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1. eccesccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeees 66 EE Step Size GIO AN EE 66 5 2 22 20 Match Column Ee EE 66 5 2 23 Important Instructions Regarding the Edtor 67 5 2 24 PHIM TOR EE 68 5 2 24 1 Printing the entire text or a marked block SPC 1 2 3 4 7 8 or Chord P Dot 8 69 5 2 24 2 Printing the currently displayed line SPC 4 5 6 7 8 or Ctrl L 69 5 2 24 3 Line print mode SPC 1 2 3 7 8 or Chord L Dot 8 69 5 2 24 4 Typewriter mode SPC 2 3 45 7 8 or Chord T Dot 8 69 5 3 Controlling the PC from the Braille System s Keyboard SPC 1 2 7 Chord B 70 5 3 1 Table of Key Commands for Controlling the PC 71 54 Braille printing WE 72 5 4 1 Connecting the DEIEUIEE eerste 73 5 4 2 The printing operation EE 73 6 EXTERNAL KEYBOARD eana neeaae ranana dn deeg ee DEE SEENEN 74 6T d UE E ER 74 6 2 KEyDO ard E 75 6 2 1 Alphanumerical Character Inputs 75 6 2 2 N merical P d EE 75 6 2 3 PUMGH ON EE 75 6 2 4 KS Ee H 75 6 2 5 SEELEN 75 6 2 6 Status le et EEN 76 7 THE BRAILLE SYSTEM AS BRAILLE DISPLAY 2 ccssseeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeees 77 7 1 Screen readers using Windows Example JAWS EEN 77 7 1 1 OVGIVICW Ss iat Sec ali ele A aoa ee en nd oe hea Rs conti tae 77 7 2 Screen reader using Windows Example Hal SuperNova 00 79 7 2 1 OVVIO W ee nu raaa E naaa aee aaae Earann 80 Page 4 Hry T Braillino ETET Table of Contents HektronikGnbH 7 3 Screen rea
2. 12 1 3 Warnings and Messages WRN when initializing file system Backup recommended Cause Errors were detected while testing the file system but they do not indicate a defective disk medium Remedy Not necessary Note If this warning appears it is advisable to backup the files stored on your Braille System FsVersion x y ERR n t Cause This message appears following any error message relating to the file sys tem It provides information regarding the current version of the file system x y the number of the error n and an error description t Please note that no descriptive texts will be displayed in Firmware Version 2 00 Formatting please wait Cause This message appears while the disk medium is being reformatted subsequent to a fatal error detected by the file system test Note When formatting has finished you must reload the message file All saved files will have been deleted Change Lithiumbattery Cause The internal lithium battery not the four user accessible rechargeable batteries has lost voltage due to aging Remedy Only manufacturer authorized personnel may change the internal battery because the housing must be opened for this purpose Please send your Braille System to an authorized dealer or directly to Handy Tech WRN No kbd layout found Using standard layout Cause During the Braille System s start up procedure no valid keyboard layout table was found Result The default interna
3. Page 45 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System O0 60 ee HektronikGnbH e chord 3 6 8 activates the forward search direction which will be indicated by a high pitched tone In order to have an indication which search direction is activated this option allows you to set an indicator signal Using a radio button one of the following three settings can be activated No indication No indicator tone will appear when entering Braille dot combinations Latin mode When entering Braille dot combination at active forwards search direction a deep indicator tone appears nOn latin mode Entering Braille dot combination at active backwards search direction a high pitched signal tone will appear We recommend you to preset the search direction for the characters you normally use For example for entering Arabic text it is better to activate backwards search direction For the Indicator tone we recommend to select Latin mode When entering Latin characters in Arabic text a signal tone will appear If you use a Braille table from Handy Tech the search direction is automatically in the right way 5 1 8 13 Printer P To ensure correct printing you must make various settings in the following sub menus 5 1 8 13 1 Model M Here you must select the type of printer which is connected to your Braille System The default setting is the standard printer All printer tyoes supported by the system are listed i
4. A detailed description of the menu items is contained in chapter 5 1 4 2 2 Writing a Note To write a note begin by pressing TRC as soon as the menu item File is displayed New file will be displayed If you press TRC now a new file will be opened The cursor represented by the blinking dots 7 and 8 appears on the first space of the Braille display You can now begin writing the note If you make a mistake activate the backspace key by pressing SPC 1 2 The cursor routing keys are used for easy cursor placement SPC 4 5 deletes the character at the current cursor position SPC 2 4 is used to toggle between insert and overstrike mode A low beep indicates that overstrike mode is active while a high beep indicates insert mode Also the cursor appears filled in all 8 dots and blinking while in overstrike mode You can read previously entered text with the reading keys TD for forward and TU for backward without moving the cursor If you want to return to the position of the cursor simply press the TLC key It is also possible to move the cursor to your current reading position by means of the cursor routing keys Additional editing functions such as Search and Replace are described in chapter 5 2 4 2 3 Saving a Note You have several options for saving your note 1 To save the current status without closing the file e Enter SPC 2 3 4 chord s The message Save file appears followed by the default
