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  • Page 1 BrailleNote Touch Plus User Guide BNT+ 2022/03/04...
  • Page 2 This User Guide is protected by copyright belonging to HumanWare, with all rights reserved. The User Guide may not be copied in whole or in part without written consent from HumanWare. Please note that the BrailleNote Touch Plus will simply be referred to as the BrailleNote Touch throughout this...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Product Overview and Physical Description..................12 Product Overview ........................12 Unpacking your BrailleNote Touch ..................... 12 Physical Description ........................12 1.3.1 Carrying case ........................12 1.3.2 Top Face of the BrailleNote Touch ..................13 1.3.3 Left Edge of the BrailleNote Touch ..................14 1.3.4 Right Edge of the BrailleNote Touch ...................
  • Page 4 TouchBraille Virtual Keyboard ....................21 TouchBraille Mode Description ....................22 3.2.1 Braille Keyboard Shortcuts ....................22 3.2.2 Standard Keyboard Shortcuts ..................... 23 3.2.3 First letter navigation ......................23 Explore by Touch Mode Description ................... 23 3.3.1 Gesture description ......................24 3.3.2 Navigating through a list of items ..................
  • Page 5 4.7.1 Turning On the Custom Menu .................... 32 4.7.2 Adding an Application to your Custom Menu ..............32 4.7.3 Removing an Application from your Custom Menu ............32 4.7.4 Restoring the Default Main Menu ..................33 Other Menus and Help ........................33 Contextual Menu ........................
  • Page 6 Converting a Word document to another format ..............41 Sharing documents ........................41 Embossing a document ....................... 41 Sending an Email with KeyMail ....................... 42 Setting up an email account ....................... 42 Writing and sending emails......................42 7.2.1 Attaching a file ........................43 Reading and searching for emails ....................
  • Page 7 Differences among drives, folders, and files ................51 Navigating in the file browser ..................... 51 Moving, copying and pasting file and folders ................51 Renaming a file or a folder ......................52 Sharing files ..........................52 File and folder commands......................52 12.7.1 Marking files ........................
  • Page 8 Opening .brf and .brl files ......................60 Creating a .brf or .brl file ......................61 Finding Braille Text ........................61 Using your Touch as a Braille display with Braille Terminal ............61 Launching Braille Terminal ......................62 Pairing your BrailleNote Touch with a host device ..............62 17.2.1 Connecting via Bluetooth ....................
  • Page 9 KeyPlan ..............................77 EasyReader Plus ............................ 78 KeyCalc ..............................78 KeyMath ..............................78 Appendix B – Standard Keyboard Command Summary ................79 General ..............................79 General Navigation..........................81 Html Content Navigation (webviews) ....................81 Reading ..............................83 Editing Text ............................84 KeyWord ..............................
  • Page 10 Lesson 7.3: ............................. 104 Lesson 7.4: ............................. 104 Lesson 7.5: ............................. 104 Lesson 7.7: ............................. 105 Lesson 7.10: ........................... 105 Lesson 8.1: ............................. 105 Lesson 8.2: ............................. 105 Lesson 9.1: ............................. 105 Lesson 9.3: ............................. 105 Lesson 10.1: ........................... 105 Lesson 10.3: ...........................
  • Page 11 Unit 17 116 Unit 18 116 Unit 19 116 Unit 20 117 Unit 21 117 Unit 22 117 Unit 23 117 Unit 24 118 RNZFB STAR (UEB) ..........................118 S.A. Syllabus (UEB) ..........................119 Mangold Method ..........................120 Appendix E – Reading printed documents with KNFB Reader (available for all device purchased before 2022 only) ..............................

  • Page 12: Product Overview And Physical Description

    BrailleNote Touch throughout this guide. The BrailleNote Touch Plus is not “just a Braille note taker”: It is the first intuitive, simple to use Braille tablet. While operating as the keyboard, the built-in touchscreen also acts as a visual display for sighted teachers or assistants who will want to interact with the tablet.

  • Page 13: Top Face Of The Braillenote Touch

    On the bottom side, close to the rear edge, you will notice three hollow areas. These are holes for the BrailleNote Touch’s LED lights and camera. Still on the bottom side, closer to the front edge, are 2 latches used to release your BrailleNote Touch from its carrying case. 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.

  • Page 14: Left Edge Of The Braillenote Touch

    1.3.3 Left Edge of the BrailleNote Touch On the left side of your BrailleNote Touch, near the top corner, is a Type-C USB port. You may plug the Type-C 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.

  • Page 15: Bottom Side Of The Braillenote Touch

    1.3.7 Bottom Side of the BrailleNote Touch A camera and two LED lights are located on the back side of the BrailleNote Touch. The camera is located in the center top of the BrailleNote Touch, with the two led lights located closer to the edges on the left and right side of the camera, inside circular hollow areas.

  • Page 16: Maximizing Operating Efficiency

    Alternatively, you can plug your USB connector into a computer, but note that this method of charging is slower than charging with a power adaptor. 2.2.1 Maximizing operating efficiency In a working situation where you need your BrailleNote Touch intermittently, you can enter Standby mode when you are not using your tablet by pressing the Power button.

  • Page 17: Standby Mode And Powering Your System On And Off

    Navigate to previous navigation element: SPACE with DOTS 1-3 (Moves your editing cursor or focus to the previous element according to the current navigation level) Navigate to next navigation element: SPACE with DOTS 4-6 (Moves your editing cursor or focus to the next element according to the current navigation level) Eject external storage: ENTER with E (Safely eject an SD card or USB media from your BrailleNote Touch) Stop Speech: Backspace with Enter (Stops the BrailleNote Touch’s speech while speaking.)

  • Page 18: Interactive Wizard

    To enter standby mode, simply do a short press on the Power button. You will hear “Screen Off” to confirm that the Touch has gone into standby mode, and the Braille will disappear. To “wake” your device, simply do a short press on the Power button when your device is in standby mode. Interactive Wizard 2.5.1 KeySoft Wizard...

