Access and Beyond:
The Concise Oxford
Dictionary and Thesaurus
for
BrailleNote & VoiceNote
JoAnn Becker
Concise Oxford Dictionary and
Thesaurus:
For the first time, blind people have access
to the pre-eminent Concise Oxford
Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Looking up definitions has never been
easier.
That’s not all! Users can hear the correct
pronunciation of a word.
Find synonyms and antonyms.
Concise Oxford Dictionary
10th Edition
Recently revised with 300 new entries
240,000 words
HumanWare’s Family of BrailleNote
and VoiceNote Braille Keyboard:
HumanWare’s Family of BrailleNote
and VoiceNote QWERTY Models:
Accessing the Dictionary on braille
models:
From Main Menu:
• Press o chord to access options menu.
(dots 1+3+5 with spacebar)
Accessing the Dictionary on braille
models:
Press L (dots 1+2+3)
BN prompts:
“Use Dictionary or Thesaurus?”
For Dictionary press d (dots 1+4+5)
For Thesaurus press t (dots 2+3+4+5)
Accessing the Dictionary on BrailleNote and
VoiceNote QT:
• On the QWERTY keyboard press:
control + shift + d
Ready whenever you need it!
Use hot keys to access Dictionary or
Thesaurus anywhere within KeySoft.
• BT keyboard press enter with lower d
(dots 2-5-6)
Pronunciations
To hear correct pronunciation of a word:
BT keyboard press enter with dots 2 + 5
QWERTY keyboard press shift + read + K
Additional Information:
• Phonetic spelling
• Origin of word
• Inflections
• Details on word usage
• Example phrases using word
Information
BT keyboard press space with i (dots 2+5)
QWERTY keyboard press read with control
with i
Browsing the Dictionary
Type a letter or first few letters of word to
browse words in dictionary.
BT keyboard press space with dots 5+6 or
space with dots 2+3.
QWERTY keyboard use the right and left
arrow keys
Select a word by pressing enter key
KeySoft at Work
With a simple keystroke, copy entire
definition to clipboard:
• BT keyboard backspace with k (dots 1+3)
• QWERTY keyboard press control c
Inserting Words
• Anywhere throughout KeySoft you may
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•
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use word insertion.
BT keyboard press backspace with i
(dots 2+4)
QWERTY keyboard press control with shift
with i)
Either replaces word under cursor or
inserts word
Practice Word Insertion
Alice was beginning to get very tired of
sitting by her sister on the bank, and of
having nothing to do: once or twice she
had peeped into the book her sister was
reading, but it had no pictures or
conversations in it, and what is the use
of a book, thought Alice without pictures
or conversation?'
Vocabulary List:
corroborate
ambiance
paginate
metamorphosis
loquacious
obsequious
plagiarize
catastrophe
rheumatism
miscellaneous
perpetuity
surveillance
Spell Check
Check documents for spelling and typing
errors.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary expands
the Spell Checker by 240,000 words.
BT keyboard press dots 1-6
QWERTY keyboard press read with
control with s
Thesaurus
From Main Menu go to Option Menu
by pressing o chord (dots 1+3+5)
Press L (dots 1+2+3)
At prompt press t (dots 2+3+4+5)
BrailleNote asks:
“Word to look up in Thesaurus?”
Enter the word
Synonyms
By listing groups of words that
have similar meanings to each
other, a thesaurus offers a choice
of alternative words (synonyms)
that can be used in place of one
that you already have in mind.
Antonyms
Use the Thesaurus to look up opposite word
meanings.
• BT keyboard press dots 2 + 6
• QWERTY keyboard press control with
enter
Requirements:
Requires KeySoft 7.2 Build 47
Works on mPower, Classic and
BrailleNote PK models
Easy installation
Choice of SD or compact flash card
The Next Step
HumanWare wants to ensure blind people have
the necessary productivity tools
Words provide a better understanding of our
language and literature in all its immensity and
diversity.
Easy braille and speech access to the Oxford
Concise Dictionary and Thesaurus, expands
possibilities!