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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 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 Getting Started. ...................................................................................... 1 Unpacking your BrailleNote. ...................................................................................1 General Features................................................................................
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 5.11 5.12 Documents Folders and Drives. .............................................................................53 Opening a Document..............................................................................................54 Naming a Document. .......................................................
5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 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 8 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 9 9.1 9.2 Move to Another Task. ........................................................................................129 Front Thumb Keys On/Off. ..................................................................................130 Change Speech Volume Rate and Pitch. ......................................................
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 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.10 12.11 12.12 13 Selecting a Date....................................................................................................216 Scheduling Appointments. ...................................................................................219 Recurring Appointments. .......................
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 15.9 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 Setting up Instant Messaging Service Options.....................................................301 Signing on to Instant Messaging Service. ............................................................302 Instant Messaging Conversation. ................
15.18 15.19 16 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 17 17.1 17.2 17.3 18 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 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 19.14 20 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 Translation Menu. ................................................................................................361 Importing Files. ....................................................................................................362 Utilities Menu. ............................
20.9 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 Games. ..................................................................................................................474 Unicode Characters. .............................................................................................475 Web Browser. .......................................................................................................476 Chat. ............................................................................................................
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1 Getting Started. Welcome to the BrailleNote Apex QT, an innovative personal productivity system, from HumanWare. BrailleNote Apex QT incorporates a computer 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 the BrailleNote Apex QT.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.2 General Features. The BrailleNote QT is a compact portable Personal Organizer with a computer style keyboard, and a Braille display. 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 QT supplement the Braille display and provide convenient navigation control.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide A Database Manager called KeyBase that allows you to store a wide range of information including recipes, bank records, a catalog of CDs in your CD collection and so on. KeyBase comes with 9 different databases. If you cannot find exactly what you need from the list of supplied databases, you can develop new databases and modify the definition of existing databases. A Games application that enables you to play fun text adventure games, also known as Interactive Fiction.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.4 Orientation. The BrailleNote is supplied in a slim line wrap around leather carry case. To open the case, lift the flap on the front edge. Fold back the case to allow operation. You can use your BrailleNote while it is in its carry case. On the front edge of the BrailleNote QT you will find 4 buttons called thumb keys. These keys should face you. 1.5 Carry Case. To remove the BrailleNote from the carry case, please follow these steps: 1.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.6 Thumb Keys. The four keys facing you are normally operated by your thumbs so we call them “Thumb keys” to differentiate them from the main keyboard keys. They are used in conjunction with the Braille display when reading and navigating menus and lists. They can be operated using your thumbs without moving your fingers from the Braille display discussed in the next section. The thumb keys can be set up for left-handed or right-handed operation.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.9 Keyboard. The keyboard has a standard typewriter layout for letters and numbers. To position your hands correctly there are small raised dots on each of the "home" keys, F and J. There is also a raised dot on the I key. As discussed later, the Keyboard Learn mode, accessible from the Main Menu, is an invaluable aid towards learning the placement of the various keys.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.10 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 QT User Guide 1.12 Speech. You can listen to the BrailleNote QT using either the built-in stereo speakers, or earphones. If earphones are plugged in, the loudspeaker is automatically disabled. The headphone socket is on the left hand side of the unit, the first one you encounter as you slide your hand from front to back. The next socket is used for microphone. You will not damage the unit or any peripheral if you select the wrong socket.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.14.1 Help Messages. At any point in KeySoft you can get information about the options that are available. To do this, press HELP. KeySoft help is context sensitive, which means that you are only given help relevant to your current situation. Remember to press HELP for Help when you need it. It does not affect your work in any way, and after you have finished reading the Help message, you are returned to the point at which you selected Help.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.14.3 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 QT User Guide 1.14.7 Automatic Cut-off of Prompts. KeySoft gives detailed spoken prompts and messages to help you learn the system. To prevent these messages slowing down an experienced user, speech is cut off automatically by the next keystroke. 1.14.8 Instant Access. You can switch from one KeySoft task to another with a simple key sequence. For example, you can switch from the Word Processor to the Planner, and then return to the same point in your document.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.15.2 Reading a Menu using the Thumb Keys. You can read through any menu using only the thumb keys and Braille display. Consequently, you can keep your hands on the Braille display avoiding the need to go back and forwards between the Braille display and keyboard. The thumb keys perform the following functions: To step forwards through a menu - press the ADVANCE thumb key. Menu items are displayed one at a time. To step back through a menu - press the BACK thumb key.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.15.5 Reviewing the Main Menu. To start with, go to the Main Menu by pressing MENU. 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 QT User Guide The last item is: "End of Menu." Having stepped forward along the menu by pressing SPACE or ADVANCE repeatedly, you can step back by pressing BACKSPACE or BACK 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. 1.16 A First Experience. Most people hate reading User Guides.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.16.1 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 MENU. Your BrailleNote displays: "Main menu." To get to the word processor, press W. Your BrailleNote displays: "KeyWord menu.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.16.2 Trying Out the Calculator. You might also like to try out the Calculator, which you can do without any extensive knowledge of the BrailleNote QT. From the Main Menu, go to the Scientific Calculator by pressing S. You hear: "KeyPlus. Zero." Just 0, number sign followed by the letter J, is displayed on the Braille display. This means that the Calculator is ready.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.17 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 QT User Guide Front Thumb Keys on/off 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 QT User Guide 1.17.2 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 QT User Guide 1.17.4 Setting the Keyboard Voice. The first of these settings determines how KeySoft speaks what you type. Press FUNCTION with O, then K for Keyboard. KeySoft displays: "Keyboard voice? Words.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.17.6 Repeating an Announcement. As we have already mentioned, you can get KeySoft to say a prompt again by pressing REPEAT if you didn't quite catch it. To repeat the prompt with variables such as file names or folder names spelled out, press FUNCTION with L. To reveal the most detail, you can repeat the last prompt with full punctuation and spaces. To do this, press FUNCTION with P (Hear Punctuation).
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.18 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 QT User Guide 1.19 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 QT User Guide 1.22 Time and Date. The Time and Date commands are available from anywhere within KeySoft. To display the current day and date, press FUNCTION with D. To display the current time, press FUNCTION 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 QT User Guide 1.22.1 Clock Synchronization. While you can manually change the time on your BrailleNote Apex QT, 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 QT User Guide 1.23 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 QT User Guide 1.24 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 QT.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide To read from the start of the previous paragraph, press READ with 7; To read from the start of the current paragraph, press READ with 8 To read from the start of the next paragraph, press READ with 9; To skip back one section, press READ with T; To advance one section, press READ with B; To go back to the Table of Contents or Index press BACKSPACE; To exit the User Guide and return to your original place in KeySoft press ESCAPE.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.24.2.2 Version. This User Guide is for the BrailleNote QT using version 9 of KeySoft. 1.25 Reviewing the Main Menu. To start with, go to the Main Menu by pressing MENU. 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 QT User Guide For the Options Menu, press FUNCTION with O, anywhere. The last item is: "End of Menu." Having stepped forward along the menu by pressing SPACE or ADVANCE repeatedly, you can step back by pressing BACKSPACE or BACK 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. 1.26 Information.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 1.27 Where to Now? By now you should have a good basic knowledge of the BrailleNote Apex QT and KeySoft. The entire User Guide is stored in the BrailleNote QT so you can read each chapter at your leisure. The User Guide can be read using your BrailleNote QT 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 QT User Guide And remember; please make frequent use of BrailleNote QT‟s superb Help that you can access at any point by pressing HELP. It's a valuable source of information, whatever part of KeySoft you are using. End of Getting Started Chapter.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2 BrailleNote Apex QT Hardware. This chapter provides a general overview of the BrailleNote Apex QT's various hardware features. 2.1 The Battery. The BrailleNote Apex QT can operate from its internal rechargeable battery or from its AC adapter. The length of time you can run the BrailleNote QT from a fully charged battery is typically between 10 and 12 hours before it becomes flat.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Your BrailleNote QT automatically manages its power usage to give you the maximum life from the battery. It will enter into hibernate mode after about 10 minutes of inactivity and stay in that mode until you next press a key. You can help by switching off your BrailleNote QT when you are not going to be using it for a while.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2.1.2 Checking Power Status. You can check the state-of-charge of the battery and whether the AC adapter is connected from anywhere in KeySoft by pressing FUNCTION with O, then P. First, the battery state-of-charge in percent is displayed: “Level c percent,” where c is the battery's state-of-charge. Then the AC adapter status is displayed: "Adapter (status)," where "status" is either "on" or "off.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2.2 Long Term Storage. If you store a fully charged BrailleNote for more than two weeks, the battery will become completely flat. If the battery was less than fully charged prior to storing the BrailleNote, the time needed for the battery to become fully flat will be shorter. This is because the battery self discharges internally and because the BrailleNote QT draws a very small amount of current, even when it is switched off.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2.3 Connections and sockets. Place the BrailleNote QT 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 QT. 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 QT 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 QT allow you to use the BrailleNote QT 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 QT User Guide 2.4.1 Inserting and Removing SD Cards. The SD card is about the size of a postage stamp, and only 2mm thick. One corner is cut off at a diagonal, which makes it easy to orient it by touch. The short edge of this cut off corner is the end that is inserted into the SD card slot. You will notice that on one surface of the card, there is a row of ridges along that edge; this side faces down. On each long edge is a notch.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2.5 USB Peripherals. As mentioned earlier, there are a range of devices available to work with the BrailleNote QT, that offer a broad range of data storage options, as well as printer access. These are all discussed in turn below. 2.5.1 USB Storage Devices. There is a range of storage devices that work with the BrailleNote QT. 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.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2.7.1 VGA display. To use the VGA display option, connect a VGA monitor into the VGA port located at the back of the BrailleNote Apex QT. To activate the display, follow these steps: 1. Select the Options Menu on your BrailleNote, by pressing FUNCTION with O. 