consists of “Radian” and “Degree,” in which you can move by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4.” If you select “Radian,” you can get the PI value while using the trigonometric function.
For PLUS press “dots 3-4-6.” For example, to add the numbers 10 and 20, you would enter: 10+20. The result is displayed as 30. 2. Subtraction Minus For Minus, press “dots 3-6.” For example, to add the numbers 10 and 20, and then subtract 5, you would enter: 10+20-5. The result is displayed as 25. 3. Multiplication For multiplication, press “dots 1-6.” For example, to multiply 10 by 20, you would enter: 10*20. The result is displayed as 200. 4. Division For Division, press “dots 1-4.
For example, to calculate 2 to the power of 10, you would press: 2^10. The answer will be given as 1024. 7. Calculating Square Root To perform the Square root function, you can press “Enter” with “dots 1-2-3-4-5.” For example, to calculate the square root of 16, you press: Enter with dots 1-2-3-4-5, 16 “)”. Then, press enter. Your answer will be given as 4. 8. Exponential For Exponential you can press “Enter” with “dots 1-5.
For Arc cosine, press “Enter,” with “dots 2-4,” then, “a.” This is displayed as acos(. For Hyperbolic cosine, press “Enter” with “dots 2-4,” then, “h.” This is displayed as cosh(. For example, to calculate the cosine of the 30 degree angles, you press: Enter with dots 2-4, C, 30 and then “)”. Then, press “Enter.” Your answer will be given as 0.8660254. Tangent Functions: For Tangent, press “Enter” with “dots 2-3-4-5” and then “t.” This is displayed as tan(.
17.2 Display Compass Heading You can display compass in Braille Sense OnHand. You can execute this function regardless of location. In order to display compass, follow these steps: (1) Press “Enter-5-6”, regardless of location. (2) It will show current status of compass. Also you can execute this function in the “Utilities” program. (1) Press “Enter” on the “Utilities” program or simply press “b (dots 12)” from the main menu. (2) Move to “Display Compass Heading” by pressing “Space-4”.
You can set the interval of announcement. To set, follow these steps: (1) Execute the “Display Compass Heading”. (2) It will show current status of compass. (3) Press “Tab (Space-4-5)”. (4) It will show “Refreshing time” edit box. By default, it is set to “0”. You can set from 0 to 120. Please enter the value for seconds. - Compass display type You can set the type of the compass display. To set, follow these steps: (1) Execute the “Display Compass Heading”. (2) It will show current status of compass.
as the default. In “Time zone,” you can review the “time zone” list by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1,” or by typing in the first letter of represented cities. If you selected one of the time zones, you can move to the next item by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)”,” or you can move to the previous item by pressing “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”. The “Use Daylight Saving” will display according to “Time zone.” Namely if daylight saving time is used in selected time zone, this item will display.
After you have completed the necessary information, you can press “Enter” on “Confirm” by moving with “tab (Space-4-5),” and then you will return to “Set Time and Date.” Or, you can press “Enter” when you have completed entering all of the information because the default is set to “Confirm.” 17.4 Display Time and Date You can check the current date and time here. To activate this function, press “Space-4” or “Space-1” in the “Utilities” menu, and then press “Enter” on “Display Time and Date.
Sense U2 MINI will also display the message “Wake up call. Press Backspace-enter to stop the alarm.” If you want to stop the alarm, press “Backspace-enter.” After you press “Backspace-enter,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will remain on.” In order to turn the Braille Sense U2 MINI off, you have to move power switch to “Right” and hit “Backspace-enter” and then move power switch to “Right” again. Then the Braille Sense U2 MINI will be turned off, and the alarm will not sound again until you set it again.
“Term” is set to “Off,” the alarm will not go off at the specified time at all. If “Term” is set to “Once,” the alarm will go off only once. If “Term” is set to “Week day,” the alarm will go off at the same time every weekday, Monday through Friday. If “Term” is set to “Everyday,” the alarm will go off at the specified time 7 days a week, even on weekends. When you have selected the option you like, press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to move to the next field. 17.5.
changes you have made, press “Enter” on the “Cancel” button. The Braille Sense U2 MINI will keep the previous “wakeup call” settings, and close the dialog box. 17.6 Calendar You can activate the calendar by pressing “Enter” on “Calendar” in the “Utilities” menu, or by pressing “l (dots 1-2-3).” The following options will be available when you are using the calendar. “Solar calendar,” and “Lunar calendar”.
