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BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Susceptibility to Interference. There may be temporary degradation of the image when the BrailleNote Apex BT is subjected to a strong radio-frequency field, electro-static discharge or transient electrical noise. FCC Warning. This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly, in accordance with the manufacturer's instruction, may cause interference to radio and television reception.
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Contents 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 3 3.1 Getting Started. ...................................................................................... 1 Unpacking your BrailleNote. ...................................................................................1 General Features..............................................................................
3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 Braille and Text. .....................................................................................................56 The KeyWord Menu. .............................................................................................56 Documents Folders and Drives. ...................................
5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 8 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Insertion................................................................................................................131 Repeat and Spell. ..................................................................................................132 Hear Punctuation. .........................................
8.5 8.6 8.7 9 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 10 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 11 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 12 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Memory Operations. ............................................................................................219 Scientific Operations. ...........................................................................................220 Inserting a Result or a Calculation. .......................
12.7 12.8 12.9 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 13 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 13.12 14 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 15 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 Error status. ..........................................................................................................302 Application Management. ....................................................................................303 Favorites. .................
15.9 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 15.18 15.19 16 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 17 17.1 17.2 17.3 18 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 19 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.10 19.11 19.12 19.13 Copying a File. .....................................................................................................363 Erasing a File........................................................................................................364 Renaming a File. ...........
19.14 20 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 History of Text Adventure Games. ......................................................................456 Command Summary. ......................................................................... 457 General Commands. .............................................................................................457 Word Processor. ............................................................................................
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1 Getting Started. Welcome to the BrailleNote Apex BT, an innovative personal productivity system, from HumanWare. The BrailleNote Apex BT incorporates a Braille style keyboard, a 32 cell Braille display, high quality responsive speech and a suite of powerful applications running under the Windows CE operating system, all packaged into a truly portable system. This User Guide tells you all about them.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.2 General Features. The BrailleNote is a compact portable Personal Organizer with an ergonomic Braille keyboard, a Braille display and a scroll wheel. The Braille display has 32 cells, with each cell comprising 8 dots, allowing for both the display of 6 dot and 8 dot Braille. Each cell of the Braille display has an associated cursor routing button. Four thumb keys on the front of the BrailleNote BT supplement the Braille display and provide convenient navigation control.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.3 Software Features. A multi-purpose program, called KeySoft, running under the Windows CE operating system, is especially designed for people with a visual impairment. KeySoft provides the following functions: A word processor called KeyWord that is powerful yet surprisingly simple to learn. KeyWord lets you work in Braille or text, and format the same document for printing and embossing.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide A Games application that enables you to play fun text adventure games, also known as Interactive Fiction. These games are played using text-based input and output A Braille Terminal that allows the BrailleNote to act as a Braille display and keyboard for PCs running screen readers such as Window-Eyes or JAWS . A Clock, Calendar and Stopwatch.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.5 Carry Case. To remove the BrailleNote from the carry case, please follow these steps: 1. On a flat surface, open the case by lifting the flap off the front edge. Do not fold it under the unit. 2. Lift the velcro flap on the underside of the right side. 3. Unfasten the small velcro tab located at the right corner of the rear edge. This allows you to open up the corner of the case, giving you access to the device. 4. Carefully pull out the unit from the case.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.7 Braille Display. If you put your thumbs on the thumb keys and drop your fingers, they will be positioned on or about the Braille display. The electronic Braille display is comprised of thirty-two identical eight dot cells that can display any Braille symbol. Each dot of the Braille display is, in fact, a pin that is controlled electronically. To display a dot the pin is raised and the pin is lowered when there is no dot.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.9 Power Switch. From the front edge of your BrailleNote, move your hand along the left side of the case and towards the rear and you will come upon a rocker type power switch. To switch the BrailleNote on, press the power switch near the front of the rocker. A power on message is displayed, the content of which will depend on where the BrailleNote was when you last switched off. To switch off, press the power switch near the rear of the rocker.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.10 Keyboard. On the top surface of the BrailleNote BT you will find the Braille keyboard. It is like a Braille writer, with eight keys and a space bar. The two extra keys on the extreme left and right are for your little fingers. The left-hand key is called BACKSPACE, or sometimes dot 7, and the right-hand key is called ENTER, or dot 8. The single space bar is in the usual place. In this user guide, key presses are described in the following way.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.11.1 Arrow keys. The four arrow keys are in fact a multi-purpose circular button around the wheel. There are four raised markers indicating up, down, left and right. Each of these acts as a separate button. General use of the arrow keys In Menus or Lists, at the Folder name prompt, and list of Folders prompt, the UP arrow will act as the ESCAPE command (Space with E).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.12 Resetting the BrailleNote BT. The Reset button is located just behind the Power switch. The Reset button is recessed to avoid accidental operation, so you may need to use a pointed object to press it. Details of when and how to reset the BrailleNote are mentioned in context throughout this User Guide. Appendix C Troubleshooting deals with this topic in detail. Resets are also described in Reset Topics in the online index. 1.13 Speech.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.15 KeySoft Concepts. Learning to use the BrailleNote BT is easy because the User Interface is very consistent. Similar operations in different parts of KeySoft are carried out in similar ways. This section covers the concepts behind the way KeySoft operates. 1.15.1 Help Messages. At any point in KeySoft you can get information about the options that are available. To do this, press SPACE with H.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.15.3 Reading Prompts on the Braille Display. Generally the prompts displayed in Braille are identical to what is spoken. Sometimes there are slight differences because what is appropriate in speech does not need to be displayed in Braille. Also, because the Braille display has a limited length, Braille output is limited to the number of whole words that fit on the display.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.15.7 Exiting the Current Activity. Another concept used throughout KeySoft is that of exiting what you are doing and taking one step back to the previous option point. You can do this by pressing SPACE with E particularly while using the keyboard, or the PREVIOUS thumb key particularly when you are using the Braille display. 1.15.8 Instant Access. You can switch from one KeySoft task to another with a simple key sequence.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.16 1.16.1 The KeySoft Menus. Structure. The entry point to KeySoft is the Main Menu, which contains 17 items. You can display each of these items in turn, and select one. When you have done this, you are generally presented with another menu. The system may extend to 3 or 4 levels of sub-menu. This structure is an important aspect of KeySoft. Items are grouped together for easy location, so a huge range of functions can be found from one starting point, the Main Menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.16.3 Selecting from the Main Menu. When KeySoft displays the option you want, press the ENTER key. Don't worry about getting in over your head, because you can always back out of a selection by pressing SPACE with E for exit on the keyboard. When you have selected an item from the Main Menu, you are generally presented with another menu, from which you can again select an item. To display a Help message describing your options at any point, press SPACE with H.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.17.1 Writing a Simple Document. The aim of this first exercise is to write a very simple document with the word processor. To reach a common starting point, go to the Main Menu by pressing SPACE with dots 1 to 6. Your BrailleNote displays: "Main menu." To get to the word processor, press W. Your BrailleNote displays: "KeyWord menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.17.2 Trying Out the Calculator. You might also like to try out the Calculator, which you can do without any extensive knowledge of the BrailleNote BT. From the Main Menu, go to the Scientific Calculator by pressing S. You hear: "KeyPlus. Zero." On the Braille display, just 0, number sign followed by the letter J, is displayed. This means that the Calculator is ready.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.18 General Functions. Some useful general functions are available wherever you are in KeySoft. These functions may be accessed from the Options Menu, or often more conveniently via a Quick Command sequence. The general functions allow you to control the configuration of Time, Date, Braille settings and so on. You could be using the Word processor, or using the Calculator, or reading a menu when you request one of these functions.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Front thumb keys, turn them off Also included are the speech settings. These include a list of items that tell you how to adjust the volume, speed and pitch of KeySoft's speech, the 2 media player volume commands, memo playback, pausing and resuming playback of media and muting/unmuting streamed audio. The "Insertion" item is displayed only when it is appropriate to insert such things as the date or time such as in KeyWord.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.18.2 Turning Speech On or Off. There are three speech options: Speech On, Speech on Request and Speech Off. If speech is currently on, hold down the PREVIOUS thumb key, press SPACE, then release both keys to select Speech on Request. KeySoft displays: "Speech on request." To select the next option, Speech Off, press the same key combination again. KeySoft confirms that speech is off by displaying "Speech off" only on the Braille display.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.18.4 Setting the Keyboard Voice. The first of these settings determines how KeySoft speaks what you type. Press SPACE with O, then K for Keyboard. KeySoft displays: "Keyboard voice? Words.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.18.6 Repeating an Announcement. As we have already mentioned, you can get KeySoft to say a prompt again by pressing SPACE with R if you didn't quite catch it. To repeat the prompt with variables such as file names or folder names spelled out, press ENTER with S. To reveal the most detail, you can repeat the last prompt with full punctuation and spaces. To do this, press ENTER with H (Hear Punctuation).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.19 Switching Between Tasks. KeySoft allows you to move directly from one KeySoft task to another without returning to the Main Menu. You can switch between the Word processor, Scientific Calculator, Planner, Address List, E-Mail, etc. For example, if you are writing a document and you need an address, you can switch directly to the Address List, look up the address, and then return to the Word processor. You are placed back at the same point in your document.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.20 Copying and Pasting Text. Are you feeling tired of typing long website addresses, phone numbers that are too hard to remember and complicated addresses? The ability to copy and paste text, is yet another useful feature of KeySoft. You can easily copy and paste a website address from KeyWord or KeyMail when you encounter the address prompt in KeyWeb. You can also copy and paste phone numbers and addresses from KeyMail or KeyList fields.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.22 One-Handed Mode. BrailleNote BT provides a one-handed mode for users restricted to the use of one hand for Braille input. To turn on this mode, hold down BACKSPACE while switching on your BrailleNote BT, and keep holding it down until "One-handed mode" is displayed. This mode stays in effect until it is deliberately turned off.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.24 Time and Date. The Time and Date commands are available from anywhere within KeySoft. To display the current day and date, press ENTER with D. To display the current time, press ENTER with T. If the date or time is incorrect you can set new values, and set how you prefer them to be displayed using the “Date and Time Set” option in the Utilities Menu. The BrailleNote‟s internal battery has an autonomy of 30 days.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.24.1 Clock Synchronization. While you can manually change the time on your BrailleNote Apex BT, the internal clock will automatically be adjusted to the correct time for your time zone when you connect to the internet, without any operations required. Therefore, when travelling, it is important to change your time zone, otherwise, the unit will display the incorrect time after you've connected to the internet.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.25 User Settings. The BrailleNote provides many user definable options. As you get to know more about how it works, you can change the way it behaves to better suit your personal preferences.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.26 User Guide. This User Guide is built into KeySoft, so that you can look it up any time you want. Using either the Table of Contents or the Index to locate a reference, the User Guide will take you directly to the topic you wish to read. Alternatively, the entire User Guide is available in several PC friendly formats on the CD-Rom that came with your BrailleNote BT.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.26.1 Electronic User Guide. The text of this user guide is stored in your BrailleNote BT and is available for reference at any time. It is accessed through the Options Menu, or by the quick command BACKSPACE with ENTER with H. You can look up a topic in the Table of Contents or Index, and read that section of the user guide. When you are finished with that section, you can return to the Table of Contents or Index or exit the user guide.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide To continuously read a section of the User Guide using speech, select your starting point from the Table of Contents or Index as discussed above, then press SPACE with G. To pause reading, press BACKSPACE with ENTER. You can issue the review commands while reading is in progress or after it has stopped. If you give a command while reading is in progress, reading begins from the new position.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.27 Reviewing the Main Menu. To start with, go to the Main Menu by pressing SPACE with dots 1 to 6. KeySoft displays: "Main Menu." To display the first item of the Main Menu, press SPACE. KeySoft displays: "Word Processor." You could select the word processor at this point, but our present object is to review all the items in the Main Menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide The last item is: "End of Menu." Having stepped forward along the menu by pressing SPACE repeatedly, you can step back by pressing BACKSPACE repeatedly. When using speech, if you don't want to hear a complete announcement, you can cut it off and move to the next item by pressing SPACE or BACKSPACE. This speech cut-off occurs at all points in KeySoft. 1.28 Information. To obtain system information press SPACE with I when in the main menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1.29 Where to Now? By now you should have a good basic knowledge of the BrailleNote Apex BT and KeySoft. The entire User Guide is stored in the BrailleNote BT so you can read each chapter at your leisure. The User Guide can be read using your BrailleNote BT as previously described. A good starting point is to browse through the Table of Contents, as this will provide you with an appreciation of the topics covered in the User Guide.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide And remember; please make frequent use of BrailleNote BT‟s superb Help that you can access at any point by pressing SPACE with H. It's a valuable source of information, whatever part of KeySoft you are using. End of Getting Started Chapter.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2 BrailleNote Apex BT Hardware. This chapter provides a general overview of the BrailleNote Apex BT's various hardware features.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.1 The Battery. The BrailleNote Apex BT can operate from its internal removable rechargeable battery or from its AC adapter. The length of time you can run the BrailleNote BT from a fully charged battery is typically between 10 and 12 hours before it becomes flat. Activities like embossing, e-mailing and using ports or wireless connectivity increase the drain on the battery.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.1.1 Charging the Battery. To charge the battery, simply plug the AC adapter in and the BrailleNote BT looks after the battery charging itself. There is no chance of overcharging and damaging your batteries, so don't be afraid to leave the AC adapter connected at all times. Once the battery is fully charged, only a very small amount of power is used.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.1.3 Battery Care. Like all rechargeable batteries, as the BrailleNote BT battery ages, its capacity reduces. The battery is designed to provide approximately 300 charge cycles before seeing a noticeable reduction in capacity. To optimize battery life, it is recommended that you only recharge when the battery is nearly depleted, followed by a full recharge.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.3 Connectors and sockets. Place the BrailleNote BT in front of you with the keyboard oriented as you would use it. The many sockets and connectivity ports are arranged around the sides and back of the BrailleNote BT. Starting from the front of the left side, and working around to the back, you will find: The small record button, the audio output socket for earphones, the audio input socket for a microphone, the power switch and the recessed reset button.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.3.2 USB Host Ports. The three ports on the left side of the rear edge are the USB host ports. They are lined up one next to the other. USB host ports on the BrailleNote BT allow you to use the BrailleNote BT with a range of USB-compatible devices including: External drives, External modem, USB memory drives, Some USB printers, and An external memory card reader. Each of the three ports has a power supply of 500 milliamps.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.4 Secure Digital Cards. Near the middle of the back edge, to the right of the USB host ports, there is a card slot for Secure Digital cards, also known as SD cards. These cards are only 32mm x 24mm x 2mm big i.e. less than a quarter of the size of a CompactFlash card, and yet can store several gigabytes of information. The SD card slot supports up to 2 gigabytes SD cards and 4 to 32 gigabytes SDHC cards of all classes.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.4.3 Formatting SD Card. The BrailleNote has a feature that allows you to format your SD cards. Formatting an SD card will delete all of the files found on it. To format an SD card, please follow these steps: 1. Insert the SD card into the SD card slot. 2. From the Options menu, access the Support Information item by pressing SPACE with I. 3. Press S to access the Format SD card option. 4. When asked if you really want to format your SD card, press Y.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.5.2 USB Storage Devices. There is a range of storage devices that work with the BrailleNote BT. Which ones you wish to work with will probably be determined by the other technology you are using and what storage media works best with it. In all cases, when the device is plugged into one of the USB host ports on the back of the BrailleNote BT, it will appear on the drive list as whatever name the device provides. When at a file or folder prompt, simply select that drive.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2. From the Options Menu, select "Visual Display" by stepping through the menu until you get to Visual Display and pressing Enter, or by pressing V. 3. Press V to open the visual display then Enter. 2.7.2 KeyView for a PC. KeyView is fully functional with other adaptive PC-based software such as screen-readers and magnifiers. It is colour independent and uses the settings on your PC. Note: KeyView works as a visual display for all versions of KeySoft. 2.7.2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide A KeyView icon is placed on your desktop, and HumanWare is added to your Start Menu with the KeyView option listed. 2.7.2.3 Connecting to a PC. Before you can start KeyView, you need to connect your BrailleNote to the PC that is running KeyView. If you are using a USB serial link cable, connect the cable between the back of your BrailleNote and your PC. If you are using Bluetooth, refer to 14.12 Bluetooth. You need to use an ActiveSync pairing. 2.7.2.4 Using KeyView.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.7.2.5 KeyView Commands. When using a screen reader or magnifier software, you can move the KeyView cursor in order to review the screen, however this does not affect the KeySoft cursor. See also your screen reader, or magnifier software manuals for further information on using the cursor. You can select text using the standard Windows commands and copy it to the clipboard, and then paste it into other Windows programs.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.7.3 Visual Display using Windows HyperTerminal. The visual display can be a terminal or a PC, laptop or hand-held computer running terminal emulation software. The terminal or terminal emulation software must emulate a DEC VT100 or an ANSI terminal. For PC's running Windows, "HyperTerminal" is provided as part of the communications accessories and can be used as the terminal software.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.7.3.2 Turning the Visual Display On and Off. The last step towards providing a visual display is to have your BrailleNote BT send text to the serial output. Press SPACE with O, then V for Visual display. KeySoft displays: "Visual display, Currently off." The options are: To send the visual display to the USB Serial port press U then ENTER; Or just press ENTER to leave the selection unchanged. To turn the visual display off again after use, press F for OFF then ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2.8 Braille Terminal for Screen Reader. BrailleNote can act like a remote Braille line or terminal. You can then run a screen reader, for example Window-Eyes, JAWS, or HAL on a desktop PC, using the BrailleNote BT as its Braille display. To access the Braille Terminal, either go to the Main Menu and press T, or from anywhere, press BACKSPACE with ENTER with T. KeySoft prompts "Braille Terminal Port? Currently Bluetooth". To select USB client, press U.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7. Press Tab once to select "Include this location in the search" and press Space to check the check box. 8. Press Tab again and press Enter on the "Browse" button. 9. Select the CD-Rom drive and the folder ApexPCDrivers\x86 for 32 bits PC, otherwise select x64 and press Enter. 10. Select the "Next" button. 11. In the "Hardware Installation" window press "Continue Anyway" button. 12. In the "Found New Hardware" window press "Finish" button to complete installation. 13.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 13. Close Control Panel and Device Manager windows. 14. In your Screen Reader, enter the COM port value previously noted. 15. Apex displays Screen reader information. 16. To exit the Braille terminal mode, press SPACE with E. 2.9 Braille Display Care. Each cell of the Braille display has eight pins. For each pin there is a special crystal that lifts the pin to make a dot, and allows the pin to drop when there is no dot. The pins have to be able to move freely.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3 Word Processor. This chapter introduces the basics of KeyWord, the word processor part of KeySoft, and describes how to create, read and edit a document. Advanced aspects of KeyWord, including creating documents with more complex formats, and quickly making extensive changes to a document, are covered in Chapter 7.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.2 Braille and Text. When you start to compose a document, KeyWord assumes that you want to do it in Braille, so the layout and format are for a Braille page, as it would appear when embossed. This doesn't mean that you are committed to a Braille document, however. You can send it to an ink printer or another computer or e-mail it, and KeySoft automatically translates it into a suitable format.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.4 3.4.1 Documents Folders and Drives. Documents. Documents are the most common type of file you will use on the BrailleNote BT. You must give each document a unique name enabling KeySoft to distinguish one document from another. For example, when you use KeyWord to write a letter, that letter is stored as a document. Every document name should indicate what type of information it contains. A document name can be up to 250 characters long, including spaces.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.4.4 Changing the Current Drive. There is a way of selecting a drive in KeySoft generally, which is not restricted to KeyWord. If you are at a prompt for a file name or folder name, and you have not had the opportunity to select a drive, then press BACKSPACE. KeySoft displays: "Drive? (Last drive used)." To step through the list of available drives press SPACE. The list comprises the Flash Disk, SD card and Network if they are connected.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide You can change the current drive by pressing BACKSPACE at the "Folder name?" prompt. The Flash Disk is assumed here. If another drive was previously selected, a drive prompt is given as described in 3.4.4 Changing the Current Drive above. When you have selected a folder, KeyWord asks: "Document to open? Press ENTER for (name)," where (name) is the name of the last document you accessed. Just like folder selection, the same three methods are available for selecting a document.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.7 Creating a Document. We now create a trial document. From the Main Menu, select the Word Processor option. From the KeyWord menu select "Create a document." KeySoft prompts: "Folder name? General." The General folder is fine, so press ENTER to accept KeySoft's suggestion. You are then asked: "Document to create?" Type in the name: "Sample", with or without a capital sign as you wish, and press ENTER. KeySoft says: "Top of Document. Blank." The Braille display is blank.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.8 Reading a Document. We now discuss the various commands for reading a document. We recommend you open your "Sample" document, or the "Demonstration Document" that comes with KeySoft, so that you can practice using the reading commands. The "Demonstration Document" is found in the "General" folder. Open the document as explained in 3.5 Opening a Document.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.8.1 Reading on the Braille Display. You can read through the document up to thirty-two symbols at a time. KeySoft avoids breaking the last word by leaving the last few cells blank. The Braille display provides a window into the document. You can step this window forwards or backwards through the document using the thumb keys. ADVANCE steps forward one window and BACK steps back a window. After reading across the display press ADVANCE to display the next window.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.8.2 Listening to a Document. When you are reading sentences or paragraphs, you may be simply listening to the text, or checking it in detail for errors. You can choose to hear the amount of detail you require by setting the punctuation level. You may also choose whether numbers are spoken as words or as digits. You use the keyboard to enter commands when listening to BrailleNote BT's speech. To listen to a document without stopping, press SPACE with G, for "Go.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide There are several other important commands for moving around the text. There is an important convention here: To move back and read something, use the left-hand keys; To move forward and read something, use the right-hand keys; To read something without moving, use both left and right-hand keys.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide When using several review commands one after the other, you do not have to wait for speech to finish, nor do you have to release SPACE after each command. Here is an example where we move back several words and then move forward a character at a time. First press, and hold down, SPACE with either thumb. Now, with SPACE held down, tap dot 2 several times, to move back several words. With the SPACE still held down, tap dot 6 several times to move forward several characters.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.8.3 Review Voice. The Review Voice settings determine when KeySoft speaks and how much detail KeySoft includes when reading. When you hold down the PREVIOUS thumb key, press SPACE and release both keys, KeySoft displays the current Review Voice. The options are; Speech On, Speech On Request, and Speech Off. The Review Voice settings can also be accessed by pressing SPACE with O then R, anywhere in KeySoft. KeySoft might prompt: "Speech? Currently on.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide To leave a setting unchanged, just press ENTER, or press W or D for the option you prefer, followed by ENTER. You are returned to the point at which you selected the Review Voice settings. 