5. J used by Unix based operating systems In the case of files transmitted to the Braille System this setting is obtained from the file itself and cannot be changed However you can specify this parameter for all files created on the Braille System 5 2 22 14 Insert Cursor Global Here you can specify the form the cursor should take in insert mode This means you also specify the cursor shape in overstrike mode at the same time since the overstrike cursor always takes the opposite shape from the insert cursor The two cursor formats are an underline Underline or a block Block Both shapes are blinking cursors and that feature cannot be changed 5 2 22 15 Edit Mode Individual File One of three editing modes can be specified in this item e Insert All text input is inserted at the cursor position the existing characters in the file are not deleted e Overwrite The characters existing at the cursor position are overwritten by the input characters e Read Only The file cannot be modified Any commands that would modify the file generate beeps as long as acoustic output is activated in the Options menu Please note that you cannot switch back out of read only mode once it has been specified for a file while you are in that file If you do wish to turn off read only mode you must quit the file and then open it again either from the Editor or from the file list You can then change the Edit Mode in the Setup men
6. 3 3 8 The File System Files are saved in non volatile storage memory the serial flash memory This ensures that saved data remain secure even when all power to the Braille System has been interrupted Memory capacity is 4 MB The file system is a flat file system which means that subdi rectories are not supported The smallest addressable sector comprises approximately 8000 characters This means that even files that are smaller than 8000 characters will use up 8000 characters worth of storage space It is therefore better to collect your notes in larger files instead of saving many small files and assigning them unequivocal search expressions Please note the following 1 The firmware is not stored in the file system but in another module the so called parallel flash memory 2 If you are wondering why there is already a difference between used and unused memory during the initial memory check the explanation is that the Braille System itself requires some memory For example the file system needs some room for system sectors and the configuration and Braille character sets are also stored in files Also all dialogues message texts and other linguistic contents are stored ina message file 3 File names may contain at most 64 characters e g Braille Wave txt All special characters can be used 4 Deleting files can be accomplished via the Braille System s File menu A detailed description of these procedures is contained in
7. In order to operate the Braille System as a Braille display under Windows you need a special program called a screen reader to control the display which is not included with the Braille System itself To use the Braille System as a Braille display connect the interface cable to one of the interfaces serial or USB on your PC Please make sure that your Braille System is properly connected and switched on before starting up the screen reader program because otherwise the screen reader will not be able to detect it As a rule the screen reader will display the selected position within the active window on the Braille display For example if you are moving through a menu the selected menu item is displayed The reading keys TD and TU allow you to move through text In word processing programs such as Microsoft Word you can also position the cursor with the cursor routing keys In addition the CR keys will also allow you to activate menu items or functions directly e g when you are prompted for a yes or no answer with Y N pressing the CR key above the y has the same effect as entering y The screen reader program converts the text and graphic contents of the Windows screen into speech and Braille Generally the computer s built in sound card is employed for the speech output function The display of Braille is achieved with the help of your Braille System after the screen display information has been forwarded from the scree
8. Once you select this option the time and then the date are displayed The time is shown in the format hour minute second military time each separated by a colon The next item in the display is the day of the week abbreviated as customary in your language followed directly by the date in the format day month year each indicated by two digits and separated by a period 5 1 4 2 set Alarm A This option provides you the opportunity to display and set a time at which you want the Braille System to emit an alarm When the time set by this option arrives and the Braille System s power is on a rhythmic alarm tone sounds until you turn it off by pressing SPC 7 8 At the same time the Braille System displays the message Clock alarm This message remains on the Braille display even after the sound has been shut off until you press TLC If an alarm time was entered previously this time will be displayed after selecting this menu item The X displayed before the time indicates that the alarm function is currently active The alarm is activated and deactivated by pressing the SPC key It is also possible to activate or deactivate an alarm by pressing the CR key above the shown alarm time or above the checkbox to change the status of the alarm To change the alarm time enter SPC 7 8 Then the message New alarm time appears followed by the currently set time in the format hour minute second each separated by a colon Dots 7