  • Page 19: Configuring, Adding, And Deleting Language Profiles

    2.6.1 Configuring, adding, and deleting language profiles To configure your language profiles, select the option “Configure Language Profiles” in the Options menu and press Enter. You will be presented with a list containing your language profiles. Select the one you wish to configure, and press Enter. You will be able to configure its name, TTS engine, voice, speech rate.

  • Page 20: Learning Tables

    2.6.4 Learning Tables The BrailleNote Touch Plus includes various language braille tables, but also, includes braille learning tables. Learning tables come in sets of various levels of contracted braille integration. As students advance in their class, they progressively select the higher-level tables until they reach the full contracted braille grade.

  • Page 21: Navigating On Your Braillenote Touch

    4. Open Languages & input, Keysoft IME. 5. Select the name of your keyboard. 6. Select Keysoft IME: Keysoft IME. 7. Choose the keyboard layout of your choice to be applied. Navigating on your BrailleNote Touch When using the touchscreen, the BrailleNote Touch features two navigation modes: Explore by Touch, and TouchBraille.

  • Page 22: Touchbraille Mode Description

    advantage that TouchBraille is almost completely silent, and you do not need to raise your fingers much off the screen as there is barely any force required to type with TouchBraille. Note: You will need to restart finger recognition on your BrailleNote Touch if you change your typing position.

  • Page 23: Standard Keyboard Shortcuts

    Navigate to next item: SPACE or SPACE with DOT 4 Navigate to previous item: BACKSPACE or SPACE with DOT 1 Go to Main Menu: SPACE with DOTS 1-2-3-4-5-6 Exit your current window: SPACE with E Enter or Activate selected item: DOT 8 Open the recent apps list: SPACE with DOTS 2-3-5 3.2.2 Standard Keyboard Shortcuts...

  • Page 24: Gesture Description

    3.3.1 Gesture description Explore by touch conveniently uses gestures that smartphone and tablet users will be familiar with. Select item: Touch item with one finger Activate selected item: Double tap screen with one finger Long press an item: Double tap and hold your finger on the screen Navigate to next item: Swipe right with one finger on the screen Navigate to previous item: Swipe left with one finger on the screen Scroll list: Slide up or down with two fingers on your screen...

  • Page 25: One-Handed Mode

    BrailleNote Touch features a one-handed mode for Braille input, useful for users restricted to the use of single hand. One-handed mode will only work with the HumanWare braille keyboard; the default two- handed mode will be active when using TouchBraille or a standard keyboard.

  • Page 26: Text-To-Speech

    To turn off the visual display, hold down the Next thumb key and press SPACE. You should receive audio confirmation that the visual display is now off. Your Touch will function normally, but nothing will be displayed. To turn the visual display back on, hold down once again the Next thumb key and press SPACE. Text-to-speech As you learn to use your BrailleNote Touch, you will notice that most of what you do is followed with the audio feedback of a Text-to-Speech engine (TTS) called BrailleNote Touch Acapela.

  • Page 27: Webview And Html Content Navigation

    example, if you are editing text you may have more navigation levels than if you were browsing the web, etc. Webview and Html Content Navigation Navigation through Webview is an easy way to browse through documents that contain Html, such as web pages and emails.

  • Page 28: Copying Spoken Content

    Copying Spoken Content It is possible to copy any content spoken by your BrailleNote Touch Plus and paste it into an editable field or in any application you can write in, like KeyWord. Important: The TTS must be turned on in order to copy spoken content. You can toggle the TTS on and off by simply pressing Space with the Previous thumb key simultaneously.

  • Page 29: Extending Internal Storage With An Sd Card

    IMPORTANT: You must safely eject, your SD card or USB stick before physically removing it from your BrailleNote Touch. To safely eject your SD card or USB stick, type ENTER with E, select and activate the type of storage device you wish to remove (SD card or USB stick), then wait for the confirmation message.

  • Page 30: Main Menu

    Main Menu KeySoft Main Menu Description KeySoft is the heart of your BrailleNote Touch, supporting all applications that are built in your tablet. KeySoft’s main menu gives you access to the most often used applications, such as the word processor, e-mail client, Internet browser, etc.

  • Page 31: Navigating In The Main Menu

    Navigating in the Main Menu When using TouchBraille, you can scroll through any menu using the Previous and Next thumb keys located on the front edge of your BrailleNote Touch. Alternatively, you can press SPACE to navigate to the next item and BACKSPACE to navigate to the previous item. To navigate in the main menu using Explore by Touch, simply move your finger over each choice.

  • Page 32: Accessing All Applications

    Accessing All Applications The “All Applications” item takes you to a new menu called “Main Menu All Apps”. This menu lists every application that has been installed on your BrailleNote Touch, including those you have downloaded from the Google Play Store. To access all applications, type the letter A or navigate to the “All applications”...

  • Page 33: Restoring The Default Main Menu

    Note that removing an application from your custom menu does not remove it from the device; the application will still be available in the All Applications sub-menu of the Main Menu. 4.7.4 Restoring the Default Main Menu To revert to the Default Main Menu, simply press Backspace with Enter and X when your are in your Custom Main Menu.

  • Page 34: Notification Shade

    From the contextual help menu, press the Next or Previous command or thumb keys to scroll through the help topics. To exit the contextual help menu, simply press the Back button or SPACE with E. Notification Shade The BrailleNote Touch features a notification Shade that provides you with general information such as date and time, Wi-Fi signal and battery level.

  • Page 35: There Is No Text-To-Speech

    12 seconds to perform a hard reset. Once your BrailleNote Touch is shut down, power it on again to see if the problem is resolved. If the problem is not resolved, please contact technical support at the following numbers or email addresses: Global: support@humanware.com North America: 1 800 722-3393 us.support@humanware.com Europe: (0044) 1933 415 800 eu.support@humanware.com Australia / Asia: (02) 9686 2600 au.sales@humanware.com...

  • Page 36: Creating A Document

    Creating a document From the KeyWord menu, navigate to and activate the Create menu item. You should see your cursor in a blank document. Opening documents KeyWord can open the following file types: DOCX, DOC, RTF, TXT and PDF files that KeyWord can open. From the KeyWord menu, select Open.

