HIMS H318B User Manual

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Braille Sense

OnHand

USER MANUAL

ENGLISH MANUAL

For Software Version 5.5

(July, 2010)

When there are any manual updates, the

readme files or appendices

will be added to the manual CD

and website.

HIMS Co., Ltd.

139-9, Gajung-dong, Yuseong-gu,

Daejeon, Korea 305-350

Phone: +82-42-864-4460

Fax: +82-42-864-4462

Email: hims@himsintl.com

Website: www.himsintl.com

Safety Precaution

1. The input voltage of the AC adapter is 100V - 240V, and the output is DC 5V / 2A.

2. When the Braille Sense OnHand is shipped, the battery may be separate from the unit to avoid damage. The battery may not be fully charged when it is shipped. Before you use the Braille Sense OnHand, you should make sure the battery is fully charged. When you use the Braille Sense OnHand for the first time, you may need to open the package, take the battery, and insert it into the battery slot at the rear panel of the unit. It is possible that the dealer or distributor from whom you purchased the Braille Sense OnHand from has already done this for you.

3. When you use the Braille Sense OnHand with the battery for the first time, the battery status may not be displayed accurately. In order to avoid this, connect the Braille Sense OnHand to the AC adapter for about three hours with turn on. If you want to use the Braille Sense OnHand immediately after opening the box, you will need to connect the AC adapter to the unit for more than three hours to fully charge the battery.

4. If you want or need to take the battery out of the unit, turn the power off, and then take the battery out of the unit. Before putting the battery back in to the unit, make certain that the power switch is turned off.

5. When you are using the Braille Sense OnHand on battery power only (without the AC adapter), the status of the remaining battery power will be announced when the battery power is low. When the battery’s charge falls below 15 percent, connect the AC adapter to the unit for recharging. If the remaining battery power drops to five percent, and the unit is not connected to the AC adapter, the Braille Sense OnHand will shut down one minute after the announcement of the battery’s status. The amount of

battery life per charge will vary depending on the options you have set.

6. Your Braille Sense OnHand needs to be handled with care. The Braille Sense OnHand is a very delicate machine. You should make sure to handle the unit in a proper manner. Also, the Braille Sense OnHand is very sensitive to dust. Make sure to keep the Braille Sense OnHand away from dusty environments.

7. The Braille cells are very sensitive parts. If any of the Braille cells are not working properly due to dust or any other reason, please contact our repair center, or the dealer whom you purchased the Braille Sense OnHand from for support.

8. You will need to register your Braille Sense OnHand in order to ensure further maintenance, service, and upgrade information. Please visit www.himsintl.com have any trouble when registering your information, please contact the dealer whom you purchased your Braille Sense OnHand product from for help.

9. Do not take apart the Braille Sense OnHand by yourself. Do not have anyone else who is not authorized by HIMS take apart the Braille Sense OnHand. If an unqualified person disassembles the unit, serious damage may occur to the Braille Sense OnHand. If an unauthorized person disassembles the Braille Sense OnHand, the unit will be excluded from any free maintenance, and the warranty will become void. If any liquid or external force damages the unit, it may also be excluded from free maintenance, even if the damage occurred during the warranty period.

10. If you let your Braille Sense OnHand remain for a long time at the

, to register your information. If you

closed or high temperature places like inside of car, the battery attached to the Braille Sense OnHand may be defected or fired. So please don’t keep your Braille Sense OnHand at those places.

11. If you have any complaints or suggestions, please provide us with your comments on our website. We will improve our product based on your comments and suggestions. Thank you for using the Braille Sense OnHand, and we value any comments or suggestions you have for our product.

12. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

z Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. z Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. z Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from

that to which the receiver is connected.

z Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for

help.

FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, (example -use only shielded interface cables when connecting to computer or peripheral devices). Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

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(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20 centimeters between the radiator and your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Congratulations on the purchase of your Braille Sense OnHand! The Braille Sense OnHand is capable of doing everything that an ordinary PDA can do, and more – all without the need for a screen!

I. You will find the following items when you open the Braille Sense OnHand package:

2) Braille Sense OnHand

3) Battery (2)

4) Carrying Bag

5) AC adapter

6) USB Cable

7) USB to Parallel Cable

8) USB Gender

9) Earphone

10) User Manual (CD)

11) Braille User Manual (Hot Keys List)

12) External Battery Charger

13) External LCD display(Optional)

II. How to use this manual

Before using the Braille Sense OnHand, you should read the entire manual to familiarize yourself with the functions of the Braille Sense OnHand. Reading the entire manual will allow you to operate the Braille Sense OnHand to its fullest potential. The Braille Sense OnHand has many functions. Many of these functions operate in a similar manner, so it is important to become familiar with all of the functions of the Braille Sense OnHand.

You will see references to hot keys and shortcut keys. These keys refer to ways to access menus and functions quickly by using a combination of keystrokes. Please note that not all hot keys and shortcut keys will work while you are in the Braille Sense OnHand. Some hot keys and shortcut keys require that you be within a program in order for specific hot keys and shortcut keys to work.

This user manual uses a specific notation of how to press keys. When you see, “Space-b (dots 1-2)” this means that you would press the “space bar” and dots 1 and 2 simultaneously. This is a very important concept to understand when using this manual.

In order to use the Braille Sense OnHand, you will need to understand what a menu is, and how it works. You will also need to understand what a text box is, and how to type in information in a text box. You will want to read section 2.2 to help you understand basic concepts of menus. It is very important that you completely understand concepts such as this, so that you are able to use the Braille Sense OnHand to its fullest potential.

If you find that you are unable to find a solution to a problem within the manual, or if you need assistance with the Braille Sense OnHand, please email us at hims@himsintl.com www.himsintl.com

; or, you can call us at +82-42-864-4460.

. Visit us on the web at

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction........................................................................................1

1.1 What is the Braille Sense OnHand?........................................1

1.2 Hardware....................................................................................2

1.2.1 Top Panel.........................................................................3

1.2.2 Right Side Panel .............................................................5

1.2.3 Left Side Panel................................................................5

1.2.4 Rear Panel.......................................................................6

1.2.5 Front Panel......................................................................7

1.3 Hardware Specifications of the Braille Sense OnHand.........8

1.4 Memory on the Braille Sense OnHand....................................8

2. Basic Functions of the Braille Sense OnHand..............................10

2.1 How to Use the Commands ...................................................10

2.1.1 Messages.......................................................................10

2.2 Concept of the Menu ..............................................................11

2.2.1 Control Symbols on the Braille Sense OnHand.........13

2.3 Using the Function Keys........................................................16

2.4 The AC Power Supply and the Battery Pack for the Braille

Sense OnHand ..............................................................................17

2.5 Basic Explanation of Disks, folders, and files .....................18

2.6 Controlling the Volume, Rate, and the Pitch of Speech......19

2.6.1 Control the volume and speed in Media player .........20

2.7 How to use the Voice and the Braille display....................... 20

2.8 How to type the character......................................................20

2.8.1 The ASCII table for a computer Braille input..............21

2.9 Multi Tasking...........................................................................23

2.10 Switching Audio mode.........................................................25

2.11 Switching Key lock...............................................................25

2.12 Print Spool.............................................................................26

2.13 One-Handed Mode................................................................27

2.14 Using Typing Mode...............................................................28

2.15 Common Combination Keys................................................28

3. Global options..................................................................................31

3.1 Option Menu Overview...........................................................32

3.2 Braille display..........................................................................33

3.3 Braille Cursor..........................................................................33

3.4 Eight Dot Mode........................................................................34

3.5 View/input the Grade of Braille..............................................34

3.6 Line break................................................................................35

3.7 Message Display Time............................................................36

3.8 Voice ........................................................................................36

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3.9 Punctuation Level...................................................................37

3.10 Keyboard Echo......................................................................37

3.11 Capitalization alert................................................................38

3.12 Numbers ................................................................................38

3.13 Voice Volume ........................................................................39

3.14 Voice Rate..............................................................................39

3.15 Voice Pitch.............................................................................40

3.16 Scroll Voice ...........................................................................40

3.17 Flip LCD display....................................................................41

3.18 LCD Font Size........................................................................41

3.19 Printer Port............................................................................42

3.20 Print Paper Size.....................................................................43

3.21 Audio alerts...........................................................................43

3.22 Play Power On/Off Sound ....................................................43

3.23 Left Scroll Buttons................................................................44

3.24 Right Scroll Buttons.............................................................45

3.25 Skip Empty Lines..................................................................46

3.26 Control Information ..............................................................46

3.27 Show passwords...................................................................47

3.28 Hot Key Information..............................................................48

3.29 Announce shortcut keys......................................................48

3.30 Power Saving Mode..............................................................49

3.31 Power Saving Kick In............................................................49

3.32 Check Today’s Schedule......................................................50

3.33 One-Handed Mode................................................................50

3.34 Spell check Automatically....................................................51

3.35 Default Document.................................................................51

3.36 Automatically synchronize with time server......................52

3.37 Progress indicator................................................................53

3.38 Bluetooth...............................................................................53

3.39 Wireless LAN.........................................................................54

3.40 Mass-storage device mode..................................................54

4. File Manager.....................................................................................56

4.1 Overview..................................................................................56

4.1.1 Navigating the File List ................................................56

4.1.2 Item (Folder or File) Selection Key..............................57

4.1.3 Cancel / Exit Key...........................................................58

4.2 Using File Manager Features in the File List........................58

4.2.1 Selecting Disks.............................................................58

4.2.2 Getting in and Out of a Folder (Opening/Closing a

Folder).....................................................................................59

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4.2.3 Opening a File...............................................................59

4.2.4 Send To..........................................................................61

4.2.5 Copy / Move...................................................................61

4.2.6 Delete Files or Folders.................................................63

4.2.7 Rename..........................................................................63

4.2.8 New Document..............................................................64

4.2.9 New Folder ....................................................................64

4.2.10 File Conversion...........................................................65

4.2.11 Select All......................................................................66

4.2.12 Search for File.............................................................66

4.2.13 Sort Files By................................................................67

4.2.14 Set File Info .................................................................68

4.2.15 Display Only Files of Type.........................................68

4.2.16 Zip ................................................................................69

4.2.17 Unzip............................................................................69

4.2.18 Information..................................................................70

4.3 Using the Address Window ...................................................71

4.3.1 Editing............................................................................71

4.3.2 Type in Path / File Name ..............................................72

4.3.3 Opening the History List..............................................72

4.4 Hot Keys in the “File Manager”.............................................72

5. Word Processor ...............................................................................74

5.1 File Menu .................................................................................75

5.1.1 New ................................................................................75

5.1.2 Open...............................................................................76

5.1.3 Save ...............................................................................78

5.1.4 Save As..........................................................................78

5.1.5 Close Current Document .............................................79

5.1.6 Print................................................................................80

5.1.7 Settings..........................................................................82

5.1.8 Exit.................................................................................84

5.2 Edit Menu.................................................................................84

5.2.1 Start Selection...............................................................84

5.2.2 Copy...............................................................................85

5.2.3 Cut..................................................................................86

5.2.4 Paste..............................................................................86

5.2.5 Delete.............................................................................86

5.2.6 Delete Blank Lines........................................................87

5.2.7 Add to Clipboard...........................................................87

5.2.8 Clear Clipboard.............................................................87

5.2.9 Select All........................................................................88

5.2.10 Insert from File............................................................88

5.2.11 Insert Date...................................................................89

5.2.12 Changing Between Insert and Overwrite Mode .......89

5.2.13 Check Spelling............................................................90

5.3 Go to Menu..............................................................................93

5.3.1 Find................................................................................94

5.3.2 Find Again.....................................................................95

5.3.3 Replace..........................................................................96

5.3.4 Go to Location ..............................................................97

5.3.5 Go to Previous Page.....................................................99

5.3.6 Go to Next Page............................................................99

5.3.7 Set Mark.........................................................................99

5.3.8 Go to Mark...................................................................100

5.3.9 Go to Previous Document..........................................101

5.3.10 Go to Next Document...............................................101

5.4 Read Menu.............................................................................101

5.4.1 Read Selected Text.....................................................101

5.4.2 Read Beginning of Selected Text..............................102

5.4.3 Read from beginning to cursor .................................102

5.4.4 Read from Cursor to End...........................................103

5.4.5 Auto Scroll...................................................................103

5.4.6 Read Current Line.......................................................104

5.4.7 Read Current Word.....................................................104

5.4.8 Read Current Character.............................................104

5.4.9 Read Status.................................................................105

5.5 Layout....................................................................................105

5.5.1 Braille Document Layout ...........................................105

5.5.2 Print Document Layout..............................................107

5.5.3 Braille Paragraph Layout...........................................109

5.5.4 Print Paragraph Layout..............................................110

5.6 Keys for Text Scrolling and Deleting..................................112

5.7 Cursor Location....................................................................113

5.8 Hot keys in the word processor:.........................................113

6. Address Manager...........................................................................117

6.1 What is the “Address Manager”?........................................117

6.2 Starting the Address Manager.............................................118

6.3 Using “Add Address”...........................................................118

6.3.1 Adding an Address.....................................................118

6.3.2 Setting Add Address Fields.......................................120

6.3.3 Using “Search Address” in “Add address” .............121

6.4 Searching For an Address...................................................121

6.4.1 Using “search address”............................................. 121

6.4.2 Setting Searching Address Fields ............................122

6.4.3 Using “Add Address” In “Search Address”.............123

6.5 Backing up and restoring the address list .........................123

6.5.1 Backup Address List..................................................123

6.5.2 Restore Address List..................................................124

6.5.3 Set Backup Options....................................................124

6.6 Commands in the Found Records ......................................125

6.6.1 Find again....................................................................125

6.6.2 Opening a home page................................................126

6.6.3 Editing Addresses......................................................126

6.6.4 Deleting Addresses....................................................127

6.6.5 Printing addresses .....................................................128

6.6.6 Saving Addresses to a File........................................128

6.7 Importing and Exporting CSV..............................................129

6.7.1 Import from CSV.........................................................129

6.7.2 Export to CSV..............................................................133

6.8 Synchronizing With Microsoft Outlook...............................134

6.9 Hot Keys in the Address Manager.......................................135

7. Schedule Manager .........................................................................137

7.1 Overview................................................................................137

7.2 Starting “Schedule Manager”..............................................137

7.3 Set time and date..................................................................137

7.4 Adding a Schedule................................................................139

7.4.1 Start date.....................................................................139

7.4.2 Start time.....................................................................139

7.4.4 End time.......................................................................140

7.4.5 Subject.........................................................................141

7.4.6 Location.......................................................................141

7.4.7 Memo ...........................................................................141

7.4.8 Alarm Time..................................................................142

7.4.9 Set a recurring Schedule ...........................................142

7.4.10 Confirm......................................................................146

7.4.11 Cancel........................................................................146

7.5 Search Schedule...................................................................146

7.5.1 Searching with date....................................................147

7.5.2 Searching with subject...............................................148

7.6 Modify Schedule ...................................................................148

7.7 Deleting a Schedule..............................................................149

7.8 Printing a Schedule ..............................................................149

7.9 Saving Appointments as a File............................................150

7.10 Backing Up and Restoring Your Appointments...............150

7.10.1 Backup Schedule......................................................150

7.10.2 Restore Schedule .....................................................151

7.10.3 Set Backup Options.................................................. 152

7.11 Set Alarm Options...............................................................153

7.11.1 Alarm Duration..........................................................153

7.11.2 Alarm Repeat Interval Time .....................................154

7.11.3 Repetition Times.......................................................154

7.11.4 Confirm......................................................................154

7.11.5 Cancel........................................................................155

7.12 Synchronizing With Microsoft Outlook.............................155

7.13 Hot Keys for the Schedule Manager .................................156

8. E-mail ..............................................................................................158

8.1 Executing E-mail and E-mail service management ...........159

8.1.1 Executing e-mail.........................................................159

8.1.2 Management e-mail service information ..................160

8.2 Receiving and Sending E-mail.............................................168

8.2.1 Receiving E-mail.........................................................168

8.2.2 Reading the Received E-mail Messages ..................169

8.2.3 Writing e-mail..............................................................174

8.3 Major features of E-mail.......................................................184

8.3.1 Deleting E-mail............................................................184

8.3.2 Reply And Reply All to a Received E-Mail................186

8.3.3 Forwarding a Received E-Mail Message...................188

8.3.4 Saving a Received E-mail as Document...................189

8.3.5 Printing E-Mail Messages ..........................................190

8.4 Additional features of E-mail ...............................................191

8.4.1 Find..............................................................................191

8.4.2 Find Again...................................................................192

8.4.3 Move to Next Unread Message..................................193

8.4.4 Copy or Move to mailbox...........................................193

8.5 Use the Tools Menu..............................................................198

8.5.1 Set Path .......................................................................198

8.5.2 Set Options..................................................................202

8.5.3 Spam Settings.............................................................203

8.6. Hot Keys for E-Mail..............................................................211

8.6.1 Hot Keys That Are Used in the Inbox........................211

8.6.2 Hot Keys for Sending E-Mail Including Reply, Forward,

and Save in the Mail Outbox...............................................211

8.6.3 Hot Keys for Reading E-Mail Messages or Writing an

E-mail Message....................................................................212