3.8.4 Identifying Indistinctly Spoken Characters. When you read a character by pressing SPACE with dots 3-6, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between letters that sound similar.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.9.2 Selecting Review-Only Mode. If you are reading a document that you don't wish to alter, you can avoid having to press SPACE with all the reading commands. To enter this Review-Only Mode, press SPACE with X. You can then use all the reading commands without needing to press SPACE. For example, to read the current word, just press dots 2-5. This mode continues until you press SPACE with X again or exit the word processor. 3.10 The Cursor.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.10.2 Displaying the Cursor. Having the cursor always displayed on the Braille display can make reading awkward, but it is needed for editing. KeySoft provides several Braille display modes to suit the situation. When you first enter KeyWord, Automatic mode is the default. You will probably use this mode most of the time when you are Brailling and/or proofreading. Here the cursor is turned on automatically when you are editing and turned off when you are reading.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.11.1 Automatic Mode. Automatic mode is the default setting for KeyWord. This is a combination of the reading and editing modes and you will probably use this mode most of the time when you are Brailling and/or proof reading. Here the cursor is turned on automatically when you are editing and turned off when you are reading. Reading with ADVANCE and BACK leaves the cursor position unchanged so that you can read the context without losing your place.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.12 Format Indicators. To tell you how a document is formatted, KeySoft places special format indicators at particular points in a document. These format indicators are both spoken and displayed on the Braille display. You may have encountered a number of special groups of symbols on the Braille display when you were reviewing your "Sample" document. They tell you how the document is formatted.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.12.1 Common Indicators. Format indicators are groups of symbols that always start with a computer Braille dollar sign, $. In US computer Braille this is dots 1-2-4-6 which is the same as the grade 2 "ed" contraction. In UK computer Braille it is dots 4-5-6. There is always a space before the $ and another space after the group of symbols. The symbol or symbols following the $ determine what the format indicator is showing.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Line Break: $l. New Line: $p. Page Break: $lf or $pf. New page: $f.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide End Underline: $feu Font start: $fsn Font end: $fen New Braille Layout: $nlb Braille indent: $ib Braille only inclusion: $ob Start Braille exclusion: $xbs End Braille exclusion: $xbe Braille Grade 0 indicator : $g#0. Braille Grade 1 indicator : $g#1. Braille Grade 2 indicator : $g#2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.12.2 Searching for Format Indicators. If you wish to introduce changes to the layout or presentation of a document, you may need to locate format indicators such as layout indicators, font indicators, underline indicators, etc. If you want to change the format of paragraphs, you may need to locate new line indicators. The Find command, SPACE with F, and the Find and Replace command, BACKSPACE with F, can be used to locate any of these format indicators.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.12.3 New Line Indicator. When reading large amounts of text you may find the new line indicator annoying. It is possible to change the way in which new lines are indicated. This option is available within a document, an e-mail, or within the Planner. It determines how the start of a new line or paragraph is shown on the Braille display.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.13.2 Deleting Text. There are seven different delete commands available with KeyWord, allowing for the deleting of sections of text from one character to the whole document. Delete current character Press BACKSPACE with dots 3-6. This deletes the character under the cursor. A short beep is sounded followed by announcement of the new character under the cursor. This command is also available by holding down SPACE and pressing D twice.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Delete to end of paragraph Press BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-5-6. KeySoft prompts you to make sure that you really mean to delete such a significant amount of text. If you press Y, all text will be deleted from the cursor position to the end of the current paragraph. The cursor remains in the same position. Delete to end of document Press BACKSPACE with dots 4-5-6. KeySoft prompts you to make sure that you really mean to delete such a significant amount of text.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.14 Breaking your Document into Pages. You can force a new page in your text manually at any point you choose by putting the cursor where you definitely want a new page to start, such as the start of new chapters and pressing SPACE with P. KeyWord breaks the remaining text into pages automatically, so that the maximum number of lines fit onto each page. When you have finished editing the document, check that it breaks into pages to your satisfaction.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.16.1 Searching Forward. Press F to search forward from the current cursor position. KeySoft displays: "Find?" The last string searched for, if any, is offered as a suggestion. Press ENTER to select the suggested text, or type the text string to be found, and press ENTER. KeySoft starts to search the document. If the text is found, the cursor jumps to the first occurrence of that text.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.16.4 Find and Replace. In addition to searching for a particular word or string of characters, you can also replace one string with another. Only whole words are replaced. This is useful, for instance, if you discover you have misspelled a word which is frequently used throughout a lengthy document. The command for "Find and Replace" is BACKSPACE with F. This command is followed by F for a forward search, or B for a back search.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.17 Checking the Cursor Position. To check where the cursor is currently positioned, press SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6). KeySoft responds with the page number, line number and column number of the cursor position. To return the Braille display to the document, press either ADVANCE or PREVIOUS. Used in conjunction with the cursor movement commands, this is a useful way of checking your page layout for printing or embossing.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.19.1 Place Markers on Braille display. A Place Marker is displayed on the Braille display as $pla where a is the letter of the alphabet which identifies the place marker. It does not affect the document format and is not embossed or printed. 3.19.2 Define a Place Marker. Position the cursor at the point you wish to mark, and press BACKSPACE with D. KeySoft prompts: "Define Place Marker. Letter?" Press a letter, such as A, to name the Place Marker.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.20 The Spelling Checker. The Spelling Checker can be used in the Word processor or Planner. It finds typing and spelling mistakes in the current document by looking up each word in a dictionary of 65,000 words. The Spelling Checker can check the whole document or part of a document. Select the Spelling Checker by pressing SPACE with dots 1-6, the ch sign. If the Spelling Checker has not been used since KeySoft was installed, you are asked to install the language.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide If Line Reading mode has been selected, these two commands speak the current line or section instead. You can set the Reading Mode at the "Option?" prompt by pressing SPACE with M. Reading modes are discussed in 7.6 Cursor Movement Modes. 3.20.2 Skip this occurrence of the word. To skip the current occurrence of the word and leave it unchanged, press SPACE with dot 5. If the word occurs elsewhere, the Spelling Checker queries it again. 3.20.3 Ignore the word.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.20.5 Correct the Word. To correct the word being queried, press C, and KeySoft displays: "Enter replacement." Type the replacement word or edit the existing word, and press ENTER. The Spelling Checker looks up your entry in its dictionary before accepting it. If it can't find it, the Spelling Checker asks for confirmation by prompting: "Word not found in dictionary. Use?" Press Y to use the new word, or N and then re-enter the correction.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.20.7 Look up the Word in the Dictionary. This option allows you to browse the dictionary, word by word, until you have found the correct spelling. You can then replace the misspelled word with the correct one. At the "Option?" prompt, press L, and KeySoft asks: "Word to look up? Press ENTER for (word)," where "word" is the unknown word. You normally press ENTER to select the unknown word.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.20.9 Browse The Dictionary. You can look up any word, and browse the spelling dictionary, without having first found the word with the Spelling Checker. From anywhere in the document, press SPACE with dots 1-6, the ch sign, then L, and KeySoft prompts: "Word to look up?" Type the word, or just the first few letters, and press NEXT or ENTER. You are placed at the word in the dictionary which most closely matches the letters you have typed, and the word is displayed.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.21 Opening ASCII and Plain Braille format Documents. Documents in KeyWord's native format, as well as Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect documents precisely specify their contents and formatting. However, the contents and formatting of documents containing plain ASCII text and the formatting of plain Braille documents are not at all precisely defined, so it is necessary to give you control over how KeyWord interprets them.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide The Paragraph format option assumes that a single carriage return and/or line feed character sequence, that is not followed by an indent of more than one space, denotes the end of a line within a paragraph and is therefore removed so that KeyWord can reformat the paragraph within the margins that you have set.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide KeySoft will now display: "End of list." When you are ready to open the document, press SPACE with E. “Extended ASCII character option? Currently Retain.” The standard ASCII character set uses numbers between 0 and 127 to denote each character within the set. It does not make provision for accented characters and other special symbols, so where necessary this is done by extending this set with numbers greater than 127.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3.23 Switching Between Documents. There may be times when you are working with two or more documents. This can happen when you are modifying a document and need to refer often to the original. While you can close one document by pressing SPACE with E, opening the other can involve several keystrokes. There is a quicker way. From the current document, press SPACE with dots 1-2-5-6. This closes the current document, and places you at the "Document to open?" prompt.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5. Press SPACE with dots 3-4 to move through the list of languages available. To select a language, press ENTER, or press the initial letter of that language, for example for English, press E and then press ENTER. KeySoft displays: "Imported Data should be labeled as which Language? Press ENTER for none." You can change the language settings at any time from the Utilities Menu. End of Word Processing Chapter.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4 Book Reader. The BrailleNote has a book reader called KeyBook. It enables you to read electronic books in the following formats: KeyWord text and Braille, Microsoft Word, ASCII text, RTF, and plain Braille files with a BRF or BRL extension. KeyBook has the same reading commands as KeyWord, but KeyBook does not allow the book contents to be modified. 4.1 Instant Braille Transcription.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.3 Braille Display thumb key commands. The same commands that are used in KeyWord also apply to KeyBook. The following commands can be used to read using the Braille display: To advance the display forward by one width, press ADVANCE; To move the display back by one width, press BACK; To move the display forward by a chosen amount of text, press NEXT.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.4 The Review Cursor. When you are reading, the cursor is hidden because it serves no useful purpose. However, in the automatic Braille display mode, when you are reviewing character by character, the cursor is shown to indicate the current character. For grade 1 or grade 2 Braille, the cursor is both dots 7 and 8 by default. For computer Braille the cursor is dot 8 only.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.5 Additional Reading Commands. KeyBook's reading commands are the same as KeyWord's, but KeyBook does not allow the book to be edited. This feature prevents intentional or unintentional modification to the text of the book being read. The following commands can be used to listen to the book that has been opened: To go forward reading, press SPACE with G.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide To hear the current word, press SPACE with dots 2-5. The first time you press this command, the word is spoken. The second time the word is spelled out; To move forward a word, press SPACE with dot 5; To enter Announce Key Mode, press SPACE with W; To query the cursor position, press SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6); To go to any page, line, or column, press SPACE with dots 1-2-6. This command is described in 3.18 Going to a Specified Position.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.7 Review Book Opening Options. Books in KeyWord's native format, as well as Microsoft Word, RTF and WordPerfect format, precisely specify their contents and formatting. However, the contents and formatting of books in ASCII text or plain Braille are not at all precisely defined, so it is necessary to give you control over how KeyBook interprets them. This is done through a list of options presented when you open such a book.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Because KeyBook does not allow the text within a book to be modified or added to, just press ENTER to confirm the prompted option. KeySoft then prompts: "Extended ASCII character option? Currently Retain." The most common writing system used by computers is ASCII. In this system, each letter, number, and commonly used punctuation mark is represented by a number between 0 and 127 (Since the system was developed in the U.S., "commonly used" means commonly used in the U.S.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.8.1 Selecting a Drive. We have previously discussed the selection of files and folders within KeyBook, but we haven't described the selection of a drive. You can change the current drive at any time that you are prompted for a folder name by pressing BACKSPACE. For example when you select KeyBook, it prompts: "Read book in which folder? (Books)." Press BACKSPACE. KeyBook then prompts: "Drive? Press ENTER for (last drive used).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.9 Exiting KeyBook. Exit KeyBook in the usual way by pressing SPACE with E to take you back to the Main Menu. The book is closed when you exit. To reopen the book from anywhere in the Main Menu, press B, then ENTER a number time depending on where you are in the system. You are returned to the place where you were last reading. Remember that you can switch to another task while using KeyBook, as described in 1.19 Switching Between Tasks.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.10.1 How Books from Bookshare work. When first downloaded from the site, Bookshare books are "packed" into a special compressed format. This compressed file will have a .bks, .bks2 or .zip file extension, regardless of what book format you have chosen. Once the book is downloaded, it is then possible to "unpack" the compressed file into its normal format such as .brf or .txt. Once this is done, you can then delete the compressed file (.bks, .bks2, or .zip).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.10.5 How to download a book from Bookshare. Follow the steps below to use KeyWeb to download a book from Bookshare.org. 1. Go to KeyWeb on your BrailleNote BT by either pressing I in the Main Menu, or BACKSPACE with ENTER with I anywhere. KeyWeb will prompt you for a URL. 2. Select Bookshare from your favorites. The BrailleNote BT will connect to the web and you will be in the Bookshare homepage. 3. Navigate to the Login page and log in using your member details.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Note: If instead of downloading books directly onto your BrailleNote BT from Bookshare, you have transferred them from a PC or they are on a storage card, the same procedure applies. The only difference is that at step 2, you would navigate to the appropriate location, then continue as above. 4.11 DAISY Book Reader. KeyBook can read DAISY books. DAISY is an acronym which stands for "Digital Accessible Information SYstem".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.11.3 4.11.3.1 Reading Options. Listening to the Book. Once a DAISY book has been loaded, you can listen to the book using the following commands: To start listening: press SPACE with G. To stop listening: press BACKSPACE with ENTER. You can change the volume by using the following commands: To increase the volume: press ENTER with dots 4-6. To decrease the volume: press ENTER with dots 1-3. Note that these volume control commands are relative to the main volume.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.11.4.1 DAISY Navigation. As was mentioned in the overview, you can navigate through the book using the available DAISY elements. You navigate the book by first selecting an element, for example level 1, and then use the forward or back commands to skip to the previous or next level 1 positions. If you wish to move by a different element simply select it and then the forward and back commands will move by the new element.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.11.4.3 Navigating by Text. If the book contains text, the standard KeyBook commands to browse by sentence, paragraph, line, section, word and character can be used. There are two reading modes available for DAISY books, "sentence and paragraph" and "line and section". The current mode determines the functionality of the following commands: To move forward one sentence or line: press SPACE with dot 4. To move back a sentence or line: press SPACE with dot 1.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.11.4.5 Jumping to a Page. It is also possible to jump directly to a particular page number. This is only supported if the book is broken into a page structure and fortunately the majority of DAISY books are structured this way. To go to a page, press SPACE with dots 1-2-6. Type P for page, then type the required page number and press ENTER. 4.11.5 Listening Options. As previously mentioned, most currently available DAISY books are audio only.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.11.7 Place markers. As with all other types of books, it is possible to use Place Markers in your DAISY book and these are retained when the book is closed. Place Markers, or bookmarks as are often called, are handy for a number of reasons including keeping track of your progress as you read a book or the location of information you wish to find again.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.11.10 Obtaining Book Information. It is possible to obtain information regarding the book you are reading. There are two types of information available; book information and current position information. Book information provides details such as the book title, the number of pages in the book, total time to read the book using the narrator etc. The actual details available may vary from book to book. To obtain book information: press SPACE with I.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Note that some of the files making up a DAISY book can share the same name as files in other books. Therefore, if you decide to copy book files individually, you must ensure that all the files making up a book are stored together in a folder unique to that book. Copying files for a book into a folder that already contains another book, will result in files being overwritten and both books being rendered unreadable.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4.13 NIMAS books. Nimas books are also supported by the BrailleNote. Nimas Books are text only books. The commands used for Reading and navigating NIMAS books are the same as for DAISY books. You can also navigate Nimas books using standard text commands. End of Book Reader Chapter.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5 General Functions. This chapter discusses the functions listed on the Options Menu, which was introduced briefly in 1.18 General Functions. A number of these functions are discussed in other sections of this User Guide as appropriate, and the main purpose of this chapter is to summarize all the Option Menu functions in one place. The Options Menu comprises general functions that are available wherever you are in KeySoft.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide The speech settings include a list of items that tell you how to adjust the volume, speed and pitch of KeySoft's speech, the 2 media player volume commands, memo playback, pausing and resuming playback of media and muting/unmuting streamed audio. To select an item, move through the menu until the required item is displayed, and then press ENTER. Alternatively, from anywhere in the Options menu, press the initial letter of your choice.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.2.2 Stopwatch. The stopwatch operates in a similar way to a mechanical stopwatch. It keeps time down to one hundredth of a second, can be stopped, started or returned to zero, and the time display can be copied to the clipboard for pasting into documents or e-mails. 5.2.2.1 Running in the Background. Once it has started, the stopwatch will keep running until you press the stop command, or reset the BrailleNote BT.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.2.2.3 Stopwatch on Display. The time shows on the Braille display as hours, minutes, and seconds in this format: h:mm:ss The Braille display updates every second while the stopwatch is running. When the stopwatch is stopped, the elapsed time displays to the hundredth second like this: h:mm:ss.cc To the right of the time, the display also shows current status, for example: 1:23:45 or 0:34:21.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.3 Grade of Braille for Keyboard Entry. If you are typing a Braille document in Grade 2 and want to enter something that could be ambiguous, such as a list of last names and initials, you can temporarily select Grade 1 through this item on the Options Menu. After you have entered the word or passage, you can switch back to Grade 2. Another choice when typing Grade 2 is to switch to computer Braille, perhaps for a file name such as "program.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide After each item, KeySoft will announce or display the current setting for that item. You can move forward or back through the items in the usual way. To change any option, enter a new setting and press ENTER. 5.4.1 Turning the Braille Display On and Off. To turn the Braille display on press Y. To turn it off, press N. You can also turn the Braille display on or off by pressing the NEXT and SPACE keys together.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.4.3 Show New Lines in Reading Mode as. This option is available within a document, an e-mail, or within the Planner. It determines how the start of a new line or paragraph is shown on the Braille display. For linear Braille format where the start of a new line is indicated by the Computer Braille "dollar sign" then p, (dots 1-2-4-6 p), press L. For the new line or paragraph to start at the beginning of the display after a one cell indent, press A.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.4.6 Preferred Reading Grade. This is the grade used for prompts, help messages, documents, e-mail, etc. The factory default is Grade 2. You set this grade for each language that you use. If you prefer to read in Grade 1, press A. If you prefer to read in Grade 2, press B. If you prefer Computer Braille, press C. 5.4.7 Text Document Reading Grade. This option is available within a document, an e-mail, or within the Planner.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.4.9 Calculator Braille Code. This option is only available within the Calculator. Calculations are displayed on the Braille display in one of the following notations: Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics, UK Braille Mathematics, UEB, French or German. For Nemeth code, USA, press N. For UK Mathematics Notation, press U. 5.4.10 Computer Braille Table. The BrailleNote BT is supplied with two English Computer Braille tables, USA and UK.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.4.14 Thumb Key Set. The thumb key set can be set up for left-handed or right-handed operation. You can also create a custom key set to suit your personal preference. The factory setting is right-handed. To select the standard right-handed set, press R. The function of the thumb keys from left to right is: PREVIOUS, BACK, ADVANCE, and NEXT. To select the left-handed set, press L. The function of the thumb keys from left to right is: NEXT, ADVANCE, BACK, and PREVIOUS.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.5.1 Preferred Keyboard Braille Grade. The setting determines the grade of Braille in which you prefer to type. To select Grade 1 Braille, press A; Grade 2 Braille, press B; and to input Computer Braille, press C or J. To leave this option unchanged, just press ENTER. The factory setting is Grade 2. If you have a literary Braille selected and the characters that you want are not supported, then you will be advised that you need to use Computer Braille.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.5.4 Select 6 or 8 dot Computer Braille. When you are typing in Computer Braille, this setting determines how you will input dots 7 and 8 if they are required. If you select 6 dot Braille, you must press SPACE with U before typing any character that requires a dot 7. For example, in US Computer Braille, “at” sign used in e-mail addresses is written with dots 4-7. If you have chosen 6 dot entry, press SPACE with U, then dot 4, to write this symbol.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.6.1 Speech On or Off. This option displays the current speech status; On at all times, On request, or Off. Press ENTER to accept the prompted option, or press the appropriate letter followed by ENTER to select your chosen option. To have speech on at all times, press N. To have speech only when requested, press R. To turn all speech and sound off, with the exception of alarms, press F.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.6.3 Punctuation level. To select a different level, press a number between 1 and 5. The Factory setting is 2. To leave this option unchanged, just press ENTER. The way the 5 levels treat punctuation and format indicators is described below. 1. All punctuation is ignored except for '\'. 2. This is the factory setting. The following punctuation is pronounced: & / > < * + ^ [ ] | \ = % $ # 3. All punctuation is pronounced except for: , .
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.6.5 Speech Synthesizer. You have the option of using either KeyNote Gold or Eloquence for the Speech Synthesizer. Note: KeyNote Gold supports all languages. Eloquence can only speak English and French. If you have Eloquence selected and you select a language other than English or French, the pronunciation is incorrect. To select Eloquence or KeyNote, press SPACE with O for the Options Menu, then R.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.7 Visual Display. Using and connecting a visual display is described in 2.7 Visual Display. To select visual display, press SPACE with O, then V. 5.8 Next Appointment. To find your next appointment, press SPACE with O, then N for the "Next appointment" option. The appointment details are displayed. When you are finished, press ADVANCE to return to the point at which you selected the Options menu. See also 9.6.2 Checking Your Next Appointment.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.11 Insertion. The "Insertion" item only appears on the Options menu when you are in a KeySoft function where insertion is possible. For example, if you are in the Main Menu, it will not appear, but it will when in a document in KeyWord. This item takes you to a menu with several options: Date, Time, Calculator Result, Unicode Character, The quick command to go directly to the Insertion Menu is ENTER with I. 5.11.1 Insert Date or Time.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.11.3 Insert Unicode Character. To insert a Unicode character, press ENTER with I then U. After choosing to insert a Unicode character, KeySoft will prompt for the character. Let‟s assume you want to enter an "e acute." Type "e acute" at the prompt for the Unicode character. KeySoft will respond with the character "cap e acute," so press SPACE to find the next "e acute" character. When the desired character is displayed, press ENTER to insert the character.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.14 Move to Another Task. KeySoft allows you to move directly from one KeySoft task to another without returning to the Main Menu. You can switch between the Word processor, Scientific Calculator, Planner, Address List, E-Mail, etc. For example, if you are writing a document and you need an address, you can switch directly to the Address List, look up the address, and then return to the Word processor. You are placed back at the same point in your document.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Remember that, if necessary, you can always get back to the Main Menu by pressing SPACE with dots 1 to 6. 5.15 Front Thumb Keys On/Off. If you are traveling in a car or public transport, you may wish to turn off the front thumb keys to prevent their accidental activation. press SPACE with O, then F. This is an On/Off toggle command; in other words it will alternate between on and off each time you press SPACE with O, then F.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.17 Change Speech Volume Rate and Pitch. The Options Menu reminds you how to change the speech volume, rate and pitch. The following commands can be used from anywhere in KeySoft: To speak louder, press ENTER with dot 4; To speak softer, press ENTER with dot 1; To speak faster, press ENTER with dot 6; To speak slower, press ENTER with dot 3; To increase speech pitch, press ENTER with dot 5; To decrease speech pitch, press ENTER with dot 2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5.19 Editing at a Prompt. When you type in response to a KeySoft prompt, you can edit your input with KeyWord commands. You might read on the Braille display what you have typed before you press ENTER. If you find a mistake, you can use the touch cursor to position the cursor on the character where you want to start editing.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6 Embossing and Printing Documents. If an embosser or printer is connected to your BrailleNote Apex BT, you can emboss or print documents and e-mail, as well as parts of the planner and address list. The embossing option can be used for either Braille or text documents, the latter being automatically translated before embossing. Similarly, the print option can be used for text or Braille documents. You can also create an image of your printing document in a JPEG format.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6.3 Printing with Bluetooth. To use a Bluetooth printer with your BrailleNote BT, first you will need to get the Bluetooth connection working. 1. Go to the Options Menu by pressing SPACE with O, then C for the Connectivity Menu. 2. Select Bluetooth and press ENTER. KeySoft prompts: "Bluetooth on? Currently Yes/No." Press Y. 3. KeySoft prompts: "Search for devices?" Press Y. KeySoft displays, "Searching for Bluetooth devices, please wait...