After putting in a date, you can check the “Solar calendar,” “Lunar calendar,” and “Day of week” by pressing “tab (Space-4-5)” or “shifttab (Space-1-2).” Move to the next day: Space-6 Move to the previous day: Space-3 Move to the next week: Space-5 Move to the previous week: Space-2 Move to the next month: Space-4 Move to the previous month: Space-1 Move to the next year: Space-5-6 Move to the previous year: Space-2-3 17.
will meet “Add entry:” Here you can type in the word you want to change its pronunciation and press “tab (Space-4-5)” then you will meet “Replacement:” Here you can type in the word you want to hear the pronunciation and then press “Enter” or press “tab (Space-4-5)” to move to “Confirm” button and then press “Enter.” The word will be added completely and the focus will be returned to “Add Word” button. In case of adding the word by pressing “Space-i (dots 2-4),” newly added word will be displayed.
17.8 Stopwatch When you press “Enter” on the “Stopwatch,” you will show “00:00:00.” If you press “Enter,” the stopwatch will start. If you press “Enter” again, it will pause, and the Braille Sense U2 MINI will say the elapsed time, and display it in Braille. Pressing “Enter” again will restart the stopwatch from where it paused. If you press “Backspace” on “work” or “pause,” it will let you know the elapsed time and will clear into “00:00:00.
If you press “Enter” without typing in any numbers, the “Countdown timer” will start with the default, which is set to one minute. When started, the “Countdown timer” will display “count down xx minute,” and it will start running. If you press “Enter” in the “Countdown timer,” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will tell you the remaining time, and then it will pause. If you press “Enter” again, it will restart. Pressing “Backspace” will clear the “Countdown timer.
1. Set up on the Braille Sense U2 MINI: 1) Turn Bluetooth on using Backspace with 3-4-5-6. 2) Execute Terminal for Screen reader on the Utilities menu. 3) Choose "Bluetooth Serial port" and then pres ”Enter”. 4) Braille Sense U2 MINI will display "Terminal Mode" 2. Set up on the I-Phone: 1) Go to Settings/General/Accessibility/VoiceOver/Braille. 2) If Bluetooth is not trned on the I-Phone, it will prompt you to do this. Then, I-Phone will search for devices.
If you want to activate “Setup internet,” press “Enter” on “Setup internet” in the “Utilities” menu, or press “I (dots 2-4)” in the “Utilities” menu. You can move through the “Utilities” menu items with “Space-1” or “Space-4.” If you want to access to Internet with the Braille Sense U2 MINI, you must set the Internet settings at “Setup internet” that is one of the submenus of “Utilities” menu.
17.10.2 Setup Wireless LAN If you want to connect to a wireless network, you should use the “setup wireless LAN” function. In order to use the “setup wireless LAN” function, you must change the wireless option to “On” in the option menu. Go to the “Utilities” menu that is located in the “program” menu by pressing “F1,” and then press “Space-4” repeatedly to move to the “Utility” menu. Then, press “Enter” on “Utilities.
the “Advanced” button while wireless LAN turned off, “no item” will be displayed. Pressing “Enter” on the “advanced” button, while wireless LAN turned on. The “Advanced” dialog box has 5 controls. You can navigate among these controls by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shifttab (“Space-1-2”)”. The “Advanced” common dialog box contains “profile list,” “Connect” button, “Add” common dialog button, “Remove” button, “Properties” common dialog button and “Close” button controls. 1.
PSK” or “WPA2-PSK” in network authentication mode, either “AES” or “TKIP” can be selected in the “Data encryption” combo box. 6) “The key is provided automatically” check box: If the “access point” does not provide a key for users automatically, uncheck this check box by pressing “Space.” The default is that the check box is checked. 7) “Network key” computer edit box: This is a computer edit box to type the network key if the key is not provided automatically.
17.10.3 Modem & Bluetooth DUN setup If you are going to set up the Braille Sense U2 MINI to connect to the Internet via a modem, you should first put in a USB 3G modem card into the USB port, and connect a phone line to the modem on the USB 3G mode. Then, activate “Setup internet” in the “Utilities” menu. After you have activated “Setup internet,” move to the modem by pressing “Space1” or “Space-4,” and then press “Enter.
host server. In case of Bluetooth DUN, you can make the connection to Mobile network without any password according to Mobile server. In the “Modem speed,” select one from the list by pressing “Backspace” or “Space.” After completing each item, you can move to the next item by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)”.” Finally, with “Modem speed” completed, you can press “Enter” to save your registration.
In the “connect list,” you will see the added connect names. Select one by pressing “Enter” on it. In “Default,” you can make one of the added connect names the default connection. If you make a connection the default connection, that will be the connection that is used to connect to the Internet first. In “Add,” you can manage the connect names in the list. It has three controls: edit field, a Confirm button, and a Cancel button.
