Braille Sense U2 QWERTY User Manual ENGLISH MANUAL For Software Version 6.2 (March, 2012) When there are any manual updates, the readme files or appendices will be added to the manual CD and website. 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 QWERTY, 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 QWERTY 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 QWERTY, you should make sure the battery is fully charged.
5. When you are using the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY on battery power only (without the AC adapter), the status of the remaining battery power will be announced when the battery power is low. When the battery’s charge falls below 15 percent, connect the AC adapter to the unit for recharging. If the remaining battery power drops to five percent, and the unit is not connected to the AC adapter, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY will shut down one minute after the announcement of the battery’s status.
U2 QWERTY, the unit will be excluded from any free maintenance, and the warranty will become void. If any liquid or external force damages the unit, it may also be excluded from free maintenance, even if the damage occurred during the warranty period. 10.If you let your Braille Sense U2 QWERTY remain for a long time at the closed or high temperature places like inside of car, the battery attached to the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY may be defected or fired.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference limits foroccur a Class digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. will not in aB particular installation. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Congratulations on the purchase of your Braille Sense U2 QWERTY! The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is capable of doing everything that an ordinary PDA can do, and more – all without the need for a screen! I. You will find the following items when you open the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY package: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Battery Carrying Bag AC adapter USB Cable Earphone Sticker(2) User Manual (CD) Braille User Manual (Hot Keys List) II.
This user manual uses a specific notation of how to press keys. When you see, “Fn-B” this means that you would press the “Fn” and “B” simultaneously. This is a very important concept to understand when using this manual. In order to use the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, you will need to understand what a menu is, and how it works. You will also need to understand what a text box is, and how to type in information in a text box.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................35 1.1 What is the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY? ................................................................. 35 1.2 Hardware ...................................................................................................................... 36 1.2.1 The Top Panel .....................................................................................
2.8.1 The ASCII table for computer Braille input ......... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 2.8.2 Inputting/searching for Control characters ........................................................ 54 2.9 Multi Tasking ............................................................................................................... 55 2.10 Switching Media Modes ........................................................................................... 56 2.11 Switching Key lock ..........................................
3.2.10 Keyboard Echo ......................................................................................................... 68 3.2.11 Capitalization alert ................................................................................................... 68 3.2.12 Numbers ..................................................................................................................... 68 3.2.13 Abbreviations...............................................................................................
3.2.32 Announce shortcut keys........................................................................................ 75 3.2.33 Power Saving Mode ................................................................................................ 75 3.2.34 Power Saving Kick In.............................................................................................. 76 3.2.35 Check Today's Schedule........................................................................................ 76 3.2.
4.2.4 Send To ......................................................................................................................... 86 4.2.5 Copy / Move ................................................................................................................. 86 4.2.6 Delete Files or Folders.............................................................................................. 87 4.2.7 Rename ..................................................................................................
4.5 Hot Keys in the "File Manager" ................................................................................ 99 5. WORD PROCESSOR................................................................................................................. 101 5.1 File Menu .................................................................................................................... 101 5.1.1 New .................................................................................................................
5.2.11 Insert Date................................................................................................................ 114 5.2.12 Insert Time ............................................................................................................... 114 5.2.13 Toggling Insert and Overwrite Modes .............................................................. 114 5.2.14 Check Spelling........................................................................................................ 115 5.
5.4.7 Read Current Line.................................................................................................... 127 5.4.8 Read Current Word.................................................................................................. 127 5.4.9 Read Current Character ......................................................................................... 128 5.4.10 Read Status ............................................................................................................. 128 5.
6.4.3 Using "Add Address" In "Search Address"...................................................... 143 6.5 Backing up and restoring the address list ........................................................... 143 6.5.1 Backup Address List............................................................................................... 143 6.5.2 Restore Address List .............................................................................................. 144 6.5.3 Setting Backup Options ..................
7.4.1 Start date .................................................................................................................... 158 7.4.2 Start time .................................................................................................................... 159 7.4.3 End date...................................................................................................................... 159 7.4.4 End time.....................................................................................
7.11 Setting Alarm Option.............................................................................................. 170 7.11.1 Alarm Duration........................................................................................................ 170 7.11.2 Alarm Repeat Interval Time ................................................................................. 170 7.11.3 Repetition Times .................................................................................................... 171 7.11.
8.4 Additional features of E-mail .................................................................................. 200 8.4.1 Find .............................................................................................................................. 200 8.4.2 Find Again .................................................................................................................. 202 8.4.3 Move to Next Unread Message.............................................................................
9.2.2 Playlist Tab ................................................................................................................ 220 9.2.3 Hot Keys in the Playback Information and playlist Tabs............................... 221 9.3 How to Use the Media Player Menu ....................................................................... 223 9.3.1 File................................................................................................................................ 223 9.3.2 Play .............
11.1.1 Open URL ................................................................................................................. 255 11.1.2 Open .......................................................................................................................... 256 11.1.3 Save As ..................................................................................................................... 257 11.1.4 Page Information...............................................................................
11.4.7 Refresh...................................................................................................................... 264 11.4.8 History....................................................................................................................... 264 11.4.9 Find............................................................................................................................ 265 11.4.10 Find Again...............................................................................
11.9 What the "Web Browser" Does Not Support...................................................... 279 12. DAISY PLAYER ......................................................................................................................... 281 12.1 Components of the DAISY Player ........................................................................ 284 12.2 File ............................................................................................................................. 285 12.2.
12.5.1 Move by Heading ................................................................................................... 294 12.5.2 Move to Specific Heading.................................................................................... 295 12.5.3 Find Heading ........................................................................................................... 295 12.5.4 Scan Heading and Read Heading...................................................................... 295 12.5.5 Find Phrase ...
14.1.3 Delete table.............................................................................................................. 324 14.1.4 Set Default Table.................................................................................................... 324 14.2 Add Record .............................................................................................................. 325 14.3 Search Records...................................................................................................
16.2.6. Managing Followers and following.................................................................. 348 16.2.7. Using Direct Messages ....................................................................................... 349 16.2.8. Using Search functions ...................................................................................... 351 16.2.9. Additional Function.............................................................................................. 354 16.3 Google talk ..............
17. UTILITIES..................................................................................................................................... 388 17.1 Calculator ................................................................................................................. 389 17.1.1 General Functions ................................................................................................. 389 17.1.2 Memory Functions.............................................................................
17.5.6 Wake up Call Times............................................................................................... 404 17.5.7 Confirm/Cancel....................................................................................................... 404 17.6 Calendar ................................................................................................................... 404 17.6.1 Using the Calendar................................................................................................
17.18 Hot Keys for Utilities ............................................................................................ 424 18. USING THE HELP MENU....................................................................................................... 427 19. USING ACTIVESYNC .............................................................................................................. 431 19.1 What is ActiveSync? ..............................................................................................
20.4 Address Manager........................................ 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.4.1 Move keys for adding an address or in the menu ... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.4.2 Move Keys in the Search Result List 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.4.3 Hot keys for the Commands ............... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.4.4 Miscellaneous Hot Keys ...................... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.5 Schedule Manager ...................................... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.5.1 Hot keys for the commands................
20.9 Web Browser ............................................... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.9.1 Hot keys for the command .................. 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.9.2 Hot Keys When Playing Audio Files in web browser............... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.9.3 Hot Keys for Reading Web Pages ..... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.10 Daisy Player ............................................... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.11 Bluetooth Manager ................................... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.
20.15.5 Calendar ................................................. 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.15.6 Pronunciation dictionary ................... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.15.7 Stopwatch.............................................. 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.15.8 Display Network Status...................... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.15.9 Display power status .......................... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.15.10 Backup/Restore personalized settings ......... 오류! 책갈피가 정의되어 있지 않습니다. 20.15.11 Format .........
21.4 Address Manager.................................................................................................... 466 21.4.1 Move keys for moving from field to field in the record or in the menu... 466 21.4.2 Move Keys for Moving from Record to Record ............................................. 466 21.4.3 Hot Keys for the Commands............................................................................... 467 21.4.4 Miscellaneous Hot Keys .........................................................
21.13.1 Games..................................................................................................................... 478 21.14 Social Networking................................................................................................. 479 21.14.1 Twitter ..................................................................................................................... 479 21.14.2 Google talk ..............................................................................................
22.5 You Don't Know Where You Are .......................................................................... 488 22.6 No Internet Connection.......................................................................................... 489 22.7 Email ......................................................................................................................... 489 22.8 The Braille display Does Not Display Braille ..................................................... 489 22.
1. Introduction 1.1 What is the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY? The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is a Braille note taker developed and manufactured by HIMS, for people who are blind and visually impaired. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY has a variety of powerful capabilities, including the following. 1. Use the Word Processor, and the keyboard of QWERTY type, to create Braille documents. 2. Print your text documents using any compatible Bluetooth or USB ink printer. 3.
13. Use the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY as a Braille display with a compatible screen reader, such as Window-Eyes, JAWS, or VoiceOver. 14. Copy, move, and delete files on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY with its intuitive, Windows-like File Manager. 15. Adjust the volume, speed, and pitch of the speech on the fly. 16. Use the Database Manager to create your own Database for storing important information. 17.
"BACKSPACE", and "ENTER". When you are typing, you should place your fingers on these 9 Perkins-style keys in the following manner: Place your index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and pinky finger of your left hand on the left four buttons. Then, place your index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and pinky finger of your right hand on the right four buttons. Finally, place both of your thumbs on the spacebar. The button where you placed your left index finger corresponds with dot one in Braille.
You can set the left and right sets of scroll keys independently in the "Global Options". (See chapter 3.) Near the top center of the unit's top panel, is a liquid crystal display (LCD). The LCD displays the output of the unit visually so that a sighted person can see what is shown on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. STEREO speakers are located one on each side of the LCD for audio output. To the right of the LCD, along the top edge of the unit, there are 4 LED lights.
Near the rear of the right panel is a 3-position slide switch. This is the key "Lock" switch. This switch is discussed in more detail in the next section. 1.2.3 The Left Panel The left panel of the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY contains a rectangular recessed section with 3 things. Nearer the front of the unit are 2 full-sized USB host ports. Use these ports to connect a USB thumb drive for auxiliary storage or a USB keyboard or printer.
On the far right of the rear panel, is a rectangular cavity used for containing the detachable battery. The battery is packaged separately from the unit when the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is shipped. Insert the battery into this rectangular slot until you feel it click into place. To remove the battery, locate the triangular-shaped latch on the underside of the unit. Using your left hand, pull the latch to the right, and use your right hand to pull the battery out of the compartment. 1.2.
1) Operating system: Windows CE 6.0. 2) Flash memory: 32GB. 3) RAM: 256MB. 4) CPU: Mobile CPU (1GHz). 5) Battery: Lithium Ion (detachable), backup battery and clock-battery installed. 6) Battery running time: About 17 hours (with Braille, TTS and middle volume of internal speaker) 7) Keyboard: keyboard of QWERTY type, 32 cursor routing keys, 4 scroll buttons, 5 audio buttons. 8) Additional buttons and switches: key lock switch, audio mode switch, reset button, 5 audio buttons.
2. Basic Functions of the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY 2.1 How to Enter Commands The commands used to operate the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY are comprised of various combinations of the Braille and function keys. In this user manual, the “-“(dash) is used to indicate that keys should be pressed simultaneously. For example, "Alt-F4" indicates that the user should press "Alt" and "F4" at the same time. This manual also contains expressions like "Ctrl-c".
QWERTY announces the name of the running program and your current position or status. If you turn off the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY while using the Word Processor, when you power on, it announces the program name, file name, input mode and file protection status. When you connect the AC adapter to the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY speaks the message "AC adapter connected." When you disconnect it, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY says, "AC adaptor disconnected." 2.
command from anywhere in the Word Processor. The n is the shortcut key and "Enter-n" is the hotkey. It is important to note that some hotkey commands are global, thus will work from anywhere on the unit, and some are program specific. For example, if you want to activate the "new document" option in the Word Processor. You cannot press "Enter-n" from the "Program" menu to activate this option. You must be in the Word Processor for "Enter-n" to activate the "new document" command.
Browser, DAISY Player, Bluetooth Manager, Database Manager, Extras, Social Networking, Utilities, Global Options, and Help. The first item in the "Program" menu is "File Manager". If “Down arrow button” is pressed, the next menu item is displayed and spoken. Pressing “down arrow button” repeatedly, will continue your navigational progress down the list of items in the "Program" menu. When you reach the bottom of the list, the "Help" menu item is displayed as it is the last item in the "Program" menu.
Browser, the control symbols are displayed even if the "Control information" is set to "off". AS explained above, the control symbol appears before or after the text of the control. For example, if "Control information" is set to "before", and you bring up the Word Processor's program menu, The Braille Sense displays, "MN File (f) pulls down". The following table shows the types of controls and the symbols that are used to indicate them.
Multi edit box MEB Computer edit box CE Combo box CB Edit combo box ECB Prompt button PB This also represents the edit box. But you can type in more than one line in the edit box. (Ex: “MEB Subject: (cursor)” in the e-mail program) It means there is an edit box to input ASCII Braille. The edit box after this symbol should allow ASCII Braille to be typed in.
Static box ST Link LN Anchor ANC Radio button RB Radio button SRB select Radio button URB unselect Check box check SCHB Check box uncheck UCHB ST is followed by the current status. (Ex: “ST noname.hbl/insert mode/write” in the word processor program) It means there is a link in the web page. It means there is an anchor in the web page. It represents a radio button, which allows you to choose an item by pressing the up scroll button, down scroll button, space, or Backspace.
pressing the "Up" and “Down" scroll keys. If "ECB," "EB," "CB," or "MEB" are displayed, you know you are in an input area where you must type the desired text. If "BT" is displayed, you can press "Enter" to activate the "button". 2.3 Using the Function Keys There are four function keys on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. You can use these function keys to open the menus, cancel tasks, and move to other items. As described previously, “Function key" is on the left side bottom of the keyboard.
The battery power level represents the percentage of the remaining battery power. The power source indicates whether the unit is being operated using the battery or the AC power supply. If the battery power level drops under 15 percent, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays the battery status on the Braille display, and it announces that the battery has less than 15 percent of its power remaining.
about one minute for the CD-ROM to be recognized by the Braille Sense. *Please avoid using both an external hard disk and a CD-ROM drive with the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY at the same time. Or, Braille Sense U2 QWERTY may be short of power and the unit may shut down. [Note, when charging via USB cable] *Braille Sense U2 QWERTY can be charged via a USB cable. However, charging with a USB cable supplies less power to the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY than does the AC adapter.
each section can be compared to the "files" on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. You can save files into any folder at your discretion. If you create meaningful folder names and properly organize your files into them, it will make for easier retrieval of files when you need to access them later. When the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is shipped from the factory, the name given to the flash memory in the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is "flashdisk". You can create folders on this "flashdisk" in any way that you prefer.
U2 QWERTY. Use "F5" to toggle the speech on and off. Press "F4" to toggle the Braille on and off. Please refer to section 3.2.1 in this user manual for more information. 2.8 Entering Text (modify) When you use the word processor on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, how to Input character in the Braille document is different. Braille Sense U2 QWERTY keyboard is input type of Braille Keyboard in Braille document.
(2) Enter the control character. For example: "l" for Form Feed (FF) or "i" for TAB in alphabetical order. (3) The control character is entered into the Braille document. 2.8.1.2 Searching for a Control character You can also search for control characters in Braille documents. To search for a control character, follow these steps. (1) From within a Braille document, press "Ctrl-Space". (2) "Text to find" is displayed. (3) Press "Fn-Space” and "control character" is announced.
"notes" is already loaded. You can switch among multiple open documents in a single instance of the Word Processor. Use "Tab" or "shift-tab" to cycle forward or backward through the currently open documents. Switching documents is explained in more detail in section 4, which covers the Word Processor.
you are using the Media Player, if the "Media Mode" switch is placed in the left-most position, the media buttons on the front panel control operation of the FM Radio even though your focus is in the Media Player. More detailed explanations of the functions of the Media buttons is given in the FM Radio, Daisy Player, and Media Player sections in this manual. 2.
information about files that are being printed, a "Cancel" button, and a "Close" button. You can cycle through the three controls by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab." In the information list, you can move among the items by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”. If you open the dialog box when nothing is printing, "no items" appears in the list and only the "Close" button is available.
3) “Ctrl” that is pressed down is canceled. Display power status 1) Press the “Fn”. Then, “Fn” is pressed down 2) And press “b”. Then, power status is checked. 3) “Fn” that is pressed down is canceled. Switch to next program 1) Press the “Alt”. Then, “Alt” is pressed down. 2) Press the “Shift”. Then, “Shift” is pressed down. 3) Press the “Tab”. Then, program is changed next program. 4) “Alt” and “Shift” that is pressed down is canceled.
2.15 Common Hotkeys 1. Bring up the program menu: Win key 2. Execute a program in the program menu Win key-"shortcut key" (varies for each program) 3. Bring up the Task list: Fn-F10 4. Switch to previous program: Alt-shift-tab 5. Switch to next program: Alt-Tab 6. Bring up the program specific menu: Alt 7. Exit: Alt-F4 8. Escape: ESC 9. Move to the next control in a dialog box: Tab 10. Move to the previous control in a dialog box: Shift-tab 11. Move to the previous character: Left arrow key 12.
29. Check software version: Fn-v only from the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY "Program" menu." 30. Display Network Status: Fn-n from the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY "Program" menu 31. Increase the voice volume: F6 32. Decrease the voice volume: Shift-F6 33. Increase the voice rate: F7 34. Decrease the voice rate: Shift-F7 35. Increase the voice pitch: F8 36. Decrease the voice pitch: Shift-F8 37. Bluetooth on/off: F9 38. Wireless LAN on/off: F11 39.
3. Global options The "Global Options" on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is a large dialog box for controlling many preferences/settings. You can access "Global Options" by pressing "Win key" to get to the main menu, and then navigate to "Global Options" by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”. Press "Enter" to open the "Global Options" dialog. You can also open "Global Options" from anywhere on the notetaker by pressing “F10”.
3.1 Global Options Overview The "Global Options" dialog contains various settings that can be changed in the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. As stated above, you can open "Global Options" from anywhere on the unit by pressing “F10”. The "Global Options" dialog contains five groups, making it easy to jump to a particular section in the very long list of settings present in the dialog. 1.
Thus, as is the case when using first letter navigation, pressing a shortcut key moves the focus to the first setting that matches the shortcut key, pressing the key again moves to the next setting that matches that shortcut key. If there are no more settings matching the shortcut key, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY wraps around to the first match. Many items in "Global Options" also have global hot keys.
2. Blinking "dots 7-8" 3. Blinking "dots 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8" The blinking "dots 7-8" is displayed when you are using "overwrite mode" in the word processor. The blinking "dots 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8" appears when you are selecting text to denote the end of the selection. In all other situations, the cursor is displayed as "dots 7-8". 3.2.3 Eight Dot Mode You can choose to use 6-dot-Braille or 8-dot-Braille mode when entering ASCII text. The shortcut key is "e". By default 8-dot-Braille is set to off.
The original intent of the UEBC was to explore the possibility of bringing together three of the official Braille codes that are used for Braille in Englishspeaking countries for various purposes, viz.: literary material (English Braille, American Edition), mathematics and scientific notation (Nemeth Code), and computer notation (Computer Braille Code). Choosing "Spanish" allows you to input Braille according to Spanish Braille rules, and read documents created in Spanish using Spanish Braille translation.
Set the unit to standby mode by pressing "Space" until you reach "Stand by". In this mode, the message remains indefinitely until you press a key. If you choose "Ignore," messages are ignored and do not appear on the display. 3.2.7 Language The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY can output speech in both US English and Mexican Spanish. You can change the Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine using the "Language" setting in the "Global Options" dialog. The shortcut for jumping quickly to the "Language" setting is "l".
punctuation marks; when the "Symbol" option is chosen it speaks all symbols and no punctuation marks. 3.2.10 Keyboard Echo With this option, you can define what the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY speaks as you type. The shortcut key is "k". The setting values are "On with characters and words," "On with characters," "On with words," and "Off". The default is "On with characters and words," thus each keystroke is announced and each word is spoken when "Space" is pressed.
"Off", numbers are spoken as digits, and "2007" is read as "two zero zero seven". You can change the value by pressing "Space". 3.2.13 Abbreviations You can turn the translation of acronyms on/off on Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. Use "a", to jump quickly to the "Abbreviations" option in the "Global Options" dialog. If "Abbreviations" is set to "On", when the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY encounters "Ala" it speaks "Alabama". But if "Abbreviations" is set to 'Off', it speaks "Ala". 3.2.