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.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2.7.2.2 KeyView Installation. To install KeyView on your PC: 1. Put the KeySoft program CD into your PC, or download the KeyView set up program from the HumanWare website. 2. Double-click on the KeyView set-up program. As each window in the installation program is presented to you, select Next to continue. Note that in general, there is no need to change the options that are presented to you.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT send text to the serial output. Press FUNCTION 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 QT User Guide Important: Before using the USB client connection for the first time, you will need to install a special driver on your computer to enable communication. The installation steps are described in the following sections. 2.8.1 USB Client driver installation on XP. In order to establish a USB Client connection with a computer, you will need to first install a special driver. Please follow instructions carefully. 1. Insert CD-ROM into your CD drive. 2.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2.8.2 USB Client driver installation on VISTA. In order to establish a USB Client connection with a computer, you will need to first install a special driver. Please follow instructions carefully. 1. On your Apex, select the USB Client connection and press "Enter" (see Braille Terminal for Screen Reader section in your Keysoft user guide). 2. Plug your USB cable between Apex and PC. 3. On your PC, the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears. 4.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2.10 General Care. Apart from cleaning the case, the BrailleNote QT needs no special maintenance. The internal battery should last typically 18 months before needing replacement. Keep beverages like tea and coffee away from the BrailleNote QT. Periodically wipe the case down with a warm damp cloth. Don't use any cleaning compounds. End of Hardware Chapter.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide 3.2 Text and Braille. When you start to compose a document, KeyWord assumes that you want to do it in text, so the layout and format are for a print page, suitable for printing directly. This doesn't mean that you are committed to a text document, however. You can send it to an embosser and KeySoft automatically translates it into a suitable format. Alternatively, you have the option of creating a Braille document directly, with a layout and format for a Braille page.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT. 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 QT 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 QT User Guide You can change the current drive by pressing BACKSPACE or CONTROL with D 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 above. When you have selected a folder, KeyWord asks: "Document to open? (name)," where the word "name" between the brackets is really the name of the last document you accessed.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 3.6 Naming a Document. In the next section we talk about creating a document, but first we discuss names. Each document must have a unique, meaningful name so that it can be stored and later retrieved by specifying its name. You can use whatever name you like, with up to 250 characters and spaces. It cannot contain the following characters: \/:*?"<>| If you have several documents on a similar subject, you may find it helpful to put the common part of the name first.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 displays: "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 S as you wish, and press ENTER. KeySoft displays: "Top of Document. Blank.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT's speech. To listen to a document without stopping, press READ with G, for "Go.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide To move forward a paragraph and read it, press READ with 9. You can follow a sentence or paragraph read command with another sentence or paragraph read command to immediately change the prose being read. Try reading your "Sample" document or the "Demonstration Document" with these commands. You can refresh your memory by pressing HELP, and opening the "Review Commands" list.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 FUNCTION with O then R, anywhere in KeySoft. KeySoft might prompt: "Speech? Currently on.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 READ with COMMA, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between letters that sound similar.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 READ with all the reading commands. To enter this Review-Only Mode, press READ with X. You can then use all the reading commands without needing to press READ. For example, to read the current word, just press K. This mode continues until you press READ with X again or exit the word processor. 3.10 The Cursor.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 typing and/or proofreading. Here the cursor is turned on automatically when you are editing and turned off when you are reading.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 3.10.3 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 QT User Guide 3.11 Braille Display Modes. In KeyWord you use the Braille display for three purposes: Reading. For example, your own notes, or a document someone has given or sent you, or an e-mail. You are interested in just reading the text as efficiently as possible. You are not interested in how the author has laid out the text as long as you can tell where paragraphs begin. You definitely don't want a cursor getting in the way of your reading. Editing and proofreading.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 3.11.2 Reading Mode. Use this mode for straight reading. In this mode the cursor is never displayed but always resides on the left-most cell of the display. The only formatting indicated is what is necessary for reading, such as new line indicators and tabs. The format indicator for displaying new lines and tabs is by default based on those recommended by the Braille Authority of North America. If desired you may change the method by which new lines are indicated.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide Line Break: $l. New Line: $p. Page Break: $lf or $pf. New page: $f.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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, READ with F, and the Find and Replace command, CONTROL with F, can be used to locate any of these format indicators.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL with COMMA, or DELETE. 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 pressing the DELETE key.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Delete to end of paragraph Press CONTROL with 8. 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 CONTROL with D. KeySoft prompts you to make sure that you really mean to delete such a significant amount of text.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 CONTROL with N. 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 QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL with F. This command is followed by F for a forward search, or B for a back search.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 3.17 Checking the Cursor Position. To check where the cursor is currently positioned, press READ with Q. 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 QT 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 READ with D. KeySoft prompts: "Define Place Marker. Letter?" Press a letter, such as A, to name the Place Marker.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 READ with CONTROL with S. If the Spelling Checker has not been used since KeySoft was installed, you are asked to install the language.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 READ with S. Reading modes are discussed in 3.10.3 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 READ with L. If the word occurs elsewhere, the Spelling Checker queries it again. 3.20.3 Ignore the word.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 READ with CONTROL with S, 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide KeySoft will now display: "End of list." When you are ready to open the document, press ESCAPE. “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. This option controls how KeyWord interprets these characters.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 ESCAPE, opening the other can involve several keystrokes. There is a quicker way. From the current document, press CONTROL with Z. This closes the current document, and places you at the "Document to open?" prompt.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide You can change the language settings at any time from the Utilities Menu. End of Word Processing Chapter.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide To find a text string in the book, press READ with F. This command is described in 3.16 Searching a Document. To move back a character, press READ with M; To hear the current character, press READ with COMMA. (Press this command once to hear the character spoken. Press it again, and if the character is a letter, you will hear its "call sign" e.g. Alpha for A, Bravo for B etc.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 4.6 Miscellaneous commands. KeyBook has a group of block commands. These commands are the same as KeyWord's block commands. To go to the block commands menu, press CONTROL with B. The block commands are described in 7.5 Block Commands. To open another book, press CONTROL with Z. KeyBook prompts: "Book name? Press ENTER for (book title)" where book title is the name of the last book read.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 4.9 Exiting KeyBook. Exit KeyBook in the usual way by pressing ESCAPE 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 1.18 Switching Between Tasks.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT by either pressing I in the Main Menu, or FUNCTION with 0 (zero) anywhere. KeyWeb will prompt you for a URL. 2. Select Bookshare from your favorites. The BrailleNote QT 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 QT User Guide Note: If instead of downloading books directly onto your BrailleNote QT 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 QT 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 READ with G. To stop listening: press READ with SPACE. You can change the volume by using the following commands: To increase the volume: press CONTROL with EQUALS. To decrease the volume: press CONTROL with HYPHEN. Note that these volume control commands are relative to the main volume.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 READ with O. To move back a sentence or line: press READ with U.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 READ with R. 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 QT 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 QT 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 READ with CONTROL with I.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 5 General Functions. This chapter discusses the functions listed on the Options Menu, which was introduced briefly in 1.17 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 QT 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 QT 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 Stopwatch commands. To access the stopwatch, press FUNCTION with W. Or you can press FUNCTION with O then T, then S for stopwatch. The first time you use it, the stopwatch will be at zero.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide 5.3 Braille Display Options. To review the Braille Options list anywhere in KeySoft, press FUNCTION with O, then B. The list of options presented will depend where you are in KeySoft when you select the Braille Options. Experiment at the Main Menu, within a document, and in the Calculator to see how the list of items changes.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.3.2 Braille Display Mode. This option is available within a document, an e-mail, or within the Planner and allows you to choose the amount of formatting information that is presented on the Braille Display and whether the cursor is displayed. There are four modes; Automatic, Reading, Edit and Layout. You may also cycle through the four modes by pressing PREVIOUS with NEXT. The Braille Display Modes are discussed more fully in 3.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.3.4 Function of Previous and Next thumb Keys. This option is available within a document, an e-mail, or within the Planner. The function of the PREVIOUS and NEXT thumb keys can be defined to suit your personal reading preference. To have them move Up and Down, press U. To have them move by Sentence or Line, press S. Whether they move by sentence or line is determined by the reading mode, as set via READ with S. To have them move by Paragraph or Section, press P.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.3.8 Text Document Reading Grade. This option is available within a document, an e-mail, or within the Planner. It allows you to select how text documents are displayed on the Braille display. The default setting is the "Preferred reading grade," which is generally Grade 2. Text documents include BrailleNote QT KeyWord text documents, Microsoft Word, ASCII text and other forms of text documents that you may choose to read or edit.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.3.11 Computer Braille Table. The BrailleNote QT is supplied with two English Computer Braille tables, USA and UK. However, the user may create or install additional Computer Braille tables. For USA computer Braille, press S. For UK computer Braille, press K. To cycle through all the available Computer Braille tables, press CONTROL with SPACE. 5.3.12 Cursor Shape for Computer Braille.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.3.15 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 QT User Guide 5.4.1 Setting the Keyboard Voice. The first of these settings determines how much KeySoft speaks as you type. KeySoft prompts: "Keyboard voice? Currently Words.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.5 Review Voice. To examine the Review Voice settings anywhere in KeySoft, press FUNCTION with O for the Options Menu, then R. Press ESCAPE to leave the Review Voice settings and return to your original place in KeySoft. The quick key for this function is FUNCTION with R.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.5.1 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 QT User Guide 5.5.3 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 QT User Guide 5.5.5 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 FUNCTION with O for the Options Menu, then R.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.6 Visual Display. Using and connecting a visual display is described in 2.7 Visual Display. To select visual display, press FUNCTION with O, then V. 5.7 Next Appointment. To find your next appointment, press FUNCTION 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 QT User Guide 5.10 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 FUNCTION with I. 5.10.1 Insert Date or Time.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.10.3 Insert Unicode Character. To insert a Unicode character, press FUNCTION 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 QT User Guide 5.13 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 QT User Guide Remember that, if necessary, you can always get back to the Main Menu by pressing MENU. 5.14 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 FUNCTION 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 FUNCTION with O, then F.