BrailleNote Tutorial
by Katie Beaver, Director of Services for Assistive Technology
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Module
Buffalo, New York, USA
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Main Menu
(click on any selection or simply page down to next slide)
Module 1 - Introduction to the BrailleNote, part 1
Module 2 - Introduction to the BrailleNote, part 2
Module 3 - Files, text,words,sentences, Braille advance
Module 4 - Spelling, searching, shortcuts, printing & erasing
Module 5 - Organizing files and folders
Module 6 - Block commands, embossing
Module 7 - Disk drive, importing & exporting files
Module 8 - Protect & unprotect, place makers, erasing folders
Module
Module 9 - Formatting
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Module One
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Module One
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BrailleNote Overview
Battery Information
BrailleNote Controls
Adjusting the Speech
Adjusting the Key Echo
Navigating Menus
Turning off the system
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The BrailleNote has …
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A word processor - KeyWord
A calendar - KeyPlan
An address book - KeyList
An e-mail program - KeyMail
A book reader program
A scientific calculator - KeyPlus
A file manager
An internet browser - KeyWeb
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The BrailleNote can be:
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connected to an ink printer to produce
ink copies
connected to a braille embosser to
produce hard copy braille output
connected to the computer to be used
as a refreshable braille display
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The BrailleNote can be:
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connected to the computer to display
information from the BrailleNote on the
monitor
connected to a phone line for email
and the internet
connected to a disk drive
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The BrailleNote Battery
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The BrailleNote comes with an AC adapter
and a rechargeable, built-in battery
A full battery charge will last about 20 hours
The BrailleNote will warn you when the battery
is low
When the battery is low, you need to plug in
the AC adapter
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More about the battery 
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It takes about 2 hours to charge
You can’t “overcharge” it
The battery will last longer if you store
the BrailleNote at room temperature
You will need to send the BrailleNote
back to the company to replace the
battery about every 2 years
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BrailleNote Controls
Braille
Input Keys
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Refreshable
Braille Cells
Thumb Keys
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BrailleNote Controls (con’t)
Space Bar
Backspace
Previous
or Exit
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Back
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Advance
Enter
Next or
Select
Lesson 1 - Adjusting the speech
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On the left side, find the on/off rocker
switch and press the side closest to you
to turn it on
This may take you directly to the “main
menu”
If not …
On/Off Switch
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Go to the Main Menu
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Dots 1,2,3,4,5,6 and space take you
directly to the Main Menu
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space
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Some tips to help you…
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If you are not sure what the BrailleNote
said, you can read the braille display or
You can press space with the letter R
(dots 1,2,3,5) to REPEAT the last spoken
item
To check your battery power, press
space with the letter O, then press the
letter P
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Changing the speech rate,
pitch and volume
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The braille input keys, used in specific
combinations with the Enter key, are
used to change the speech.
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Enter
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Changing the speech rate,
pitch and volume (cont’d)
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Tip: The braille input keys on the left
make things go down & the keys on the
right make things go up
1, 2, 3, ………………………………14, 15, 16, …
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Changing the speech rate,
pitch and volume (cont’d)
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There are 32 volume levels, 16 speech
rates and 16 pitch levels
1, 2, 3, ………………………………14, 15, 16, …
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Changing the Volume
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The ENTER key and Dot 1 reduces the
volume
The ENTER key and DOT 4 increases the
volume
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Enter
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Changing the Pitch
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The ENTER key and Dot 2 lowers the
pitch
The ENTER key and DOT 5 increases the
pitch
2
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Enter
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Changing the Rate
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The ENTER key and Dot 3 slows down the
speech rate
The ENTER key and DOT 6 increases the
speech rate
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Enter
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Before continuing …
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Set the volume to 20
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Enter
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And …
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Set the pitch to 8
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Enter
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And …
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Set the rate to 5
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Enter
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Lesson Two - Keyboard Echo
You can instruct the BrailleNote to …
 speak each letter that is typed
 speak each word when you press the
spacebar
 speak both letters and words
 or speak nothing
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This is a 4-Step Process
You must …
 first enter the OPTIONS MENU
 then choose KEYBOARD
 then type the letter of the option you
want
 and then EXIT
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Change the echo to speak
nothing
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Press space with the dots for the letter O
(dots 1, 3, 5) – BrailleNote says “options
menu”
Press the letter K (dots 1,3) – BrailleNote
says: “keyboard voice currently … ”
Type F for OFF (dots 1,2,4)
Press space with the dots for the letter E
(dots 1,5) to exit
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Change the echo to speak each
letter
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Press space with the dots for the letter O
(dots 1, 3, 5) – BrailleNote says “options
menu”
Press the letter K (dots 1,3) – BrailleNote
says: “keyboard voice currently … ”
Type S for spell letters (dots 2,3,4)
Press space with the dots for the letter E
(dots 1,5) to exit
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Change the echo to speak each
word
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Press space with the dots for the letter O
(dots 1, 3, 5) – BrailleNote says “options
menu”
Press the letter K (dots 1,3) – BrailleNote
says: “keyboard voice currently … ”
Type w for words (dots 2,4,5,6)
Press space with the dots for the letter E
(dots 1,5) to exit
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Change the echo to both words
and letters
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Press space with the dots for the letter O
(dots 1, 3, 5) – BrailleNote says “options
menu”
Press the letter K (dots 1,3) – BrailleNote
says: “keyboard voice currently … ”
Type b for both (dots 1,2)
Press space with the dots for the letter E
(dots 1,5) to exit
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Lesson 3 - Navigating the Menus
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If you are not already at the Main
Menu, press dots 1,2,3,4,5,6 and space
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space
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Moving forward through the
menus
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Press the space bar or the advance key
to move you forward through the menu
choices
space
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space
Advance
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Moving backward through the
menus
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Press the backspace or the back key to
move you backward through the menu
choices
Backspace
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Back
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Selecting an item from a menu
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Press the ENTER key or the Next/select
key to select an item from a menu
Enter
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Next or
Select
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Exiting a Menu
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Press space with the letter E (dots 1,5) or
press the Previous/Exit thumb key to exit
a menu
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space
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Previous
or Exit
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Practice
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Turn on the unit and go to the Main
Menu
Change speech rate to 6
Set key echo to SPELL
From the Main Menu, select the Word
Processor
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Lesson 4 - Turning the system off
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The BrailleNote remembers where you
were working when you turn it off, and
will return there when you turn it back
on
While it is designed to automatically
save files, it is always recommended
that you return to the Main Menu first
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Practice
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Return to the Main Menu
Locate the on/off power switch on the
left side
Press the side farthest from you to turn
the BrailleNote off.