  • Page 37: Editing A Text Selection

    Move to previous paragraph: SPACE with DOTS 2-3 Move to next paragraph: SPACE with DOTS 5-6 Beginning of line (Home): ENTER with DOTS 1-3 End of line (End): ENTER with DOTS 4-6 Braille panning left: Left thumb key Braille panning right: Right thumb key Navigation level menu: SPACE with T Navigate to next navigation element: SPACE with DOTS 4-6 Navigate to previous navigation element: SPACE with DOTS 1-3...

  • Page 38: Reading A Document Continuously Using Speech

    To delete the word on which your editing cursor is located, type BACKSPACE with DOTS 2-5. To delete everything from your editing cursor to the end of the line, type BACKSPACE with C. To delete everything from your editing cursor to the end of the document, type BACKSPACE with DOTS 4-5-6.

  • Page 39: Saving And Closing A Document

    The Add Word to Dictionary button will add the word to your dictionary so that it will not be seen as a misspelled word in the future. The Language button allows you to change the current spell check language. Press ENTER and select a language from the list to use as the current spell checking language for all documents.

  • Page 40: Switching Between Documents

    been saved, your current document will be saved automatically when you create a new one, and a blank document will be opened. To open a document while editing another one, access the context menu by pressing Space with M, select File functions, and select the option Open additional document. You can also use the command Backspace with O to open an additional document.

  • Page 41: Converting A Word Document To Another Format

    To generate the preview of a document, simply type ENTER with V in an opened document, or type SPACE with M, then select and activate Preview. To close the preview, press SPACE with E. Converting a Word document to another format Word documents can be saved to a .brf or .brl Braille file formats.

  • Page 42: Sending An Email With Keymail

    Please note that embossing formatting and page size must be controlled on the embosser’s menu and is not controllable at this point from KeyWord. Blank lines are currently not rendered by the embosser. To get the maximum functionality from your embosser, make sure the BrailleNote Touch software is up-to- date.

  • Page 43: Attaching A File

    Below is the subject field where you can specify a subject for your email. Next is the Compose mail field, where you will be writing the body of your message. Press Enter or the cursor routing key to start writing your message. Once you are done, press BACKSPACE with S to send your email.

  • Page 44: Marking, Highlighting, Deleting, And Other Email Options

    If you scroll to the more options button, you will have the Save option, which will save the file in your Download folder, and Download again options, useful if there was a problem with the download the first time. Marking, highlighting, deleting, and other email options Accessing the context menu of your KeyMail inbox will give you access to a wide variety of functions,...

  • Page 45: Launching Keyslides

    Launching KeySlides To launch KeySlides, access the main menu, navigate to the item All Applications, then press ENTER or one of the cursor routing keys. Once in the All Applications Menu, press K until you reach the item KeySlides or use the Previous and Next thumb key to access the KeySlides item, then press ENTER or one of the cursor routing keys.

  • Page 46: General Web

    General web page navigation Like anywhere on your Touch, you can navigate in your web browser by either using your thumb keys and the Braille keyboard or Explore by touch mode. The Chrome browser features many functionalities and options that can be accessed in the context menu by pressing and holding the Recent apps button, or by pressing SPACE with M.

  • Page 47: Navigating On A Website

    Address bar: Shows the address of your current tab. If you know a URL address, you can type it in this address bar then press enter to reach the website for that address. Alternatively, you can type in search topics into the address bar and Google will list results found for that topic.

  • Page 48: Bookmarks Menu

    Once the address bar is focused, simply type in the address you wish to visit. If you do not have an address and wish to search a specific topic, simply write a word in the address bar then press enter. You will be directed to the results of that word in your default search engine.

  • Page 49: Creating, Searching, Editing And Deleting Contacts

    Creating, searching, editing and deleting contacts KeyList is an application that allows you to conveniently manage your contacts on your BrailleNote Touch. To add a new contact, press SPACE with N. You will be directed to the New contact window where you can enter the details of your new contact.

  • Page 50: Viewing, Editing And Deleting Appointments

    Viewing, editing and deleting appointments The default viewing screen when you enter KeyPlan is the agenda view. This is an easy way for you to identify your upcoming appointments. You can also access the context menu to switch to a single day view if you prefer.

  • Page 51: 12 Managing Files With Keyfiles

    BrailleNote Touch or navigate to the first item of your list, which should be called Go to parent folder. Alternatively, you can press SPACE with E to go up as well. You can do this until you reach the list of drives on your BrailleNote Touch Plus. Moving, copying and...

  • Page 52: Renaming A File Or A Folder

    press BACKSPACE with A. Your file or folder will be moved to the selected location. Alternatively, you can access to the context menu by doing a long press on the “Recent Apps” button then select the option “Perform current action”. To copy a file, navigate to it and press BACKSPACE with Y.

  • Page 53: Marking Files

    Bookshare, NFB-Newsline, RNIB, and many other book services that was specifically tailored for the BrailleNote Touch Plus. To launch EasyReader Plus, access the main menu, and press E twice or navigate to EasyReader Plus, then press ENTER or one of the cursor routing keys.

  • Page 54: 13.1.2 Sign Up For A New Dolphin Account

    If you forgot your Easy Reader password, select and activate the Forgot your password? button next to the Login button, then follow the instructions. 13.1.2 Sign up for a new Dolphin Account To sign up for a new Dolphin account, select and activate the Sign Up for a new Dolphin Account button. Type in your email then press the Next button.

  • Page 55: 13.3.1 Reading A Book

    You will now be in the My Books window. From there, use the thumb keys to scroll through your available options and books. Import book, sort, search, your listed books and information for each book. 13.3.1 Reading a Book To read a book, first make sure you have books available in the My Books window. Select a book using the thumb keys and activate it by pressing ENTER or a cursor routing key.

  • Page 56: Importing Books

    Navigation settings (Space with T): Here you can select the behaviour of the Navigate Previous and Navigate Next buttons. For example, if you select 15 seconds, the navigate next button will jump 15 seconds forward when reading the book. Increase Audio TTS speed Enter with Dot 6: Use this shortcut to increase the reading speed. Decrease Audio TTS speed Enter with Dot 3: Use this shortcut to decrease the reading speed.