9. Whenever battery voltage falls below ca 4 7 V a short signal tone will sound every 18 seconds to alert the user to the low voltage in the batteries The user may then connect the power supply to begin recharging By pressing 4 this function can be enabled or disabled by toggling the setting on or off every time the key is pressed If the device was already in warning mode signal tone on the signal tone will be disabled The following messages will appear on the display Low battery warning on Low battery warning off 5 Battery status display not for Braille Star 80 It is always possible to recharge the batteries while the Braille System is turned on With the 5 key the status of the charging circuitry can be detected In quick charge mode the empty batteries will be recharged to a level of 90 in ca 2 5 hours The following messages will appear on the display Battery charging The batteries are receiving a conditioning final or maintenance charge Running on battery The batteries are currently not recharging Battery quick charging Quick charge mode No batteries There are no batteries installed 6 Battery capacity display not for Braille Star 80 Page 86 Hry T Braillino 00 00 og OCO 0o ooe HektronikGrbH The Braille System as Braille Display 8 The available battery capacity is displayed in Battery capacity is determined by the intelligent monitoring circuitry based on
10. 5 1 8 13 6 Double sided D If this checkbox is activated the Braille System assumes that your printer is capable of operating in duplex double sided mode If the text you want to print has for example three Braille pages an additional new page command is appended to it A duplex printer starts to print the text only when it has received two pages of text or at least two new Page 47 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH page commands The additional new page command thus ensures that the third page of the text is printed When the system leaves the factory this option is deactivated 5 1 8 14 Restore factory defaults R By pressing the TRC key for this item factory defaults will be restored for all Options items without prior confirmation The default settings are as follows 6 Dots Braille off Hotkeys Activate Objects on Highlight Hotkeys off Exchange Reading Keys TD TU off Braille Wave only Show System Files off Fast Input on File Attributes off Automatically Switch External Keyboard on Braille Star 40 80 only not activated in Braille Star 40 Radio button submenu Startup Mode Main Menu Braillino Braille Star 40 Braille Wave PC Mode on for Braille Star 80 otherwise off Radio button submenu Tone Signals Action Confirmations Date Time Format 12 hour AM PM and English Date on Input Display No display 5 2 The Editor The Edit
11. Control Key Braille Dot Function B9 or 7 8 Specifies whether type of control element will be indicated or not B10 or 3 8 Toggle Browser Mode on off B11 or 2 8 Toggle between 6 8 dot Braille B12 or 1 8 Handy Tech configuration dialog B13 or 4 8 Toggle blank spaces B14 or 5 8 Drag cursor to mouse 2 3 Beginning of line 5 6 End of line 6 8 Toggle Show Single Attributes on off 1 2 3 Top of file 4 5 6 End of file 5 6 8 Run through attributes 0 to 9 Digits 0 to 9 TLC Tab TRC Shift Tab SPC 1 2 7 Toggle Braille input on off By entering letters in Braille you can in addition input the so called mnemonic commands that are listed below w 2456 Activate the Window Eyes settings menu 123456 Activate the screen reader settings menu Window Eyes d 145 Desktop minimizes all applications h 125 Activate Window Eyes Help 4 6 Tab k 13 Shift Tab g 1245 Grade 2 on off m 134 Alternative for activating the menu bar s 234 Windows Start menu 235 Toggle 6 8 dot Braille 2356 System Tray z 1356 Announce date and time c 1 4 Ctrl Tab C 147 Shift Ctrl Tab e 15 ESC 26 Enter v 1236 Set level of Braille contractions The cursor routing keys CR are
12. Editor will notify you If you have opened and edited several files you can increase available memory by first attempting to save and close smaller files If you succeed you will then be able to also save and close larger files Another possibility is to suspend the Editor in order to delete any files not immediately needed However the prerequisite for this procedure is that you regularly save your data to the PC Remember that a file cannot be deleted if it is open in the Editor Close the file before suspending the Editor if it is open e One of the files needed by the Editor is the clipboard file This file if it exists is deleted when the Braille System s power is turned on to provide as much memory as possible for your data but you can also delete it while working within the Editor You can do this by suspending the Editor and deleting this file from the file menu Please note however that you will not receive any special warning other than the standard dialog while deleting this file You should therefore delete the clipboard only if you are sure that you will no longer require its contents Again only files that are not currently open can be deleted e When you are attempting to open an editable file with SPC 1 3 5 Chord o or via the menu item Edit from the file list the Editor will check whether enough memory is available for editing the file Should this not be the case the file will be opened in read only mode and a messa