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Module One Skill Checklist
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Can turn device on/off
Can locate Backspace key
Can locate Enter key
Can locate Advance key
Can locate Back key
Can navigate menus
Can raise/lower volume/pitch/rate
Can set keyboard echo to
words/spell/off/both letters & words
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Module Two
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Module Two
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Creating a File
Moving the Cursor
Listening to a File
Reading the Braille Display
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Lesson 5 - Creating a File
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Files are created using the Word
Processing program called “KeyWord”
Turn on the BrailleNote
If you are not at the Main Menu, go
there by pressing 1,2,3,4,5,6 and space
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4 5 6
space
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Selecting the Word Processor
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Using the space or the advance key,
move to the Word Processor
Select the Word Processor by pressing
the Enter key or the Next/Select Key
Enter
space
Next /
Select
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Advance
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Navigating the Keyword Menu
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Using the space or the advance key,
read all the keyword menu items.
Move to “create a document” and
select it by pressing the Enter key or the
Next/Select Key.
Enter
space
Next /
Select
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Advance
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Setting up a new file
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The BrailleNote says “Folder name? Press
enter for GENERAL” – Press the ENTER
key to select this folder to store your file
in.
Later on, you will learn how to create
other folders that will help you organize
your work.
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Typing a file name
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The BrailleNote says “Document to
create?” – Type your first name in grade
2 and press Enter
The BrailleNote says “Top of Document.
Blank.”
You are ready to begin typing.
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The Cursor
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Keep in mind that as you begin to type,
the cursor, which represents your typing
position, is displayed as dots 7 and 8.
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Typing sentences
Type the following sentence keeping in
mind that if you make a typing mistake,
simply press the backspace key:
Now is the time for all good men to come
to the aid of their country.
 Next, type the sentence:
This is fun.
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Grade 2 Reference
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Now is the time ,n[ is ! "t
for all good men = all gd m5
to come to the aid 6-e 6! aid
of their country. ( _! c.try4
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This is fun. ,? is fun4
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Moving the cursor
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The cursor is moved and speaking
commands are executed by using
specific braille input keys together with
the spacebar.
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space
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Moving the cursor (cont’d)
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The cursor can also be moved by using
the “Touch Cursor Buttons” located
directly behind each braille cell
Simply locate the cell where you want
the cursor and press the touch cursor on
that cell
Touch Cursor Buttons
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Moving the cursor (cont’d)
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When moving the cursor and listening to
a file, remember that the keys on the
left side move back and keys on the
right side move forward
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Top of Document
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Dots 1,2,3 and space moves the cursor
to the top of the document
The BrailleNote says “top of document”
and speaks the first word
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space
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Moving by characters 3 and 6
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Dot 6 with space moves forward and
speaks one character at a time
Dot 3 with space moves back and
speaks one character at a time
Dots 3,6 and space speaks the current
character
3
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space
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Phonetic pronunciation of a
character (3 and 6)
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Pressing dots 3,6 and space twice in a
row will expand the letter into a word,
such as A - Alpha, B - Bravo
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space
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Moving by words 2 and 5
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Dot 5 with space moves forward and
speaks one word at a time
Dot 2 with space moves back and
speaks one word at a time
Dots 2,5 and space speaks the current
word
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5
space
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Spelling the current word
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Pressing Dots 2,5 and space twice in a
row will spell the current word
To spell the word letter by letter with the
contractions expanded, press dots 2,5,
space a third time
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Moving by sentences 1 and 4
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Dot 4 with space moves forward and
speaks one sentence at a time
Dot 1 with space moves back and
speaks one sentence at a time
Dots 1,4 and space speaks the current
sentence
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space
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Bottom of Document
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Dots 4,5,6 and space moves the cursor
to the bottom of the document
The BrailleNote says “bottom of
document” and then says “blank”
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space
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Listening to the whole file
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Move to the top of document by
pressing dots 1,2,3 space
Press space with the letter G for “go”
(dots 1,2,4,5)
Backspace and Enter together will stop
the speech
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Backspace
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space
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Turning the Speech On & Off
Press space and Previous together to
cycle through the three speech output
options:
1. Speech on request
2. Speech off
3. Speech on
space
Previous
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Reading the file in Braille
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The BrailleNote can display 18 or 32
characters at a time, depending on
which model you are using
To facilitate reading, the BrailleNote
avoids breaking the last word by leaving
the last few cells blank
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Reading the file in Braille (cont’d)
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Press space with dots 1,2,3 to move to
the top of the document
The thumb keys are used to refresh the
display
Thumb Keys
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Advancing the Display
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Read the braille display
Press the Advance key to advance the
braille to the next section of text
Continue to press Advance and read
the entire document
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Advance
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Going Backwards
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Press the Back key to move the braille
back one section of text at a time
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Turning the Braille Display On &
Off
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Press space and Next together to turn
the braille display on and off
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Next
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Using the Touch Cursor
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Practice moving the cursor around by
using the touch cursor buttons.