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9. Media Player...................................................................................213

9.1 Using the Audio Buttons......................................................213

9.1.1 Play/Pause Button......................................................213

9.1.2 Next button and previous button ..............................214

9.1.3 Record Button.............................................................214

9.1.4 Stop Button.................................................................215

9.1.5 Using the Audio buttons in file open dialog box.....215

9.2 Braille Keyboard and Extended Keys .................................216

9.2.1 Playback Information Tab..........................................216

9.2.2 Play List Tab................................................................216

9.2.3 Hot Keys in the Play Information Tab and the Play List

Tab ........................................................................................217

9.3 Control the volume and speed ............................................220

9.4 How to Use the Media Player Menu.....................................220

9.4.1 File................................................................................220

9.4.2 Play ..............................................................................225

9.4.3 Record .........................................................................227

9.4.4 Position Menu.............................................................230

9.4.5 Mark .............................................................................234

9.4.6 Settings........................................................................236

9.5 Additional features ...............................................................242

9.5.1 Moving features using the cursor keys....................242

9.6 Hot Keys in the Media Player...............................................242

10. FM radio........................................................................................244

10.1 Listening to FM radio via internal speakers.....................244

10.1.1 Control the volume...................................................245

10.2 Frequency control...............................................................245

10.3 Add of the channel and move among channels...............246

10.4 Recording FM radio sound ................................................248

10.4.1 Changing record folder............................................249

10.5 Additional features .............................................................250

10.6 Hot Keys in the FM radio....................................................250

11. Web Browser ................................................................................252

11.1 File........................................................................................252

11.1.1 Open URL..................................................................253

11.1.2 Open...........................................................................253

11.1.3 Save As......................................................................254

11.1.4 Page Information ......................................................255

11.1.5 Exit.............................................................................256

11.2 Read.....................................................................................256

11.2.1 Read from Beginning to Cursor ..............................256

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11.2.2 Read from Cursor to End.........................................257

11.2.3 Auto Scroll.................................................................257

11.3 Edit.......................................................................................257

11.3.1 Start selection...........................................................258

11.3.2 Copy...........................................................................258

11.3.3 Add to clipboard.......................................................258

11.3.4 Copy URL ..................................................................259

11.3.5 Copy Link ..................................................................259

11.4 Go To....................................................................................259

11.4.1 Go to Home Page......................................................259

11.4.2 Go to Previous Page.................................................260

11.4.3 Go to Next Page........................................................260

11.4.4 Go to Previous Heading...........................................261

11.4.5 Go to Next Heading ..................................................261

10.4.6 Go to Previous/Next Text.........................................262

11.4.7 Refresh ......................................................................262

11.4.8 History .......................................................................263

11.4.9 Find............................................................................264

11.4.10 Find Again...............................................................264

11.3.11 Links list..................................................................265

11.5 Favorites..............................................................................265

11.5.1 Set Current As Your Home Page.............................266

11.5.2 Add To Favorites ......................................................266

11.5.3 Favorites List ............................................................267

11.6 Options ................................................................................268

11.6.1 The Structure and Movement ..................................269

11.6.2 Set User Agent..........................................................269

11.6.3 Show visited links.....................................................269

11.6.4 Changing the Default Download Folder..................270

11.6.5 Clear cookies ............................................................271

11.7 Read Page............................................................................271

11.7.1 Moving Between Controls........................................272

11.7.2 Moving to a Form......................................................273

11.7.3 Table ..........................................................................274

11.7.4 Move to the Frame....................................................276

11.7.5 Playback of Streaming Audio Files.........................276

11.8 Hot keys in the Web Browser ............................................277

11.9 What the Web Browser Does Not Support .......................280

12. DAISY Player ................................................................................281

12.1 Components of the DAISY Player .....................................282

12.2 File........................................................................................283

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12.2.1 Open DAISY...............................................................283

12.2.2 Voice Settings...........................................................284

12.2.3 Book-Info...................................................................286

12.2.4 Exit.............................................................................286

12.3 Document ............................................................................286

12.3.1 Play and Pause .........................................................287

12.3.2 Move by Phrase ........................................................287

12.3.3 Move by Page............................................................287

12.3.4 Move by Level...........................................................288

12.3.5 Move by Time Index..................................................288

12.3.6 Move by Text Index...................................................289

12.4 Mark .....................................................................................289

12.4.1 Previous Mark...........................................................290

12.4.2 Next Mark...................................................................290

12.4.3 Set Mark.....................................................................290

12.4.4 Move to Mark.............................................................291

12.4.5 Deleting a Mark.........................................................291

12.5 Heading................................................................................291

12.5.1 Move by Heading......................................................292

12.5.2 Move to Specific Heading........................................292

12.5.3 Find Heading.............................................................292

12.5.4 Scan Heading and Read Heading............................293

12.5.5 Find Phrase...............................................................293

12.6 Hot Keys in the DAISY Player............................................295

13. Bluetooth Manager.......................................................................297

13.1 Bluetooth Device List.........................................................297

13.2 Bluetooth Service List........................................................300

13.2.1 Connecting Service..................................................302

13.2.2 LAN Service...............................................................303

13.2.3 FTP Service...............................................................303

13.2.4 ActiveSync Service...................................................310

13.2.5 Serial Port..................................................................311

13.2.6 Bluetooth keyboard service.....................................314

13.2.7 Bluetooth Headset Service ......................................315

13.2.8 Bluetooth Printer service.........................................315

13.2.9 Using Multiple Services Simultaneously................316

13.3 Hot keys in Bluetooth Manager.........................................316

14. MSN messenger...........................................................................318

14.1 Getting Started with MSN Messenger............................... 318

14.2 Using a Contact List...........................................................319

14.2.1 Instant Messaging ....................................................320

14.2.2 Adding, Deleting, or Viewing Contact Information320

14.2.3 Changing Your Nickname, Status and Viewing Your

Information...........................................................................322

14.2.4 Additional Features..................................................323

14.3 Instant Message Dialog Box..............................................326

14.3.1 Inviting Others to Start a Conversation..................327

14.3.2 Saving and Printing Your Messages.......................328

14.3.3 Copying and Pasting Instant Messages.................328

14.3.4 Searching Messages................................................329

14.4 Hot Keys in MSN Messenger .............................................329

15. Database Manager .......................................................................331

15.1 Table Manager.....................................................................332

15.1.1 Add Table ..................................................................333

15.1.2 Modify Table..............................................................335

15.1.3 Delete table................................................................336

15.1.4 Set Default Table.......................................................337

15.2 Insert a New Record ...........................................................337

15.3 Search Records...................................................................339

15.4 List of Records Found........................................................340

15.5 Set Backup Options............................................................341

15.6 Backup Database................................................................342

15.7 Restore Database................................................................342

15.8 Hot Keys for Database Manager........................................343

16. Contents........................................................................................345

16.1 Sense Bible Help.................................................................345

16.1.1 Composition of Bible................................................345

16.1.2 Open book dialog box..............................................345

16.1.3 Menu ..........................................................................346

16.1.4 Navigating .................................................................346

16.1.5 Find & Search............................................................348

16.1.6 Search........................................................................348

16.1.7 Setting the block (Ent-b (dots-1-2)).........................350

17. Utilities..........................................................................................357

17.1 Calculator ............................................................................358

17.1.1 General Functions....................................................358

17.1.2 Variable Calculators.................................................360

17.1.3 Sine Functions..........................................................362

17.1.4 Cosine Functions......................................................363

17.1.5 Tangent Functions....................................................363

17.1.6 Logarithm Functions................................................364

17.1.7 Copy to Clipboard.....................................................364

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17.1.8 Option Settings.........................................................365

17.1.9 Exit.............................................................................365

17.1.10 Sample Math Calculations .....................................365

17.2 Display Compass Heading.................................................369

17.2.1 Options of gyrocompass .........................................369

17.3 Set time and date................................................................370

17.4 Display time and date.........................................................372

17.5 Wake up alarm.....................................................................372

17.5.1 Set Time.....................................................................373

17.5.2 Alarm Sound .............................................................373

17.5.3 Term...........................................................................374

17.4.4 Ringing Duration.......................................................374

17.5.5 Repeat Interval..........................................................374

17.5.6 Wakeup Call Times...................................................374

17.5.7 Confirm/Cancel.........................................................375

17.6 Calendar...............................................................................375

17.6.1 Using the Calendar...................................................375

17.7 Pronunciation Dictionary...................................................376

17.8 Stopwatch............................................................................378

17.9 Terminal for Screen reader................................................379

17.10 Setup Internet....................................................................380

17.10.1 Bluetooth DUN setup..............................................380

17.10.2 Setup Wireless LAN................................................382

17.11 Display network status.....................................................385

17.12 Check Power Status .........................................................385

17.13 Backup/Restore Personalized settings........................... 386

17.14 Format................................................................................387

17.14.1 Formatting the disk ................................................387

17.15 Set Sleep Timer.................................................................388

17.16 Upgrade Braille Sense OnHand firmware.......................389

17.17.1 Upgrading the Braille Sense OnHand firmware

Using the Internet................................................................390

17.17.2 Upgrading the Braille Sense OnHand firmware from

a Disk....................................................................................391

17.17 Hot Keys for Utilities.........................................................391

18. Using the help menu....................................................................395

19. Using ActiveSync.........................................................................398

19.1 What is ActiveSync?...........................................................398

19.2 Connecting the Braille Sense OnHand to a PC................398

19.3 Setting up the Braille Sense OnHand in the ActiveSync

Program.......................................................................................398

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19.4 Transferring Files to the Braille Sense OnHand Via

ActiveSync...................................................................................399

20. Command Summary....................................................................401

20.1 Common Combination Keys..............................................401

20.2 File Manager........................................................................402

20.2.1 Navigation keys on the file list and menu list........402

20.2.2 Navigation Keys for the File List.............................403

20.2.3 Item (folder or File) Selection Key...........................403

20.2.4 Hot Keys for the Commands ...................................403

20.3 Word Processor..................................................................404

20.3.1 Hot Keys for the Commands ...................................404

20.3.2 Miscellaneous Hot Keys...........................................405

20.4 Address Manager................................................................406

20.4.1 Move keys for adding an address or in the menu .406

20.4.2 Move Keys in the Search Result List......................406

20.4.3 Hot keys for the Commands....................................406

20.4.4 Miscellaneous Hot Keys...........................................407

20.5 Schedule Manager..............................................................407

20.5.1 Hot keys for the commands.....................................407

20.5.2 Move Keys in the Search Result List......................407

20.6 E-mail...................................................................................408

20.6.1 Hot keys that are used in the inbox ........................408

20.6.2 Hot keys for Sending E-Mail Including Reply,

Forward, and Save in the Mail Outbox...............................409

20.6.3 Hot Keys for Reading E-Mails or Writing an E-Mail

Message................................................................................409

20.7 Media Player........................................................................409

20.7.1 Hot keys for commands...........................................409

20.7.2 Hot Keys in the Play Information Tab.....................411

20.7.3 Hot Keys in the Play List Tab ..................................411

20.8 FM radio...............................................................................412

20.9 Web Browser.......................................................................413

20.9.1 Hot keys for the command.......................................413

20.9.2 Hot Keys When Playing Audio Files in web browser

...............................................................................................414

20.9.3 Hot Keys for Reading Web Pages...........................414

20.10 Daisy Player.......................................................................415

20.11 Bluetooth Manager ...........................................................416

20.12 MSN messenger................................................................417

20.13 Database Manager............................................................418

20.14 Utilities...............................................................................419

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20.14.1 Calculator................................................................419

20.14.2 Set time and date....................................................420

20.14.3 Checking Date and Time........................................421

20.14.4 Calendar ..................................................................421

20.14.5 Pronunciation dictionary .......................................421

20.14.6 Stopwatch................................................................421

20.14.7 Display network status...........................................422

20.14.8 Check Power Status...............................................422

20.14.9 Format......................................................................422

20.14.10 Backup/restore option..........................................422

20.14.11 Format....................................................................422

20.14.12 Sleep Timer ...........................................................422

20.14.13 Upgrading the Braille Sense firmware................422

21. Command Summary for USB Keyboards..................................423

21.1 Common Combination Keys..............................................423

21.2 File Manager........................................................................424

21.2.1 Navigation keys on the file list and menu list........424

21.2.2 Navigation Keys in the File List............................... 424

21.2.3 Item (Folder or File) Selection Keys........................424

21.2.4 Hot Keys for the Commands ...................................425

21.3 Word Processor..................................................................425

21.3.1 Hot keys for the command.......................................425

21.3.2 Miscellaneous Hot Keys...........................................427

21.4 Address Manager................................................................427

21.4.1 Move keys for moving from field to field in the

record or in the menu..........................................................427

21.4.2 Move Keys for Moving from Record to Record......428

21.4.3 Hot Keys for the Commands ...................................428

21.4.4 Miscellaneous Hot Keys...........................................428

21.5 Schedule Manager..............................................................429

21.5.1 Hot keys for the commands.....................................429

21.5.2 Movement Keys for the Search Result List............ 429

21.6 E-mail...................................................................................430

21.6.1 Hot keys for reading e-mails....................................430

21.6.2 Hot Keys for Sending E-mail Including Reply,

Forward, and Save in the Pail Storage Box.......................430

21.6.3 Hot Keys for Reading E-mail messages or Writing an

E-mail Message....................................................................431

21.7 Media Player........................................................................431

21.7.1 Hot keys for commands...........................................431

21.7.2 Hot Keys in the Play Information Tab.....................432

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21.7.3 Hot Keys in the Play List Tab ..................................433

21.8 FM radio...............................................................................434

21.9 Web Browser.......................................................................434

21.9.1 Hot keys for the command.......................................434

21.9.2 Hot Keys When Playing Audio Files in web browser

...............................................................................................435

21.9.3 Hot Keys for Reading Web Pages...........................435

21.10 Daisy Player.......................................................................436

21.11 Bluetooth Manager ...........................................................437

21.12 MSN messenger................................................................438

21.13 Database Manager............................................................439

21.14 Utilities...............................................................................440

21.14.1 Calculator................................................................440

21.14.2 Setting the Date and Time......................................441

21.14.3 Checking the Date and Time..................................442

21.14.4 Calendar ..................................................................442

21.14.5 Pronunciation dictionary .......................................442

21.14.6 Stopwatch................................................................443

21.14.7 Display network status...........................................443

21.14.8 Check Power Status...............................................443

21.14.9 Backup/restore option............................................443

21.14.10 Upgrading Braille Sense OnHand firmware .......443

22. Troubleshooting Guide................................................................445

22.1 The Braille Sense OnHand Will Not Turn On ....................445

22.2 The Voice Cannot Be Heard...............................................445

22.3 The Voice is Too Fast to Understand................................445

22.4 The Voice Pitch Is Too Low or Too High to Understand.445

22.5 Lost Your Place...................................................................445

22.6 Email ....................................................................................446

22.7 The Braille display Does Not Display Braille....................446

22.8 The Braille Sense OnHand Does Not Respond................446

23. Accessories..................................................................................447

24. Obtaining Support........................................................................448

1. Introduction

1.1 What is the Braille Sense OnHand?

The Braille Sense OnHand is a Braille note taker developed and manufactured by HIMS, for people who are blind and visually impaired. You can do the following with the Braille Sense OnHand.

1. You can use the Word Processor, and the Perkins style keyboard, to create Braille documents.

2. You can print your text documents using any compatible ink printer.

3. You can emboss your Braille documents when you connect the unit to a Braille printer.

4. You can open Microsoft (MS) Word documents, and read them in Braille. The Braille Sense OnHand will import any document that was created in MS Word, and translate it into Braille.

5. Using the E-Mail Program, you can send email messages to sighted individuals, as well as read your email messages in Braille.

6. Using the Schedule Manager, you can enter your appointments on the Braille Sense OnHand. The Braille Sense OnHand will then alert you at the time of your appointments.

7. With the Address Manager, you can input information about your contacts and the Braille Sense OnHand can retrieve the information for those contacts.

8. Using the Braille Sense OnHand Web Browser, you can surf the Internet with the Braille display that is located on the Braille Sense OnHand.

9. Using the Braille Sense OnHand Media Player, you can listen to music, or any other sounds that are recorded in mp3, wma, or a wave file format.