“Enter” on “Display Network Status,” or press “n (dots 1-3-4-5)” in the “Utilities” menu. If you start the program, a list of information about the connection type and address will be displayed. If you press “tab (Space4-5),” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will display a “Renew” button. If you press “tab (Space-4-5) again, “exit” will be displayed. If you press “shifttab (Space-1-2),” the Braille Sense U2 MINI will move between these elements in the opposite direction.
17.13 Backup/Restore Personalized settings “Backup/Restore Personalized settings” is a program where you can backup/restore the option settings for each program in the Braille Sense U2 MINI all at once. This program can be found in the “Utilities” menu. You can run this program by pressing “k (dots 1-3)” in the “Utilities” menu. If you run this program, a dialog box will be opened.
in a root of disk, refer to this way. When it comes out a name of disk, you press “Enter” after selecting a disk by pressing “Space.” If you press a “Restore” button, it lets you see a list in which you can select a path where to restore a backup file. A way how to move or select a folder or disk is the same as “Backup.” If you select a folder that is not back upped, you can be seen a message which tells that there is no backup option file.
To navigate between each program, you need to press “Space-1” or “Space-4”. And pressing “Tab (Space-4-5)” or “Shift-tab (Space-1-2)” to navigate between “Confirm” and “Cancel” button. To hide unused program, follow these steps below. (1) When executing “Menu manager”, the list of the Braille Sense U2 MINI program will be displayed. (2) Pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4” to move to the program that you want to hide and press the Space to change to “off”.
First, you can format the disk in Utilities program. 1) Go to the “Format” in Utilities program. 2) Pressing “Enter”, it will be focused in the “Disk: flashdisk”. 3) Press “Enter” 4) “Format flashdisk memory? Yes” will appear on the Braille display. 5) Press “Enter” 6) “All data will be lost. Continue? Yes” will appear on the Braille display. 7) “Now formatting flashdisk memory.” will appear on the Braille display and format is started. 8) After you have completed the format, return to the “Disk” list.
Please follow these steps; 1) Execute “Utilities”. 2) Press “Space-1” or “Space-4”, move to “Sleep timer”. 3) Press “Enter” on the “Sleep timer”. 4) Or press “Space-j (dots 2-4-5)”, regardless of location. 5) It will find the edit box asking “Sleep timer: 0”. 6) Enter the number of minutes for the sleep timer. Enter the number range from 0 to 90. 7) Press “Enter”. Once the sleep timer is set, even if the device is active, it will power off.
17.17.1 Upgrading the Braille Sense U2 MINI Firmware Using the Internet To upgrade the Braille Sense U2 MINI Firmware via the Internet, complete the following steps: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Make sure an Internet connection is available. Press “Enter” on “Upgrade Braille Sense U2 MINI Firmware” in the “Utilities” menu. Then, “Upgrade: Online” will appear. Now, press “Enter” on “Upgrade: Online.
17.17.2 Upgrading the Braille Sense U2 MINI Firmware from a Disk To upgrade the Braille Sense U2 MINI Firmware from a disk, complete the following steps: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Connect a disk (such as a compact flash card, SD card or USB memory stick) to the Braille Sense U2 MINI. The disk must have the upgrade file stored on it. Then, press “Enter” on “Upgrade Braille Sense U2 MINI Firmware.” Then, “Upgrade: Online” will appear. Press “Space-4” to go to the “Upgrade: Offline.” Then, press “Enter.
PLUS: dots 3-4-6 Minus: dots 3-6 Division: dots 3-4 Multiplication: dots 1-6 Percent: dots 1-4-6 Power: Backspace-4-5 Square Root: Enter-q (dots 1-2-3-4-5) Decimal Point: dots 4-6 Left Parenthesis: dots 1-2-3-5-6 Right Parenthesis: dots 2-3-4-5-6 PI: Enter-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Exp: Enter-e (dots 1-5) Memory Function: Recall Items: Backspace-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Delete all saved items: Enter-d (dots 1-4-5) Save Items: Backspace-s (dots 2-3-4) Trigonometric Function: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Sine: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4), s
Setting time and date: t (dots 2-3-4-5) Move to the next day: Space-6 Move to the previous day: Space-3 Move to the next week: Space-5 Move to the previous week: Space-2 Move to the next month: Space-4 Move to the previous month: Space-1 Move to the next year: Space-5-6 Move to the previous year: Space-2-3 Move to 1 hour after: Space-4 Move to 1 hour before: Space-1 Move to 10 minutes after: Space-5 Move to 10 minutes before: Space-2 Move to 1 minute after: Space-6 Move to 1 minute before: Space-3 Switch Be
Move to the previous item in entry: Space-1 Move to the next item in entry: Space-4 Add word: Space-i (dots 2-4) Modify word: Space-m (dots 1-3-4) Delete word: Space-d (dots 1-4-5) Stopwatch: w (dots 2-4-5-6) Stopwatch start, pause, restart: enter Check the elapsed time: Backspace Stop Braille display: Space-F2 Restart Braille display: Space-F2 Switch between stopwatch and count down timer: “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” Count down timer pause or restart: enter Count down timer Initialize:
18. Using the help menu The help section consists of various text files that will allow you to read about the many functions of the Braille Sense U2 MINI. You will find the following help sections: 1. Help overview 2. Basic functions help 3. File manager help 4. Word processor help 5. Address manager help 6. Schedule manager help 7. Email help 8. Media player help 9. FM Radio help 10. Web browser help 11. Daisy player help 12. Bluetooth manager help 13. Database manager help 14. Extras help 15.