Touch cursor
buttons
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Moving the Display
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You can also move the display to the
left or right a word at a time
Press Previous with Advance to move
the display a word to the right
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Previous (or Exit)
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Advance
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Moving the Display (cont’d)
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Press Previous with Back to move the
display a word to the left
Previous (or Exit)
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Back
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Practice
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Go to the top of the document
Listen to the document from the
beginning to the end, word by word
Move the cursor to the word “country”
Spell the word
Practice listening & reading the
document
Shut down the BrailleNote
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Module Three
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Module Three
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Opening a File
Inserting Text
Deleting a Character
Deleting a Word
Deleting a Sentence
Automatic Braille Advance
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Lesson 6 - Opening a File
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Files in the BrailleNote are stored in
“folders”
The following folders come with the
BrailleNote: Dictionaries, General, Keylist,
Keymail, Keyplan, Manual, My Books,
Windows
In this lesson, we will use the folder
named “General”
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Opening a File (cont’d)
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Turn on the BrailleNote
From the Main Menu, choose Word
Processor
From the Keyword Menu, choose Open
a Document
For practice, press the space bar to
listen to the list of folders available
Go back through the list using
Backspace and choose General
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Opening a File (cont’d)
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The BrailleNote remembers the last file
you were using and will say “press enter
for …”
Press space to listen to the documents
available in the General folder
Move to the document name you
created earlier and press enter
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Inserting Text
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For practice, read the document
Return to the top
When inserting text, remember that text
will always be inserted to the left of the
cursor.
You also need to pay attention to the
space before and after the text you
insert
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Inserting Text (cont’d)
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Moving word by word (dot 2 or dot 5,
space) place the cursor on the letter “t”
of the word “to” following the word
“men”
Type in the words “and women”
followed by a space.
Read the current sentence (dots
1,4,space)
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Deleting Characters Backspace with dots 3,6
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From the top of the file, move word by
word to the word “all” so that the cursor
is on the letter “a”
Delete the letter “a” by pressing
backspace with dots 3,6
Backspace
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Deleting Characters - (cont’d)
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Continue pressing backspace with dots
3,6 to delete the letters “l”, and “l” and
the space
Read the current sentence
Backspace
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Deleting a word Backspace with dots 2,5
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From the top of the file, move word by word
to the word “country” so that the cursor is on
the letter “c”
Delete the word “country” by pressing
backspace with dots 2,5
Type the word “nation.”
Backspace
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space
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Deleting a sentenceBackspace with dots 1,4
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From the top of the file, move word by word
to the first word of the second sentence,
“This.”
Delete the sentence “This is fun.” by pressing
backspace with dots 1,4
Type the letter “y” for “sure?”
Backspace
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Practice
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Return to the Main Menu
Open a file named “Demonstration
Document” from the General folder
Listen to the entire document
Return to the top of the document
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Lesson 7 - Automatic Braille
Advance
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You can set the BrailleNote to
automatically advance the display
without having to press the Advance
key repeatedly.
Each line of braille is displayed and
refreshed at specific time intervals set by
you.
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Reading the whole file with
automatic advance
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Go to the top of the
Demonstration
Document
Press space with
dots 1,2,4,5,6)
Next will speed up
the display, Previous
will slow it down.
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Previous
Next
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Displaying the Cursor
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When you first enter the word processor,
Automatic mode is selected. The cursor
is turned on automatically when you are
editing – but it is turned off when you
are reading.
To display the cursor, use the touch
cursor button or move to a word or
letter.
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Module Four
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Module Four
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The Spelling Checker
Searching for Text
Menu shortcuts
Printing a File
Erasing a File
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The spelling checker
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The spelling checker has a 65,000 word
dictionary
It compares every word in your
document to the words in the dictionary
If the word in your document is not in its
dictionary, it flags that word as a
possible error
You can add new words to the
dictionary
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The spelling checker
Once a word is flagged, you have
the following choices:
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Skip just this occurrence of the word
Ignore the word throughout the whole
document
Add the word to the dictionary
Correct the word
Review suggestions
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The spelling checker
You can also…
 Hear the flagged word spoken again
 Hear the flagged word spelled
 Read the sentence that contains the
word
 Read the paragraph that contains the
word
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Lesson 8 - Using the Spelling
Checker
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Create a new document in the General
folder and type a few paragraphs. (If
you are a very good speller, you might
want to make some spelling mistakes on
purpose.)
Type the ch sign (dots 1,6) with the
space
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Spelling Checker Menu
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The BrailleNote will say “spelling checker
menu”
At this point, you can use the space to
explore the options or
Press Enter on Document Check
The first flagged word will be
pronounced and you will be asked to
select an option.
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Spelling Checker Options
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At this point, there are 6 actions you can
take to correct the word. Space with
the letter H (dots 1,2,5) will speak these
options
The options are: Ignore, Skip, Add,
Correct, Lookup word, Suggestions
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Spelling Checker Options
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Ignore all - I (dots 2,5)
Skip once – dot 5, space
Add to dictionary – A (dot 1)
Correct – C (dots 1,4)
Lookup a word – L (dots 1,2,3)
Suggestions – S (dots 2,3,4)
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Reviewing the word
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To repeat the word, press 2,5 and space
To spell the word with contractions,
press 2,5, space again
To spell the word letter by letter with the
contractions expanded, press 2,5,
space again
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Reviewing the sentence or
paragraph
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To review the sentence where the word
occurs, press 1,4, space
To review the paragraph where the
word occurs, press 2,3,5,6, space
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Correcting a word
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If the word contains a typing error and
you know how to spell it, choose C
BrailleNote says, “enter replacement”
Type in the correct spelling and press
Enter
If the word is not in the dictionary, you
will be asked if you want to use it. Press
the letter Y for yes
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Reviewing the Suggestions
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You can obtain a suggestions list by pressing
S.
Review the list by using space and
backspace or the Advance and Back thumb
keys.
To replace the word with a word in the list,
press Enter. Then press A for all or F for first.
To exit the suggestions list without making a
selection, press space with the letter E (dots
1,5)
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Spelling the Suggestion
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Keep in mind that you can use the
refreshable braille display to review the
spelling of the suggested words
If you want to hear the spelling of a
suggestion, you can press space, O
(dots 1,3,5) then the letter S (dots 2,3,5)
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Adding a Word
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If the flagged word is a proper name,
you may want to add it to the
dictionary to save you time in the future
Press the letter A for “add”
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Lesson 9 - Searching for Text
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The Search Command (space with the
letter F (dots 1,2,4)) allows you to find a
string of text within a document.