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 5.16 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 QT User Guide 6 Embossing and Printing Documents. If an embosser or printer is connected to your BrailleNote Apex QT, 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 QT User Guide 6.3 Printing with Bluetooth. To use a Bluetooth printer with your BrailleNote QT, first you will need to get the Bluetooth connection working. 1. Go to the Options Menu by pressing FUNCTION 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 QT 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 HELP. 2.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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. As an example, entering the document name "NOTES," followed by the single character wild card, which is ?, would cause all these documents to be selected: NOTES1; NOTES2; NOTES3.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide 6.7.6 Embosser Port. You can select any of the following ports on the back of your BrailleNote QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide Return to the Embosser Set-up list and set the Paper Length and Paper Width to the values determined in the tests. This completes the Embosser set-up. You should not need to change the settings in the Embosser Setup List, or carry out the embosser test again, unless a different type of embosser or paper is used. 6.10 The Printer Set-Up List. This list contains similar items to the embosser set-up list, with some differences.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide 7 Advanced Word Processing. This chapter describes some of 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 embossing of text documents and handling documents of differing types, such as Braille or Microsoft Word.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.2 Document Types. By default, documents created by BrailleNote QT are stored in "KeyWord Text" format, and are referred to as text documents. BrailleNote QT can also create and open documents that have other file types. For example, Braille documents, Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, ASCII, WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS, and KeySoft Version 2 Braille and text. For the purposes of this chapter, the term text document encompasses all file types except Braille documents.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.3 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 QT User Guide 7.3.5 Underlining. This command underlines text. The Underlining command is CONTROL with U. It is described in 7.3.15 Underlining. 7.3.6 Style of presentation. Styles of presentation are used when a text document is translated and reformatted into a Braille document, for example, before being embossed. They allow you to control the way paragraphs; headings, etc. are formatted in the Braille document independently of the text document's formatting.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.3.10 Layout of a Text Document. The Layout option presents a list of settings that determine the layout of a text 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 QT User Guide Line Spacing; Print page numbers; Justification; Left margin; Right margin; Word wrap. The items in the Layout List are now discussed. 7.3.10.1 Indent First Line and Indent Rest of Paragraph. These settings allow a number of indenting styles to be set up.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.3.10.2 Tabs. Tabs provide a way of moving the cursor to predetermined positions on the line, and are used primarily to align columns of text. There are 10 tab stops, numbered 1 to 10. The first is measured in columns from the left margin, and then each subsequent stop is measured from the previous one. Each tab stop has an initial setting of 5 columns, so the actual positions are 6, 11, 16, etc. Suppose you are editing and the cursor is at column 8.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.3.10.3 Line spacing. This allows single or double line spacing to be selected. To change the setting, press S for single, or D for Double. 7.3.10.4 Print 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. 7.3.10.5 Justification.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.3.10.8 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 QT User Guide 7.3.12 Page Settings for a Text 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. Enter the Page Settings list by pressing CONTROL with P. KeySoft displays: "Page Settings list.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.3.12.2 Paper Length and Width. These settings define the length and width of the paper that is used when this document is printed. Usually you will use your standard printer paper when printing a document and you will have already set the Page Length and Page Width settings in the Printer Setup list to the correct values for this paper, as discussed in Section 6.7.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.3.14 Right Justify a 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 press CONTROL with R. KeySoft will display: "Right justify line.” 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. 7.3.15 Underlining. Underlining can be switched on or off at any point in the text.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.3.16 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 QT User Guide 7.4.1 Style of Presentation linked with a Text Document. KeySoft allows you to indicate various embossing styles. These do not affect the layout of the text document, but when you emboss it, or translate it to a Braille document, KeySoft uses the indicated styles to translate the layout from the text convention to a Braille convention. For example, in text you might have sub-headings in bold print with a blank line before and after it.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.4.1.1 Paragraph. 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. Two or more blank lines in a heading cause the style to revert to "Paragraph.” A heading is centered in Braille. A print line can produce more than one Braille line, so a centered heading could fill the page width.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.4.1.5 Identical to Source. Use this style to preserve the layout of a section in a text document when it is embossed or translated to a Braille document. This style continues in effect until another style is set. The identical to Source style indicator is $si. 7.4.2 Braille Settings linked with a Text Document. These settings can be used when you are editing a text document to control the format of the document when it is Brailed, or translated to a Braille document.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.4.2.2 Braille only Inclusion. You may want to include text or formatting commands in the embossed version that are not required in the text version. For example, you could add an explanatory note, italicize a word, or force a new page. To do this, select the "Inclusion" option in the Braille Settings Menu. KeySoft prompts: "Braille-only inclusion?" In response to this prompt, type the text that you want to appear in the Braille version and press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.4.2.4 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 Display Options item on the Options Menu. However, you may need to over-ride this grade for a particular passage, for example, if your document contains an e-mail address, you want computer Braille used for the e-mail address when the document is translated into Braille.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.4.2.6 Translation Options. This group of 11 settings affects the way in which a particular presentation style in a text document appears in the corresponding translated or embossed version. They are collectively referred to as the “Braille Translation Options List.” 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 QT User Guide 7.4.2.7 Control Translation. This option provides control over how fractions, Roman numerals, dates, and math appearing in the text document are treated in the corresponding translated or embossed version. To access the Control Translation options in a text document, press READ with CONTROL with B, then C for Control Translation options. KeySoft displays: "Translator Control option.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 CONTROL with B.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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. Just position the cursor, select the Block Menu and use the following commands: Mark character under cursor, press READ with COMMA; Mark word under cursor, press READ with K; Mark sentence under cursor, press READ with I; Mark paragraph under cursor, press READ with 8.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL 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 QT 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 QT 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. For example: READ with O moves the cursor to the beginning of the next sentence; READ with 9 moves the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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: READ with ENTER. 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 QT 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 FUNCTION 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 QT 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 QT.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 CONTROL with Z. 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 QT User Guide 7.14 Quitting a Document. Changes to a document are saved when you press CONTROL 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 CONTROL with Q, for Quit.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.16 Braille Documents. So far, we have assumed that our base document is a text document, formatted for ink-print, having around 85 characters per line and 66 lines on a page, suitable for printing on letter or A4 size paper. The alternative is a Braille document written in grade 1 or grade 2 Braille, and having about 40 characters per line and 25 lines on a page.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.16.2 Opening Braille Documents. As previously noted, text and Braille documents can be stored in the same folder, so you review all document names when you review the contents of a folder. You can check the type of document by pressing READ with I when its name is displayed. When you open a Braille document with KeyWord, KeySoft prompts: "This is a Braille document. Braille entry is required." You are then placed back in the document at the point where it was last exited.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.17 Formatting a Braille Document. Formatting of Braille documents is handled in a similar manner to that of formatting text documents. The "Layout List.” "Page Settings List.” "Presentation Style List" and the "Template Menu" are still available but there are some differences because Braille documents are formatted for embossing directly on a Braille printer. The commands used to Center and Right Justify a line are still available.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.17.3 Center a line. This command centers a line or paragraph. The Center line command is CONTROL with E. It operates in the same way as the command for centering a line of text described in 7.3.3 Center a line. 7.17.4 Right justify a line. This command aligns a line or paragraph so that each line ends at the right margin. The Right justify line command is CONTROL with R. It operates in the same way as the command for right justifying a line of text described in 7.3.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.17.7 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 QT User Guide 7.17.8 Template Menu. This item contains options that are used when preparing a Template Document for use with the Address List. Pressing CONTROL with A accesses the Template Menu for a Braille document. This is described in 10.9 Templates. 7.17.9 Layout of a Braille Document. Press CONTROL with L to access the layout list for a Braille document. The items in the Layout List for a Braille document have initial values that are appropriate for embossing.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.17.10 Style of Presentation linked with a Braille Document. You can attach a style to a section of a Braille document, and this has an effect only when you print the document on an ink printer, or translate it to a text document. This is the converse of the Styles of Presentation described in 7.4.1 Style of Presentation linked with a Text Document. The same 6 style names are available, but their actions are suited to formatting a text document.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.17.10.4 Outline. This style is used where you have numbered paragraphs or an outline. Usually each item starts on a new line, with subsequent lines belonging to that item being indented. This format is retained in ink-print, but a blank line is left between items whether or not there is a blank line in Braille. Another style indicator or two or more blank lines terminates Outline Style, and in the latter case the style reverts to "Paragraph.” 7.17.10.5 Lines.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.17.11.1 Ink-print Layout. The settings for a Braille document, such as left and right margin, are accessed from the Layout List, accessed by pressing CONTROL with L. 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 Ink-print Settings menu, and then choosing Layout.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.17.11.2 Ink-print Inclusion. You may want to include text or formatting commands in the ink-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, select the "Inclusion" option in the Ink-print Settings Menu. KeySoft prompts: "Ink-print-only inclusion?" In response to this prompt, type the text that you want to appear in the ink-print version and press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.17.11.4 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 or printed on an ink-printer. They are collectively referred to as the “Ink Print Translation Options List.” 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.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.17.11.5 Ink-Print Page Settings. When you translate a Braille document to a text document, or print a Braille document on an ink-printer, a group of page settings is used for the entire printed copy or 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.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.18 Extended Characters. The text characters represented on the typical QWERTY keyboard only represent a tiny proportion of the total characters available. These include currency indicators e.g. £ and ¥, accented letters e.g. é and ç, character sets for other languages such as Arabic and Japanese and a whole range of specialist characters for use in sciences, math, phonetics etc. totaling around 35,000.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 3. KeySoft will respond with a selection, either the character you want or the first one to fit your search criteria. If it is the one you want, press ENTER. If not, view the next search match by pressing READ with N repeatedly until you do find it and then press ENTER. This will insert the character. 