the navigation keys, please see section 19.3.2. When you are reading the manual on the Braille Sense U2 MINI, you can search for text in the various sections by pressing “Space-f (dots 1-2-4),” type the text you wish to find, and then press “Enter.” You can find the next occurrence of the particular text that you have previously searched for by pressing “Enter-f (dots 1-2-4).
text in the various sections by pressing “Space-f (dots 1-2-4),” type the text you wish to find, and then press “Enter.” You can find the next occurrence of the particular text that you have typed previously by pressing “Enter-f (dots 1-2-4).” The “Information about the Braille Sense U2 MINI” section gives the copyright and version of the Braille Sense U2 MINI, as well as the version of Windows CE that the Braille Sense U2 MINI is using.
19. Using ActiveSync 19.1 What is ActiveSync? ActiveSync is a program that allows mobile devices to connect to a personal computer. This program enables file transfers from a personal computer to a mobile device and vise versa. Also this program is able to synchronize the Braille Sense U2 MINI with Microsoft Outlook. ActiveSync is not shipped with the Braille Sense U2 MINI. If you would like to use ActiveSync, you will have to download it from the Internet on to your personal computer. 19.
select “No,” the “Set Up a Partnership” screen will come up every time you connect the Braille Sense U2 MINI to your computer. If you want to be able to synchronize the Braille Sense U2 MINI with Microsoft Outlook, select “Yes,” and then press the “next” button. Then, you will be asked to select a name that you want to call the mobile device. You can only use the following characters: _, A-Z, or 0-9. You cannot use spaces. Once you have entered an appropriate name, press “next.
“file manager” are located here. You can paste the file(s) here directly by pressing “ctrl-v,” or you can paste the file(s) in to one of the folders by pressing enter on one of the folders, and then pressing “ctrl-v” to paste the file(s). If you want to copy folders from the Braille Sense U2 MINI to your PC via ActiveSync, follow the same steps; except, you will need to copy files from the Braille Sense U2 MINI, and paste the file(s) to your PC in the directory where you want to store the file(s).
20. Command Summary 20.
Capital sign: Space-u (dots 1-3-6) Read the current item again: Space-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Say current time: Space-t (dots 2-3-4-5) Display power status: Space-1-6 Call up the “Global options”: Space-o (dots 1-3-5) Online help: Space-h (dots 1-2-5) Check software version: Space-v (dots 1-2-3-6) only in the Braille Sense U2 MINI “program” menu.
Move to the end of the list: Ctrl-end (Space-4-5-6) 20.2.2 Navigation Keys for the File List Fast move to folder list or move to file list: Space-5-6 Move between file list and address window: Tab (Space-4-5 or F3) / shift-tab (Space-1-2 or F3-F4) Enter into selected folder or open the selected file: Enter Move to the upper level folder: Backspace Fast move to the top level disk: Space-1-2-5-6 20.2.
Search file: Space-f (dots 1-2-4) Information: Enter-i (dots 2-4) Setup Network connection: Backspace-e (dots 1-5) Cancel setting of Network connection: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) Sharing a folder with other computer: Backspace-s (dots 2-3-4) Remove remote folder on network: Backspace-u (dots 1-3-6) Setup sharing security: Backspace-p (dots 1-2-3-4) 20.3 Word Processor 20.3.