“A string of text” refers to a sequence of
characters which may be a part of a
word, a whole word, or a phrase.
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Searching for Text (cont’d)
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If you are not already at the Main
Menu, go there now
Choose Word Processor
Choose Open a document
When prompted to “press enter for
general,” press enter
Choose the file named “Demonstration
Document”
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Searching for Text (cont’d)
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With your cursor at the top of the
document, press space with the letter
F (dots 1,2,4)
BrailleNote says, “search forward or
back”
Press F for forward
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Searching for Text (cont’d)
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BrailleNote says, “find?”
Type in the word factory
Press enter
If the text is found, the cursor jumps to
the first occurrence of the text you
typed. BrailleNote says, “found,
factory”
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Searching for Text (cont’d)
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Read the current sentence by pressing space
with dots 1,4
Search for the next occurrence of the word
“factory” by pressing space with F, type F for
forward
BrailleNote remembers the last text string
entered and says, “Press enter for “factory””
If the text is found, the cursor jumps to the
next occurrence of the text you typed.
BrailleNote says, “found, factory”
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Search for next occurrence
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An easier way to search for the next
occurrence is by using the space with
the letter N
Go to the top of the document
Search for factory
Read the current sentence
Press space with N (dots 1,3,4,5)
Read the current sentence
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Menu Shortcuts
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From within a menu, you can press the
first letter of the item you want instead
of using the spacebar and the enter
key
For example, pressing the letter W at
the Main Menu jumps you directly to
the Keyword Menu of the word
processor
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Menu Shortcuts (cont’d)
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From within a list, you can press the first
letter of the document to get to it
quicker
For example, to open a file when asked
for file name to open, press the space
to get the list, then press the first letter of
the file name
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Printing a File
Some notes about printers….
 The printer must be designed for use
with a PC, not a Macintosh computer
 Not every inkjet printer is compatible HP 600s and 800s are
 You need a parallel printer cable
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Printing a File (cont’d)
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With both devices off, connect the
parallel printer cable to the back of the
printer and to the back of the
BrailleNote
Make sure the printer has paper
Turn both devices on
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Printing a File (cont’d)
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From Main Menu, choose Word
Processor (W)
From Keyword Menu, choose Print (P)
At the prompt, “print or setup printer?”
Press enter.
At the prompt, “folder name? Press
enter for …” press enter if the name is
correct. If not, press space.
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Printing a File (cont’d)
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Continue to press the space (or type the
first letter of the folder) until you hear the
folder you want. Then press enter.
At the prompt, “document to print?
Press enter for…” press enter if correct,
(or space if not). When you hear the
correct name press enter.
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Printing a File (cont’d)
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The BrailleNote will respond, “Printer
ready?”
If you want to print the entire file, simply
press enter
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Printing specific pages
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It may be necessary to find out what
page your BrailleNote cursor is on in
order to print specific pages.
The command to announce the current
page is space with wh (dots 1,5,6)
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Printing specific pages (cont’d)
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To print only specific pages type N at
the Printer Ready prompt
The BrailleNote will respond, “Start
page number? Currently 1.”
Using the number sign first, type in the
page number you want to start with,
then press enter
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Printing specific pages (cont’d)
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The BrailleNote will respond, “Finish
page number? Currently last page.”
Type in the page number you want
to end with, then press enter
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Printing multiple copies
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The BrailleNote will respond, “Number of
copies? Currently 1.”
Type in the number of copies you want,
or press enter to keep it at 1
The BrailleNote will respond, “Printer
ready?”
Press enter
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Erasing a File
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So far in this tutorial, all the files you
have created and used are located on
the drive named “flash disk” and stored
in a folder named “general”. Later on,
you will learn to use the external disk
drive and you will create and use other
folders.
It is a good idea to erase files that you
no longer need
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Erasing a File (cont’d)
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Go to the Main Menu
Space to File Manager and press Enter (or
press F)
Space to Erase File and press Enter (or press
E)
BrailleNote says “press enter for Flash Disk” –
press Enter
BrailleNote says “folder name? Press enter for
General” press Enter
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Erasing a File (cont’d)
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BrailleNote says “file name” – press
space to get to the file name list
Press space until you hear the name of
the file you want to erase (or press the
first letter of the filename)
Press Enter
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Erasing a File (cont’d)
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BrailleNote says “erase filename sure?”
Press the letter Y for yes
This returns you to the File Manager
menu where you can continue to erase
more files if you need to.
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Module Five
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Module Five
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Organizing Files
Making a New Folder
Naming Files
Opening Files from Different Folders
Switching Between Files
Renaming a File
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Organizing Files
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When you create a new file on the
BrailleNote, you first have to tell the
BrailleNote what folder you want to
store it in.
This is different from a computer. On a
computer, you can decide after you
create the file.
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Organizing Files (cont’d)
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If you are a student, one strategy for
organizing your files is to create a folder
for each of your school subjects.
For example, one folder for Social
Studies, one for Science, one for Math,
one for Language Arts, etc.
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Making a New Folder
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From Main Menu, choose File Manager
Menu (F)
From File Manager Menu choose Folder
Manager (F)
From Folder Manager Menu choose
Create New Folder (C)
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Making a New Folder (cont’d)
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When asked “create new folder on
which drive? Press enter for Flash Disk.”
press enter
When asked “new folder name?” type
in the name of the folder (Social Studies
and press enter)
Remember, you can use grade 2 braille
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Making a New Folder (cont’d)
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BrailleNote says “Folder created. Folder
Manager Menu.”
Return to the Main Menu.
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Making a New Folder (cont’d)
Within the Social Studies folder, you can
create files for :
 Social Studies homework
 Social Studies worksheets
 Social Studies notes
 Social Studies tests
 Social Studies textbook chapters
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Naming Files
It is important to name your file
something that will help you remember
what is stored in that file tomorrow or
two weeks from now or even two
months from now.