7.18.2.1 An Example: Let's assume you want to enter the word "resume" with the letter "e" showing as "e acute,” but you don't know the character code for "e acute.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Note: While reviewing a table, you can display the numeric code of the character you are currently viewing by pressing READ with I. If you are already within the Unicode tables and wish to search for a Unicode character by name, press READ with F and you will then return to the "Unicode character?" prompt. To search again for the next matching Unicode character description for within the Unicode tables, press READ with N.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 4. The prompt, "Assign SHIFT Function with C then keystroke to character?" will display, where keystroke is the stroke or strokes assigned to it, and Character is the name of the character. For example, "Assign SHIFT FUNCTION WITH C with E and C to e acute?" Press Y for Yes or N for No. If you press N, you will be returned to the beginning of this step. If you press Y, you will be returned to the same place in the Unicode tables.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.18.6 How to use Unicode Macros. Once you have created a Unicode macro 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 SHIFT FUNCTION with C and the key combination you assigned to it, followed by ENTER. Continue typing as normal. You may be wondering how this character will display on the Braille display. This is covered in the next section. 7.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 7.18.8 Interpreting Braille Versions of Unicode Characters. If you are reading a text document that has been translated to Grade 2 in Braille, whether you have or haven't assigned a computer Braille dot output combination, you will see the same thing. Using the word cafe as an example: You will observe the letters "caf" on the embossed printout, followed by "dot 4", then the letter "e". The "dot 4" is the Grade 2 indication for an extended character.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8 Scientific Calculator. The Scientific Calculator, KeyPlus, can be used for straightforward sums such as addition or division, but is also capable of many more complex operations. Calculations are displayed in your preferred Braille grade on the Braille display in either the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics or the UK Braille Mathematics Notation. The desired display format is automatically selected when you set up the Calculator Braille language as described in 5.3.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8.2 Entering a Calculation. A calculation is entered in the same order as it would be typed or spoken. For example, to add the numbers 3, 4 and 5, then subtract 2, you would press: 3+4+5-2 Press ENTER, for "Equals," and KeySoft displays the answer, which in this case is: 10 Note that this is displayed in standard Braille. You can review the calculation by pressing the PREVIOUS and NEXT thumb keys together. The Braille display will show 3 + 4 + 5 – 2 = 10, in Nemeth.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8.2.1 Reviewing the Calculation. If you are not sure that you have entered a calculation correctly, you can review the calculation before pressing ENTER. Pressing the PREVIOUS thumb key moves the Braille display back, that is to the left, one cell at a time. Pressing the NEXT thumb key moves the Braille display forward, that is to the right, one cell at a time.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8.2.4 Setting the Calculation Precision. The maximum number of decimal places displayed may be set from 0 to 9. This is done by pressing CONTROL with PERIOD followed by the desired number of digits. This does not affect the internal precision of calculations but only the number of digits displayed. For example to set the number of decimal places to 4, first press CONTROL with PERIOD. KeyPlus displays: "Decimal places? (current setting)." Press 4 and press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8.3.3 Negation. The Negation operator N is used to enter negative numbers. For example to calculate 5 divided by negative 2 you press: 5 / N 2 ENTER Note that the Negation operator is not the same as the subtraction operator, and that they are on different keys on the keyboard. 8.3.4 Percent. The Percent operator is used to calculate percentage markup or markdown. It is a special operator that automatically evaluates the calculation without the need to press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2. Enter the fraction command that adds a horizontal line between the numerator and denominator. The fraction command is as follows: Press CONTROL with forward slash '/'. You will hear "over" as CONTROL with forward slash '/' is pressed. 3. Enter the denominator (the bottom number in the fraction). 4. If applicable, continue entering the remaining part of the equation. 8.3.5.2 Entering Mixed Numbers.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8.3.5.4 Converting a decimal to a fraction. Converting a decimal to a fraction is the opposite of converting a fraction to a decimal which you achieve by dividing the numerator by the denominator. For example, the fraction 1/2 is the decimal 0.5 which you calculate by dividing 1 by 2. To convert a fraction to a decimal, press READ with forward slash '/'. KeyPlus prompts: "Fraction option?". To cycle through the list of options, press SPACE.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8.3.5.9 Converting an equivalent fraction to the displayed fraction. Equivalent fractions are fractions that have the same value. You can determine if fractions are equivalent by multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number. The number that you multiply should be such that the numerators will be equal after the multiplication. For example, if you compare 1/2 and 2/4, you would multiply by 2/2 which would result in 2/4 so they are equivalent.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 READ with S. What happens next depends on whether or not Data Entry is on.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 CONTROL 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 ESCAPE.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 CONTROL with S and select "Save Data Set".
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide Announce contents of memory, but do not use in calculation: SHIFT with R 1. 8.5.1 Clear Memory: C. This operation clears the particular memory immediately. For example to clear memory 5, press C, then 5. After pressing C, KeyPlus displays "Clear memory?." After pressing 5 KeySoft displays 5 on the Braille display. 8.5.2 Store Memory: S. This completes the current calculation and stores the result in a memory.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8.5.5 Announce Memory: SHIFT with R. This is used to display the value in a memory at any time without affecting the current calculation. For example, if you press: SHIFT with R followed by 4. After pressing SHIFT with R, KeyPlus displays "Display Memory?" After pressing 4, KeySoft displays: "Memory 4: nine point eight." but this does not affect any calculation in progress, which can continue.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide followed by ENTER. The result "0.5" is displayed. If the calculator is already set to degrees, it is not necessary to precede the calculation with D. Notice that you don't have to close the brackets, KeyPlus does that for you. The meaning is clear because there was only a single number entered. In general, if you don't type an opening bracket the calculator closes the brackets after the following number, otherwise it is up to you.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8.6.3 Decimal Exponent. Very large or very small numbers are often expressed in scientific notation as a power of 10. For example, the number 4000 is equal to 4 x 1000, which may be written as 4 x 10 to the power of 3. This number could be entered into a calculation by pressing: 4 ^ 3, that is, 4 followed by SHIFT 6, followed by 3. Similarly, the number 0.05 could be entered by pressing 5 ^ N2, that is, 5 followed by SHIFT 6, followed by N, followed by 2. 8.6.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide followed by ENTER. The result "2.302585" is displayed. Now calculate e to the power of 2.302585. Press: SHIFT with E R 2 followed by ENTER. The result "10" is displayed. Similarly, to calculate log base 10 of 2 and store the result in memory 3, press: T2S3 followed by ENTER. The result "0.30103" is displayed. Now calculate 10 to the power of 0.30103. Press: SHIFT with T R 3 followed by ENTER. The result "2" is displayed. 8.7 Inserting a Result or a Calculation.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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, or by moving around the calendar, as follows: By day back or forward, use LEFT or RIGHT ARROW; By week, use UP or DOWN ARROW; By month, use FUNCTION with PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN; By year, use TAB or SHIFT with TAB.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 9.3.1.1 Going to Today's date. There is a quick way of going directly to today's date from anywhere in the planner. Whatever day you are currently on, if in the Planner itself, return to the calendar by pressing ESCAPE. At the prompt "KeyPlan Calendar. Date? Press ENTER for (date)", type "today" and press ENTER. This will take you directly to today's planner page. 9.3.2 Page Layout. The planner is laid out as a page-per-day desk planner. Each day starts on a new page.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL with SPACE 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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: READ with 7; Current day: READ with 8; Next day: READ with 9. To read the planner entries within a particular day: Previous entry: READ with U; Current entry: READ with I; Next entry: READ with O.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 FUNCTION with N. This command recognizes appointments showing their time as busy, out of office or tentative, but not those marked as free.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 READ with I, and READ with Q. When the cursor is in the date line of a calendar page, you can access the following information: Press READ with I for the number of appointments and number of all-day events, when the first appointment starts and the last appointment finishes.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL 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 QT User Guide 9.9 9.9.1 Alarms. Setting an Alarm. When you schedule an appointment, setting an alarm is one of the steps you go through. You can set an alarm on an appointment that is already set up through modifying an appointment. 9.9.2 When Alarms Sound. An alarm rings at its programmed time, even if the BrailleNote QT 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.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 9.9.3 Acknowledging an Alarm. If the BrailleNote QT was on standby when the alarm sounds, it turns itself on and brings up the alarm options menu: To cancel the alarm: press C; To read and hear appointment details without canceling: To postpone the alarm for 10 minutes: press R; press SPACE. If the BrailleNote QT is on when the alarm sounds, first acknowledge it by pressing READ with SPACE together. You are then automatically placed in the Alarm options menu.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT to be set-up to match your embosser.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 ESCAPE.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide To hear the next word: READ with L. To hear the current word: READ with K (Press twice to spell current word.) To hear the previous word: READ with J. When you have finished listening to a selection, you can return to the selection list by pressing ESCAPE. You are asked for another Last name. If you have finished searching, you can return to the KeyList menu by pressing ESCAPE again. 10.2.2 Record Matching.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 *, followed by "fox" in the company name field, you should have a very short list of records to review. When setting up the Lookup Selection List, you can move forward and backward through the entries without changing their values.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 CONTROL with K.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 CONTROL with B.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 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 CONTROL with A, then F. 3. Part of a line in a template can be marked with suppression markers. If the field or fields between the markers are blank, everything between the markers is suppressed when the template is used.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT prompts: "Copy addresses to a document or an address list?" To copy to an address list file, press A, and your BrailleNote QT prompts for a destination folder name and file name. Select an existing address list.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 2. Move to the address of the person you want to sent a reply to and press CONTROL with C. 3. KeyMail will display: "copied to clipboard". 4. To add the address into the To: field of a new message, press CONTROL 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 QT 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 CONTROL with SPACE. The available file types are: Microsoft Word, ASCII text, Plain Braille file, Rich Text Format (RTF), WordPerfect 5.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 FUNCTION with 8. 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 QT 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 QT 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 ESCAPE.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL with ENTER. 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 QT 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 QT 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. 11.8.9 Include copy of original e-mail.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Choose this option to copy the selected e-mail to the folder of your choice. This leaves the original in the current folder. Either select the folder by pressing SPACE, then ENTER, or type in the name of the folder. If the folder does not already exist you are asked to confirm the creation of a new folder. Delete e-mail from this folder: Choose this option to delete the selected e-mail from the current folder. The deleted e-mail is moved to the Trash folder.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 11.8.10 Trash Folder. The Trash folder is used as a temporary storage folder for e-mails deleted from any of the KeyMail folders. When you exit KeyMail and return to the Main Menu, KeySoft advises if there are any e-mails in the Trash folder and asks if you want to empty the trash. Typing N at the prompt to "empty trash?" returns you to the Main Menu, and leaves the items in the "Trash" folder. To empty the trash, press Y. To Review the Trash Folder, press R.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 4. If using a dial-up modem to access your e-mail, read this. If not, skip to the next step. KeySoft displays the message “dialing,” and you should hear the dialing process followed by whistling noises as your modem connects with the modem at your Service Provider. Before the sequence of messages listed in the next step, you will first hear these: Dialing; Connected; Logging On; Logon Successful; Connected; ...