10. Using the Braille Sense OnHand FM radio, you can listen to FM radio sound.

11. You can record the voice and FM radio sound in mp3 or wav file format.

12. On the Calculator, you can calculate algebraic equations, including scientific calculations.

13. You can copy any files from your personal computer to the Braille Sense OnHand, and vice versa.

14. You can use the Braille Sense OnHand as a Braille display with a compatible screen reader, such as Window-Eyes.

15. You can copy, move, and delete files on the Braille Sense OnHand.

16. You can adjust the volume, the rate, and the pitch of the speech. You can change as many of these features as you want on the Braille Sense OnHand.

17. You can use the Database Manager to create your own Database for keeping and storing important information.

18. You can use MSN messenger to communicate in real time, with others who are running the MSN messenger program.

19. The sighted person who is learning Braille for the first time can use the LCD screen on the Braille Sense OnHand, to easily learn Braille. Likewise, using the LCD screen, sighted people, who do not know Braille, can teach Braille to those who are blind when using the Braille Sense OnHand. (LCD is an external type which needs to be connected to Braille Sense OnHand)

1.2 Hardware

In order to get the most out of your Braille Sense OnHand, you will want to become familiar with the Braille Sense OnHand by learning where the buttons and ports are located, as well as the function of each of these buttons and ports.

This section explains the hardware configuration of the Braille Sense OnHand. The dimensions of the Braille Sense OnHand are 6.7 inches long by 3.5 inches wide by 1.1 inches high. On the bottom of the unit, there are rubber feet in order to prevent slipping while you are using the Braille Sense OnHand. The input keys are Perkins-style, which consist of seven keys that represent dot one through dot six, and the space. In addition to these seven keys, there are two function keys that correspond to the Backspace and Enter keys. Also there are 18 cells that make up the Braille display.

The first thing you should do is place the Braille Sense OnHand on a level surface that you can use to examine the Braille Sense OnHand, such as a table or desk. When the Braille Sense OnHand is placed on a level surface, the shape of the entire unit will resemble a small, thin rectangular box. The Braille Sense OnHand has six sides. You should feel for the Braille keys and Braille display. The side that the Braille keys and Braille display are on should be facing up. The side that is now facing up is referred to as the top of the Braille Sense OnHand. The side that is facing to your right is called the right side panel. The side facing to your left is called the left side panel. The side that is facing away from you is called the rear panel. The side that is facing toward you is called the front panel, and the side that the Braille Sense OnHand is sitting on is called the bottom panel.

This section of the manual describes each side of the Braille Sense OnHand and the basic function(s) of each button and port. We will discuss each of the panels in the following order: top panel, right side panel, left side panel, rear panel, and front panel.

1.2.1 Top Panel

1.2.1.1 Braille Display and Cursor key

Starting with the top of the Braille Sense OnHand, you will find a Braille display that is located close to the front panel on the Braille Sense OnHand. Above the Braille display, there are 18 small buttons that correspond to 18 Braille cells. These 18 small buttons are called cursor routing keys. You can use these buttons as cursor placement keys on the corresponding Braille cells when you are editing documents. The cursor routing keys will also work as shortcut keys in certain situations.

1.2.1.2 Scroll button

On both the extreme right and left sides of the Braille display, are two capsule shaped buttons. These buttons divided into two parts up and

down. These buttons are called scroll buttons. The upper button called up scroll button and the lower button called down scroll button. The scroll buttons can be used to scroll through the menus or other information that is displayed on the Braille display. If you are on text that has more than 18 Braille cells, the scroll buttons will scroll the Braille display.

1.2.1.3 Function key

Above the cursor routing keys, are four rectangular shaped buttons. The space is located between these four rectangular shaped buttons. Two of the rectangular shaped buttons are located on the left side of the space and the other two are located on the right of the space. These four rectangular shaped buttons are function keys. Moving from left to right, the key that is the farthest to the left is called the F1 key, and the key to the right of the F1 key is called the F2 key. Then, you will feel the spacebar. The key that is to the right of the spacebar is called the F3 key, and the key that is to the right of the F3 key is the F4 key.

1.2.1.4 Keyboard of Perkins-style

Above the function keys, you will find the Braille keys that are Perkinsstyle, including the space. If you have ever used a regular computer keyboard, this setup is very similar to the keys on the home row on a regular computer keyboard. When you are typing, you should place your fingers on these 9 Perkins-style keys in the following manner:

Place your index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and pinky finger of your left hand on the left four buttons. Then, place your index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and pinky finger of your right hand on the right four buttons. Finally, place both of your thumbs on the space, also called the Space.

The button where you placed your left index finger corresponds with dot one in Braille. The button that your left middle finger is on corresponds to dot two, and the button that your left ring finger is on corresponds to

dot three. The button on which your left pinky finger is placed on is the Backspace.

The button that your right index finger is on corresponds with dot four in Braille. The button that your right middle finger is on is dot five, and the button your ring finger is placed on corresponds with dot six in Braille. The button on which your right pinky is placed is the Enter key. And, the long bar shaped button where your thumbs are placed is called the space.

1.2.1.5 Speaker

Speaker is located in the center of Braille Sense OnHand.

1.2.2 Right Side Panel

Next, let's discuss the right side panel of the Braille Sense OnHand.

1.2.2.1 Earphone jack and Microphone jack

We will start from the front of the unit on the right side panel, and move our way toward the back. Toward the front of the Braille Sense OnHand on the right side panel, you will find the internal microphone, earphone jack and microphone jack.

1.2.2.2 SD slot

Continuing toward the back of the unit on the right side panel, you will find the SD Slot. You can connect a SD memory in this SD Slot, for auxiliary storage.

1.2.3 Left Side Panel

Now, let's take a look at the left side panel of the unit.

1.2.3.1 Key lock mode switch

You will find the key lock mode switch. This switch will be explained in more detail in the next section.

1.2.3.2 USB OTG

Continuing toward the back of the unit on the left side panel, you will find the USB OTG. If you connect the unit to a personal computer by using this USB OTG, you can transfer files that are stored in the Braille Sense OnHand to your personal computer, and vice versa.

1.2.3.3 AC adapter jack

The last thing you will find on the left side panel of the unit is the AC adapter jack. The AC adapter will plug in to this hole, and then plug in to a standard AC electrical outlet, so that you can use the Braille Sense OnHand with electricity, instead of using power from the battery.

1.2.4 Rear Panel

Next, let's take a look at the rear panel of the Braille Sense OnHand.

1.2.4.1 Reset button

On the far Right of the rear panel, you will find a small button in round groove. This is the reset button. If your unit is not responding properly, you can press this button with your finger, which will reboot the unit via a hard reset. Pressing the reset button is a hardware reset. Do NOT press the reset button for more than 5 seconds. You can also do a soft reset by pressing F2-F3-1-2-3-4-5-6. This is a software reset, instead of a hardware reset.

If you press down dots 1-2 and the reset button at the same time while the power is on, the Braille Sense OnHand will turn on without speech.

When the reset button is pressed, the Braille Sense OnHand will reboot. It will take about fifteen seconds for your unit to complete the reboot process.

1.2.4.2 Battery Hole

The last thing you will find on the rear side panel of the unit is a rectangular hole that is for the detachable battery. The battery is separated from the unit when the Braille Sense OnHand is shipped. Insert the battery into this rectangular slot until you hear a click sound. When you hear this sound, you will know that the battery is inserted correctly. To remove the battery from the unit, you will need to locate the latch that is found on the bottom of the unit. Using your left hand, pull the latch to the right panel, and then use your right hand to pull the battery out of the slot.

1.2.5 Front Panel

Finally, let’s take a look at the front panel of the Braille Sense OnHand.

1.2.5.1 Audio Mode Switch

On the far left of the front panel, you will find a slide switch. This slide switch is the audio mode switch. This switch will be explained in more detail in the next section.

1.2.5.2 Media Button

Next, to the right of the slide switch is five buttons in different shapes. The five buttons are for playback audio and recording sounds. These five buttons will be explained in the FM radio, Daisy and Media program sections in this user manual.

1.2.5.3 Power Switch

To the right of the five buttons is on/off switch. It is one-way switch so

when you turn on and off the device, push switch to the right side.

Congratulations! You are now familiar with the very basic functions of the buttons and ports that are located on the Braille Sense OnHand. The rest of the manual will discuss each function in greater detail to allow you to maximize the potential of your Braille Sense OnHand.

1.3 Hardware Specifications of the Braille Sense OnHand

1. Operating system: Windows CE 5.0.

2. Flash memory: 4GB.

3. RAM: 128MB.

4. Memory extension: SD memory or USB stick memory.

5. CPU: NHPXA270.

6. Battery: Lithium Ion (Removable and Rechargeable),

7. Keyboard: Braille keyboard with Perkins-style, 4 function keys, 18 cursor routing keys, 4 scroll buttons, 5 audio buttons.

8. Additional button and switch: Key lock switch, Audio mode switch, Reset button.

9. Braille display: 18 refreshable Braille cells.

10. Video output: LCD (External type) - Optional.

11. Wireless: WLAN b/g, Bluetooth.

12. Interface: USB OTG, SD slot.

13. Sound: Internal mono speakers, Stereo headphone jack.

14. Voice recording: Internal microphone, External microphone jack.

1.4 Memory on the Braille Sense OnHand

The Braille Sense OnHand has 128MB of RAM (random access memory) and 4GB of flash memory. The RAM is memory space that is reserved for running programs. This memory space is a temporary storage of any program files that are running or any current data located in documents that you are editing. The data in the RAM area will disappear if your battery goes dead, and the AC adapter is not connected. Also, when the Braille Sense OnHand reboots for any reason, the data in the RAM will disappear. However, the data in flash

memory will not disappear, even if your battery goes dead, or if your unit reboots.

Now that you know what the Braille Sense OnHand is, move on to the next section to learn more about the basic functions of the Braille Sense OnHand.

2. Basic Functions of the Braille Sense OnHand

2.1 How to Use the Commands

All of the commands that you will use on the Braille Sense OnHand are comprised of different combinations of the Braille keys. In this user manual, the “-” sign is used to indicate key combinations. For example, “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” indicates that the user should press the “space bar” and “letter z (dots 1-3-5-6)” simultaneously and then release them at the same time. You will also find expressions like “Space-1-3-5-6” in this manual. This means that the spacebar with dots 1, 3, 5, and 6 should be pressed and released simultaneously. You can execute most commands by pressing the “Enter” button. If you want to cancel the execution of any command, and return to the previous status, press “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)”. “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” is a very important command to remember, as it will allow you to back out of programs and menus, when you may have pressed keys that you did not mean to press.

2.1.1 Messages

If you have setup an appointment in the Braille Sense OnHand, schedule Manager, you will be notified of your appointments by the Braille Sense OnHand on the day of your appointment. When you are notified of an appointment, you can interact with the Schedule Manager as you normally would. In order to exit from the Schedule Manager, you should press “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”, and launch another program.

If you do not want to be alerted of “today’s schedule” when you turn on the Braille Sense OnHand, you should turn off the “Check today’s schedule” option which will be explained in section 3.35. Please refer to section 3.35 in this user manual for more information on this option.

If you turn off the Braille Sense OnHand while another program is opened, and then you turn it on again, the Braille Sense OnHand will tell

you the name of the program that was running on the Braille Sense OnHand when you turned it off. If you turn off the Braille Sense OnHand while you are using the word processor, it will tell you the file name/input mode and file protection status as well as the program name.

When you connect the AC adapter to the Braille Sense OnHand, the Braille Sense OnHand will speak the message “AC adapter connected”. When you disconnect it from the Braille Sense OnHand, the Braille Sense OnHand will say, “AC adaptor disconnected”.

2.2 Concept of the Menu

The menu on the Braille Sense OnHand is similar to the concept of a restaurant menu. For instance, a menu that is used at a restaurant will help you select your choice of food that will be served, while the menu on the Braille Sense OnHand provides you with choices that you can select. If you have selected a menu item from the menu items list, and there are sub menus, the Braille Sense OnHand will display those choices for that particular item.

Moving among the menu items is very simple.

Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “menu”, and press up scroll button or “Space-1” to move to the previous item, and press down scroll button or “Space-4” to move to the next item. Or just press an alphabet that follows the menu names. This is a “shortcut key”. Or you can execute the menu item without calling up the menu by pressing “hotkey”.

Shortcut keys are the alphabets in the parentheses that follow the menu names. And hotkeys are the combination of a couple of keys like “Enter”, “Space”, or “Backspace”. These are displayed after the shortcut keys.

For example, if you are in the word processor, and press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2”, and then press “Enter” on “File”, you will hear “New (n) pull down Enter-n”. The word “New” represents the function. The letter “n (dots 1-3-4-5)” is the letter that you would press while you are in

the “File” menu in order to move directly to “New”. “Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-

5)” is what you would press to access the function “New” from anywhere

in the word processor. The “n” is the shortcut key and “Enter-n” is the hotkey. It is important to note that not all shortcut keys work from anywhere in the Braille Sense OnHand; some commands will only work while you are in a specific program. For example, if you want to activate the “new document” option in the word processor. You cannot press “Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-5)” in the “program” menu to activate this option. You must be in the word processor program in order for “Entern (dots 1-3-4-5)” to activate the “new document” option.

You can also move to the next menu item by pressing “Space-4”. You can move to the previous menu item by pressing “Space-1”. When you want to move to the first item of the menu, you can press “Space-1-2-3”. If you would like to move to the last item of the menu, you can press “Space-4-5-6”. The corresponding menu name will be displayed on the Braille display, and the menu name will be spoken through the TTS (text to speech) engine. If you want to listen to the name of the menu again, press “Space-r (dots 1-2-3-5)”. Once you move to a menu item that you want to execute, press “Enter” in order to execute the menu. By pressing “Enter”, you will move to the sub menu. If there is no submenu, the Braille Sense OnHand will execute the command from the menu. This process is called “menu selection”. You may also move to any menu or execute any menu by pressing an initial spelling of the menu.

Sometimes, if a menu is executed by pressing “Enter”, the lower-level menu is displayed. In this case, the right direction arrow sign (->) is displayed after the name of the corresponding menu on the Braille display. When this happens, the Braille Sense OnHand will say, “pull down”. Or, if a menu is executed by pressing “Enter”, the dialog box is displayed. In this case, the ellipsis sign (…) will be displayed after the name of the corresponding menu on the Braille display. The Braille Sense OnHand will also speak the message, “common dialog”.

Let’s begin going through the various menus. First, turn the unit on by

pushing the power switch toward you. Now, bring up the “program” menu. You can bring up the “program” menu by pressing “F1”. The “program” menu is the top menu in the Braille Sense OnHand. That is, the “program” menu is the parent directory for everything, as there are no directories or menus above the “program” menu. The items in the “program” menu are file manager, word processor, address manager, schedule manager, e-mail, media player, FM radio, web browser, daisy player, bluetooth manager, msn messenger, database manager, utilities, global options, and help. The first item of the “program” menu is “File manager”. If “Space-4” is pressed, the next menu item is displayed on the Braille display, and it is also spoken. If “Space-4” is pressed repeatedly, the “Help” menu will be displayed. The “Help” menu is the last item on the “program” menu.

Press “Space-4-5-6” when “File manager” is displayed. The Braille Sense OnHand will say “Help”, as the help menu is displayed. Then, press “Space-1-2-3”, and the Braille Sense OnHand speaks “File manager”. It means that “Space-4-5-6” moves to the last item of the “program” menu, and “Space-1-2-3” moves to the first item of the “program” menu. If you want to move from the current menu to the upper level menu, press “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

At any point in the “program” menu or navigating sub-menus, you can press the “F1” key to go to the “program” menu immediately. The file manager, which is the first item of the “program” menu, will be displayed.

2.2.1 Control Symbols on the Braille Sense OnHand

The Braille Sense OnHand has many control symbols. Those symbols appear when you set “Before” and “After” the “Control information” in the “Global options”. The default value is set to “After”. However, if you are in the web browser, the control symbols will be displayed even if you turn off the “Control information” option. The control symbol will appear in front of the menu name or item name. For example, you might see something like, “MN File (f) pull down”.

The following table shows the names and the symbols of the control symbols that are displayed in front and back of menu names.

Name Symbol Comments

Menu MN It means the menu that has

submenus.

Menu item MI It means the menu that does not

have a submenu.

List item LI The item name after this symbol

represents the name of the item in any list. (Ex: “LI database” or “LI sample.txt” in the “file list” of the file manager)

Edit box EB The item name after this symbol

represents the edit box name. You can find the edit box after the edit box name. In the web browser, the symbol “EB” may be followed by an edit box without an edit box name. Edit boxes that begin with the symbol “EB” are one line. (Ex: “EB Last name: (cursor)” in the address manager program or “EB (cursor)”

Multi edit box MEB This also represents the edit

box. But you can type in more than one line in the edit box. (Ex: “MEB Subject: (cursor)” in the e-mail program)

Computer edit

It means there is an edit box to

box

input ASCII Braille. The edit box after this symbol should allow ASCII Braille to be typed in.

