User's Manual

BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide
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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. The following
items will be of principal interest:
Speech - volume, rate, and pitch;
Time and date correctly set, and in preferred format;
Keyboard voice setting - off, words, characters, or both words and characters;
Review or reading voice settings - punctuation settings, numbers or digits;
Preferred English Braille Code - US, UK, Australian, Unified English Braille (UEB), or UK2004;
Braille Code settings for additional languages;
Braille grade for keyboard input; grade 1, 2 or computer Braille;
Calculator Braille Code; Nemeth, UK, UEB, BFU, French or German;
Computer Braille table - US or UK;
Computer Braille 6 dot or 8 dot;
Preferred cursor shape on Braille display - There are separate settings for Standard and Computer
Braille;
Preferred Braille reading grade (There are separate settings for each language).
Thumb key layout;
Spelling checker dictionary language; UK or USA English;
Some of these items have already been covered in this chapter, but for convenience, Appendix A of
the User Guide provides additional assistance and, if appropriate, a reference to the relevant section
in the User Guide. The next section explains how to use the Electronic User Guide to read a
particular section of the user guide. After reading this next section, you could use the Electronic
User Guide to read Appendix A, User settings for the BrailleNote QT.