User's Manual

BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide
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4.11.3 Reading Options.
4.11.3.1 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. This means that to turn
the volume up further or decrease it, you will need to increase or decrease the main volume using
the following commands:
To increase the main volume: press FUNCTION with PERIOD.
To decrease the main volume: press FUNCTION with COMMA.
It is also possible to alter the speed and tone of the narrator using the following commands:
To speak slower: press FUNCTION with HYPHEN.
To speak faster: press FUNCTION with EQUALS.
To increase speech tone: press SHIFT with FUNCTION with EQUALS.
To decrease speech tone: press SHIFT with FUNCTION with DASH.
4.11.4 Navigation Options.
The structure of a DAISY book is arranged into levels. There are a maximum of six levels of
navigation available, although many books contain only 2 or 3. Each level provides an increasingly
more precise way to navigate the content within DAISY books. For example, level 1 may be a
chapter heading; level 2 sub headings within the chapter and level 3 paragraphs. Using these levels
effectively allows you to quickly gain access to any position within the book.
As well as the above levels, other options may be available depending on the type of book you are
reading. For instance most books also allow you to move by phrase or page and audio books also
allow you to jump by 1 minute intervals.
These levels and other navigation items such as page, phrase and time jump are referred to as
DAISY elements.