  • Page 57: Show Results As Fractions Or Decimals

    list of symbols to insert in the formula field. If at any point you wish to clear the formula field, you can use the dedicated shortcut Space with DOTS 3-5-6. Show results as fractions or decimals If “Fractions” is selected, KeyCalc will approximate the result to represent it in the form of a fraction. Since the result shown is an approximation, it is not intended for complex results but rather simple fractions of the kind: 1/2 + 1/3 = 5/6.

  • Page 58: Opening A Keymath Document

    Opening a KeyMath document To open an existing KeyMath document, select Open from the KeyMath menu, select a .brl math file that is available on your BrailleNote Touch, and press ENTER or one of the cursor routing keys. Inserting a math object in a KeyWord document The BrailleNote Touch allows you to insert math objects while editing a KeyWord document.

  • Page 59: Inserting A Math Symbol In A Keymath Expression

    Inserting a math symbol in a KeyMath expression To insert a symbol in a document, use the command BACKSPACE with DOTS 3-5 or select Insert symbol from the context menu to open a list of symbols according to the Braille code in use. Using first letter navigation, type the first letter of the category of symbols you wish to type.

  • Page 60: Importing Graphs

    15.5.2 Importing Graphs Teachers can import graphs to the BrailleNote Touch to give their blind students an idea of their spatial aspect. One way this can be done is by first finding an image of the graphic on Google Images, saving it, and opening it with Windows Paint.

  • Page 61: Creating A .Brf Or .Brl File

    KeyBRF will display the content of the .brf or .brl file in the same grade it was written in, which means that if the file was written in grade 2 Braille, it will also be displayed in grade 2 Braille regardless of your chosen Braille type.

  • Page 62: Launching Braille Terminal

    You are now ready to use your BrailleNote Touch as a Braille display. Please visit www.humanware.com support section for more information and to view a tutorial on connecting with various screen readers and devices and using the screen readers.

  • Page 63: 18 Settings

    To deactivate the connection, simply press Back. To close the Braille Terminal app, access the Recent Apps screen, navigate to Braille Terminal, and close it by selecting the dismiss button. 18 Settings Settings overview Two types of settings can be changed on your BrailleNote Touch: KeySoft settings, and Android settings. Android settings apply to your BrailleNote Touch in general, such as Wi-Fi connection, sound, storage, battery and software version.
  • Page 64 Delete language profile. Select Language Profile: Choose from one of 10 language profiles on your BrailleNote Touch. You can also use ENTER with L to switch profiles. Keyboard settings (submenu): Keyboard echo: Choose whether the TTS should repeat your typed words, characters, none, or both.

  • Page 65: Viewing Braillenote Touch Software Version

    Many apps on the Google Play Store have been developed with accessibility in mind, but HumanWare cannot guarantee the accessibility of downloaded third party apps, and assumes no responsibility for any damage done by applications from the Google Play Store. You can visit the...

  • Page 66: Obtaining Third Party Apps

    Warning on third party accessibility Many apps on the Google Play Store have been developed with accessibility in mind, but HumanWare cannot guarantee the accessibility of downloaded third party apps, and assumes no responsibility for any damage done by applications, or their inaccessibility from the Google Play Store. You can visit the...

  • Page 67: Updating Your Touch Applications From A Wi-Fi Networkapplication Update

    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.

  • Page 68: Appendix A - Braille Keyboard Command Summary

    Appendix A – Braille Keyboard Command Summary The Command summary chapter provides a list of commands used in all applications. General Home button (Main Menu): SPACE with DOTS 1-2-3-4-5-6 Back button: SPACE with E Enter: DOT 8 Accessibility Volume up: ENTER with DOT 4 Accessibility Volume down: ENTER with DOT 1 Music volume up: ENTER with DOT 5 Music volume down: ENTER with DOT 2...

  • Page 69: General Navigation

    Toggle TouchBraille On/off: Previous + Next thumb keys Toggle language profile: ENTER with L Connectivity information (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth): ENTER with DOTS 3-4 Turn screen reader and accessibility on / off: Press and hold Volume up and Volume down for 3 seconds Unlock screen: SPACE with U Toggle speech on/off: SPACE with Previous thumb key Toggle visual display on/off: SPACE with Next thumb key...

  • Page 70: Html Content Navigation (Webviews)

    Next Android Window: BACKSPACE with DOTS 4-5 Previous Android Window: BACKSPACE with B Long press: BACKSPACE with L Time: ENTER with T Date: ENTER with D Battery power: ENTER with P Html Content Navigation (webviews) Previous button: B with DOTS 7-8 Next button: B Previous control: C with DOTS 7-8 Next control: C...
  • Page 71 Next heading level 2: DOT 2 Previous heading level 3: DOTS 3-7-8 Next heading level 3: DOT 3 Previous heading level 4: DOTS 4-7-8 Next heading level 4: DOT 4 Previous heading level 5: DOTS 5-7-8 Next heading level 5: DOT 5 Previous heading level 6: DOTS 6-7-8 Next heading level 6: DOT 6 Previous list: O with DOTS 7-8...

  • Page 72: Reading

    Reading Previous character: SPACE with DOT 3 Current character: SPACE with DOTS 3-6 Next character: SPACE with DOT 6 Previous word: SPACE with DOT 2 Current word: SPACE with DOTS 2-5 Next word: SPACE with DOT 5 Previous line: SPACE with DOT 1 Current line: SPACE with DOTS 1-4 Next line: SPACE with DOT 4 Previous paragraph: SPACE with DOTS 2-3...

  • Page 73: Keyword

    Move to previous edit box without editing: SPACE, Previous, or SPACE with DOT 1 Move insertion point to start of text field document: SPACE with DOTS 1-2-3 (jumps to the top of the edit text field) Move insertion point to end of text field document: SPACE with DOTS 4-5-6 (jumps to the end of the edit text field) Delete previous character: BACKSPACE (DOT 7) Delete previous word: BACKSPACE with DOT 2...

  • Page 74: Keyfiles

    Find previous: SPACE with P Find next: SPACE with N Replace: BACKSPACE with F Toggle reading mode: SPACE with X Tab: BACKSPACE with T Align left: BACKSPACE with L Align center: ENTER with C Align right: ENTER with R Align justify: ENTER with J Bold: ENTER with B Italic: ENTER with I Underline: ENTER with U...