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6.5 Embossing Options. If you only want to emboss certain pages, or you want several copies, then reply to the "Embosser Ready?" prompt by pressing N for No. There follows a list of 3 settings that you may want to change: 1. KeySoft prompts: "Start page number?" Enter the page number to start embossing from and press ENTER. The suggested setting is the first page. To check the page number range for the document, press SPACE with H. 2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6.6 Embossing a Group of Documents. You may wish to emboss or print all documents with a certain group of characters in their names. To accomplish this, wild card characters can be included in a document name. For details of wild card use, refer to 15.14 Groups of Files and Wild Cards.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6.7.1 Use Form Feeds Between Pages. The factory setting for this item is Yes. 6.7.2 Pause After Each Page. For automatic sheet feeding or continuous stationery, leave this item at the factory setting of No. If you have to feed individual sheets into the embosser, you should set it to Yes. When you are actually using the embosser, load a new sheet when prompted to do so, and press ENTER to continue. 6.7.3 Does Your Embosser Emboss Both Sides of the Page.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6.7.6 Embosser Port. You can select any of the following ports on the back of your BrailleNote BT as the embosser port: USB port; press U then ENTER. KeyWord displays: "USB." Bluetooth port, press B then ENTER. KeyWord displays: "Bluetooth." Note: You can only select Bluetooth as a port when there is an active Bluetooth pairing as discussed in 6.3 Printing with Bluetooth. File, press F then ENTER. KeyWord displays: "File.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6.8 Printing a Braille Document. When a Braille translation is involved during printing or embossing, you can decide whether to include page breaks you inserted in the original document into the new one. For example, if the Braille document contains 6 pages each marked by "New Page" markers, these same 6 pages can be printed on the ink printer. This feature may either be on a document-by-document basis or can be set to apply to all newly created documents.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6.9 Testing the Embosser. Once KeySoft has been set up for the embosser, it is strongly recommended that you carry out a test. This can be very instructive because embossers behave in various ways, and may have internal settings which are not obvious. Common problems are incorrect page length or width settings, which result in lines occasionally overflowing onto the next line, or pages with only one or two lines embossed on them. The only foolproof check is a real test.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6.10 The Printer Set-Up List. This list contains similar items to the embosser set-up list, with some differences. There is no double-sided option, and there is an additional item called "Printer Type," which determines how the font commands embedded in your text are translated for the printer. The "standard" option is programmed into KeySoft and this is suitable for most printers if you do not require any special fonts.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6.11 Testing the Printer. There are two printer test documents that may be used to check the printer set-up, in a similar way to the embosser. You may require sighted assistance to check the results of this test. Print the first document, called "Printer Test A." Check the top line, which consists of the repeated sequence of the digits 1 through 9 and zero.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7 Advanced Word Processing. This chapter describes the advanced features of KeyWord that allow you to create documents with more complex formats, and quickly make extensive changes to a document. It also discusses the ink-printing of Braille documents and handling documents of differing types, such as text or Microsoft Word.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.1 Overview. This chapter starts by defining the difference between "Braille" and "text" documents and how the BrailleNote BT handles them. A Braille document is prepared for reading in Braille, either embossed or refreshable. An ink-print document is prepared for presentation in ink-print format. Because this User Guide concerns the BrailleNote BT fitted with a Braille style keyboard, we assume that you will primarily be working with Braille documents.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.2 Document Types. It is worth remembering that for a BrailleNote or VoiceNote fitted with a Braille style keyboard, the default factory setting creates all new documents in Braille format. Conversely, for a BrailleNote or VoiceNote with a computer style keyboard, the default factory setting creates a text document. If you don‟t wish to use these default settings, you have the option of selecting your own desired document type from the Setup Options in the KeyWord menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3 Formatting a Braille Document. The format of a Braille document, that is a document prepared for reading on the BrailleNote BT or embossing, is determined by the settings in the Layout List, Page Settings List, and by individual commands for centering and justifying Braille text.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3.1 The Format Menu. Commands and settings to format Braille text are grouped under the Format Menu. To access the Format menu while you are editing a document, press SPACE with "t h e" sign, which is SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6. As usual with menus, you can review the menu by pressing SPACE or ADVANCE repeatedly and select an item by pressing NEXT or ENTER, or just press an initial letter. For really fast access, many items are also available through Quick Commands.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3.2 Layout of a Braille Document. The Layout option presents a list of settings that determine the layout of a Braille document, such as the left and right margins. You can change a layout setting at any point in a document. The setting takes effect from the last new line indicator and a new layout indicator appears immediately after the new line indicator to indicate that one or more layout settings have changed at that point.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Tab stops; Line Spacing; Emboss page numbers; Page number position; Emboss both sides of the paper; Left margin; Right margin; Word wrap. The items in the Layout List are now discussed. 7.3.2.1 Indent First Line and Indent Rest of Paragraph. These settings allow a number of indenting styles to be set up.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3.2.2 Tabs. Tabs provide a way of moving the cursor to predetermined positions on the line, and are mainly used to align columns of text. There are 10 tab stops, numbered 1 to 10. The first is measured in cells from the left margin, then each subsequent stop is measured from the previous one. Each tab stop has an initial setting of 3 cells, so the actual positions are 4, 7, 10, 13, etc. Suppose you are editing and the cursor is at cell 8.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3.2.3 Indenting Tabs. Any tab stop can be defined as an "Indenting Tab.” Indenting tabs allow you to inset either a whole paragraph, or all but the first line of a paragraph. They are most often used when creating numbered lists and outlines, where the first line of each paragraph starts with a number followed by a tab and the rest of the paragraph is indented underneath that tab. The indent created by an Indenting Tab applies only to the paragraph containing the Tab.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3.2.6 Emboss Page Numbers. You can choose to have pages automatically numbered or not as you wish. Press Y or N as required. If you do not want a number on the first page of a document, turn off the page numbering at the start of the first page, and then turn it on at the start of the second page. 7.3.2.7 Page Number Position. If you choose to emboss page numbers, they can be placed in one of 6 positions on the page.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3.2.11 Word Wrap. This is the process by which text automatically continues on the next line when there is not enough space for another word on the current line. The initial setting of Word Wrap for a new document is "On" and, unless you plan to write computer programs using KeyWord, you will probably always leave it switched on.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3.3 Page Settings for a Braille Document. This group of settings applies to the entire current document. The Page Settings List contains 5 items, as follows: First page number; Paper length; Paper width; Top margin; Bottom margin. You can change the Page Settings at any point in the document, and the change applies to that whole document. Either enter the Format Menu by pressing SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, and select the "Page settings" option, or press BACKSPACE with P.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3.3.2 Paper Length and Width. These settings define the length and width of the paper that is used when this document is embossed. Usually you will use your standard Braille paper when embossing a document and you will have already set the Page Length and Page Width settings in the Embosser Setup list to the correct values for this Braille paper, as discussed in 6.7 The Embosser Set-up List.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.3.5 Right Justify a Braille Line. A line of text can be right-justified so that the last character is positioned on the right margin. To do this, place the cursor anywhere on the line, and either press SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6 for the Format menu, then R for Right Justify, or press ENTER with R. Right justification applies to the whole of a paragraph. A line cannot be both centered and right justified; it can only be one or the other.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.4.1 Style of Presentation. KeySoft allows you to indicate various ink-print styles. These do not affect the layout of the Braille document, but when you print it, or translate it to a text document, KeySoft uses the indicated styles to translate the layout from the Braille convention to an ink-print convention. For example, in Braille you might have sub-headings on a new line and indented 4 spaces.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.4.1.1 Paragraph. This is the initial style for a new document style. While paragraphs in Braille might start on a new line indented by two spaces, paragraphs in a text document might have no indentation, and be separated by a blank line. While this is the formatting convention for paragraphs, the options described in 15.19.8 Reviewing and Setting Back Translation Options, allow you to change it to suit your needs. The paragraph style indicator is $sp. 7.4.1.2 Heading.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.4.1.5 Lines. This style is used to show that the print text is a series of separate lines all starting at the left margin. It might be used for the address at the top of a letter, for example. Each New Line in Braille starts a New Line in print. Each blank line in Braille causes a blank line in print. This style stays in effect until another style indicator is encountered, or two or more blank lines causes the style to revert to "Paragraph.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.4.2.1 Ink-print Layout. The settings for a Braille document, such as left and right margin, are accessed from the Format menu by selecting Layout. In contrast, when you are preparing a Braille document for printing or translation, you may need to check or change the settings that are used for ink-print. These can be accessed from the Format menu by selecting Ink-print Settings, and then Layout, or by pressing BACKSPACE with ENTER with L.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.4.2.2 Ink-print only Inclusion. You may want to include text or formatting commands in the print version that are not required in the Braille version. For example, you could add an explanatory note, underline a word, or force a new page. To do this, either select the "Inclusion" option in the Ink-print Settings Menu, or press BACKSPACE with ENTER with J.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.4.2.4 Translation Options. This group of 9 settings affects the way in which the current Braille document is reformatted when it is translated to a text document The Translation option indicator is $txi. Settings apply from the start of the current paragraph, and can be changed at chosen points throughout the document. The initial values are covered in 15.19.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.4.2.5 Ink-Print Page Settings. When you translate a Braille document to a text document, a group of page settings is used for the entire text document. To access the Ink-print Page Settings, select "Page Settings" from the Ink-print Settings Menu. KeySoft displays: "Ink-Print Page settings list." This is a similar group of settings to the Braille list, comprising first page number, paper size, and top and bottom margins.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.5.1 Block Commands Menu. This menu provides all the commands needed to mark a block and manipulate it. These Block Commands are accessed through the Block Commands Menu, which you can enter by pressing SPACE with B.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.5.3 Marking a Block cont. Another way of marking a block is with a Quick Mark command. These commands automatically mark a character, word, sentence, line, paragraph or section.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.5.6 Append Block to Clipboard. This command is similar to "Copy Block to Clipboard.” The difference is that the marked block of text is added to, or appended to, the current contents of the clipboard instead of replacing it. This allows you to build up a phrase or a list of items in the clipboard. To append a block to the clipboard, first mark a block of text.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.5.9 Delete Block. This function completely removes a marked block from your document. It is useful for deleting large amounts of text. To delete a block, first mark the block of text you wish to delete. Then enter the Block Commands Menu and select "Delete block.” KeySoft prompts: "Delete block. Sure?” To confirm the deletion, press Y, or, if you decide not to delete the block, press N. 7.5.10 Changes to Text Format.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.5.11 Store Block. This command allows you to store a block of text in another file, instead of in the clipboard. The other file may already exist, or you can create it as part of the Store Block process. To store a block, first mark the block of text you wish to store. Then press SPACE with B for the Block menu, followed by S, for "Store.” KeySoft prompts for the drive, folder and name of the file to store the block in. Select these in the usual way.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.5.13 Merging Documents. The Insert File feature is useful for merging a form letter into a number of letters, each addressed to a different person or company. In fact, this feature makes the preparation of any document that contains some standardized text and layout much easier. Follow these steps to generate personalized memos: 1. Prepare a document containing the text that is common to all recipients; 2. Open another document for the first memo.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.5.16 Correct Grade of Block. This menu item allows you to change the Braille grade assigned to a block of text after you have already typed it. Imagine you want to type an e-mail address in the middle of a document. You change to computer Braille to do this, but forget to change the setting back to contracted Braille.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.6 Cursor Movement Modes. KeySoft has a range of specific moving commands designed to make moving around a document quick and accurate. These were listed in 3.8.2 Listening to a Document. When you are reading text organized in sentences and paragraphs, then commands to move the cursor by sentence or paragraph are very useful.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.7 Moving to the Start of the Next Line. It is possible to move the cursor to the first position on the next line without inserting a New Line in the document. To do this, press: SPACE with dots 4-5. KeySoft will move the cursor to the next Tab position and display the word under the cursor. If speech is on KeySoft says "New Line,” or "Line Break,” followed by the first word on the next line. 7.8 Moving to the Next Tab.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.9 Inserting the Time Date or Calculator Result. You can insert the time, date or calculator result directly into a document instead of typing them. With the cursor in the appropriate place in your current document, press ENTER with I. In the Insert Menu select Date, Time, or Calculator result as required. If you select the date, KeySoft prompts: "Insert today's date or printing date?" If you press T, KeySoft inserts today's date.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.11 Pasting an Address. A person's name and address, or other details, can be copied from an address list and inserted into your current document. Refer to 10.10.1 Copying to a Text or Braille Document. 7.12 Working with Documents on other Drives. While you will usually work with documents on the Flash Disk, KeyWord allows documents to be created or opened directly from any drive available on the BrailleNote BT.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.13 Saving a Document. Changes to a document are saved automatically when you finish editing it and return to the KeyWord menu or Main Menu, or when switching to another document with the command SPACE with dots 1-2-5-6. However, it is good practice to save a document regularly while you are editing it, especially if you are editing the document for a long period of time. For example, you might delete a significant passage by accident.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.14 Quitting a Document. Changes to a document are saved when you press SPACE with S, or automatically as you return to the KeyWord menu or Main Menu, or when switching to another document. Sometimes you may need to quit the Word Processor without saving the changes made since the document was last saved. For example, you may have made some incorrect alterations and want to abandon your changes. To do this, press BACKSPACE with Q, for Quit.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.15.2 Opening Text Documents. When you receive a document, such as an e-mail or a Microsoft Word document (as an e-mail attachment perhaps) you may find it easier to read and even edit the document as a text document. The advantages of leaving the document as a text document rather than translating the document into Braille are: It saves initial translation time and effort; It avoids translation errors; It eliminates any loss of formatting during translation.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.16.1 6-dot or 8-dot Computer Braille. There are two sorts of computer Braille: 6-dot and 8-dot. In 6-dot, a capital letter is obtained by pressing SPACE with U before the letter. If you press SPACE with U twice, capitals continue until you turn them off by pressing SPACE with U again. Alternatively, you can employ 8-dot Braille. The two keys that we have been calling BACKSPACE and ENTER are used in 8-dot Braille for dot 7 and dot 8 respectively.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.16.2 Computer Braille Cursor. In chapter 4 we discussed the review cursor in relation to reading a book with KeyBook. We explained that for grade 1 or grade 2 Braille, the standard cursor is both dots 7 and 8. For computer Braille the cursor is dot 8 only. KeyWord requires text documents to be edited in computer Braille, regardless of what reading grade you have set for the Braille display.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.17 Formatting a Text Document. The format of a text document, that is an ink-print style document, is determined by the settings in the Layout List, the Page Settings List, and by individual commands for centering, justifying, underlining, and changing font types.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Template menu: This item contains options that are used when preparing a Template Document for use with the Address List. This is described in 10.9 Templates. 7.17.1 Layout of a Text Document. Layout allows you to review and change options that control the layout or formatting of the text document, such as tabs, indents, page numbering, etc. The items in the Layout List for a text document have initial values that are appropriate for ink-printing.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.17.2 Underlining. Underlining can be switched on or off at any point in the text. When switched on, it continues until an "Underline Off" command is encountered. To check or change the underline status at any point, either press SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, for the Format menu, and U for Underlining, or press ENTER with U. KeySoft prompts: "Underline is off." Press ENTER to leave it off, N to turn it on, or F to turn it off.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.17.3 Font. Most printers can produce special fonts, such as italics, bold, elongated, compressed, and subscripts, to enhance the appearance of a printed document. KeySoft allows fonts to be changed within a text document. A single letter is used to select each font. For instance, I signifies italics, B for bold, E for elongated. Before using the Font commands you should select the driver appropriate to your printer from the Printer Setup in the KeyWord menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.17.4.1 Paragraph. This is the initial style for new documents. A section with the "Paragraph" style starts in Braille with a new line and an indent of 2 spaces. Blank lines in print are ignored in Braille. The Paragraph Style indicator is shown on the Braille display as $sp. 7.17.4.2 Heading. A blank line is placed above and below a heading. Each new print line starts a new Braille line. A blank line in a heading causes a blank line in Braille.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.17.4.5 Lines. This style is for a series of separate lines all starting at the left margin. Any overflow onto the following line is indented by 2 spaces. The "Lines" style might be used to format the address at the top of a letter, for example. Two or more blank lines causes the style to revert to "Paragraph.” The lines style indicator is shown on Braille display as $sl. 7.17.4.6 Identical to Source.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.17.5 Braille Settings linked with a Text Document. When you are working with a text document, you may want to put in formatting that only has effect when the document is embossed, or translated to a Braille document. This is the purpose of the Braille Settings option in the Format Menu. To access the Braille settings menu when you are editing a text document, press SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6 for the Format menu, then B for Braille settings.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.17.5.1 Braille Grade. When a text document is embossed or translated into a Braille document, your preferred reading grade setting is used. This setting is in the Braille options of the Options Menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.17.5.3 Braille Translation Options. This group of 11 settings affects the way in which a particular presentation style in a text document appears in the corresponding Braille version. Settings apply from the start of the current paragraph, and can be changed at chosen points throughout the document. The initial values are covered in Chapter 15, as well as other translation settings that are not available while editing.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.18 Creating Other Document Types. To create a different type of document, select "Create a Document" from the KeyWord Menu in the normal manner. When KeySoft prompts "Document to Create?", press Backspace with X repeatedly until the document type you wish to create is displayed.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.19 Initial Format Settings in a Document. If you have changed one or more settings in a Layout list, you can reach a point in the document where you want the settings to revert to their initial values. That is, the value they were at the start of the document. To do this, ensure that the cursor is at the appropriate place, and from anywhere in the Layout list, press BACKSPACE with R, for Revert.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.20 Extended Characters. The text characters represented, in the standard 63 dot combination Braille set, or for that matter on the typical QWERTY keyboard, only represent a tiny proportion of the total characters available. These include currency indicators like pounds and Euros, accented letters like e acute and c cedilla, character sets for other languages such as Arabic and Japanese and a whole range of specialist characters for use in sciences, math, phonetics etc.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.20.2 Insertion By Name. This search is based on the name of the character, for example "e acute" or "Euro-currency sign.” Follow these steps to insert an extended character using the name search: 1. When the cursor is at the place where you wish to enter the character, press BACKSPACE with dots 3-5. KeySoft will prompt for the Unicode character. If you have used this function before, it will offer the previously selected character. If you want to select it, press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2. To browse the list of Unicode tables, press SPACE repeatedly, or BACKSPACE to go back, or type the initial letter of a table name to narrow down the selection and browse from there. 3. When you locate the table you wish to browse, select it by pressing ENTER. 4. At this point you can either browse the whole table by pressing SPACE or BACKSPACE repeatedly, or type the initial letter of a character name to narrow down the selection and browse from there.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.20.5 Appearance of Unicode Characters in Computer Braille. You may assign a computer Braille dot combination to any extended character so that when the document is translated to computer Braille, that dot combination will be used. Assigning a dot combination follows a similar pattern to assigning a key combination: Search the Unicode tables for the character to which you wish to assign a dot pattern and when you locate it, press SPACE with D.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2. When the character is displayed, press SPACE with K. If there is no key combination assigned, it will display, " (Character) is unassigned. Option" where character in brackets is the actual name of the character. 3. If a key combination is already assigned, it will display, "(Character) is assigned to (key combination). Option" For example, "E acute is assigned to SPACE with U then dots 1,5,7. Option." 4. Press A.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7.20.7 How to use Unicode Key Combinations. Once you have created a key combination as above, you will then no doubt wish to use it in a document, a file name, address listing etc. To use it, at the point where you wish to insert the Unicode character, press the key combination you assigned to it. Continue Brailling as normal. 7.20.8 Interpreting Braille Versions of Unicode Characters.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8 The Scientific Calculator. The Scientific Calculator, KeyPlus, can be used for straightforward sums such as addition and division, and for more complex operations including statistics calculations and trigonometry. The Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics (Nemeth), the British Braille Mathematics Notation (UK Braille), and the Unified English Braille Code (UEB) are supported for the entry and display of calculations.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.2 Entering a Calculation. A calculation is entered in the same order as it would be typed or spoken, without any spaces. Numbers are entered using the letters A to J. (If you are using the Nemeth code, you can also use dropped digits). You do not need to type a number sign, one is automatically entered for you as soon as you start entering a number. The four basic operators are represented as follows: For PLUS, press: Nemeth: dots 3-4-6. UK Braille: dots 2-3-5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide You can review the calculation by pressing the previous and next thumb keys together. The Braille display will show 3 plus 5 minus 2 equals 6 in your selected Braille code. Pressing previous and next again will return to just displaying the answer. If the speech is on, the speech will mirror the content of the braille display. If you make a mistake, you can use BACKSPACE to delete entries.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.2.3 Setting the Calculation Precision. The maximum number of decimal places that are displayed can be set from 0 to 9. This is done by pressing: Nemeth: SPACE with dots 4-6. UK Braille: SPACE with dot 2. UEB: SPACE with dots 2-5-6. followed by the desired number of digits. This does not affect the internal precision of calculations, but only the number of digits that are displayed.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.3.2 Parentheses. Parentheses, or brackets, are used to change the order in which an equation is evaluated. For example, the equation: 3 + 4 * 5 is evaluated by adding 3 to the product of 4 and 5. The answer is 23. If you want the addition of 3 and 4 to occur first and the result to be multiplied by 5, insert parentheses around the 3 + 4, as follows: ( 3 + 4 ) * 5 = 35. To enter a left parenthesis, press: Nemeth: dots 1-2-3-5-6. UK Braille dots 1-2-6. UEB dots 1-2-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.3.4 Percent. Percent is a special operator that automatically evaluates the calculation without the need to press ENTER as well. To enter the percent operator, press: Nemeth: dots 1-4-6. UK Braille: P, (dots 1-2-3-4). UEB: P, (dots 1-2-3-4). The following examples show how the percent operator can be used. To calculate a 20% mark-up on 56, type: 5 6 + 2 0 % which gives the result 67.2. To calculate a 10% mark-down on 45, type: 4 5 - 1 0 % which gives the result 40.5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.3.5.2 Entering Mixed Numbers. A mixed number is the combination of a whole number, and a fraction. For example, 6 1/2. For Nemeth, to enter a mixed number: 1. Enter the whole number and press SPACE. KeyPlus announces "and". 2. Enter the numerator (the top number in the fraction). 3. Press BACKSPACE with dots 3-4 to add the horizontal line between the numerator and denominator. 4. Enter the denominator (the bottom number in the fraction).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.3.5.5 Converting a fraction to a decimal. To convert a fraction to a decimal, press SPACE with dots 3-4. KeyPlus prompts: "Fraction option?". Select the Decimal option by pressing D. 8.3.5.6 Converting a fraction to its lowest terms. The result of an equation involving a fraction is always displayed in its lowest terms, for example 2/4 is displayed as 1/2. To directly convert any fraction to its lowest terms, type the fraction and press ENTER. 8.3.5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.4 Statistical Operations. Statistical operations in KeyPlus, allow you to enter a set of numbers, and KeyPlus then calculates their mean (average), median, mode, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, etc. You can review the statistical results, insert them into documents, or use them in calculations, etc. You can also review the data in the order you entered it, in numeric order or as a frequency table.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.4.1 Entering Data. To perform statistical operations, KeyPlus needs a set of numbers to operate upon. To avoid confusing these numbers with other numbers in KeyPlus, these numbers will be referred to as "values", and the set of values KeyPlus operates on is called "the data set." The number of times a value occurs is called the "frequency" of the value. When you put a value and a frequency together, you get a data item.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide If you know a particular number occurs more than once, you do not have to enter it multiple times because you can tell KeyPlus in one entry what the number is and how often it occurs. The number of times a number occurs is called the frequency of the number. To enter a number and its frequency, type the number, the frequency command, and then the number of times it occurs. For example, to input "5", ten times, type "5", the frequency command, "10" and press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.4.2 Importing Data. You can import data from a file that has been saved in Comma Separated Values (CSV) format. Most spreadsheets and databases have this as an option when saving or exporting data. Note that in this file, the data items must be listed so that the value comes before the frequency. For example: 73,2 58,2 38,1 The data is presented in a list with one value and in its associated frequency per line. Also, the numbers are written in digits rather than words.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.4.3 Leaving the result of a calculation out of the data set. As described above, when Data Entry is on the result of a calculation is added to the data set when you press ENTER. There is a way to perform calculations while Data Entry is on, without entering the result into the data set. To find the result of a calculation without entering it into the data set, press dots 1-2-3-4-5-6 (Nemeth), dots 2-3-5-6 (UK Braille and UEB) instead of ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.4.5.1 Reviewing the Statistical Functions. At any time while you are entering data or once you have finished, you can review the results of the statistical functions by pressing S. What happens next depends on whether or not Data Entry is on. When Data Entry is on, the Statistical Functions Review List is displayed and you can review the statistical results an item at a time by pressing SPACE repeatedly, or jump directly to a particular result by pressing its hot key.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide KeyPlus has a Data Set Review Mode in which you can review the data, and if Data Entry is on, make changes. To enter the Data Set Review Mode, go to the Data Set Menu by pressing BACKSPACE with S and select Review Data Set. KeyPlus displays: “Data Set Review Mode. Entry Order” followed by the last data entry. To exit Data Set Review Mode and return to your calculation, press SPACE with E.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.4.8 Saving the Data Set. Saving data sets to files means that you can have multiple data sets and whichever one you require when you need it. You can also share data sets with other BrailleNote users and transfer them to PC or other systems to use from within spreadsheets or databases. You can insert them into documents as frequency tables, and so on. To save the data set, go to the Data Set Menu by pressing BACKSPACE with S and select "Save Data Set".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.4.10 Definitions of Statistical Terms. As you probably know, Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. Below are the terms that you will need to be familiar with in order to effectively use the statistics function of KeySoft. VALUE: A value is a number that is a measurable amount or quantity. In statistics, a set of values is what makes up a data set.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide MEAN as represented by the Greek letter symbol, mu, italicized x with a bar above it, m or mean values: For a data set, the mean is the same as the average. It is the sum of all the values divided by the number of values. For example, the mean or average of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7 and 10, is 30 divided by 6, which is equal to 5. MEDIAN: In statistics, a median is the middle number in a group of numbers.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.5 Memory Operations. There are 10 separate memories for storing conversion factors, partial results, etc. They are numbered 0 to 9. The commands for memory number 1, for example, are as follows: Clear memory 1: press SPACE with K, then 1. Store number in memory 1: press SPACE with S, then 1. Add to memory 1: press SPACE with A, then 1. Recall contents of memory 1: press SPACE with M then 1. Display contents of memory, but do not use in calculation: press M, then 1.