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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. To exit the Receive Options list, press ESCAPE and you are returned to the KeyMail Setup Menu.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 FUNCTION with 0 (zero). For more information on the Task list, see 1.18 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW to move between them. If you wish to move on to a new site at any point, simply press CONTROL 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 QT 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 CONTROL with I. 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 QT User Guide 12.7 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 CONTROL with 2. 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 QT User Guide 12.7.2 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. 12.7.3 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. 12.7.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 12.7.4.4 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. 12.7.5 Display Settings. These settings determine the extra information that will display as you read a web page. 12.7.5.1 Hide images without descriptions Y/N.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 12.7.6 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. 12.7.7 Error status. Occasionally you will find that a web page is not working correctly.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 12.8.2 Create favorite from current link. It is possible to create a favorite from a link on a website, such as an audio streaming link. This option will only show up in the Favorites Menu when the cursor is on a link. Go to the Favorites Menu by pressing CONTROL with 1, and press SPACE until you get to “Create Favorite from current link” Press ENTER. KeyWeb will ask you to confirm the name.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 12.8.4 Organizing Favorites. You can organize your Favorites in exactly the same way as you would normally organize files and sub-directories in KeySoft, as discussed in Chapter 15. Move, change, rename or delete favorites just as you would any other files. The difference is that instead of KeyWord file format files being the default file type, it is HTML.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 12.10 History. History is a record of all the web addresses or local file paths (referred to as URLs) you have accessed using the browser, with an upper limit of 300. To access the history, press READ with CONTROL with H. To go to the history list, press RIGHT ARROW. To navigate to a page listed in the history, select it from the history list using SPACE and BACKSPACE, then press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 12.10.3 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 RIGHT ARROW to review forwards and LEFT ARROW to review back. Review fields within a record by using SPACE for forwards and BACKSPACE for back.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 12.11 Downloading Downloading files to the BrailleNote QT is easy. You can use this feature to download: Software upgrades directly onto your BrailleNote QT; Books; Bank Statements; MP3 files; …and other files that you may wish to use on your BrailleNote QT, 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 QT 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 CONTROL 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 ESCAPE during the download process. To find out the status of a download at any time, press HELP.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide 13.2 Signing on to Instant Messaging Service. Procedure: 1. From the Chat menu, use keyboard arrows or press M to select "My availability". 2. Select "Instant messaging client 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". 13.3 Instant Messaging Conversation. Requirements: The BrailleNote needs to be connected to the internet.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 select "yes". 3. Proceed with the conversation. 4.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 13.7 Changing Action when New Message Arrives. Procedure: 1. From the Chat menu, use keyboard arrows or press O to select "Options". 2. Use keyboard arrows or press G to select "General settings" and press ENTER. 3. At the KeyChat settings prompt, use the keyboard arrows to select "Action for when a new message arrives". Use CTRL with SPACE to select one of the following options: "Prompt with options" or "Sound notification". Press ENTER to accept setting. 4.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2. When prompted with "Chat with?", press SPACE to access contact list. 3. Move to the contact whose information you wish to delete. Press CONTROL with 8. 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, use keyboard arrows or press S to select "Start new conversation". 2. When prompted with "Chat with? ", press SPACE to access contact list. 3.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 14 Connectivity. This chapter looks at all the different ways the BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 14.3 The Connectivity Menu. The connectivity menu is the heart of the connectivity options available on the BrailleNote QT. 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 QT 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. HumanWare supports a range of WiFi cards - for a list of these please refer to the readme, to the FAQ page of our website, or contact us. You will also need access to a wireless network.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 2. KeySoft prompts, "Wireless internet on? Currently Yes." Press Y for Yes. 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.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 14.5 Wireless Configuration Options. The Wireless configuration options allow you to set some parameters on how wireless operates on the BrailleNote QT. 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 QT 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 QT User Guide "IP Address" - This identifies the BrailleNote QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT. If you didn't save your username and password, you will be prompted here to enter them. 4. Press ESCAPE.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide 2. On the BrailleNote QT, 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 ESCAPE. 3. Return to the Utilities Menu by pressing ESCAPE. 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 3. The ActiveSync window on the PC should indicate that the PC is "Connecting" to the BrailleNote QT. This process normally takes about 5 to 10 seconds. When connected, the "New Partnership" dialogue box may appear. If you followed the steps in the last section, a partnership was established, so this dialog shouldn't appear. Select Yes or No and Tab to OK and press ENTER. And that's it! 14.14.5 Synchronizing Time in ActiveSync.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 14.15 Troubleshooting ActiveSync. To establish a successful connection with ActiveSync, a number of independent factors must be satisfied. Be prepared to spend time to understand the connection procedure. With patience you will soon be connecting quickly and reliably. 14.16 14.16.1 KeySync. What is Synchronization. Synchronization is the act of keeping two things the same.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 14.16.2.1 Getting the best out of Synchronization. The first time you synchronize records, any records that are unique to either KeySoft or Outlook will copy themselves to the other system. Records that already occur on both your BrailleNote and your PC will need user intervention, and the length of time this takes will be determined by how many you have.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 14.16.3.1 Setting up for Synchronizing. Having installed KeySync on the PC, you can now set up the BrailleNote. This involves options for what is to be synchronized, and what to do if information relating to something has been changed in both KeySoft and the PC.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 8. KeySoft prompts: "Future weeks of appointments to sync? Currently All." The same values are valid as for the past. Type a value and press ENTER. Note: In the case of both past and future time frames, all the instances of any new recurring appointments starting in the time frame will synchronize through, even if they extend beyond the time frame specified. 9. You are now set up to synchronize as much or as little as you wish to.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide To delete this record from the PC and KeySoft, press D. To restore the record to the PC/KeySoft, press R. To leave the decision until next time you synchronize, press L. To always restore records to the PC/KeySoft, press A. To always delete records from KeySoft/the PC, press E. "New records for (identifier) have been found on both KeySoft and the PC. Option?.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 14.17.1 How to Set Up File Synchronization. Follow these steps to set up file synchronization between your BrailleNote QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 15.4.1 Creating a New Folder. From the Folder Manager menu, press N, for New Folder. KeySoft prompts: "Create folder on which drive? Press ENTER for Flash Disk." Select the required drive, and KeySoft prompts: "New folder name?." Type the new name, of up to 250 characters and press ENTER. A new, empty folder is created, and you are returned to the Folder Manager menu. Note that this is not the only place you can create a folder.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL with SPACE.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 FUNCTION 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 ?.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide The next "slash" is just a separator. "General" is the name of a sub-directory of the "Flash Disk" directory. Its parent is "Flash Disk." The next "slash" is another separator. "Letters" is the name of a sub-directory of the "General" directory. Its parent is "General." This naming convention allows us to find a document or file in any directory structure. 15.15.1 Switching to a Directory Structure.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 15.15.2 Accessing Files in Another Directory. Following on from the previous section, there are two basic ways to choose a different directory at this point. You could type the full name, including slashes, etc., but this can be rather prone to errors, especially if you are not sure of the arrangement of the directories. Alternatively, you can browse the directory structure to find what you want. This is rather like using KeySoft's menus.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 15.15.3 Relationship Between Folders and Directories. All folders are directories in the root directory of a drive, with the exception of the folder called "None," which is the root directory itself. Sub-directories below this level are not accessible in folder mode. 15.16 Creating Renaming and Erasing Sub-Directories.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide The only problem with browsing a sub-directory using the method described above, is that once you access a sub-directory, you're stuck there until you back out. To browse the directory tree without getting stuck in a sub-directory, press RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW. If you are in a sub-directory and want to move up a level, pressLEFT ARROW. and KeySoft will move up a level. For example, from /downloads/test to /downloads. To move up yet another level, press LEFT ARROW again.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 15.16.4 Erasing a Sub-Directory. Just as with erasing folders, you can erase a sub-directory 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT press S for USB Serial port. 3. To import using the USB port, press U. 4.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL with SPACE 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 7.17.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL with SPACE. 15.19.9.12 Paragraph format new line (two spaces).