3.2.16 Voice Pitch Use this option to control the pitch of the voice on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. The shortcut key is "t". The available values are 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest pitch and 10 being the highest. Use "Space" to increase the voice pitch one level, and "Backspace" to decrease it. From anywhere on Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, you can increase the pitch by pressing "F8" and decrease it by pressing "Shift-F8". 3.2.
This is a useful tool for teachers or parents wanting to view a student's work, or for communicating with deaf-blind users. 3.2.19 LCD Font Size Note: This option is displayed only when Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is connected to external LCD device. Use this setting to change the font size of the text on your LCD. The shortcut key is "f". The default is set to 19. The font size can be set using values 12 to 20. Use "Space" to increase the font 1 size, and "Backspace" to decrease it.
Note: if you want to use a parallel port printer, you must use the included USB to parallel adapter and connect the printer to the USB port on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. 3.2.22 Print Paper Size This option allows you to select the size of the paper that an ink printer is using so the document is scaled correctly when printing. To jump quickly to this option, use "s". You can adjust the size by pressing "Space". The available sizes are "Letter" (8.5 inches by 11 inches) and "Legal" (8.
Use this setting to define the operation of the left scroll buttons. The available options are "Scroll display", "Move by line", "Move by character", "Move by paragraph" and "Move by sentence". Use "Space" to cycle among the options. If you set the value to "Scroll display," the left-scroll buttons scroll by previous/next Braille display length.
You can choose to have the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY alert you to a blank line by announcing "Blank" as you encounter empty lines while scrolling through a document or you can choose to have the unit skip empty lines. The shortcut key is "e" and the default is set to "Off". Use "Space" to toggle the option on/off. 3.2.28 Control Information Use this setting to determine where information appears regarding the type of control on which you are currently located, a list item, menu, combo box, etc.
3.2.30 Hot Key Information As described previously, hot keys are keystrokes used to immediately access or activate an item, such as a menu, or a particular item in a list. Use this option to define how hot key information is announced. The short cut key is "h" and default is set to “On”. The setting values are “On,” and “Off.” You can cycle through each of the options by pressing the “Space”. If you select "On", the "Open" option in the File Menu of the Word Processor is announced, "Open (o) Ctrl-o".
on after 10, 20, or 30 minutes of inactivity (depending on the setting that you choose for power saving kick in). Note: this option is available only when the AC adaptor is not connected to the unit. In other words, even if this option is set to "On", if the AC adaptor is connected to the unit, the unit does not enter Power Save Mode, even when the "Power saving kick in" time has elapsed. 3.2.33 Power Saving Kick In Use this option to set the time of inactivity before entering Power Save Mode.
Note: If this option is set to “On" when you connect a USB keyboard, it is automatically turned off when the keyboard is connected. The option returns to its previous state when the USB keyboard is disconnected from the unit. 3.2.36 Automatic spell-check Use this option to set whether the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY automatically checks spelling as you type in "multi line edit boxes" in programs such as the schedule manager, address manager, e-mail messages, the word processor, etc.
3.2.38 Automatically synchronize with time server If you have the "Automatically synchronize with time server" option turned on, the date and time is synchronize with an internet time server automatically each time the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is connected to internet. Using this feature, you can ensure the accuracy of the time on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY by synchronizing with an atomic clock via the internet. The shortcut key is "t". The default setting is "ON".
Use this setting to turn Wireless LAN on or off. The shortcut key for this option is "w". You can toggle wireless on/off by pressing "Space". By default, it is set to "Off". You can toggle it on and off from anywhere on Braille Sense U2 QWERTY by pressing "F11" Note: you must turn Wireless LAN on before connecting to a wireless network or to the internet via a wireless router. It is recommended that you turn wireless off when not in use to save battery power. 3.2.
“Tab” or "shift-tab" to the "Cancel" button, and press "Enter". You can also cancel saving the settings by pressing "Alt-F4" or "Esc".
4. File Manager 4.1 Overview The functionality and structure of the "File Manager" on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY are very similar to "Windows Explorer" on a personal computer. To run the "File Manager", press "f" from the "program" menu or press "Enter" when your cursor is placed on "File Manager". The "File Manager" contains 2 basic areas: an "address window" and a "file list". When you first open the "File Manager", you are placed in the drive list.
4.1.1 Navigating the File List The "File Manager" contains two kinds of lists: the "file list" and the "menu list", or rather, the list of items contained in the "File Manager" menu. The menus in the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY wrap. This means, when you reach the end of the list of items in a menu, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY automatically brings you back to the top of the list when you press “down arrow button”.
2. Continuous selection (“Ctrl-b”): This selects all of the items from the point where this command is executed to the item where the cursor is located. * appears in front of the selected items. 3. Select all (“Ctrl-a”): This selects all the files and folders in the current list. You can use navigation keys to move among the selected items to check their selection status. You can cancel selections or reselect de-selected items by pressing "Space".
Navigate to and select a drive by using the up and down arrows or the scroll buttons. After selecting your desired drive, press "Enter" to open it. 4.2.2 Entering and Exiting Folders There are several ways to open a folder. You can utilize the menu to open a specific folder. 1) Bring up the menu by pressing “Alt”. Select the "Open" option from the list and press "Enter". 2) You can also press the hot key “Ctrl-o” to activate the "Open" command and open the desired folder.
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. You can also bring up the "Open With" dialog box using the menu. By using the "Open With" menu option, you can open the currently selected file with a program other than the one originally associated with that file type. First, press “Alt” to bring up the menu. Navigate to "Open With," and press "Enter".
4.2.4 Send To You can use this option to copy files and folders to different drives such as a flash drive, USB flash drive (also known as USB stick memory), or an SD card. After selecting files and folders, open the menu with “Alt”, and choose the "Send To" option. When you press "Enter" on "Send To", the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays the list of drives that you can send your files or folders to.
are copied into the same folder a second time, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY attaches "Copy2" to the original file names. If your destination folder has the same name as the file you are copying, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY prompts "File xxx already exists. Overwrite? Yes". Press "Enter" if you want to replace the file. If you do not want to overwrite the file, select "No," and press "Enter". When "No" is selected, the "Paste" function is canceled. 4.2.
4.2.8 New Document Use this option to create a new document. There are several ways to access this function. You can open the menu by pressing “Alt”, navigate to "New Document" and press "Enter". Or, you can open the menu and press "n". The hot key for this option in the "File Manager" is "Ctrl-n". When the new document function is activated, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "File type: text (txt)". You can create two types of documents: text files and Braille files.
4.2.10 File Conversion The "File conversion" function on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is similar to the "Save As" function in the Word Processor. This feature converts files to different file formats. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY file conversion feature supports the following file formats: "Sense Word (hbl)," "Text (txt)," and "Braille (brl)". The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY can convert a single file or multiple files at once to your preferred file format.
An * appears in front of each file name you have selected. You can cancel the selection of a file or folder by pressing "Space". This feature is a convenient method for selecting multiple files for copying, cutting, or deleting. 4.2.12 Search for File Use the "Search for File" function to locate a file or folder for which you know all or part of the name, but not the location. You can press "Alt” to open the menu and move to "Search for File," and press "Enter".
The drive list displays all storage devices currently connected to the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. If there are many files in a drive, it can take some time to perform a search. While the search is being performed, "searching" is displayed to alert you to the fact that the search is active. If you want to search the root of a drive excluding sub-folders, press “Tab” to move to the "Search sub-folders" check box. Press "Space" to uncheck this option, and press "Enter".
Use this option to select the information to be displayed for each item in a list. The available options are, "Name," "Name, Size," and "Name, Size, Date and Time". You can move among these items by pressing "down arrow button or “up arrow button”. Press "Enter" after selecting the information to be displayed, and the file list is updated, showing all the information you specified. By default, only names are displayed in the "file list".
1) Select the files or folders you want to compress in the "file list" by using one of the methods described previously. 2) Open the menu by pressing “Alt” or "F2," and press "Enter" on "Zip". Or, from within the menu, press "z". You can also activate this function directly from the file list by pressing "Ctrl-z". 3) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY prompts, "Zip filename: (default filename.zip)". "Default filename" is the file name that is used for the compressed file if you try to compress only one file or folder.
"Alt-F4". You can also move to the "Cancel" button by pressing “Tab”, and press "Enter". Note: You can also initiate the unzip process simply by pressing "Enter" on a zip file. 4.2.18 Information Use this option to query The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY for 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 whether the file/folder is protected.
4.3 Using the Address Window This edit box lets you type the direct path of the file name you want to open. This window also contains the history list for easily accessing recently opened files or directories. 4.3.1 Editing When you are in a file or folder list, you can press “Tab” to navigate to the address window. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays the current path including the current drive name, such as "flashdisk/download/".
pressing the down arrow (“down arrow button”). Use the up and down arrows (“up arrow button” or “down arrow button”) to review the history list. You can also use the scroll buttons to navigate this list. To open a file in the history list, press "Enter". The file opens with the appropriate application. (See section 4.2.3). While navigating the history list, you may type in new path names or file names to instantly access a file or folder. 4.
list. When you open the "File Manager", network is displayed in the drive list. The network list consists of the shared folders on computers connected to your network that you have added to the network list. From the network list, you can open the shared folder, or delete the network location from the list. If you have not added shared folders to the network list, this list is empty.
If the computer you are trying to access does not have a network user name and password specified, type "guest" in the Login edit box and press "Enter". If the computer requires a specific network user name and password, make sure they are entered correctly. If login is successful, you are placed in the Remote Folder list and the folders shared on that computer appear in the list. Move to the desired folder in the list and press "Enter" on the "Add" button.
4.4.2 Remove Remote folder(modify) There are 2 ways to remove a remote folder from the File Manager's network list: using the "Remove" option in the network list, or via the "Network Connection Setting" dialog. Using the network list: Execute the File Manager and choose "network" from the drive list. Navigate to the remote folder you want to remove and press "Alt-d". You can also access this function using the menu. Press “Alt” to open the menu.
12. New folder: Alt-f 13. File conversion: Ctrl-t 14. Select all: Ctrl-a 15. Sort files by: Ctrl-g 16. Set file info: Ctrl-l 17. Display only files of type: Ctrl-w 18. Search for file: Ctrl-f 19. Information: Alt-Enter 20. Setup Network connection: Alt-e 21.
5. Word Processor When you launch the Word Processor on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, it places you in a new, blank document. The menu can be opened by pressing “Alt”. Don't worry if you can't remember the exact shortcut keys for all of the Word Processor functions, as you can activate all the functions of the Word Processor via the Word Processor menu. The menu in the Word Processor consists of File, Edit, Go To, Read, and Layout.
given to documents that are created in Braille on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. It is the same file name that is created automatically when the Word Processor opens. Note: if you have changed your default document type in the "Global Options", the extension may be _TXT or HBLIND, as your default document type can be set to Braille, text, or Sense document. To create a new document, select "New" from the "File" menu. Or, press "Ctrl-n".
“tab” or “shift-tab.” If the “Open dialog box” is executed, “File name:” is displayed first. If “File name:” is displayed, then type in a file name that you want to open, and press “Enter.” The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY will look for that file in the “/flashdisk/My Documents” folder. If there are files that you used recently, you can scroll through them by pressing “Down arrow key.” The file names that were opened recently are displayed one by one by pressing “Down arrow key.
mode, as was explained in section 3.4. If you press “Enter” at the other file format, you can select the file format; Braille format, or text format. You can toggle between “Braille format” and “Text format” by pressing the “Space”. Press “Enter” when the desired format is displayed. If the Braille format is selected, the document will be opened in Contracted Braille. And, if the text format is selected, the document will be opened in Braille mode that is currently set in “View grade” of “global options”.
When you have several documents open, you can save and close the focused document, by pressing "Ctrl-F4". The document is saved and closed, and your focus is placed in the previous document in the tab order. Note: 1) Though you can open PDF and unprotected EPUB files in the Word Processor, they cannot be saved under these file types as editing in these formats is not supported.
the new file name to overwrite what is currently in the edit box. You cannot use the following characters in a file or folder name. “|, \, <, >, ?, :, *” To change the file format, navigate to "Type". Move to your desired file format by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. To save a file with a file name that is in the file list, move to the "file list" by pressing "shift-tab". 5.1.
When you select "Embosser (b)" above, the "Embosser dialog" is opened and contains the following items: 1) Start page number This is the first page number to be embossed. The default page number is set to 1. You can change the value of the page number, by typing in a new value. Press “down arrow button” to move to "End page number" 2) End page number This is the last page number to be embossed. The default value is set to 100000.
create an electronic Braille file of the document according to the embossing preferences. To do this, press "Space" once more to select "Save as file", press"Enter", and the current document is saved as a "brl" file. If you've chosen to emboss, and there are problems with the Braille printer, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY shows an error message and returns to the open document. 2. Print Text This option is used when you want to print a document on an ink printer.
Formatted characters are marked as "carriage return ($p)", and the "mark indicator ($pl)". 2. Reading unit (Line/Paragraph): Defines the unit of movement when pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” while reading a document. If this option is set to "Line", “up arrow button” moves up line by line. If this option is set to "Paragraph", “up arrow button” moves backward in a document paragraph by paragraph. To toggle between "Line" and "Paragraph", press "Space". 3.
the folder or disk you want using normal navigation keys, press "Space" on the folder you wish to select, and press "Enter". When you are finished setting your preferences, move to the "Confirm" button by pressing "tab" and press "Enter". If you do not want to save the settings, press "Enter" on the "Cancel" button. Activating the "confirm" or "Cancel" buttons performs the operation and returns you to the document you are currently editing. 5.1.8 Exit This command closes the Word Processor.
To select text in a document, place your cursor on the location at which you want to start selecting text. Press “Alt” to open the "Edit" menu, and press "Enter" on "Start Selection", or you can press "b" in the "Edit" menu to get to this option. While editing a document, pressing “Ctrl-b” activates this command. The end point of the selected text is determined by the location at which you place the cursor after setting the start point.
5.2.4 Paste To paste selected text to the clipboard, press “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "Edit". Move to "Paste" by pressing “down arrow button” repeatedly and press "Enter", or press "v" from the "Edit" menu. While editing a document, press "Ctrl-v" to paste the text from the clipboard to your current cursor location. 5.2.5 Delete To delete selected text, press “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "Edit".
5.2.8 Clear Clipboard To clear the clipboard, press “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "Edit". Move to "Clear Clipboard" by pressing “down arrow button” repeatedly, and press "Enter". Or, you can press "e" from the "Edit" menu. Executing the "Clear Clipboard" command erases everything on the clipboard. While editing a document, you can press "Ctrl-Del" to activate this command. 5.2.9 Select All The "Select All" command selects all text in a document.
Note: If you insert a Braille file in to a text file, the Braille document is backtranslated to text. Though the inserted text appears normally in grade 2, on rare occasions you might see differences in the back-translated text. 5.2.11 Insert Date To insert the date into your document, press “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "Edit". Move to "Insert Date" by pressing “down arrow button” repeatedly and press "Enter", or press "w" from the "Edit" menu.
"Toggle Insert/Overwrite Mode" using “up arrow button”, or you can press "m" from the "Edit" menu. 5.2.14 Check Spelling This option is used to check spelling while editing a document. To execute the spell checker, do the following: 1) Open the menu by pressing “Alt”. 2) Move to the "Edit" menu by pressing “down arrow button”. 3) Press "Enter" on the "Edit" menu. 4) Press “down arrow button” until "Check Spelling" is displayed. Or, press "k" To move to "Check Spelling" directly.
4. From cursor to bottom: check from the cursor position to the end of the document. 5. Current word: check only the word under the cursor. You can move among the items in the combo box by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. When you press "Enter" on the "Custom dictionary" dialog, the following items are displayed: 1. List: shows the words that are registered in the custom dictionary. (Example: Braille 1/20). If there are no words registered, "no items" is displayed. 2.
2. Use main dictionary only: if this option is set to "On", the spell checker does not look up any words in the "custom dictionary". It only uses the main dictionary. The default value is set to "Off". You can toggle between "On" and "Off" by pressing "Space". 3. Skip an upper-case word: if this option is set to "On", words with only upper-case letters are not checked. The default is set to "On". You can change it by pressing "Space". 4.
4. Skip once (s): if you press "Enter" on this button when a word is encountered that is not in the dictionary, the word is not modified. You can also press the "down scroll button" To skip the word. 5. Skip all (i): if you press "Enter" on this button, all instances of the currently focused word are not modified and are automatically skipped throughout the spell check range. 6.
5.3.1 Find The find function allows you to search for text in a document. Once the text is found you are taken to that position in your document. To execute this command, press “Alt”, and move to "Go To" by pressing “down arrow button” and press "Enter". Move to "Find" by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”, or you can press "f" from the "Go To" menu. While editing a document, pressing "Ctrl-f" activates the "Find" command. When "Find" is executed, the "Find" dialog is displayed.
as the direction, so you can use it again to search for the next occurrence of the text. When using the find command, the current cursor position is very important. If the cursor is located at the beginning of the document, it is necessary to select the "Forward" search direction. If the cursor is located at the end of the document, it is necessary to select "Backward" as the direction used for searching.
2. Replace with Type the replacement text in this edit box. 3. Search direction The "Search direction" has the same function as the "Search direction" explained in section 5.3.1. After you set the search direction, press "Enter" to start the replacement of text, or press “Tab” to set the "Match case" or "Replace" options. 4. Match case This field displays only when you execute the "Replace" command in text files. This field does not display in Braille files. The default value is "No".
Sense U2 QWERTY that you are looking for a page number, and not a paragraph, or, line number. Type the number of the page you want to move to without the PLUS sign or minus sign, and press "Enter". The Word Processor jumps from the start of the document to the specific page. To move forward from your current location, put the PLUS sign in front of the number and letter. For example, to move forward five pages type "+f5".
5.3.5 Go to Previous Page The “Go To Previous Page” command allows you to move to the page that is located before the page you are currently on. To execute this command, press “Alt,” and move to “Go To” by pressing “Down arrow key.” Then, press “Enter” on “Go To.” Move to “Go to Previous Page” by pressing “Down arrow key,” and then press “Enter,” or press “Page up” while you are in the document.
format character" in "Settings", explained in section 5.1.7. If you have this option turned on, the bookmark sign is shown in the document. You can go to marked text by using "Left arrow button" or “Right arrow button” and the bookmark sign appears, which is "$pl (mark name)". If you move the cursor to the mark location in a document, you can see dots 7-8 all through the mark sign. This means that the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY deals with the marked text as a chunk, but not with each character. 5.3.
5.4 Read Menu The "Read" menu is used to read specific parts of the document with speech and/or Braille. To open the "read menu", press “Alt”, and press "r". The items in the "Read" menu are: "Read Selected Text", "Read Beginning Of Selected Text", "Read From Beginning To Cursor", "Read From Cursor To End", "Auto Scroll", "Read Current Sentence", "Read Current Line", "Read Current Word", "Read Current Character", and "Read Status". 5.4.
Using this function, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY speaks the text in the document from the beginning to the current cursor position. To execute this command, press “Alt”, and move to the "Read" menu by pressing “down arrow button”, and press "Enter". Move to "Read From Beginning To Cursor" by pressing “down arrow button”, and press "Enter", or you can press "t" from the read menu. While editing a document, press "Alt-g" to activate this function.
To execute this command, press “Alt”, and move to the "Read" menu by pressing “down arrow button”, and press "Enter". Move to "Auto Scroll" by pressing “down arrow button”, and press "Enter", or press "a" from the read menu. While editing a document, you can turn the auto scroll feature on and off by pressing the up and down scroll buttons simultaneously. For faster scrolling, press "right arrow button". For slower scrolling, press "left arrow button".
5.4.9 Read Current Character This function reads the current character. To execute this command, press “Alt”, and move to the "Read" menu by pressing “down arrow button”. Then, press "Enter". Move to "Read Current Character" by pressing “down arrow button”, and press "Enter", or you can press "c" from the read menu. While editing a document, press "Fn-z" to activate this function. 5.4.10 Read Status This function gives you information about your current file.
While editing a document, press “Alt” to open the menu, and select "Layout" or press "l", and select "Braille Document Layout". Or, you can press "Alt-F5" to open the "Braille Document Layout" dialog while editing a document. "Braille Document Layout" is used to set the width and height of the paper for embossing as well as other options. You can navigate the menu items with “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”, and you can move to "Confirm" or "Cancel" by pressing “Tab”.
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" To change the setting. Press “down arrow button” To move to the next setting. 6. Header This is an edit box in which you can type the text to be embossed as the header. To move to the next setting, press “down arrow button”. 7. Footer This is an edit box into which you can type the text to be embossed as the footer.
The default value is set to 20mm (about 0.78 inches). To change the default setting, type a new value. 3. Set left margin This sets the left margin for ink printing. The left margin is the distance from the left edge of the paper to the first text that is printed. The default value is set to 20 mm (about 0.78 inches). To change the default setting, type a new value. 4. Set right margin This sets the right margin for ink printing.