 Consider using page numbers or essay
titles or chapter sections.
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Naming Files (cont’d)
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Don’t name your files A or B or C or the
names of your favorite rock groups or
you will have a hard time later opening
or erasing your files.
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Practice
1.
2.
3.
From Main Menu, choose Word Processor
(W)
From Keyword Menu choose Create a
document (C)
BrailleNote says, “Folder name? Press
enter for…” If it says Social Studies press
enter. Otherwise, press space or the
letter S until you hear Social Studies, then
press enter.
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Practice (cont’d)
4.
5.
BrailleNote says, “Document to
create?” Type Chapter 5 notes and
press enter.
Type in the following information:
During the Ice Age people came to
North America by crossing a land
bridge that joined Asia with North
America.
(See next slide for braille code)
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Practice (cont’d)
Here is the grade 2 code for that passage:
,dur+ ! ,ice ,age p came
6,nor? ,am]ica 0cross+ a l&
bridge t jo9$ ,asia ) ,nor?
,am]ica4
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Practice (cont’d)
6.
Go to the Main Menu. Create a new
folder and name it Language Arts.
Type F,
Type F again,
Type C,
Press enter for flash disk
Type in the folder name (Language
Arts)
Press enter
Return to Main Menu
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Practice (cont’d)
6.
Create a file in the Language Arts folder
and name it Ice Age Essay.
From Main Menu, type W
Type C
When asked what folder, press enter
If BrailleNote says, “Language Arts”
otherwise press space until you
hear “Language Arts” then press
enter
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Practice (cont’d)
7.
8.
When BrailleNote says, “Document to
create?” type in Ice Age Essay and
press enter
Type in your name and today’s date
as if you were putting a heading on a
school paper
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Opening Files from the Different
Folders
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The process of opening files in different
folders is similar to creating them in
different folders.
The key is to point to the correct folder
first, then point to the correct file.
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Opening Files from the Social
Studies Folder
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From Main Menu, choose Word
Processor (W)
From Keyword Menu, choose Open a
document (O)
BrailleNotes says, “folder name? Press
enter for…”
If it says Social Studies, press Enter
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Social Studies Folder (cont’d)
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If it says a different folder name, press
space
BrailleNote will say, “list of folders on
flash disk”
Press space again
You can continue to press space until
you hear Social Studies. Or, you can
just type the letter S
Press enter to open it
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Social Studies Folder (cont’d)
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BrailleNote says, “document to open?
Press enter for…”
If it says, “Chapter 5 notes” press enter.
If not, press space to get the list of
documents in the folder, continue to
press space until you hear the file you
want, then press enter.
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Opening Files from the Language
Arts Folder
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From Main Menu, choose Word
Processor (W)
From Keyword Menu, choose Open a
document (O)
BrailleNotes says, “folder name? Press
enter for …”
If it says Language Arts, press Enter
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Language Arts Folder (cont’d)
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If it says a different folder name, press
space
BrailleNote will say, “list of folders on
flash disk”
Press space again
You can continue to press space until
you hear Language Arts, or you can
press L
Press enter to open it
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Language Arts Folder (cont’d)
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BrailleNote says, “document to open?
Press enter for …”
If is says Ice Age Essay, press enter
If not, press space to get the list of
documents in the folder, continue to
press space until you hear “Ice Age
Essay” then press enter
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Switching Between Files
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The BrailleNote keeps a history list of the
most recently used documents in its
memory.
This feature enables you to open a
document, then quickly switch to another
document within the list.
You can also use the space to get a list of
documents in the current folder or
backspace to change folders to open a
document not in the history list.
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Switching Between Files (cont’d)
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To switch between Ice Age Essay and
Chapter 5 notes, Type ou with the
space bar (dots 1,2,5,6) space
BrailleNote says, “document to open?
Press enter for …”
If BrailleNote says, “Chapter 5 notes”,
press enter
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Switching Between Files (cont’d)
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If not, you can go forward through
the document list by pressing dots
5,6, space
You can go backward through the
list by pressing dots 2,3, space
Press enter on the document you
want
Go ahead and practice using this
command
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Renaming a File
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From Main Menu, choose File Manager
Menu (F)
From File Manager Menu choose
Rename File (R)
When BrailleNote says, “Rename file on
drive? Press enter for …”, navigate to
the drive you want and press enter.
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Renaming a File (cont’d)
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When asked “folder name? Press
enter for…” Navigate to the folder
you want and press enter.
When asked “file name?” Navigate
to the file you want and press enter
Type in the new name for the file
and press enter
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Module Six
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Module Six
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Block Commands
Defining a Block
Copying & Pasting a Block
Deleting a Block
Moving & Pasting a Block
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Embossing
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Block Commands
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Block commands enable you to
define an area of text and then
manipulate it.
For example, once you define an area
of text, you can delete it or move it or
copy it to another section or another
file.
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Block Commands (cont’d)
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Copying a block of text does not
change anything about the text you
define. You are simply making another
copy of it.
Moving a block of text actually
removes it from its original location
and puts it in another place.
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Block Commands (cont’d)
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Suppose you have a textbook chapter
stored in your Social Studies Folder.
At the end of each section, there are
usually review questions to answer.
You may want to copy the questions
you need to do for homework and put
them in a separate file so you can
print them out along with your answers
for your teacher.
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Defining a Block
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Step 1: Move the cursor to the first
character of the text you want to block.
Step 2: Type B with space. BrailleNote
says, “block commands menu” Type T
for “top marker insertion”
Step 3: Move the cursor one character
to the right of the last character of text
you want to block.
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Copying & Pasting a Block
To copy the defined block:
 Type B with space. BrailleNote says,
“block commands menu”
 Type C. BrailleNote says “block
copied to clipboard”
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Copying & Pasting a Block
(cont’d)
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You will need to create a new file so
you will have a place to copy the
questions.
Simply go to the main menu, create a
file in the same folder and name it
“Homework” and include the date or
the page number in the file name.