  • Page 75: Keyslides

    Select drive: SPACE with D Where am I: SPACE with DOTS 1-5-6 Info: SPACE with I Action: BACKSPACE with A More options: BACKSPACE with ENTER with M KeySlides Move to next slide: ENTER with O or Right thumb key with Previous thumb key Move to previous slide: ENTER with DOTS 2-4-6 or Left thumb key with Next thumb key Index slide: ENTER with I Show/Hide Notes: ENTER with N...

  • Page 76: Chrome

    Search: SPACE with F Change email folder: ENTER with B Suggest recipient: BACKSPACE with E Chrome Open Web Page: ENTER with O Back: SPACE with E Forward: ENTER with F Reload: ENTER with R Close current tab: Enter with C Bookmark Current Page: ENTER with M Bookmarks: ENTER with lower F History: ENTER with lower H...

  • Page 77: Keylist

    KeyList New contact: SPACE with N Find contact: SPACE with F Edit contact: BACKSPACE with E Delete contact: BACKSPACE with DOTS 2-3-5-6 Save contact: SPACE with S Refresh contacts: ENTER with R KeyPlan New appointment: SPACE with N Edit appointment: BACKSPACE with E Delete appointment: BACKSPACE with DOTS 2-3-5-6 Go to date: ENTER with G Today: SPACE with T...

  • Page 78: Easyreader Plus

    EasyReader Plus Jump to book content: Enter with B Side menu: Space with B Search: Space with F Bookmark: Enter with M Sleep timer: Space with S Book navigation: Backspace with B Audio settings: Backspace with A Navigate previous: Space with Dots 1-3 Play/Pause: Space with G or Action button Navigate next: Space with Dots 4-6 Navigation settings: Space with T...

  • Page 79: Appendix B - Standard Keyboard Command Summary

    Find next: SPACE with N Find Previous: SPACE with P Preview: ENTER with V Export: BACKSPACE with E Save a copy: SPACE with S Insert symbol: BACKSPACE with DOTS 3-5 Insert template: ENTER with DOTS 3-5 Braille Image viewer: SPACE with G Toggle rendering mode: ENTER with G Export graph image: ENTER with I Tactile preview: Space with T...
  • Page 80 Decrease speech rate: Alt+Ctrl+- Open KeySoft Options menu: Alt+Ctrl+O Stop speech: Ctrl Repeat: Alt+Shift+R Activate notification shade: Alt+Ctrl+N Open Android Settings: Ctrl+Alt+Q Jump to any item in a list or on a home screen: Type the first letter of the desired item or app Running apps: Alt+Ctrl+R or press the Recent apps button Contextual help: F1 or Alt+Shift+H Contextual menu: Alt+Ctrl+M or press and hold the Recent apps button...

  • Page 81: General Navigation

    General Navigation Activate the selected item: Enter Move to the previous item: Shift+Tab, Backspace or Alt+Left Arrow Move to the next item: Tab, Space or Alt+Right Arrow Braille panning left and right: Left or Right thumb key Move to first element on visual screen: Home Move to last element on visual screen: End Scroll up in a list: Page-up Scroll down in a list: Page-Down...
  • Page 82 Next ARIA landmark: D Previous editable field: Shift+E Next editable field: E Previous focusable item: Shift+F Next focusable item: F Previous graphic: Shift+G Next graphic: G Previous heading: Shift+H Next heading: H Previous heading level 1: Shift+1 Next heading level 1: 1 Previous heading level 2: Shift+2 Next heading level 2: 2 Previous heading level 3: Shift+3...

  • Page 83: Reading

    Previous link: Shift+L Next link: L Previous table: Shift+T Next table: T Previous checkbox: Shift+X Next checkbox: X Previous combo box: Shift+Z Next combo box: Z Previous web view: Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow Next Section: Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow Next web view: Ctrl+Alt+W Reading Previous character: Left Arrow Current character: Alt+Ctrl+1 Next character: Right Arrow...

  • Page 84: Editing Text

    Jump to the beginning of a line or sentence: Home Jump to the end of a line or sentence: End Jump to the top of an area: Ctrl+Home Jump to the bottom of an area: Ctrl+End Page up, move accessibility focus one screen up: Page Up Page down, move accessibility one screen down: Page Down Read all : Alt+G Stop reading: Ctrl...

  • Page 85: Keyword

    Paste: Ctrl+V Select previous character: Shift+Left Arrow Select next character: Shift+Right Arrow Select previous word: Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow Select next word: Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow Select previous line: Shift+Up Arrow Select next line: Shift+Down Arrow Select previous paragraph: Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow Select next paragraph: Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow Select previous page: Shift+Page up Select next page: Shift+Page down Select from the beginning of the line: Shift+Home...

  • Page 86: Keyfiles

    Find: Ctrl+F Find previous: Shift+F3 or Shift+Ctrl+3 Find next: F3 or Ctrl+3 Replace: Ctrl+H Toggle reading mode: Ctrl+R Tab: Tab Align left: Shift+Ctrl+L Align center: Shift+Ctrl+C Align right: Shift+Ctrl+R Align justify: Shift+Ctrl+J Bold: Shift+Ctrl+B Italic: Shift+Ctrl+I Underline: Shift+Ctrl+U Normal formatting: Shift+Ctrl+D Formatting details: Shift+Ctrl+F Insert Math: Ctrl+M Unicode Map: Alt+Ctrl+U...

  • Page 87: Keyslides

    Show/Hide sort options: Shift+Ctrl+V Rename: F2 or Ctrl+2 Delete: Delete Select drive: Ctrl+D Where am I: Ctrl+W Info: Ctrl+I Action: Ctrl+Alt+A More options: Ctrl+Shift+M KeySlides Move to previous slide: Left arrow Move to next slide: Right arrow Index slide: Ctrl+I Show/Hide Notes: Alt+N Go to Slide: Ctrl+ G KeyMail...