To open the "Braille Paragraph Layout" dialog, press “Alt”. Then, press "Enter" on "Layout", or press "l". Select "Braille Paragraph Layout" and press "Enter". Or, you can press "Alt-F7" while editing a document. These settings are only applied to the selected paragraph. You can navigate between the menu items by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. Move to the "Confirm" or "Cancel" buttons by pressing “Tab”.
The following is a detailed explanation of the settings for "Print Paragraph Layout:" 1. Set left margin This sets the left margin for the current paragraph. The default value is set to 0mm. To change the setting, type the value of the margin you want. Move to the next setting by pressing the down scroll button or press “down arrow button”. 2. Set right margin This sets the right margin for the current paragraph. The default value is set to 0mm. To change the setting, type the value of the margin you want.
Text: Times New Roman, Font size 11 Abstract1: Times New Roman, Font size 11, Boldface Abstract2: Times New Roman, Font size 14, Boldface Sub title: Courier New, Font size 16, Italic, Boldface, Center-aligned Title: Times New Roman, Font size 20, Boldface, Center-aligned 7. Confirm / cancel Press “Tab” or "shift-tab" to get to “confirm” and “cancel” buttons. To apply the settings, press "Enter" on "Confirm". To cancel without saving settings, press "Enter" on "Cancel". 5.
Read the current word: Fn-x Read the current character: Fn-z Use the following commands to delete various elements of a document according to your current cursor position. Delete the current paragraph: Alt-Del Delete the current line: Ctrl-Backspace Delete the current word: Alt-Backspace Delete the current character: Del 5.7 Cursor Location While reading a document, you can query the cursor location. To do this, press "Fn-s".
Paste: Ctrl-v Delete: Del Delete blank lines: Alt-e Add to clipboard: Ctrl-Insert Clear clipboard: Ctrl-Del Select All: Ctrl-a Insert from file: Ctrl-i Insert date: Ctrl-w Insert time: Backspace-w Toggle insert/overwrite mode: Insert Check spelling: Ctrl-k Check spelling of the current word: Alt-k 3.
Braille document layout: Alt-F5 Print document layout: Alt-F6 Braille paragraph layout: Alt-F7 Print paragraph layout: Alt-F8 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 for friends and colleagues, such as company addresses, home addresses, e-mail addresses, as well as other information. The "Address Manager" consists of two main dialogs: "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 the "Address Manager" in the "program" menu, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY says, "Search Address", and displays the prompt, "Last name:" and the "Search Address" dialog is opened. In the "Address Manager", you can use the menus to conveniently browse and execute all of the available commands. When you cannot remember the exact hot key for the command you want to execute, you can press “Alt” to open the menu and access all of the functions there. 6.
When you have entered information in the desired fields, you can save the information by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab" repeatedly to move to the "Confirm" button and press "Enter". Or, you can press "Enter" in any field. If you don't want to save the information, press “Tab” or "shift-tab" repeatedly to move to the "Cancel" button, then press "Enter". After you cancel the entry, you are prompted to enter information into another record, beginning with the "Last name" field.
6.3.2 Setting Add Address Fields "Set Address Fields" enables you to select one of the 22 fields to be shown when you enter contact information. There are 22 fields in a record, but you may not want to enter information in every one of the 22 fields. You can use "Set Address Fields" to select only the fields that you need. To use this function, press “Alt” to bring up the menu, then select "Set Address Field", or press "o" then press "Enter". Or, you can press “Ctrl-o” from the "Add Address" dialog.
open "Search Address" from "Add Address", you can either select it from the menu, and press "Enter", or press “Ctrl-s” from the "Add Address" dialog. If you press "Enter" in the "Search Address" dialog, without typing any text, when "Last name:" is displayed, you can browse through all of the records that are stored in the "Address Manager". A "record" is a collection of information about one person. If more than one record is found, you can move to the next record by pressing “down arrow button”.
This option enables you to select the fields that you want to search. Press “Alt” to bring up the menu, and select "Set Address Search Fields". Then, press "Enter". Or, you can press “Ctrl-o” from the "Set Address Search Fields" dialog. To search only the name, mobile phone number, and company telephone number fields, move to those fields that you do not want to search by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”, then press "Space" to change the value of that field to "unused".
backup file with the extension DAT, and you will have another file with the extension BAK created from the previous "address.dat" file). 6.5.2 Restore Address List To restore the address list after a hard reset, press “Alt” to open 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" from the menu to find "Restore Address List". You can also press "Ctrl-r" to activate this function, directly.
button. You can move among the controls by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab". To move among radio buttons, press “up arrow button”, "Backspace", “down arrow button”, or "Space". The "Backup mode" has three radio buttons: "Always backup changes when exiting", "Manual backup", and "Prompt backup changes when exiting". 1. If you select the "Always backup changes when exiting", a new backup file is automatically created when you exit the "Address Manager" if you modify the address list or add other information. 2.
2. "Export to CSV" allows you to export the data of the "Address Manager" as a CSV file. 6.6.1 Import from CSV You can import the data from a CSV file in to the "Address Manager", using this function. You can execute this function, from anywhere in the "address Manager". 6.6.1.1 Executing Import CSV" To execute "Import from CSV", follow these steps: 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. 2) Press "down arrow button" to move to "Import from CSV" and press "Enter". Or press "c.
4) Type the name of the file you want to import. For example, to search for "address.CSV", type "address" or "address.CSV" in the "File name" edit box. 5) Press "Shift-Tab" to move to "Path Search" list. Navigate to the folder that contains the CSV file. For example, if the CSV file is located in the download folder under the flashdisk, press "Enter" on the download folder to open it. 6) After selecting the folder, press "Enter". Or press "Tab” move to "Confirm" and press "Enter".
1) On "Last name: unused 1/xx", press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. Move to the field of the CSV file that you want to import to the "Last name" field. For example, there might be 5 fields like, "Name", "Company name", "title", "Company address" and "Company zip code" in the CSV file. "Last name: unused 1/6" is displayed. To import the value of the "Name" field from the CSV file, press “down arrow button” and move to "Name".
6.6.2 Exporting CSV You can export the data from the "Address Manager" as a CSV file, using this function. 6.6.2.1 Executing the "Export To CSV" function To execute the "Export to CSV" function, follow these steps: 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. 2) Press “up arrow button” or "down arrow button" and move to "Export to CSV". 3) Press "Enter". Or press "x". You can execute this function directly by pressing "Alt-x". 6.6.2.2 Structure of the "Export to CSV" dialog 1. "File name" edit combo box 2.
8) Press "Enter". The file is saved in the "Flashdisk". To cancel this function, press "Tab" to move to "Cancel" and press "Enter". Or press "Alt-F4". 6.6.2.4 How to change Save Location To change the location where the CSV file is saved, follow these steps: 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. 2) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”, to move to "Export to CSV". 3) Press "Enter". Or press "x". 4) "File name" is displayed. 5) Press "Tab", to move to the file list.
"Company e-mail" field by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. 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 QWERTY automatically opens the Web browser program. If you press "Enter" on a "Home e-mail" or "Company e-mail", the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY opens the "E-mail" program, so that you can send an email to the selected email address.
To select the record that you want to delete, press "Space" when the record is displayed. Selected records can be deleted by pressing the "delete" key. The records you have selected * symbol to the left of the "last name:" field. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY says, "selected". If you cancel a selection by pressing "Space" on a selected record, the / disappears, and the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY says, "Canceled selection". 2.
S" from the "Search Address" dialog after selecting the desired records. The "file save" dialog is displayed and you are asked to enter the file name and select a file format. After you type the file name, and select one of the available file formats, press "Enter" on "Confirm", and the selected record(s) are saved. This dialog is the same as the "Save As" dialog in the Word processor, except that, here, when you are saving addresses to a file, the default file name is not displayed. Refer to section 5.1.
Move to the first record: Ctrl-fn-Left arrow key Move to the last record: Ctrl-fn-Right arrow key Move to previous same field different record: Left arrow key Move to next same field different record: Right arrow key 3. Shortcut keys in the “menu” Add address: i Modify address: m Delete address: d Select all: a Save as a file: t Print address: p Backup address list: u Restore address list: r Set backup options: e Set address search fields: o Import from CSV: c Export to CSV: x 4.
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7. Schedule Manager 7.1 Overview The "Schedule Manager" is a program used to manage important information about appointments, anniversaries, and events. The Schedule Manager can also inform you of appointments at a specified time using alarms. You can start the "Schedule Manager" from the "program" menu, by pressing the up or down arrows (“up arrow button” or “down arrow button”) to move to "Schedule Manager". Then, press "Enter". Or, you can press "s" from the "program" menu.
through the "Check Today's SCHEDULE" option as well as the alarms that can be associated with appointments in the "Schedule Manager". As date and time entry is associated with several programs on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, such as the "Wake up Alarm", the "time And Date" option in the Utilities Menu, and of course the "Schedule Manager", The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY provides you with a consistent interface for entering time and date information in these dialog boxes.
Move to 10 minutes after: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to 10 minutes before: Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to 1 minute after: Right arrow key Move to 1 minute before: Left arrow key 7.4 Adding a Schedule To add a new appointment, press “Alt” to open the menu. Select "Add Schedule", and press "Enter", or press "Ctrl-n" from the "Search Schedule" dialog. The "Add Schedule" dialog has a set of input fields, a "Confirm" button, and a "Cancel" button.
7.4.2 Start time "Start time" is the second field in the "Add Schedule" dialog. By default, this field shows the current time. If you set the time format as "12 hour" in this option, the time is displayed in "am/pm" format. Otherwise, the time is displayed in 24 hour format. If you have set the time format to "12 hour" press "Fn-x" to change between am and pm. After you have entered the time, press “Tab” to move to the next field.
7.4.6 Location In the "Location" field, type location of your appointment. If you press "Enter" after typing in the location, the record is saved, leaving the "Memo" field empty, and the "Alarm time" field set to its default value ("Time of appointment"). To move to the next field, press “Tab”. 7.4.7 Memo In the "Memo" field, you can enter detailed information about an appointment. This is a multi-line edit box, meaning you can type more than one line of text.
Move to 1 minute before: Left arrow key If you attempt to set the time to 0, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays the message, "Time of appointment". If you do not want to set an alarm when "Alarm time" is set to "Time of appointment", press “up arrow button”. "Alarm off" is displayed, and the alarm for this appointment is turned off. After setting the "Alarm time", save this appointment by pressing "Enter", or by pressing “Tab” to move to the "Confirm" button, and press "Enter".
This is because it is logically impossible that the appointment duration is 27 hours, and the appointment recurs every 24 hours. This rule is applied in the same way when you set weekly, monthly, or yearly recurring appointments. If you press “Tab” after setting the recurring interval, the "Set recurrence end date" check box appears. By default, it's unchecked, which indicates that the appointment recurs indefinitely.
of every month, or every other month. On the other hand, "Day of the week" is used when you want to set an appointment recurring on the same week and day of the week of a month, for example, on Wednesday of the second week of every month. After selecting the "Recurring type", press “Tab” to move to the "Recurring interval". In this field, you set after how many months the appointment will recur. You can type a number between 1 and 999.
If you press "Enter" on the "Confirm" button, the appointment is saved, and the "Add Schedule" dialog is closed. 7.4.11 Cancel If you press "Enter" on the "Cancel" button, the appointment information you entered is discarded, and you are returned to the "Add Schedule" dialog where you can create a new appointment. You can also cancel the entry by pressing "Esc". 7.5 Search Schedule "Search schedule" is used for searching Appointments that you have entered previously.
If you press "Enter" here, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY searches for appointments occurring today. To search for another date, you can type the date in the format "mm/dd/yyyy", or use the "move by date" hotkeys. If you press "Enter" after entering the date, the appointments occurring on the day are shown. If there is no appointment on that day, the unit announces, "There is no schedule registered".
schedule by subject. For example, if you have an appointment on January 1, 2007 and it recurs the first day of every month, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY shows this schedule on January 1, 2007 only when you search by subject. Press "Enter" on an appointment to read the details. Press "Esc" to return to the appointment list. TO SEARCH other keywords, press “Tab” to move to the "Search subject" edit box. 7.6 Modify Schedule You can modify an appointment that you have previously scheduled.
type?" is displayed. You can choose whether you want to delete the recurring schedule, or just the appointment for that day. If you select "This occurrence", only the current appointment is deleted. If you select "The series", all recurrences of the appointment are deleted. You cannot select and delete multiple schedules at once. You can delete only the currently focused appointment. 7.
Schedule". After setting the beginning and end dates, press "Enter" or “Tab”, and you are prompted to enter the name and the format of the file to be saved. This dialog is the same as the "Save As" dialog in the "Word processor". 7.10 Backing Up and Restoring Your Appointments 7.10.1 Backup Schedule If you perform a hard reset, or your battery dies, all of the data in the Schedule Manager is lost. Thus, it is very important to create a backup file each time you change your schedule.
You can choose to add to or overwrite the current schedule with the backup file. If you choose to append, and the backup file contains appointments that also exist in your current file, you will have redundant appointments. If you choose to overwrite and your current schedule contains appointments the backup file does not, these appointments are lost. If you don't want to "Append" or "Overwrite", press “down arrow button” once more, locate "Cancel", and press "Enter" on it. 7.10.
Schedule Manager. If you press “down arrow button” once, and press "Enter" on "No", you exit the Schedule Manager, without creating a backup file. You can change the backup mode by pressing "Enter" after focusing on one of the three radio buttons. Or, press "Tab”, and press "Enter" on "Confirm". The default backup mode is set to "Prompt backup changes when exiting". 7.
between 1 and 60 in computer Braille, or grade 1 Braille without a number sign. Press "Enter" to save the changes, and exit the dialog. Or, if you press “Tab”, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY moves to the "Repeat" edit box. 7.11.3 Repetition Times The alarm sounds for the amount of time for which you set the alarm duration, then stops. If you have not acknowledged the alarm, after a specified time interval, the alarm sounds again. The "Repeat" field allows you to decide how many times the alarm will sound.
more detailed explanation of how to connect the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY to your computer and how to use ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center, refer to chapter 19. 7.13 Hot Keys for the Schedule Manager 1. Add Schedule Move between fields Move to the next field: Tab Move to the previous field: Shift-tab 2. Hot keys for the Commands Search schedule: Ctrl-s Alarm option: Ctrl-o Backup schedule: Ctrl-b Restore schedule: Ctrl-r Setting backup option: Ctrl-e Exit: Alt-F4 3.
Move to the last appointment in the same day: Fn-Right arrow key 2) Move from one appointment to another in all the appointments registered: Move to the previous schedule: Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to the next schedule: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to the first schedule: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key Move to the last schedule: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key 3) Hot keys for the commands: Add schedule: Ctrl-n Modify schedule: Ctrl-m Delete schedule: Del Alarm option: Ctrl-o Backup schedule: Ctrl-b Restore schedule: Ctrl-r Set
8. E-mail The e-mail program is used to communicate with others by sending messages using the Internet. To use the e-mail program, you must have your own e-mail account, provided to you by your Internet account provider or a free account such as Gmail or hotmail. Your e-mail account needs to support POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) to be accessed with the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY.
When you launch the e-mail program for the first time, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY says, "You must create at least 1 mail account from the accounts manager in the Tools menu". Then, the "Inbox" is opened. The "Inbox" is the main window of the E-mail program. When you run the e-mail program for the first time, this "Inbox" is empty and the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "no items". Press "Shift-Tab", and you are placed in the mailbox list.
4) Press "Enter". 5) "Account name: no items" is displayed. You can also move to this menu by pressing "Ctrl-m". The "Accounts manager" contains the following 6 items. 1. Accounts list 2. Information 3. Add 4. Modify 5. Delete 6. Close You can move among these items by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab". You can execute each item by pressing "enter" on it. To exit the "Accounts manager", move to the "Close" button, and press "enter". Or, press "Esc" or "Alt-F4".
8) The dialog is opened and "Account name:" is displayed. Type the name by which you want to identify the e-mail account: (example, "Gmail" or "work e-mail"). 9) Press “down arrow button”, to move to "Display name". Type the "Display name" in the edit box. This name is the name people will see when they receive an e-mail from you. 10) Press “down arrow button”, to move to "Logon username". Type the "Logon username" in the computer edit box using computer Braille. (Ex: Sense or sense@hims-inc.com).
To move from a setting item (Ex: ID, password) to the previous setting item, press “up arrow button”. And, to move to the "Confirm" button or the "Cancel" button, press "Tab" or "Shift-Tab". If you made a typing error in an item such as account name, ID, or password, you can correct the error as follows; 1) To delete the letter where the cursor is located, press "Del". 2) To delete the letter in front of the cursor position, press "Backspace". 3) To delete the current line, press "Ctrl-Backspace".
11) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Use secure POP3 (POP-SSL)". The default value of this check box is unselected. If the POP3 server uses "SSL", select the check box by pressing "Space". 12) Press “down arrow button” to move to "POP3 port number": set to 110 by default. Type a different POP3 port number in the computer edit box if your provider requires a different port number. Note: if you check "SSL" above, the pop port number is automatically changed to 995, as most pop servers with SSL require.
21) Press "Tab", to move to "Signature". 22) Press "Enter" on the "Signature" button. 23) You are placed in the "Signature:" multi edit box. Type the information for the signature you want to attach to your e-mails. 24) Press "Tab", to move to "Confirm". 25) Press "Enter" on the "Confirm" button. 26) This saves the signature, and you are returned to the "Signature" button. You can cancel by pressing "enter" on the "Cancel" button. 27) Press “Tab”, and press "enter" on the "Confirm" button. 8.1.2.
Move to the first item: Fn-Left arrow key Move to the last item: Fn-Right arrow key Move to the previous control: Shift-Tab Move to the next control: Tab 8.1.2.3 Modifying an e-mail account Use the following steps to modify the information for an e-mail account. 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. 2) Press “down arrow button” to move to "Tools". 3) Press "Enter" on "Tools" or press "T" 4) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Accounts manager". 5) Press "Enter" on the "Accounts manager".
14) You are returned to the main account settings dialog. Press “Tab” to move to the "confirm" button, and press "Enter". 15) When the modification is complete, you are returned to the "account list". As described, you can move among the items (account name, logon username, password...) by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. You can move to the "Confirm" button or the "Cancel" button by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab". For all of the items, the values that were entered previously are displayed.
9) Press "enter" To delete it. 10) The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY deletes the account, shows "Successfully deleted", and returns to the "account list". To cancel the deletion, press "Space" when the "Are you sure you want to delete the (Added account name) account? Yes" is displayed. Press "enter". Or, press "Esc" or "Alt-F4". 8.2 Receiving and Sending E-mail 8.2.1 Receiving E-mail The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is capable of receiving plain text e-mail and html e-mail messages.
from the server, the e-mail message list is displayed in the "Inbox" (Ex: Subject: (subject of the e-mail received) xx/xx). If the e-mail size is greater than the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY can handle, it announces, "This message is too large to download. Skipping". And the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY begins downloading the next e-mail message. To cancel the download, press "Tab" to move to the "Cancel" button, and press "enter", or you can press "Esc". 8.2.
announced as "1 attachment", which indicates the number of the attached files. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY also indicates which e-mail messages have been read, and which e-mail messages are unread. E-mail messages that have not yet been read have a dash placed in front of the subject. For example, let's suppose there is an e-mail with an attachment that has been unread. It would appear as coma Subject: (subject of the e-mail) xx/yy.
You can save the e-mail id of the sender to your contacts in the "Address Manager" using the following steps: 1) Press "Ctrl-i" when "From: (sender's e-mail address) xx/yy" is displayed. 2) The "add address" dialog is opened, and "Name: (sender's user name or e-mail address)" is displayed. 3) Type the sender's name, or, if what is automatically filled in is acceptable, press “Tab” to move to "Confirm", and press "enter".
"enter" on the "Subject", "Date", or "From" controls, the entire message is automatically spoken. To interrupt reading, press "Ctrl". To return to the "Subject" while reading the message, press "Esc". When you read the message, all of the navigation and control keys are the same as in the "Word Processor". 8.2.2.6 Attachment Control You can find and download attached files by navigating to "Attach" on messages containing attachments.
1) When you are prompted, "Attachments will be saved to /flashdisk/download. Do you want to change this location?", navigate to "Yes" and press "Enter". 2) You are placed in the file list of the "Downloads" folder on the "flashdisk". Use normal file and folder navigation keys as described in the "File Manager" section of this manual to locate the folder into which you want to save the attachments. 3) Press "Space" to select the folder in which to save the attachments, and press "Enter".