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Copying & Pasting a Block
(cont’d)
To paste the defined block:
With your cursor in the place you want
to paste your text (your homework file)  Type B with space. BrailleNote says,
“block commands menu”
 Type P. BrailleNote says, “clipboard
pasted”
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Deleting a Block
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Suppose that after you copied the
review questions into your homework
file, you realize that you only need to
answer the even-numbered questions.
In this case, you can block and delete
the individual questions you don’t need.
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Deleting a Block (cont’d)
First, define the block. Then:
 Type B with space. BrailleNote says,
“block commands menu”
 Type D for “delete block”
 BrailleNote says, “delete block? Sure?”
 Type the letter Y
 BrailleNote says, “block deleted”
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Moving & Pasting a Block
To move a defined block:
 Type B with space. BrailleNote says, “block
commands menu”
 Type M. BrailleNote says “block moved to
clipboard”
 Move your cursor to where you want to paste
the block.
 Type B with space. BrailleNote says, “block
commands menu”
 Type P. BrailleNote says, “clipboard pasted”
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Embossing a File
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The procedure for embossing a document is
very similar to printing a document.
The following procedure assumes the setup
of the embosser and the BrailleNote match
and use a parallel cable.
The setup for the Braille Blazer is included at
the end of this module. Different embossers
may require different settings.
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Embossing a File (cont’d)
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With both devices off, connect the
parallel printer cable to the back of
the embosser and to the back of the
BrailleNote
Make sure the printer has paper
Turn both devices on
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Embossing a File (cont’d)
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From Main Menu, choose Word Processor
(W)
From Keyword Menu, choose Emboss (E)
At the prompt, “emboss or setup
embosser?” press enter.
At the prompt, “folder name? Press enter
for…” press enter if the name is correct. If
not, press space.
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Embossing a File (cont’d)
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Continue to press the space (or type
the first letter of the folder) until you
hear the folder you want. Then press
enter.
At the prompt, “document to print?
Press enter for…” press enter if
correct, (or space if not). When you
hear the correct name press enter.
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Embossing a File (cont’d)
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The BrailleNote will respond, “Embosser
ready?”
If you want to print the entire file, simply
press enter
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Embossing specific pages
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To emboss only specific pages type N at
the Printer Ready prompt
The BrailleNote will respond, “Start page
number? Currently 1”
Using the number sign first, type in the
page number you want to start with,
then press enter
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Embossing specific pages
(cont’d)
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The BrailleNote will respond, “Finish page
number? Currently last page”
Type in the page number you want to
end with, then press enter
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Setup for Embossing on the Braille
Blazer
Set the BrailleNote as follows:
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At the prompt, “emboss or setup embosser?”
press S
At setup list, press space. Choose the
following items:
 Paper length - 25
 Paper width – 34
 Use form feeds - no
Press E space to exit
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Setup for Embossing on the Braille
Blazer (cont’d)
Set the embosser as follows:
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Port – parallel
Left margin – 0
Right margin – 34
Top margin – 0
Bottom margin – 0
Lines per page – 26
Page length – 11
Word Wrap - Off
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Module Seven
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Module Seven
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Using the Disk Drive
Copying a file to a disk
Copying files attached to an email
Importing Files
Exporting Files
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About the Disk Drive
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The SuperDisk drive plugs into the PC card
slot on the right side of the BrailleNote
It supports standard 3.5 and larger capacity
super disks
Feel along the right side of the BrailleNote
and you will find a horizontal slot
The card eject button is located in a recess
behind the slot
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Why use the Disk Drive
You can use the disk drive to:
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Back up valuable data
Store very big documents
Exchange files with computers
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The SuperDisk Drive
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The disk drive must be plugged in to
work
You can connect the disk drive with the
BrailleNote on or off. If the BrailleNote is
on, it will say “card inserted”
Do not turn off the BrailleNote or eject
the PC card if the disk drive motor is
running
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Connecting the Disk Drive
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If the BrailleNote is off, turn it on.
Plug in the disk drive power adapter.
Insert the PC Card into the card slot on
the right side of the BrailleNote. It can
only go in one way. If it doesn’t insert
all the way, turn the card over and try
again.
BrailleNote will say, “card inserted”
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Copying files from the BrailleNote
to a Disk
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Copying a file does not remove or change
the original file. It simply creates a backup.
The file that you copy in this process is a
“KeySoft” braille file that can only be read by
a BrailleNote.
Importing and exporting files allows you to
change the format to enable file exchange
with computers.
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Copying files to a Disk (cont’d)
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Insert a disk into the disk drive
From Main Menu, choose File Manager Menu
(F)
From File Manager, choose Copy File (C)
When asked “Source drive, press enter for …”
If it says “flash disk” press enter. Otherwise,
press space to get the drive list and choose
“flash disk” from the list.
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Copying files to a Disk (cont’d)
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Navigate through the folders and files to
select the file you want to copy, then
press enter
When asked “Destination drive, press
enter for …” If it says “storage card”
press enter. Otherwise, press space to
get the drive list and choose “storage
card” from the list.
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Copying Files from Email to a Disk
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Open the email that contains the
attached files you want to copy
Insert an empty, preformatted disk into
your computer
Right click on an attached file
Left click on “save as”
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Copying Files from Email to a Disk
(cont’d)
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Change the SAVE IN selection at the
top of the dialog box to 3½ floppy (A:),
then press enter
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Copying Files from Email to a Disk
(cont’d)
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Repeat these steps for each file until
you have all the files you want copied
on the disk
Insert the disk into the BrailleNote disk
drive
Wait until the drive stops spinning
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Importing files from a disk to the
BrailleNote
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From Main Menu, choose File Manager Menu
(F)
From File Manager, choose Translation Menu
(T)
From Translation Menu choose Import (I)
When asked “import from which device?”
press F for File
When prompted for drive, press space to get
the drive list
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Importing files (cont’d)
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Press space until the BrailleNote says,
“storage card”
Press enter
When BrailleNote says, “directory
name? Press enter for slash. Computer
braille is required” press enter
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Importing files (cont’d)
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When BrailleNote says, “file to import?