Find: Space-f (dots 1-2-4) Find again: Enter-f (dots 1-2-4) Replace: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Go to location: Enter-l (dots 1-2-3) Go to previous page: Space-1-2-6 or F1-F2 Go to next page: Space-3-4-5 or F3-F4 Set Mark: Enter-m (dots 1-3-4) Go to the mark: Enter-j (dots 2-4-5) Go to previous document: Tab (Space-1-2 or Space-F3) Go to next document: Shift-tab (Space-4-5 or F3) Read selected text: Backspace-b (dots 1-2) Read beginning of selected text: Enter-u (dots 1-3-6) Read from beginning to cursor: Backs
Move to the end of the document: Ctrl-end (Space-4-5-6) Read current paragraph: Space-2-3-5-6 Read current line: Space-1-4 Read current word: Space-2-5 Read current character: Space-3-6 Delete current paragraph: Backspace-1-3-4-6 Delete current line: BackSpace-1-4 Delete current word: BackSpace-2-5 Delete current character: Space-d (dots 1-4-5) Confirm current cursor position: Space-1-5-6 Set view format character: Space-1-4-6 Set reading unit: Space-2-4-6 Set read only: Space-3-4-6 Set reading mode: Space-
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Set backup option: Enter-e (dots 1-5) Alarm option: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) Save schedule as file: Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5) Print schedule: Space-p (dots 1-2-3-4) 20.5.
Move to unread message: Enter-u (dots 1-3-4) Move to mailbox: Backspace-x (dots 1-3-4-6) Copy to Mailbox: Backspace-c (dots 1-4) Add a sender to the address list: Enter-i (dots 2-4) (This is valid only at the “from” item of the “inbox”) Delete received e-mail: Space-d (dots 1-4-5) (It is valid only at the “Subject” and “date” item in the “inbox”) Save the received e-mail as text file: Space-s (dots 2-3-4) Print the received e-mail: Space-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Cancel: Space-e (dots 1-5) Cancel and exit from e-mai
20.7 Media Player 20.7.
Set bookmark: Enter-m (dots 1-3-4) Delete bookmark: Enter-d (dots 1-4-5) Jump to bookmark: Enter-j (dots 2-4-5) Go to position: Enter-g (dots 1-2-4-5) Set mark: Backspace-m (dots 1-3-4) Move to mark: Backspace-j (dots 2-4-5) Move to previous mark: Backspace-dot 3 Move to next mark: Backspace-dot 6 Delete mark: Backspace-d (dots 1-4-5) Mark manager: Backspace-k (dots 1-3) Configuration dialog box: Backspace-c (dots 1-4) Playback setting dialog box: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Record setting dialog box: Backspace-s
Open menu: Space-m (dots 1-3-4) Open help: Space-h (dots 1-2-5) Move to “play list” tab: Space-4-5/Space-1-2 Exit “media player”: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) 20.7.
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Start selection: Enter-b (dots 1-2) Copy: Enter-c (dots 1-4) Add to clipboard: Enter-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Copy URL: Backspace-d (dots 1-4-5) Copy link: Backspace-l (dots 1-2-3) Go to the home page: Backspace-h (dots 1-2-5) Go to the previous page: BackSpace-Space-3 or Backspace-p (dots 1-23-4) Go to the next page: BackSpace-Space-6 or Backspace-n (dots 1-3-4-5) Go to previous heading: Backspace-b (dots 1-2) Go to next heading: Backspace-f (dots 1-2-4) Go to previous text: Space-2-4-6 Go to next text: Space-1-2-
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Increase the volume: Space-up scroll button Decrease the volume: Space-down scroll button Move to the next phrase: dot 6 or short press “next” button Move to the previous phrase: dot 3 or short press “previous” button Move to the next fifty phrase: dot 4 Move to the previous fifty phrase: dot 1 Move to the next page: Space-3-4-5 Move to the previous page: Space-1-2-6 Go to the page: Enter-g (dots 1-2-4-5) Move up: dot 2 Move down: dot 5 Set To Prior Level: dots 2-3 Set To Next Level: dots 5-6 Move to the ne
1. FTP service Open local folder: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) Copy: Enter-c (dots 1-4) Paste: Enter-v (dots 1-2-3-6) Send to: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Retrieve file: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5) New folder: Enter-f (dots 1-2-4) Delete file/folder: Space-d (dots 1-4-5) Information: Enter-i (dots 2-4) 20.
Move to previous same field different record: Space-3 Move to next same field different record: Space-6 Move to the last field: Space-4-6 Move to the first field: Space-1-3 20.13 Extras 20.13.1 Games Skip record: space-e/space-z 20.14 Social Networking 20.14.