7) Press "shift-tab" to move to the "Account" combo box. Move to the account from which you want to send this message by using “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. Press “Tab” to move to the "To:" field. 8) Type the e-mail address of the recipient, or rather, the person to whom you are sending the message. Please type the e-mail address using computer Braille. (Ex: sense@hims-inc.com). 9) Press “Tab” to move to "CC:". 10) Type the e-mail address of the copy recipient using computer Braille.
8.2.3.1 Attaching a File While you are writing e-mail, you can attach files to your messages. Use the following steps to attach a file: 1) While writing e-mail, press “Alt” to open the menu. Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "File" menu. 2) Press "Enter" on the "File" menu. 3) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Attach File". 4) Press "Enter" on "Attach File". The file list is opened. You can also access "attach file" directly by pressing "Ctrl-f".
8.2.3.2 Sending E-Mail to Multiple Recipients You can type more than one recipient, carbon copy recipient, or blind copy recipient. If you type more than one e-mail address in these fields, the same e-mail is sent to all of them at once. When you input more than one recipient, you must insert a semi-colon or comma between the e-mail addresses. For example, sense@hims-inc.com;hims@hims-inc.com. 8.2.3.
If you press "enter" without typing in the desired name, all of the addresses in your address list are displayed. If there is no matching address, "No match". is announced and "Search for address" is displayed again. 8.2.3.4 Saving E-Mail to the Outbox Messages are saved in the "Outbox" in 2 ways: 1. The user saves the e-mail to the "Outbox" for later sending. 2. An e-mail fails to send due to a network error or other reason. The "Save Mail in Outbox" dialog contains the following: 1.
10) After the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY saves the e-mail message, it returns to the previous location. By following the explanation above, the e-mail message is saved as "(subject of writing e-mailgg.txt" in the "flashdisk/email/storage box". If you do not input a subject when writing the e-mail, the file is named "noname". If you choose to save the e-mail in a location other than "flashdisk/email/storagebox", you cannot access the e-mail message in the "Outbox".
6) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”, to move to the mail message you want to send. If you want to send all the e-mails in the list: Press "Ctrl-a” to select all. If you want to send individual messages, use normal selection commands to select them. 8) Press “Alt” to open the menu. 9) Press "Enter" on the "File" menu. 10) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”, to move to "Send" menu. 11) Press "Enter" on the "Send" menu. 12) The selected messages are sent.
14) Press "Space" to change the state of the check box to "checked". 15) Press "Tab", to move to "Confirm" and press "Enter". 16) You are returned to the "Advanced" button. 17) Press "Tab", to move to "Confirm" and press "Enter". 18) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY announces, "Successfully modified account" and you are returned to the accounts list. Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "default" on the LCD and Braille display next to the default account. 8.3 Major features of E-mail 8.3.
To delete two or more e-mail messages, use the following steps: 1) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to move to the e-mail "Subject" that you want to delete. You can also select messages from the "Date control". 2) Press "Space" on the e-mail messages you want to delete. 3) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays * in front of the selected e-mail subject. 4) Move to other e-mail messages you want to delete by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”.
1) Press “Alt” to open the menu from "Subject", "Date", or "Message body" of a message in the "Inbox". 2) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "File". 3) Press “down arrow button” to move to "Message". 4) Press "Enter". 5) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Reply". 6) Press "Enter" on "Reply". 7) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Message body". 8) The message body already contains the original message body of the received e-mail; "--- below Original Message ---.
6) Press “down arrow button”, to move to "Reply To All". 7) Press "Enter" on "Reply To All". You can activate the "Reply To All" function directly by pressing "Alt-r". 8) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "To: (the original sender and all other original recipients)" 9) You can use the same steps to send a message as when using the "Reply" function. 8.3.3 Forwarding a Received E-Mail Message "Forwarding" refers to sending an e-mail you received to another person.
10) At "Subject", Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Subject: Fw: Welcome to HIMS". 11) Press "Tab", to move to "Message body". 12) The original e-mail message is shown following, "----- Forwarded Message -----". 13) Type any additional text you wish to add to the message, or make any edits to the forwarded text. 14) Press "Ctrl-s” to send the e-mail. When you forward an e-mail, you have all of the same capabilities as when writing a new e-mail.
The text file is saved in "flashdisk/My Documents" with the file name "(subject of e-mail under readinggg.txt". You cannot change the file format. You can read the saved text file in the "Word Processor". To cancel "Save As Text", press "Tab" from the "Confirm" button to move to "Cancel". And press "Enter". Or, press "Esc" or "Alt-F4". 8.3.5 Printing E-Mail Messages You may wish to emboss or print an e-mail message.
The "Find" command is used to search for messages in the current mailbox. The "Find" function looks for text that matches the text you enter in "Subject", "Date", and/or "From". This function only works in the "Subject", "Date", or "From" controls. The "Find" dialog consists of the following: 1. "Find": Edit box for text to search 2. "Search" radio button 3. "Direction" radio button 4. "Confirm" button 5. "Cancel" button.
To cancel, press "Tab" on "Confirm", move to "Cancel". And press "Enter". Or, you can press "Alt-F4" or "Esc" anywhere in this dialog to cancel "Find". 8.4.2 Find Again The "Find Again" command finds the next occurrence of the text according to the search text and direction specified in the "Find" dialog. As with "Find", the "Find Again" function only works in the "Subject", "Date", or "From" fields. To activate the "Find Again" function, use the following steps: 1) Press "Alt" to open the menu.
To use this function directly, press "Ctrl-u". 8.4.4 Copy or Move to Mailbox You can copy or move an e-mail message to another folder or mailbox in 2 ways: 1. You can copy and move e-mails directly from "Mailbox" lists except "Outbox". To copy and/or move an e-mail to another folder, follow these steps: 1) From a message list, press "Shift-Tab", to move to the "Mailbox" list. 3) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”, to move to the "Mailbox" containing the e-mail you want to copy or move.
21) Press “down arrow button”, to "Paste" and press "Enter". Or activate this function directly, by pressing "Ctrl-v". 22) The e-mail is copied or moved to mailbox. 2. You can copy and move e-mails using the "Copy to Mailbox" or "Move To Mailbox" commands in the "Edit" menu. The "move/Copy dialog" contains the following: 1. "Folder" list. 2. "Create mailbox" Button 3. "Delete mailbox" Button 4. "Rename mailbox" Button 5. "Confirm" Button 6.
10) Press “down arrow button”, to move to the folder into which you want to copy or move messages. 11) Press "Enter". 12) The e-mail is moved or copied to the folder. 13) You are returned to the mailbox from which you activated the "Move" or "Copy" command. 8.4.4.1 Creating a Mailbox You can create additional mailboxes in the "E-mail" folder for sorting and storing your messages.
You can't delete "Inbox", "Sent", and “Outbox". However, you can delete folders you have created. To delete a folder, follow these steps: 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu from the message list of "Inbox". 2) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "File". 3) Press “down arrow button”, move to "Edit" and Press "Enter". Or Press "e”. 4) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Select All". 5) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”, to move to "Copy to Mailbox" or "Move To mailbox". 6) Press "Enter".
3) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”, to move to the folder you want to rename. 4) Press "Tab”, to move to "Rename mailbox". 5) Press "Enter". 6) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Folder mailbox:" 7) Type the new name for the folder mailbox. 8) Press "Enter. Or press "Tab” to move to "Confirm" and press "Enter". If you attempt to rename the "Inbox", "Sent", or "Outbox", the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY plays the warning sound to notify you of the error. 8.
4) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Accounts manager". 5) Press “down arrow button”, to move to "Set Path". 6) Press "Enter" on "Set Path". 7) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Save attachments path: /flashdisk/download". You can open this dialog directly by pressing "Ctrl-p". "Set Path" contains the following three items: 1. Save attachments path 2. Send attachments path 3. Disk to save mail in You can move among these items by pressing “down arrow button” and “up arrow button”.
Documents" folder, "Save attachments path: /flashdisk/My Documents" is displayed. 8.5.1.2 Set the Send Attachments Path "Send attachments path" is the path where the e-mail program looks by default when you attach a file to an e-mail. The default path is "/flashdisk/upload". You can change this path to a different path using the following steps: 1) Open the "Set Path" dialog using the steps described above. 2) Press “down arrow button”, to move to "Send attachments path: /flashdisk/upload".
3) Press “down arrow button”, to move to "Disk to save mail in: /flashdisk". 4) Press "Enter" or "m" on "Disk to save mail in: /flashdisk". Or, press "Tab", to move to the "Modify" button, and press "Enter". 5) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "flashdisk". 6) Press “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”, to move through the disk list. If you have connected a USB memory stick or SD memory, Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "USB" or "SD" (SD memory). 7) Press "Enter" on the desired disk.
identifying specified words in the subject or specifying e-mail addresses you know are from spammers. The spam e-mail messages that are identified by your "Spam Settings" are not downloaded into the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, and remain on the email server. Use the following steps to set spam e-mail filters: 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu from the "Inbox". 2) Press “down arrow button”, to move to "Tools". 3) Press "Enter". 4) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Accounts manager".
address string: (Registered e-mail address string) 1/xx". It is displayed as "no items" if there is no registered word or e-mail address string. The following explains how to register, modify, and delete the spam settings. 8.5.3.1 Add As Spam E-Mail 1) Use the steps described above to open the "Spam Settings" dialog. 2) Press "a" when "Type: Subject 1/3" is displayed. Or, press "Tab" to move to the "Add" button, and press "enter". 3) The "add dialog" is opened and "Subject add:" is displayed.
5) Press "Enter" on "E-mail address string: (e-mail address)". Or, press "Tab" to move to the "Confirm" button, and press "Enter". 6) "Successfully added spam data" is announced and "E-mail address string: (Registered e-mail address) 1/1" is displayed. When "E-mail address string: (registered e-mail address) 1/1" is displayed, you can add another address by pressing "a" or pressing "Tab" to move to the "Add" button, and press "Enter".
8.5.3.2 Modifying Spam Registration To modify a spam filter you have set, do the following: 1) Access the "Spam Settings" dialog as described previously, and navigate to the "Type" of spam setting you want to modify by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. 2) Press "Tab" to move to the list of registered items in that category. 3) Navigate to the item you want to modify using “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. 4) Press "m" or press "Tab" to move to the "Modify" button, and press "Enter".
Reply: Ctrl-r Reply all: Alt-r Forward: Ctrl-f Open "set path": Ctrl-p Open "set option": Ctrl-o Open "set spam": Ctrl-e Find: Ctrl-shift-f (Only while in a message) Find again: F3 (Only while in a message) Move to next unread message: Ctrl-u Move to mailbox: Alt-x Copy to Mailbox: Alt-c Add a sender to the address list: Ctrl-i (This is valid only at the "from" item of the "Inbox"). Delete received e-mail: Del (It is valid only at the "Subject" and "date" item in the "Inbox").
Start selection: Ctrl-b Select all: Ctrl-a Copy to the clipboard: Ctrl-c Cut to the clipboard: Ctrl-x (It is not valid when you are reading e-mail in the "Inbox").
9. Media Player The Media Player on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is a program you can use to play audio files as well as listen to the audio for some video file formats. The Media Player plays the following formats, ac3, asf, asx, m3u, mp2, mp3, MP 4, mpa, mpg, ogg, pls, wav, wax, wma, flac, midi and wmv. Note: you cannot see the video for "avi" and "wmv" files, however, you may listen to the audio contained in these formats.
running when you pressed it. To return to your former position, press "F2-F3" to cycle through the running programs until you reach your former location. 9.1.1 Play/Pause Button The "Play/Pause" button has a long, rectangular shape. It is the second button from the right in the group of media buttons. As explained above, pressing the "Play/Pause" button starts playback of the files in the most recently played media playlist. A playlist can contain only 1 file, or many files.
to the right of the "Back" button. You can use this button to create a recording from anywhere on the unit provided the Media Mode switch is set to the right-most position. Pressing the "Record" button once opens the "Record" dialog. Press the "Record" button again to start recording. Press the "Record" button while you are recording to pause recording. Resume recording by pressing the "Record" button one more time.
9.2 Braille Keyboard and Extended Keys You can use the Braille keyboard to perform the same functions as the media buttons as well as more advanced features in the Media Player. To open the "Media Playback", press "Enter" on "Media Playback", or press m from the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY "program" menu. As explained previously, you can also open the Media Player by pressing "Play-Pause" when the "Media Mode" switch is set to the right-most position.
list, and the total number of files in the list. If there is no file in the playlist, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays the message "no items". For example, if you had the following track on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY: "Track 1 Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu 1/10", "Track 1" indicates this file is the first item in the playlist. "Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu" is the file name. "1/10" indicates this file is the first of ten files in the playlist. 9.2.
Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to previous position by time index and play Change time index Ctrl-Up arrow key or CtrlDown arrow key Shift-Left arrow key Shift-Right arrow key Shift-Up arrow key Shift-Down arrow key Alt F1 Tab/Shift-tab Alt-F4 Speed up 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 Down arrow key Up arrow key Fn-Right arrow key Fn-Left arrow key Space Ctrl-b Enter Backspace Del Alt-Right arrow key Alt-L
Ctrl-Down arrow key Ctrl-Up arrow key Ctrl-Right arrow key Ctrl-Left arrow key Ctrl-Up arrow key Shift-Left arrow key Shift-Right arrow key Shift-Up arrow key Shift-Down arrow key Alt or F10 F1 Tab/Shift-tab Alt-F4 Play the fifth file after the current file Play the fifth file before the current file Move to next position by time index and play Move to previous position by time index and play Change time index Speed up Slow down Volume up Volume down Open menu Open help Move to “playback information” tab E
To use the "File" menu, press “Alt” to open the "Media Playback" menu, then press "Enter" on "File", or press "f". A submenu appears, containing "Open File", "Open Folder", "Add File", "Add Folder", "Save Playlist", "Save As Playlist", "Delete Item", "Open URL" and "Exit". You can move between these items by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”. Press "Enter" on the item you want to execute. To return to the Media Player menu, press "Esc".
the "Open Folder" dialog. When you open the "Open Folder" dialog, the default folder name is displayed. The default folder is set to "flashdisk". Press "Enter" to display all of the folders in "flashdisk", and press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to move among the folders. To enter the folder under your cursor, (and list any sub-folders contained there) press "Enter" on it. Press "Backspace" to move back to the parent folder. To select a folder, press "Space" on the folder name.
by pressing the "Play/Pause" button on the front panel of the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, or press "Enter" on "play" in the "play" menu. 9.3.1.5 Save playlist The "Save Playlist" menu item is used to save the playlist to a disk drive. To access this function, you can press “Alt” to open the "File" menu and execute the "Save Playlist" command by pressing "Enter" on it. Or, you can press "s" to quickly jump to and execute it from within the menu. You can also press "Ctrl-s" from the "Media Playback" dialog.
9.3.1.7 Delete Item To delete a file from the playlist, first, locate the file you want to delete in the "playlist" tab by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” repeatedly. Then, open the "Media Player" menu by pressing “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "File". Navigate to "Delete Item" by pressing “down arrow button” repeatedly, and press "Enter". Or, you can press "Del" on the file you want to delete from the playlist.
QWERTY stops playing (if it is playing a file), and exits to the "program" menu. 9.3.2 Play The "Play" submenu contains all of the commands that can be used to control playback. To access this menu, press “Alt” to open the "Media Player" menu. Press “down arrow button”. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "Play (p)->". Press "Enter", and the "Play" submenu is displayed. You can move among the items in this menu by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”.
Use this command to play the fifth file before the file that is currently playing. You can also press “Alt-Up arrow key” in the “Media player” dialog box to do this. 9.3.2.5 Forward 5 Tracks Use this command to play the fifth file after the file that is currently playing. You can also do this by pressing “Alt-Down arrow key” in the “Media player” dialog box. 9.3.2.6 First Track Use this command to play the first file in the playlist.
You can use these controls to adjust the audio playback speed. The speed level ranges from 1 to 10. You can also adjust the speed level by pressing “Shift-Left arrow key” or “Shift -Right arrow key” in the “Media player” dialog box. “Shift -Right arrow key” can increase the audio playback speed, and “Shift-Left arrow key” can decrease the audio playback speed. 9.3.2.10 Pause This item pauses playback of a file.
This tab is displayed only when the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is recording, or when there is a file that has just been recorded. The information displayed in this tab includes: the file name, the current status, and two pieces of time information. The file name is the name of the file containing the sound that is currently being recorded or played. The current status is one of the following: recording, playing, pause, or stop.
This function is only available just after you have recorded a file. While playing, the "playback information" tab is displayed. To pause or stop playing, tab to the desired button and press "Enter". 9.3.3.4 Stop Use this command to stop recording or playback. If you press "Enter" on "Stop" while recording, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY stops recording and shows the "recording information" tab.
"Enter" on "Stop", and then move to the "Cancel" button, and press "Enter". You can also use "Esc" or "Alt-F4" to cancel an operation. 9.3.4 Position Menu ACCESS the "Position" menu to set or delete a bookmark while listening to music or an audio file. This menu also lets you jump to a specified time in an audio file. The "Position" menu contains 7 items: 1. Mark Position 2. Delete Marked Position 3. Jump To Marked Position 4. Go To Time 5. Go To Percent 6. Set Start Point 7.
9.3.4.2 Delete Marked Position If you execute this function when you are playing a file, or when a file is paused, it deletes the bookmark that was previously created. To execute this function, 1) Press “Alt” and move to "Position" by pressing “down arrow button”. 2) Press "Enter" on "Position". 3) Navigate to "Delete Marked Position" by pressing “down arrow button”, and press "Enter". 4) Or, you can press "Alt-d" when playing a file, or when a file is paused.
If you execute this function when you are playing a file, or when a file is paused, it moves to a time that you specify, and begins playing the file at that position. To execute this function, 1) Press “Alt” and move to "Position" by pressing “down arrow button”. 2) Press "Enter" on "Position". 3) Navigate to "Go To Time" by pressing “down arrow button”, and press "Enter". 4) Or, you can press "Ctrl-g" when playing a file, or when a file is paused.
8) Press "Enter". 9) You are placed at the position in the file matching the percentage you entered. 9.3.4.6 Set Start Point A B repeat mode allows you to play a specific part of an audio file as many times as you wish. This can be useful when learning a new language, and you need to hear the same information in a file over and over again. A B repeat mode requires setting start and end points for repetition.
9.3.4.7 Release Point To set a release point, press "Esc". Or, press “Alt” and move to "Position" by pressing “down arrow button”. Press "Enter" on "Position". Move to "Release point" by pressing “down arrow button” and press "Enter". After stopping playback of the specified section, the file continues playing. 9.3.5 Mark You can insert a mark while listening to music or an audio file. The mark is stored even when you exit the program or play another file.
2) Press "Enter" on "Move To Mark". Or press "Alt-j" from the "Media Playback" dialog. 3) Input the mark number in the edit box and press "Enter". 4) If you input a non-existent mark number, The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays, "Mark x does not exist" and the edit box is displayed again. 9.3.5.3 Delete Mark Use the following steps to delete a mark: 1) Open the menu and press "Enter" on "Mark". Navigate to "Delete mark". 2) Press "Enter" on "Delete Mark". Or press "Alt-d" from the "Media Playback" dialog.
To close the mark manager dialog, press "Enter" on the "Close" button or press "Esc". 9.3.6 Settings Using this menu, you can change settings for recording, playing, and general Media player options. To access the "Settings" menu, press “Alt” to open the "Media Player" menu. Press “down arrow button” three times to reach "Settings", and press "Enter". Or, you can press s from within the "Media Player" menu.
also press "Enter" on the "Cancel" button to close the dialog without changing any options. 9.3.6.2 Playback Settings dialog If you press "Enter" on "Playback Settings", or press "p" on the "Settings" menu, the "Playback Settings" dialog is displayed. In this dialog, pressing “Tab” or “Shift-Tab” moves among setting options, "Confirm" and "Cancel". The setting options are "Display time", "Repeat", "Playlist", "Shuffle", "Times to repeat the specified track", "Set speed", and "Time index".
"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" You can choose from values 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 5.
The "Recording type" allow you to set the default file type of recorded files. The default value is set to "mp3". You can toggle between "wav" and "mp3" by pressing "Space". The next three options are used to control the quality of recorded sound. Higher values in "Sample rate" and "Bitrate"/”Bits per channel” mean a better quality of recorded sound, as well as a larger file size for recorded files.
- 32000Hz 128K: 544’h 48’m - 24000Hz 96K: 726’h 25’m - 22050Hz 80K: 872’h 27’m - 16000Hz 64K: 1089’h 37’m * Recording type: wav - 44100Hz: 49’h 25’m - 22050Hz: 98’h 50’m - 11025Hz: 197’h 40’m - 8000Hz: 272’h 25’m 9.3.6.4 Effect Settings dialog Press "Alt” to access the "Media Player" menu. Move to "Settings" and press "Enter". Press “down arrow button”, to navigate to "Effect settings", and press "Enter". Or, press "Ctrl-e” from the "playlist tab" or "Playback information tab".