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 16.2.2.3 Military Renditions. Finally, you can change the word which KeySoft says when you press READ with COMMA, 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 QT 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: month/day/ year, such as 4/22/05 for April 22, 2005. If UK date format has been selected, enter the date in the form: day/month/year, such as 25/08/ 05 for 25 August 2005. When you have typed the date, press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 16.4.1 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. 16.4.2 Deep Sleep.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 16.6 Installing New KeySoft Versions. To install a new KeySoft version, follow these steps: Place the installation file (a file with a .hwi extention) in the root of an SD card or a USB drive. Have the AC adapter plugged in and the BrailleNote QT powered on. Insert the SD card or the USB drive into the appropriate port. The BrailleNote QT will detect the installation file and will begin the installation process.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT. The Media Player is accessed from the Media Center menu found on the Main Menu. Alternatively, you can go directly to it from anywhere in KeySoft by pressing FUNCTION with M.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 17.1.3 How to play Media files. Opening a media file to play is the same as opening a file anywhere else in KeySoft. The steps are laid out below. In this procedure, it is assumed that you know how to select a drive, folder or file from a list. 1. To open the Media Player, press FUNCTION with M anywhere. 2.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 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. While in the Media Player application itself, you can use the pause command READ with SPACE and restart using either READ with SPACE again, or READ with G. You can also stop it all together by pressing ESCAPE.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 17.1.6 Restarting a Track. If you are part way into a track and want it to start from the beginning, press READ with T. 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 QT User Guide 17.1.8 Volume Control. The media player volume controls are: Louder: CONTROL with EQUALS. Softer: CONTROL with HYPHEN. 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 17.2 Audio Recorder. The audio recorder allows you to make short audio recordings using your BrailleNote QT. It is ideal for short recordings such as reminders and "to-do" items, recording a phone number, shopping lists etc. There is a choice of input via an in-built microphone or external microphone (not provided) and you can set the quality of the recording in the set up list. Play back recordings via the Playback function, or the Media player.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 17.2.2 Setting up the Audio Recorder. Before recording, there are some settings to configure. From Media Center in the Main Menu, select Set-Up options. This takes you to the Media Set-Up Menu. The options are; "Select folder for Memos" and "Recording Options". The first option in the menu is "Select folder for Memos," where you can nominate in which drive and folder you wish memos to be saved. The factory default folder is the My Memos folder on your Flash Disk.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide 17.2.4 Recording a Memo. There are two methods available for making a recording. The first method is useful if you wish to change microphones or are not sure which microphone is set as the default. The second method is useful if you are confident all the settings are as you wish them to be. Method 1: 1. From the Main Menu, select Media Center. 2. From this menu, select "Record a memo." 3.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 SHIFT with FUNCTION 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 CONTROL with R. You can then type in a name and press ENTER.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 17.3.3 Listening to the radio while using KeySoft. The BrailleNote Apex QT 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 ESCAPE. Keysoft prompts: "Leave the radio on?." Type Y for Yes.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 18.1.1 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 QT User Guide 18.1.2 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 QT 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 READ with O. KeyBase will prompt: "Last name?".
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 18.1.3 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 18.1.5 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 QT User Guide Once you are happy with the field mapping, press ESCAPE. 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 QT User Guide 18.1.7 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 QT User Guide 18.3 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 QT User Guide 18.3.1 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 QT 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 QT User Guide There are numerous options available for each field, depending on the field type. To review these options for the current field, press CONTROL with 2 after the Field Type prompt. The Field Options list will be displayed as described in detail in 18.3.3 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 QT User Guide 18.3.2.1 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 QT User Guide 18.3.2.5 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. 18.3.2.6 Time.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide "Braille Prefix?" If you are using literary Braille, you can choose between Capital Sign, Double Capital Sign, Auto Number Sign and None. "Field Context?" This option is used for many different purposes, including controlling how the contents of the field will be displayed. Fields usually contain fragments of text that by themselves, do not denote context. For instance, in some cases the pronunciation that is used is dependent on the context.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide For Number fields, you have 1 option that is exclusive to this Field Type: "Number format?" The options are preferred setting (this is the default and uses the Number Format setting in the Review Options List); digits and words. The settings below apply to all field types and follow on from the settings above: "Help message?" Any entry in this option will be displayed when you request "help" on this field in the "Add Record" option.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 18.4 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 18.5 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 QT User Guide 18.6 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 QT User Guide 18.6.1 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 QT User Guide 18.7 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 QT 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 QT: 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 QT is A Tutorial Game. The Dreamhold.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT should not encounter such situations.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 1.18 Switching Between Tasks for details on task switching). Whilst playing a game you can task switch to another application. For example pressing FUNCTION with 5 will switch you to the calculator. To return to the game in progress press FUNCTION with G.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 CONTROL with R.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 19.2.2 Entering a Command While Reading. If you are part way through reading a response in a game, you do not have to move to the end in order to start typing your response. All you need to do is start typing and press ENTER. 19.2.3 System Words. There are numerous special words, called system words and these are used to perform actions outside the game, but are very important. They include: "Restart" - to restart a game. "Restore" - to load a saved game.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 19.2.6 Invalid Input. All the games supplied, as well as the many others that can be played on your BrailleNote QT handle many types of commands. However, if you misspell or type something that the game does not understand, it will then let you know that you have entered an invalid input. A common response is "That is not a verb I understand". Each game may respond slightly differently but will be consistent in the response that it provides.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 19.4.1 Restoring a Saved Game. Note: Restoring and loading a game is the same procedure. In order to restore a game, follow the two step process described below. First you need to start the game and once it is running, restore the saved game. For example, save a "A Bears Night Out" game as "Bear Lounge1". To run "A Bears Night Out", select "Games" and choose this game from the list, before loading "Bear Lounge1".
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 19.5.1 Moving Between Historical Moves. To move between historical moves, use the command for moving by section, as listed below: To move to the previous move, press READ with 7 To move back to the top of the currently selected move, press READ with 8 To move to the next move results, press READ with 9 The game will also store up to 20 moves. When you have made 20 moves, the oldest moves will be removed from the list as new moves are added.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide 19.8 Downloading and Playing More Games. If you have enjoyed the games supplied with your BrailleNote QT, 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 20 Command Summary. 20.1 General Commands. 20.1.1 Operating Modes Speech On Request/Off/On: Hold down the PREVIOUS thumb key, press SPACE, then release both keys Braille On/Off: Hold down the NEXT thumb key, press SPACE, then release both keys Braille Display: Auto Display: READ with SHIFT with G.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.1.2 In a Menu or List. Move forward in a menu or list: SPACE, or DOWN ARROW, or ADVANCE thumb key. Move backward in an menu or list: BACKSPACE, or UP ARROW 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 QT User Guide 20.1.3 Options Available at Any Point Return to Main Menu: MENU. Exit current option: ESCAPE. Obtain help for current operation: HELP. Increase volume: FUNCTION with PERIOD. Decrease volume: FUNCTION with COMMA. Speak faster: FUNCTION with EQUALS. Speak slower: FUNCTION with HYPHEN. Raise pitch of speech: SHIFT with FUNCTION with EQUALS. Lower pitch of speech: SHIFT with FUNCTION with DASH. Stop reading, or acknowledge alarm: READ with SPACE.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Repeat the last prompt with all punctuation: FUNCTION with O, H or FUNCTION with P. Options Menu: FUNCTION with O. Increase volume of media player, FM radio and streaming audio: CONTROL with EQUALS. Decrease volume of media player, FM radio and streaming audio: CONTROL with HYPHEN. Pause media player, stop audio streaming, mute FM radio : CONTROL with BACKSLASH. Restart media player, start audio streaming, unmute FM radio: CONTROL with BACKSLASH.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.1.4 Switch Programs. Task menu: FUNCTION with S, or FUNCTION with O, M, or Go to Word processor: FUNCTION with 4. Go to Planner: FUNCTION with 6. Go to Address List: FUNCTION with 7. Go to E-mail: FUNCTION with 8. Go to Book Reader: FUNCTION with 9. Go to Calculator: FUNCTION with 5. Go to Internet: FUNCTION with 0 (zero). Go to Chat (instant messaging): FUNCTION with C. Go to Terminal for Screen Reader: FUNCTION with B.