User's Manual

BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide
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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.
The bottom row of keys, from the left, consists of 11 keys as follows:
CONTROL, HELP, MENU, FUNCTION, SPACE BAR, REPEAT, SINGLE QUOTE, DELETE,
LEFT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, and RIGHT ARROW. The function key has a raised dot on it.
On the second row, SHIFT is at the left-hand end and SLASH is the right-most key. The last five
keys on the second row are: COMMA, PERIOD, SHIFT, UP ARROW, and SLASH.
On the third row, the left-most key is READ and the right-most key is ENTER. Between L and
ENTER are the usual SEMI-COLON and APOSTROPHE keys.
On the fourth row, TAB is at the left-hand end and the BACKSLASH key is at the right-hand end.
The fifth or top row consists of ESCAPE, the numbers 1 through 9, then 0 followed by
DASH, EQUALS, and BACKSPACE. To help you locate the number keys, the 3, 7, and 0 keys
have raised dots on them.
In this User Guide, combination key presses are described in the following way. The instruction:
Press READ with T, means that you should hold down the READ key, press the T key briefly, then
release both keys. It is important that you fully depress the first key, in this case the READ key,
before you press the second key, which is in this case the T key.