The "Reverb" option adds reverberation to the audio files you are listening to. Enter a value from 0 to 100 in the edit box. The higher the value you enter, the stronger the reverb effect. The "Echo" option is used to add an echo effect to your audio files. Enter a value from 0 to 100 in the edit box. The higher the value you enter, the stronger the echo effect. To save your settings, press "Enter". To exit the dialog without making changes, press "Esc". 9.4 Additional features 9.4.
2) Hot Keys for Commands While in the Playback menu Play: Enter, x, Play button Previous track: Alt-Left arrow key, z, Previous button Next track: Alt-Right arrow key, b, Next button Previous section while playing Audible: Ctrl-Page up (Ctrl-Fn-Up arrow key) Next section while playing Audible: Ctrl-Page down (Ctrl-Fn-Down arrow key) Back 5 track: Alt-Up arrow key Forward 5 track: Alt-Down arrow key First track: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key Last track: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key Volume up: Shift-Up arrow key Volume d
Delete bookmark: Ctrl-d Jump to bookmark: Ctrl-j Go to position: Ctrl-g 5) Hot Keys for the Commands in the Mark Set mark: Alt-m Move to mark: Alt-j Move to previous mark: V Move to next mark: N Delete mark: Alt-d Mark manager: Alt-k 6) Hot Keys for the Commands in the Setting Menu Configuration dialog box: Alt-c Playback setting dialog box: Ctrl-p Record setting dialog box: Alt-r Effect settings dialog box: Ctrl-e 7) Hot keys for toggling options.
10. FM Radio To use the "FM Radio" program on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, you must connect headphones to the headphone jack on the unit, as the headphone cord serves as the antenna, and without it, radio reception will be poor to nonexistent. From the program menu, use the scroll buttons to navigate to "FM Radio" and press "Enter". You can also press "r" to quickly jump to and launch the "FM Radio". When the FM Radio program is launched, your Braille Sense U2 QWERTY announces the radio frequency.
The radio sound should now output through both the headphones and the internal speakers. Note: This setting is available only in the FM Radio program. If you exit the FM Radio program and you wish to hear the audio output of the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY through the internal speakers, you must disconnect the headphones. You can adjust the radio volume independent of the general volume of the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY.
the media buttons, the Media mode switch should be moved to the left-most position, "FM". After setting the Media Mode switch, pressing the "Back" button scans backward, and pressing the "Forward" button scans forward. 10.3 Adding and navigating presets Use the following steps to add the currently selected frequency as a preset. 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. Navigate to "Presets" and press "Enter". 2) Navigate to "Add Preset" and press "Enter".
Pressing "Enter" on the "add" button opens the "add preset" dialog explained above. If you wish to change the label of a previously added preset, move to the desired preset item in the preset list by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. Press “Tab” to move to the "Modify" button and press "Enter". The "Modify" dialog is opened. The structure of the "Modify dialog" is the same as that of the "Add" dialog.
You can move among these controls by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab". While recording the radio, press "Tab" and press "Enter" on the "Pause" button or press "a" to pause recording. The name of this button is changed to "Continue". If you activate the "Continue" button or press "g", recording resumes. To stop the recording, press "s”. Or press "Tab" and press "Enter" on the "Stop" button. To check the duration of the current recording while recording, press “down arrow button”.
1) Press “Alt” to open the menu and press "Enter" on "File". 2) Navigate to "Record Settings" and press "Enter". Or use the hot key, "Alts" to open the "Record Settings" dialog. 3) You are placed on the first item, "Recording type: mp3". 4) Press “Tab” to move to the "Record folder" setting. 5) "Record folder: /flashdisk/media/radio" is displayed. Press "Enter". 6) The list of folders and files in the "Media" folder is displayed.
1. Sensitivity adjustment If the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY cannot tune to the broadcast frequency you desire, adjust the scanning sensitivity. To adjust the sensitivity, open the "Settings" dialog as described in Section 10.1. Press “down arrow button” to navigate to "Sensitivity" and press "Space" or "Backspace" to adjust the sensitivity. Higher values increase the scanning sensitivity of the radio. If the sensitivity is increased, you can fine tune to more frequencies. 2.
Volume up: Shift-Up arrow key Volume down: Shift-Down arrow key Record settings: Alt-r 255
11. Web Browser You can use the "Web Browser" on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY to read pages on the web, as well as to read html documents you have saved to disk. In addition, you can download and read books from places such as Web Braille, and BookShare. Note: to access these services, you must create an account with the service provider. To launch the "Web Browser", press "Enter" on the ""Web Browser"" from the "program" menu. Or, press "b" from the "program" menu.
of the current page filled in. Type the web address you would like to access in computer Braille such as "www.google.com", and press "Enter". When in the edit box, you can view recently accessed web addresses by pressing the down arrow (“down arrow button”). Move to the address that you want to open using the up arrow (“up arrow button”) or the down arrow (“down arrow button”), and press "Enter" on the desired address to open it.
11.1.3 Save As Use "Save As" to save the currently open document or web page as a different file type or store web content on your Braille Sense U2 QWERTY for later viewing. This is similar to "Save As" in the word processor. To execute "Save As", open the "menu" by pressing “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "File". Move to "Save As" by pressing “down arrow button” and press "Enter", or press "Ctrl-s" while in the Browser. The "Save As" dialog appears.
To open "Page Information", press “Alt” to open the "menu", and press "Enter" on "File". Move to "Page Information" by pressing “down arrow button” a few times, and press "Enter". Or, you can press the letter "I". 11.1.5 Exit This command terminates the "Web Browser", and returns the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY to the "program" menu. You can exit the "Web Browser" by pressing "Alt-F4", or by selecting "Exit" from the "Web Browser" file menu. 11.
11.2.2 Read from Cursor to End This function reads the current page from the cursor position to the end of the page. To execute it, press "Enter" on "Read From Cursor To End" in the "Read" menu. Or you can press "Enter-g (1-2-4-5)" while in a web page. To interrupt reading before the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY has finished reading to the end, press "Ctrl". Your cursor is then placed at the position at which you stopped reading. 11.2.
on links, but you can select text chunks on a web page, or an edit box on a bulletin board. To use this command, navigate to the point at which you wish to start selecting text. Press “Alt” and move to the "Edit" menu by pressing “down arrow button” and press "Enter". Navigate to "Start Selection" and press "Enter". You can also set the starting point of the block by pressing “Ctrl-b” directly. 11.3.2 Copy Use this command to copy your selection to the clipboard for use in other applications.
button” to move to "Copy URL" and press "Enter". Or you can copy the URL directly by pressing "Alt-d". The web address of the page is placed on the clipboard. You can paste it to a document, or anywhere you can paste text on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. 11.3.5 Copy Link The "Copy Link" function allows you to copy a link in the web page on which you are located. If you tab to a link, and select the "Copy Link" function, the link is copied to the clipboard.
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. Search for and load the Google web page, www.google.com. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY connects to the Google web page. When "Go To Previous Page" is activated, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY returns you to the last position on the previous page (the home page).
If you activate the "Go To Previous Heading" function, you can go to a heading that is located above your current location. To execute the "Go To Previous Heading" function, open the menu by pressing “Alt”, and press “down arrow button” repeatedly to move to the "Go To" menu. Press "Enter" on "Go To". Then, use “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to move to "Go To Previous Heading", and press "Enter". Or, press "u" from the menu.
1) Open the menu by pressing “Alt”. 2) Move to "Go To" by pressing “down arrow button”. 3) Press "Enter". 4) Press “down arrow button” until "Go To Previous Text" is displayed. Or, you can press "b" To move directly to "Go To Previous Text". 5) Press "Enter". Or, you can activate the "Go To Previous Text" function by pressing "Ctrl-F5" while reading a web page. 11.4.
The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays the history list. Move to the title of the website you want to select by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”. If you want the "History" list to show the web address, instead of the title, you can press "Fn-i". If you press “down arrow button”, the display shows the title again, rather than the address. After you move to the desired website, press "Enter" to connect to it. To delete an item from the history list, select the item and press the "Del".
11.4.10 Find Again The "Find Again" function searches the text again in the direction that you have selected. To open "Find Again", press “Alt”, and navigate to the "Go To" menu by pressing “down arrow button”. Press "Enter". Move to "Find Again" by pressing “down arrow button”. Press "Enter". Or, you can press "Ctrl-f", while in a web page. "Find Again" finds the text that you have entered in "Find". There is no edit box in "Find Again". It simply repeats the search you specified in "Find". 11.4.
"Favorites" list. Then, you can visit the websites by simply selecting the address from the "Favorites" list. 11.5.1 Set Current As Home Page The "home page" is the website that you connect to automatically when the "Web Browser" is opened. The user can set any website as the home page. To set the "home page", Navigate to the web page you want to set as the home page. While the web page is loaded, press “Alt”, and move to "Favorites" by pressing “down arrow button”. Press "Enter".
cursor routing key where you want to edit the text, and modify it. Make sure that you do not use “:” in the title name. The favorites list is saved in the "/flashdisk/favorites" folder. This folder is the default folder. Though you can create sub-folders in the "Favorites" folder, you cannot change the default folder to another folder at a higher level. To save your favorite to a different folder, navigate folders and files from the "Favorites" list using normal navigation keys. 11.5.
are two file formats; his“*.*” and “url". Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to select one. If you select his“*.*” then all types of files are shown. 11.6 Options Using the "Options" menu, you can set user agent, and change default download folder. You can also clear cookies in the "Options" menu. To execute the "Options" menu, 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. 2) Move to "Options" by pressing “down arrow button”. 3) Press "Enter". Or you can press "Alt-o" while in a web page. 11.6.
5) Using "Space", you can select "Windows XP", "Windows CE" or "Pocket PC". 6) After selecting your desired value, press "Enter". When web pages are loaded, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY uses the version of the website created for the operating system defined by your user agent. 11.6.3 Show visited links The "Visited link" option allows you to choose whether links you have visited previously are labeled as such. The default setting is "On”. Toggle this setting "On" and "Off" by pressing "Space". 11.6.
A cookie contains information which can be read in web applications whenever the user visits the website. You can clear cookies in the "Options" menu in Braille Sense U2 QWERTY by following these steps: 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. 2) Move to "Options", by pressing “down arrow button”. 3) Press "Enter". Or you can press "Alt-o" while in a web page. 4) Pressing “down arrow button”, move to "Clear cookies" 5) Press "Enter" on "Clear cookies".
or list box. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY "Web Browser" uses symbols to identify what type of control is used. To move from one control to another without reading the text between controls, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY provides the following movement commands: 1. Move to the previous control: "Shift-tab". This command moves to the nearest previous control from the current position. If there are no more previous controls, the warning sound is heard. 2.
2. Visited link: Alink that you visited previously. 3. Anchor: If you press "Enter" on anchor, you move to the referenced part of the web page. 4. Edit box: You can start entering the text at the cursor position. After you finish entering the text, press “down arrow button” to move to the next item. If there is any text in the edit box, it is spoken and displayed on the Braille display. 5. Multi edit box: This is similar to the edit box.
there are no form fields on a web page, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY says, "no control". 11.7.3 Table At the beginning position of the table, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY shows the table number, and the number of rows and columns on the table. For example, there are two large tables (we call these "upper level tables") on one web page. Each table has 3 sub tables (we call these "lower level tables") with 3 rows and 2 columns on each.
2. Move to the next table: Ctrl-F8 Moves to the beginning of the next table. If there are no more tables, the warning sound is played. 3. Move to the previous cell: Ctrl-Shift-Left arrow key Moves to the previous cell. If the current cell is the first cell, it moves to the beginning line of the table. If this command is pressed on the beginning line of the table, the warning sound is played. 4. Move to next cell: Ctrl-Shift-Right arrow key Moves to the next cell.
Moves to the next row, within the same column, to the table cell that contains the current table. If the table cell that contains current table is at the last row of the upper level table, the warning sound is played. It does not work on the highest level table. 12. Check the position: Fn-s Announces the position of the current cell in the table. It shows the position in both Braille and voice, such as "table 2-3 row 3, cell 4". 11.7.4 Move to the Frame 1.
While you play a streaming audio file in the "Web Browser", if you exit the "Web Browser" program or you lose the internet connection, the streaming audio file stops playing. You can use the following playback commands in the "Web Browser" while playing a streaming audio file. 1. Play: "play" button on the front panel 2. Stop: "stop" button on the front panel 3. Turn up the volume: Shift-up scroll button 4.
Copy URL: Alt-d Copy link: Alt-l Go to menu 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 heading: Alt-b or Ctrl-F3 Go to next heading: Alt-f or Ctrl-F4 Go to previous text: Ctrl-F5 Go to next text: Ctrl-F6 Refresh: Ctrl-r Open the history list: Ctrl-h Check the address of the selected title in the history list: Fn-i Find: Ctrl-f Find again: F3 Links list: Alt-i Favorites Set current as your home page: Ctrl-s Add to favorites:
Move to the previous control: Shift-tab Move to the next control: Tab Select the next item in the combo box (list box): Alt-Down arrow key Select the previous item in the combo box (list box): Alt-Up arrow key Moving to the form Move to the previous form: Ctrl-F1 Move to the next form: Ctrl-F2 Table navigation hot keys 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 ce
3. A web page using flash can be opened, but the flash content may not be read. Some web pages that use JavaScript cannot be opened.
12. DAISY Player Using the DAISY Player on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, 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 DAISY books where both text and audio are present. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY supports DAISY books that are version 3.0 or earlier.
from these services, you must register your Braille Sense U2 QWERTY with the National library Service. 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.
To obtain your key number, follow these steps: 1) Press "win key" to bring up the main menu. 2) Press h to access the Help Menu. 3) Press "I" to bring up the Information Dialog. 4) Navigate below "Mac Address for wireless LAN". 5) After the words "Key Number" a 5 or 6 digit number is displayed. To launch the DAISY Player, follow these steps: (1) Press "Enter" on "DAISY Player" in the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY "program" menu. (2) Or press the shortcut key "d” from the "program" menu.
If you replay a book that you have listened to before, playback resumes from the location where you last exited. To stop playing a DAISY book, press "AltF4". A prompt box appears asking if you would like to exit the DAISY Player. You can select "Yes" or "No" with "Space" or "Backspace" and press "Enter". You can also control DAISY playback using the media buttons on the front panel. To use the media buttons to control the DAISY Player, the Media Mode switch must be set to the center position, "DAISY Mode".
12.2 File When in the "File" menu, you can open a new DAISY book, check file information on the currently open book, and set voice parameters. You can open the "File" menu by pressing “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "File". Or, you can press "f" to quickly access the File menu. The "File" menu contains: 1) "Open DAISY" 2) "Voice Settings" 3) "Book-Info" 4) "Exit" You can move among these items with “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. You can activate the selected item by pressing "Enter". 12.2.
in the folder structure, and press the "play" button to play the selected file in the "Open DAISY" dialog. To use these functions, you must set the Media Mode switch to "DAISY Mode". 12.2.2 Voice Settings In the "Voice Settings", you can set the DAISY Player voice parameters. To execute voice settings, follow these steps: (1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. (2) Move to "Voice Settings", below the "File" menu and press "Enter". Or press "s".
This option appears when playing text audio DAISY books. You can access this option directly by pressing "Ctrl-t". The default setting is "Audio". This means the DAISY Player plays audio in text audio DAISY. If you set the "Text", it plays the text in text audio DAISY, and thus the content is read using the TTS. To change the setting value, press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. After changing the setting value, press "Enter". Or press "Tab", to move to "Confirm" and press "Enter". 12.2.2.
12.2.3 Book-Info Using "Book-Info", you can query the information on the currently playing file. Press “Alt” and press "Enter" on "File". Press “down arrow button” repeatedly to move to "Book-Info" and press "Enter" on "Book-Info". You can also activate "Book-Info" by pressing "Alt-Enter". Activating "Book-Info" opens the "Book-Info" dialog. The dialog contains a status box with "running time and pages", another status box containing the "mark information", and a "Close" button.
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 among these items using “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. To activate a menu item, select the menu item, and press "Enter". 12.3.1 Play and Pause You can access "Play/Pause" in the menu by pressing “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "Document". Then, use “down arrow button” to move to "Play/Pause", and press "Enter".
12.3.3 Move by Page You can access this item in the menu by pressing “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "Document". Then, use “down arrow button” to move to "Previous Page", "Next Page", or "Go To Page", and press "Enter". You can move to the next or previous page directly by pressing "page down" or "page up" during play or pause status. You can jump to a specific page by pressing "Ctrl-g".
(1) Press “Ctrl-Alt-Up arrow key”. Every time you press “Ctrl-Alt-Up arrow key”, Braille Sense U2 QWERTY 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 “Ctrl-Alt-Down arrow key”. Every time you press “Ctrl-AltDown arrow key”, Braille Sense U2 QWERTY toggles between 5, 10, or 30 seconds: 1 minute, 3 minutes and 5 minutes. (2) Choose the setting value you want.
To move by the specified text index value, follow these steps: (1) Move to previous text: Press “Ctrl-Alt-Left arrow key”. If you set “Sentence”, it will move to previous position by sentence. (2) Move to next text: Press “Ctrl-Alt-Right arrow key”. If you set “Sentence”, it will move to next position by sentence. 12.4 Mark Using the "Mark" menu, you can insert a mark or jump to a previously created mark in a DAISY book. Up to 1000 marks can be inserted into each DAISY book.
The "Next Mark" function allows you to move to a location ahead of your current position where you have placed a mark. You can access the "Next Mark" function by pressing "Enter" on the "Mark" menu, Navigate to "Next Mark" by pressing “down arrow button” and press "Enter". Or just press "n" to execute the "Next Mark" command. You can also move to the next mark by pressing "N" while reading DAISY content. 12.4.
Use “down arrow button” to move to "Mark", and press "Enter". Use “down arrow button” to move to "Delete Mark", and press "Enter" once more. When you activate the "Delete Mark" function, you are prompted to "Enter mark name to delete:". Make certain that you want to delete the mark that you have entered. If you type a mark name in this edit box, the mark is deleted without warning or confirmation. 12.
the front panel to "DAISY mode". To move to previous or next heading, press the "Back" or "Forward" button for about 2 seconds and release it. 12.5.2 Move to Specific Heading To move to a specific heading, follow these steps: 1) Press "Ctrl-h" while playing a DAISY book. 2) The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays, "Current Heading: xx Total heading: yy. Enter the heading number to move to:". 3) Type the number of the heading you want to move to. 4) Press "Enter".
current position to the end of the book. The headings from the current position to the end are displayed in a list. Press "Enter" or "Space" on a heading in this list to start playback at that position. If you want to cancel the "Scan Heading" function, press "Esc" or "Alt-F4", and you are returned to your previous location. 12.5.5 Find Phrase You can also search for a phrase in an open DAISY book. Follow these steps: 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. 2) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays, "File".
If you want to cancel the "Find Phrase" dialog, press "Enter" on the "Cancel" button. Or press "Alt-F4". 12.
Move to the previous heading: Ctrl-F5 or long press “previous” button Move to the last heading: Ctrl-F8 Move to the first heading: Ctrl-F7 Check the currently-reading level and heading: Ctrl-w Scan the heading list from the present to the end: Ctrl-n Move to Specific Heading: Ctrl-h Find Phrase: Alt-s Heading Find heading: Ctrl-f Find again: F3 Scan heading: Ctrl-n Read heading: Ctrl-w Set mark Set mark at current position: Ctrl-m Move to the next mark: N Move to the previous mark: V Delete mark: Del Misce
13. Bluetooth Manager The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is Bluetooth capable, or rather, you can connect the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY to various devices such as keyboards, printers, audio devices, and other computers without the need for cables. . Bluetooth is the latest in wireless technology and enables wireless connectivity via a Personal Area Network (PAN). Unlike a traditional Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), these networks are limited to approximately 30 feet or less.
When the Bluetooth Manager is activated, it begins scanning for other Bluetooth devices that are in range, and the services available from the other Bluetooth devices. For example, if you have a computer with Bluetooth enabled nearby, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY attempts to find it. It may take 30 to 40 seconds to discover all of the Bluetooth devices in range. The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY announces and displays, "Scanning for devices. Please wait...".
From the Bluetooth Device List, you can access the menu by pressing “Alt” or by pressing "F2". The "Bluetooth Device List menu" contains "Rescan For Devices", "Device Name", "Delete Pair Information", and "Exit". You can navigate among the menu items using “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. The first menu item is "Rescan For Device". This option initiates a new scan for other Bluetooth devices. To activate this item, press “Alt” and press "Enter" on "Rescan For Device".