(Ex: “CE To: (cursor) “ in the email program)

Combo box CB It represents the combo box in

which you can choose an item by pressing the up scroll button or the down scroll button. (Ex: “CB Type: *.*” in the “Open dialog box” of the word processor program)

Edit combo box ECB You can choose the desired item

by pressing the up or down scroll button, or by directly typing in the item name. (Ex: “ECB File name: (cursor) “ in the “Open dialog box” of the word processor program)

Prompt button PB PB follows any question in which

you have to choose “Yes” or “No”. You can toggle between “Yes” and “No” by pressing the “Space” or the “Backspace” button. (Ex: When you exit from the word processor, “PB Save: Yes”)

Static box ST ST is followed by the current

status. (Ex: “ST noname.hbl/insert mode/write” in the word processor program)

Link LN It means there is a link in the

web page.

Anchor ANC It means there is an anchor in

Radio button

the web page. It represents a radio button, which allows you to choose an item by pressing the up scroll

button, down scroll button, space, or Backspace. Also it cycles between items when pressing this key. (Ex: “RB Attribute: Write” in the “Information dialog box” of the

file manager) Radio button select Radio button unselect Check box check SCHB It means that the check box is

Check box uncheck

Links, anchors, and check boxes are controls that are only used in the web browser. The symbols enable you to understand what type of box or menu you are working with. For example, if “MN”, “MI”, or “LI” are displayed in front of a list, you can move from one item to the next item or previous item by pressing the up or down scroll button. If “ECB”, “EB”, “CB”, or “MEB” are displayed on the display, you will have to find the cursor and input the desired letters at the cursor position. If “BT” is

SRB It means that the radio button is

selected in the web browser

URB It means that the radio button is

not selected in the web browser.

selected.

UCHB It means that the check box is

not selected.

displayed, you can press “Enter” to “push the button”.

2.3 Using the Function Keys

There are four function keys on the Braille Sense OnHand. When using the Braille Sense OnHand, you can open the menus, cancel tasks, and move to other items by using these function keys. No matter where you are in the Braille Sense OnHand, the “F1” key will open the Braille Sense OnHand “program” menu. You can also use “F1” and the shortcut key for each program in the “program” menu to open each program anywhere in the Braille Sense OnHand. For example, if you are in the word processor, and want to open the web browser, you could press “F1-b (dots 1-2)” to open the web browser. In each program,

“Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” and the “F2” key will open the specific menu for each program. The “F3” key has the same function as “tab (“Space-45”). If you press “Space-F3”, this will have the same function as pressing “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”. The “F4” key will function just like the “escape” key does on a personal computer. This key performs the same function as pressing “Space-e (dots 1-5)”. Please note that the “escape” key does not exit a program, as does “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)”.

You can use combinations of the function keys to allow you to do many tasks. Pressing “F1” and “F2” at the same time will work the same as “page up” on a personal computer. If you press the “F3” and “F4” keys at the same time, this is the same as pressing “page down” on a personal computer. The combination of the “F1” and “F4” keys will move you to the Task Name (like the task bar in a computer running Microsoft Windows). If you press the “F2” and “F3” keys simultaneously, you can switch between the different programs that are running just like pressing “alt-tab” in your PC. The Task Name and program switching will be explained in greater detail in the section 2.9, entitled, “MultiTasking”.

2.4 The AC Power Supply and the Battery Pack for the Braille Sense OnHand

It is very useful to know what the remaining battery power when the Braille Sense OnHand is being operated only on battery power. If the remaining battery power is not sufficient, the Braille Sense OnHand will indicate that the battery power is low. In this case, you need to check the remaining battery power, especially when you are using the Braille Sense OnHand without plugging it into an AC power supply.

To check the battery power status, press “Space-1-6”. You will find the following 2 items:

1. Battery power level

2. Power source (battery or AC supply)

The battery power level represents the percentage of the remaining

battery power. The power source indicates whether power is coming from the battery or the AC power supply. If the battery power level drops under 15 percent, the Braille Sense OnHand will display the battery status on the Braille display, and it will announce (through the speakers) that the battery has less than 15 percent of its power left. If the battery power level falls below five percent, the Braille Sense OnHand will give you a warning indicating that your battery power level is under five percent, and the Braille Sense OnHand will be automatically turned off in one minute, unless you connect the Braille Sense OnHand to an AC power supply.

Let’s explore the detachable battery pack. When the Braille Sense OnHand is shipped, you will find the battery pack is not installed in the Braille Sense OnHand. This is done to prevent damage during shipping. When you insert this battery pack in to the Braille Sense OnHand for the first time, the unit may display an inaccurate battery power level. Before using the Braille Sense OnHand for the first time, please charge the battery for three hours. If you need to use the unit during the initial recharge, the unit should be connected to the AC power supply for at least three hours in order to fully charge the battery. When you remove the battery from the Braille Sense OnHand, make sure your unit is turned off; especially when the AC power supply is not connected to your unit. Otherwise, you will lose all of your data that is stored in RAM. If you remove the battery, and do not have the Braille Sense OnHand hooked up to the AC power supply, your data that is stored in RAM will remain for only about an hour. In order to keep your data that is stored in RAM, the Braille Sense OnHand must be connected to an AC power supply or battery pack within an hour; otherwise the data that is stored in RAM will be lost.

2.5 Basic Explanation of Disks, folders, and files

The flash memory in the Braille Sense OnHand is similar to a big bookshelf in a library. The piece of hardware in the Braille Sense OnHand that is called the “disk” is similar to the idea of a bookshelf in a library. You can make partitions on a bookshelf in order to organize

books into categories. Each category can be compared to what are called “folders” on the Braille Sense OnHand. The books in each section can be compared to what are called “files” on the Braille Sense OnHand. You can save files into any folders at your convenience. If you make the proper folder names for files you are saving, it will make it easier to find saved files when you need to access them later.

When the Braille Sense OnHand is shipped from the factory, the name of the flash memory in the Braille Sense OnHand is called “flashdisk”. You can create folders on this “flashdisk” in any way that you prefer.

You can also expand your memory space by adding additional memory devices, such as a USB stick memory through a USB OTG, or a Secure Digital memory card in the SD slot. The default name of the SD card is “SD”. The USB stick memory is called “USB”. If you decide to add any of these memory devices, you will be able to create folders, and save files on the additional memory devices.

2.6 Controlling the Volume, Rate, and the Pitch of Speech

You can change the volume, rate, and pitch of speech used on the Braille Sense OnHand. To change the volume, you can press “Backspace-F4” to raise the volume. Press “Backspace-F1” to lower the volume. To make changes in the reading rate, you can press “Space-F4” to make the reading rate faster. Press “Space-F1” to make the reading rate slower. In order to make changes in pitch, press “Enter-F4” for a higher pitch and “Enter-F1” for a lower pitch. When any of the above combination keys are pressed, the Braille Sense OnHand will announce the status of its volume, rate, or pitch. The changes you made with these combination keys will remain in effect even when you turn off the machine and turn it back on again. These changes can also be made in the “Global options” settings. Please refer to sections 3.14,

3.15, and 3.16 in this user manual.

2.6.1 Control the volume and speed in Media player

You can control the volume and speed in media player.

1. Volume up: Space-Up scroll button

2. Volume down: Space-Down scroll button

3. Rate up: Dots 3-4-5

4. Rate down: Dots 1-2-6

Note: These controls can be adjusted only Media volume and speed that means it doesn't affect the master volume and speed.

2.7 How to use the Voice and the Braille display

When using the Braille Sense OnHand, you can choose to use Braille only or speech only for reading. You can also use both Braille and speech at the same time for reading. However, you cannot turn off both Braille and the speech simultaneously. You can utilize “Backspace-F2” to turn the speech on and off. You can use “Backspace-F3” to turn the Braille on and off. Please refer to section 3.2 in this user manual for more information.

2.8 How to type the character

In the document, “edit box” and “multi edit box” on Braille Sense OnHand, you can enter the grade 1 or grade 2 Braille. But in the “computer edit box” such as “To” in email program, you have to enter the computer Braille. If you want to enter the capital letter, you can use the “capital sign (Space-u (dots 1-3-6))” when you enter the computer Braille. For example, if you want to enter the “H” in computer edit box, you press the “Space-u (dots 1-3-6)” and press the “dots 1-2-5.” If you press “Space-u (dots 1-3-6)” twice, capitals continue until you turn off by pressing “Space-u (dots 1-3-6).”

You can use the “Space-Backspace” instead of “capital sign (Space-u).” Only, you have press “Space-Backspace” and “dots 1-2-5” simultaneously. Also you can use the “capital sign” when you enter the “at sign.” To input the “at sign,” you press the “Space-u (dots 1-3-6)” and

press the “dot 4.” Also you can input the “at sign” by pressing “SpaceBackspace-dot 4.” And if you want to enter the number, you can use the “number sign (dots 3-4-5-6).” But in the computer edit box, you have to input the number in computer Braille that lowered by one row and no number sign.

2.8.1 The ASCII table for a computer Braille input

exclamation mark: dots 2-3-4-6 quotation mark: dot 5 number sign: dots 3-4-5-6 dollar sign: dots 1-2-4-6 percent: dots 1-4-6 ampersand: dots 1-2-3-4-6 apostrophe: dot 3 left parenthesis: dots 1-2-3-5-6 right parenthesis: dots 2-3-4-5-6 asterisk: dots 1-6 PLUS: dots 3-4-6 comma: dot 6 dash: dots 3-6 period: dots 4-6 slash: dots 3-4 0: dots 3-5-6 1: dot 2 2: dots 2-3 3: dots 2-5 4: dots 2-5-6 5: dots 2-6 6: dots 2-3-5 7: dots 2-3-5-6 8: dots 2-3-6 9: dots 3-5 colon: dots 1-5-6 semi colon: dots 5-6 less than: dots 1-2-6

equal: dots 1-2-3-4-5-6 great than: dots 3-4-5 question mark: dots 1-4-5-6 at sign: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dot 4 A: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dot 1 B: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2 C: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-4 D: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-4-5 E: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-5 F: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-4 G: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-4-5 H: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-5 I: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 2-4 J: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 2-4-5 K: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3 L: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3 M: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-4 N: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-4-5 O: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-5 P: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3-4 Q: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3-4-5 R: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3-5 S: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 2-3-4 T: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 2-3-4-5 U: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-6 V: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-3-6 W: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 2-4-5-6 X: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-4-6 Y: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-4-5-6 Z: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-3-5-6 left bracket: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 2-4-6 back slash: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-5-6 right bracket: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 1-2-4-5-6 carat: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 4-5 underline: Space-u (dots 1-3-6), dots 4-5-6 grave accent: dots 4

a: dot 1 b: dots 1-2 c: dots 1-4 d: dots 1-4-5 e: dots 1-5 f: dots 1-2-4 g: dots 1-2-4-5 h: dots 1-2-5 i: dots 2-4 j: dots 2-4-5 k: dots 1-3 l: dots 1-2-3 m: dots 1-3-4 n: dots 1-3-4-5 o: dots 1-3-5 p: dots 1-2-3-4 q: dots 1-2-3-4-5 r: dots 1-2-3-5 s: dots 2-3-4 t: dots 2-3-4-5 u: dots 1-3-6 v: dots 1-2-3-6 w: dots 2-4-5-6 x: dots 1-3-4-6 y: dots 1-3-4-5-6 z: dots 1-3-5-6 left brace: dots 2-4-6 vertical bar: dots 1-2-5-6 right brace: dots 1-2-4-5-6 tilde: dots 4-5

2.9 Multi Tasking

The Braille Sense OnHand can do more than one task at the same time, which is called multi-tasking. For example, you can work with the word processor while you are listening to music, and you can put

calculations into a document at the same time. This is called a Braille Sense OnHand multi-task. If you want to work with the word processor while listening to music, you can first run the media player and play a music file. While playing music, you can press the “F1” key to open the Braille Sense OnHand menu and run the word processor.

The Braille Sense OnHand can run up to seven programs simultaneously. You cannot have more than seven multi-tasks. That is, you cannot run more than seven programs at the same time. If you try to run a program that you are already running, the new instance of the program will not start, and you will be taken to the instance of the program that is already running. For example, while you are working with a document called “A”, you decide to execute the “file manager”. Next, you move to a document called “B” by pressing the move keys in the “file list” of “file manager”, and you press “Enter”. Then, the word processor will not load again for opening the document “B”, but the document “B” will be opened in the word processor, which document “A” is also running on. If you want to switch documents, you need to open them in the word processor without running other programs. In this case, you can switch them with “tab (Space-4-5 or F3)” or “shift-tab (Space-1-2 or Space-F3)”. Switching documents will be explained later in detail in section 5, which covers the word processor.

After you press F1 to call up the “program” menu, or after you press F1F4 to open the Task Name, you can press “escape” (“Space-e” or “F4”) to return to the previously-running program. If you want to switch between programs while running more than one program, press the “F1” and “F4” keys at the same time to open the Task Name. The Task Name shows the names and numbers of the running programs, just like the file manager. You can cycle through the running programs on the Braille Sense OnHand with the “Space-1” or the “Space-4” and scroll buttons. Press the “Enter” key to run the program that you want after focusing on your selection.

The combination of the “F2” and “F3” keys can switch between all of the running programs immediately without opening the Task Name. It

functions the same way as the “alt-tab” keys on your PC. If you are running three programs and you are in the second program, pressing the “F2” and “F3” keys at the same time will move you to the third program. If you press “F2-F3” again, you will be on the first program. In the above case, pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” will close the current running program and move you to the previous program. However, if there is only one program running, pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” will close the program and move you to the Braille Sense OnHand “program” menu. Note that “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” is different from the “escape” key, which does not close programs.

2.10 Switching Audio mode

The audio buttons on the front panel will work for different function according to the location of Audio mode switch. If you push the audio mode switch to the left side, the Braille Sense OnHand will say “radio mode” and the audio buttons will work for the FM radio program. If you set the audio mode switch to the center, the Braille Sense OnHand will say “daisy mode” and the audio buttons will work for the Daisy program. If you push the audio mode switch to the right side, the Braille Sense OnHand will say “media mode” and the audio buttons will work for the Media program.

So in order to use the audio buttons as you desire, you have to set the audio mode switch to the proper position. For example, when you are using Media program and the audio mode switch is located in the left side, the audio buttons on the front panel will work for FM radio program. The detailed function of the audio buttons will be explained in the FM radio, Daisy and Media program sections in this user manual.

2.11 Switching Key lock

You can disable or enable any specified keys on the Braille Sense OnHand by using Key Lock switch on the left panel. If the key lock switch put on left, Braille Sense OnHand will say “all keys locked”. In this case, you can’t use the all keys including the on/off

switch. If the key lock switch put on center, Braille Sense OnHand will say “top panel locked”. In this case, only you can use the buttons and switches in the front panel (audio mode switch, audio buttons and on/off switch). If the key lock switch put on right, Braille Sense OnHand will say “unlocked”. In this case, you can use the all keys (Braille keyboard, audio buttons, scroll buttons, function keys, audio mode switch and on/off switch).

But, you can use the reset button, regardless of location of key lock switch.

2.12 Print Spool

The Braille Sense OnHand has a print spool function. This function enables the Braille Sense OnHand to do other tasks while printing to an ink-printer or Braille embosser. For example, if you send data to your printer or embosser, you will be immediately returned to where you were before the print command was executed. If you want to check the print spool dialog box after you have given the print command, press “Space2-3-4-6”. Then, you will see the dialog box which has three controls. The first control is a list that gives you information about files that are being printed. There is also a “Cancel” button and a “Close” button. You can cycle through the three controls by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”. In the information list, you can move item by item by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1”. However, if you open up the dialog box without printing anything, you will see “no items” and the “Close” button.

While printing, the information list will contain the following: “running program name”, “printing file name”, “printer type”, “the number of copies”, and either “printing” or “ready”. For example, let’s assume that we are printing one copy of “sample.hbl” in the word processor. In the info list, you will see “program: word processor, file: sample.hbl, printer, copy: 1, printing”. If you are using a Braille embosser, you will see “embosser” instead of “printer”. If there is not anything printing and, (the printer is waiting), you will see “ready” instead of “printing”. If you

print something out in the e-mail program, you will see “emailtemp.txt”, instead of the file name. When you are printing something from the address manager, or the schedule manager, you will see the message, “prn_(time).txt”.