Followers: Backspace-e (dots 1-5) Global Search: Space-f (dots 1-2-4) User Search: Backspace-f (dots 1-2-4) Search Word List: Backspace-w(dots 2-4-5-6) Next List: Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-5) Refresh: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Exit: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) Move to the next tweet: Space-4 Move to the previous tweet: Space-1 Move to the first tweet on the refreshing list: Space-1-2-3 Move to the last tweet on the refreshing list: Space-4-5-6 Move to the previous 32 list: Space-1-2-6 Move to the next 32 list: Space-3-4-
Contact (b) Menu Commands Add Contact (q): Backspace-q (dots 1-2-3-4-5) Delete Contact (d): Space-d (dots 1-4-5) Block Contact (b): Backspace-b (dots 1-2) Manage Block List (m): Backspace-m (dots 1-3-4) Contact Information (i): Enter-i (dots 2-4) Manage Contact List (p): Enter-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Option (s) Menu Commands My Status Options (u): Backspace-u (dots 1-3-6) Action Options (a): Backspace-a (dot 1) Alert Options (o): Backspace-o (dots 1-3-5) Path Options (p): Backspace-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Chat Window Men
Move to Previous Chat (p): Space-2-3 Move to Next Chat (n): Space-5-6 The move keys in Google Talk. Move to the previous Contents: Space-1 Move to the next Contents: Space-4 Move to the previous 32-items of the Contents: Space-1-2-6 Move to the next 32-item of the Contents: Space-3-4-5 Move to the first item of the Contents: Space-1-2-3 Move to the last item of the Contents: Space-4-5-6 20.14.3 MSN messenger 1.
Message sound notification while messenger is in the background: Backspace-m (dots 1-3-4) Nickname: Enter-p (dots 1-3-4) Save account: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) Confirm the Received Message, “Enter-l (dots-1-2-3) 3.
Percent: Dots 1-4-6 Power: Backspace-4-5 Square Root: Enter-q (dots 1-2-3-4-5) Decimal Point: Dots 4-6 Left Parenthesis: Dots 1-2-3-5-6 Right Parenthesis: Dots 2-3-4-5-6 PI: Enter-p (dots 1-2-3-4) Exp: Enter-e (dots 1-5) Recall Items: Backspace-r (dots 1-2-3-5) Delete all save items: Enter-d (dots 1-4-5) Save Items: Backspace-s (dots 2-3-4) Trigonometric Function: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4) Sine: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4), s (dots 2-3-4) Arc Sine: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4), a (dot 1) Hyperbolic Sine: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4),
Move to the previous week: Space-2 Move to the next month: Space-4 Move to the previous month: Space-1 Move to the next year: Space-5-6 Move to the previous year: Space-2-3 Move to 1 hour after: Space-4 Move to 1 hour before: Space-1 Move to 10 minutes after: Space-5 Move to 10 minutes before: Space-2 Move to 1 minute after: Space-6 Move to 1 minute before: Space-3 Switch between A.M. and P.M.: Space-x (dots 1-3-4-6) 20.15.3 Checking Date and Time Checking date and time: Space-t (dots 2-3-4-5) 20.15.
Move to the next item in entry: Space-4 Add word: Space-i (dots 2-4) Modify word: Space-m (dots 1-3-4) Delete word: Space-d (dots 1-4-5) 20.15.6 Stopwatch Stopwatch start, pause, restart: Enter Check the elapsed time: Backspace Stop and restart Braille display: Space-F2 Switch between stopwatch and count down timer: Tab (Space-45) or shift-tab (Space-1-2) Count down timer pause or restart: Enter Count down timer Initialize: Backspace Exit stopwatch or count down timer: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) 20.15.
20.15.11 Sleep Timer Set Sleep Timer: Space-j (dots 2-4-5) 20.15.
21. Command Summary for USB Keyboards 21.
Display network status: Ctrl-shift-n in the Braille Sense U2 MINI “program” menu Voice volume up: F6 Voice volume down: Shift-F6 Voice rate up: F7 Voice rate down: Shift-F7 Voice pitch up: F8 Voice pitch down: Shift-F8 Voice on/off: F5 Braille display on/off: F4 Bluetooth on/off: F9 Wireless LAN on/off: F11 21.2 File Manager 21.2.
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Print: Ctrl-p Settings: Ctrl-e Exit: Alt-f4 Start selection: Ctrl-b Copy: Ctrl-c Add to the clipboard: Ctrl-Ins Clear clipboard: Ctrl-Del Delete: Del Cut: Ctrl-x Paste: Ctrl-v Delete blank lines: Alt-e Select All: Ctrl-a Insert from file: Ctrl-i Insert date: Ctrl-w Change insert/overwrite mode: Insert Check spelling: Ctrl-k Check spelling of the current word: Alt-k Find: Ctrl -f Find again: F3 Replace: Ctrl-r Go to location: Ctrl-l Go to previous page: Page up Go to next page: Page down Set bookmark: Ctrl-m
Braille paragraph layout: Alt-F6 Print paragraph layout: Alt-F8 21.3.