13.2 Bluetooth Service List When you locate a Bluetooth device to which you'd like to connect, press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to navigate to the device in the Bluetooth Device List, and press "Enter" on the device name. The unit announces, "Scanning for services. Please wait…". Please note The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY does not respond to key presses during the scanning process.
not connected the FTP service, and you activate this function, the unit announces, "FTP service disconnected". You can access "Open FTP" by pressing “Alt” then use “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to navigate to "Open FTP" and press "Enter". The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY says, "Connecting service". You can also activate it by pressing "t" from within the menu, or by pressing "Ctrl-t" directly from the Bluetooth Service List.
code on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, the service should authenticate. If connection is successful, the unit announces, "PIN code authentication accepted". You are then prompted, "Please wait. Access permission". If the remote Bluetooth device does not give access permission, the unit says, "Connection failed", and you are returned to the Bluetooth Services List. If the remote Bluetooth device gives you access permission, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY says "Connection succeeded".
This service works similarly to using FTP on the Internet. It allows you to transfer folders and files to and from the remote Bluetooth device. When referring to the FTP service, we will refer to the file/folder list on the remote Bluetooth device as the "remote folder list" and the file/folder list on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY as the "local folder list". After you have successfully connected to the FTP service, the Bluetooth Manager places you in the remote folder list.
These functions allow you to copy and paste files between the local folder and the remote folder. Use the following steps to copy files from a local folder to the remote folder: 1) From the remote folder list, press “Alt” to open the FTP menu. Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to navigate to "Open Local Folder", and press "Enter". You can also press "o" while in the menu, or you can press “Ctrl-o” to open the local folder directly from the remote folder list.
file is pasted successfully, the unit also announces, "Paste completed", and you are returned to the remote folder list. Use the following steps to copy a file from the remote folder list to the local folder list: 1) Navigate the remote folder, just as you would in the File Manager. For information on how to navigate the File Manager, please refer to chapter 4 in this manual.
One difference is that you do not have to paste the file to the remote folder. It is done as soon as you activate the "Send To" function. ANOTHER difference is that when you activate this function, the file can only be sent to the root of the remote folder list. To copy a file using the "Send To" function, follow these steps: 1) Press “Alt” from the remote folder list to open the menu. Then, press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to move to "Open Local Folder", and press "Enter".
the remote folder list. When using this function, all retrieved files are saved to the "flashdisk/download" folder. Use the following steps to retrieve a file: 1) Navigate the remote folder list using the same commands as in the File Manager (see chapter 4). 2) PRESS "Space" to select the file you want to retrieve. Note that you can select only files, not folders.
created successfully, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY says, "xxx folder created", where xxx is the name of the folder. You are then returned to your previous location: either the remote or local folder list. 4) To cancel the folder creation, press "Alt-F4", and you are returned to the previous list. 13.2.3.5 Delete File/Folder This function allows you to delete files or folders from the remote or local folder list. Note that if a folder contains sub-folders, you cannot delete the folder.
2) Press “Alt” to open the menu, use “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to move to "Information", and press "Enter". Or, you can activate the "Information" function directly from the folder list by pressing "Ctrl-i". 3) The "Information dialog box" appears. The dialog box contains "Type", "Size", "Date", "Attribute (except for folders)", and "Close". You can move among these controls by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab".
using Window-Eyes, SuperNova, VoiceOver, or another compatible screen reader to use the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY as a wireless Braille display. To use the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY as a wireless Bluetooth display with Window-Eyes or iPhone or iPad, please reference the following sections. If you are using another screen reader than those addressed below, please contact HIMS by e-mail at support@hims-inc.com. 13.2.5.
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". 9) The XP machine will find the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, and it will be called "Windows CE". Remember that the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY must be turned on in order to be found as mentioned above.
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 device settings dialog. Press Ctrl-Tab twice to focus the COM ports tab control.
Now that you have set up Window-Eyes, you need to return to the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY to finish the setup. 13.2.5.4 Setting up the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY 1) Press "Win key" to get to the Program menu. 2) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to get to the Utilities menu, or just press the letter u". 3) Press "Enter". 4) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to get to Terminal for screen reader, and press" enter".
2) From the Program menu, press u to access the "Utilities" menu, then press s to execute Terminal for Screen reader. 3) Choose "Bluetooth Serial" as your connection type and pres "Enter". 4) Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays "connecting" soon followed by "Terminal Mode" On the I-Phone: 1) Navigate to Settings/General/Accessibility/VoiceOver/Braille. 2) If Bluetooth is not activated on the I-Phone, it will prompt you to do this. WHEN Bluetooth is activated, the I-Phone searches for devices.
Before you try to use this service, please be sure the Bluetooth keyboard is turned on and in Bluetooth range. Use the following steps to connect to a Bluetooth keyboard: 1) Navigate to the Bluetooth keyboard in the Bluetooth Device List and press "Enter". 2) "Keyboard" should be displayed in the list of available services. 3) Press "Enter" on the "Keyboard" service. 4) If the keyboard requires a PIN code you are prompted to enter it.
13.2.8 Using Multiple Services You can use the LAN, FTP, and ActiveSync Bluetooth services simultaneously. However, if you plan to use any of these services at the same time, you should connect the FTP service before connecting the LAN and ActiveSync services. If you do not connect the FTP service first, you may experience problems. If you are using the Serial Port service, you should not connect to any other Bluetooth services. 13.
14. Database Manager The "Database Manager" is a program which 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. Database Terminology 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, and a table is made up of one or more records.
The menu in the "Database Manager" consists of the following items. You can open this menu by pressing “Alt”. 1. Table Manager: Create, delete, and modify tables, records, and their fields. When you start the "Database Manager" for the first time, the "Table Manager" dialog appears. 2. Add record: Add records to the current table. 3. Search records: Search records in the current table. You can also search each field in the table. 4.
6. Close button: After closing the "Table Manager" dialog, and returns you to your previous position in the program. When there is no table created, if you press "Enter" on the "Close" button, the "Database Manager" program is closed. Move among these controls by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab". 14.1.1 Add Table "Add table" is a dialog for creating a new table.
To cancel adding the field, press “Tab” once more to move to the "Cancel" button, and press "Enter". If you have added a new field, you get a message saying that a new field has been added. The "created fields" list is shown again. Now, "name" field appears in the list, with the form, "name (edit box, pri) 1/1". Since only one primary key exists in a table, if you have set a field as the primary key, the "Set primary key" check box is not shown in the "Add field" dialog when you add another field.
field of the "address book" table, is shown. Here, type the name you want to search for. 14.1.2 Modify Table "Modify table" is used to modify the name or structure of a created table. It contains the same controls as in the "Add Table" dialog. To modify a table, press “Alt” to open the menu, and press "Enter" on "Table Manager". Or press the hotkey for "Table Manager", "Ctrl-t". When the "Table Manager" dialog is opened, the "table name" list is focused.
14.1.3 Delete table Use this option to delete a table. To delete a table, Press “Alt” to open the menu, and press "Enter" on "Table Manager". Or press "Ctrl-t", the hot key for opening the "Table Manager". When the "Table Manager" dialog is opened, the "Table name" edit box is focused. In this list box, move to the name of the table you want to delete by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button” repeatedly, and press "d", the shortcut key for the "Delete table" button.
14.2 Add Record Use this option to add information to a table that you have created. When the "Database Manager" is started, the "Search Records" dialog is opened. To open the "Insert a New Record" dialog, press “Alt” to open the menu, and press "Enter" on "Insert a New Record". Or press "Ctrl-n" from the dialog. Think of a record as a collection of information (fields) for an object (record). Let's consider the "address book" table you created in the previous section.
14.3 Search Records Once you have added records, you will likely want to access this information in an efficient manner. To search for information in your records, use the "Search Records" dialog. To open the "Search Records" dialog, press “Alt” and press "Enter" on "Search Records". Or press “Ctrl-s”. The "Search Records" dialog is opened, and the first field of the table is focused. Type the text that you want to search for. Using the Address Book example, the focused field is the "name" field.
From the "List of Records Found", to search for new text, press “Ctrl-s” to open the "Search Records" dialog again. Type the new text you want to search for and press "Enter". To delete a record, press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to move to the record, and press "Del" from any of the fields in the record. You are asked if you really want to delete the record. Select "Yes" or "No" by pressing "Space" or "Backspace".
You can backup your database file, manually using the "Backup Database" function. You may also backup your database file automatically by using the "Set Backup Options". To activate the "Set Backup Options" function, press “Alt” to open the menu. Press “down arrow button” or “up arrow button” repeatedly to move to "Set Backup Option". Press "Enter". Or, press "e" from the menu to go to "Set Backup Option". You can also activate the function directly by pressing "Ctrl-e".
If a hard reset is performed, or if your battery dies, all of the data in the "Database Manager" is lost. Thus, it is very important that you create a backup file every time you make a change to the Database file. To go to "Backup Database", open the menu by pressing “Alt”. Use “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”, to locate "Backup Database". Press "Enter". You can also press "u" from the menu to get to "Backup Database". Or, press "Enteru" to activate this function directly.
Restore database: Ctrl-o 1. Move by controls Move to the next control: Tab Move to the previous control: Shift-Tab 2. Move in a list box Move to the next list item: Down arrow key or down scroll button Move to the previous list item: Up arrow key or up scroll button 3. Select your answer in the prompt box Move to the next answer: Space or Down arrow key Move to the previous answer: Backspace or Up arrow key 4.
15. EXTRAS 15.1 Games 15.1.1 Sense Dice game Ever been at a party and wanted to play "Quarters", but had no dice? You don't need to worry about such things anymore. With Braille Sense U2 QWERTY you always have virtual dice with you anywhere, any time! 15.1.1.1 Executing the Dice Game 1) The Dice Game is located in the "Extras" menu under the main menu. Press enter on "Extras" or press "X" from the main menu. 2) Press "C" or move to "Sense Dice Game" by pressing "Del" and press "Enter" to start the game.
You can also press "Esc" to return to the "Dice Selection" list and choose a different number of dice to roll. Press "Alt-F4" to exit the game. 15.1.2 Sense Brain Game The Sense Brain Game contains 4 different games. You can play anywhere, any time and train your brain to be sharper and quicker. Have fun and be smarter. 15.1.2.1 Executing the Sense Brain Game 1) The Sense brain game is located in the "Extras" menu under the main "program" menu.
15.1.2.4 Memory game When the game starts, a group of numbers and letters is announced. For example, at level 1, groups of 3 letter-number combinations are spoken. Make sure to memorize these letters and numbers in the order they are spoken. You are then prompted, "Type the answer", at which time you must write the numbers in the order they were given to you and press enter.
When the game starts, you hear the sound of footsteps. A thief is hidden in a 10-story building. A policeman says on which floor the thief is hiding. But, any smart thief won't stay in one place too long, and your job is to catch him. As the criminal runs up and down the stairs, the policeman says, "Up" and "down" repeatedly to let you know how many floors the criminal is traversing. Listen carefully and type the floor on which the thief has chosen to hide again.
The Sense Dictionary is an add-on piece of software for the Sense notetakers available for purchase from HIMS. The basic package includes the New Oxford Mexican Dictionary, and the Concise Oxford American Thesaurus. You can also purchase the following additional bilingual dictionaries: the Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary, the Concise Oxford Hachette French Dictionary, the Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary, and the Oxford Essential Arabic Dictionary.
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 relationships among people who share interests and/or activities. To access the Social networking services on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, follow these steps: (1) Make sure The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY has an active Internet connection, as all of the services in this menu require online access.
In the "Social Networking" menu, you can navigate among the programs by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. To open a program, press "Enter" on the program or type the shortcut key associated with the program. 16.2 Twitter "Twitter" is a micro-blogging service that allows you to post messages in real time to those who follow you and read the posts of friends and family as well as news sites and other organizations that wish to post information for public reading.
7) Unfollow: to stop following another user. 8) Retweet: to deliver another user's tweet to your followers by reposting it. Abbreviated using "RT". 9) Friend: users who follow each other. 10) DM: Direct Message to or from a specific user. You can only send a "Direct Message" to someone who follows you. "Note: direct messages are private, thus can only be seen by those who exchange them. 11) Timeline: a list of tweets in the order they were posted. 16.2.
5) Save password: a check box, to choose whether you save your "password". The default is "Unchecked". 6) Auto Sign In: a check box, to choose whether you automatically sign in to "Twitter" when the program is launched. The default is "Unchecked". Note: to use the Auto Sign In function, "Remember me" and "Save Password" check boxes must be checked. 7) Sign In: button, to log in to Twitter 8) Cancel: button, to cancel log in and exit the "Twitter" program.
Press the hot key, "Ctrl-g" to sign out of the current Twitter account, or press "Enter" on the "Sign out" option located under the "File" menu. To exit the "Twitter" program, press "Alt-F4" or press "Enter" on the "Exit" option located under the "File" menu. 16.2.3 Main "Twitter" dialog If sign-in is successful, you are placed in the main "Twitter" dialog. The main "Twitter" dialog consists of 10 controls. Move among the controls using "Tab" or "Shift-tab".
For example, "Friday, January 1, 2011, 3:00 pm" 3) Next list: Pressing "Enter" on this button loads the next group of 32 tweets. You can also press the hot key, "Ctrl-n" to load the next list. 4) Refresh button: Press "Enter" on this button to refresh the Timeline to reflect any new tweets posted since you opened "Twitter", or performed your last refresh. You can also refresh your timeline by pressing "Ctrl-r".
1) Home Timeline: Your "Home Timeline" is displayed when you sign in to "Twitter". All tweets by those you follow are posted here. The hot key to access your "Home Timeline" is "Ctrl-h" from anywhere in "Twitter". 2) Friend Timeline: This displays all tweets, excluding "Retweets". The hot key for accessing your "Friend Timeline" is "Ctrl-f". 3) User Time line: This displays only the tweets posted by a specified user. Use the hot key "Ctrl-u" to access the user timeline.
You can refresh a timeline by pressing the hot key "Ctrl-r". Or Press "Tab" from the main "Twitter" dialog to move to the "Refresh" button and press "Enter". 16.2.4.3 Load Next list Use this function to load the next list of 32 tweets. Each time you active the "Next List" command, the next 32 tweets are added to the current list. The list continues to accumulate until you perform a refresh. To load the "Next List", use the hot key, "Ctrl-n", or tab to the "Next List" button and press "Enter". 16.2.5.
"Enter". Your time line is then refreshed, and you are returned to the list of tweets in your home timeline. 16.2.5.2 Remove Tweet If you post a tweet that contains mistakes, or about which you change your mind on posting, you can remove it. To do this, navigate to the tweet you wish to remove and press "Del" or tab to the "Remove" button and press "Enter". You are asked if you are sure you want to remove the tweet. Press "Enter" to continue with the removal.
Example 2: @Bill and @Robin will be featured on the technology show this evening". Example addresses a specific user. Example 2 mentions 2 specific users and identifies their inclusion on an upcoming technology show. 16.2.5.5 Reply A "Reply" is simply a reply to a posted tweet. To reply to a tweet, navigate to the tweet to which you want to reply, and press "Enter-y(1-3-4-5-6)" or tab to the "Reply" button and press "Enter". Or, from the menu, select "Reply" in the "Tweets" menu.
press "Enter". The "Web Browser" is automatically launched and you are taken to the web address of the URL. 3) Close: A button to close the "Tweet Information" dialog and return to the Timeline. You can also use "Esc" To close the dialog. Use the following hot keys in the "Content" box. 1) Start selection: Ctrl-b 2) Select all: Ctrl-a 3) Copy: Ctrl-c 16.2.5.7 Add to Favorites "Add to Favorites" is a function to add a specific tweet to your "Favorite List".
3) Remove: A button to delete the focused favorite. You can also press "Del" to delete the favorite. 4) Close: Closes the "Favorite List" dialog and returns you to your previous position. You can also use "Esc" to close the "Favorite List.. 16.2.6. Managing Followers and following 16.2.6.1 Follow User This command is used to start following the tweets of another user. To open the "Follow User" dialog, press "Alt-a". Or you can activate "Follow User" from the "Follow" menu.
1) Following: A list of those you follow on Twitter. 2) About me: A status box displaying the self introduction of the focused user. 3) Next list: Loads the next 32 users you follow. You can also load the "Next List" by pressing "Enter-n". 4) Remove Follow: A button to remove the user from the list of those you follow, or rather, a button to stop following a user. You can also press "Del" to delete the focused user from your "Following" list. 5) Close: A button to close the "Following" dialog.
16.2.7.1 Send Direct Message Use the "Send Direct Message" dialog to send a "Direct Message" (DM) to one of your "followers". To open the "Send Direct Message" dialog, press “Ctrl-s”, or select "Send Direct Message" from the "Tweets" menu. The "Send Direct Message" dialog consists of 6 controls. Move among the controls by pressing "Tab" or "Shift-tab". 1) Followers: The list of those who follow you. Select a user from this list to send a direct message to that person.
2) Next list: Loads the next 20 messages in the list. Press "Ctrl-n" or press "Enter" on the button to load the next list. 3) Reply: Use this button to compose a reply to the focused message. You can also open the "Reply" dialog by pressing "Ctrl-y". 4) Close: A button to close the "Received Direct Messages" dialog and return to your previous position. You can also use "Esc" to close the dialog. 16.2.7.
The "Global Search" launches a search for entered text among all "Twitter" timelines. You can also follow the user of a tweet in the results of your "Global Search". To open the "Global Search" dialog, press "Ctrl-f" or select the "Global Search" item from the "Search" menu. The "Global" search dialog contains 6 controls. Move among the controls by pressing "Tab" or "Shift-tab". 1) Search word?: An edit box into which you can enter the word for which you want to search.
"User search" lets you specifically search for entered words among users' profiles, id's, and names registered on Twitter. To open the "User Search" dialog menu, press "F3" or select the "User Search" item located in the "Search" menu. It is similar to the "Global search" dialog. The "User Search" dialog consists of 6 controls. Move among the controls by pressing "Tab" or "Shift-tab". 1) Search word?: An edit box into which you can enter the term for which you want to search.
4) Add search word: Use this button to add a new word to the list. 5) Remove search word: Delete the focused word from the list using this button. 6) Close: This button closes the "Search word list" dialog and returns you to your previous position. You can also use " Esc" to close the dialog. " Use the following steps to add a word to the "Search word" list: (1) From the "Search word list" dialog, press "Enter-a" (2) "Save Search?" edit box appears.
1) Name 2) ID 3) Homepage 4) About me 5) Follow count 6) Follower count 7) Edit 8) Close In the "Personal Information" dialog, you can edit name, homepage, and "about me". Use the following steps to modify your personal information. (1) When the "Personal Information" dialog is open, move to the "Edit" button by pressing "Tab". (2) Press "Enter". You can now modify your personal information using the edit boxes displayed: Name EB, Homepage CEB, About me EB.
1) File name: A combo edit box, in which to enter your desired file name. The default is "Timeline name current date". For example, "Home Timeline 20110310". 2) Confirm: Press this button to save the current timeline. 3) Cancel: Use this button to exit the "Save Current Timeline" dialog and return to the "Tweet" dialog. 4) File List: A file browser control in which you can change the storage path.
When you launch Google Talk, the "Login" dialog appears. The "Login" dialog consists of 7 controls. Move among the controls by pressing "Tab" or "Shift-tab". 1) E-mail: A computer edit box in which to enter your Gmail address. 2) Password: A computer edit box to input your Gmail password. 3) Remember me: A check box for choosing whether or not to save your user ID. The default is set to "Uncheck". You can check the box by pressing "Space".
Move to the first item in the contact list: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key Move to the last item in the contact list: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key 16.3.1.2 Sign Out & Exit Use the "Sign Out" function to sign out of the current account without closing the Google Talk program. When you sign out of the current account, you are returned to the "Sign in" dialog where, if you wish, you may log in with a different Google account.
3) Cancel: Use this button to close the "Add contact" dialog and return to your contact list. After you add a contact, the contact displays as "off-line" until he or she accepts your contact invitation. After the contact accepts your request, the contact's status is reflective of his or her actual status. 16.3.2.2 Delete Contact Use the "Delete Contact" function to delete a contact from your contact list. When you delete a contact, the user can no longer send you messages or see your status.
1) Navigate to the contact you want to block in the contact list. 2) Press "Alt-b" or press "Enter" on "Block Contact" from the "Contact" menu. 3) You are prompted, "Block XXX? Yes". "XXX" is the user ID to block. If you press "Enter", the contact is blocked. To cancel blocking the contact, press "Space" to change to "No" and press "Enter". Or press "Esc" to cancel blocking the contact. You are then returned to the contact list. 16.3.2.