If you focus on any of the files in the info list, and press “Enter” on “Cancel” after pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)”, you will cancel the printing of that file. If you press “Space-4-5” repeatedly, locate “Close”, and press “Enter” on “Close”, you will close the print spool dialog box. Pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” will also close the print spool.

2.13 One-Handed Mode

Braille Sense OnHand provides a one-handed mode for users restricted to the use of one hand for Braille input. To turn on one-handed mode, hold down F3, while turn on the power switch. And to turn off this mode (i.e. to return on two-handed mode), hold down F4, while turn on the power switch. Also, by using the Option menu, you can turn on or off this mode. When one-handed mode turned on, the input methods are as follows:

1. To type a character, you press the dots in any combination or order. And when you have pressed all dots, press “Space”. For example, if you want to type the “h”, you press “dot 1” and “dot 2” separately or together and then press “dot 5”. And finally you press “Space”.

2. To press a command that includes “Space”, you press “Space” both before and after the other keys. For example, if you want to press “Space-o (dots 1-3-5)”, you press “Space” and then press “dot 1”, “dot 3” and “dot 5” separately or together in any order. Then press “Space” again.

3. To press a command that includes “Backspace” or “Enter”, you press “Backspace” or “Enter” before the other keys. And then press other keys. Finally you press “Space”. For example, if you want to press “Enter-l (dots 1-2-3)”, you press “Enter” and then press “dots 1-2-3”. And press “Space”.

4. To press “Space”, “Backspace” and “Enter”, you press this keys twice. For example, if you want to press “Space” to make a space between words, you press “Space” twice.

The operation of the scroll buttons, function keys, audio buttons remains the same as in two-handed mode. If one-handed mode is on, the Braille Sense OnHand will advise this each time it is turned on, and will also advise what to do to return to the two-handed mode.

2.14 Using Typing Mode

While typing in document, you can execute “Typing Mode”.

In order to execute the “Typing Mode”, follow these steps:

1) Press “Backspace-Enter-c (dots 1-4)”, while typing in document.

2) It shows “Start typing mode”

If you press “Space-4” while executing the “Typing Mode”, it will be typed “Space” and “Dot 4” instead of moving to next line. In order to cancel the “Typing Mode”, follow these steps:

1) Press “Backspace-Enter-c (dots 1-4)” in the “Typing Mode”.

2) It shows “End typing mode”.

After canceling the “Typing Mode”, it will move to the next line in document when you press “Space-4”.

2.15 Common Combination Keys

1. Call up the program menu: F1

2. Run the individual program in the program menu F1-“shortcut key” (varies for each program)

3. Call up the task ID list: F1-F4

4. Switch to previous program: Space-F2-F3

5. Switch to next program: F2-F3

6. Call up the “menu” in the individual program: Space-m (dots 1-3-4) or F2

7. Exit: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)

8. Escape: Space-e (space-1-5) or F4

9. Move to the next control in a dialog box: Tab (Space-4-5 or F3)

10. Move to the previous control in the dialog box: Shift-tab (Space-1-2 or Space-F3)

11. Move to the previous character: Left arrow key (Space-3)

12. Move to the next character: Right arrow key (Space-6)

13. Move to the previous line/item: Up arrow key (Space-1)

14. Move to the next line/item: Down arrow key (Space-4)

15. Move to the beginning of line/item: Home key (Space-1-3)

16. Move to the end of line/item: End key (Space-4-6)

17. Move to the top of a document or to the first item: Ctrl-home (Space1-2-3)

18. Move to the bottom of a document or to the last item: Ctrl-end (Space-4-5-6)

19. Move to the previous page or to the first item of the previous 18-item group: Page up (Space 1-2-6 or F1-F2)

20. Move to the next page or to the first item of the next 18-item group: Page down (Space 3-4-5 or F3-F4)

21. Scroll left: Up scroll button

22. Scroll right: Down scroll button

23. Move the cursor to each cell or move to an item: The corresponding cursor routing key

24. Read the current item again: Space-r (dots 1-2-3-5)

25. Say current time: Space-t (dots 2-3-4-5)

26. Check power status: Space-1-6

27. Call up the “Global options”: Space-o (dots 1-3-5)

28. Online help: Space-h (dots 1-2-5)

29. Checking your version: Space-v (dots 1-2-3-6) only in the Braille Sense OnHand “program” menu”.

30. Display network status: Space-n (dots 1-3-4-5) in the Braille Sense OnHand “program” menu

31. Increase the voice volume: Backspace-F4

32. Decrease the voice volume: Backspace-F1

33. Increase the voice rate: Space-F4

34. Decrease the voice rate: Space-F1

35. Increase the voice pitch: Enter-F4

36. Decrease the voice pitch: Enter-F1

37. One-handed mode on: hold down F3 while turning on

38. One-handed mode off: hold down F4 while turning on

39. Bluetooth on/off: Backspace-3-4-5-6

40. Wireless lan on/off: Backspace-1-4-5-6

41. Scroll voice on/off: F3-up scroll button

42. Selecting Braille cursor: F4-up scroll button

43. Selection control information: F2-down scroll button

44. Eight dot mode on/off: F1-down scroll button

45. Use typing mode: Backspace-Enter-c (dots 1-4)

3. Global options

The “Global options” in the Braille Sense OnHand has information on all of your settings. You can change your preferences regarding each option. You can access the “Global options” by pressing “F1”. Then, use “Space4” or “Space-1” until you find “Global options”. Then, press “Enter” on “Global options”. By pressing the “Space-o (dots 1-3-5)”, you can open the “Global options” while you are anywhere in the Braille Sense OnHand. You can navigate all of the items in the “Global options” with “Space-1” or “Space-4”. You can also use the scroll buttons for navigating through each of the items. You can change the setting values with the “spacebar” or “Backspace” buttons. There are many shortcut keys which you can use to quickly move you to wherever you want to go in the “Global options”. By pressing “Space” on an item in the “Global options”, you can turn the setting on or off, or toggle between the various options that are available for the item you are on.

The “Global options” is like a dialog box. To change and save the settings in the “Global options”, you must press “Enter” once you have selected the setting that you want to save. If you do not press “Enter” (or select “Confirm”) on the setting that you want, the setting will not be saved. Once you press “Enter” to save the setting, the Braille Sense OnHand will say, “Saved options”, and you will be returned to where you were before you entered the “Global options”. To cancel the change to the setting, press the “F4” key, “Space-e (dots 1-5)”, or “Space-z (dots 13-4-5)”. The Braille Sense OnHand will then speak the message, “Canceled saving options”. When you are on an option, you can also use “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to go to the “Confirm” and “Cancel” buttons. If you want to save your settings, press “Enter” on the “Confirm” button. If you do not want to save the changes you made to the settings, press “Enter” on the “Cancel” button.

Before we go in to detail about each option, let’s first go through a brief overview of what you will find in the “Global options”.

3.1 Option Menu Overview

The “Global options” contains different settings that can be changed in the Braille Sense OnHand. By pressing “Space-o (dots 1-3-5)”, you can open the “Global options” while you are anywhere in the Braille Sense OnHand. The “Global options” has five groups.

1. Braille setting (which includes Braille display, Braille cursor, eight dot mode, view/input grade, and message display time)

2. Voice setting (which includes voice, punctuation level, keyboard echo, capitalization alert, numbers, voice volume, voice rate, voice pitch, and scroll voice)

3. Display setting (which includes Flip LCD display, LCD font size - LCD is an external type which needs to be connected to Braille Sense OnHand)

4. Print setting (which includes printer port and print paper size)

5. General setting (which includes audio alerts, play power on/off

sound, left scroll buttons, right scroll buttons, skip empty lines, control information, show password, hot key information, announce shortcut keys, power saving mode, power saving kick in, check today's schedule, one-handed mode, spell check automatically, default document type, automatically synchronize with time server, progress indicator, Bluetooth, wireless LAN and mass-storage device mode.)

You can move between the five groups by pressing “page down (“Space-3-4-5” or “F3-F4”)” or “page up (“Space-1-2-6” or “F1-F2”)”. When a group is opened, a list of options will appear that can be changed for the particular setting that you are on. A list of options under a group, are referred to as a “list”. You can move between items in the “list” by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4”. You can then change the setting for each option by pressing “Space” or “Backspace” on each option.

3.2 Braille display

The first item that you will find in the “Global options” is “Braille display”. You can switch the Braille display on and off with the “Space”. The default is set to “On” and the shortcut key is “b (dots 1-2)”. You can toggle the Braille display on or off, by pressing “Backspace-F3” while you are using another program in the Braille Sense OnHand, without having to pull up the “Global options”. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-45”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.3 Braille Cursor

You can choose how you want the Braille cursor to show up on the Braille display. The shortcut key is “c (dots 1-4)”. By default the cursor is set to “Always up”. If you do not want the cursor set to “Always up”, you can press the “Space” key to turn the cursor “Blinking”, and one more press the “Space” key to turn the cursor “Off”. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-

6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

Note that there are three types of cursors:

1. “dots 7-8”

2. blinking “dots 7-8”

3. blinking “dots 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8” The blinking “dots 7-8” will be displayed when you are in the “overwirte mode” in the word processor. The blinking “dots 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8” will appear when you are using the “Start Selection” setting in the word

processor and when you are in an edit box. In all other situations, the cursor will be displayed as “dots 7-8”.

3.4 Eight Dot Mode

You can choose to use a 6-dot-Braille or 8-dot-Braille display when using ASCII text mode. The shortcut key is “e (dots 1-5)”. By default the 8-dot-Braille display is set to off. You can switch this option to 8-dotBraille mode by pressing the “Space” key. You can toggle this option on or off by pressing “F1-down scroll button” while you are using another program in the Braille Sense OnHand, without having to pull up the “Global options”. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.5 View/input the Grade of Braille

You can choose what grade of Braille you want the Braille display to use when reading. The shortcut key is “g (dots 1-2-4-5)”. The setting choices are grade 1, grade 2, and ASCII. You can switch between the settings by pressing the “space” key. You can press “space-g (dots 1-2-4-5)” to cycle through the three settings while you are using other programs without calling up the “Global options”. If you have changed the setting, press the “enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“space-45”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “confirm” button, and press “enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “cancel” button, and then press “enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.6 Line break

When you read a document, if the Line break is off, you can move to the previous/next word one by one without breaking the line.

Move to the previous/next word: Space-2 or Space-5 Move to the previous/next character: Space-3 or Space-6

For example, when you read “New document folder name”, first, you can see “New document” on the Braille display. When you press “Space-6” or “Space-5”, it changes to “document folder”. When you press “Space6” or “Space-5” once again, it changes to “folder name”.

When the Line break is on, it changes the line automatically. For example, when you read “New document folder name”, first, you can see “New document” on the Braille display. When you press “Space-6” or “Space-5”, it changes the line and shows “folder name”

To execute “Line break”, follow these steps:

1) Press “Space-o (dots 1-3-5)” to call up the option menu.

2) It shows “Braille display”.

3) Press “Space-4”, move to “Line break”. Or press “a (dot 1)”.

4) It shows “Line break: On".

The default setting is "On". To change setting value, press “Space”.

If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.7 Message Display Time

You can select how long a Braille message will be displayed on the Braille display. This feature is available when the voice is off. When in “Stand by” and “Ignore” mode you can turn on the voice. The shortcut key is “m (dots 1-3-4)”. You can select among “Stand by”, “Ignore”, and 1 to 10 seconds. The default is “3 seconds”. The value is increased when you press the “Space” key and decreased when you press the “Backspace” key To set “Stand by” mode, press the “Space” key until you reach “Stand by”.. In this mode, the message will disappear when you press any key. The higher value you select, the longer the message remains. If you skip the message before the time you set, you can clear the message by pressing any key. If you choose “Ignore”, then messages won’t be shown on the display. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” key to save the setting. You can also press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” and press “Enter” on the “Confirm” button”. If you do not want to save the setting, press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”and “Enter” on the “Cancel” button”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.8 Voice

This menu will allow you to turn the Braille Sense OnHand voice on or off. The shortcut key is “v (dots 1-2-3-6)”. By default the voice is set to on, so you will hear the Braille Sense OnHand speak. You can turn off the voice with the ‘“Space”. You can toggle it on and off by pressing “Backspace-F2” while you are using another program in the Braille Sense OnHand without having to call up the “Global options”. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

You can also press “dots 1-2” while turning on the Braille Sense OnHand, which will turn the Braille Sense OnHand on without speech. When resetting the Braille Sense OnHand, you can also press “dots 1-2” when you press the reset button to reset the Braille Sense OnHand, and turn on the Braille Sense OnHand without speech.

3.9 Punctuation Level

You can choose how you want the Braille Sense OnHand to read punctuation marks. The shortcut key is “p (dots 1-2-3-4)”. The setting options are “All”, “Off”, “Punctuation”, and “Symbol”. The default setting is set to “All” in which the Braille Sense OnHand will say all punctuation marks and symbols. The “Space” key allows you to cycle through all four of the setting values. If you select “Off”, the Braille Sense OnHand will not say any punctuation marks. The option, “Punctuation” will make the Braille Sense OnHand say only punctuation marks, but the “Symbol” option will say all symbols without saying punctuation marks. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.10 Keyboard Echo

With this option, you can decide how the Braille Sense OnHand will speak when you are typing. The shortcut key is “k (dots 1-3)”. The setting values are “On with characters and words”, “On with characters”, “On with words”, and “Off”. If you select the default “On with characters and words”, you can hear each keystroke and a word right after it is completed. If you select “On with characters”, you can hear each keystroke letter by letter. If you select the “On with words” option, you can hear each word right after it is completed, but not each letter. You can cycle through each of the options by pressing the “Space” key. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” key to save the setting.

You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.11 Capitalization alert

You can decide how the Braille Sense OnHand will speak the "capital character" when you type the character or read the document by using "space-3" or "space-6" in computer edit box or ASCII mode . The shortcut key is “u (dots 1-3-6).” The setting values are “Off,” “Say cap,” and “Pitch.” The default value is “Pitch.” If you select the default, you will hear higher pitch when meet the capital letter. And if you select the “Off”, read the same regardless of capital letter and lower case letter. And if you select the “say cap,” you will hear “cap” sound before the capital letter. For example, when you meet the capital letter “V,” Braille Sense OnHand will talk “cap v.” You can cycle through each of the options by pressing the “Space” key. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter.” If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter.” You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5).”

3.12 Numbers

You can choose how you want the Braille Sense OnHand to read number. The shortcut key is “n (dots 1-3-4-5)” with the default set to “On”. For example, if you set “On”, the “2007” will read “two thousand seven”. And you set “Off”, “the “2007” will read “two zero zero seven”. You can change the value by using “Space”.

If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the

“Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.13 Voice Volume

You can set the volume level of the voice on the Braille Sense OnHand. The shortcut key is “l (dots 1-2-3)”. The setting value is 1 through 10 with the default set on 6. When you have set this option to 1, the volume will be set at the lowest level. If you set this option to 10, the volume is the loudest. If you set the volume level to 1, you will almost not be able to hear. The “Space” key increases the volume and the “Backspace” decreases the volume by one number at a time. Please note that if you are at volume level 10, and increase the volume by one, the volume loops back to level 1. The same is true if you are at level 1, and decrease the volume by one unit. You will then be at level 10. Without opening the “Global options”, you can increase the volume with the key combination of the “Backspace” and “F4” keys or you can decrease it with the “Backspace” and the “F1” key.

If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.14 Voice Rate

You can control the rate of the Braille Sense OnHand speech. The shortcut key is “r (dots 1-2-3-5)”. The setting options are 1 through 12 with the default set to 8. The “Space” key increases the rate level and the “Backspace” decreases the speed level by one unit at a time. Without opening the “Global options”, you can increase the rate with the key combination of the “Space” and “F4” keys, or you can decrease it

with the “Space” and the “F1” key. If you are at level 12, and increase the rate by one unit, you will go to level 1. Also, if you are at level 1, and decrease the rate by one unit, you will go to level 12.

3.15 Voice Pitch

You can control the voice pitch of the Braille Sense OnHand. The shortcut key is “t (dots 1-2-3-4-5)”. The available options are 1 through 10 with the default set to 6. At level 10, the voice pitch will be the highest; and, at level 1, the voice pitch will be the lowest. The “space” key will increase the voice pitch and the “backspace” key will decrease the voice pitch by one level. Just as with the voice volume and voice speed, if you are at level 10, and you increase the voice pitch by one level, you will go to level 1. And, if you are at level 1 and decrease the voice pitch by one level, you will go to level 10. When you are not in the “option”, menu, you can increase the pitch by pressing, “enter” and “F4”, or you can decrease it by pressing “enter” and “F1”. If you have changed the setting, press the “enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “confirm” button, and press “enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “cancel” button, and then press “enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.16 Scroll Voice

You can decide if you want the Braille Sense OnHand to speak while using the scroll buttons in the document. The shortcut key is “s (dots 23-4)” with the default set to “Off”. The default setting (Off) does not allow

the Braille Sense OnHand to speak while scrolling. The “Space” toggles off/on. If you set the option to “On”, you can hear the Braille Sense OnHand while scrolling.

