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BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide
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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." KeySoft continues reading to the end of
the document unless you stop by pressing READ with SPACE. You can start and stop as you wish
with these two commands.
To return to the top of the document, press READ with T. KeySoft says: "Top of document." and
announces the first word of the document.
To jump directly to the end of the document, press READ with B.
Experiment with the Go, Stop, Beginning and End commands until you are happy that you
understand their effects.
There are several other important commands for moving around the text. These additional
commands are arranged in groups of three on each row of the keyboard centered on the
comma, K, I and 8 column of keys. These are all used in conjunction with the READ key.
For example, try the commands for reading characters:
To move back a character and read it, press READ with M;
To read the current character, press READ with comma;
To move forward a character and read it, press READ with period.
This convention also applies to reading whole words, as follows:
To move back a word and read it, press READ with J;
To read the current word, press READ with K;
To move forward a word and read it, press READ with L.
You may be able to guess the next triplet of commands:
To move back a sentence and read it, press READ with U;
To read the current sentence, press READ with I;
To move forward a sentence and read it, press READ with O.
A similar convention applies for previous, current, and next paragraphs:
To move back a paragraph and read it, press READ with 7;
To read the current paragraph, press READ with 8;