1) Contact Information: A Status area containing several pieces of information about the contact. Move to each item using “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. A. Display name: Displays on-line ID set on the "My Status Options". B. E-mail: Displays E-mail account. C. Chat: Displays whether chat is "Enabled" or "Disabled". D. File sharing: Displays whether it is possible to send/receive files with this contact. E. Voice Chat: Displays whether voice chatting is possible. F.
Use the "Start Chat" function to open a conversation window through which you can send and receive text messages with the focused contact in your "Contact" list. To send a message to the focused contact, press “Ctrl-s” or navigate to the desired user ID, using “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” and press "Enter". Or open the "Actions" menu, and press "Enter" on the "Start Chat" option. The "Chat" dialog consists of 2 controls.
While in your "Contact list", you can press "Ctrl-t", to return to the most recently used "Chat" window. Or press "Enter" on the "Move to Recent Chat" option in the "Actions" menu. To exit "Chat" windows, press "Alt-F4” or "Esc" 16.3.4 Start Voice Chat Use the "Start voice chat" function to start a real time voice conversation with a contact in your contact list. Unlike text chat, it is only possible to converse with one contact at a time using voice chat.
16.3.5 Sending/Receiveing a file The Google Talk program on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY supports the ability to send and receive files. With this function, you can send your files to your Google Talk contacts and save files from your contacts on your Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. 16.3.5.1 Sending a file Use the "Send File" function to send files to your contacts. It allows you to send multiple files at one time, as well as to exchange messages in the "Chat" dialog while sending files.
16.3.5.2 Receiving a file In addition to sending files to contacts, you can receive files they wish to send to you. You can receive multiple files at once, and exchange messages in the "Chat" dialog while receiving files. Use the following steps to receive files from one of your contacts: (1) When a contact requests to send you a file, "XXX send to file" message is displayed. The "Chat" window is opened and the "Receiving File Information list" is focused.
"Save Conversation" is a function to save messages exchanged with a contact as a text file. To execute this function, press "Alt-s" from the "Chat" window or select the "Save Conversation" item located in the "File" menu. The "Save Conversation" dialog consists of 4 controls. Move among the controls by pressing "Tab" or "Shift-tab". 1) File Name: A combo edit box in which to type in the name you want to give the conversation file. 2) Confirm: A button to confirm and save the conversation.
3) Move to Chat: Use this button to move to the selected chat window. 4) Close chat: Use this button, to close the selected chat window. 5) Cancel: Use this button to exit the "Manage Chat Window" dialog and return to the "Contact list". 16.3.6.3 Find The "Find" command searches for a word or character string in the "History" edit box of the chat window. This can be useful in a situation where many messages are exchanged.
The "Export Contact list" dialog consists of 4 controls. Move among the controls by pressing "Tab" or "Shift-tab". 1) File name: A combo edit box into which you can type the name for the contact list file. 2) Confirm: Use this button to execute the "Export Contact list" function. 3) Cancel: Use this button to exit the "Export Contact list" dialog and return to the "Contact list". 4) File list: A file browser control in which you can set the path to save the "Contact list".
The Google Talk Program on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY contains several option settings, including "My status options", "on-line ID", "autoreply" "notification and sound". Below is a detailed explanation of each of these option settings. 16.3.7.1 My status Options This menu allows you to set how your status and on-line ID is displayed to your contacts. To open the "My status options" dialog, press "Alt-u" from the contact list or press "Enter" on "My Status Options" from the "Options" menu.
A. Display contact list: Choose whether the contact list displays all contacts or only online contacts. Use "Space" or "Backspace" to change the setting. B. Contact request: Setup how to respond to an incoming contact request. The options are, "notification", "accept" and "reject". If you choose "notification", you are notified of the request and question to "accept" or "reject" the request. If you choose "accept", the request is automatically accepted.
3) Show me as "Away" when I’m inactive for: When there is no input for the specified amount of time, your status is automatically displayed as "Idle". Enter time in minutes. 4) Confirm: A button to save the settings. 5) Cancel: A button to exit the "Action Options" dialog and return to the "Contact list". 16.3.7.3 Alert Options The "Alert Options" dialog lets you set whether you use Message Sound Notifications While in Current Window and whether to play the keyboard sound when someone is typing.
16.3.7.4 Path Options The "Path Options" Allows you to set the path for saving conversations, file transfers, and temporary storage. To open the "path options" dialog, press "Alt-p" or press "Enter" on the "Path Options" item from the "Options" menu. The "Path Options" dialog consists of 5 controls. Move among the controls by pressing "Tab" or "Shift-tab". 1) Set download path: A button to set the path for saving messages. If you press "Enter" on the button, the "Set path" dialog appears.
To launch MSN messenger, from the "Social Networking" menu, press the short cut key, "n". Or press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to move to "MSN messenger" and press Enter. 16.4.1 Getting Started with MSN Messenger When you launch MSN messenger, the log-in dialog is displayed. 1) When the log-in dialog appears, you are placed in the "E-mail" computer edit box. Type the e-mail address you have registered for your MSN passport in computer Braille.
If you try to execute MSN Messenger when the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is not connected to the Internet, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY announces "Connection failed. please check your Internet connection." and returns to the log-in dialog. 16.4.2 Using a Contact List If you have successfully logged in, a list box containing your MSN contacts appears. In this list, the contact information for those who are online and for those who are offline is grouped together.
16.4.2.1 Instant Messaging To have a conversation with a person in your list of contacts, move to the contact, and press "Alt" to open the menu. Move to "Actions" and press "Enter". Press "Enter" again on "Send Instant Message". Or press "Enter" or “Ctrl-s” on the contact in the list. The "Instant message" dialog appears, in which you can type messages back and forth with your contact online. 16.4.2.
4) Press “Tab” to move to the "Confirm" button, and press "Enter". The contact is deleted and the contact list box appears again. To cancel deletion, press “Tab” once more to move to the "Cancel" button. Then press "Enter". You can delete a contact regardless of whether he/she is online or offline. To view information for a contact, do the following: 1) Move to the contact for whom you want information by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”. 2) Press “Alt” to open the menu.
1) Press “Alt” to open the menu. Press "Enter" on "File". Move to "My Status" by pressing “down arrow button”, and press "Enter". Or to activate this function directly, press "Ctrl-m". 2) The dialog appears, and your nickname is displayed. Press “Tab” to move to your e-mail address, and “Tab” again to move to "Status", and so on. 3) When done reading the information, Press “Tab” to move to the "Close" button, and press "Enter". Or you can press "Esc".
after logging in. You can use the "Save Account" option to do this. It is exactly the same as checking the two check boxes in the login dialog. To use "Save Account", press “Alt” to open the menu. Press “down arrow button” repeatedly to move to "Tools", and press "Enter". Press “down arrow button” to move to "Save account", and press "Enter". You are prompted, "Save account? Yes". Press "Enter" and you are placed back in the contact list box. 3.
4) If you press "Enter", the typewriter click sounds as you type. If you press “down arrow button” to move to "No" and press "Enter", the keyboard sound plays when a person is typing to you even if you are writing a message. 5. Message sound notification while in current window Use this option to choose whether you are alerted to new messages via a notification sound while in a chat conversation. To adjust this setting, do the following: 1) Press “Alt” to open the menu.
move to this option directly. You are prompted, "Play message sound notification while messenger is in the background: Yes". 4) If you press "Enter", a beep sound is heard when a new message is received. If you press “down arrow button” and press "Enter", there is no beep sound, thus you are not alerted to new messages until you return to the messenger program and view them. 16.4.
by pressing "Page up” and press "Enter" on another contact, another instant message dialog is opened. To close the instant message dialog, press "Enter" on the "Close" button, or press "Esc" key. The dialog is closed, and you are returned to the contact list box. 16.4.3.1 Inviting Others to Start a Conversation You can invite multiple people to the same conversation so that all of you can write to each other in one instant message dialog.
16.4.3.3 Copying and Pasting Instant Messages You can copy the messages in the "history" window or "input" edit box, as you can do in the "Word Processor". However, since the "history" window is read only, you cannot paste, cut, or delete the messages in the "history" window. If you wish, you can paste text into the "input" edit box. To select a block of text, move the cursor to the start point, and press “Ctrl-b”. Move to the end point of the text to be selected. Press "Ctrl-c" to copy.
Sign Out: Ctrl-g Personal Information: Ctrl-I Save Current Timeline: Alt-s Home Timeline: Ctrl-h Friend Timeline: Ctrl-f User Timeline: Ctrl-u Current User Timeline: Alt-u Mention Timeline: Ctrl-m Retweet By Me: Alt-b Retweet To Me: Alt-t Retweet Of Me: Alt-o Tweet: Ctrl-t Remove Tweet: Delete Retweet: Ctrl-e Reply: Ctrl-y Add To Favorite: Ctrl-v Favorite List: Ctrl-l Send Direct Message: Ctrl-s Sent Direct Message: Alt-m Received Direct Message: Alt-r Follow User: Alt-a Following: Alt-l Followers: Alt-e Gl
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-Down arrow key Move to the previous list: Up arrow key Move to the next list: Down arrow key Move to the top of the list: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key/Fn-Left arrow key Move to the bottom the list: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key/Fn-Right arrow key Enter into selected folder or open the selected file: Enter Move to the upper level folder: Backspace 16.5.
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: Ctrl-v Start Selection: Ctrl-b Select All: Ctrl-a Find: Ctrl-f Find Again: F3 Action Menu Commands Start Chat: Ctrl-s 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: Ct
Move to the next Contents: Down arrow key Move to the previous 32-items of the Contents: Fn-Up arrow key button Move to the next 32-item of the Contents: Fn-Down arrow key button Move to the first item of the Contents: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key Move to the last item of the Contents: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key 16.5.3 MSN Messenger 1. Sign-in dialog box Move to the next control: Tab Move to the previous control: Shift-tab Check or uncheck a check box: Space 2.
Move to the previous control: Shift-Tab Move between the instant message dialog box and the contact list box: Page up or Page down Save as: Alt-s Print: Ctrl-p Close: ESC Cut: Ctrl-x Copy: Ctrl-c Delete: Ctrl-d Paste: Ctrl-v Select all: Ctrl-a Start selection: Ctrl-b Find: Ctrl-f Find again: F3 Invitation: Ctrl-i 388
17. Utilities The "Utilities" menu provides several special functions and settings for the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY.
To access the menu items, 1) Press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” in the "program" menu. 2) Press "Enter" on the "Utilities" menu. Or, press "u" from the "program" menu to open the Utilities menu. 3) The "Utilities" menu contains many settings dialogs and small applications. The following sections discuss each of these menu options and their functions in greater detail. 17.
to access. In the "Calculator", you can open the menu by pressing “Alt”, and press "Enter" on "General Functions". Or, you can press "g" from the menu to access "General Functions". When the calculator is opened, 0 is displayed in computer Braille. From the calculation line, you can access the "General Functions" using the hot key, "Ctrl-g". When the dialog opens, you are placed on the general function list. Once there, you can select your desired operation and press "Enter" to run it.
17.1.2 Memory Functions The "Memory Functions" store your resulting answers and calculations in memory for later use. The "Memory Functions" menu has four items: "Recall Item", "Delete All Saved Items", "Save Item", and "Statistics Functions". You can move among these items by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button” repeatedly, and press "Enter" on the desired feature. To access these menu items, press “Alt” to open the menu, and press "Enter" on "Memory Functions".
17.1.2.2 Delete All Saved Items You can delete all of the saved items stored in the "Recall Items". To do this, open the menu by pressing “Alt” or press "F2". Then, use “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to move to the "Memory Functions" menu, and press "Enter". Next, use “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” to move to "Delete All Saved Items", and press "Enter". You can also press "Ctrl-d" while in the calculation line. 17.1.2.
17.1.2.4 Statistics Function If you select this menu item, a dialog 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 among these elements by pressing “Tab”, or "shift-tab". You can open this dialog by pressing "Alt-t" in the calculation line, or by pressing "t" in the "Memory Functions" menu. In the variable list, the variable names and their current values are displayed.
17.1.4 Cosine Functions You can activate the "Cosine Functions" by pressing "Enter" on "Cosine Functions" or by pressing "i" from the menu. Or, in your calculation line, you can open the "Cosine Functions" by pressing "Ctrl-i". The "cosine function" list consists of "Cosine", "Arc cosine", and "Hyperbolic cosine".
You can activate the "Logarithm Functions" menu by pressing "Enter" on "Logarithm Functions", or by pressing "l" from the menu. Or, in your calculation line, you can open the "Logarithm Functions" by pressing "Ctrl-l". If you press "Enter" on one of the logarithm functions, or "Tab" to "confirm" while one of the functions is focused, you can insert this function into your calculation. Or, you can run a "Natural logarithm" by pressing "n" from the list. You can run a "Common logarithm" by pressing "c". 17.
17.1.9 Exit This is used to exit the calculator. You can close the calculator by pressing "Enter" on "Exit Calculator" or press z in the menu. Or, in your calculation line, you can exit by pressing "Alt-F4". 17.1.10 Sample Math Calculations The following are examples for each of the math functions you can perform when using the calculator on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. 1. Addition Plus For Plus press “+” For example, to add the numbers 10 and 20, you would enter: 10+20. The result is displayed as 30. 2.
If you want to calculate, what a 10 percent mark-up of 20 would be, enter the following, 20+10% which gives you the result 22. You get this answer because, 2 is 10percent of 20. To calculate a 10 percent mark-down on 20, press: 20-10% which gives the result 18. You get this answer because, 2 is 10 percent of 20. To calculate what percentage 20 is of 10, press: 20/10% which gives you the result 200. To calculate 10 percent of 20, press: 20*10% which gives the result 2. That is, 10 percent is 0.1. 20*0.1 = 2.
For Sine, press “Ctrl” with “s,” and then “s.” This is shown on the Braille display as, sin(. For Arc Sine, press “Ctrl” with “s,” then “a.” This is displayed as asin(. For Hyperbolic sine, press “Ctrl” with “s,” then “h.” This is displayed as sinh(. In order to calculate the sine of a 30 degree angle you would type the following: Ctrl with s, then “s,” 30 and then” ).” Press “Enter” and your answer is displayed as 0.5.
Common logarithm For Common logarithm, press “Ctrl” with “l,” and then “n.” This is displayed as log(. For example, to calculate the common logarithm of the 100, you press: Ctrl with l, N, 100 and then “)”. That is, log(100) which gives the result 2. Natural Logarithm For Natural logarithm, press “Ctrl” with “l,” and then, “e.” This is displayed as ln(. For example, to calculate the natural logarithm of the 100, you press: Ctrl with l, E, 100 and then “)”. That is, ln(100) which gives the result 4.60517019.
1. The unit discharges a great distance from the location where the compass was last used. 2. The unit remains discharged for more than a month. 17.2.1 Options of gyrocompass There are 2 option settings available when viewing compass status: "Refreshing time" and "Compass display type". Refreshing time: You can set the interval of the automatic announcement of the compass status. To set this option, follow these steps: 1) Execute "Display Compass Heading".
The set time and date is a dialog, consisting of the following: "Time zone", "Use Daylight Savings", "Time format", "Time", "Date", "Synchronize with time server", a "Confirm" button, and a "Cancel" button. You can move among these items by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab". When you activate "Set Time and Date" for the first time, you will likely see "Time zone? Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana (GMPT-08:00)" as this is the default.
QWERTY must be connected to the Internet. When connected, press "Enter" on the "Synchronize with time server" button. After synchronization, it displays the synchronized time in the "Time" edit combo box. The synchronized date is also displayed in the "Date" edit combo box. To save your settings, press “Tab”, to the "confirm" button and press "Enter" you are returned to "Set Time and Date" in the "Utilities" menu. Or, when you have completed entering all of the information simply presses "Enter". 17.
When the alarm sounds, the Braille display also displays the message "Wake up call. Press “Ctrl” to stop the alarm". As the message indicates, to stop the alarm, press "Ctrl". 17.5.1 Set Time When you open the "Wake up alarm" dialog, the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY displays the "Set time" field. The value is set to the current time or the time specified previously. Here you can directly type the time, or set the time using the shortcut keys, as explained in section 6.3.
17.5.4 Ringing Duration This option sets the amount of time that the alarm sounds. The options are 1 minute, 2 minutes, or 3 minutes. Move among these options by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. If you set the ringing duration to "1 minute", the alarm sounds for one minute, then is silent. To stop the alarm before a minute has passed, press "Ctrl". 17.5.5 Repeat Interval This option sets the amount of time that is between the times that the alarm sounds.
You can open the calendar by pressing "Enter" on "Calendar" in the "Utilities" menu, or by pressing "l". The following options are available: "Solar calendar", and "Lunar calendar"". In the calendar, you can check three kinds of information starting from the year 1841 to the year 2043. If you type a date that is not in the range and press "Enter", you get the message, "Invalid date", and return to the "Date" edit combo box. 17.6.
Move to the next year: Ctrl-Down arrow button Move to the previous year: Ctrl-Up arrow button 17.7 Pronunciation Dictionary The "Pronunciation dictionary" is used to modify how Braille Sense U2 QWERTY pronounces specified words as defined by your entries into the dictionary. You can open it by pressing "p" from the "Utilities" menu. The "Pronunciation dictionary" is composed of the list, "Add Word" button, "Modify Word" button, "Delete Word" button and "Close" button.
entry is focused, press “Alt”. You are prompted to, "Modify entry: (focused word)". Press “Tab” and you are placed in the "Replacement: (new pronunciation)" edit box. Type the new replacement pronunciation text and press "Enter". Or press “Tab” again to move to the "Confirm" button and press "Enter". The word is modified and the focus is returned to the "Modify Word" button. To cancel this modification, press "Enter" on the "Cancel" button or press "Esc" or press "Alt-F4".
a number sign. If you press "Enter" without typing any numbers, the "Countdown timer" starts counting down by the default time, which is set to one minute. When started, the "Countdown timer" displays "countdown xx minute", and begins running. Press "Enter" on the "Countdown timer", and the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY tells you the remaining time, and pauses countdown. Press "Enter" again to restart the timer. Pressing "Backspace" clears the "Countdown timer".
For more information on using the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY as a Braille display, see section 13.2.5 on using the Bluetooth serial service. You can also download USB drivers and installation instructions for various screen readers under the "Resource Center" section of our website: www.himsinc.com. 17.10 Setup Internet The "Setup internet" function is used to configure your Braille Sense U2 QWERTY to use various connection types to access the Internet.
in the "Global Options" dialog. You can toggle the Ethernet port on and off from anywhere on Braille Sense U2 QWERTY using "Fn-F11". From the list of connection options in "Set up Internet", navigate to "LAN" and press "Enter". "Setup IP: Automatic" is displayed. If your service provider does not require you to use a static IP address, simply press "Enter" on this option for automatic setup. For the automatic setup, your host server should provide DHCP service (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
When wireless is on, this list shows the wireless "access points" (networks) in range of your notetaker. The "Access points" list displays the "access point name", "encryption", and "sensitivity" of each item. (Ex: linksys, encryption: WEP, sensitivity: good.) If there is more than one access point in the list, you can move among them by pressing “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. Move to the "access point" to which you want to connect, and press "Enter".
1) "Setup IP: Automatic" combo box: You can switch between automatic and manual by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”. If you select "Manual", you must enter your IP address, subnet mask, gateway IP address, and DNS IP address. You can move among these computer edit boxes by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”. Press “Tab” to move to the next control. 2) "Network name (SSID)" computer edit box: Type the network ID in the computer edit box.
4. "Remove" button: To delete a profile item in the profile list, select the profile item you wish to delete, and press "r" or navigate to the "Remove" button by pressing “Tab”, and press "Enter" on the "Remove" button. 5. "Properties" common dialog button: To get information about a selected profile item in the profile list, press "Enter" on the "Properties" common dialog button after focusing on a profile item. By using “Tab”. You can reconfirm the information for each profile.
"Add" is a dialog for creating a modem connection configuration. It contains "connection settings list", a "Confirm" button, and a "Cancel" button. You can move among these by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab". The "connection settings list" contains "Connect name", "Connect number", "ID", "Password", and "Modem speed". In the "Connect name" edit box, type the host name or something that clearly identifies this connection to you. In the "Connect number" edit box, type the number of the host in computer Braille.
Sense U2 QWERTY's LAN port and the other end to a DSL modem. Be sure the Ethernet port is turned on in the "Global Options" dialog. From the connection types list under "Setup Internet", navigate to "ADSL" and press "Enter". The ADSL configuration dialog contains the following controls: connect list, default, add, modify, delete, and close. You can move among the controls by pressing “Tab” or "shift-tab". Within each control, you can move among the items by pressing “down arrow button” or “up arrow button”.