3.17 Flip LCD display

Note: LCD is an external type which needs to be connected to Braille Sense OnHand

You can decide if the text on the LCD screen is shown in the right or reverse direction. By default, it is set to “Off”, You can switch the value to “On” or “Off”. If you set this option to “Off”, the text on the LCD screen is shown in the right direction and if you set this option to “On”, the text on the LCD screen is shown in the reverse direction and it means the sighted person facing you can see the text on the LCD screen in the right direction. It is a good tool for teachers or Deaf-blinds.

3.18 LCD Font Size

Note: LCD is an external type which needs to be connected to Braille Sense OnHand

Here, you can change the font size on your LCD panel. The shortcut key is “f (dots 1-2-4)”. The default is set to 19, but you can set the font size anywhere from 12 to 20. You can increase the font by one size with the “Space”, and you can decrease the font size with the “Backspace” key. If you have the font size set to 20, and you increase the font by one size, the font will go to 12. If your font size is 12, and you decrease the font by one size, the font will go to 20.

3.19 Printer Port

You can choose which port will be used for your printer port when sending your documents to a printer. The shortcut key is “p (dots 1-2-3-

4)”. The default is set to “USB”. If you want to use a USB port printer, you keep the default setting. If you want to use a parallel port printer, you change the setting. You can toggle the options by hitting the “Space” key.

3.20 Print Paper Size

This option allows you to select the size of the paper that an ink printer will use, if you will be printing to an ink printer. The shortcut key for this function is “s (dots 2-3-4)”. You can change the size for this option by pressing “Space”. You can choose between the settings of, “Letter” (8.5 inches by 11 inches) or, “Legal” (8.5 inches by 14 inches.)

3.21 Audio alerts

You can choose whether you will hear a warning sound or not. The shortcut key is “w (dots 2-4-5-6)”. This option is useful if the speech setting on the Braille Sense OnHand is turned off. The default for this option is set to “on”. If you turn off the speech, you will hear a beeping sound when you type in keys that the Braille Sense OnHand does not accept. If you don't want to hear the warning sound, you can press the “space” key once to turn “off” the warning message. If you have changed the setting, press the “enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “confirm” button, and press “enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “cancel” button, and then press “enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “space-e (dots 1-5).

3.22 Play Power On/Off Sound

You can choose whether you will hear a power on/off sound or not when you turn on the Braille Sense OnHand. The shortcut key is “s (dots 2-3-

4)”. The default for this option is set to “on”. If you keep default setting,

you will hear a starting sound signal when you turn on or off the Braille Sense OnHand. If you don’t want to hear the on/off sound signal, you can press the “space” once to turn “off” the sound signal.

If you have changed the setting, press the “enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “confirm” button, and press “enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “cancel” button, and then press “enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.23 Left Scroll Buttons

You can decide how scroll buttons on the left side of Braille display are used. You can set the value with one of “Scroll line”, “Move by line”, “Move by character”, “Move by paragraph” and “Move by sentence”. If you set the value to “Scroll line”, left-scroll buttons are used to scroll previous or next Braille. It means if you press left-up scroll button, you can scroll previous Braille and if you press left-down scroll button, you can scroll next Braille.

If you set the value to “Move by line”, left-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next line and it works as if you press “Space-1” or “Space4”.

If you set the value to “Move by character”, left-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next character on the Braille display. It means if you press left-up scroll button, you can move to previous character on the Braille display and if you press left-down scroll button, you can move to next character on the Braille display and it works as if you press “Space3” or “Space-6”.

If you set the value to “Move by paragraph”, left-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next paragraph and it works as if you press “Space-2-3” or “Space-5-6”.

If you set the value to “Move by sentence”, left-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next sentence and it works as if you press “Space2-3-5” or “Space-2-5-6”.

3.24 Right Scroll Buttons

You can decide how scroll buttons on the right side of Braille display are used. You can set the value with one of “Scroll line”, “Move by line”, “Move by character”, “Move by paragraph” and “Move by sentence”.

If you set the value to “Scroll line”, right-scroll buttons are used to scroll previous or next Braille. It means if you press right-up scroll button, you can scroll previous Braille and if you press right-down scroll button, you can scroll next Braille.

If you set the value to “Move by line”, right-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next line and it works as if you press “Space-1” or “Space-4”.

If you set the value to “Move by character”, right-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next character on the Braille display. It means if you press right-up scroll button, you can move to previous character on the Braille display and if you press right-down scroll button, you can move to next character on the Braille display and it works as if you press “Space-3” or “Space-6”.

If you set the value to “Move by paragraph”, right-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next paragraph and it works as if you press “Space-2-3” or “Space-5-6”.

If you set the value to “Move by sentence”, right-scroll buttons are used to move to previous or next sentence and it works as if you press “Space-2-3-5” or “Space-2-5-6”.

3.25 Skip Empty Lines

You can choose to have the Braille Sense OnHand read a blank line, or to skip empty lines. The shortcut key is “e (dots 1-5)”, and the default is set to “Off”. If you keep the default setting, you will hear the words “empty line” if there is a blank line. The “Space” toggles off/on. If you choose to turn this option on, the Braille Sense OnHand will skip all blank lines, and you will not hear the words “empty line” when there is a blank line. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.26 Control Information

You can choose the display location of information regarding the files and menus in the Braille Sense OnHand. The short cut key is “i (dots 2-

4)”, and the default is set to “After”. To toggle “Control information” between before, after and off, press “space.

If you select “Before”, you will hear control information before a menu or list item. If you select “After”, you will hear control information such as “list item” or “menu item” after a menu or list item. If you have control information shut off, you will not hear “list item” or “menu item”.

Note that if the Web browser is activated, the control symbols will appear even if you turn off the “Control information” option. If you have changed the setting, press the “Enter” to save the setting. You can also “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to the “Cancel” button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.27 Show passwords

When you enter the password in computer edit box, you can select to display either “*(dots 1-6)”or the letter exactly that you write on the Braille display.

The short cut key is “p (dots 1-2-3-4)”, and the default is set to “off”. When you enter the password, it will be shown as “*(dots 1-6)” on the Braille display.

By pressing “Space”, you can change set to “on”. When you type the password, it will be shown as the letter exactly that you write on Braille display.

You have changed the setting, press the “Enter” to save the setting. You can also press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” and press “Enter” on the “Confirm” button. If you do not want to save the setting, press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” and press “Enter” on the “Cancel” button. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.28 Hot Key Information

As described before, hot keys are keystrokes that can take you directly to an item, such as a menu, or a particular item in a list. You can choose the speech output method of hot key. The short cut key is “h (dots 1-2-

5)”, and the default is set to “ASCII character”. The setting values are “ASCII character”, “Dot patterns”, and “Off”. You can cycle through each of the options by pressing the “Space” key. For example, when you select “ASCII character”, the “Open (o) Enter-o” will output with “Open (o) Enter-o”. And if you select “Dot patterns”, the “Open (o) Enter-o” will out put with “Open (o) enter dots 1 3 5”. And if you select “Off”, you can’t hear the hot key information.

3.29 Announce shortcut keys

The “Announce shortcut keys” option allows you to decide if the Braille Sense OnHand will say the shortcut key for a function. The shortcut key is “s (dots 2-3-4)” and the default is set to “on”. For example, if you hear, “file f pull down”, the shortcut key is the letter “f”. If you prefer the Braille Sense OnHand only says, “file pull down”, you will want to turn the “announce shortcut keys” setting off. To toggle “announce shortcut keys” between on and off, press “space”. If you have changed the setting, press the “enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “confirm” button, and press “enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “cancel” button, and then press “enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.30 Power Saving Mode

You can choose to have the Braille Sense OnHand use the power saving mode. The shortcut key is “p (dots 1-2-3-4)”. The default setting is set to “On”, which will use the power saving mode. By pressing “Space”, you can switch between “On”, “Off”, and “Message”. If you don't want to use the power saving mode, you can set the option to “Off”. If you set the option to “Message”, you will hear a warning message that says “power on” in 10, 20, or 30 minute increments (depending on the setting that you will choose for power saving kick in) if you have not pressed any keys on the Braille Sense OnHand. The next section explains how to change the power saving kick in to 10, 20, or 30 minutes.

For your reference, this option is available only when the AC adaptor is connected to the unit. In other word, although you set the option to “On” if AC adaptor is connected to the unit, the unit will not go to the sleep mode automatically when you meet the “Power saving kick in” time.

3.31 Power Saving Kick In

When you want to use the power saving mode, you can set the time when the power saving mode will begin. The shortcut key is “k (dots 1-

3)” with the default set at “After 10 minutes”. If you set this option to the default, the Braille Sense OnHand will enter into power saving mode when you have not used the Braille Sense OnHand for 10 minutes. The “Space” key changes the option setting to 10 minutes, 20 minutes, or 30 minutes.

3.32 Check Today’s Schedule

In the “Schedule manager” (which you will learn about later), you are able to keep track of your appointments, using the Braille Sense OnHand. The Braille Sense OnHand is able to check today’s schedule when you turn it on. You can decide if you want the Braille Sense OnHand to show today’s schedule when it powers on. The short cut key for this option is “s (dots 2-3-4)”. To toggle this option between off and on, press “Space”.

3.33 One-Handed Mode

You can choose one-handed mode on or off when you use the Braille Sense OnHand. The shortcut key is “h (dots 1-2-5)”. The default for this option is set to “Off”. The setting options are “On” and “Off”. The detail information about one-handed mode refers to “2.14 One-Handed Mode”.

button, and then press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

For your reference, this option is set to “Off” even if you are set to “On” when connected the Braille Sense OnHand to USB keyboard. And if you remove the USB keyboard, this option will be returned to value that before you connected to the USB keyboard.

3.34 Spell check Automatically

You can choose whether the Braille Sense OnHand will check spelling or not. This option is available in “multi edit boxes” in programs such as the schedule manager, address manager, e-mail messages, the word processor, etc. The short cut key for this option is “c (dots1-4)”.

By default this setting is set to “No” which will not check your spelling. If you want to check spelling, press “Space” to toggle the option to “Yes” and press “Enter”. Or, press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to move to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”.

If you set the option to “Yes” and enter a misspelled word, you will hear a beep sound. You will hear a beep sound, even though you shut “No” the audio alert discussed in section “3.22”.

If you do not want to save the changed setting, press “tab (“Space-45”)” to move to the “Cancel” button, and press “Enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “Space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.35 Default Document

This function is used to set the default document type applied when you create a new document using the word processor on the Braille Sense OnHand. The shortcut key for this option is “q (dot 1-2-3-4-5)”. When you create a new document in the “word processor”, “Braille document”

(.brl file) is selected as the file type by default. You can change the default setting using this option.

You can choose between “Sense document”, “Braille document”, and “Text document”. By default, it is set to “Braille document”. Press “Space” to toggle through the three settings, and press “Enter”, or press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to move to the “Confirm” button, and press “Enter”, to save the changed setting.

For your reference, this option is set to “Text document” even if you are set to “Sense document” or “Braille document” when connected the Braille Sense OnHand to USB keyboard. And if you remove the USB keyboard, this option will be returned to value that before you connected to the USB keyboard.

3.36 Automatically synchronize with time server

“Automatically synchronize with time server”, the date and time syncronize automatically, when the Braille Sense OnHand is being connected to internet. Using this feature, you can correct the time of Braille Sense OnHand through accurate internet time server. Once the Braille Sense OnHand is being connected to internet, you will hear the sound. From this point, the date and time of Braille Sense OnHand syncronize the internet server automatically.

The default is "ON", you can check or change this option following steps.

1) Press “Space-o (dots 1-3-5) to call up the menu.

2) Press “T (dots 2-3-4-5)” or press “Space-4” until show the “Automatically synchronize with time server” and press “Enter”.

3) By pressing “Space”, you can change setting value.

4) Press “Enter” to apply.

3.37 Progress indicator

Progress indicator shows the progress of opening a document, copying files or opening any webpage. This option is used to set the progress sign. The shortcut key is “p (dots 1-2-3-4),” and you can choose one among “Silent,” “Beep,” and “Message.” By default, it is set to “Message.” Press “space” to toggle through three settings, and press “enter” to save to the changed option. If it is set to “message”, the Braille Sense OnHand will say progress in percentage, like 10% or 20%. If it is set to “beep”, the Braille Sense OnHand outputs beep sound during copying or opening any documents or webpage. If it is set to “Silent”, the Braille Sense OnHand will not hear the any sound in progress of copying or opening. If you have changed the setting, press the “enter” key to save the setting. You can also “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “confirm” button, and press “enter”. If you do not want to save the setting, “tab (“space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“space-1-2”)” to the “cancel” button, and then press “enter”. You can also cancel saving the setting by pressing “space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)” or “space-e (dots 1-5)”.

3.38 Bluetooth

You can decide whether the Braille Sense OnHand will turn Bluetooth on. The shortcut key for this option is “b (dots 1-2)”. You can choose between “On” and “Off” by pressing “Space”. By default, it is set to “Off”. You can toggle it on and off by pressing “Backspace-3-4-5-6” while you are using another program in the Braille Sense OnHand without having to call up the “Global options”.

For your reference, in order to use Bluetooth function of the Braille Sense OnHand, please turn it on. And please turn it off while you are not using the Bluetooth function to save battery power.

3.39 Wireless LAN

You can decide whether the Braille Sense OnHand will turn Wireless LAN on. The shortcut key for this option is “w (dots 2-4-5-6)”. You can choose between “On” and “Off” by pressing “Space”. By default, it is set to “Off”. You can toggle it on and off by pressing “Backspace-1-4-5-6” while you are using another program in the Braille Sense OnHand without having to call up the “Global options”.

3.40 Mass-storage device mode

You can choose whether the Braille Sense OnHand will be used as a mass-storage device mode or not when the Braille Sense OnHand is connected to the personal computer (PC) via USB. The shortcut key for this option is “d (dots 1-4-5)” with the default set to “On”. The “Space” toggles off/on. If you keep default setting, PC recognizes the Braille Sense OnHand as the mass-storage device mode automatically when connecting the Braille Sense OnHand to PC.

If you select “Off”, PC doesn’t recognizes the Braille Sense OnHand. In this case, if you want to connect the PC to the Braille Sense OnHand,

you need to install and execute the Active Sync program in the PC. You can download the Active Sync program from the Microsoft website for free.

4. File Manager

4.1 Overview

The functions and structures of the “File manager” on the Braille Sense OnHand are very similar to the “file manager” on a personal computer. In order to run the “file manager”, press “f (dots 1-2-4)” or press “Enter” when you are on “file manager” in the “program” menu.

The “File manager” includes an “address window” and a “file list”. When you open the “file manager”, the disk name will appear. The default disk name is “flashdisk”. You can use the up and down arrows (“Space-1” or “Space-4”) or the scroll buttons to explore additional disks. Press “Enter” on the disk you want to open. The Braille Sense OnHand will show you the list of the files or folders on the disk you have opened.

When you press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” on the “file list”, you will enter into an “address window”. The “file list” and “address window” will be explained in more detail in section 4.2 and section 4.3 in this user manual.

For your convenience, the “File manager” provides you with menus and “hot keys”. The menus will appear when you press “Space-m (dots 1-3-

4)” or “F2”. Section 4.4 will provide a more detailed explanation of the hot keys that you can use.

It is possible to format the flashdisk, which will erase everything on the flashdisk. Be extremely cautious when executing this command. If you execute this command, you will loose all of your data. You will

be able to get this data back once the command has been

NOT

executed. To format the flashdisk, press “Space-1-2-3”. While holding down “Space-1-2-3”, quickly press and release the reset button. Continue pressing “Space-1-2-3” until you hear the flashdisk formatting.

4.1.1 Navigating the File List

There are two kinds of lists that you will see when using the Braille Sense OnHand. The lists are: “file list” and the “menu list”. When you reach the end of the “menu list”, the Braille Sense OnHand will automatically bring you back to the top of the list when you press “Space-4”. However, when you reach the end of a “file list”, the Braille Sense OnHand will remain at the end of the “file list”, even if you press “Space-4”. The following is a list of the navigation keys;

1. Move to previous item: Up arrow key(Space-1) or up scroll button

2. Move to next item: Down arrow key(Space-4) or down scroll button

3. Move to the beginning of a list: Ctrl-home (Space-1-2-3)

4. Move to the end of a list: Ctrl-end (Space-4-5-6)

The following keystrokes are valid only when you are on a “file list”.