Computer Braille is required” type the
following:
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Dots 1,6 (This is a star)
Dots 4,6 (This is a period)
Dots 1,6 (This is a star)
Press enter
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Importing files (cont’d)
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When BrailleNote says, “translate into
braille?” type the letter Y
When BrailleNote says, “destination
folder name? Press enter for …”
Press enter if the folder name is correct.
If not, press space until you hear the
correct folder, then press enter.
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Importing files (cont’d)
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If there is only one file on the disk, the
BrailleNote will say, “Braille document name?”
You will need to type in a name.
However, if you have multiple files on the
floppy, you will not be prompted for a file
name
When finished, you return to the translation
menu. Go back to Main Menu.
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Exporting files from the BrailleNote to a
disk
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From Main Menu, choose File Manager Menu
(F)
From File Manager, choose Translation Menu
(T)
From Translation Menu choose Export (E)
When asked “export document from which
folder? Press enter for…” press enter if the file
you are exporting is in the folder identified. If
not, press space to get to the folder you want.
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Exporting files (cont’d)
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When BrailleNote says, “document
name? Press enter for…” navigate to
the file name you want and press enter
When BrailleNote says, “export to which
device?” press F
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Exporting files (cont’d)
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When asked, “export as which file
type? ASCI Text File” press st (dots 3,4)
with space repeatedly to cycle
through the available file formats.
Press enter on the format you want
(plain braille, Microsoft Word, rich text
format, etc.)
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Exporting files (cont’d)
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When BrailleNote says, “destination
drive? Press enter for…”
Navigate to “storage card” if necessary,
then press enter
When BrailleNote says, “directory name?
Press enter for slash. Computer braille is
required” press enter
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Exporting files (cont’d)
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When BrailleNote says, “destination file
name? Computer braille is required”
type in a file name and press enter
BrailleNote says, “One file exported.
Translation Menu”
You can now remove the disk, put it in
the computer and open it in whatever
program matches the format (for
example Microsoft Word)
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Module Eight
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Module Eight
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Protecting & Unprotecting Documents
Using Place Markers
Erasing a Folder
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Protecting & unprotecting files
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Protecting a file avoids accidentally
erasing or changing an important file.
However, when a file is protected, it
prevents you from being able to use
place markers.
This module will teach you how to
protect and unprotect files
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Protecting & unprotecting files
cont’d)
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From Main Menu, choose File Manager
Menu (F)
Choose Protection (P)
BrailleNote says, “Protect file on which
drive? Press enter for flash disk” press
enter.
Navigate to the appropriate file and
press enter
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Protecting & unprotecting files
(cont’d)
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BrailleNote speaks the status of the file –
it will either say, “…filename is
unprotected. Option?” or it will say
“…filename is protected. Option?”
To protect a file, type P
To unprotect the file, type U
To leave the file unchanged, press enter
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Using Place Markers
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Up to 26 positions in an unprotected file
can be marked with a place marker
Place markers are identified with the
letters A through Z
Place markers are both announced with
speech and appear in the braille display
but they do not print out
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Using Place Markers (cont’d)
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Place markers can be very helpful. For
example, suppose you are answering a
homework question that refers back to
a section in the chapter with a map, a
table, or a quotation.
If you set a place marker at that
location, you can go back and forth for
reference very quickly
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Define a Place Marker
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Move the cursor to the place you want
to mark.
Press backspace with D
BrailleNote says, “Define Place Marker,
Letter?”
Type the letter A
BrailleNote says, “Place A”
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Jump to a Place Marker
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Press space with J
BrailleNote says, “Jump to Place Marker,
Letter?”
Type the letter A
The cursor is placed just to the right of
the place marker
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Delete a Place Marker
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Press space with J to jump to the place
marker you want to delete
Press the backspace to delete the
marker
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Erasing a Folder
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When you erase a folder on the
BrailleNote, you first have to erase any
files stored in that folder
You can erase multiple files from a
folder by using the multi-character wild
card (dots 3,5)
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Erasing Multiple Files
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From Main Menu, choose File Manager
Menu (F)
From File Manager Menu choose Erase
File (E)
Navigate to the drive and folder that
contain the files you want to erase and
press enter
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Erasing Multiple Files (cont’d)
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When asked “file name?” press space with
dots 3,5
BrailleNote will say “multiple character wild
card” press enter
BrailleNote will tell you how many files were
selected and ask you if you want to “confirm
each file” as you delete. If you press N, you
will hear how many files were erased.
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Erasing a Folder (cont’d)
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From Main Menu, choose File Manager Menu
(F)
From File Manager Menu choose Folder
Manager (F)
From Folder Manager Menu choose Erase
Folder (E)
Navigate to the folder you want and press
enter
Press the letter Y to confirm
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Module Nine
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Module Nine
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Format Indicators
Centering a Line
Format Menu
Forcing a New Page
Changing the Top Margin
Indenting a Paragraph
Line Spacing
Underlining, Boldface and Italics
Finding and Deleting Format Indicators
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Format Indicators
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You may have noticed when reading
or writing in your documents that there
are characters within the text that you
did not type
These characters begin with dots
1,2,4,6 (ed) which, in computer braille,
is a dollar sign
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Format Indicators (cont’d)
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These are called format indicators and
indicate when a line wraps to a new
line, when the enter key was pressed,
when a new page starts and when a
new page was forced to start
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Format Indicators (cont’d)
For example:
(ed)l
 (ed)p
Line break caused by word wrap
New line caused by pressing the
enter key
 (ed)lf or (ed)lp
New page caused by word wrap
 (ed)f
New page caused by forcing a new
page
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Centering a Line
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Create a new document
From within your document press enter
with C
The BrailleNote says, “center line”
Type in the line to be centered (for
example, type your name) and press
enter
Look at the braille display
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Centering a Line (cont’d)
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Note the (ed)p at the end of the
display. This is because you pressed the
enter key.