21.4.1 Move keys for moving from field to field in the record or in the menu Move to the previous field or menu item: Up arrow key Move to the next field or menu item: Down arrow key Move to the first field or menu item: Ctrl-Home Move to the last field or menu item: Ctrl-End 21.4.
21.4.4 Miscellaneous Hot Keys Tab: Tab Shift-tab: Shift-Tab Cancel: ESC Exit: Alt-f4 21.5 Schedule Manager 21.5.1 Hot keys for the commands Move to the next field: Tab Move to the previous field: Shift-Tab Add schedule: Ctrl-n Search schedule: Ctrl-s Modify schedule: Ctrl-m Delete schedule: Del Alarm option: Ctrl-o Save schedule as file: Alt-s Print schedule: Ctrl-p Backup schedule list: Ctrl-u Restore schedule list: Ctrl-r Backup option: Ctrl-e Switch searching mode: Ctrl-F2 21.5.
Move to the first schedule: Ctrl-Home Move to the last schedule: Ctrl-End 21.
Move to the previous tweet: Space-1 Move to the first tweet on the refreshing list: Space-1-2-3 Move to the last tweet on the refreshing list: Space-4-5-6 Move to the previous 32 list: Space-1-2-6 Move to the next 32 list: Space-3-4-5 Move to the previous list: up scroll button (Space-1) Move to the next list: down scroll button (Space-4) Move to the top of the list: Ctrl-home (Space-1-2-3)/ Home (Space-1-3) Move to the bottom the list: Ctrl-end (Space-4-5-6)/ End (Space-4-6) Enter into selected folder or o
Volume down: Shift-Down arrow key Speed up: Shift-Left arrow key Slow down: Shift-Right arrow key Pause/Continue: Space Stop: c or Backspace Delete play list during stop: DEL Record: Ctrl-r Play: Enter Stop: Backspace Pause/Continue recording: Space Configuration dialog box: Alt-c Set bookmark: Ctrl-m Delete bookmark: Ctrl-d Jump to bookmark: Ctrl-j Go to position: Ctrl-g Playback setting dialog box: Ctrl-p Record setting dialog box: Alt-r 21.7.
Change time index: Ctrl-Up arrow key or Ctrl-Down arrow key Volume up: Shift-Up arrow key Volume down: Shift-Down arrow key Speed up: Shift-Left arrow key Slow down: Shift-Right arrow key Open menu: Alt Open help: F1 Move to “play list” tab: Tab/Shift-Tab Exit “media player”: Alt-F4 21.7.
Open help: F1 Move to “playback information” tab: Tab/Shift-Tab Exit “media player”: Alt-F4 21.
Read from cursor to end: Ctrl-Shift-Enter Copy selection: Ctrl-b Copy: Ctrl-c Add clipboard: Ctrl-Ins Copy URL: Alt-d Copy link address: Alt-l Go to the home page: Alt-h Go to the previous page: Alt-Left arrow key Go to the next page: Alt-Right arrow key Go to previous text: Ctrl-F5Go to next text: Ctrl-F6 Go to previous heading: Alt-b or Ctrl-F3 Go to next heading: Alt-f or Ctrl-F4 Refresh: Ctrl-r Open the history list: Ctrl-h Check the address of the selected title in the history list: Ctrl-shift-i Find:
Move to the previous form: Ctrl-F1 Move to the next form: Ctrl-F2 Move to the previous table: Ctrl-F7 Move to the next table: Ctrl-F8 Move to the previous cell: Ctrl-Shift-Left arrow key Move to the next cell: Ctrl-Shift-Right arrow key Move to the upper cell: Ctrl-Shift-Up arrow key Move to the lower cell: Ctrl-Shift-Down arrow Read current cell: Ctrl-Shift-F Move to the previous cell of the upper level table: Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to the next cell of the upper level table: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to
Move to the next page: Page down Move to the previous page: Page up Go to the page: Ctrl-g Move to the upper-level: Alt-Left arrow key Move to the down-level: Alt-Right arrow key Move to the next level at the preset level: Alt-Up arrow key Move to the previous level at the preset level: Alt-Down arrow key Move to the next heading: Ctrl-F6 Move to the previous heading: Ctrl-F5 Move to the first heading: Ctrl-F7 Move to the last heading: Ctrl-F8 Check the currently-reading level and heading: Ctrl-w Scan the h
1. FTP service Open local/remote folder: Ctrl-o Copy: Ctrl-c Paste: Ctrl-v Send to: Ctrl-s Retrieve file: Ctrl-r New folder: Ctrl-f Delete file/folder: DEL Information: Ctrl-i 21.12 Database Manager Add record: Ctrl-n Search records: Ctrl-f Modify record: Ctrl-m Table manager: Ctrl-t List of records found: Ctrl-r Setting backup option: Ctrl-e Backup database: Ctrl-u Restore database: Ctrl-o Print: Ctrl-p Save as: Alt-s 1.