13. Home SPC 123 Cursor to end of file End SPC 4 56 Cursor to beginning of line SPC 13 Cursor to end of line SPC 4 6 Cursor to beginning of next sentence SPC 5 Cursor to beginning of previous SPC 2 sentence Cursor to next word SPC 6 Cursor to previous word SPC 3 Move cursor left SPC 7 Move cursor right SPC 8 Move cursor one line up SPC 1 Move cursor one line down SPC 4 Direct cursor placement Cursor Routing Keys Mark beginning of block SPC TRC or press CR key twice at beginning of block Cut block Chord x SPC 1 3 4 6 Page 100 tirg B Braillino O0 ee ee List of Key Combinations HektronikGnbH Copy block Chord c SPC 1 4 Delete block without copying Chord X SPC 1 3 46 7 or SPC 1 2 Paste block Chord v SPC 1 2 3 6 Exchange mark and cursor SPC 7 8 Toggle insert overstrike mode Chord i SPC 2 4 insert mode is default Set mark TU TD Jump to mark Chord m SPC 1 3 4 Incremental forward search Chord f SPC 1 2 4 Incremental backward search Chord F SPC 1 2 4 7 Forward search and replace Chord r SPC 1 2 3 5 Display character in ASCII Chord D SPC 1 4 5 7 Insert current date Chord d SPC 1 45 Insert current time Chord t SPC 2 3 4 5 Save file without closing it Chord s SPC 2 3 4 Open file from Editor Chord o SPC 1 3 5 Open file in read only mode Chord O SPC 1 3 5 7 Sw
14. e ERR Error An error has occurred e WRN Warning The system is notifying you about something that may require your attention 12 1 1 Fatal Errors Fatal errors may result in lost data if you do not proceed with caution BEFORE you take any further steps please review chapter 10 1 2 It provides suggestions for saving as many of your files as possible Please do not panic the Braille System cannot take any action without your authorization FER No message file found Cause The message file could not be opened Remedy The message file must be reloaded FER Could not read MSG security header Cause In order to be able to unequivocally identify a message file the file includes a security header at the beginning which provides various information This header could not be read correctly Remedy The message file must be reloaded FER Invalid Msgld Cause A message was requested which is not contained in this message file Remedy Please load the message file that matches the currently used firmware version FER Invalid header ID in MSG file Cause The message file s security header contained invalid data Remedy The message file must be reloaded FER Invalid size of message file header Cause The security header s size does not correspond to the size expected by the firmware Remedy The message file must be reloaded FER Invalid maximum length of messages Cause The maximum message length does not corr
15. or critical situations Depending upon the user s experience or the location in which the Braille System is being used e g seminar room commuter train these sounds may be inconvenient or even annoying The Braille System therefore features various levels of sound outputs Page 44 Hing Rd Braillino O0 00 ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH The tone signal options are provided in the form of radio buttons One of the four possible settings described below is always active These signal tone settings apply only within firmware mode In EPROM mode strictly for Braille display or in configuration mode all signal tones are turned on The various levels listed below apply only as of the Braille System s readiness tone Any errors or warnings during startup are generally of a more serious nature and will therefore always be indicated 5 1 8 10 1 None N The Braille System generates no sound signals not even during file transfers or reformatting 5 1 8 10 2 Errors E The Braille System generates a tone only if an error has occurred In addition to internal errors errors could also result from operator mistakes but these are usually not supported by any message in Braille 5 1 8 10 3 Warnings W The Braille System generates a tone only in case of errors or warnings 5 1 8 10 4 action Confirmations C All signal sounds are turned on 5 1 8 11 Date time format D Any settings specified here will
16. select the desired file from the file list Then select the menu item Print and select the desired number of copies with TD or TU If the printer is connected and switched on the printout is then started If you wish to print only a selected block of text within a file please read the detailed instructions in Section 5 1 1 3 4 Page 24 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH 5 Operation of the Braille System 5 1 The Menu System The menu system is structured hierarchically containing submenus and functions In addition the menu system has its own intelligence so that only those menu items currently available are displayed In addition to the keys described in chapter 11 there are also shortcut keys known as hotkeys These permit direct access to menu items within a menu level without having to navigate clumsily through the entire menu with TD and TU A hotkey is one letter of the menu item It is spelled as a capital letter but it may also have additional emphasis added Not only submenus but functions and check boxes as well may be activated using hotkeys Furthermore you can configure your Braille System such that these objects are not only selected but also activated by pressing the hotkey In the following sections the menu items as well as their sub items are described in detail with the hotkeys enclosed in round brackets If there is no letter indicated within brac