  • Page 88: Chrome

    Delete email: Delete Save message as draft: Ctrl+S Search: Ctrl+F Change email folder: Ctrl+B Spell check: F7 or Ctrl+7 Recipient suggestions: Ctrl+E Chrome Open Web Page: Ctrl+O Back: Escape Forward: Shift+Ctrl+F Reload: F5 or Ctrl+5 Close current tab: Ctrl + F4 Bookmark Current Page: Ctrl+M Bookmarks: Alt+M History: Alt+H...

  • Page 89: Keylist

    Chrome menu: Ctrl+W KeyList New contact: Ctrl+N Find contact: Ctrl+F Edit contact: Ctrl+E Delete contact: Delete Save contact: Ctrl+S Refresh contacts: F5 or Ctrl+5 KeyPlan New appointment: Ctrl+N Edit appointment: Ctrl+E Save appointment: Ctrl+S Delete appointment: Delete Go to date: Ctrl+G Today: Ctrl+T Where am I: Ctrl+W Next day: Ctrl+1...

  • Page 90: Easyreader Plus

    Previous year: Shift+Ctrl+4 Refresh appointments: F5 or Ctrl+5 EasyReader Plus Play/Pause: Alt + G, Action button Side Menu: Ctrl + B Search: Ctrl + F Bookmark: Ctrl + M Sleep Timer: Ctrl + S Where Am I: Ctrl + W Audio Settings: Ctrl + Alt + A Navigate Next: Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow Navigate Previous: Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow...

  • Page 91: Keymath

    Square root: Shift+Ctrl+S Factorial: Shift+Ctrl+F Power: Ctrl+P Pi: Ctrl+Y KeyMath Find: Ctrl+F Find next: F3 or Ctrl+3 Find Previous: Shift+F3 or Shift+Ctrl+3 Preview: Ctrl+Q Export: Ctrl+E Save a copy: Ctrl+S Insert symbol: Ctrl+I Insert template: Ctrl+K Braille image viewer: Ctrl+G Toggle rendering mode: Ctrl+Shift+G Export graph image: Alt+X Tactile preview: Ctrl+T...
  • Page 92 quote: '"' 5 pound: '#' 3,4,5,6 dollar sign: '$' 1,2,4,6 percent: '%' 1,4,6 ampersand: '&' 1,2,3,4,6 apostrophe: ''' 3 left paren: '(' 1,2,3,5,6 right paren: ')' 2,3,4,5,6 asterisk: '*' 1,6 plus sign: '+' 3,4,6 comma: ',' 6 dash: ' ' 3,6 period: '.' 4,6 forward slash: '/' 3,4 colon: ':' 1,5,6...
  • Page 93 underscore: '_' 4,5,6 grave accent: '`' 4 left curly bracket: '{' 2,4,6 vertical bar: '|' 1,2,5,6 right curly bracket: '}' 1,2,4,5,6 tilde: '~' 4,5 '0': 3,5,6 '1': 2 '2': 2,3 '3': 2,5 '4': 2,5,6 '5': 2,6 '6': 2,3,5 '7': 2,3,5,6 '8': 2,3,6 '9': 3,5 Uppercase letters:...
  • Page 94 'I': 2,4,7 'J': 2,4,5,7 'K': 1,3,7 'L': 1,2,3,7 'M': 1,3,4,7 'N': 1,3,4,5,7 'O': 1,3,5,7 'P': 1,2,3,4,7 'Q': 1,2,3,4,5,7 'R': 1,2,3,5,7 'S': 2,3,4,7 'T': 2,3,4,5,7 'U': 1,3,6,7 'V': 1,2,3,6,7 'W': 2,4,5,6,7 'X': 1,3,4,6,7 'Y': 1,3,4,5,6,7 'Z': 1,3,5,6,7 Lowercase letters: 'a': 1 'b': 1,2 'c': 1,4 'd': 1,4,5...

  • Page 95: United Kingdom 8 Dot Computer Braille

    'g': 1,2,4,5 'h': 1,2,5 'i': 2,4 'j': 2,4,5 'k': 1,3 'l': 1,2,3 'm': 1,3,4 'n': 1,3,4,5 'o': 1,3,5 'p': 1,2,3,4 'q': 1,2,3,4,5 'r': 1,2,3,5 's': 2,3,4 't': 2,3,4,5 'u': 1,3,6 'v': 1,2,3,6 'w': 2,4,5,6 'x': 1,3,4,6 'y': 1,3,4,5,6 'z': 1,3,5,6 United Kingdom 8 dot Computer Braille exclamation mark: '!': 2,3,4,6 quote: '"' 4...
  • Page 96 dollar sign: '$' 4,5,6 percent: '%' 4,6 ampersand: '&' 1,2,3,4,6 apostrophe: ''' 3 left paren: '(' 4,5 right paren: ')' 3,4,5 asterisk: '*' 3,5 plus sign: '+' 2,3,5 comma: ',' 2 dash: ' ' 3,6 period: '.' 2,5,6 forward slash: '/' 3,4 colon: ':' 2,5 semi colon: ';' 2,3 less than: '<' 2,3,6...
  • Page 97 left curly bracket: '{' 1,2,3,5,6 vertical bar: '|' 5 right curly bracket: '}' 2,3,4,5,6 tilde: '~' 6 Pounds sterling: '£' 2,3,6,7,8 degree sign: '°' 1,3,4,6,8 '0': 1,2,3,4,5,6 '1': 1,6 '2': 1,2,6 '3': 1,4,6 '4': 1,4,5,6 '5': 1,5,6 '6': 1,2,4,6 '7': 1,2,4,5,6 '8': 1,2,5,6 '9': 2,4,6 Uppercase letters:...
  • Page 98 'I': 2,4,7 'J': 2,4,5,7 'K': 1,3,7 'L': 1,2,3,7 'M': 1,3,4,7 'N': 1,3,4,5,7 'O': 1,3,5,7 'P': 1,2,3,4,7 'Q': 1,2,3,4,5,7 'R': 1,2,3,5,7 'S': 2,3,4,7 'T': 2,3,4,5,7 'U': 1,3,6,7 'V': 1,2,3,6,7 'W': 2,4,5,6,7 'X': 1,3,4,6,7 'Y': 1,3,4,5,6,7 'Z': 1,3,5,6,7 Lowercase letters: 'a': 1 'b': 1,2 'c': 1,4 'd': 1,4,5...