Move to the first record: Ctrl-home Move to the next field: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to the previous field: Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to previous same field different record: Left arrow key Move to next same field different record: Right arrow key Move to the last field: End Move to the first field: Home 21.13 Extras 21.13.1 Games Skip record: Esc key/Alt-F4 21.14 Social Networking 21.14.
Received Direct Message: Alt-r Follow User: Alt-a Following: Alt-l Followers: Alt-e Global Search: Ctrl-f User Search: Alt-f Search Word List: Alt-w Next List: Ctrl-n Refresh: Ctrl-r Exit: Alt-F4 Escape: Esc key Move to the next tweet: Down arrow key Move to the previous tweet: Up arrow key Move to the first tweet on the refreshing list: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key Move to the last tweet on the refreshing list: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key Move to the previous 32 list: Fn-Un arrow key Move to the next 32 list: Fn-Dow
Start Voice Chat: Ctrl-h Send File: Alt-f Move to Recently Chat: Ctrl-t Manage Chat: Ctrl-m Contact Menu Commands Add Contact: Alt-q Delete Contact: Delete Block Contact: Alt-b Manage Block List: Alt-m Contact Information: Ctrl-i Manage Contact List: Ctrl-p Option Menu Commands My Status Options: Alt-u Action Options: Alt-a Alert Options: Alt-o Path Options: Alt-p Chat Window Menus File Menu Commands Save Conversation: Alt-s Close Chat: Alt-F4 Edit Menu Commands Cut: Ctrl-x Copy: Ctrl-c Delete: Delete Paste
Start Voice Chat: Ctrl-h Stop Voice Chat: Esc key Send File: Alt-f View Contact List: Ctrl-t Manage Chat: Ctrl-m Move to Previous Chat: Ctrl-Shift-Tab Move to Next Chat: Ctrl-Tab The move keys in Google Talk.
Last message: Alt-r Play keyboard sound: Ctrl-k Message sound notification while in current window: Ctrl-Shift-s Message sound notification while messenger is in the background: Alt-m Nickname: Ctrl-p Save account: Ctrl-o Confirm the Received Message: Ctrl-l 3.
Plus: + Minus: Division: / Multiplication: * Percent: % Power: ^ Square Root: Ctrl-q Decimal Point: .
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21.15.5 Pronunciation dictionary Move to the previous control: Tab Move to the next control: Shift-Tab Move to the previous item in entry: Up arrow key Move to the next item in entry: Down arrow key Add word: Alt-i Modify word: Alt-m Delete word: Del 21.15.
Select/unselect check box: Space 21.15.
22. Troubleshooting Guide If you are having trouble with the Braille Sense U2 MINI, please try the following suggestions according to your problem: 22.1 The Braille Sense U2 MINI Will Not Turn On 1. Check to make sure that the battery is inserted in to its compartment properly. 2. If the battery is inserted properly, connect the AC adapter, and plug the AC adapter in to an electrical outlet. The battery may need to be charged. 3. Or, Check the location of keyboard lock switch.
22.5 Lost Your Place 1. If you have lost your place in the Braille Sense U2 MINI, and cannot remember where you are press “F1” to access the “program” menu. Then, press “F2-F3” to switch between programs that are open. If you are in the word processor, pressing “space1-5-6” will give you your current location. 22.6 No Internet Connection 1. If you are using a LAN, make sure that the Ethernet cable is connected. 2. If you are using a modem, make sure that the phone line is connected to the modem. 3.
Sense U2 MINI, press the reset button, or press “1-2-3-4-5-6-F2-F3.” Do NOT hold the reset button for more than 5 seconds. 22.10 The LCD Does Not Come On If the LCD screen does not come on, make sure that it is turned on. Press “space-o (dots 1-3-5).” Then, press “F3-F4” twice. Press “space” to turn the LCD screen option on, and then press “enter” to save the option.
23. Accessories For information on available accessories for the Braille Sense U2 MINI, please contact HIMS Inc. You can contact HIMS at sales@hims-inc.com. Or, you can contact HIMS by phone at at 888-520-4467. You can also visit HIMS on the web at www.hims-inc.com.
24. Obtaining Support If you are having any problems with your Braille Sense U2 MINI, please contact the Hims-inc. If you require further assistance, please contact us at support@hims-inc.com. Or, you can contact HIMS by phone at 512837-2000.