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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: READ with I. Return to “Folder Name?” prompt: ESCAPE. Change order in which folders are listed: READ with V 20.1.7 Within a Folder list. Cycle forward through folder list: SPACE. Cycle back through folder list: BACKSPACE.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 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. To go up a level in the directory structure: LEFT ARROW. Display disk name and space available: READ with I. Return to “Directory Name?”prompt: 20.1.10 ESCAPE. Within a Subdirectory List. Cycle forward through subdirectory list: SPACE.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.1.11 At “File Name” and “Document Name” prompt. Type file name and press ENTER, or Cycle forward through list of files: SPACE. Change folder: BACKSPACE. Toggle document type to create: CONTROL with X. Cycle forward through most recently opened files: READ with 9. Cycle back through most recently opened files: READ with 7. Change order in which files are listed: READ with V 20.1.12 At “List of Files” and “List of Documents” prompt.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.1.13 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: CONTROL with R. Delete file: CONTROL with I. Move file: CONTROL with READ with M. Copy file: CONTROL with Y.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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: FUNCTION with O. Grade of Braille: FUNCTION with O, G, or CONTROL with G, or Braille Options: FUNCTION with O, B. Visual Display: FUNCTION with O, V. Insertion: FUNCTION with O, I, or FUNCTION with I.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.2 Word processor. 20.2.1 KeyWord, text review. Read continuously: READ with G. Stop reading: READ with SPACE BAR. Top of file: READ with T. Bottom of file: READ with B. Previous character: READ with M or LEFT ARROW. Current character: READ with COMMA. Next character: READ with PERIOD, or RIGHT ARROW. Previous word: READ with J, or CONTROL with LEFT ARROW. Current word: READ with K. Next word: READ with L, or CONTROL with RIGHT ARROW.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Current paragraph: READ with 8. Next paragraph: READ with 9. 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. Define Place Marker: READ with D. Jump to Place Marker: READ with P. Hear cursor position: READ with Q. Go to: READ with R. Previous sentence: FUNCTION with UP ARROW.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.2.3 Editing Commands. Backspace: BACKSPACE key. Delete current character: CONTROL with COMMA, or DELETE. Delete current word: CONTROL with K. Delete previous word: CONTROL with J. Delete to end of sentence: CONTROL with I, in Sentence and paragraph reading mode. Delete to end of paragraph: CONTROL with 8, in Sentence and paragraph reading mode. Delete to end of line: CONTROL with I, in Line and Column reading modes.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.2.4 Formatting Commands. New line: ENTER key. New Page: CONTROL with N. TAB: TAB. Binding space: CONTROL with SPACE. Document Layout: CONTROL with L. Page settings: CONTROL with P. Style of presentation: CONTROL with Y. Center line: CONTROL with E. Right justify line: CONTROL with R. Underline: CONTROL with U. Font: CONTROL with T. Insert the Time: CONTROL with 4. Insert the Date: CONTROL with 6.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.2.5 Format Text Document for Braille. Braille Settings Menu: READ with CONTROL with B. Braille page settings: Braille Settings Menu, P. Braille layout list: READ with CONTROL with L. Braille only inclusion: READ with CONTROL with N. Start Braille exclusion: READ with CONTROL with X. End Braille exclusion: READ with CONTROL with Y. Braille translation options: CONTROL with O. Braille grade, query or change: CONTROL with G. 20.2.6 20.2.6.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.2.6.2 Block Commands. Block menu: CONTROL 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 & 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 QT User Guide 20.2.6.3 Miscellaneous KeyWord Commands. Exit a document: ESCAPE. Save document: CONTROL with S. Quit document: CONTROL with Q. 20.2.6.4 Spelling Checker Commands. Spelling Checker menu: READ with CONTROL with S. Check 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.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Return to option prompt: 20.2.6.5 ESCAPE. When Looking up Word in Dictionary. Spell current word in dictionary: FUNCTION with L. Announce original word: I. Replace original word: ENTER. 20.2.6.6 Template Commands. Template Menu: CONTROL with A. Insert Field: Template Menu, I. Force inclusion of line: Template Menu, F. Start conditional suppression: Template Menu, S. End conditional suppression: Template Menu, E. Mark comment line: Template Menu, M.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.3 20.3.1 Book Reader. DAISY commands.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.3.2 Review commands.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.3.3 Braille thumb keys commands.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.4 Calculator. 0: 0 or M. 1: 1 or J. 2: 2 or K. 3: 3 or L. 4: 4 or U. 5: 5 or I. 6: 6 or O. 7: 7. 8: 8. 9: 9. Plus: + or = or SEMICOLON. Minus: - or P. Multiplied by: * or COMMA. Divided by: /. Equals: ENTER. Decimal point: PERIOD. Negative number: N. Percent operator: %. Left parenthesis: (. Right parenthesis: ). Set decimal places: CONTROL with PERIOD, then 0 to 9. Clear calculation: CONTROL with I.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Square root: Q. Squared: SHIFT with Q. Decimal exponent: ^. Log to base e of: E. e to the power of: SHIFT with E. Log to base 10 of: T. 10 to the power of: SHIFT with T. To the power of: X. To the power of 1 divided by: SHIFT with X. Degrees: D. Radians: SHIFT with D. PI: Y. Sine: CONTROL with T, S. Arc sine: READ with T, S. Cosine: CONTROL with T, C. Arc cosine: READ with T, C. Tan: CONTROL with T, T. Arc tan: READ with T, T.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Convert a decimal to a fraction: READ with /. Convert a fraction to a decimal: READ with / D. Convert a fraction to its lowest terms: Type the fraction and press ENTER. Convert a mixed number to an improper fraction: READ with / I. Convert an improper fraction to a mixed number: READ with / M. Convert a fraction to a percentage: %. Take the reciprocal of a fraction: READ with / R.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Go to the last data item in the data set: READ with B. Find a specific number in a data set: READ with F. Find the next occurrence of the same number in the data set: Change the View Option: READ with V. Entry order: E. Frequency order: F. Numerical order: N. Delete the current data item: CONTROL with I. Save a Data Set: CONTROL with S. 20.5 20.5.1 READ with N. Planner. Selecting a New Date. At the calendar: Move by day: RIGHT or LEFT ARROW.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.5.2 Reading the Entries. Previous entry: READ with U. Current entry: READ with I. Next entry: READ with O. Note: In Notes, the above commands move by sentence or line as in KeyWord. All entries for previous day: READ with 7. All entries for current day: READ with 8. All entries for next day: READ with 9. Top of current day: READ with T. Bottom of current day: READ with B. Note: In Notes, the top and bottom commands take you to top or bottom of the notes.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.5.2.1 Recurring Appointments. Move to next instance: SHIFT with READ with O. Move to previous instance: SHIFT with READ with U. 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 QT User Guide Months: Page down. Years: Shift Tab. 20.5.3 Alarms. Acknowledge alarm: READ with SPACE, then: Read alarm details: R. Cancel alarm: C. Postpone alarm: P. Go to planner entry: G. 20.5.4 Miscellaneous Functions. Move from planner page to calendar: ESCAPE. Hear the current time: FUNCTION with T. Hear today's date: FUNCTION with D. Query day and date: READ with Q. Announce Key Names: READ with A.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.6 Address List. 20.6.1 Manipulating Records. Previous record: LEFT ARROW. Current record: READ with 8. Next record: RIGHT ARROW. Previous field: UP ARROW or BACKSPACE. Current field: READ with I. Next field: DOWN ARROW or SPACE. Previous word: READ with J. Current word: READ with K. Next word: READ with L. Add a completed record: CONTROL with ENTER. Select a record to copy: ENTER. Change current field: CONTROL with K.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.7 E-mail. 20.7.1 In an E-mail Folder. Read E-mail: ENTER. Next field: SPACE, or DOWN ARROW. Previous field: BACKSPACE or UP ARROW. Next E-mail: RIGHT ARROW. Previous E-mail: LEFT ARROW. Move E-mail to Trash: CONTROL with 8. Mark E-mail: CONTROL with SPACE. Mark All: CONTROL with ENTER, then A. Search: READ with F. E-mail Action Menu: CONTROL with ENTER. Move forward by day: CONTROL with PERIOD. Move back a day: CONTROL with M.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.7.2 In a List of E-mail Folders. Select prompted folder: ENTER. Delete folder: CONTROL with I. Rename folder: CONTROL with R. Display Number of e-mails: READ 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: ESCAPE.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.7.4 E-mail 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: RIGHT ARROW. Move to previous e-mail: LEFT ARROW. Delete e-mail being reviewed: CONTROL with 8. Trash Folder Menu: CONTROL with ENTER. then, Restore e-mail to original folder: R. Empty Trash folder: E. 20.8 20.8.1 Database Manager. Adding a Record.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.8.2 Finding Information. Go to the next record: RIGHT ARROW. Go to the previous record: LEFT ARROW. Next field: SPACE. Previous field: BACKSPACE. Next word: READ with L. Previous word: READ with J. To hear the current record: READ with 8. Exit from the list of records: ESCAPE. Delete a record: CONTROL with 8. Edit current record: CONTROL with I. Copy a field to the clipboard: CONTROL with C. Copy a record to clipboard: CONTROL with B then C. 20.8.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.9 Games. 20.9.1 Basic Commands. Go to game: FUNCTION with G. Save the game: CONTROL with S. Load the game: CONTROL with O. Abandon the game: CONTROL with Q. Enter the next move: Type a single/multiple character. Insert the last move entered: CONTROL with R. Insert block marker: CONTROL with SHIFT with M. Copy block to the clipboard: CONTROL with Z. Paste the contents of the clipboard to the input prompt: 20-474 CONTROL with V.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.9.2 Game History Commands. View the current status: READ with S. Move forward from the history item: LEFT ARROW. Move backward from the history item: RIGHT ARROW. In Sentence and Paragraph reading Mode, the following commands review sentences and paragraphs. Move back a sentence : Hear the current sentence: READ with I. Move forward a sentence: READ with O. Move back a word: READ with J. Hear the current word: READ with K.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.11 Web Browser. Open a new URL: ESCAPE. Go forward one page: READ with Right Arrow. Go back one page: READ with Left Arrow. Save web page: CONTROL with S. Refresh Page: CONTROL with R. Hear URL contents: READ with COMMA then repeat the command. Modem disconnect: FUNCTION with O, then C then Select from the Connectivity Menu. Progress Tone Volume: FUNCTION with O then R. Move through the list to "Progress Tone Volume".