1. Fast move to folder list or move to file list: Space-5-6

2. Move between file list and address window: Tab (Space-4-5 or F3) / Shift-tab (Space-1-2 or Space-F3)

3. Enter into a selected folder or open the selected file: Enter

4. Move to the upper level folder: Backspace

5. Fast move to the top level disk: Space-1-2-5-6

6. Move to the previous 18-item group: Page up (space 1-2-6 or F1F2)

7. Move to the next 18-item group: Page down (space 3-4-5 or F3-F4)

8. Find and move to the file or folder in the file list by pressing the first character of the folder or file names. You must use ASCII characters.

4.1.2 Item (Folder or File) Selection Key

1. Select item by item (“Space”): Select one or more item(s) while moving in a list. “*” is displayed in front of the selected item. Pressing “Space” again on the selected file that has “*” displayed by it will cancel the selection.

2. Continuous selection (“Enter-b (dots 1-2)”): This will select all of the items from the point where this command is executed to the item

where the cursor is moved to. “*” will appear in front of the selected items.

3. Select all (“Enter-a (dot 1)”): This selects all the items including files and folders in the current path. You can use navigation keys to move around the selected items to make sure they are selected. You can cancel selections or reselect canceled items by pressing the “Space” on the item. When the “Select All” command is given, the Braille Sense OnHand will say the number of selected files, and will display “*” in front of the selected files on the Braille display.

4.1.3 Cancel / Exit Key

Cancel (“Space-e (dots 1-5)” or “F4”): This command will cancel a function, just like the “esc” key cancels functions on a personal computer.

Exit (“Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)”): This will cancel or stop a selected function or program. This is similar to the way “alt-F4” closes a program on a personal computer.

4.2 Using File Manager Features in the File List

When you open the “File manager”, you will see the list of disks that you can access. You can choose a disk from the list, and then press “Enter” to get into the selected disk. The Braille Sense OnHand will show you the list of folders and files on that disk. The items within the quotation marks are the folders, and the items without quotation marks are the files. The items on the list will be followed by numbers, such as 1/5 or 2/5. The numbers after the names of the items indicate where an item is on the list, and how many items are on the list. For example, “database 1/5”, means that this is the first folder on a list that has five items.

4.2.1 Selecting Disks

When you open the “File manager”, the first item on the list is “flashdisk”. If you inserted the SD card in SD card slot, SD card will be listed on this

list. Any of the disks can be selected by using the up and down arrows (“Space-1 or Space-4”). You can also use the scroll buttons to choose one of the disks. After selecting the disk you want, press “Enter” to open the disk you have selected. For more information on the name of the disks, refer to section 2.5.

4.2.2 Getting in and Out of a Folder (Opening/Closing a Folder)

1. There are several ways to open a folder. You can utilize a menu to get into a specific folder.

1) You can call up a menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2”. You will have to choose the menu item called “Open” from the list and press “Enter” to get into a selected folder.

2) Without calling the “menu”, you can also press “Enter-o (dots 1-3-

5)” to open a desired folder.

3) Another way to open a selected folder is by just pressing “Enter” on the folder that is selected.

2. To close the current folder, you can use the “Backspace” key. Then, you will be at the next upper level folder list.

4.2.3 Opening a File

You can open a file by pressing “Enter” on the item that is displayed. You can also use “Enter-o (dots 1-3-5)” to open a file or folder. The Braille Sense OnHand will load the appropriate application or program to open the file you have chosen.

Another way of opening a file is using the menu. You can press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “menu”. Then, press the letter “o (dots 1-3-5)”, or you can press “Enter” on the item named “Open”.

The file formats that are supported by the Braille Sense OnHand are as follows:

1. Hbl, brl, txt, pwd, brf, rtf, doc and docx files are supported by the word processor on the Braille Sense OnHand.

2. Url, and html files are supported by the Web browser on the Braille Sense OnHand.

3. aac, asf, asx, audible files(aa, aax), m3u, m4a, mp2, mp3, mp4, ogg, pls, wav, wax, wma, wmv, flac and midi files are supported by the media player on the Braille Sense OnHand.

4. Daisy files are supported by the Daisy player on Braille Sense OnHand.

If you press “Enter” on a file type other than those mentioned above, the “Open With” dialog box appears, because the file type is not associated with a program. Also, you can bring up the “Open With” dialog box through the menu. By using the “Open With” menu item, you can open the currently selected file with a program other than the program originally associated with it. First, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to bring up the menu, press “Space-4” repeatedly until you reach “Open With”, and then press “Enter”. You can also open the dialog box by pressing “Enter-e (dots 1-5)” in the file list, or by pressing “e (dots 1-5)” in the menu.

This dialog box consists of the “Open With” list, the “adopt” list, a “Confirm” button, and a “Cancel” button. You can move between these elements by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”. Within the list, you can select the next item by pressing “Space-4”, and the previous item by pressing “Space-1”.

As soon as the dialog box opens, “Open with: Word processor” will be displayed. In this list, you can select a program, which would be the word processor, media player, or web browser. Pressing “Space-4” will select the next program, and “Space-1” will select the previous program. Once you have selected the program to open the file type with, press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to move to the “adopt” list. If you have selected the word processor, pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” will take you to an additional list called “Open mode”. Using this list, you can specify whether the file will be opened as a Braille file or a text file. Press

“Space-4” or “Space-1” to select one of the two file types, and then press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to move to the “Apply to” radio button. In this radio button, you can specify whether only the currently selected file or all of the files with the same file extension as the currently selected file will be opened with the specified program. If you have set one of the two, press “Enter” or “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to move to the “Confirm” button, and then press “Enter” to apply what you have just set. If you have specified a program that does not support the file type, nothing will be displayed or played after the program has started.

In the “File manager”, if you activate the “Open With” menu after focusing on folders that have Daisy or media files, you will see the associated program, Daisy or media player. If you activate the “Open With” menu, and encounter a folder that does not have the Daisy info file (discinfo.html or ncc.html or *.opf), you will not be able to see the Daisy player as an associated program. You can play all of the files after selecting either the Daisy or media player.

4.2.4 Send To

You can use this option to copy files and folders to different disks such as a flash disk, USB flash drive (also known as USB stick memory), SD card. You can select files and folders by using the item selection option, which was described in section 4.1.2. After selecting files and folders, you can call up the “menu” with “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to choose the “Send To” option. Then, when you press “Enter” on “Send To”, the Braille Sense OnHand will display the list of disks that you can use to send your files or folders to. You can choose a destination disk by using the up and down arrow keys (“Space-1” or “Space-4”) or up and down scroll buttons. Pressing “Enter” on the desired disk will start copying the selected files and folders into the selected disk. Also, you can send files and folders by pressing “Enter-s (dots 2-3-4)” without calling up a menu.

4.2.5 Copy / Move

There are some differences between “Copy” and “Move”. “Copy” leaves the original files and folders in their original places, while “Move” removes original files and folders from their original places.

In the “File manager”, you can use the copy function as follows: First, you have to select the files and folders you would like to copy. Files and folders can be selected as explained in section 4.1.2 in this user manual.

Second, you need to call up the “menu”, and choose “Copy” from the list to copy selected files and folders. If you want to move files and folders, you can choose “Cut” from the menu. When the “Copy” or “Cut” command is executed, the Braille Sense OnHand will return to the file list.

Third, you need to go into the destination folder and call up the “menu”, and choose “Paste”. Press “Enter” on “Paste”, and your selected files and folders will be copied or moved. If the destination folder is the same folder where the selected files are, the Braille Sense OnHand will attach “Copy1-” to your original file names for copied files. If the same files are copied into the same folder once again, the Braille Sense OnHand will attach “Copy2-” to the original file names for the second copied files.

If your destination folder has the same name as the file you are copying, the Braille Sense OnHand will say “File xxx already exists. Overwrite? Yes”. Press “Enter” if you want to replace the file. However, if you do not want to overwrite the file, select “No”, and press “Enter”. When “No” is selected, the “Paste” function will be canceled.

Example: Copying “sample.txt” from the root folder to the download folder.

1. Select “sample.txt” from the root folder by using the navigation keys “up arrow (Space-1)” or “down arrow (Space-4)”.

2. Call up the “menu” by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)”, and choose “Copy”. Then, press “Enter”. The Braille Sense OnHand will return to the file list in the root folder.

3. Move to the download folder, and press “Enter”. Call up the “menu” again to choose “Paste”. Press “Enter” on “Paste”, or press “v (dots 1-2-3-6)” after calling up the menu to complete the file copy function. You can also use “Enter-v (dots 1-2-3-6)” to do the same thing.

4.2.6 Delete Files or Folders

To delete files or folders, go to the folders or files you want to delete, and then select them, as explained in section 4.1.2. Call up the “menu” by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to choose the “Delete” function. Press “Enter” on “Delete” to complete the deletion of the selected files and folders. You can also press the letter “d (dots 1-4-5)” after calling up the menu to have the same result as above. You can delete selected files or folders even without calling the menu by using hot keys. “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)” and “Enter-d (dots 1-4-5)” are the hotkeys assigned to perform the delete function. However, “Space-d (dots 1-4-5)” can be used with in the programs on the Braille Sense OnHand. “Enter-d (dots 1-4-5)” can only be used in the “File manager”. When you delete only one file or one folder, it is not necessary to use the select function. Instead, just use the navigation keys to go to the file or folder you want to delete, and then you can use the delete function from the “File manager”.

4.2.7 Rename

You can change the name of a file or folder by using this function. To change the name of a file or folder, move to the file or folder you desire to rename. Section 4.1.1 describes the navigation method for using the file list. Call up the “menu” by using “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to choose “Rename” from the menu list. Press “r (dots 1-2-3-5)” after calling up the menu to activate the rename function quickly. Otherwise, you can use the down arrow (“Space-4”) until you reach “Rename” on the list. Press “Enter” on this menu. Then, the Braille Sense OnHand

will ask for a new name. On the Braille display, “New file( or folder) name: (current file name or folder name)” will appear. You must type in a new file name and folder name in ASCII characters. And if you type the file extension, you can change the file extension. Pressing “Enter” after entering a new file name will complete the process of changing a file or folder name. You cannot use the following characters in a file name or folder: “|, \, <, >, ?, :, *”

4.2.8 New Document

You can create a new document with this option. There are several ways to access this function. You can utilize the menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)”, and you can use the down arrow (“Space-4”) until you reach “New Document”. Another way to use this function is by pressing “n (dots 1-3-4-5)” after calling up the menu. The hot key for this option in the “File manager” is “Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-5)”. When the new document function is activated, the Braille Sense OnHand will display “File type: text (txt)”. You can create two types of documents, which are “text file” and “Braille file”. When the Braille Sense OnHand displays “File type: text (txt)”, you can use the down arrow (“Space-4”) to select the “Braille (brl)” file format. When you press “Enter” on either “text (txt)” or “Braille (brl)”, the Braille Sense OnHand will display “New document name: New Document0.txt” or “New Document0.brl”. “New Document0.xxx” is the default file name based upon the file type you have chosen. The number after the new document will increase by one whenever you create a new document. You can also type in the document name you prefer. Then, the new document you named will be created. “|, \, <, >, ?, :, *” characters cannot be used when creating a file name.

4.2.9 New Folder

You can create a new sub-folder under the current folder by using this option. You need to call up the “menu” in the “File manager” by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)”, and select “New Folder” from the menu list by using the down arrow (“Space-4”). Press “Enter” on “New

Folder” to activate this function. The Braille Sense OnHand will ask, “New folder name:”, and wait for your response. Enter your preferable new folder name in ASCII, and press “Enter”. Finally, your new folder has been created. You can still use the letter “f (dots 1-2-4)” after calling up the menu to invoke the new folder option. “Enter-f (dots 1-2-

4)” is the hotkey that you use to access this feature quickly without going

through the menu. When creating a new folder name, you cannot use the following characters: “|, \, <, >, ?, :, *”

4.2.10 File Conversion

The “File conversion” on the Braille Sense OnHand is similar to the “Save As” item in the word processor. This feature converts files to different file formats. The Braille Sense OnHand file conversion feature will support the following file formats: “Sense Word (hbl)”, “Text (txt)”, and “Braille (brl)”.

The Braille Sense OnHand can convert one or more files at the same time to the file format you prefer. Select files using the file selection method (method described in section 4.1.2). After selecting the files you want to convert, call up the “menu” by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-

4)”. Move down to the “File Conversion”, and press “Enter”. The

Braille Sense OnHand will prompt you to choose the preferred file format. Use the up and down arrows (“Space-1” or “Space-4”) to select the desired file format. When you press “Enter” on the file format you want, the Braille Sense OnHand will start converting files to the file format you have chosen. The Braille Sense OnHand will keep the original file names for the files you have converted, except for the file name extension. The Braille Sense OnHand will change your file extension to the extension that you have selected. If there is a file with the same file name and format already, “date” and “time” will be added to the file name. You can always use the letter “t (dots 2-3-4-5)” after calling up the menu to invoke the file conversion feature. Also, “Enter-t (dots 2-34-5)” is the hot key that activates this feature without calling up the menu.

4.2.11 Select All

This feature selects all the files and folders in the current path. You can use this feature through the menu, or by using a shortcut key. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “menu”. Press the down arrow (“Space-4”) to go to “Select All”. Press “Enter” to execute the “Select All” function. You can use the letter “a (dot 1)” after calling up the menu to use this feature. “Enter-a (dot 1)” is the hot key to select all of the files and folders in the current path. When “Select All” is activated, the Braille Sense OnHand will say, “x objects selected”. The Braille Sense OnHand will return to the file list in the current path after this brief announcement. You will see “*” in front of each file name you have selected. You can always cancel your selections by pressing “Space” after moving to the file you want to cancel. This feature is a convenient way of copying, cutting, and deleting multiple files.

4.2.12 Search for File

“Search For File” is to find out files of the current or other disk. You can press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4) to call up the “menu” and move to “Search For File”, and press “Enter” or “b”. Or, you can press “Space-f (dot 1-2-

4)” without calling the menu. Then, you can see dialog box for file

search.

The dialog box for file search consists of “edit window for file name to search”, “combo box to select a disk”, “check box to searching subfolder”, “search button”, “Cancel button” and “list to be searched file” and you can use “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” to move to each control. When you perform file search, you will hear “File for find:” This edit window is “edit window for file name to search”. You need to input whole or part of the file name and press “Enter”. Then, it will search all files which contains the word which you inputted in the current disk. After the file search, it is located in “list to be searched file” automatically.

You can press up and down arrow keys (“Space-1” and “Space-4”) to move to each file in “list to be searched file”. If you press “Enter” on a file, it moves to the path where a file is stored and dialog box for file search will be closed. You can open the file by pressing “Enter” on the file name once again.

If you want to search a file in another disk, not in current disk, you need to input file name and press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to move to “combo box to target disk”. Then, you can press up and down arrow keys (“Space-1” and “Space-4”) to move to a disk. If you press “Enter” on a disk or “Search button”, it will start to search a file in a disk. In “combo box to target disk”, you can see the disk list which is linked with Braille Sense OnHand now. If there are many files in a disk, it can take some time to search a file and you can see a message of “searching”.

If you want to search in a root of a disk excluding sub-folders, then press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to move to the “check box to searching sub-folder”, press “Space” to cancel the selection in the check box and press “Enter”. The default set-up is to include sub-folders when you search in a disk.

4.2.13 Sort Files By

This option is used to specify the order of how files and folders will be displayed within the file list. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to bring up the menu. Then, press “Space-4” repeatedly until you reach “Sort Files By”, and then press “Enter”. Also, you can access this feature by pressing “Enter-g (dots 1-2-4-5)” in the file list, or by pressing “g (dots 1-2-4-5)” in the menu. Then, you can specify in what order the files and folders in the file list will be sorted. Files and folders can be sorted according to the following: “Name”, “Size”, “Extension”, and “Date and Time”. You can move between these items by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1”. If you press “Enter” after selecting the sorting criterion, files and folders will be displayed in the specified order. If you select “Name” or “Extension”, the list will be sorted in ascending order, and if you select “Size” or “Date and Time”, the list will be sorted in descending order. By default, files and folders in the file list will be

sorted by “Name”. Once you have chosen how you want your file and folder lists sorted, the option will be kept even after the “File manager” is closed, so that files and folders can be sorted in the same order when the “File manager” is opened again later.

