User's Manual

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On the right and left sides of your BrailleNote Touch, close to the front edge, are two attachment rings
that can be used to attach a shoulder strap.
The cover of the carrying case is kept closed with 3 magnets located on the front, left and right edges of
your BrailleNote Touch. Lift the 3 magnets, and flip the cover of your carrying case to reveal your
BrailleNote Touch’s physical keyboard.
The physical keyboard is a traditional Braille keyboard, but is also a flap you can flip open to reveal the
top face of your BrailleNote Touch. It is kept closed magnetically to prevent it from opening accidentally.
On the left side of your physical keyboard, closer to the front edge, is a flat protruding area that makes it
easier to reveal the touch screen.
Note: It is recommended that the BrailleNote Touch be put in standby mode prior to inserting it into or
removing it from the carrying case. To do this, simply tap the power button when the device is turned
on and the Braille cells will disappear. It is now safe to insert into or remove from the carrying case.
1.3.2 Top Face of BrailleNote Touch
The top face of the BrailleNote Touch can be divided into two sections:
In the upper section is a multi-touch touchscreen surface used for Braille typing and a 7-inch LCD visual
display located in the center of the surface. You can identify the visual portion of this touch surface with
four tactile lines on the edge of the touch surface. Two of these tactile lines are located at the top of the
screen, near the rear edge of your tablet, and two are at the bottom of the screen, just above the Braille
display. These tactile lines mark the four corners of the visual section. Even though the visual portion
does not cover the entire glass surface, the entire glass space is still touch sensitive, meaning that the
entire surface can be used to type Braille.
The lower section of the top face consists of a refreshable Braille display containing 32 or 18 Braille cells
and their associated cursor routing buttons. Each raised round button, the cursor routing button, is
connected to the cell directly below it. When you are editing text, pressing one of these cursor routing
buttons will move the editing cursor to its associated Braille cell. When you are not editing text, any
cursor button will function to activate a selected item.
On the left and right sides of the Braille cells are the Internal Stereo Speakers (2).
An internal microphone is located on the right of the Braille display, just below the right stereo speaker.
1.3.3 Left Edge of BrailleNote Touch
On the left side of your BrailleNote Touch, near the top corner, is a micro USB port. You may plug the
micro USB cable to this port and the other end to a USB port on a computer to transfer content between
the computer and the tablet. While connected to the computer, the battery will also recharge, but
charging from the computer USB may be slower or the tablet may not charge at all depending on the
amount of power supplied by the computer. The most effective way to charge your Touch is to use the
micro USB cable connected to the included power adaptor, which is connected to the power outlet.