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.5.4 Recall Memory. This is used to recall the value in a memory and insert it into the calculation. For example, to divide the contents of Memory 4 by 5, and store the result in Memory 1, press: SPACE with M 4 / 5 SPACE with S 1. When you press SPACE with M, the letter M is displayed on the Braille display and "Recall memory" is spoken. The calculation is evaluated, resulting in 9.8 / 4 = 2.45. This is stored in Memory 1. 8.5.5 Display Memory.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.6.1 Trigonometric Functions. The trigonometric functions can be calculated in either degrees or radians. To select degrees press T, then D, to select radians press T, then R. A setting stays in effect until it is superseded by another. A two-character sequence is used to select a trig function. Sine, cos and tan are preceded by T, and the inverse functions are preceded by SPACE with T. In both cases a menu is displayed. For sine: press T, then S.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.6.2 Square Roots and Squares. The square root operator precedes its number, while the squared operator occurs after its number, following the written form. For "square root", press: Nemeth: dots 3-4-5 UK Braille dots 1-4-6 UEB: dots 1-4-6. For "squared", press Nemeth: SPACE with dots 3-4-5. UK Braille: dots 2-3. UEB: SPACE with 1-4-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.6.4 Powers and Roots. These functions are assigned as follows: x to the power of y, press: Nemeth: dots 4-5. UK Braille: dots 3-4-6. UEB: dots 3-5. If required by the braille code, KeyPlus automatically adds in the index termination sign to show when the calculation returns to the base level. x to the power of 1/y, press: Nemeth: dots SPACE with dots 4-5. UK Braille: SPACE with dots 3-4-6. UEB: SPACE with dots 3-5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 8.6.5 Logarithmic Functions. The following log functions are provided: For log to base 10: press L. dots 1-2-4-6 L. For 10 to the power of: press SPACE with L. For log to base e, or natural log: press N. For e to the power of: press SPACE with N. Examples: To calculate the log to base e of 10, and save the result in Memory 2, type: N 1 0 SPACE with S 2 followed by ENTER. The result "2.302585" is displayed. Now to calculate e to the power of 2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9 Planner. KeyPlan is a page-per-day planner, which allows you to make notes and reminders for each day of the year. You can also enter appointments for particular times, reschedule them, and include an audible alarm with any appointment. Appointments can be single events or recurring right out until the year 9999. And all of this information can be shared with Microsoft Outlook's calendar via a synchronization function we call KeySync, which is discussed in detail in 14.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.3 Selecting a Date. When you select the "Open" option, KeyPlan displays: "Day? Press ENTER for (today's date)." Before pressing ENTER, you can choose a different date by either typing it in as described in 9.3.1 Entering the Date, or by moving around the calendar, as follows: By day back or forward, use SPACE with dot 3 or dot 6; By week, use SPACE with dots 2 or 5; By month, use SPACE with dots 1 or 4; By year, use SPACE with dots 2-3 or 5-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.3.1 Entering the Date. Instead of moving around the calendar to find the required date, you can Braille a date as: 25 dec 06, or dec 25 06. To avoid ambiguity, precede each group of numbers with the number sign as shown, which is dots 3-4-5-6. You can use a 3-letter abbreviation for the month, such as: 25 dec 06. Or you can type the month name in full: 25 december 06 december 25 06 You can also use numbers separated by a number sign in the form: 25 12 06.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.3.2 Page Layout. The planner is laid out as a page-per-day desk planner. Each day starts on a new page. The date appears on the first line. On the next line are any general notes or reminders that can use as many lines as required. These are called "all-day events" and are not associated with any particular time. The scheduled appointments then follow. Each of these starts on a new line, and begins with a time. The appointment details follow on the same line.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.3.3 Making Notes on a Particular Day. Notes are recorded as all-day events and KeyPlan precedes them with the words "all-day:". They are not associated with any particular time during that day. To make notes on any page of the planner, first select the date. The cursor is placed ahead of any text that may already be on the page. If the page is blank, then just start typing. If there is already text on the page, check that the cursor is in the right place before typing.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.4 Scheduling Appointments. An appointment is made up of a group of settings that the user defines. These include date, start time, end time, title, location etc. The process of scheduling an appointment is basically going through the list of these settings and defining each setting.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Type the reason for this appointment and press ENTER. If necessary, you can add more notes about this appointment after you have finished scheduling it. 5. KeySoft then prompts: "Location?." This is not a mandatory field. Either type the location and press ENTER, or simply press ENTER. 6. KeySoft prompts: "Recurrence? Press ENTER for once." For a one off appointment, press ENTER. For more information on recurring appointments, refer to 9.5 Recurring Appointments. 7.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.4.1 Making Notes on an Appointment. You can make notes on any appointment at any time by placing the cursor in the time and title line and pressing ENTER. From there, simply type your notes. If you have only just scheduled the appointment, the cursor will already be in the time and title line.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.5.1.1 Daily. Daily means any pattern based on a number of days. This could be every day, or every second day, every 5 days etc. At the prompt “Days between occurrences? Press ENTER for 1 day(s)". The default setting is 1 day. To change this, type the number of days of your choice. For example, for every second day, type 2. 9.5.1.2 Weekly. Weekly means any recurring event that happens weekly, or in a weekly pattern.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3. KeyPlan prompts: “Day of recurrence? Press ENTER for x” where x is the day of the week of the original date selected. Options are the days of the week, weekday, weekend day, or day (refer to note above). To make a selection, cycle through by pressing SPACE with dots 3-4 then ENTER. 4. KeySoft then prompts “Months between occurrences? Press ENTER for n” where n is 1 by default. Either press ENTER or type the new number and then press ENTER. 9.5.1.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.5.2 Number of Recurrences. Having set up the pattern, KeyPlan now wishes to know how many times the event will recur. You have four choices: “End of recurrence? Press ENTER for none”, "None" – With this option, the event will recur right out until the end of 9999. “# occurrences” – with this option, type the number of times the event recurs in digits, the maximum being 999.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.5.5 Notes on Recurring Appointments. These notes explain how recurring appointments behave differently to ordinary appointments in the following circumstances: 9.5.5.1 Alarm Warning Time. In a recurring appointment, the alarm warning time must be shorter than the interval between occurrences. For example – recurring appointment is 5pm daily, a warning time of 25 hours would have the alarm sound before the previous occurrence of the recurring appointment. 9.5.5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.6 Reviewing the Appointments. 9.6.1 The Review Commands. Most KeySoft review commands are available in the planner, but two groups of commands are unique: To read all planner entries for the: Previous day: SPACE with dots 2-3; Current day: SPACE with dots 2-3-5-6; Next day: SPACE with dots 5-6. To read the planner entries within a particular day: Previous entry: SPACE with dot 1; Current entry: SPACE with dots 1-4; Next entry: SPACE with dot 4.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.6.2 Checking Your Next Appointment. You can check the details of your next appointment from any point in KeySoft, without losing your place in your current activity. To do this, press ENTER with N. This command recognizes appointments showing their time as busy, out of office or tentative, but not those marked as free.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.6.4 Calendar or Appointment Information. There are two quick ways to get information about either a day in the calendar or a specific appointment. These are by using the information command SPACE with I, and SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.7.1 Editing an Appointment. After you have made an entry in the planner, you can edit, delete, move or change the layout of its text. Most of the KeySoft editing commands are available in KeyPlan. These can be used to make changes to the text of an appointment, but not to change the time and date of an appointment itself.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.7.3 Modifying an Appointment. This option allows you to reschedule the date or time, change the recurring pattern, alarm status, location etc of any appointment. Position the cursor anywhere in the appointment you wish to modify, and press BACKSPACE with R. If the appointment is a recurring one, you will now be asked if you wish to modify just this one, or all instances. For just this one, press J, for all instances, press A.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.8 Selecting Another Date. There are two ways to select another date. Assuming you are already in the planner, you can return to the Calendar Day selection prompt by pressing SPACE with E, and then select or Braille the required date, or you can move forwards or backwards to a different date by using the "Go to" command, SPACE with dots 1-2-6. When you press SPACE with dots 1-2-6 KeySoft prompts: "Go where?." Press F for forwards, or B for back.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.9.2 When Alarms Sound. An alarm rings at its programmed time, even if the BrailleNote BT is switched off. The speakers and the headphones sound the alarm. Unlike speech, the speakers sounds the alarm even if the headphones are plugged in. If not acknowledged, the alarm continues ringing for a length of time called the "Alarm ringing time.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.9.4 Alarm Set Up. The ringing and repeat times have the same values for all alarms. To review or change the values, first move to the KeyPlan menu. In the KeyPlan Menu select "Setup options" and KeySoft enters the "KeyPlan setup list." The first item on the list is alarm volume. KeyPlan displays: "Alarm volume? 24." To change the alarm volume, type a new value between 5 and 32 where 5 is quietest and 32 is loudest, and press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 9.10 Embossing and Printing. Any part of the planner can be embossed or printed. This section refers to embossing, but the procedure for printing is the same. To emboss part of the planner, first move to the KeyPlan menu, and then select: "Emboss planner." KeyPlan prompts: "Emboss or Setup Embosser?." The Emboss option leads to a series of prompts to select the dates to emboss. The Set Up option allows the BrailleNote BT to be set-up to match your embosser.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10 Address List. KeyList is an address list manager. It allows you to enter addresses, phone numbers and other data against a person's name. You can review and edit the information, sort it, and copy it to KeyWord or KeyPlan. It is also possible to synchronize your Address List with an MS Outlook Contacts list – see 14.16 KeySync.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.1 Adding an Address. This option allows you to enter contact details; last name, first name, and a list of other information. Each item of information, such as a phone number, is called a "field". Up to 25 fields can be associated with a last name to form a contact "record". At the KeyList menu, select "Add address." KeyList displays: "Entry list for Address List." Move to the first item in the list by pressing SPACE or ADVANCE, and KeyList prompts you for a Last name.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Company Name Department Business Street Address Business Street Address Line 2 Business Street Address Line 3 Business City Business State or County Business Zip or Postcode Business Country Web Page Notes For each field, type the information and press ENTER. You are then asked for the next field. When you come to the Notes field, press ENTER to select it. You can then write, edit or read the notes, and return to the list by pressing SPACE with E.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.2 10.2.1 Looking Up an Address. Searching by Surname. At the KeyList menu, select "Lookup Address". KeyList displays: "Selection list for Address List". Move to the first item in the list by pressing SPACE or ADVANCE, and KeyList prompts: "Last name?" You are being asked for data which is used to find matching records. We deal with a simple case, and return to more complex searches later. For example, you may want to review the records of all people called "Smith".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide To hear the next word: SPACE with dot 5. To hear the current word: SPACE with dots 2-5 (Press twice to spell current word.) To hear the previous word: SPACE with dot 2. When you have finished listening to a selection, you can return to the selection list by pressing SPACE with E. You are asked for another Last name. If you have finished searching, you can return to the KeyList menu by pressing SPACE with E again. 10.2.2 Record Matching.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.2.3 Wildcard search. You can also search for a name fragment within a field, using the multi-character wild card for the unknown first part. For example, you may remember a company as: "Something and Fox, Incorporated". If you press SPACE with dots 3-5, followed by "fox" in the company name field, you should have a very short list of records to review.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide This puts you in an entry list so you can modify or add to any other field as well. You have the same three options for all the fields and you can change any other field in the record. The second scenario is where you wish to add an additional field to an existing record. From the "Lookup address" option, select the person's record you wish to add to, then press BACKSPACE with dots 2-5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.6 Inserting an Address into a Document. You may wish to insert a name and address, from KeyList into a letter you are typing with KeyWord. This can be done in two steps as follows: 1. Copy the address to the clipboard. 2. Paste the clipboard into the document. These steps are now described. Select KeyList and from the KeyList menu, press L for Lookup, and locate the person's address. At any field in this record, select the Block Commands Menu by pressing SPACE with B.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.7.1 Templates for Embossing. An address record is a series of fields, whereas an embossed page must have a specific format. So, to emboss address records, you must specify which fields you want to emboss, and how they should be arranged. This is defined by a template, which is a KeyWord document laid out with the required field names in the required arrangement. A template may also contain text and formatting information.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.7.2 Selecting Addresses to Emboss. After you have selected the template, KeyList displays, "Selection list for Address List". If you want to emboss every record, press ENTER. However, you can select just those addresses you want to emboss. For example, you might type "Yoyodyne Inc." in the "Company name" field. When you have set up the required search field, or fields, start the lookup by pressing ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.9.2 Creating a Template. Suppose that you wish to copy records from an address list into some business letters. You might want a template which puts your own address at the head of the letter, followed by the date, and then the recipient's name and address. We will assume that the letters will be Braille documents, which could be printed later. In this case you will need a Braille template. From the KeyWord menu, press C to create a new document.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 1. When using a template, KeyList filters out lines which only contain blank fields. For example, the original record may have a blank "Country" field. If your template contains a "Country" field name on a line by itself, a blank line will not be generated. 2. If you want a blank line to be generated when it contains only blank fields, start the line in the template with a marker to indicate "Force Inclusion of Line", by pressing BACKSPACE with ENTER with dots 2-3-4-6, then F.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.10.1 Copying to a Text or Braille Document. To copy to a document, press D, and you hear prompts for a destination folder name and document name. Select an existing Braille or text document, or create a new one. When you have entered the destination document name, you are prompted, "Template name?" This determines the fields to be copied and their format on the page.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.10.2 Copying to an Address List File. You can also copy addresses to another address list file, rather than to a document as just described. At the KeyList menu select "Copy addresses". Your BrailleNote BT prompts: "Copy addresses to a document or an address list?" To copy to an address list file, press A, and your BrailleNote BT prompts for a destination folder name and file name. Select an existing address list.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.11 Selecting an Address List. KeySoft is installed with a blank address file called: "Address List". Its name is displayed when you select, "Add address", or "Lookup address". However there is no reason why you can't have multiple address lists, instead of one, and use them for other purposes than storing addresses. Information on creating an address list can be found in 10.12 Creating an Address List.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10.12 Creating an Address List. Each address list has an associated KeyList definition file that defines the fields that are contained in an address record. The definition file for the standard "Address List" may be found in the KeyList folder and is named "Address List.klt". When you first enter details into the Address List, an associated database volume is created within the "Keylist.cdb" file that is stored in the KeyList folder on the Flash Disk.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide database Phone List 24 14865, name, autocap, "Last name" 14854, name autocap, "First name" 14857, phone, autonum, "Phone" 24594, concat, "14865, 14854" 24595, concat, "14854, 14865" announcement order 14854, 14865 sort order 24594, 24595 Once you are happy with the contents of the modified file, exit the file, and from the File Command Menu, rename it to "Phone List". Ignore the message that there is no database associated with the file.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11 E-mail. This chapter introduces KeyMail, the BrailleNote's user-friendly e-mail package that lets you send, receive and manage your e-mail. If you are new to the world of electronic telecommunications you may wonder what e-mail is. That is, apart from being short for electronic mail. Essentially e-mail is just the electronic equivalent of paper mail, but it is faster and cheaper than ordinary mail.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.1 What Can KeyMail Do. The KeyMail e-mail program enables you to access mainstream e-mail services and communicate with e-mail users worldwide. KeyMail provides you with the following capabilities: KeyMail enables you to communicate with people using many different popular e-mail programs like Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Eudora, and Lotus cc:Mail.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.2.1 Write E-mail. Choose "Write an e-mail" when you wish to send a new message to one or more people. You can enter their e-mail addresses manually, or more conveniently, choose them from your KeyList address list.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.2.4 Setup Options. The purpose of the "Set up options" is to define the details of your e-mail accounts. You can set up as many accounts as you wish. Using the Receive options you can choose not to delete messages from your service provider after they have been downloaded, leaving them available to be downloaded to another computer. A size limit can also be set on e-mails to be downloaded, and if exceeded, an alert will be given.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide In some cases you may require other information such as a DNS address. Either ask your Service Provider for details on setting up a Windows CE machine, or contact your BrailleNote BT dealer. If using a dial-up connection, you will also require a telephone number from them. Some Service Providers also require a User Name and Password for the initial connection, as well as those required to access your actual E-Mail account.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.5 Writing an E-mail Message. KeyMail provides most of the important functions of the popular e-mail programs available today. If you have used any of these programs you have a head start because you already understand what you are doing. KeyMail guides you through the process of addressing, writing an e-mail message and attaching files to e-mail.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4. A prompt: "Copy to?" is displayed. Type a name as discussed in step 2 or press ENTER to skip. 5. A prompt: "Blind copy to?" is displayed. Again you can type a name as discussed in step 2 or press ENTER to skip. You may be wondering what blind copy is? It is a copy of an e-mail that is sent without being marked with all "send to" and "copy to" addresses. Consequently the recipient does not know that anyone else has been sent a copy. 6. KeySoft prompts: Subject?.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2. Move to the address of the person you want to sent a reply to and press BACKSPACE with K. 3. KeyMail will display: "copied to clipboard". 4. To add the address into the To: field of a new message, press BACKSPACE with V. 5. Fill in the Subject field and write your message. 11.6 Email Signatures. You have the option of automatically adding your own customized signature to an email.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3. KeySoft now queries whether you want to attach the file in its current format. For example, KeySoft might query "Attach this KeyWord document in a different file type?" If you press Y for Yes, KeySoft queries, "Attach as which file type? Microsoft Word file?” Press ENTER to accept this option. To choose a different file type, press SPACE with dots 3-4. The available file types are: Microsoft Word, ASCII text, Plain Braille file, Rich Text Format (RTF), WordPerfect 5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.8.1 E-mail Folders. KeyMail organizes your messages by sorting them into folders. These folders are located within the KeyMail system, and are not part of the normal folder structure of KeySoft. Initially, KeyMail provides 8 internal folders. These are My E-mail, Inbox, Outbox, Sent, Received, All, Draft and Trash. It is highly recommended that you create at least 2 folders of your own. Your folders could simply be called “Mail In” and “Mail out.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.8.2 Receiving incoming E-mail. The following steps are required to read your incoming e-mail. 1. Select KeyMail by pressing BACKSPACE with ENTER with E. 2. KeySoft displays "KeyMail Menu.” Select "Read E-mail" from the KeyMail menu. 3. KeySoft prompts "Connect using which configuration? Press ENTER for (name).” where (name) is the name of a connection configuration you have set up in the Connectivity menu. To use the offered configuration, just press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.8.3 Reading New E-Mail. When new e-mail appears in the Inbox, you will be presented with the first new e-mail to read: 1. To review the fields associated with the E-mail press SPACE to advance through the fields, or BACKSPACE to move back through the fields. Each e-mail entry in a folder consists of a number of fields, depending on whether the e-mail has any attachments, and how many there are. The first field presented is the Subject, followed by the sender.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.8.4 Reviewing E-mail. When you enter any folder, the focus is on the last item entered in that folder. You can move up and down the items in a folder, and read the key fields associated with each item. If desired, you can also read the e-mail message and any included attachment. KeyMail provides the following commands to review e-mail within a folder: To read the selected e-mail, press ENTER. To exit the e-mail message, press SPACE with E.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.8.5 Received Attachments. If the e-mail being reviewed has one or more attachments, these appear as fields in the e-mail entry. Move forward or back through the fields with the SPACE and BACKSPACE keys. KeySoft displays "Attachment 1 name,” "Attachment 2 name,” and so on, depending on the number of attachments. Press ENTER on the desired attachment, and KeySoft asks you to confirm whether you wish to detach or read the file. To read the attachment, press R.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.8.6 Folder Management. E-mail folders are different to the other kinds on the Flash Disk. They are held in a database, called E-mail folders.cdb, found in the KeyList folder of the Flash Disk. You cannot access this database any other way than KeyMail, but we hope that by understanding this, it will make the folder management process easier to understand. It also explains why, in order to make more room for e-mails, the option is called "Free Database Space".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.8.8 E-mail Action Menu. The E-mail Action Menu is available when you are reviewing e-mail within a folder, and is entered by pressing SPACE with dots 2-6. The options available from the menu depend on the folder you are reviewing. Invoking the E-mail Action Menu within the Inbox presents the following options: Reply: Used to send an answer to the person who sent you the message.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Answering Y to this prompt causes KeySoft to include a copy of the original e-mail text in the message area. Include original e-mail attachments: Answering Y to this prompt causes KeySoft to include a copy of the original e-mail attachments with the reply. Forward: Used to send an e-mail message you have received to another person or group. Choosing this option presents further choices and input fields to be entered.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Invoking the E-mail Action Menu within, for example, the Sent folder, causes the “Reply" and “Delete e-mail from this folder" options to be suppressed. A new item, "Move to Trash" will appear on the menu in addition to the other standard items. Print e-mail: Choose this option to print an ink copy of the selected e-mail. Emboss e-mail: Choose this option to emboss a copy of the selected e-mail on a Braille printer.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.8.9 Include copy of original e-mail. Include copy of original e-mail: Answering Y to this prompt causes KeySoft to include a copy of the original e-mail text in the message area. Include original e-mail attachments: Answering Y to this prompt causes KeySoft to include a copy of the original e-mail attachments with the reply. Forward: Used to send an e-mail message you have received to another person or group.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Choose this option to emboss a copy of the selected e-mail on a Braille printer. Mark all e-mail: This is a useful feature if you want to perform an action on all e-mail within the current folder. For example you may wish to copy the contents of the folder to another folder. If you wanted to do this, first "Mark all e-mail,” then choose the "Copy e-mail to another folder option" from the E-mail Action Menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.9 Connect to Send and Receive E-mail. Connect to Send and Receive E-mail checks for new e-mail, and sends any e-mails in the "Outbox.” You are prompted through the steps required, and feedback is provided as to the status of the connection and mail download. If you have any unsent mail, this is also sent at this time. 1. From the KeyMail menu select "Connect to send and receive e-mail.” 2. KeySoft prompts "Connect using which configuration? Press ENTER for (name).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide For details on the options available while downloading e-mail, during the download options, refer to the following section 11.9.1 Download status. During the sending and receiving process BrailleNote BT beeps once every few seconds indicating it is busy. When using a dialup connection, at completion of sending your messages, KeySoft displays "Remain connected to modem?" To disconnect and return to the KeyMail Menu, press N.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.9.1 Download status. You can press ENTER at any time during the download process to hear the status of the download. During this process the BrailleNote BT beeps once every few seconds indicating it is busy. Download status displays the percentage complete, the size of the e-mail currently being downloaded and the percentage complete of the total e-mails waiting to be downloaded.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.10 Setup Options. Selecting Setup Options from the KeyMail menu presents the KeyMail Setup Menu which provides 4 options; "Directory of E-mail Accounts,” "Receive Options,” "Address List,”and "Free Database Space". "Directory of E-mail Accounts" allows you to define account details for e-mail using a particular Service Provider, and provides options for both adding a new account and looking up and modifying an existing account. For details refer to 11.10.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 11.10.1.1 Add an E-mail Account. To send and receive e-mail you need access to an e-mail Service Provider. When you open an account with a Service Provider you need to obtain details of the service such as the POP server and SMTP addresses, and these details must be loaded into KeyMail before you can use that e-mail account. Note: Details of the actual internet connection are listed separately.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12. KeySoft then queries "Use a secure connection for SMTP server?" If your SMTP server requires a secure connection (SSL), press Y. If a secure connection is not required, press N. The default is No. 13. KeySoft displays, "SMTP authentication required?" Increasingly, e-mail providers expect users to verify their user name and address on the SMTP server before allowing them to proceed.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide To make a duplicate copy of an e-mail account record, you can use the same technique as discussed in 10.5 Duplicating a Record, for duplicating address list records. This provides a quick and convenient way of duplicating a record, and then modifying a field. The account record list comprises the following items: Account Name; User Name; Password; Your Name; E-mail address; POP Server; POP Server secure connection (SSL).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide If an e-mail is larger than this setting, KeySoft will prompt you with a number of options before downloading it. These options were discussed in 11.9.1 Download status. To change the value, enter the maximum size in kilobytes and press ENTER. For example, to set the limit at 60 kilobytes, enter 60, followed by ENTER. The default setting is 50K, or approximately 50,000 characters.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12 Web Browser. KeyWeb has all the same basic features as Internet Explorer. You can browse the web, use a search engine, download files or read a page online and work through forms. KeyWeb can also be used to open and read locally stored html files, such as a saved web page. This chapter is designed to demonstrate the features and commands of KeyWeb, and the ways it makes the Internet accessible for users of the BrailleNote family of products.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.2 Changing to another part of KeySoft. As is standard in KeySoft, you can jump in and out of KeyWeb to go to other applications such as KeyMail, KeyWord etc. The hot key combination for changing to KeyWeb is BACKSPACE with ENTER with I. For more information on the Task list, see 1.19 Switching Between Tasks. If you are using a USB external modem connection and jump to another task, KeyWeb will ask if you wish to stay connected.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.3 Logging on. A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the location address of a web page; for example, www.humanware.com, or Flash Disk\My Favorites\hw. The first prompt displayed when you select KeyWeb from the Main Menu is a request for a URL. At this point you have several options. You can either: Select the home page, which is the URL offered; Type a URL; Copy and paste a URL from another location, such as from KeyWord or KeyMail (For more information refer to 1.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.4 12.4.1 Navigation. Moving around a Page. Apart from the "move by" commands outlined below, KeyWeb uses the same commands as the Book Reader for moving through a page. These commands are in the Command Summary and are also covered in 4.5 Additional Reading Commands. There are different ways you can review or move across a web page: You can read it, using the standard KeySoft Read commands.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.4.1.2 Moving by text. This function allows you to move from section to section of non-linked text. You can set a minimum number of characters for KeyWeb to search for. For example, if the minimum size is 50, KeyWeb will find the next section of text that is 50 or more characters long, and skip to the beginning of it ready for you to read. The larger the minimum number, the larger the section KeyWeb will skip to.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.4.2.1 Moving by Link. Moving by Link is always available to you in KeyWeb; so you can use it in conjunction with moving by another type of page element. To move from link to link, use BACKSPACE to move backwards and SPACE to move forwards. Alternatively, press the initial letter of the link. Note that each time you press a particular letter, you are moved to the next link on the page that starts with that letter.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.4.3 Other Page Elements. The other three types of page elements you can use to move around the page are Input control, Heading or Frame. You can toggle through these types of page elements using the commands listed below. The default setting is input control. Because these page elements share a separate set of movement commands to links, you can use whichever one you have selected in conjunction with links.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.5 Moving from Page to Page or Site to Site. For pages and sites previously visited in the same session, you can use the forward and back commands ENTER with F and ENTER with B to move between them. If you wish to move on to a new site at any point, simply press ENTER with O. KeyWeb will prompt: “Address? Press ENTER for (current URL).” At this point you have five options (these are the same as when first logging on): 1. To select the current URL, press ENTER. 2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.6.1.1 Filling in text fields. To fill in a text field, type the information in computer Braille, e.g. user name, search criteria etc. Any existing text can be deleted by pressing BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. You can edit or delete what you have written in the usual way. Once you are happy with your input, press ENTER, and your text will be submitted. Note that you have to press ENTER before your input will be accepted.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.6.1.4 Input controls on Braille Display.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.8 Application Management. Most application management happens from the Internet Options menu. This is accessible when you are in KeyWeb, either on a web page or a locally stored document, by pressing BACKSPACE with O. These are the available options: Open HTML file; Set current page as home page; Go to home page. Internet file management: Clear cookies; Delete temporary files; Erase browser history; File download options.