BrailleNote Apex or MPower BT
Lesson #13
Skills:
* Navigate a web page
* conduct a simple search using Google or other engine
Introduction #13:
Once the wireless or other Internet connection has been established, you
may start using Key Web, the web browser on the BrailleNote. By default, the
HumanWare web page is the home page. In this lesson, we'll use google to
conduct a simple search.
Work Time #13:
This lesson assumes you are using a BrailleNote MPower or an Apex using the
BT (braille style) keyboard. The lesson also assumes you are familiar with the
parts and keys of the BrailleNote. It is also assumed that you have previously
set up a wireless or other Internet connection.
First, ensure wireless is on:
* Space + o for options menu.
* c for connectivity menu.
* w for wireless
* "Wireless ethernet on?" enter when yes is displayed.
* r for reconnect using existing configuration.
* Should get a connected message.
* Return to Main Menu.
1. From Main Menu, open the web browser. Press letter i for Internet.
2. "Address?" is displayed along with the address of the home page. If google is
not the home page, type in the url for google. www.google.com and then press
enter. For the period, use dots 4 6.
3. "Connect using which configuration?" If your connection name is displayed,
press enter. If not, space to your connection name and then press enter.
4. "Google" should be displayed.
5. You can move back and forward by input control. An input control is a web
page element, such as an edit box for writing, that you can interact with.
6. Space + dots 1 3 will move to the previous input control. Space + dots 4 6
will move to the next input control.
7. Press space + 4 6 to hear "text input". This is the edit box where you can
write what you want to search for.
8. Write a simple search term.
9. Press enter to begin the search.
10. A results page should be displayed. Use review commands to navigate and
read the page.
11. To just hear page links, press space or backspace. To follow or open a link,
press enter on the link. If you know the name of a link, use its initial letter to
jump to it.
12. To read using the braille display, use the back or advance thumb-keys.
13. If using speech, read the previous, current, or nect sentence by using space
key with dot 1, 4, or 1 and 4 to read the current line. . The commands are the
same review commands that you use in a word processor document or book.
14. Other Browser Commands are available to you.
Browser Commands:
a. Enter + o to open a new url.
b. Space + i will display the name of the current web page.
c. Enter + f will go forward a page in the session history.
d. Press read + b to go back a page in the session history.
e. Refresh the current web page by using enter + r.
f. Space + dots 1 3 4 6 will allow you to hear the current input control.
15. Practice the commands when conducting your google search.
16. Return to Main Menu.
17. Practice until the skill is mastered.
Quiz Yourself 13:
After reading the paragraphs and following the steps in Work Time, take this
quiz. Questions are taken from this lesson or prior lessons.
Write or say the best answer choice to each question.
1. From Main Menu, what letter should be pressed to go to the web browser?
a. b
b. w
c. i
d. g
2. What is the command to go back by a web page in the session history?
a. enter + b
b. backspace
c. previous thumb-key
d. enter + L
3. On a web page, what will space + 4 6 do?
a. jump to the next link
b. move to the next input control
c. move forward a page in the session history
d. refresh the page
4. To read forward by sentence or line with speech on a web page, what should
you press?
a. space + g
b. space + dot 1 + 4
c. space + dot 1
d. space + dot 4
5. What does space + x do?
a. exit the internet
b. read current page
c. read currint input control
d. read current line
6. How can you read and move forward by a width of the braille display?
a. previous thumb-key
b. back thumb-key
c. advance thumb-key
d. next thumb-key
7. what does enter + dot 1 do?