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.11.1 Move by Element. "Click" on an item: ENTER. Read Input Control Prompt: REPEAT. Move to next element: TAB. Move to previous element: SHIFT with TAB. Current element: READ with X. Change move type: READ with C. Link: L. Input Control: I. Heading: H. Frame: F. Link or input control: B. Move to next link or input control: NEXT thumbkey. Move to previous link or input control: PREVIOUS thumbkey.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.11.3 Tables. Table Mode: READ with S repeatedly until "Table Mode" is displayed. Query Cursor Position: READ with Q. While in Table Mode: Move forward one cell along a row: READ with O. To hear the current cell in a row: READ with 8. Move back one cell along a row: READ with U. Move down one cell in a column: READ with 9. To hear the current cell in a column: READ with I. Move down one cell in a column: READ with 7.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.11.4 History. History command list: READ with CONTROL with H. Navigate to current record: ENTER. Next Field: SPACE. Previous field: BACKSPACE. Next History record: RIGHT ARROW. Previous History record: LEFT ARROW. Forward one Day: READ with PERIOD. Back one Day: READ with M. Forward one week: CONTROL with L. Back one week: CONTROL with J. Previous Domain name: CONTROL with O. Next Domain name: CONTROL with U. Newest History record: READ with G.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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: CTRL with SPACE Contact commands: Review Contact Information: READ with I Delete Contact: CONTROL with 8 Rename Contact: CONTROL with R Change Contact list filter: READ with X 20.13 Stopwatch. Go to StopWatch: FUNCTION with W, or FUNCTION with O then T, then S. Stop or Start Stopwatch: SPACE.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.14 Media Player. Go to Media Player: FUNCTION with M, or M from Main Menu. Pause track: READ with SPACE. Restart track: READ with SPACE or READ with G. Skip forward 1%: RIGHT ARROW. Skip back 1%: LEFT ARROW. Skip forward 5%: CONTROL with RIGHT ARROW. Skip back 5%: CONTROL with LEFT ARROW. Skip forward 10%: READ with RIGHT ARROW. Skip back 10%: READ with LEFT ARROW. Elapsed time of total time: READ with Q. Track Information: READ with I.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 20.14.2 FM Radio. Go to FM Radio: FUNCTION with F. Turn off FM Radio: ESCAPE. Toggle speaker on/off: FUNCTION with L. 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: CONTROL with R. Rename preset station: Select the preset then press CONTROL with R. Delete radio preset: Select the preset then press CONTROL with 8.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide Appendix A User Settings for BrailleNote QT. The following User settings should be set-up and/or checked on the BrailleNote QT. A.1 Speech; volume, rate, and pitch. Refer to: 1.17.5 Setting Volume and Pitch A.2 Time and date set, and in preferred format. Refer to 1.22 Time and Date: or 16.3 Date and Time Set. A.3 Keyboard input voice setting; words, characters, or off. Refer to 1.14.1 Help Messages. A.4 Braille language. Refer to: 5.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide Appendix C Troubleshooting the BrailleNote QT. If the BrailleNote QT does not respond as you expect, there are a number of things you should check: Make sure that the BrailleNote QT has power. Connect the AC adapter. The BrailleNote QT should detect the AC adapter when the adapter is powered on even if the BrailleNote QT is switched off. The message "AC adapter on," is normally spoken. Switch off then on again.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide Appendix D Computer Braille Reference List. The BrailleNote QT 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 QT 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 QT 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' 1,2,3 491
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 SHIFT or when Caps Lock has been turned on by pressing CONTROL with SHIFT.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT User Guide hash sign '#' 3,4,5,6 dollar sign '$' 1,2,4,6 percent '%' 1,4,6 ampersand '&' 1,2,3,4,6 apostrophe ''' 3 left bracket '(' 1,2,3,5,6 right bracket ')' 2,3,4,5,6 asterisk '*' 1,6 plus sign '+' 3,4,6 comma ',' 6 hyphen '-' 3,6 period '.
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide grave accent '`' 4 left curly brace '{' 2,4,6 upright slash '|' 1,2,5,6 right curly brace '}' 1,2,4,5,6 tilde '~' 4,5 Delete 8 Delete 1,2,3,4,5,6 '0' 3,5,6 '1' 2 '2' 2,3 '3' 2,5 '4' 2,5,6 '5' 2,6 '6' 2,3,5 '7' 2,3,5,6 '8' 2,3,6 '9' 3,5 'A' 1,7 'B' 1,2,7 'C' 1,4,7 'D' 1,4,5,7 'E' 1,5,7 'F' 1,2,4,7 'G' 1,2,4,5,7 'H' 1,2,5,7 495
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 'I' 2,4,7 'J' 2,4,5,7 'K' 1,3,7 'L' 1,2,3,7 'M' 1,3,4,7 'N' 1,3,4,5,7 'O' 1,3,5,7 'P' 1,2,3,4,7 'Q' 1,2,3,4,5,7 'R' 1,2,3,5,7 'S' 2,3,4,7 'T' 2,3,4,5,7 'U' 1,3,6,7 'V' 1,2,3,6,7 'W' 2,4,5,6,7 'X' 1,3,4,6,7 'Y' 1,3,4,5,6,7 'Z' 1,3,5,6,7 'a' 1 'b' 1,2 'c' 1,4 'd' 1,4,5 'e' 1,5 'f' 1,2,4 'g' 1,2,4,5 'h' 1,2,5 496
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide 'i' 2,4 'j' 2,4,5 'k' 1,3 'l' 1,2,3 'm' 1,3,4 'n' 1,3,4,5 'o' 1,3,5 'p' 1,2,3,4 'q' 1,2,3,4,5 'r' 1,2,3,5 's' 2,3,4 't' 2,3,4,5 'u' 1,3,6 'v' 1,2,3,6 'w' 2,4,5,6 'x' 1,3,4,6 'y' 1,3,4,5,6 'z' 1,3,5,6 497
BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide D.2 United Kingdom Computer Braille. D.2.1 United Kingdom 6 dot Computer Braille Lower Case. exclamation mark '!' 3,4,5,6 quotation mark '"' 4 hash sign '#' 5,6 dollar sign '$' 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 QT 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' 1,2,3 499
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 SHIFT or when Caps Lock has been turned on by pressing CONTROL with SHIFT.
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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' 2,4,5,7 503
BrailleNote Apex QT 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' 2,4,5 504
BrailleNote Apex QT 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' 1,6,7,8 505
BrailleNote Apex QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT 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 QT User Guide 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 • 323, 324, 329, 330 keyboard • 324 pairing • 47, 323 setting up on PC • 47, 325 Book reader about • 91 Audible • 109 block commands • 95 book storage • 98 Bookshare • 99 exiting • 99 navigation key commands • 92 NIMAS books • 110 reading commands • 93, 284 reading from another drive • 91, 97 Review cursor • 93 review opening options • 96 select another book • 95 Book reading • 91 Bookshare about • 99 downloading from • 101 membership information • 513 unpacking new book • 101 Braille D
powers • 213 precision • 196 radians • 211 recall memory • 210 review calculation • 195 roots • 213 sine • 211 square • 212 square root • 212 starting • 193 statistical operations • 200 store memory • 210 subtraction • 194, 197 tangent • 211 trig functions • 211 Calendar - in planner • 216 Cards LAN network • 314, 315, 317 Secure Digital • 41 Care - general • 50 Carry case • 5 remove unit • 5 Center line • 145, 153 Check for e-mail • 255 Checklist of Equipment • 1 Clipboard • 164 Column reading mode • 58, 6
reading with the braille display • 106 searching • 102 storage • 108 text notes • 107 Database Manager about • 403 adding a record • 405 associated Database Name • 424 copying records to a document • 411 copying records to another database • 412 creating a new Database • 413, 425 database File Management • 426 Database Menu • 404 embossing records • 408, 411, 412 exporting Data • 412 Field Types • 414, 416 finding information • 406 free database space • 426 importing data into a database • 410, 412 printing
Outlook Express • 254 pasting text into a field • 24, 283 preparation • 256 received folder • 262 reviewing e-mail • 265 sent folder • 262 service name • 272 Trash folder • 272 E-mail action copy • 270 delete • 268 emboss • 270 forward • 270 mark all • 270 move • 270 print • 270 Embossing about • 133 group of documents • 136 options • 135 pausing embosser • 135 setting up embosser • 133 set-up list • 134, 136, 234, 242, 408 via Bluetooth • 134, 138, 324 via Serial port • 133, 138 via USB port • 133 Erase fi
new page markers • 371 outline style • 372 paragraph boundary • 371 paragraph format • 373 revert to paragraph after • 373 sub-heading blank lines • 373 sub-heading format • 373 tabs • 372 Fractions • 197 Frames - on web pages about • 287 G Games abandoning a game • 432 block marker commands • 430 entering a command wile reading • 431 entering commands • 430 Grade 2 braille • 431 history of text adventure games • 439 Internet Resources • 438 invalid input • 432 Leaving a game • 432 moving between historical
Layout mode for Braille display • 67 Left margin • 150 Line reading mode • 58, 65, 81, 117, 164 Line spacing • 150 Lines style braille to print • 182 print to braille • 157 Loading a Book from Another Drive • 98 M Main Menu about • 12 reviewing items on • 14 selecting from • 13 Margin left • 150 right • 150 top and bottom • 153 Margins • 153 Mark e-mail • 267 Marking places • 78 Media Center about • 385 changing tasks • 391 how to play a file • 386 playing file • 386 playlists • 385, 390 recording • 392 res
printing braille documents • 139 setting up • 133 set-up list • 140, 155, 244, 409 test • 141 via Serial port • 133, 138 via USB port • 133 Prompts about • 10 cutting off • 12 on Braille display • 11 repeating spoken • 11 Pronunciation Dictionary about • 378 add word • 379 change word • 379 delete word • 381 misspelling • 379 Protect file • 352, 353 Punctuation set level • 61, 124 Q Quick mark • 164 Quit edit • 173, 174 spell check • 83 R Read e-mail • 261 Reading auto-advance of braille display • 58 e-mail
Storage Cards Card reader • 42 SD card • 40 Streaming audio • 388 Sub-Directories creating • 346, 359 erasing • 360 renaming • 346, 359 using • 356 Sub-heading style braille to print • 181 print to braille • 157 Switching documents • 88 Switching off • 24 Synchronization address list • 337, 338 files • 333, 341 how to • 335 planner • 337, 341 setting up • 334 T Tab go to next tab • 170 indenting • 149 regular • 149 Tables navigating online • 295 Task switching documents • 88 Templates creation and use • 180
Warranty • 513 Web page moving to another page • 288 reading and navigating • 284 Wild cards file operations • 136, 354 when embossing • 136 Wireless creating a wireless connection • 310, 325 list of configurations • 313 reconnecting to wireless network • 310, 311, 313 scanning for wireless • 310, 312 signal strength.