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.8.2 Set Current Page to Home Page. Your home page is the one that is always presented at the URL prompt. When you first enter KeyWeb, the home page is set to www.humanware.com\keyweb. To change this to a home page of your choice, go to that page in the usual manner, and then select this option off the menu. 12.8.3 Go to home page. No matter where you are on the internet, when you select this option you will go straight to your home page. 12.8.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.8.4.4 File download options. From the File Download Options List you have the choice of turning "Stream Audio Links" on (the default) or off. To allow for the streaming of audio links, ensure that "Stream Audio Links" is on. If you want to download an mP3 file, you need to turn "Stream Audio Links" off. 12.8.5 Display Settings. These settings determine the extra information that will display as you read a web page. 12.8.5.1 Hide images without descriptions Y/N.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.8.6 Print current web page. To print the current web page, you use the same process that you would for printing a document. If your printer is ready, print the current web page straight away. Otherwise, you will be required to set-up the current printer before printing. Refer to Chapter 6 on Embossing and Printing Documents, for further information. 12.9 Favorites. You can type in the name of a favorite and, assuming that the favorite exists, that page will be loaded.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.9.3 Selecting a Favorite. The simple way to do this is to press the SPACE bar at the URL prompt. This will take you to the List of Favorites in your Favorites folder. Note that there are three home pages that have already been set up as favorites in your Favorites folder. These are: bookshare.org - an online service that provides electronic format books. ifarchive.org - an Interactive Fiction Archive that provides helpful links to download and learn how to play games.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.10 Tables. Tables are a common occurrence on web pages, and are used for everything from setting out items for sale to laying out records in online banking. KeyWeb has a Table Mode just for navigating tables. To get into Table mode, you need to be in a table. On the display, a table is marked as: "$tb" or dots 1-2-4-6, dots 2-3-4-5, dots 1-2. Press SPACE with M to get into table mode. While in table mode, you can find out what cell you are in.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.11.1 History Records. Each history record consists of the following information: Date when last visited – self explanatory; URL – the whole address path for the page e.g. http://www.humanware.com/index.cfm/8,html; Title – the title given to a particular page; Domain – the base web address for a page, e.g. www.humanware.com. 12.11.2 Sorting history records. You can change the way in which a history is presented by sorting by day or by domain.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.11.3 Reviewing history. Having established a sorting order for the history records, you may then want to review them. You can do this in two ways – by record or by field. Reviewing by record will take you from record to record in the order defined by the sort. Use SPACE with dots 5-6 to review forwards and SPACE with dots 2-3 to review back. Review fields within a record by using SPACE for forwards and BACKSPACE for back.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 12.12 Downloading Downloading files to the BrailleNote BT is easy. You can use this feature to download: Software upgrades directly onto your BrailleNote BT; Books; Bank Statements; MP3 files; …and other files that you may wish to use on your BrailleNote BT, assuming they are compatible. You can also download files for moving to a PC later. However, please heed the following warning before making any downloads.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide When the download is complete, you will be returned to a blank page. You can then use the go back or forward commands to return to the web page you were previously in, or press ENTER with O to choose another page. Note: If you attempt to download a file that is too big for the memory available on the destination drive, you can abort the download by pressing SPACE with E during the download process. To find out the status of a download at any time, press SPACE with H.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 13 Chat. This chapter will describe how to setup and use the BrailleNote‟s Chat feature. The type of Chat used is called Instant Messaging, or IM. Perhaps you are wondering what is Instant Messaging? Essentially, it is a text-based form of communication that occurs between 2 or more people in real-time. Instant Messaging is also referred to as IM. There are several forms of instant messaging. KeyChat uses the XMPP protocol.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 13.2 Signing on to Instant Messaging Service. Procedure: 1. From the Chat menu, press M to select "My availability". 2. Select "Instant messaging: sign on". Notes: If the BrailleNote is not connected to the internet when attempting to sign on, the BrailleNote will display the following message: "Failed to sign on to Instant messaging". If auto connect is on, the connection will be automatically established when entering Chat. 13.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 13.4 Instant Messaging Conversation Initiated by Receiving Instant Message. Requirements: The user is not already engaged in a conversation with the other participant. The BrailleNote needs to be connected to the internet. The instant messaging service has to be set up. The user has to be signed in. Procedure: 1. The BrailleNote receives an Instant Message. It will display "Message from ..., chat with?". 2. Press Y to Chat now. 3. Proceed with the conversation. 4.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 13.7 Changing Action when New Message Arrives. Procedure: 1. From the Chat menu, press O to select "Options". 2. Press G to select "General settings" and press ENTER. 3. At the Chat settings prompt, select "Action for when a new message arrives". Use SPACE with dots 3-4 to select one of the following options: "Prompt with options" or "Sound notification". Press ENTER to accept setting. 4.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 13.10 Deleting a Contact. Procedure: 1. From the Chat menu, press S to select "Start new conversation". 2. When prompted with "Chat with? ", press SPACE to access contact list. 3. Move to the contact whose information you wish to delete. Press BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. 4. The BrailleNote will prompt "Delete…, sure? Press Y for "Yes" to delete contact. 13.11 Renaming an Instant Messaging Contact. Procedure: 1. From the Chat menu, press S to select "Start new conversation".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14 Connectivity. This chapter looks at all the different ways the BrailleNote Apex BT can connect to other forms of technology. From cables to cableless, there is bound to be a connection configuration that will suit your requirements. These connection configurations allow you to access: The World Wide Web; E-mail; Local Area Network; Your PC via ActiveSync.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.1 Understanding Connectivity Concepts. The world of connectivity is a world of communication between, or among, devices of all kinds. Just as in the world of human beings, where there are those who speak our language and those who don't, not all devices can talk to all other devices, they have to share a method of communication.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.3 The Connectivity Menu. The connectivity menu is the heart of the connectivity options available on the BrailleNote BT. The Connectivity Menu is in the Options Menu. It has the following items: Create a New Dialup or LAN connection: Select this option to set up a new dial up, or LAN connection i.e. using the ethernet port. Refer to 14.6.1 Creating a New Dialup or LAN connection.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.4 Using a Wireless Connection. Wireless networking is just a different form of computer networking that doesn't require cables. It is also sometimes referred to as WiFi or 802.11, but they are all the same thing. You will also need access to a wireless network. This may be in your home, workplace or school, or in an airport, café or library.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 3. You are at the Wireless Ethernet Menu. Select "Configure a New Wireless Connection" and press ENTER. KeySoft presents you with the Entry List for Connection configuration. You can move down the list by pressing SPACE. 4. The first item is Name. Enter any name you like, something that is meaningful to you, and press ENTER. 5. KeySoft prompts, "SSID?" This is the name of the network as determined by the network administrator. Type in the SSID and press ENTER. 6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.4.2 Scanning for a Wireless Network. An alternative way to log into a wireless network is to scan for it. Wireless networks that have the public display of their SSID disabled will be invisible to a scan, so scanning is not an appropriate way to try to log into those networks. However wireless networks with low, or no security, such as are found in libraries, airports and cafés etc., are set up through scanning.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.4.3 Reconnecting to a Wireless Network. This option makes it really easy to connect to a wireless network that you use repeatedly. If you only use one wireless network, this option automatically reconnects to it. If you use more than one, a list of configurations is formed. As the BrailleNote BT can only pick up a wireless network that is in the vicinity, this option will always pick up the one that you want.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.5 Wireless Configuration Options. The Wireless configuration options allow you to set some parameters on how wireless operates on the BrailleNote BT. To review the list items, press SPACE or ADVANCE to go down the list, or BACK or BACKSPACE to go up. To get to the “Wireless Ethernet Options List,” select it from the Wireless Ethernet Menu. The three options and their purposes are: 1.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Press Y for yes and this happens automatically. After the first time you won't hear this prompt again. 2. KeySoft prompts: "Entry list for connection configurations." To go to the first field, press SPACE. 3. "Connection configuration name?" Enter a name for the record that is meaningful to you, then press ENTER. 4. "Device to use? (name).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide "IP Address" - This identifies the BrailleNote BT as a part of the network. "Subnet Mask" - The part of the IP address that is common to all of the IP addresses in the domain. "Default Gateway" - Default connection to the Internet through another piece of hardware or software that provides address translation and/or security. "Primary DNS" - Domain Name Server - translates network names into IP addresses.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.6.2 Using a LAN connection. LAN is an acronym for Local Area Network. We use the term in this user guide to refer to networking via the ethernet port and cable as opposed to wireless networking where cables are not needed. Wireless networking is discussed separately in 14.4 Using a Wireless Connection. You will also need access to a working ethernet computer network, via a network capable PC, server, hub/switch/router or DSL modem.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.6.3.1 Using an external modem. Using an external modem connected via USB host port: Connect the modem to the BrailleNote BT using the USB cable. Ensure the modem is on and plugged into a phone line. The device name to choose when configuring the connection is Hayes Compatible Modem on COM1. 14.6.4 Disconnect Dial-up connection. This option only displays when you are online with a dial-up connection.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.7.1 Signal Strength. In the active connections details, you will find information regarding Signal Strength. Values provided will give you an indication of the quality of your signal reception. If you find that the signal is poor, try moving to a different location to improve signal strength. Value Under -81 Poor Reception. Value between -81 and -71: Average reception Value between -71 and -67: Good reception Value between -67 and -57: Excellent reception. 14.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.8.1 Duplicating a Connection Configuration. Being able to duplicate a connection configuration is highly useful when you wish to make slight variations to the configuration, such as adding a dial out prefix to a phone number for use at work. It is better, and far simpler, to create two configurations than to keep changing the setting in the one configuration.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.9 Glossary of terms: These are terms that are used with LAN and wireless networking. DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. WINS: Windows Internet Naming Service - Microsoft specific Name. SSID: Service set identifier. TLS: Transport Layer Security. It is a protocol that allows applications to securely communicate through a network. MD5: Message -Digest algorithm 5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.10 Troubleshooting. Connection to ActiveSync over Ethernet fails, however, Internet connection (mail, browser etc) via DSL or Cable Modem works: Is there a firewall program (such as Zone Labs ZoneAlarm, or Norton Personal Firewall) on the PC? If so, have the appropriate ports been opened? Has "Allow network (Ethernet) and Remote Access Service (RAS) server connection with this desktop computer.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.12 Bluetooth. Bluetooth allows devices to connect to one another without the need for cables. A Bluetooth device contains a radio transceiver that takes the information normally carried by a cable, and transmits it at a special frequency to a Bluetooth transceiver in the receiving device, which will then pass the information to that device. When two Bluetooth enabled devices link up like this, it is called "pairing.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2. Select Bluetooth and press ENTER. KeySoft prompts: "Bluetooth on? Currently Yes/No." Press Y. 3. KeySoft prompts: "Search for devices?" Press Y. KeySoft displays, "Searching for Bluetooth devices, please wait..." This may take a few seconds during which you will hear progress beeps. 4. When the search is complete, KeySoft will display: "List of Bluetooth devices." 5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.12.3 Setting up Bluetooth on your PC. If your PC is not already Bluetooth enabled, you can turn your PC into a Bluetooth device by purchasing a Bluetooth USB dongle or a Bluetooth CF card from an electronics retailer. These plug into the USB port or card reader on your PC and come with the necessary software on CD. As with any new soft- or hardware, first ensure that your PC meets the system requirements.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.13.1 Network terminology. There are several key terms and concepts that are important to understand in order to access a network confidently. Network Client: A network client is a device that requests and receives data over the network. When connected to a network, the BrailleNote BT is a client device. Domain: A domain is a group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2. KeySoft prompts, "Network Place?." Ignore this prompt for now and press SPACE twice. 3. KeySoft prompts, "Browse entire Network." Press ENTER. 4. At this point you have two choices; Network Server, or press SPACE to choose Domain to Search?. The one you choose will depend on what information you have available. If you know the name and exact spelling of the server you wish to access on the network, type it at the Network Server prompt and press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2. KeySoft prompts, "Network Place? Press ENTER for (name)" where (name) is the last network place visited. Either press ENTER, or go to the list of network places by pressing SPACE, select one, and press ENTER. 3. If you saved your username and password, or do not have one, from here on, it is the same as reviewing the folder structure in the BrailleNote BT. If you didn't save your username and password, you will be prompted here to enter them. 4. Press SPACE with E.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.14 Connecting your BrailleNote to a PC. To connect your BrailleNote to a PC, you need to install a Microsoft program onto your PC and connect the BrailleNote and PC with a USB cable or Bluetooth. To use Bluetooth, you need to set up your PC with a Bluetooth accessory such as a dongle or card. See 14.14.3 Connecting using Bluetooth. If you are using Windows XP or earlier, you install ActiveSync.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 2. On the BrailleNote BT, ensure the ActiveSync connection type is set to USB. To do this, go to the Main Menu, then Utilities Menu, then Miscellaneous Options, press SPACE, and then U for USB. Exit by pressing SPACE with E. 3. Return to the Utilities Menu by pressing SPACE with E. Press C or SPACE once to get to "Connect to ActiveSync via USB". Do not press ENTER yet. 4. On the PC, make sure the connection type is also set to USB.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6. Note the number of the COM port that was added. 7. Close the Bluetooth Devices Control Panel by clicking OK. 8. On your PC, open your synchronization program, either ActiveSync or WMDC. 9. From the File menu, select Connection Settings. 10. Select "Allow connections" 11. Select the COM port assigned to Bluetooth. 12. Click OK. Now you need to connect the BrailleNote. To do this: 1. Go to the Utilities Menu on your BrailleNote and press M for Miscellaneous Options. 2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.14.4 Synchronizing Time in ActiveSync. Synchronizing the time on your BrailleNote BT each time you use ActiveSync is a simple matter of ticking a checkbox. Firstly, ensure that your BrailleNote BT is set to the correct international time zone. This is described in 1.24 Time and Date. Your BrailleNote BT will synchronize to the time zone specified so if it is incorrect, the time will always be out.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.16 14.16.1 KeySync. What is Synchronization. Synchronization is the act of keeping two things the same. In the world of planners and address lists and files, it specifically means being able to keep the entries, or records on the BrailleNote BT the same as those on a PC, or vice versa. When you synchronize, the information goes back and forth between the two systems in such a way that both sides end up the same, with a little help from you occasionally.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5. After a short period of installing activity, a dialog box displays asking if you want to run KeySync at every start up. Tab to Yes and press ENTER. 6. When the Installation Complete window displays, tab to the Finish button and press ENTER. KeySync puts an icon in your system tray, but otherwise as KeySync is driven from your BrailleNote BT, there is very little you need to do with it on the PC.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 6. KeySoft prompts: "Synchronize Planner? Currently (y/n)" Type Y for Yes, or N for No and then press ENTER. If you answered yes, KeySoft prompts: "Synchronize All appointments? Currently (y/n)" This option allows you to specify a period of weeks, past or future, that you wish to synchronize. If you want all past and future appointments synchronized, type Y for Yes and go to step 9. If you wish to specify a period of time, type N for No and then press ENTER. 7.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide “The details for (identifier) have changed on both sides. Option?." To use the KeySoft details, press K. To use the PC details, press P. To leave the decision until next time you synchronize, press L. To always use the KeySoft details, press S. To always use the PC details, press C. "(Identifier) has been deleted from (the PC/KeySoft) only. Option?" where PC/KeySoft is either one or the other.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.16.4 Synchronizing the Address List. KeySync works by pairing Outlook and KeyList records with each other and making them the same. It initially identifies pairs of records by looking for identical first and last name fields on each side, and creates copies of single records to make them into a pair. After that, any changes to the pairs are updated when you synchronize.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.16.4.1 Fields. Because there are a lot more fields in an Outlook Contacts record than in a KeyList address record, and they have different names, only the fields that are in both systems are synchronized.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Business City Business Address City Business State or County Business Address State Business Zip or Postcode Business Address Zip Business Country Business Country Web Page Web Page Notes Notes 14.16.4.2 Unused Fields in Outlook. The fields in an Outlook record that are not synchronized by KeySync are not generally affected by the synchronizing process.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.16.5 Synchronizing the Planner. 14.16.5.1 Overlapping Appointments. Overlapping appointments happen when two appointments are scheduled in all or partly the same timeframe, for example one for 10am – 11am and one for 10.30am – 12 noon on the same day. Both MS Outlook and KeyPlan will allow you to schedule these appointments, although you will get a notification message from either system.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 14.17.1 How to Set Up File Synchronization. Follow these steps to set up file synchronization between your BrailleNote BT and your PC. 1. Connect to ActiveSync and say "Yes" to a partnership. Note: If you already have a partnership set up, in the ActiveSync window on your desktop, go to Tools then Options, and skip to step 3. 2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15 File Manager. A file is the name given to any organized information stored in an electronic form. File types stored by the BrailleNote BT are word processor documents, e-mail attachments, address lists, dictionaries, and so on. The File Manager provides tools for manipulating and organizing files using folders and a directory structure. To select the File Manager, go to the Main Menu and press F. KeySoft displays: "File Manager menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.1 Selecting Files Folders and Drives. Documents, folders and drives were discussed in 3.4 Documents Folders and Drives. Remember documents are just particular types of files and they are handled in the same way as far as the File Manager is concerned. When you choose an option from the File Manager menu, such as Copy File, you are first asked to select the drive. The selection of a drive was discussed in 4.8.1 Selecting a Drive.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.3 The Directory Option. To obtain information about a file, folder or drive, use the Directory option. From the File Manager menu, press D for Directory and KeySoft displays: "Drive? (Last drive used)," You can select the drive and then the folder as usual. KeySoft then displays a list of files in the selected folder. Review the list in the usual way. Let us say that you are reviewing the files in a folder, and the file name "Frank" is displayed.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.4.1 Copying Folders. The option of copying folders has been added to the Folder Manager. To access Copy Folder, go to the File Manager Menu and open the Folder Manager by pressing F. Copy Folder is listed in the Folder Manager Menu, after New Folder (previously known as Create Folder). Once you hear "Copy Folder", press ENTER and KeySoft will prompt: "Copy folder on which drive? Press ENTER for Flash Disk.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.4.4 Erasing a Folder. You can erase a folder and its contents, including unprotected, protected or hidden files and sub-directories, in one operation. Therefore it is important to check before erasure that there is nothing in the folder that you wish to keep before proceeding. 1. From the Main Menu, press F for File Manager and then F for Folder Manager. 2. Press E for Erase a folder, then select a drive. 3.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.5 Document and File Types. When giving information about a file, KeySoft displays the file type in addition to the size and date, etc. The file type indicates what type of information the file contains and whether it is a Braille document, a Microsoft Word document, an address list and so on. It determines how the information contained in a file is to be interpreted by KeySoft.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.6 Opening Files using File Manager. The Directory option in the File Manager allows you to open files using the Media Player, KeyWord, KeyWeb and KeyBook. A file name will be displayed after ENTER is pressed, and File Manager will open the file in the correct application if the file type is recognized. File Manager recognizes the file type from the extension, for example, if it is Greensleeves.mp3, File Manager knows to open the file in the Media Player.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.8 Selecting Multiple Files. You can mark any number of individual files to select multiple files. When you mark a file, you are selecting it to either copy, move, erase and protect/unprotect. You could also select multiple files, for example, when printing, importing or for playing on the media player. You can either mark an individual file or all the files in a list of files. To toggle between marking and unmarking an individual file, press SPACE with M.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Note: If you want to do more than just listen to audio files, for example you want to skip through a track, or pause a track, then you need to switch to Media Player. To switch to media player, press BACKSPACE with ENTER with M. Refer to 17 Media Center. 15.9 Copying a File. This option allows any file to be copied to another folder or drive. You can also copy within a folder. A file is often copied so it can be used as the basis for a similar document or as a template.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.10 Erasing a File. To conserve disk space, or to make file management easier, you may wish to erase files you no longer need. The Erase File option accomplishes this. From the File Manager menu, press E to select the Erase File option. KeySoft prompts: "Erase file from Drive? (suggested drive)." Choose a disk, folder name, and file name in the same way you would choose a file to copy, as described in the previous section.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.12 Moving a File. With this option you can move a file (protected or unprotected) from one folder/directory/drive to another in one action. This is different to the Copy file option in that it does not leave a copy of the file in the source folder. Otherwise it is almost the same procedure. To select the Move File option, start from the File Manager menu and press M. KeySoft will display: “Source Drive? Press ENTER for (suggested drive).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.14 Groups of Files and Wild Cards. Often you may want to copy a group of related files, such as all letters to a particular company. You could do this one file at a time, but it is slow if there are more than 2 or 3 files. To speed things up, KeySoft allows the use of two "wild card" characters to specify a group of files with related names. Any single character can specified by SPACE with dots 2-3-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide You can select Y to confirm each file individually, or N to for KeySoft to perform the operation without interruption. If you select "confirm each file", KeySoft requests confirmation for each file before completing the operation and moving onto the next file. For example, when using wildcards to erase files, KeySoft prompts: "(Number)files were selected. Confirm each file?" where number is the number of files.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.15 What is a Directory. The idea of folders was introduced very early on in this User Guide because this provides a convenient way to organize documents. When used in one layer only, we call them folders. However when folders are organized in a tree structure with any number of levels, we refer to them as directories. The distinction is not in what they are but in how they are used. It might help to think in terms of being in “folder mode” i.e.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.15.1 Switching to a Directory Structure. You can choose to use directories at any prompt for a folder name, not just in the File Manager. For example, from the File Manager Menu select Copy File and then select a drive such as the Flash Disk. KeySoft prompts: "Source folder name? (Last used folder)." If you now press SPACE with T, KeySoft replies, for example: "Source directory name? /(Last used folder)" where "/(Last used folder)", is the last used directory.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Regardless of which method you chose, KeySoft now displays "Sub-directories of Flash Disk/KeyMail." 3. Using one of the methods described in Step 2, navigate to the "Attachments" directory. 4. Press ENTER. You have reached your goal. See what happens when you review this directory. There are no more sub-directories. Navigate back up to the "attachments" sub-directory. You can press ENTER, putting you at the familiar "Document/File to Open?" prompt.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4. Move down the list of folders and press ENTER once you find the sub-folder you want. KeySoft will now prompt: "Directory name? Press ENTER for /downloads." Now either press ENTER to select the downloads or return to the list of downloads and select My Subdirectory at the next level down. 5. KeySoft will display the subdirectory in /downloads, for example, "test". Press ENTER to select "test" and KeySoft will prompt: "Directory name? Press ENTER for /downloads/test.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4. Press SPACE and search through the sub-directories (folders) until you find the one that contains the sub-directory you wish to rename; and select it by pressing ENTER. KeySoft will prompt “Folder to Rename? Press ENTER for /folder name” where folder name is the name of the currently selected directory. Press SPACE to move through the list of sub-directories until you find the one you want then press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.17 File Translation. As well as creating and reading your own documents and books, you may want to exchange information with other people, especially via e-mail. KeyWord can directly open a file of any of the supported types listed in 15.5 Document and File Types. KeyWord can also save a file as any of the supported types. The supported types include Microsoft Word format; the de facto standard for Word Processor document exchange.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19 Importing Files. To import a file, follow these steps. 1. From the Translation Menu, press I, for import a file. KeySoft prompts: "Import from which device? Press ENTER for file." 2. The options are: 1. If the file is stored on a SD card, press F to import from a File. 2. If you want to import from a host using the USB serial adapter cable provided with your BrailleNote BT press S for USB Serial port. 3. To import using the USB port, press U. 4.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.2 Importing a Foreign Braille File. Note that while you can import files that are in either North American Braille Computer Code format or in United Kingdom Braille Computer Code format, the importation process does not convert the Braille language of the file. If your BrailleNote BT is set to USA Braille and you import a file in UK Braille format, for example, the contents of the file appear strange when you read it with KeyWord.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.4 Exporting to a File. After selecting "File" as the device to export to, KeySoft prompts: "Export as an ASCII text file?." 1. To export as an ASCII text file press ENTER. To select another file type, press SPACE with dots 3-4 repeatedly to step through the list of file types that you can export. The available file types were listed in 15.5 Document and File Types. 2. When you have selected the file type, select the destination drive.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.6 Translating between Braille and Text. To translate a document from KeyWord Braille to KeyWord text or vice versa, select Translate between Braille and Text from the Translation Menu. This is useful if, for example, you have written a Braille document which you now intend to print, but before printing, you want to check out the ink-print formatting. You can translate it into a text document and review it. KeySoft guides you through the translation procedure.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.7.1 Use line or paragraph format. Press P for Paragraph, or L for Line. Press ENTER to complete the entry. This option determines the way that lines are terminated during document exporting or file importing. During document exporting, if the Line option has been selected, a carriage return is added at the end of each line. If the Paragraph option is selected, a carriage return is added only at the end of each paragraph, giving a line that is as long as the paragraph.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.7.5 Use of line feed character. Press N to turn on the appending of a line feed character after a carriage return character is exported. Press F to turn off appending a line feed character. Appending a line feed character may be required when exporting to a communication program depending on the program. 15.19.7.6 Baud Rate. The baud rate is the speed at which data is transferred between serial devices.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.8 Reviewing and Setting Back Translation Options. These are the general settings which are used during the translation of a KeySoft Braille document to a KeySoft text document. These settings are used throughout KeySoft whenever a document is back translated. For example, when exporting a Braille document. The first 6 items and the last item may be over-ridden in a document by changing the Ink-print Translation Options, as described in 7.4.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.8.2 New line translation option. This applies to Heading, Subheading and Lines styles of presentation and determines how New Line markers in a Braille document are translated. To leave the line formatting Unchanged, press U. To remove New Line markers and thereby Join lines together, press J. To expand single New Lines into Blank lines, press B. This is the suggested setting. 15.19.8.3 Convert Braille Italics to Italics Font.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.8.8 Heading format. This sets the format indicators to be inserted at the beginning of each line in a heading in a text document. These format indicators are: center the line, right justify the line, insert tab, fonts, underline, space, or force new line or new page. Entering format indicators here is the same as when searching for them. Refer to 3.12.2 Searching for Format Indicators for details. The factory setting for the heading format is: "Center line," "Bold on.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.9.1 Types of paragraph boundary used in the source document. KeySoft needs to know this in order to correctly interpret where one paragraph ends and the next starts in the text document. The options here are the same as for Item 1 in the Back Translation Options. Refer to 15.19.8 Reviewing and Setting Back Translation Options above for details. 15.19.9.2 New line translation.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.9.6 Ignore tabs. If the text document uses tabs extensively for visual formatting, you can have these replaced by a space in the Braille document using this option. 15.19.9.7 Include capital signs. Usually you would want capital signs included in Braille document, but if you are translating a text document where every word is in capitals, for example, then this option will become very useful. 15.19.9.8 Suppress blank lines in outline style.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 15.19.9.11 Sub-heading format. You can enter the format indicators to be inserted in the Braille document at the beginning of each line in the Sub-heading presentation style. You can use the same indicators as listed in the Heading Format item above. The factory setting is 4 spaces. To enter a space as the first character in the Sub-heading, press ENTER with B. 15.19.9.12 Paragraph format new line (two spaces).