Go to the beginning of file by pressing
dots 1,2,3, with space. Note the (ed)c
at the beginning of the file. This is the
center line format indicator. This only
shows when your cursor is on it.
Go to the bottom of the document
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The Format Menu
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Ink print settings are located in the
Format Menu. These settings effect the
way the document looks when printed
in ink, but not when embossed.
The format menu is used to change
margins, line spacing, indenting and
forcing a new page
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Forcing a New Page
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From within your document press space
with P
The BrailleNote says, “new page”
The braille display shows (ed)f
This forces a new page in braille, but you
must do an additional step to cause this
new page to print in ink
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New Page (cont’d)
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Press dots 2,3,4,6 (the) with space to go to the
Format Menu
Press the letter I. BrailleNote says, “Inkprint
Settings Menu”.
Press I again. BrailleNote says, “Inkprint Only
Inclusion? Computer braille is required”.
Press space with P. BrailleNote says, “New
page”.
Press enter to return to your document.
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New Page (cont’d)
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BrailleNote says, “Inkprint only inclusion”
When your cursor is on this indicator, it
appears as (ed)oi
Note that this is not currently showing on
your braille display
Go back one character by pressing dot
3 with space
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New Page (cont’d)
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The difficulty with that indicator is that is does
not tell you it is a forced new page. That is
why it helps to have a forced new braille
page in the same place. It helps you locate
the inkprint only inclusion indicator so you can
delete it later if you want.
Press dots 4,5,6 with space
Type your first name and then press enter
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Changing the Top Margin
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The HP Inkjet printers work best when the
top margin is set to 3
Once the margin is set to 3, you can
save this setting as the default
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Changing the Top Margin (cont’d)
To change the top margin:
 Go to format menu – dots 2,3,4,6 (the)
with space
 Press I for inkprint settings menu
 Press P for inkprint page settings list
 Press space to Top Margin
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Changing the Top Margin (cont’d)
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Type the number 3 and press enter
To save this as the default setting,
press backspace with S
Then press space with e to exit back
into your document
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Paragraph Style
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While paragraphs in braille start on a
new line and are indented, paragraphs
in a text document often are not
indented and are separated by a blank
line.
Simply pressing the enter key twice
indicates a new paragraph and
tabbing is not required. However, a tab
can be forced.
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Forcing a Tab Indent
To insert a 5 space tab at the beginning
of a paragraph, do the following:
 Press dots 2,3,4,6 (the) with space to go
to the Format Menu
 Press the letter I. BrailleNote says,
“Inkprint Settings Menu”
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Tab Indent (cont’d)
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Press I again. BrailleNote says, “Inkprint
Only Inclusion? Computer braille is
required”
Press space with T. BrailleNote says,
“Tab”
Press enter to return to your document
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Practice
Within the document you are currently
working in:
1. Type your name and press enter
2. Type your name again and press enter
When this is printed later on, the first line
with your name will be indented, the
second line with your name will not be
indented.
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Double Spacing an Inkprint
Document
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Line spacing is single unless you tell it
otherwise
If you want the whole document double
spaced, first move to the top of the
document and then turn on double spacing
However, if you only want one section double
spaced, move to the beginning of that
section, turn on double spacing, then move to
the end of that section, and turn on single
spacing
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Double Spacing cont’d)
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Move to beginning of section (in this
case, you do not need to move)
Press dots 2,3,4,6 (the) with space
BrailleNote says “format menu”
Press I (or space until you hear “ink
print settings” and press enter)
Press L (or space until you hear
“layout” and press enter)
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Double Spacing (cont’d)
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Press space until you hear “line spacing
currently…”
Type D for double and then press enter
Type E with space to exit
BrailleNote says, “confirm changes?”
Type Y for yes
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Single Spacing
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Follow the same procedure for single
spacing except when prompted for
spacing option
Type S for single
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Underline, Boldface and Italics
Fonts
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You can enter text in underline,
boldface or italics font by first turning
the font on, then typing your text, then
turning the font off again
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Underline
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Press enter with F
BrailleNote says, “Font”
Press the letter U
BrailleNote says, “Underline is off”
Press N
BrailleNotes says, “Underline On”
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Underline (cont’d)
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Type your name
Press enter with F
Press U - BrailleNote says, “Underline is
On”
Press F - BrailleNote says, “Underline Off”
Press enter to start a new line
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Boldface
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Press enter with F
BrailleNote says, “Font”
Press the letter B
BrailleNote says, “Bold is off”
Press N
BrailleNotes says, “ On. Bold On”
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Boldface cont’d)
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Type your name again
Press enter with F
Press B- BrailleNote says, “Bold is On”
Press F – BrailleNote says, “Off. Bold Off”
Press enter to start a new line
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Italics
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Press enter with F
BrailleNote says, “Font”
Press the letter I
BrailleNote says, “Italic is off”
Press N
BrailleNotes says, “On. Italic On”
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Italics (cont’d)
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Type your name again
Press enter with F
Press I - BrailleNote says, “Italic is on”
Press F - BrailleNote says, “Off. Italic Off”
Press enter to start a new line
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Printing
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Press e with space to exit the
document
Press space until you hear, “Print a
Document” and press enter until the
document begins printing
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Printing (cont’d)
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You should have 2 pages with a 1 inch top
margin
Page one will have your name centered
between the left and right margins
Page two line 1 will have your name at the
left margin. Line 2 will have your name
indented. Lines 3 to 5 will be double spaced.
Line 3 will have your name underlined. Line 4
will have your name in boldface. Line 5 will
have your name in italics.
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Finding a Page Break Indicator
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Go to the top of the document
Press F with space for find
Press F for forward
To search for the braille page break
indicator, press space with P
Find your cursor on the braille display
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Deleting an Ink Print Only Page
Break
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Move forward one character by
pressing enter with dot 6
You should now be on the (ed)oi that
represents the ink print page break
Press space with dots 3,6 to delete the
current character
Read the braille display and note that
the indicator is gone
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End of BrailleNote tutorial
with thanks to Katie Beaver
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