a. speak faster
b. speak slower
c. decrease the pitch
d. increase the pitch
8. How can you check the power status?
a. space with a full cell
b. enter + p
c. space + p
d. o chord, then p
9. How can you go to the last searched for text string?
a. enter + n
b. space + n
c. back + advance thumb-key
d. space + backspace + n
10. What is the name of the web browser on the BrailleNote?
a. Key Web
b. Fire Fox
c. Internet Explorer
d. HumanWare
Quiz Answers 13:
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. c
6. c
7. b
8. d
9. b
10. a
Commands to Know Lessons 1 through 13:
1. Return to Main Menu with Main Menu key.
2. Press Previous thumb-key + space to toggle among the speech modes.
3. From Main Menu, press letter w to open the Word Processor.
4. Exit a document with e + space.
5. Function key + t to check the time.
6. Check the date by using function key + d.
7. From Main Menu, press u to open the Utilities Menu.
8. Control + space to toggle among choices.
9. From Main Menu, open the File Manager by pressing letter f.
10. Turn the volume up by pressing function key + period.
11. Function key + comma will turn the volume down.
12. Function key + equals will increase the rate.
13. . Decrease the rate by pressing function key + hyphen.
14. Make the pitch higher by pressing shift + function key + equals.
15. Shift + function key + hyphen will make the pitch lower.
16. Move forward by word = read key + l (L)
17. Back by word = read key + j
18. Read current word = read key + k
19. Move forward by character = read key + period
20. Back by character = read key + m
21. Read current character = read key + comma
22. Move by line = read key + o
23. Back by line = read key + u
24. Read current line = read key + i
25. Check the power status with read key + escape..
26. Move to top of document or file list with read key + t.
27. Read key + b will jump to the bottom of a document or list of folders or files.
28. Advance thumb-key will move forward by display width.
29. Back thumb-key will move back by braille display width.
30. Use cursor keys to place cursor and edit as needed.
33. Control + r to rename a folder or document from within a list.
34. Control + i to delete a folder or document from within a list.
35. Enter + backspace + s is the shortcut to open the Scientific Calculator.
36. Use the help key to get help.
37. Go forward reading with read + g.
38. Read + space to stop reading after space + g was used.
39. Shift + read + g to start automatic reading with the braille display.
40. While automatic reading, previous to slow the rate and next to increase the rate of braille
display movement.
41. Previous + next will stop automatic reading.
42. Read key + f will find a string of text.
43. To find the next occurrence of the last searched for text, press read + n.
44. Open the block commands menu with control + b.
45. Press control + z to open the document you last had opened.
46. Read + control + s Will bring up the spelling checker menu.
47. Function key + o will open the options menu.
48. In the options menu, letter c to open the connectivity menu.
Calculator Commands:
1. Clear a calculation with control + i.
2. Use control + m to delete the last key pressed.
3. For addition, use the plus key.
4. The dash is used for subtraction.
5. For multiplication, use star.
6. The slash key is used for division.
7. For the decimal point, use the period.
8. To here the last number or operator, press read + k.
9. Previous + next will change between displaying the result or the whole
calculation.
Web Browser Commands:
1. Space + 4 6 to move to the next input control.
2. Move to the previous input control with space + 1 3.
3. Press space to move forward by link.
4.Backspace will move back by link.
5. Use the initial letter of a link to jump to it.
6. Enter to follow a link.
7. Enter + o to open a new url.
8. Space + i will display the name of the current web page.
9. Enter + f arrow will go forward a page in the session history.
10. Press enter + b to go back a page in the session history.
11. Refresh the current web page by using enter + r.
12. Space + x will allow you to hear the current input control.
Quick Assessment #13:
Skills:
* Navigate a web page
* conduct a simple search using Google or other engine
I = independent
v = verbal cue
p = physical assist
Skill
na = not applicable
Date
Date Date Date
_____ _____ _____ _____
Score Score Score Score
1. Open web browser (letter i from Main
Menu).
2. Go to the google main page (key in
the url, then press enter).
3. Jump to search edit box (space + 4 6).
4. Write text.
5. Begin search (enter).
6. Locate link to explore (space or
backspace).
7. Open a link (enter).
8. Review the page as needed.
9. Goback a page if needed (enter + b).
10. Return to Main Menu.
Score:
Comments
Possible Goal for Lesson #13:
Given a BrailleNote with Internet access, the student will independently
conduct a simple search and report 3 facts about information learned from the
search for 3 of 4 evaluated sessions.
Rosa Mauer 8/6/2012