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 16 Utilities Menu. The Utilities Menu provides a number of general-purpose functions. This chapter covers most of the functions available from the Utilities menu. This chapter will also address the installation of new KeySoft versions. To enter it, select the "Utilities" option in the Main Menu. The available operations are as follows: Connect to ActiveSync. ActiveSync is discussed fully in 14.14 Connecting your BrailleNote to a PC. Synchronization.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 16.1.1 Backing Up. From the Utilities menu, select the "Backup or Restore files" option. KeySoft prompts: "Do you wish to Backup or Restore files?." If you want to backup your working files, press B, for Backup. KeySoft prompts: "Backup which drive? Press ENTER for Flash Disk." Press ENTER to backup the Flash Disk. KeySoft prompts: "Backup which folder? All." KeySoft assumes you want to backup "All" folders.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 16.1.2 Incremental Backup. Incremental Backup can be used to reduce the time taken to copy the files to the backup drive. Only those files changed since the last backup are copied. You should back up your files into the same folder used for the previous backup. From the Utilities menu, select the "Backup or Restore files" option. KeySoft prompts: "Do you wish to Backup or Restore files?." Press I for Incremental Backup.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 16.1.3 Restoring Files. From the Utilities menu, press B to select Backup Options. KeySoft prompts: "Do you wish to Backup or Restore files?." To restore files that have been backed up, press R. KeySoft prompts: "Restore from which drive? Press ENTER for (drive)." Press ENTER to select the offered backup drive, or select the drive which has the backup you wish to restore. KeySoft prompts: "Folder name? (suggested folder)." Select the folder that you want to restore.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 16.2.1 Adding Words to the Pronunciation Dictionary. If KeySoft mis-pronounces a word, you may add it to the Pronunciation Dictionary. 1. From the Pronunciation Dictionary menu, press A. 2. KeySoft prompts, "Type word to add." Type the normal spelling of the word, without spaces or numbers, and press ENTER. 3. KeySoft then prompts, "Type misspelling." Type in a misspelling of the word, using only letters and spaces, which gives a correct pronunciation for the word.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 16.2.2.1 Foreign words. It is unusual to find a word which is seriously mispronounced, but people's names and foreign words may be exceptions. Typical problems are a shift in vowel sound, and misplaced stress. To correct the way a word is spoken, misspell it phonetically, and use a space to shift the stress. For example: Change "Mikhail Gorbachov" to "Mikhile Gorba choff". Change "Socrates" to "Socra tees". Change "Taj Mahal" to "Taaj Mah harl". 16.2.2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 16.2.2.4 Military Renditions. Finally, you can change the word which KeySoft says when you press SPACE with dots 3-6, twice to identify an indistinct letter. For instance, if you prefer to hear "toffee" instead of "tango" when you check the letter T, go to the "Add word" option and press T, followed by an exclamation mark. For the misspelling, type "toffee". This now does as you wish, but it does not alter the pronunciation of the word "tango" in normal text.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 7. KeySoft prompts: "Date? Press ENTER for (current date)." If the date is correct, press ENTER to retain it, or enter a new date. If USA date format has been selected, enter the date in the form: #mm#dd# yy, such as #04#22#06 for April 22, 2006. If UK date format has been selected, enter the date in the form: #dd#mm#yy, such as #25#08# 06 for 25 August 2006. When you have typed the date, press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 16.5.1 ActiveSync Connection. From the Miscellaneous Options setup list, press SPACE until KeySoft displays: “ActiveSync Connection? (default).” where the word "default" shown in brackets is the current setting. The options are: To connect to ActiveSync using the USB port, press U followed by ENTER. To connect to ActiveSync using Bluetooth, press B followed by ENTER. 16.5.2 Deep Sleep.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 16.6 Key Management. The purpose of this menu item is to give you access to information about what kind of add-on software products you have installed on your BrailleNote BT. There are two options on the Key Management Menu as follows: Enter a new product key – If you purchase an add-on software product, sometimes part of the installation process may require typing in a security code. This is the place where one would do that.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17 Media Center. This Chapter covers the Media features offered in KeySoft. These include the Media Player and audio recording functions. 17.1 Media Player. The KeySoft Media Player allows you to play music, readings and any other audio in a range of media formats, on your BrailleNote Apex BT. The Media Player is accessed from the Media Center menu found on the Main Menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.1.2 Storing MP3 files on the BrailleNote BT. You can store MP3 files anywhere you would store any other file. However as they can be large files, you may find it most convenient to save them on a storage card.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5. When the track or tracks finish, KeySoft will prompt, "Media file to play? Press ENTER for (file name)" where file name is the name of the last file played. At this point you can select another file, or exit the media player by pressing SPACE with E. 17.1.4 How to stop or pause a track. There are two sets of commands that you can use to stop or pause a media track.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide You can use these singly or repeatedly to skip through a track. 17.1.6 Restarting a Track. If you are part way into a track and want it to start from the beginning, press SPACE with dots 1-2-3. This is the same command as used elsewhere in KeySoft for returning to the beginning. 17.1.7 Streaming Audio. As well as playing files, the media player can also stream audio from compatible links on the internet.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.1.8 Volume Control. The media player volume controls are: Louder: ENTER with dots 4-6. Softer: ENTER with dots 1-3. They operate independently from the speech volume, in that you can change the volume without changing the volume of the speech. The speech volume is still the "master volume", so if you adjust the speech volume, the media player volume will change relative to it.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.1.9 Playlist files. The Media Player supports the use of M3U playlist files. These files define a playlist of MP3 files that must also be either on your BrailleNote BT or an inserted storage card for the playlist to work. To use an M3U file, open it in the same way as you would any other media file. Any file paths defined in the M3U file will need to point to the location of the MP3 files.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.1.10 Information on your media file. There are two types of information available about your media file as it is playing – track information and elapsed time. 17.1.10.1 Track Information. You can check out file information while playing a media file.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.1.11 Changing Tasks. Having set a track to play, if you then wish to work on a different task while playing it in the background, either press the hotkey combination for the new task, for example BACKSPACE with ENTER with P for Planner, or return to the main menu by pressing SPACE with dots 1 to 6 and take it from there. The hotkey combination for returning to the Media player is BACKSPACE with ENTER with M. 17.2 Audio Recorder.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.2.1.1 External Microphone. The BrailleNote BT can record using an external microphone. The kind of external microphone that will work with it is a low-voltage "electret" type. Electret microphones are distinct from "dynamic" microphones, and are readily available. It would pay however, before purchasing any new microphone, to test it with your BrailleNote BT, or to ensure that you can return it if it is not compatible.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.2.3 Adjusting Recording levels. The recording levels for both microphones are set to an average level but you may well wish to adjust them to suit the volume or pitch of your voice. There are two places where you can adjust the level (also known as "gain") - using the menu items and entering a different value, or at the prompts. In the menu, you can set a specific value whereas at the prompts, you can adjust the level on a sliding scale and test it.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.2.3.3 Volume Control. The FM Radio volume controls are: Louder: ENTER with dots 4-6. Softer: ENTER with dots 1-3. They operate independently from the speech volume, in that you can change the volume without changing the volume of the speech. The speech volume is still the "master volume", so if you adjust the speech volume, the FM Radio volume will change relative to it.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Method 2: 1. From anywhere in KeySoft, press the record button. This is located on the left side of the unit, and is the first thing you will find if you feel from the front edge. It is a small button. Press it in and you will hear a beep. Release the button and start recording. 2. To stop recording, press the button again.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.2.5 Playing back a Memo. Unless you have specified otherwise, memos are recorded in the My Memos folder on the Flash Disk. The hotkey for playing back a memo is ENTER with M. When you select Playback Memos from the Media menu, KeySoft will prompt: “Playback memos in which folder? Press ENTER for My Memos.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.2.6 Sampling Frequency. The sounds we use and hear in the real world, such as our voices, are "analog" signals. This means that they are continuous and constant. To process these signals as a recording, we need to convert the signals to "digital" form. Digital signals are not continuous, and so to create the effect of continuous sound, a process called sampling is used.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 5. Medium Frequency sample, High quality bit depth =431 KB 6. High Frequency sample, High quality bit depth =861 KB For a 60 second recording, the file sizes are: 1. Low Frequency sample, Low quality bit depth =646KB 2. Medium Frequency sample, Low quality bit depth =1.26MB 3. High Frequency sample, Low quality bit depth =2.5MB 4. Low Frequency sample, High quality bit depth =1.26MB 5. Medium Frequency sample, High quality bit depth =2.5MB 6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Once you have tuned into a station you can make further adjustments to the frequency by manually tuning the radio. See option 3 below for an explanation of manual tuning. 3. Manual tuning is handy for fine tuning when the reception of stations is unclear. To improve the reception you can increase or decrease the frequency by 100 KiloHertz at a time. It is also useful for coarse tuning if you want to move the frequency up or down by 1 Megahertz.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.3.2 Pre-setting stations. Presetting stations is possible with the Presets feature. Presets save you from having to remember the frequency of all your favorite stations. You may have as few or as many presets as you wish. Each preset is given a personalized name so that they can be easily identified. For example, Concert FM or Cool Party Tunes. All you need to do is tune to a station of your choice and press BACKSPACE with R. You can then type in a name and press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 17.3.3 Listening to the radio while using KeySoft. The BrailleNote Apex BT allows you to listen to your favorite station at the same time as performing other tasks in KeySoft. For example, while you are writing a document or reading a book. If you want to leave the radio on in the background while you work in another part of KeySoft press SPACE with E. Keysoft prompts: "Leave the radio on?." Type Y for Yes.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18 Database Manager. This chapter introduces the basics of KeyBase, the database application included with KeySoft. A database is an organized collection of information (otherwise known as data) that has been arranged so that it is easy and fast to find. The information within a database is organized into fields and records. Each piece of information, such as a phone number, is called a "field".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide KeyBase prompts: "Database to use. Press ENTER for (default)?", where the word "default" is really the database you used last. This is a standard KeySoft filename prompt and all the usual commands are available, as described below: To select the displayed database, press ENTER. To cycle through the list of available KeyBase files, press SPACE. KeySoft will then display "List of KeyBase files in KeyBase folder".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.1 Overview. This chapter introduces the basics of KeyBase, the database part of KeySoft. A database is an organized collection of information (otherwise known as data) that has been arranged so that it is easy and fast to find. Databases are useful for storing a wide range of information. The information within a database is organized into fields and records. Each piece of information, such as a phone number, is called a "field".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide KeyBase prompts: "Database to use. Press ENTER for (default)?", where the word "default" is really the database you used last. This is a standard KeySoft filename prompt and all the usual commands are available, as described below: To select the displayed database, press ENTER. To cycle through the list of available KeyBase files, press SPACE. KeySoft will then display "List of KeyBase files in KeyBase folder".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.2 KeyBase Menu. Once you have selected the database you want to work with, the KeyBase Menu is displayed. If you are familiar with KeyList, the address list manager, you will notice that KeyList and KeyBase have many features in common. The KeyBase menu comprises of 8 options as follows: Add record. Lookup records. Copy records. Emboss records. Print records. Import data. Review database definition. Free database space. The following sections describe these options.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.2.1 Adding a Record. The supplied database, Membership List (for instance, one named Blind Cricket Club) is used here to help you add a record. This option allows you to enter any information into the database. Each item of information, such as the first name of a member (in the Blind Cricket Club database), is called a "field". All the fields associated with a particular first name are used to form a "record". At the KeyBase menu, select "Add Record".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.2.2 Finding Information. This option allows you to quickly find information in the database. It is useful when you have a particular query that you need answered. To explain how to find information in a database, the example of a Membership List for a Blind Cricket Club has again been used. At the KeyBase menu, select "Lookup Record". KeyBase displays: "Selection List for Blind Cricket Club".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide The information which you enter into the Lookup Record option is used to find matching records. You may include as much or as little data as you wish. For example, when looking up a membership number, you might want to find Jane Smith. Move to the first item in the list by pressing SPACE or ADVANCE, and KeyBase prompts: "First Name?". Type "Jane" and move to the next field by pressing SPACE with dot 4. KeyBase will prompt: "Last name?".
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.2.3 Embossing Records. You may want to emboss a name and membership number, or a selection of records, to create membership cards for your Blind Cricket Club members. From the KeyBase menu select "Emboss Records". KeySoft prompts: "Emboss or Set up embosser?" If you haven't previously set up the embosser, press S. The set up procedure is covered in 6.7 The Embosser Set-up List.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Note you will be provided with an error message if you accidently select a template that is not associated with the current database. The error message is "This template is associated with a different database, (name of database). Use anyway?". To select another template, type N. Refer to 10.9.2 Creating a Template for further details on how to create a template.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.2.5 Importing Data into a Database. Importing information into a database is a valuable KeyBase feature that allows you to input records from files rather than entering them by hand. Comma Separated Values (CSV) is the file type used for importing into a database. It is a file type that is widely supported by many database and spreadsheet applications, including but not limited to, Access, Excel, and Lotus Notes. To ensure that .
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Once you are happy with the field mapping, press SPACE with E. KeyBase will then display your changes (for example, "All fields match"), and follow with the prompt: "Review field mapping list?". To start the import process, press N. If your .csv file is large, the import process may take some time. If this is the case, "Please wait" will be displayed and you will hear a beep every few seconds. If you want to check on progress, find the status information by pressing ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.2.7 Copying Records to another Database. This option allows you to take a selection of records from one database and add them to another database. Because you can select which fields are copied and which are not, the two databases do not need to be exactly the same. The field names also do not have to match, because you can control how the fields are mapped.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.4 Creating a new Database. If you are feeling adventurous, you may want to create your own database. There are many possibilities for the types of databases that can be created. For the purpose of explaining how to create a new database, the example of developing a Medical History is used to illustrate how a new database is created. Note: Creating your own database is a difficult task.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.4.1 Field Definition List. Once you have created a new database by typing and confirming the new database name, KeyBase will display "Field definition list for Medical History". You will now need to think of all the information that you want to keep from each visit the Medical Center. Each piece of information becomes a field and you can have up to 150 different fields in your database. Also consider which order you want the fields presented when you add a record.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide When you are ready to start defining the fields, press SPACE at the prompt: "Field Definition List". KeyBase will prompt "Field 1 name?". Type a name for the first field that you want to be presented with when you add records and press ENTER. In the example of a Medical History database, the first field is "Reason for appointment". The prompt "Field type for Reason for Appointment? Currently string" will be displayed.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide There are numerous options available for each field, depending on the field type. To review these options for the current field, press BACKSPACE with O after the Field Type prompt. The Field Options list will be displayed as described in detail in 18.4.3 Field Options. Once you have added all the fields you require and are fairly satisfied with them, you are then ready to move onto the next stage.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.4.2.1 String. A string is a sequence of characters. For example, you can enter a string to retain important phone numbers; months of the year or the symbol representing a currency. A string can be presented in text or any grade of Braille and is sorted alphabetically. The maximum length of a string is 255 characters. For longer entries or multiple line entries, use a document field type.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.4.2.5 Date. The Date Field Type is useful for keeping a record of events such as your last dental check-up or when you purchased an appliance that is under a fixed warranty. If you want to enter the date for today, type "today". A date is sorted chronologically. In other words, you can sort your check-ups or warranty expiry dates from the earliest to the latest. 18.4.2.6 Time.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.4.3 Field Options. There are numerous options available for each field, depending on the field type. These can be reviewed or changed by pressing BACKSPACE with O when a field type prompt is displayed. The Field Options are displayed as a list. Move forward or back through the list by pressing SPACE or BACKSPACE. To change an option, either select or type the new value and press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide The options for Field Context are as follows: General (the default) Spell Name Address Town or City State Country Organization Password Email address Phone number "Maximum Length?" The default maximum length is 255. Numbers between 1 and 255 can be entered. If you need longer fields, use a Document field-type. Usually you would leave this set to 255.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide "Default value?" The default for this setting is blank. When a new record is initialized, the field is set to the default value. For example, a "City" field with a default of "Auckland", will appear as "City? Currently Auckland", in the "Add Record" option. There is no difference in the amount of work involved in changing the city than there is to assign a field without a default value.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.5 Sort Orders. After you have defined the fields you require for a database, the next priority is to define how you want the records sorted. This determines the order in which the records are presented during the lookup records process. For example, sort the records in chronological order by the "Appointment Date", when looking for all records with "sore throat" in the “Reason for appointment” field.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide You must sort by at least one field and can sort on up to 3 fields in a specified order. The records are initially sorted by the first field you specify. This means that records will be grouped together when the first field is identical. These records are then sorted by the second field you specify. In cases where this field is identical, the third sort field is used.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.6 Record Title. The Record Title helps you quickly identify records during lookup and is displayed when you first enter a record in the lookup option. The Record Title consists of up to 3 fields in any order. For example, if you may want the Record Title to be the "Appointment Date", followed by the "Reason for Appointment" in your Medical History database. In a Membership List database, you may want the Record Title to be the First Name, followed by the Last Name.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.7 Associated Database Name. As described earlier, a KeyBase database consists of two different files, the KeyBase Definition File that defines the field names, etc. and the .cdb file that contains the actual data. Normally these files both have the same base name, for example Medical History.kbs and Medical History.cdb. However, you may occasionally use the same data for more than one KeyBase Definition File.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.7.1 Review Database Definition. It is clear that developing even a basic database is not a simple task and that it will take several attempts to get it right. It is likely that fields will be named incorrectly, important fields will get missed out, or that you accidently duplicate fields and so on. Because of the need to make changes to your databases during the development process, the DataBase menu includes a "Review Database Definition" option.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 18.8 Database File Management. A KeyBase database consists of two files. The KeyBase Definition File, which contains the field names and other information that defines the database, and the database itself that contains the data. Normally both these files have the same base name, but different endings or extensions. The KeyBase Definition File has a .kbs extension and the database file a .cdb extension. When you use the File Manager, you will not be able to read the .