4.2.14 Set File Info

This item is used to set what kind of information will be displayed in the file list. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)”. Then, press “Space-4” repeatedly until you reach “Set File Info”, and then press “Enter”. You can also access this feature by pressing “Enter-l (dots 1-2-3)” in the file list or press “l (dots 1-2-3)” when you are in the menu. Then, you can select the information to be displayed in a list containing “Name”, “Name, Size”, and “Name, Size, Date and Time”. You can move between these items by pressing “Space-4 or “Space-1”. If you press “Enter” after selecting the information to be displayed, the file list will be updated, and show all the information you specified. By default, only names are displayed in the “file list”. If you have selected “Name, Size”, the name and size of files will be displayed. But, for folders, size will not be displayed. If you have set the “Set File Info” option, it will be kept even after closing the “File manager”, and the same information will be displayed when the “File manager” is started again.

4.2.15 Display Only Files of Type

This is used to specify what type of files will be displayed in the file list. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to bring up the menu. Then, press “Space-4” repeatedly until you reach “Display Only Files Of Type”, and press “Enter”. You can also access this feature by pressing “Enter-w (dots 2-4-5-6)” in the file list, or press “w” in the menu. Then, you can select one of the following items: “All Files”, “Sense Word Files”, “MS Word Files”, “Text Files”, “Braille Files”, “HTML Files”, “URL Files”, “Media Files”, and “Wave Files”. You can move between these items by pressing “Space-4” or “Space-1”. If you press “Enter” after selecting the file type you want, only the files of the specified type will be displayed in the file list. Folders will be displayed for whatever type you

have specified. By default, all files are displayed in the file list. This option setting is not kept after closing the “File manager”, so all the files will be displayed after starting the “File manager” again.

4.2.16 Zip

With this item you can compress files and folders into a zip file. Compressing a file makes the total file size smaller, which can make it easier to email, or allow you to save space on a storage device or disk. To activate the “Zip” function, use the following steps:

1. Select the files or folders you want to compress in the “file list” by using “Space” or “Enter-b (dots 1-2)”.

2. Open the menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2”, and press “Enter” on “Zip”. Or, while you are in the menu, press “z (dots 1-3-5-

6)”. You can also activate this function without calling up the menu by pressing “Enter-z (dots 1-3-5-6)”.

3. Then, “Zip filename: (default filename.zip)” will appear. “Default filename” is the file name that will be used for the compressed file if you try to compress only one file or folder. If you try to compress several files or folders, the default name is the folder name that contains the files and folders.

4. If you press “Enter” (or press “Enter” on “Confirm” by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)”), the zip file will be created in the current path. If you want to change the name of the zip file, you can modify the default by using the cursor keys or type in a new name. If you want to cancel, press “Space-e (dots 1-5)” or “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)”. Or, move to “Cancel” by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)”, and then press “Enter” on “Cancel”.

4.2.17 Unzip

The “Unzip” function will allow you to unzip (or decompress) a zip file, regardless of whether it was made in Braille Sense OnHand or a PC. To activate the “Unzip” function, use the following steps:

1. After selecting a zip file, open the menu with “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2”, and press “Enter” on “Unzip”. Or, press “u (dots 1-3-6)” in the menu. You can also activate this function without opening up the menu by pressing “Enter-u (dots 1-3-6)” after selecting a zip file.

2. Then, “Unzip to folder name: (default folder name)” will appear. The default folder name is the compressed file name. For example, if you unzip a file called “test.zip”, you will see “unzip folder name: test”.

3. Then, press “Enter”, or move to “Confirm” by pressing “tab (“Space-45”)”, and then press “Enter” on “Confirm”. Then, the Braille Sense OnHand will unzip the files to the default folder. If you want to change the default folder name, you can modify the default folder name by using the cursor keys and editing the folder name. Or, you can type in a new name. If you want to cancel, press “Space-e (dots 1-5)” or “Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6)”. You can also move to the “Cancel” button by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)”. Then, press “Enter” on “Cancel”.

4.2.18 Information

The Braille Sense OnHand can provide information about files and folders. The information feature in the “File manager” provides you with information about the file type, file size, the date and time of the file or folder’s creation, and file attribute. Press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to call up the “menu”. Press the down arrow (“Space-4”) until you reach “Information”. Press “Enter” to activate the “Information” feature. Use the letter “I (dots 2-4)” to call up the “Information” feature after opening up the “menu”. “Enter-i (dots 2-4)” is the hot key for this option. You can use this hot key without going through the menu. The Braille Sense OnHand will display the information about a file or folder in the following order: file type, file size, creation date and time, and attribute. You can review this information by pressing the “tab (“Space-4-5”)”. You can also press “Space-i (dots 2-4)”, while you are in the “program” menu in the Braille Sense OnHand, to hear how much space is available on the flashdisk.

1. File type: This will give you the file type information, such as “brl file”,

“doc file”, and “txt file”. When a folder is selected, it will give you the information indicating that this is a folder containing x number of files and folders.

2. File size: This will show you the size of the selected file or folder. When multiple files or folders are selected, this will give you the total size of the selected files and folders.

3. Date and time: This will show you the time and date when the folder and file was created or modified.

4. Attribute: This will show you whether the file is write protected or not. You can change this attribute by using the up and down arrows (“Space-1” or “Space-4”) or “space. When multiple files or folder are selected, you won't be able to see this attribute.

5. Confirm: In order to change the attribute, press “Enter” when “Confirm” is displayed.

6. Cancel: In order to cancel the change, press “Enter” while “Cancel” is displayed.

4.3 Using the Address Window

This window provides you with the ability to type in the file name you want to open. Also, this window provides you with the opportunity for you to type in the path name you want to go to. This window contains the history list you can use for opening a file or for moving to a directory. The history list contains file names and directory paths you have used recently.

4.3.1 Editing

When you are in a file or folder list, you can press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to get into the address window. The Braille Sense OnHand will show you the current path including the current disk name, such as “flashdisk/download/”. When you edit the path, you need to use the cursor routing keys to move the cursor to the place where you can type in the text. The cursor stays at the end of the path name when you first go into the address window.

The address window is only valid when you are in a file or folder list. When you are in the disk list, the address window is not available.

4.3.2 Type in Path / File Name

When you relocate the cursor by pressing the cursor routing key to the place that you want to edit, the Braille Sense OnHand will insert the text from the location where the cursor is. If you know the exact path and file name, you can type in the path and file name to open the file with the appropriate application. For example, if you type in “flashdisk/download” in the address window and press “Enter”, the Braille Sense OnHand will show you the list of the files in the download folder. If you type “flashdisk/My Documents/sample.txt” in the address window, and press “Enter”, the Braille Sense OnHand will first load the word processor, and then open the file “sample.txt”. After the file opens, you can read or edit the file, “sample.txt”.

4.3.3 Opening the History List

The history list contains paths, folders, and files that you have opened previously. You can access this history list within the address window by pressing the down arrow (“Space-4”). Use the up and down arrows (“Space-1” or “Space-4”) to review the history list. You can also use the scroll buttons to move around on this list. Simply open or visit the file and path by pressing “Enter” on the item, which is displayed in Braille. The files that are supported by the Braille Sense OnHand will open with the appropriate applications (see section 4.2.3). During the navigation of the history list, you can still type in new path names or file names that you want to access.

4.4 Hot Keys in the “File Manager”

Hot Keys for the File Manager

1. Open: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5)

2. Open with: Enter-e (dots 1-5)

3. Zip: Enter-z (dots 1-3-5-6)

4. Unzip: Enter-u (dots 1-3-6)

5. Send: Enter-s (dots 2-3-4)

6. Copy: Enter-c (dots 1-4)

7. Cut: Enter-x (dots 1-3-4-6)

8. Paste: Enter-v (dots 1-2-3-6)

9. Delete: Enter-d (dots 1-4-5)

10. Rename: Enter-r (dots 1-2-3-5)

11. New document: Enter-n (dots 1-3-4-5)

12. New folder: Enter-f (dots 1-2-4)

13. File conversion: Enter-t (dots 2-3-4-5)

14. Select all: Enter-a (dot 1)

15. Sort files by: Enter-g (dots 1-2-4-5)

16. Set file info: Enter-l (dots 1-2-3)

17. Display only files of type: Enter-w (dots 2-4-5-6)

18. Search for file: Space-f (dots 1-2-4)

19. Information: Enter-i (dots 2-4)

5. Word Processor

When you launch the word processor on the Braille Sense OnHand, the Braille Sense OnHand will place you in a new document that is ready for you to write in. The menu can be opened by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2”. Don’t worry if you can’t remember the exact shortcut keys for each of the menu items, since you can activate various functions of the word processor by activating the word processor menu. The menu in the word processor consists of file, edit, go to, read, and layout. In order to use these menus, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” in the word processor, select a menu item, and press “Enter” or press “Backspace” and the corresponding character that represents the menu item name. For example, in order to open the edit menu, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to open the menu, and move to the next menu by pressing up and down arrows (“Space-1” and “Space-4”) to find the “Edit” menu, and then press “Enter”. Or, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-

4)” or “F2” and press “e (dots 1-5)”, which represents the “Edit” menu.

The “Edit” menu contains a lower level menu. The “right arrow” is displayed at the end of the menu name, and it is spoken as “pull down” after the menu name. If a menu contains a dialog box, “..”. will be displayed after the name of the menu, and it will be spoken as “common dialog”.

Before going in to more detail about the word processor, it is also important to note that while you are anywhere in a document, you can find out your location by pressing “Space-1-5-6”. Also, if you are editing a document, and turn the Braille Sense OnHand off while you are editing a document, the Braille Sense OnHand will say the status when you turn the Braille Sense OnHand back on. In the next few sections the features of the word processor will be explained in more detail. We will also explain the functions of each of the menu items available in the word processor.

5.1 File Menu

The “File” menu contains the menus that will allow you to create new documents, open documents that were saved to a disk, save any documents that were edited, and print in Braille. It also contains various environment setting menus. In order to select the file menu, press the “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)”, and press “f (dots 1-2-4)”. Or, press “Enter” on “File”.

5.1.1 New

The new command creates a new document that can be edited. By default, the name of the new document is “noname.brl”. The extension, “.brl” is the extension given to documents that are created in Braille on the Braille Sense OnHand. It is the same file name that is named automatically when the word processor opens. In order to create a new document, select “New” on the “File” menu. Or, press “Enter-n (dots 13-4-5)”. If “New” is executed while editing another document, “Sense Document (s)” is displayed first. If you press “Space-4” repeatedly, “Braille Document (b)” and “Text Document (t)” will appear. Select the document type that you want, and then press “Enter”.

“New” means that users can create a new document after closing the document that is currently being edited. Closing the document that is currently being edited means that the document is erased from the temporary memory. If a new document is executed without saving the document that is currently being edited, the Braille Sense OnHand asks whether it should save the current document, so that changes to the document will not be lost. When “Save: Yes” is displayed, users can select “Yes” in order to save the current document or select “No” in order not to save the changes. If you select “Cancel” by pressing “Space” once more, the word processor will cancel the new document, and return to the current document.

Note that you can change the “Default document type”, in the “Global options”. By changing the “Default document type”, you can choose to have your default document type as text, sense, or Braille.

5.1.2 Open

The open command opens a document that has already been saved on to a disk. Select “Open” on the “File” menu, or press “Enter-o (dots 1-3-

5)”. You can access the “File” menu by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-

4”), or by pressing “F2”. Then, a dialog box pops up, so that you can open a file. The “Open dialog box” is a tool that helps you find documents that you want to edit and read. It consists of the “file list” (which shows the list of files or folders), “File name” (to type in a file name directly), “Type” (which changes the file format when opening a document), a “Confirm” button (for confirming the selection), and a “Cancel” button (for canceling the selection). In order to move between these controls, press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”. If the “Open dialog box” is executed, “File name:” is displayed first. If “File name:” is displayed, then type in a file name that you want to open, and press “Enter”. The file name should be typed in ASCII Braille. The Braille Sense OnHand will look for that file in the “/flashdisk/My Documents” folder. If there are files that you used recently, you can scroll through them by pressing “Space-4”. The file names that were opened recently are displayed one by one by pressing “Space-4”. If the file that you want to open is selected press “Enter” to open it. In order to move to the previous file name in the list, press “Space-1”. In order to open a file with a different file format, press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” to move to the file format selection, and then press the up arrow (“Space1”) or down arrow (“Space-4”) to select a desired file format. You can find and open a desired file from the file list without typing in the file name directly in the “File name:” box. Press “tab (“Space-4-5”)” several times to move to the “file list”, and then select a desired file. You can also move to the “file list” by pressing “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” when you are at the “File name:” dialog box. The files in the “file list” have the file format that was selected in “file type”.

You can select a file that you want by using the up and down scroll buttons, and you can open the file by pressing “Enter”. If you select a folder and press “Enter”, you will see the list of files in that folder. If you want to move to the upper folder or to other folders, you can go to wherever you want by using scrolling keys, just like in the “File manager” in chapter 4.

If you want to access a file that is on a compact flash card, or USB memory stick, you can access the file in the “Open” dialog box by first moving to the “file list” by pressing “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)” or “SpaceF3”. Then, press “Backspace” until you hear the USB stick memory or the compact flash card. Then, press “Enter” to open the memory. The Braille Sense OnHand will choose the Braille mode depending upon the file type. For example, if you press “Enter” to select a file that has the extensions hbl or brl, or if you type in a file name with those extensions and press “Enter”, the Braille Sense OnHand will open the selected file in Grade 2 Braille. You will not be able to change the Braille mode in these documents. If you press “Enter” to select a file that has the extensions of txt or doc, it will open the file in what is currently set in “View/Input grade” of “Global option”. After the file opens, you can switch the Braille mode, as was explained in section

3.4.

In the word processor of the Braille Sense OnHand, it is possible to open and work simultaneously with up to 10 files at one time. If you already have one document open, and you try to open another document, the Braille Sense OnHand will ask you if you want to save changes to the document that is already open. Then, you can save the file (see section 5.1.3 for a detailed explanation). Once you have completed saving the document, an open dialog box will appear. However, you will still have the two files open. It only seems that you closed one without saving it. With the new document open, if you want to go to the previous document, you can press “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”. If you want to go back to the other document again, press “tab (“Space-4-5”)”.

5.1.3 Save

The save command will save a document to a disk drive. If you want to use this option, you can press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2” to open the “File” menu and execute the “Save” command by pressing “Enter” on it, or you can press “s (dots 2-3-4)”. Otherwise, you can press “Enter-s (dots 2-3-4)” while editing a document.

If you created a new document by activating the word processor or by pressing enter on “New” in the menu; if you execute “Save”, the “Save as dialog box” will open. You can refer to section 5.1.4 that explains how to use the “Save as dialog box”.

If you execute “Save” after you edit a document that was opened using the “Open” function, the Braille Sense OnHand will save the document with the same file name without using a dialog box. After saving a document, it will return to document edit status. When you have several documents open, you can save the current open document, by pressing “Space-q (dots 1-2-3-4-5)”. This will close the document, save it, and return to the previous document.

5.1.4 Save As

The “Save As” option is used to save a document as a different file name, on another disk drive, or as a different file type. If you want to execute this command, press “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)”, and then press “Enter” when the “File” menu is displayed. Move to “Save As” by pressing “Space-4”. Then, press “Enter”. Another way is to press “Space-s (dots 2-3-4)”, which executes the “Save As” command in the word processor.

If you execute “Save As”, the “Save as dialog box” is displayed. This dialog box is almost the same as the “Open” dialog box. It consists of “file list”, “File name”, “Type” (representing the file format), a “Confirm” button, and a “Cancel” button. If the dialog box is opened, “File name:”

is displayed. You can move from one tab to the other tab by pressing “tab (“Space-4-5”)” or “shift-tab (“Space-1-2”)”.

If you execute “Save As” when you are editing a document that you opened, the displayed file name, file format, and the folder are the same as those of the file that you opened.

However, if you created a new document by executing the word processor or by executing “New”, and you execute “Save” or “Save As”, the displayed default file name is “noname.brl” and the file path is “flashdisk/My Documents/”.

If you want to edit the file name that is displayed on the Braille display, press the cursor routing key where you want to edit the file name, and then modify it. Or, if you want to make a new file name, type in the new file name without pressing any of the cursor routing keys. You cannot use the following characters in a file or folder name. “|, \, <, >, ?, :, *”

If you want to change the file format, move to “Type”. In “Type”, move to the file format that you want by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4”.

If you want to save a file with a file name that is in the file list, move to the “file list” by pressing “shift-tab”. When “file name” is displayed, select your desired file by navigating the file list with the same method that you used to navigate the “File manager” that was explained in chapter 4.

5.1.5 Close Current Document

The “Close Current Document” command allows you to close the current document that you are working on without closing the word processor. You can access the “Close Current Document” command by pressing “Space-m (dots 1-3-4)” or “F2”. Then, press “Enter” on the “File” menu. Use the up and down arrows (“Space-1” and “Space-4”) until you find “Close Current Document”, and then press “Enter”. Or, you can press “q (dots 1-2-3-4-5)” in the “File” menu. You can also access this

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