  • Page 99: Braille Table For Password Entry

    'g': 1,2,4,5 'h': 1,2,5 'i': 2,4 'j': 2,4,5 'k': 1,3 'l': 1,2,3 'm': 1,3,4 'n': 1,3,4,5 'o': 1,3,5 'p': 1,2,3,4 'q': 1,2,3,4,5 'r': 1,2,3,5 's': 2,3,4 't': 2,3,4,5 'u': 1,3,6 'v': 1,2,3,6 'w': 2,4,5,6 'x': 1,3,4,6 'y': 1,3,4,5,6 'z': 1,3,5,6 Braille Table for password entry exclamation mark: '!' 2,3,4,6 quote: '"' 5...
  • Page 100 dollar sign: '$' 1,2,4,6 percent: '%' 1,4,6 ampersand: '&' 1,2,3,4,6 apostrophe: ''' 3 left paren: '(' 1,2,3,5,6 right paren: ')' 2,3,4,5,6 asterisk: '*' 1,6 plus sign: '+' 3,4,6 comma: ',' 6 dash: '-' 3,6 period: '.' 4,6 forward slash: '/' 3,4 colon: ':' 1,5,6 semi colon: ';' 5,6 less than: '<' 1,2,6...
  • Page 101 left curly bracket: '{' 2,4,6 vertical bar: '|' 1,2,5,6 right curly bracket: '}' 1,2,4,5,6 tilde: '~' 4,5 Numbers: '0': 3,5,6 '1' : 2 '2' : 2,3 '3' : 2,5 '4': 2,5,6 '5' : 2,6 '6' : 2,3,5 '7' : 2,3,5,6 '8': 2,3,6 '9' : 3,5 Uppercase letters:...
  • Page 102 'J' : 2,4,5,7 'K': 1,3,7 'L': 1,2,3,7 'M': 1,3,4,7 'N': 1,3,4,5,7 'O' : 1,3,5,7 'P': 1,2,3,4,7 'Q': 1,2,3,4,5,7 'R' : 1,2,3,5,7 'S' : 2,3,4,7 'T': 2,3,4,5,7 'U': 1,3,6,7 'V': 1,2,3,6,7 'W': 2,4,5,6,7 'X': 1,3,4,6,7 'Y': 1,3,4,5,6,7 'Z': 1,3,5,6,7 Lowercase letters: 'a' : 1 'b': 1,2 'c': 1,4...

  • Page 103: Appendix D - Braille Learning Tables

    'z' : 1,3,5,6 Appendix D – Braille Learning Tables The BrailleNote Touch Plus introduces new braille tables to which are designed to teach braille is easy steps. The learning tables are also found within Duxbury system and is great introduction to becoming proficient at contracted braille.

  • Page 104: Nls I.m.bt. (Ueb 2015)

    The Learning tables can be found amongst all English braille tables. When configuring your language profile and selecting the preferred literacy braille table you can select the relevant learning table followed by the current series you are undertaken, Details of each course can be viewed below, which is shared from Duxbury systems. NLS I.M.BT.

  • Page 105: Lesson 7.3

    Lesson 7.7: dis, con, be (groupsign) Lesson 7.10: said, quick, paid, little, letter, good Lesson 8.1: ea, gg, ff, cc, bb Lesson 8.2: great, first, below, because, above, about Lesson 9.1: their, world, spirit, many, had, cannot, these, whose, those, word, upon, there, ought, where, through, character, young, work, under, time, some, right, question, part, one, name, mother, lord, know, here, father, ever, day Lesson 9.3:...
  • Page 106 Those clusters that are omitted in the menu are marked with an asterisk (*). Apart from Cluster 54, the reason that the others are omitted is that they introduce no new contractions nor the letter sign: 1: a, t, m *2: b, g, i 3: a, that, more, but, go *4: capital, period, I...

  • Page 107: Braille In Easy Steps (Bauk/Ukaaf)

    42: less, their, ourselves, yourselves, themselves 43: with, st, still, first, must, again, against 44: ount, dollar sign, decimal, cent, many 45: percent, fraction bar, ity 46: ence, altogether, immediate, com *47: (Reading exercises) 48: wh, which, where, world, ea 49: to, ff, in, into, those, said, ong 50: word, were, gg, parentheses 51: ness, ment, necessary, ally...
  • Page 108 Shortforms: about, after, again Punctuation: Ellipsis Book 7 Letters: j, q, z Wordsigns: which, his, just, quite, as, were Contractions: wh, ow 5. after Book 8 Wordsign: shall Contractions: gh, sh Shortforms: him, said Punctuation: quotation (speech) marks, hyphen Book 9 Wordsigns: out, this Contractions: ou, th Composite signs: mother, father, some...

  • Page 109: Take Off Reading Scheme (Ueb)

    By the end of Book 14, the cmplete contracted braille code should be familiar (see exceptions below - which would have to be explained if context did not make the meanings apparent) Book 14 Composite signs: many, world, those, -ation, question, under, upon, -ence, -ity, -sion Shortforms: also, already, blind, braille, letter, paid, receive, receiving, themselves, either, neither, immediate, necessary Other signs: braille letter sign (dots 5-6)
  • Page 110 Comma Series 2 Still With Series 3 This Apostrophe Series 4 child children some there time Series 5 Under Were Where Which...
  • Page 111 Series 6 About Again Tion Friend Letter Name Work Your Series 7 Also Enough Father Great Herself Himself Know Mother Myself Perhaps Said Sion Together Yourself Nonspecific quotation marks Semi colon Series 8 Afternoon Cannot Could Ence Much Ound Shall...
  • Page 112 Such Today Tomorrow Tonight Would Exclamation mark Series 9 After Always Ance Because Behind Here Right Should Hyphen Grade 1 indicator (formerly the letter sign) Series 10 Above Across Almost Already Before Beneath Beside Ever First Many Ment Ount Paid Part Quick Their...