To delete a connection configuration from the list, select the connect name you want to delete from the list, and press "Enter" on the "delete" button. Or, press "Delete" on the connection name you want to delete. To exit the ADSL setup, press "Alt-F4", or press "Enter" on the "Close" button. 17.11 Display Network Status Using this utility, you can check whether the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is currently connected to the Internet.
You can activate the "Display power status" function by pressing b or press "Enter" on "Display power status" from the "Utilities" menu. You can queery power status from anywhere on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY by pressing "Fn-b". When you execute this command, 2 pieces of information are displayed: the percentage of charge remaining in the battery, and whether the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is using the AC adapter or the battery to receive power.
Select the folder or disk in which to store the backup by pressing "Space", and press "Enter" to start the backup process. Each of these options has its own backup file. This means that if you backup options for 5 programs, it generates 5 backup files. If you select the "Restore" button, you are prompted for the path from which to restore backup files. Again, use normal file and folder navigation to select the folder containing your backup files.
2) Confirm button 3) Cancel button To navigate among the programs, press “up arrow button” or “down arrow button”. Press "Tab" or "Shift-tab" to navigate to the "Confirm" and "Cancel" buttons. To hide unused programs on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, press "Space" on each of the programs you wish to hide in the program list. Press "Enter" to save your settings, or tab to "Confirm" and press "Enter".
3) Press "Enter" 4) You are prompted, "Format flashdisk?" Yes". 5) Press "Enter" 6) You are prompted, "All data will be lost. Continue? Yes". 7) Press "Enter". 8) The unit announces, "Now formatting flashdisk" and the format is started. 9) When the format is complete, you are returned to the "Disk" list. To cancel the format, press "Space", or press "Enter" on "No" in step 4 or 6.
When the sleep timer is set, even if the device is active, it powers off after the specified amount of time. If you set the sleep timer for "5" minutes and press "Fn-j" after 2 minutes, "3" is displayed in the edit box, indicating the time remaining before the sleep timer powers the unit off. 17.17 Upgrade Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Firmware Using this utility, you can update the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY either via an Internet connection or from external media containing the upgrade files.
17.17.1 Upgrading the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Firmware Using the Internet To upgrade the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Firmware via the Internet, follow these steps: 1) Make sure you are connected to the Internet and plugged into AC power. Press "Enter" on "Upgrade Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Firmware" in the "Utilities" menu. 2) Press "Enter" on "Upgrade: Online". The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY connects to the HIMS server, and your current software version is compared to the HIMS server version.
17.17.2 Upgrading the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Firmware from a Disk To upgrade the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Firmware from a disk, follow these steps: 1) Download the upgrade files from the HIMS, Inc. website. Extract the zip file and copy the 3 files contained in it to the root of an external storage device such as an SD card or USB thumb drive. 2) Connect the SD card or USB drive to the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, and be sure the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is connected to AC power.
17.18 Hot Keys for Utilities Calculator: c Calculator Clear:Alt-c Delete numbers or operators: Backspace General functions: Ctrl-g Plus: + Minus: Division: / Multiplication: * Percent: % Power: ^ Square Root: Ctrl-q Decimal Point: .
Hyperbolic Tangent: Ctrl-t, h Logarithm Functions: Ctrl-l Natural Logarithm: Ctrl-l, e Common Logarithm: Ctrl-l, n Copy to Clipboard: Ctrl-c Option Settings: Ctrl-o Set time and date: t Move to the next day: Right arrow key Move to the previous day: Left arrow key Move to the next week: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to the previous week: Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to the next month: Down arrow key Move to the previous month: Left arrow key Move to the next year: Ctrl-Down arrow key Move to the previous year: Ctrl
Navigation keys for date in calendar Move to the next day: Right arrow key Move to the previous day: Left arrow key Move to the next week: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to the previous week: Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to the next month: Down arrow key Move to the previous month: Up arrow key Move to the next year: Ctrl-Down arrow key Move to the previous year: Ctrl-Up arrow key Pronunciation dictionary: p Move to the previous control: Tab Move to the next control: Shift-tab Move to the previous item in entry: Up
Backup/Restore personalized settings: k Move to previous item: Up arrow key or up scroll button Move to next item: Down arrow key or down scroll button Move to previous control: Shift-tab Move to next control: Tab Format: Hold Fn-f and press and release "Reset" Set Sleep Timer: Fn-j Upgrade Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Firmware: u Check download information: Space Cancel download and exit: Alt-F4 428
18. Using the help menu The help section consists of various text files that allow you to read about the many functions of the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY. The "Help" menu contains the following sections: 1. Help Overview 2. Basic Functions Help 3. Global Options Help 4. File Manager Help 5. Word Processor Help 6. Address Manager Help 7. Schedule Manager Help 8. Email Help 9. Media Player Help 10. FM Radio Help 11. Web Browser Help 12. DAISY Player Help 13. Bluetooth Manager Help 14. Database Manager Help 15.
file, press "Win key" to go to the "program" menu, and use “down arrow button” repeatedly until you locate "Help." Press "Enter". The first item is "Help Overview". Press "Enter" on "Help Overview" to open it. Keys for navigating are the same as those in the Word Processor. For a list of navigation keys, please see section 20.3.2. As you read the manual on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, you can search for text in the various sections by pressing "Ctrl-f". Type the text you wish to find, and press "Enter".
The saved file is named "bs-information.txt", and is stored in "flashdisk" for easy access.
19. Using ActiveSync 19.1 What is ActiveSync? ActiveSync, or Windows Mobile Device Center as it is called in later versions of Windows, is a program that allows mobile devices to connect to a personal computer. This program enables file transfer from a personal computer to a mobile device and vice versa. This program also facilitates synchronization of the calendar and contacts on Braille Sense U2 QWERTY with those on Microsoft Outlook.
several sounds. First, on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, you will hear chimes. Then, on your computer, you will hear a "ding-dong" sound indicating the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY is connected to the PC. You will again hear chimes on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, and then on your computer indicating that each recognizes the other as a device for synchronization. 19.
19.4 Transferring Files to the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Via ActiveSync To transfer files to the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY from your computer, locate the file(s) you want to transfer from your PC using Windows Explorer. Select the file(s), and press "ctrl-c" on your PC to copy the file(s) to the clipboard. Go to the desktop on your computer by pressing "Windows-key-d". Press the letter m repeatedly until you reach "My computer". Press "Enter".
20. Command Summary 20.
Read the current item again: Fn-r Say current time: Fn-t Display power status: Fn-b Call up the “global options”: F10 Online help: F1 Check software version: Fn-v only in the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY “program” menu.
Move to previous item: Up arrow key or up scroll button Move to next item: Down arrow key or down scroll button Move to the beginning of the list: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key Move to the end of the list: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key 20.2.
Select all: Ctrl-a Sort files by: Ctrl-g Set file info: Ctrl-l Display only files of type: Ctrl-w Search for file: Ctrl-f Information: Alt-Enter Setup Network connection: Alt-e Cancel setting of Network connection: Alt-F4 Sharing a folder with other computer: Alt-s Remove remote folder on network: Alt-u Setup sharing security: Alt-p 20.3 Word Processor 20.3.
Select All: Ctrl-a Insert from file: Ctrl-i Insert date: Ctrl-w Insert Time: Alt-w Toggle 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-g Go to previous page: Page up (Fn-Up arrow key) Go to next page: Page down (Fn-Down arrow key) Set mark: Ctrl-m Go to mark: Ctrl-j Go to previous document: Shift-tab Go to next document: Tab Read selected text: Alt-b Read beginning of selected text: Ctrl-u Read
Move to next character: Right arrow key Move to previous word: Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to next word: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to the beginning of the line: Fn-Left arrow key Move to the end of the line: Fn-Right arrow key Move to previous line: Up arrow key Move to next line: Down arrow key Move to previous paragraph: Ctrl-Up arrow key Move to next paragraph: Ctrl-Down arrow key Move to the beginning of the document: Ctrl-fn-Left arrow key Move to the end of the document: Ctrl-fn-Right arrow key Read curr
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20.5.1 Hot keys for the commands Move to the next field: Tab Move to the previous field: Shift-tab Add schedule: Ctrl-n Modify schedule: Ctrl-m Delete schedule: Del Alarm option: Ctrl-o Backup schedule: Ctrl-u Restore schedule: Ctrl-r Set backup option: Ctrl-e Save schedule as file: Alt-s Print schedule: Ctrl-p 20.5.2 Move Keys in the Search Result List 1.
Write new message: Ctrl-n Reply: Ctrl-r Reply all: Alt-r Forward: Ctrl-f Call up “set path”: Ctrl-p Call up “set option”: Ctrl-o Call up “set spam”: Ctrl-e Find: Ctrl-f Find again: F3 Move to unread message: Ctrl-u Move to mailbox: Alt-x Copy to mailbox: Alt-c Add a sender to the address list: Ctrl-i (This is valid only at the “from” item of the “inbox”). Delete received e-mail: Del (It is valid only at the “Subject” and “date” item in the “inbox”).
Select all: Ctrl-a Copy to the clipboard: Ctrl-c Cut to the clipboard: Ctrl-x (It is not valid when you are reading e-mail in the “inbox”). Paste from the clipboard: Ctrl-v (It is not valid when you are reading e-mail in the “inbox”). Delete: Del (It is not valid when you are reading e-mail in the “inbox”). Cancel block: ESC 20.7 Media Player 20.7.
Speed up: Shift-Right arrow key Slow down: Shift-Left arrow key Pause/continue: Space, Play button Stop: Backspace, Stop button Change time index: Ctrl-Up arrow key or Ctrl-Down arrow key Move to next position by time index and play: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to previous position by time index and play: Ctrl-Left arrow key Delete play list during stop: Del Call up the record dialog box: Ctrl-r, Record button Record: Record button Pause/continue recording: Space, Record button Play: Play button Pause/continu
“Pause” when it is play state and “play” when it is pause state: Space Start playing: Enter Stop playing: Backspace Play the next file: Alt-right arrow Play the previous file: Alt-Left arrow key Play the last file: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key Play the first file: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key Play the fifth file after the current file: Alt-Down arrow key Play the fifth file before the current file: Alt-Up arrow key Volume up: Shift-Up arrow key Volume down: Shift-Right arrow key Speed up: Shift-Left arrow key Slow dow
Play the last file: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key Play the first file: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key Play the fifth file after the current file: Ctrl-Down arrow key Play the fifth file before the current file: Ctrl-Up 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 Change time index: Ctrl-Up arrow key Move to next position by time index and play: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to previous position by time index and play: Ctrl-Left arrow
Muto off: short press play button or Space Volume up: Shift-Up arrow key Volume down: Shift-Down arrow key 20.9 Web Browser 20.9.
Find: Ctrl-f Find again: F3 Links list: Alt-i Set current as your home page: Ctrl-s Add to favorites: Alt-a Favorites list: Ctrl-l Options setting: Alt-o 20.9.2 Hot Keys When Playing Audio Files in web browser Turn up the volume: Shift-Up arrow key Turn down the volume: Shift-Down arrow key Play: play button of the front panel Stop: stop button of the front panel 20.9.
Move to the upper cell: Ctrl-Shift-Up arrow key Move to the lower cell: Ctrl-Shift-Down arrow key Read current cell: Ctrl-Shift-c 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 the upper cell of the upper level table: Ctrl-Up arrow key Move to the lower cell of the upper level table: Ctrl-Down arrow key Check the current position: Fn-s Move to frame Move to the previous frame: Ctrl-F9 Move to the next frame
Move to the previous page: Page up (Fn-Down arrow key) Go to the page: Ctrl-g Move up: Alt-Left arrow key Move down: Alt-Right arrow key Set to prior level: Alt-Up arrow key Set to next level: Alt-Down arrow key Move to the next heading: Ctrl-F6 or long press “next” button Move to the previous heading: Ctrl-F5 or long press “previous” button Move to the last heading: Ctrl-F8 Move to the first heading: Ctrl-F7 Check the currently-reading level and heading: Ctrl-w Scan the heading list from the present to the
Send to: Ctrl-s Retrieve file: Ctrl-r New folder: Ctrl-f Delete file/folder: Del Information: Ctrl-i 20.12 Database Manager Add record: Ctrl-n Search records: Ctrl-f Table manager: Ctrl-t List of records found: Ctrl-r Setting backup option: Ctrl-e Backup database: Ctrl-u Restore database: Ctrl-o 1. Move by controls Move to the next control: Tab Move to the previous control: Shift-Tab 2.
Move to previous same field different record: Left arrow key Move to next same field different record: Right arrow key 20.13 Extras 20.13.1 Games Skip record: Esc key/Alt-F4 20.14 Social Networking 20.14.
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-Down arrow key Move to the previous list: Up arrow key Move to the nex
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: Ctrl-v Start Selection:
Action Menu Commands Start Chat: Ctrl-s 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.
Delete contact: Ctrl-d Contact information: Ctrl-v Send instant message: Ctrl-s Last message: Alt-r Play keyboard sound: Ctrl-k Message sound notification while in current window: Fn-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.
General function: Ctrl-g Plus: + Minus: Division: / Multiplication: * Percent: % Power: ^ Square Root: Ctrl-q Decimal Point: .
Copy to Clipboard: Ctrl-Insert Option Setting: Ctrl-o 20.15.
Move to the previous week: Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to the next month: Down arrow key Move to the previous month: Up arrow key Move to the next year: Ctrl-Down arrow key Move to the previous year: Ctrl-Up arrow key 20.15.5 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 20.15.
20.15.9 Backup/Restore personalized settings Move to previous item: Up arrow key or up scroll button Move to next item: Down arrow key or down scroll button Move to previous control: Shift-tab Move to next control: Tab Select/unselect check box: Space 20.15.10 Format Disk format: Fn-f 20.15.11 Sleep Timer Set Sleep Timer: Fn-j 20.15.
21. Command Summary for USB Keyboards 21.
Check your version: Ctrl-shift-v only in the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY “program” menu. Display network status: Ctrl-shift-n in the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY “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.
21.2.3 Item (Folder or File) Selection Keys Select item by item: Space Continuous selection: Ctrl-b Select all: Ctrl-a 21.2.
21.3 Word Processor 21.3.
Set bookmark: Ctrl-m Go to bookmark: Ctrl-j Go to previous document: Shift-Tab Go to next document: Tab Read selected text: Alt-b Read beginning of selected text: Ctrl-u Read from beginning to cursor: Alt-g Read from cursor to end: Ctrl-g Read status: Ctrl-shift-/ Braille document layout: Alt-F5 Print document layout: Alt-F7 Braille paragraph layout: Alt-F6 Print paragraph layout: Alt-F8 21.3.
Read current character: Ctrl-shift-z Delete current paragraph: Alt-Del Delete current line: Ctrl-Backspace Delete current word: Alt-Backspace Delete current character: Del Confirm current cursor position: Ctrl-Shift-s Set view format character: Ctrl- 5 Set reading unit: Ctrl-3 Set read only: Ctrl-2 Set reading mode: Ctrl-4 21.4 Address Manager 21.4.
Move to next same field different record: Left arrow key Move to previous same field different record: Right arrow key 21.4.3 Hot Keys for the Commands Add address: Ctrl-n Find address: Ctrl-f Modify address: Ctrl-m Delete address: Del Select all: Ctrl-a Save as a file: Alt-s Print address: Ctrl-p Backup address list: Ctrl-u Restore address list: Ctrl-r Backup option: Ctrl-e Setting add/searching address fields: Ctrl-o 21.4.
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 21.5.2 Movement Keys for the Search Result List 1.
Call up “set path”: Ctrl-p Call up “set option”: Ctrl-o Call up “set spam”: Ctrl-e Find: Ctrl-shift-f Find again: f3 Move to mailbox: Alt-x Copy to mailbox: Alt-c Add a sender to the address list: Ctrl-i (This is valid only at the “from” item). Delete received e-mail: DEL (It is valid only at the “Subject” and “date” item).
Cut to the clipboard: Ctrl-x (It is not valid when you are reading e-mail). Paste from the clipboard: Ctrl-v (It is not valid when you are reading e-mail). Delete selection and delete a letter: DEL (It is not valid when you are reading e-mail). Cancel block: ESC 21.7 Media Player 21.7.
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.
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.
Move to “playback information” tab: Tab/Shift-Tab Exit “media player”: Alt-F4 21.
Read from beginning to cursor: Alt-g 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
Move to the previous control: Shift-Tab Move to the next control: Tab Select the next item in the combo box (list box): Alt-Down arrow key Select the previous item in the combo box (list box): Alt-Up arrow key 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
Decrease the volume: Shift-Down arrow key Move to the next phrase: Right arrow key Move to the previous phrase: Left arrow key Move to the next fifty phrase: Ctrl-Up arrow key Move to the previous fifty phrase: Ctrl-Down arrow key 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
21.11 Bluetooth Manager Scanning Bluetooth device: Ctrl-r Connecting device: Enter in the device name Connecting service: Enter in the service name Disconnect the service: Ctrl-d Move to Bluetooth device list in service list: Backspace 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.
Move to the previous control: Shift-Tab 2. Move in a list box Move to the next list item: Down arrow key Move to the previous list item: Up arrow key 3. Select your answer in the prompt box Move to the next answer: Space, or Down arrow key Move to the previous answer: Backspace, or Up arrow key 4.
Execute game: Enter Exit: Alt-F4 21.14 Social Networking 21.14.
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-Down arrow key Move to the previous list: Up arrow key Move to the next list: Down arrow key Move to the top of the list: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key/Fn-Left
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: Ctrl-v Start Selection: Ctrl-b Select All: Ctrl-a Find: Ctrl-f Find Again: F3 Action Menu
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. Move to the previous Contents: Up arrow key Move to the next Contents: Down arrow key Move to the previous 32-items of the Contents: Fn-Up arrow key button Move to the next 32-item of the Contents: Fn-Down arrow key button Move to the first item of the Contents: Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key Move to the last item of the Contents: Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key 21.
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.
Delete numbers or operators: Backspace General function: Ctrl-g Plus: + Minus: Division: / Multiplication: * Percent: % Power: ^ Square Root: Ctrl-q Decimal Point: .
Copy to Clipboard: Ctrl-Ins Option Setting: Ctrl-o Statistics function: Alt-t 20.15.2 Display Compass Heading Open Display Compass Heading: Ctrl-shift-Space Move to the next control: Tab Move to the previous control: Shift-Tab Change compass display type: Backspace or Space Exit: Esc or Alt-F4 21.15.
21.15.4 Checking the Date and Time Checking date and time: Ctrl-shift-t 21.15.5 Calendar Move to the previous item: Tab Move to the next item: Shift-Tab Move to the next day: Right arrow key Move to the previous day: Left arrow key Move to the next week: Ctrl-Right arrow key Move to the previous week: Ctrl-Left arrow key Move to the next month: Down arrow key Move to the previous month: Up arrow key Move to the next year: Ctrl-Down arrow key Move to the previous year: Ctrl-Up arrow key 21.15.
Restart Braille display: Ctrl-Shift-Space Switch between stopwatch and countdown timer: Tab Count down timer pause or restart: Enter Count down timer Initialize: Backspace Exit stopwatch or countdown timer: Alt-F4 21.15.8 Display Network Status Display network status: Ctrl-Shift-n 21.15.9 Display power status Display power status: Ctrl-Shift-b 21.15.
22. Troubleshooting Guide If you are encountering problems with the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, please take a look at the following suggestions for solving many common problems: 22.1 The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY 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.
1. If you have become disoriented as to your location on the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, and cannot remember where you are, press "Win key" to access the "program" menu. Then, press "Alt-Tab" to switch among the open programs. If you are in the Word Processor, pressing "Fn-s" gives you your current location in the open document. 22.6 No Internet Connection 1. If you are using a LAN connection, make sure that the Ethernet cable is connected and that the Ethernet port is turned on in "Global Options". 2.
22.9 The Braille Sense U2 QWERTY Does Not Respond 1. If the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY does not respond to keystrokes or commands, it may be necessary to reset the unit. To reset the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, press the reset button on the rear panel, or press "1-2-3-4-56-F2-F3." Do NOT hold the reset button for more than 5 seconds. 2. If pressing the "Reset" button does not revive the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, you may need to perform a hard reset. Press and hold the "Forward" button on the front media panel.
23. Accessories For information on available accessories for the Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, please contact HIMS Inc. You can contact HIMS by e-mail at sales@himsinc.com. Or, contact the HIMS Sales department by phone at 888-520-4467. You can also visit HIMS on the web at www.hims-inc.com.
24. Obtaining Support If you are having problems with your Braille Sense U2 QWERTY, please contact Hims, Inc. technical support. E-mail us at support@hims-inc.com. Or, contact the HIMS Technical Support department by phone at 512-837-2000. To obtain the most recent documentation, tutorial, and software downloads, please visit our website at www.hims-inc.com.