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19 Games. Text adventure games, also known as Interactive Fiction, involve fun games that are played using text-based input and output. There are nine games in z-game file format supplied with your BrailleNote BT: A Tutorial Game. The Dreamhold. Adventure Bear's Night Out Curses Dragon Gourmet Hunter In Darkness The Underoos That Ate New York Winter The first game in the list of games supplied with your BrailleNote BT is A Tutorial Game. The Dreamhold.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 4. Although the supplied games suit both a speech and braille environment, you need to realize that they were primarily designed to run on a screen. This means that you may encounter a situation that is confusing because the author has included graphics or a timer. The games supplied with your BrailleNote BT should not encounter such situations.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.1 Starting a Game. As with other applications within Keysoft, a game can be left running whilst you move across to another application (see 1.19 Switching Between Tasks for details on task switching). Whilst playing a game you can task switch to another application. For example pressing BACKSPACE with ENTER with S will switch you to the calculator. To return to the game in progress press BACKSPACE with ENTER with G.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.2 Entering Commands. Now that the introduction to The Dreamhold has finished and you know where you are in the game, it is now up to you to perform an action. This is done by typing in a command and pressing ENTER. A simple one is the shorthand command, "look". Type "look" and press ENTER. The game will then respond with exactly the same message about the room you have entered. If you want to repeat your last command, press BACKSPACE with R.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.2.2 Block Marker Commands. When playing a game, it is useful to be able to mark a block of text and move it to another location, such as the clipboard. For example, when there is a complicated and long-winded description that you want to re-read and think over before making your next move. The following block marker commands can be used when playing games: To insert a block marker, press BACKSPACE with M. To copy a block to the clipboard, press BACKSPACE with K.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.2.5 Grade 2 Braille Input. If you are typing in Braille and using grade 2 as your preferred keyboard entry, then single character commands will need to be preceded by a letter sign. This prevents KeySoft from treating these single characters as a contraction and expanding them (something which can confuse the game). Note: The game will attempt to default to grade 1, even if the default keyboard grade is set to grade 2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.4 Saving Games. A game can be saved by either pressing SPACE with S or by typing "save" and pressing ENTER. You will then be presented with a standard KeySoft save prompt and will be able to type in a name to save the current game that you have started but not as yet completed. Because this saved game is applicable only to the current game, it is a good idea to include the title of the name of the game or something similar.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.5 Reading Previous Moves. During the time you play a game, you will type in many moves and the computer will remember these responses. It can sometimes be quite useful to review previous moves, for example, to check the spelling of a word. KeySoft stores the last 20 moves you performed through typed commands, and the response from the game itself.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.6 Status Line. As mentioned earlier, Interactive Fiction games are written with a screen in mind. One of the downsides to this approach, is that there are a few situations where the author of a game, considers things from a visual perspective. Part of this issue is the status line, an area on the screen (usually at the top) which holds information about the game, such as the title, the number of moves a player has had and the score.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.7 Single Key Mode. Games also use a mode of interacting with you that is slightly different from the standard way in which you type commands and then allow the game to provide feedback. This is usually only used in a small section of the game, or to provide you with a menu based help and information system. However, some games may use this mode continuously. Single key mode can occur at any time and some games use it as their primary input device.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.8 Downloading and Playing More Games. If you have enjoyed the games supplied with your BrailleNote BT, you may wish to play additional games. There is an extensive range of z-games available, many are free and some are commercial and must therefore be purchased. The best starting place is the Internet, though you may have a friend or relative who still has some of the older commercial games, in particular, from a company called Infocom. 19.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.12 Hints and Walkthroughs. Many interactive fiction games contain puzzles and tasks that you must complete before you can move further on in the game. These puzzles can occasionally be too difficult to solve and our advice is to firstly persevere, try different things, talk to others about the problem, and do not give up. When you finally solve the puzzle, you will feel a lot more satisfaction than having to "cheat". However, sometimes you may need a little help.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.13 Internet Resources. Learning about interactive fiction, or text adventures as they are also called, can take a little time and it may appear confusing at the very beginning. There are many resources on the Internet that can help you learn how to play, or even how to create your own games. A good starting point is the web site www.ifarchive.org and this site has been added to your web browser favorites when you upgraded to the current version of Keysoft.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 19.14 History of Text Adventure Games. When computers were first evolving, the terminals that were used to display information did not allow graphics to be displayed. People still wanted to play games that created scenes and allowed players to move around in an environment where they could interact with it; wander through caves and tunnels; find hidden treasure and attack monsters.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20 Command Summary. The Command summary chapter provides a list of commands used in all applications. 20.1 General Commands. 20.1.1 Operating Modes. Speech On Request/Off/On SPACE with PREVIOUS thumb key Braille On/Off SPACE with NEXT thumb key Start in one handed mode: Hold down BACKSPACE while turning On BrailleNote. BrailleNote remains in one-handed mode until restarted in two-handed mode.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.1.2 In a Menu or List. Move forward in a menu or list: SPACE, or SPACE with dot 4, or ADVANCE thumb key. Move backward in an menu or list: BACKSPACE, or SPACE with dot 1 or BACK thumb key. Select displayed item: ENTER or NEXT thumb key. Select item in menu or jump to item in list: Press first letter.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.1.3 Options Available at Any Point. Return to Main Menu: SPACE with dots 1 to 6. Exit current option: SPACE with E. Obtain help for current operation: SPACE with H. Increase volume: ENTER with dot 4. Decrease volume: ENTER with dot 1. Speak faster: ENTER with dot 6. Speak slower: ENTER with dot 3. Raise pitch of speech: ENTER with dot 5. Lower pitch of speech: ENTER with dot 2. Stop reading, or acknowledge alarm: BACKSPACE with ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Repeat the last prompt with all punctuation: SPACE with O, H or ENTER with H. Options Menu: SPACE with O. Increase volume of media player, FM radio and streaming audio: ENTER with dots 4-6. Decrease volume of media player, FM radio and streaming audio: ENTER with dots 1-3. Pause media player, stop audio streaming, mute FM radio : ENTER with dots 1-3-4-6. Restart media player, start audio streaming, unmute FM radio: ENTER with dots 1-3-4-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.1.4 Switch Programs. Task menu: SPACE with dots 2-3-5, or SPACE with O, M, or Go to Word processor: BACKSPACE with ENTER with W. Go to Planner: BACKSPACE with ENTER with P. Go to Address List: BACKSPACE with ENTER with A. Go to E-mail: BACKSPACE with ENTER with E. Go to Book Reader: BACKSPACE with ENTER with B. Go to Calculator: BACKSPACE with ENTER with S. Go to Internet: BACKSPACE with ENTER with I.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.1.6 At “List of Folders” prompt. Cycle forward through folder list: SPACE. Cycle back through folder list: BACKSPACE. Jump to folder name starting with: Press first letter. Display disk name and space available: SPACE with I. Return to “Folder Name?” prompt: SPACE with E. Change order in which folders are listed: SPACE with V 20.1.7 Within a Folder list. Cycle forward through folder list: SPACE. Cycle back through folder list: BACKSPACE.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.1.8 At "Directory Name" prompt. Type subdirectory and press ENTER. Access subdirectory list: SPACE. Select a folder: SPACE with T. Change drive: SPACE with E. Go up a level in the directory structure: SPACE with dots 2-3. 20.1.9 At "Subdirectories" prompt. Cycle forward through subdirectory list: SPACE. Cycle back through subdirectory list: BACKSPACE. Jump to subdirectory name starting with: Press first letter.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.1.10 Within a Subdirectory List. Cycle forward through subdirectory list: SPACE. Cycle back through subdirectory list: BACKSPACE. Select displayed subdirectory: ENTER. Jump to subdirectory name starting with: Press first letter. To display the subdirectories of the displayed directory: SPACE with dots 5-6 To go up a level in the directory structure: SPACE with dots 2-3. Display subdirectory information: SPACE with I. Rename subdirectory: BACKSPACE with R.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.1.12 Within a List of Files or Documents. Cycle forward through list of files: SPACE. Cycle back through list of files: BACKSPACE. Jump to file name starting with: Press first letter. Select displayed file or marked files: ENTER. Rename file: BACKSPACE with R. Delete file: BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. Move file: BACKSPACE with M. Copy file: BACKSPACE with Y.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.1.14 Thumb Keys Thumb keys On/Off toggle: 20.1.15 SPACE with O, F. Scroll Wheel General. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel. To ESCAPE Menus or Lists, at the "Folder Name" prompt, and "List of Folders" prompt : Up arrow. To access CONTEXTUAL HELP at Menus or Lists, at the "Folder name" prompt, and "List of Folders" prompt: Down arrow. Jump to top of menus and lists: Left arrow.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.1.16 Options Menu. The following items are accessed via the Options Menu, and have not previously been covered under 20.1.3 Options Available at Any Point. Access Options menu: SPACE with O. Grade of Braille: SPACE with O, G, or BACKSPACE with G, or Set Grade 1: BACKSPACE with A. Set Grade 2: BACKSPACE with B. Set Computer Braille: BACKSPACE with J. Braille Options: SPACE with O, B. Visual Display: SPACE with O, V.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.2 Word Processor. 20.2.1 KeyWord text review. Read continuously: SPACE with G. Stop reading: BACKSPACE with ENTER, or SPACE with dots 1-4-6. Top of file: SPACE with dots 1-2-3. Bottom of file: SPACE with dots 4-5-6. Previous character: SPACE with dot 3. Current character: SPACE with dots 3-6. Next character: SPACE with dot 6. Previous word: SPACE with dot 2. Current word: SPACE with dots 2-5. Next word: SPACE with dot 5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide In Line Mode, the same commands review lines and sections. In Column mode, the same commands review the current word on the line above or below and section above or below. 20.2.2 Other Review Commands. Find where cursor is: SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6). Go to: SPACE with dots 1-2-6. Previous sentence: SPACE with dot 1. Next sentence: SPACE with dot 4. Go to next Tab position: BACKSPACE with T. Define Place Marker: BACKSPACE with D.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.2.4 Editing Commands. Delete menu: SPACE with D. Backspace: BACKSPACE. Delete current character: BACKSPACE with dots 3-6. Delete current word: BACKSPACE with dots 2-5. Delete previous word: BACKSPACE with dot 2. Delete to end of sentence: BACKSPACE with dots 1-4 in Sentence and paragraph reading mode. Delete to end of paragraph: BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-5-6 in Sentence and paragraph reading mode.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.2.5 Formatting Commands. New line: ENTER. New Page: SPACE with P. TAB: SPACE with T. Binding space: ENTER with B. Format menu: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6. Document Layout: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, L, or BACKSPACE with L. Style of presentation: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, S, or BACKSPACE with S. Center line: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, C, or ENTER with C. Right justify line: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, R, or ENTER with R.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.2.6 Commands used within Braille Documents. Ink-print Settings Menu: Format menu, I. Ink-print layout: Ink-print Settings Menu, L, or BACKSPACE with ENTER with L. Ink-print only inclusion: Ink-print Settings Menu, I, or BACKSPACE with ENTER with J. Start ink-print exclusion: Ink-print Settings Menu, S, or BACKSPACE with ENTER with dots 3-4. End ink-print exclusion: Ink-print Settings Menu, E, or BACKSPACE with ENTER with dots 2-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.2.8 Block Commands. Block menu: SPACE with B. Append block to clipboard: Block menu, A. Bottom marker insertion: Block menu, B. Copy block to clipboard: Block menu, C. Delete block: Block menu, D. Erase file and exit Keyword: Block menu, E. Insert file: Block menu, I. Move block to clipboard: Block menu, M. Paste clipboard: Block menu, P. Read block: Block menu, R. Store block: Block menu, S. Top marker insertion: Block menu, T.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.2.9 Miscellaneous KeyWord Commands. Find where the cursor is: SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6). Query value of Tab stop: SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6). Switch document: SPACE with dots 1-2-5-6. Exit and Save document: SPACE with E. Save document: SPACE with S. Quit document: BACKSPACE with Q.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.2.10 Spelling Checker Commands. Spelling Checker menu: SPACE with dots 1-6, the ch sign. Check from cursor to end of document: Spell Check menu, C. Document check: Spell Check menu, D. Lookup Word in dictionary: Spell Check menu, L. Word check: Spell Check menu, W. Paragraph or section check: Spell Check menu, P. Select Language: Spell Check menu, S. At the Spelling Checker "Option?" prompt, the following are valid: Review the word: SPACE with dots 2-5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.2.11 When Looking up Word in Dictionary. Spell current word in dictionary: SPACE with O, then S. Display original word: I. Replace original word: ENTER. 20.2.12 Template Commands. Template Menu: BACKSPACE with ENTER with dots 2-3-4-6. Insert Field: Template Menu, I, or BACKSPACE with I. Force inclusion of line: Template Menu, F. Start conditional suppression: Template Menu, S. End conditional suppression: Template Menu, E.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.3 20.3.1 Book Reader. DAISY commands.
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BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.3.3 Braille thumb keys commands.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.3.5 Using Scroll Wheel with the Book. Reader. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel. DAISY Navigation To ESCAPE: Up arrow. To cycle through list of DAISY elements: Down arrow. To move back by current Daisy element: Turn wheel counterclockwise To move forward: Turn wheel clockwise To start reading: Center button. To jump to top of file: Left arrow. To Jump to bottom of file: Right arrow.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.4 Calculator. 20.4.1 Nemeth Math. 1 A or lowered A, etc. Plus: dots 3-4-6. Minus: dots 3-6. Multiplied by: dots 1-6. Divided by: dots 3-4. Equals: ENTER. Decimal point: dots 4-6. Negative number: SPACE with dots 3-6. Percent operator: dots 1-4-6. Left parenthesis: dots 1-2-3-5-6. Right parenthesis: dots 2-3-4-5-6. Set decimal places: SPACE with dots 4-6. Clear calculation: SPACE with dots 3-5-6. Delete last key: BACKSPACE.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide To the power of 1 divided by: SPACE with dots 4- 5. Degrees: T, then D. Radians: T, then R. PI: Y. Sine: T, S. Arc sine: SPACE with T, S. Cosine: T, C. Arc cosine: SPACE with T, C. Tan: T, T. Arc tan: SPACE with T, T. Clear memory: SPACE with K, then 0 through 9. Store memory: SPACE with S, then 0 through 9. Add to memory: SPACE with A, then 0 through 9. Recall memory: SPACE with M, then 0 through 9. display memory: M, then 0 through 9.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.4.1.1 Statistics. Data Set Menu: BACKSPACE with S. Check whether the data entry is on or off: SPACE with I. Find the result of a calculation without entering it into the data set: dots 1-2-3-4-5-6. Statistical Functions Menu/Statistical Functions Review List: Sample size: N. Mean: M. Median: D. Mode: O. Minimum: I. Maximum: X. Sample standard deviation: S. Population standard deviation: P. Sum of values: V. Sum of the square of values: Q.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Delete the current data item: 20.4.2 BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. UK Math. 1: A, etc. Plus: dots 2-3-5. Minus: dots 3-6. Multiplied by: dots 2-3-6. Divided by: dots 2-5-6. Equals: ENTER. Decimal point: dot 2. Negative number: SPACE with dots 3-6. Percent operator: P. Left parenthesis: dots 1-2-6. Right parenthesis: dots 3-4-5. Set decimal places: SPACE with dot 2. Clear calculation: BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. Delete last key: BACKSPACE.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide To the power of 1 divided by: SPACE with dots 3-4-6. Degrees: T, then D. Radians: T, then R. Pi: Y. Sine: T, S. Arc sine: SPACE with T, S. Cosine: T, C. Arc cosine: SPACE with T, C. Tan: T, T. Arc tan: SPACE with T, T. Clear memory: SPACE with K, then 0 through 9. Store memory: SPACE with S, then 0 through 9. Add to memory: SPACE with A, then 0 through 9. Recall memory: SPACE with M, then 0 through 9. display memory: M, then 0 through 9.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Take the reciprocal of a fraction: SPACE with dots 3-4. Find an equivalent fraction to the displayed fraction: 20.4.2.1 SPACE with dots 3-4. Statistics. Data Set Menu: BACKSPACE with S. Check whether the data entry is on or off: SPACE with I. Find the result of a calculation without entering it into the data set: dots 2-3-5-6. Statistical Functions Menu/Statistical Functions Review List: Sample size: N. Mean: M. Median: D. Mode: O. Minimum: I. Maximum: X.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Entry order: E. Frequency order: F. Numerical order: N. Delete the current data item: 20.4.3 BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. UEB Math. 1: A, etc. Plus: dots 2-3-5. Minus: dots 3-6. Multiplied by: dots 2-3-6. Divided by: dots 3-4. Equals: ENTER. Decimal point: dots 2-5-6. Negative number: SPACE with dots 3-6. Percent operator: P. Left parenthesis: dots 1-2-6. Right parenthesis: dots 3-4-5. Set decimal places: SPACE with dot 2-5-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 10 to the power of: SPACE with L. To the power of: dots 3-5. To the power of 1 divided by: SPACE with dots 3-5. Degrees: T, then D. Radians: T, then R. Pi: Y. Sine T, S. Arc sine: SPACE with T, S. Cosine: T, C. Arc cosine: SPACE with T, C. Tan: T, T. Arc tan: SPACE with T, T. Clear memory: SPACE with K, then 0 through 9. Store memory: SPACE with S, then 0 through 9. Add to memory: SPACE with A, then 0 through 9.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Convert a fraction to a percentage: P. Take the reciprocal of a fraction: SPACE with dots 3-4. Find an equivalent fraction to the displayed fraction: 20.4.3.1 SPACE with dots 3-4. Statistics. Data Set Menu: BACKSPACE with S. Check whether the data entry is on or off: SPACE with I. Find the result of a calculation without entering it into the data set: dots 2-3-5-6. Statistical Functions Menu/Statistical Functions Review List: Sample size: N. Mean: M.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Entry order: E. Frequency order: F. Numerical order: N. Delete the current data item: 20.4.4 BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. Using Scroll Wheel with the Calculator. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel. To ESCAPE: Up arrow. To clear: Down arrow. Result: Left arrow. Details: Right arrow.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.5 20.5.1 Planner. Selecting a New Date. At the calendar: Move by day: SPACE with dot 3 or dot 6. Move by week: SPACE with dot 2 or dot 5. Move by month: SPACE with dot 1 or dot 4. Move by year: SPACE with dots 2-3 or dots 5-6. In a planner page: Go to a new date: SPACE with dots 1-2-6, then, Select Forward or Back: F or B, then, (where n equals a number) Move by n day/s: nD. Move by n week/s: nW. Move by n month/s: nM. Move by n year/s: nY.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.5.2 Reading the Entries. Previous entry: SPACE with dot 1. Current entry: SPACE with dots 1-4. Next entry: SPACE with dot 4. Note: In Notes, the above commands move by sentence or line as in KeyWord. All entries for previous day: SPACE with dots 2-3. All entries for current day: SPACE with dots 2-3-5-6. All entries for next day: SPACE with dots 5-6. Top of current day: SPACE with dots 1-2-3. Bottom of current day: SPACE with dots 4-5-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Summary of recurrences and alarm status: SPACE with I. Date and time and days away from current date: SPACE with dots 1-5-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.5.2.1 Recurring Appointments. Move to next occurrence: SPACE with dots 3-5-6. Move to previous occurrence: SPACE with dots 2-3-6. Patterns: Daily: Type number of days Weekly, Yearly: Sunday: Monday: Mo. Tuesday: Tu. Wednesday: We. Thursday: Th. Friday: Fr. Saturday: Sa. every day: v. weekdays: d. weekend days: e. Su. Note: you can type less letters for Monday, Wednesday or Friday as their initial letters are unique.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Number of Recurrences: (not all options documented) Days: SPACE with dot 6. Weeks: SPACE with dot 5. Months: SPACE with dot 4. Years: SPACE with dots 5-6. 20.5.3 Alarms. Acknowledge alarm: BACKSPACE with ENTER then: Read alarm details: R. Cancel alarm: C. Postpone alarm: P. Go to diary entry: G. 20.5.4 Using the Scroll Wheel with the Planner. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide To move forward by current element:Turn wheel clockwise To access appointment menu when reading entries: Center button To move to top of current day when reading entries : Left arrow. To move to bottom of current day when reading entries: Right arrow To acknowledge alarm: Down, Left or Right arrow To ENTER at the "Date Selection" prompt or in Alarm mode: Center button 20.5.5 Miscellaneous Functions. Move from planner page to calendar: SPACE with E.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.6 Address List. Previous record: SPACE with dots 2-3. Current record: SPACE with dots 2-3-5-6. Next record: SPACE with dots 5-6. Previous field: BACKSPACE. Current field: SPACE with dots 1-4. Next field: SPACE. Previous word: SPACE with dot 2. Current word: SPACE with dots 2-5. Next word: SPACE with dot 5. Add a completed record: SPACE with dots 2-6. Change current or other field: BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. Clear current field: SPACE with dots 3-5-6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.6.1 Using the Scroll Wheel with the Address List. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel. To ESCAPE : Up arrow To toggle Record / Field in the Address Selection list: Down arrow To move to Previous element in Entry list:Turn wheel counterclockwise To move to Next element in Entry list:Turn wheel clockwise To move to the top of the list in Entry list: Left arrow.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.7 E-mail. 20.7.1 In an E-mail Folder. Read E-mail: ENTER. Next field: SPACE. Previous field: BACKSPACE. Next E-mail: SPACE with dots 5-6. Previous E-mail: SPACE with dots 2-3. Move E-mail to Trash: BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-5-6. Mark E-mail: SPACE with M. Mark All: SPACE with dots 2-6, then A. Search: SPACE with F. E-mail Action Menu: SPACE with dots 2-6. Move forward by day: BACKSPACE with dot 6. Move back a day: BACKSPACE with dot 3.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.7.2 In a List of E-mail Folders. Select prompted folder: ENTER. Delete folder: BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-5-6. Rename folder: ENTER with R. display Number of e-mails: SPACE with I. 20.7.3 At “Ready to send” prompt. Send e-mail: Y. Return to “Send to?” prompt: N. Save e-mail as a Draft: D. Print e-mail: P. Emboss e-mail: E. Abandon e-mail without sending: SPACE with E.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.7.4 E-mail in Trash Folder. At “Empty Trash?” prompt, Leave items in Trash: N. Delete items in Trash: Y. Review items in Trash: R. Options after selecting Review, Move to next e-mail: SPACE with dots 5-6. Move to previous e-mail: SPACE with dots 2-3. Delete e-mail being reviewed: BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-5-6. Trash Folder Menu: SPACE with dots 2-6. then, Restore e-mail to original folder: R. Empty Trash folder: E. 20.7.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.8 20.8.1 Database Manager. Adding a Record. Add a record: SPACE with dots 2-6. Retrieve last record: SPACE with B then R. Paste the clipboard into a field: SPACE with B then P. Remove a field entry from the current record: 20.8.2 SPACE with dots 3-5-6 then ENTER. Finding Information. Go to the next record: SPACE with dots 5-6. Go to the previous record: SPACE with dots 2-3. Next field: SPACE. Previous field: BACKSPACE. Next word: SPACE with dot 5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.8.3 Field Definition List Commands. To delete a field: BACKSPACE with dots 1-4. To review or change field settings: BACKSPACE with O. To insert a field before the current field: SPACE with dots 2-6. To cycle through the field data types: SPACE with dots 3-4. To move current field one up in the list: BACKSPACE with dots 2-3. To move current field one down in the list: BACKSPACE with dots 5-6. Exit the field definition list: 20.8.4 SPACE with E.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.8.5 Using the Scroll Wheel with the Database manager. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel. To ESCAPE: Up arrow To toggle Record / Field in the Address Selection list: To move to the top of the list in Entry list: Down arrow Left arrow. To move to the bottom of the list in Entry list: Right arrow.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.9 Games. 20.9.1 Basic Commands. Go to game: BACKSPACE with ENTER with G. Save the game: SPACE with S. Load the game: ENTER with O. Abandon the game: BACKSPACE with Q. Enter the next move: Type a single/multiple character. Insert the last move entered: BACKSPACE with R. Insert block marker: BACKSPACE with M. Copy block to the clipboard: BACKSPACE with K. Paste the contents of the clipboard to the input prompt: 20-505 BACKSPACE with V.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.9.2 Game History Commands. View the current status: BACKSPACE with S. Move forward from the history item: SPACE with dots 2-3. Move backward from the history item: SPACE with dots 5-6. In Sentence and Paragraph reading Mode, the following commands review sentences and paragraphs. Move back a sentence : Hear the current sentence: SPACE with dots 1-4. Move forward a sentence: SPACE with dot 4. Move back a word: SPACE with dot 2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.9.3 Using the Scroll Wheel with Games. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel. To ESCAPE Sentence and Paragraph reading mode: Up arrow To toggle navigation element according to current reading mode: Down arrow To move to the top of the file: Left arrow. To move to the bottom of the file: Right arrow.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.11 Web Browser. Open a new URL: SPACE with E. Go forward one page: ENTER with F. Go back one page: ENTER with B. Save web page: SPACE with S. Refresh Page: ENTER with R. Hear URL contents: SPACE with I then repeat the command. Modem disconnect: SPACE with O then C, D. Progress Tone Volume: SPACE with O then R. Move through the list until the "Progress Tone Volume" setting is displayed. Internet Options Menu: BACKSPACE with O.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.11.1 Move by Element. "Click" on an item: ENTER. Read Input Control Prompt: SPACE with R. Move to next element: SPACE with dots 4-6. Move to previous element: SPACE with dots 1-3. Current element: SPACE with dots 1-3-4-6. Change element type: SPACE with T. Link: L. Input Control: I. Heading: H. Frame: F. Link or input control: B. Move to next link or input control: NEXT thumb key. Move to previous link or input control: PREVIOUS thumb key.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.11.3 Tables. Table Mode: SPACE with M repeatedly until "Table Mode" is displayed. Query Cursor Position: SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6). While in Table Mode: Move forward one cell along a row: SPACE with dot 4. To hear the current cell in a row: SPACE with dots 2-3-5-6. Move back one cell along a row: SPACE with dot 1. Move down one cell in a column: SPACE with dots 5-6. To hear the current cell in a column: SPACE with dots 1-4.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.11.4 History. History command list: ENTER with dots 2-3-6. Navigate to current record: ENTER. Next Field: SPACE. Previous field: BACKSPACE. Next History record: SPACE with dots 5-6. Previous History record: SPACE with dots 2-3. Forward one Day: BACKSPACE with dot 6. Back one Day: BACKSPACE with dot 3. Forward one week: BACKSPACE with dot 5. Back one week: BACKSPACE with dot 2. Previous Domain name: BACKSPACE with dot 4.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.11.5 Using the Scroll Wheel with the Web Browser. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel. To ESCAPE: Up arrow. To change move type in Navigation mode: Down arrow. To move to previous element: Turn wheel left To move to next element: Turn wheel right To ENTER: Center button. To jump to top of page in Navigation mode: Left arrow. To Jump to end of page in Navigation mode: Right arrow.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.12 Chat. Start a new conversation: S To access contact list from "Chat with" prompt: SPACE Options: O General Settings: G To cycle through options: SPACE with dots 3-4 Contact commands: Review Contact Information: SPACE with I Delete Contact: BACKSPACE with dots 1-4 Rename Contact: BACKSPACE with R Change Contact list filter: SPACE with X 20.13 Stopwatch. Go to StopWatch: ENTER with W, or SPACE with O, then T, S. Stop or Start Stopwatch: SPACE.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.13.1 Using the Scroll Wheel with the Stopwatch. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel. To ESCAPE: Up arrow. To set time back to zero: Down arrow. To start or stop stopwatch: Left or Right arrow, or turn wheel left or right. To hear time elapsed: Center button.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.14 Media Player. Go to Media Player: BACKSPACE with ENTER with M. Volume increase relative to speech: ENTER with dots 4-6. Volume decrease relative to speech: ENTER with dots 1-3. Pause track: BACKSPACE with ENTER or ENTER with dots 1-3-4-6. Restart track: BACKSPACE with ENTER, SPACE with G, or ENTER with dots 1-3-4-6. Pause audio streaming: ENTER with dots 1-3-4-6. Restart audio streaming: ENTER with dots 1-3-4-6. Skip forward 1%: SPACE with dot 6.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.14.2 FM Radio. Go to FM Radio: BACKSPACE with ENTER with F. Turn off FM Radio: SPACE with E. Toggle speaker on/off: ENTER with S. Go to next preset station: SPACE. Go to previous preset station: BACKSPACE. Go to preset station starting with a particular character: ALPHA or DIGIT. Enter a new preset station: BACKSPACE with R. Rename preset station: Select the preset then press BACKSPACE with R.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 20.14.3 Using the Scroll Wheel with the Media Player. The following lists possible operations that can be performed with the various components of the Scroll Wheel. To ESCAPE: Up arrow. To skip 1%, 5%, 10% toggle: Down arrow. To jump to start of track: Left arrow. To Jump to end of track: Right arrow. To skip backward: Turn wheel left To skip forward: Turn wheel right To Pause / Restart track: Center button. End of Command Summary.