  • Page 113: Fingerprint - Order Of Sign Introduction

    Declare Declaring Immediate Knowledge Less Ness Ought Question Receive Receiving Spirit World Series 12 According Afterwards Although Altogether Blind Either Itself Must Necessary Neither Ourselves Themselves These Those Upon Whose Word Young Yourselves Fingerprint - Order of Sign Introduction The "select contractions" step series is based upon the "Fingerprint" course originally developed in 1993 by the late Nigel Berry, Lecturer in Braille at the Royal National College for the Blind, Hereford, UK, and now published by the RNIB.

  • Page 114: Unit 1

    Fingerprint braille course (UEB) - Product code: TC21439 (Website link above was correct on 20th October 2017) Revised edition 2015. The following list shows the order in which signs are introduced in Fingerprint. There are 24 units in the course, but no new signs are introduced in Units 1 (pre-braille skills) or 22 (practical uses of braille). The 26 letters of the alphabet are taught in Units 2 and 3, in the order shown.

  • Page 115: Unit 6

    Wordsigns: and, still Shortforms: about, above, according, across, after, afternoon, afterwards, again, against Unit 6 Contractions: TH Wordsigns: this; Lower Wordsigns: was Shortforms: also, almost, already, although, altogether, always Unit 7 Lower Contractions: BE Lower Wordsigns: be, were Shortforms: because, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond Unit 8 Contractions: CH, SH Wordsigns: child, shall...

  • Page 116: Unit 12

    Unit 12 Contractions: FOR, ED, OU, OW Wordsigns: for, out Unit 13 Lower Wordsigns: enough, his, in Unit 14 Composite groupsigns: dot 4-5-6: cannot, had, many, spirit, world, their; dot 4-5: upon, word, whose, those, these Unit 15 Lower Contractions: EA, BB, CC, FF, GG, EN, IN, CON, DIS Unit 16 Composite groupsigns (dot 5 signs): day, ever, father, here, know, lord, mother, name, one;...

  • Page 117: Unit 20

    exclamation mark, colon, semi colon, speech marks; brackets, hyphen, dash, ellipsis, oblique stroke Unit 20 Special signs: accented letter signs: acute, circumflex (more in Volume 10) grade 1 indicator (dots 5-6); capital word indicator, capital passage indicator, capital terminator; typeform indicators: symbol, word, passage and terminator for bold, italics and underline Unit 21 Mathematical signs: mathematical comma (dot 2);...

  • Page 118: Rnzfb Star (Ueb)

    bullet point sign; copyright, trademark and registered trademark signs; Braille Conventions: options for poetry layout Print abbreviations and indicators: new print page indicator in transcribed books Unit 24 Signs for email and website addresses: dot, at, hyphen, underscore; slash, colon; numbers and capital letters in email and web addresses;...

  • Page 119: Syllabus (Ueb)

    Level 3.3 Contractions: enough, in (wordsign) Level 3.4 Contractions: be (groupsign) con, dis Level 3.7 Shortforms: before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, because, conceive, conceiving Level 3.8 Contraction: ea Level 3.9 Contractions: bb, cc, ff, gg Level 4.1 Contractions (dot 5): day, ever, father, here, know, lord, mother Level 4.2 Contractions (dot 5): name, one, part, question, right Level 4.3 Contractions (dot 5): some, time, under, work, young Level 4.4 Shortform: oneself...

  • Page 120: Mangold Method

    Level 2.3 Group signs which also have a word meaning: ch, child, sh, shall, th, this, wh, which, ou, out, st, still Level 2.4 Initial-letter contractions with dots 4-5 and 4-5-6: upon, cannot, word, had, those, many, whose, spirit, world Level 2.5 Two lower contractions: en, in (as part-word only) Level 3.1 Lower group signs: ea, be (as part-word only), bb, con, cc, dis, ff, gg Level 3.2 Lower word signs: be, enough, were, his, in, was...
  • Page 121 B.g (under, day) B.h (e-d sign, i-n-g sign) B.i (mother, father, time) B.j (name, know, there) Part C C.a (letter, friend, great, also) C.b (a-r sign, e-r sign) C.c (work, where) C.d (part, ever) C.e (s-h sign)C.f (first, must, should) C.g (question, some, young) C.h (paid, quick) C.i (his, was, were)

  • Page 122: Appendix E - Reading Printed Documents With Knfb Reader (Available For All Device Purchased Before 2022 Only)

    Google Play Store. Any updates to the BrailleNote Touch version of KNFB reader will be distributed from HumanWare in partnership with KNFB technologies. These updates may arrive at varying times to the Google Play Store version of the app. In addition, the full KNFB user guide found in the KNFB app is generalized for use on any device.

  • Page 123: Appendix F - Safety And Maintenance

    the same orientation as the document. Then, lift your Touch straight up to an appropriate distance; about 3 to 5 inches away from the document. To take a picture, with your focus on the “Take Picture” button, simply press a cursor routing key. Alternatively you can press the Touch’s Action button, located on the right side of the device.

  • Page 124: Per Industry Canada Rss Rules

    • Do not disassemble or modify the battery. • Use only the specified HumanWare charger. • There is a risk of overheating, fire or explosion if the battery is put in a fire, heated, subjected to impact, put in contact with water, or if its terminals are shorted.

  • Page 125: Disposal Instructions

    At the end of BrailleNote Touch operational lifetime, its internal components must be disposed in compliance with local authorities. BrailleNote contains no hazardous materials. For disposal, return to HumanWare or follow local governing ordinances or hospital procedure. Appendix G – Technical Specifications Height: 2.06 cm (0.8”)

  • Page 126: Appendix H - End User License Agreement

    1. License Grant. HumanWare grants to End User a non-exclusive, non-transferable right and license to use the Software on this product. 2. Ownership of Software. End User acknowledges that HumanWare retain all right, title and interest in and to the original, and any copies, of software which is incorporated into this product. End User agrees not to: modify, port, translate, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or make public in any way the software of this Product.
  • Page 127 This device is a high-quality product, built and packaged with care. All units and components are guaranteed against any operational defects as follows: US and Canada: One (1) year Continental Europe and UK: Two (2) years Australia and New Zealand: One (1) year Other countries: One (1) year Warranty covers all parts (except battery) and labor.

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