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20 Updating your BrailleNote Touch
Note: To initiate an update, your Touch should at least have 20% of battery charge if it is plugged to a
power source and 50 % battery charge if it is unplugged.
20.1 Updating your Touch from a Wi-Fi
network
HumanWare is constantly improving its products and software to provide you with the best user
experience possible. For this reason, BrailleNote features an auto-updater that automatically notifies
you each time a new software version or application updates become available online.
When you receive a notification informing you of a new system or application update, you can either
press a cursor router when the notification comes in, or if you missed the notification, press ENTER with
N to access the notification shade. Navigate to and activate the update notification and click on Begin
update to begin the update process.
When application updates become available, the KeySoft app updates menu will be displayed. Select
“Update all apps” and activate it. The updates will be downloaded and installed on your Touch. The
Touch will then tell you how many applications were installed. Note that if accessibility components
need to be updated, Acapela and/or KeySoft may be temporarily suspended during the update process.
From the KeySoft app updates menu, you can also press ENTER on the app updates to read the release
notes for that app.
After selecting “Update all apps”, you will also be able to access the release notes for HumanWare apps
by selecting the option “Latest release notes” in the KeyUpdater menu, and selecting the app in the list.
If you wish to update your apps manually, you can uncheck the option “auto-update apps” in the
KeyUpdater Settings.
Alternatively, you can launch the KeyUpdater application through the “All Applications” item in the Main
Menu. Activate the first item which says that an update is available on line, to begin the update process.
Your update should start downloading and you will be notified of the download progress. When the
download is complete, your BrailleNote Touch should automatically restart and install the update. Note
that this can take several minutes. After the installation is complete your Touch will restart a second
time and you will see the “Starting KeySoft” message on your display with the rotating progress
indicator. The update is now being applied and this can take another several minutes to complete.
When finished you will be on your lock screen if you have one set, or the main menu.