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BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Appendix A User Settings for BrailleNote BT. The following User settings should be set-up and/or checked on the BrailleNote BT. A.1 Speech; volume, rate, and pitch. Refer to: 1.18.5 Setting Volume and Pitch A.2 Time and date set, and in preferred format. Refer to 1.24 Time and Date: or 16.3 Date and Time Set. A.3 Keyboard input voice setting; words, characters, or off. Refer to 1.15.1 Help Messages. A.4 Braille language. Refer to: 5.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide A.10 Address list data base installed. From the Main Menu select the Address List, then press A to add an address. You will be advised if the address list data base does not exist, followed by the prompt to create a data base called "Address List." Press Y to create the data base named "Address List." A.11 E-mail data base installed. From the Main Menu select the E-mail option, then press S for Setup, and select the "Directory of E-mail Account" item from the Setup menu.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Appendix B Information on BookShare. At the time of publishing, the Bookshare service is only available to residents of the United States. Up to date information on Bookshare and eligibility to join etc is available from their website: http://www.bookshare.org. For information on the special offer for BrailleNote BT users as well as how to join, go to: http://www.bookshare.org/Braillenote For membership information, go to: http://www.bookshare.org/web/AboutMembership.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Appendix C Troubleshooting the BrailleNote BT. If the BrailleNote BT does not respond as you expect, there are a number of things you should check: Make sure that the BrailleNote BT has power. Connect the AC adapter. The BrailleNote BT should detect the AC adapter when the adapter is powered on even if the BrailleNote BT is switched off. The message "AC adapter on," is normally spoken. Switch off then on again.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide C.2 Hardware Reset. To perform a Hardware Reset, press and hold the RESET button for at least 5 seconds. This has the same effect as removing and reinserting the battery. All data currently in use will be lost. The Apex will require more time to restart than it would for a Software Reset. A beep will be heard and the message "Starting Keysoft" will be displayed. After a short while the system will announce: "KeySoft version 9.0x. Build (number)" followed by "Main Menu." C.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Appendix D Computer Braille Reference List. The BrailleNote BT supports USA and UK Computer Braille in both 6 dot and 8 dot forms. This Appendix contains 6 tables which give you the dot combination used for each ASCII character available in each of the supported configurations.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide D.1 United States Computer Braille. D.1.1 United States 6 dot Computer Braille - Lower Case exclamation mark '!' 2,3,4,6 quotation mark '"' 5 hash sign '#' 3,4,5,6 dollar sign '$' 1,2,4,6 percent '%' 1,4,6 ampersand '&' 1,2,3,4,6 apostrophe ''' 3 left bracket '(' 1,2,3,5,6 right bracket ')' 2,3,4,5,6 asterisk '*' 1,6 plus sign '+' 3,4,6 comma ',' 6 hyphen '-' 3,6 period '.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide right curly brace '}' 1,2,4,5,6 upright slash '|' 1,2,5,6 tilde '~' 4,5 zero '0' 3,5,6 one '1' 2 two '2' 2,3 three '3' 2,5 four '4' 2,5,6 five '5' 2,6 six '6' 2,3,5 seven '7' 2,3,5,6 eight '8' 2,3,6 nine '9' 3,5 'a' 1 'b' 1,2 'c' 1,4 'd' 1,4,5 'e' 1,5 'f' 1,2,4 'g' 1,2,4,5 'h' 1,2,5 'i' 2,4 'j' 2,4,5 'k' 1,3 'l' 1,2,3 529
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 'm' 1,3,4 'n' 1,3,4,5 'o' 1,3,5 'p' 1,2,3,4 'q' 1,2,3,4,5 'r' 1,2,3,5 's' 2,3,4 't' 2,3,4,5 'u' 1,3,6 'v' 1,2,3,6 'w' 2,4,5,6 'x' 1,3,4,6 'y' 1,3,4,5,6 'z' 1,3,5,6 D.1.2 United States 6 dot Computer Braille Upper Case The following table shows the combinations which change when a keystroke is immediately preceded by SPACE with U or when Caps Lock has been turned on by pressing SPACE with U twice in succession.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 'L' 1,2,3 'M' 1,3,4 'N' 1,3,4,5 'O' 1,3,5 'P' 1,2,3,4 'Q' 1,2,3,4,5 'R' 1,2,3,5 'S' 2,3,4 'T' 2,3,4,5 'U' 1,3,6 'V' 1,2,3,6 'W' 2,4,5,6 'X' 1,3,4,6 'Y' 1,3,4,5,6 'Z' 1,3,5,6 at symbol '@' 4 left square bracket '[' 2,4,6 right square bracket ']' 1,2,4,5,6 back slash '\' 1,2,5,6 carat symbol '^' 4,5 underscore '_' 4,5,6 D.1.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide hash sign '#' 3,4,5,6 dollar sign '$' 1,2,4,6 percent '%' 1,4,6 ampersand '&' 1,2,3,4,6 apostrophe ''' 3 left bracket '(' 1,2,3,5,6 right bracket ')' 2,3,4,5,6 asterisk '*' 1,6 plus sign '+' 3,4,6 comma ',' 6 hyphen '-' 3,6 period '.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide grave accent '`' 4 left curly brace '{' 2,4,6 upright slash '|' 1,2,5,6 right curly brace '}' 1,2,4,5,6 tilde '~' 4,5 Delete 8 Delete 1,2,3,4,5,6 '0' 3,5,6 '1' 2 '2' 2,3 '3' 2,5 '4' 2,5,6 '5' 2,6 '6' 2,3,5 '7' 2,3,5,6 '8' 2,3,6 '9' 3,5 'A' 1,7 'B' 1,2,7 'C' 1,4,7 'D' 1,4,5,7 'E' 1,5,7 'F' 1,2,4,7 'G' 1,2,4,5,7 'H' 1,2,5,7 533
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 'I' 2,4,7 'J' 2,4,5,7 'K' 1,3,7 'L' 1,2,3,7 'M' 1,3,4,7 'N' 1,3,4,5,7 'O' 1,3,5,7 'P' 1,2,3,4,7 'Q' 1,2,3,4,5,7 'R' 1,2,3,5,7 'S' 2,3,4,7 'T' 2,3,4,5,7 'U' 1,3,6,7 'V' 1,2,3,6,7 'W' 2,4,5,6,7 'X' 1,3,4,6,7 'Y' 1,3,4,5,6,7 'Z' 1,3,5,6,7 'a' 1 'b' 1,2 'c' 1,4 'd' 1,4,5 'e' 1,5 'f' 1,2,4 'g' 1,2,4,5 'h' 1,2,5 534
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 'i' 2,4 'j' 2,4,5 'k' 1,3 'l' 1,2,3 'm' 1,3,4 'n' 1,3,4,5 'o' 1,3,5 'p' 1,2,3,4 'q' 1,2,3,4,5 'r' 1,2,3,5 's' 2,3,4 't' 2,3,4,5 'u' 1,3,6 'v' 1,2,3,6 'w' 2,4,5,6 'x' 1,3,4,6 'y' 1,3,4,5,6 'z' 1,3,5,6 535
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide D.2 United Kingdom Computer Braille. D.2.1 United Kingdom 6 dot Computer Braille Lower Case. exclamation mark '!' 3,4,5,6 quotation mark '"' 4 hash sign '#' 5,6 dollar sign '$' 4,5,6 percent '%' 4,6 ampersand '&' 1,2,3,4,6 apostrophe ''' 3 left bracket '(' 4,5 right bracket ')' 3,4,5 asterisk '*' 3,5 plus sign '+' 2,3,5 comma ',' 2 hyphen '-' 3,6 period '.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide right curly brace '}' 2,3,4,5,6 tilde '~' 6 Delete 3,4,6 '0' 1,2,3,4,5,6 '1' 1,6 '2' 1,2,6 '3' 1,4,6 '4' 1,4,5,6 '5' 1,5,6 '6' 1,2,4,6 '7' 1,2,4,5,6 '8' 1,2,5,6 '9' 2,4,6 'a' 1 'b' 1,2 'c' 1,4 'd' 1,4,5 'e' 1,5 'f' 1,2,4 'g' 1,2,4,5 'h' 1,2,5 'i' 2,4 'j' 2,4,5 'k' 1,3 'l' 1,2,3 537
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 'm' 1,3,4 'n' 1,3,4,5 'o' 1,3,5 'p' 1,2,3,4 'q' 1,2,3,4,5 'r' 1,2,3,5 's' 2,3,4 't' 2,3,4,5 'u' 1,3,6 'v' 1,2,3,6 'w' 2,4,5,6 'x' 1,3,4,6 'y' 1,3,4,5,6 'z' 1,3,5,6 D.2.2 United Kingdom 6 dot Computer Braille Upper Case The following table shows the combinations which change when a keystroke is immediately preceded by SPACE with U or when Caps Lock has been turned on by pressing SPACE with U twice in succession.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 'L', 1,2,3 'M', 1,3,4 'N', 1,3,4,5 'O', 1,3,5 'P', 1,2,3,4 'Q', 1,2,3,4,5 'R', 1,2,3,5 'S', 2,3,4 'T', 2,3,4,5 'U', 1,3,6 'V', 1,2,3,6 'W', 2,4,5,6 'X', 1,3,4,6 'Y', 1,3,4,5,6 'Z', 1,3,5,6 at symbol '@', 2,3,4,6 left square bracket '[', 1,2,3,5,6 back slash '\', 5 right square bracket ']', 2,3,4,5,6 carat sign '^', 6 underscore '_', 3,4,6 D.2.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide hash sign '#' 5,6 dollar sign '$' 4,5,6 percent '%' 4,6 ampersand '&' 1,2,3,4,6 apostrophe ''' 3 left bracket '(' 4,5 right bracket ')' 3,4,5 asterisk '*' 3,5 plus sign '+' 2,3,5 comma ',' 2 hyphen '-' 3,6 period '.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide left curly brace '{' 1,2,3,5,6 upright slash '|' 5 right curly brace '}' 2,3,4,5,6 tilde '~' 6 Delete 3,4,6 '0' 1,2,3,4,5,6 '1' 1,6 '2' 1,2,6 '3' 1,4,6 '4' 1,4,5,6 '5' 1,5,6 '6' 1,2,4,6 '7' 1,2,4,5,6 '8' 1,2,5,6 '9' 2,4,6 'A' 1,7 'B' 1,2,7 'C' 1,4,7 'D' 1,4,5,7 'E' 1,5,7 'F' 1,2,4,7 'G' 1,2,4,5,7 'H' 1,2,5,7 'I' 2,4,7 'J' 2,4,5,7 541
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 'K' 1,3,7 'L' 1,2,3,7 'M' 1,3,4,7 'N' 1,3,4,5,7 'O' 1,3,5,7 'P' 1,2,3,4,7 'Q' 1,2,3,4,5,7 'R' 1,2,3,5,7 'S' 2,3,4,7 'T' 2,3,4,5,7 'U' 1,3,6,7 'V' 1,2,3,6,7 'W' 2,4,5,6,7 'X' 1,3,4,6,7 'Y' 1,3,4,5,6,7 'Z' 1,3,5,6,7 'a' 1 'b' 1,2 'c' 1,4 'd' 1,4,5 'e' 1,5 'f' 1,2,4 'g' 1,2,4,5 'h' 1,2,5 'i' 2,4 'j' 2,4,5 542
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide 'k' 1,3 'l' 1,2,3 'm' 1,3,4 'n' 1,3,4,5 'o' 1,3,5 'p' 1,2,3,4 'q' 1,2,3,4,5 'r' 1,2,3,5 's' 2,3,4 't' 2,3,4,5 'u' 1,3,6 'v' 1,2,3,6 'w' 2,4,5,6 'x' 1,3,4,6 'y' 1,3,4,5,6 'z' 1,3,5,6 a acute 'á' 8 a grave 'à' 4,6,7,8 a circumflex 'â' 5,6,7,8 Cap A diaeresis 'Ä' 2,5,6,7,8 a diaeresis 'ä' 4,5,6,7,8 Cap a ring 'Å' 3,4,7,8 a ring 'å' 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 cap a diphthong 'Æ' 1,2,6,7,8 a diphthong 'æ' 1,6,7,8 543
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide feminine ordinal 'ª' 1,2,3,4,6,8 masculine ordinal 'º' 3,8 c cedilla 'ç' 7,8 cap C cedilla 'Ç' 3,7,8 cap E acute 'É' 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 e acute 'é' 4,7,8 e grave 'è' 3,5,7,8 e circumflex 'ê' 4,5,7,8 e diaeresis 'ë' 3,4,5,7,8 i acute 'í' 3,4,5,6,8 i grave 'ì' 3,6,7,8 i circumflex 'î' 2,7,8 i diaeresis 'ï' 2,3,5,7,8 cap N tilde 'Ñ' 4,6,8 n tilde 'ñ' 4,5,6,8 o acute 'ó' 4,8 o grave 'ò' 1,5,6,7,8 o circumflex 'ô' 1,4,6,7,8 cap O d
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide u acute 'ú' 5,6,8 u grave 'ù' 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 u circumflex 'û' 1,2,4,6,7,8 Cap U diaeresis 'Ü' 2,5,7,8 u diaeresis 'ü' 3,4,5,6,7,8 y diaeresis 'ÿ' 1,2,5,6,7,8 Exclamation inverted '¡' 3,6,8 question mark inverted '¿' 4,5,8 Start of '¬' 3,5,8 Logical NOT '⌐' 3,4,5,8 Right double angle quotation '»' 3,4,8 Left double angle quotation '«' 2,5,6,8 Pounds sign '£' 2,3,6,7,8 cent sign '¢' 2,3,7,8 Florin sign '₣' 2,6,7,8 Yen sign '₧' 3,5,6,
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Greater than or equal to '≥' 1,2,3,5,8 Nearly equals '≈' 2,4,5,6,8 Identity symbol '≡' 1,2,3,4,8 Superscript 2 '²' 2,3,4,5,6,8 Superscript n 'ⁿ' 5,8 Radical symbol '√' 1,2,3,5,6,8 Integral sign '⌠' 2,3,4,5,8 Integral sign '⌡' 1,3,6,8 degree sign '°' 1,3,4,6,8 Intersection symbol '∩' 1,3,5,8 Greek epsilon 'ε' 1,3,4,5,8 '·' 1,3,5,6,8 '∙' 1,3,4,5,6,8 Solid square '⍒' Greek alpha 'α' 2,3,4,6,8 Greek beta, 'ß' Greek Gamma 'Γ' 1,2,8 Greek
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Greek delta 'δ' 1,3,8 Infinity '∞' Greek fi 'θ' 1,3,4,8 Upper left '⌤' 1,3,5,6,7,8 Center box '⌣' 1,4,6,8 Lower Left '⌦' 2,3,4,6,7,8 Upper right '⌥' 2,6,8 Lower right '⌧' 1,3,4,5,6,7,8 Middle box '〉' 1,2,7,8 Left middle '⌨' 1,4,7,8 Box intersection '⌬' 1,5,7,8 Right middle '〈' 1,4,5,6,8 Middle box '⌫' 1,7,8 Center box '⌢' 1,4,5,7,8 Double upper left '⌱' 2,4,7,8 Double center box '⌮' 2,5,8 Double lower left '⌷' 1,2,5,7,8 Double up
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Double center box '⌭' 1,3,4,7,8 Double horizontal upper right '⌲' 1,2,5,6,8 Double horizontal right middle '⌾' 1,5,6,8 Double horizontal left middle '⌻' 1,2,4,8 Double horizontal lower right '⌸' 3,5,6,8 Double horizontal upper right '⌯' 1,3,6,8 Double horizontal lower left '⌵' 2,3,4,5,7,8 Double horizontal top middle '⍁' 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 Double horizontal intersection '⍇' 1,3,4,6,7,8 Double horizontal bottom middle '⍄' 1,3,5,7,8 Double vertical upper
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Solid fill '⍎' 6,7,8 Solid fill '⍊' 3,4,6,7,8 Solid fill '⍌' 1,2,3,5,6,7,8 Solid fill '⍍' 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 End of Appendix D- Computer Braille Reference List.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Appendix E BrailleNote Apex Manufacturer Warranty. Manufacturer Warranty This device is a high quality product, built and packaged with care. All units and components are guaranteed against any operational defects as follows: US and Canada: One (1) year United Kingdom: One (1) year Continental Europe: Two (2) years Australia and New Zealand: One (1) year Other countries: One (1) year Warranty covers all parts (except battery) and labor.
BrailleNote Apex BT User Guide Europe: 01933 415800 or e-mail to eu.support@humanware.com Australia / Asia: (02) 9686 2600 or e-mail to au.sales@humanware.com New Zealand: +64 3 384 4555 or e-mail to nz.info@humanware.com End of Appendix E- BrailleNote Apex Manufacturer Warranty User guide version 20100330.
Index.
Bluetooth activesync • 335, 336, 341, 342 connection • 47, 321, 335 keyboard • 336 pairing • 44, 51, 335 setting up on PC • 51, 337 Book reader about • 95 Audible • 113 block commands • 99 book storage • 102 Bookshare • 103 exiting • 103 navigation key commands • 96 NIMAS books • 114 reading commands • 98, 296 reading from another drive • 95, 101 Review cursor • 97 review opening options • 100 select another book • 99 Book reading • 95 Bookshare about • 103 downloading from • 105 membership information • 55
KeyWord format braille document • 472 KeyWord format text document • 472 KeyWord formatting • 471 KeyWord miscellaneous • 474 KeyWord other review • 469 KeyWord spelling checker • 475 KeyWord template • 476 KeyWord text review • 468 planner • 496 Browser • 509 Browser • 509 operating modes • 457 options at folder name prompt • 461 options at list of folders prompt • 462 options available at any point • 459, 467 options menu • 467 options within a folder list • 462 other useful commands at prompts • 465 plan
text • 77 to end of document • 77 to end of paragraph • 77 to end of sentence • 77 Delete alert tone volume • 129 Dial tone • 289 Dial-up connections creating new connection • 321, 326, 337 dial using • 326, 327, 329 disconnecting from • 321, 330 Dictionary spelling • 84 Directory about • 368 access file • 369, 374, 376 root • 368 switching • 369 Directory of email accounts about • 288 Disk drive description of • 57 file operations • 356 Document about • 57 braille • 56 creating • 60 editing • 76 emboss • 1
Export document about • 375 to a file • 376 to serial port • 376 Extended characters assigning a macro • 198 assigning braille dots • 198 changing an assigned macro • 199 entry by name • 196 entry by unicode code • 197 interpreting Braille display • 200 methods of entering • 177, 195 F Favorites adding • 104, 306 organizing • 307 selecting • 295, 307 Fields address list • 248 File Manager about • 355 copy file • 363, 390 copy folder • 358 directory • 357 erase file • 363, 364 move file • 365 protect file •
Changing action when message arrives while chatting • 316 Renaming a contact • 317 Reviewing contact information • 316 Go to another date • 242 cursor position • 79, 82, 99 Grade of braille • 11, 119, 122 H Handshaking • 138, 140, 159, 187, 245, 254, 423 Hardware • 37 Hayes compatible • 330 Heading style braille to ink-print • 162 ink-print to braille • 188 Headphones • 10 Help keyboard learn • 24 Hibernate Mode • 7 Hyperlinks • 297 HyperTerminal • 45, 130 I Identical to Source style braille to ink-print •
skipping through tracks • 399 stereo and mono • 403 stop track • 399 streaming audio • 400 track information • 403 volume control • 401 menu • 56 Menu block commands menu • 168, 240 connectivity menu • 268, 321 file translation menu • 373 KeyMail • 266 KeyWord • 56 navigating • 14 planner • 225 shortcuts • 15 Merging documents • 172, 173 Message display time • 123 Microsoft Word attachments • 276, 278 create document • 193 email attachments • 266 export document as • 375 translation to and from • 193, 355,
e-mail • 267 modes • 62, 85, 121, 169, 175 review commands • 67 Reading books sample • 95 Reading grade setting • 11, 122 text document • 122 Recording • 404 gain control • 404, 406 making recording • 405, 407 playback recording • 409 recording levels • 404, 406 sound quality • 410 Recurring appointments about • 231, 232 daily • 233 frequency • 235 monthly • 233 moving between • 235 weekly • 233 yearly • 234 Rename file • 363, 364 Rename folder • 358 Repeat and spell • 22, 132 hear punctuation • 22, 132 Res
Tab go to next tab • 176 indenting • 155 regular • 154 semi-colon tabs • 155 Tables navigating online • 308 Task switching documents • 92 Templates creation and use • 185, 255, 256 embossing • 255 Text document braille settings • 184, 190 braille styles • 184, 187 creating • 180 default settings • 157, 159, 194 font • 165, 184, 187 layout • 184, 185 opening • 181 underlining • 165, 184, 186 Text settings for braille document about • 163, 190, 380 ink print exclusion • 165, 381 ink print inclusion • 165 ink
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