17. the start up display will also be different Handy Tech BRAILLE SYSTEM Ver Ex xx This means that x xx is the version number of the current EPROM e g 2 00 In EPROM mode the Braille System can only be operated as Braille display In order to switch to firmware mode first turn the device off again Turn it back on and hold down 6 during start up When you hear the high beep you can release 6 Please note that the Braille System is not fully ready for operation until the low readiness tone has sounded The device can only begin exchanging data or reacting to any other external events such as keystrokes after the low beep Page 16 F sch Tech Braillino o LI Ce ee ee Start Up HektronikGnbH You are now in the Braille System s main menu which allows you to activate its various functions Should you receive a message beginning with the words FER Warning or WRN instead of the firmware mode start up string shown above then the Braille System s software has become corrupted You will find detailed information and trouble shooting tips in the sections on firmware updates and error messages Now before you can finally get started we would like to familiarize you with some of the basic concepts pertaining to your Braille System 3 3 Basic Operation 3 3 1 Operating Modes of the Braille System As already mentioned the Braille System has two operating modes in one the so called EPROM mode it can only
18. without complicated scripts Window Eyes is highly customizable so you can control how to display the monitor information When you use Window Eyes with a Braille display you can track both the focus as well as the mouse cursor In addition there is also an invisible cursor the so called WE cursor If you bind the Braille display to the WE cursor you can move the position of the Braille display relative to the screen without changing the position of either the focus or the mouse cursor 7 3 1 Overview Your Modular Evolution just like all the other Handy Tech Braille displays is supported by Window Eyes The following table provides an overview of Window Eyes commands that can be entered with the control keys on the Braille display We have not included an exhaustive description of each of the functions because they are already contained in the Window Eyes manual Control Key Braille Dot Function 7 Go to focus 3 Go to the active window s title bar 2 Toggle Braille tracking on off 1 Move Braille display section one line up SPCL or TU Braille display section to the left SPCR or TD Braille display section to the right 4 Move Braille display section one line down 5 Toggle between Window Eyes cursor and mouse cursor 6 Go to the active window s status line 8 Drag mouse to focus Page 81 Braillino inh Tech The Braille System as Braille Display O0 0o oo
19. 00 00 General Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH as part of each Braille cell enable you to place the cursor directly at the text position of that Braille cell To the left and right of the Braille cells are the so called Triple Action Keys They are mounted in the housing such that they are flush with the Braille display cells These keys can be activated at the top in the center and at the bottom The Triple Action Keys have the following functions Either the left or right Triple Action Key s Up position also serves as a reading key to move backward within the text and will be referred to as TLU or TRU in the list below Either the left or right Triple Action Key s Down position also serves as a reading key to move forward through the text and is referred to as TLD or TRD in the list below In the event of the right as well as the left Triple Action Key Up can be pressed it is called TU If alternatively the Triple Action Key left or right Down can be used it is called TD The Center position of either the left or right Triple Action Key can be used for additional functions First here is an overview of the symbols used in this manual to represent the Triple Action Keys Left Triple Action Key up TLU Left Triple Action Key center TLC Left Triple Action Key down TLD Right Triple Action Key up TRU Right Triple Action Key center TRC Right Triple Action Key down TRD If TU and TD must be a
20. 1 Window Scrolling Global This value specifies by how many positions the display will be scrolled to the side when the cursor moves beyond the currently displayed text Valid settings for this parameter are 0 through the number of Braille positions available Depending on your Braille System this may be 20 40 or 80 The default value is 3 4 of the available Braille elements If you should enter a value outside of the valid range this will result in an error message This parameter can be used to obtain various effects For example you can enter 1 this causes the display to scroll with every character you enter that falls beyond the current display In contrast if you specify the highest possible value 20 40 or 80 the Braille System will react just like the older versions of Braille System software the entire line will be rebuilt every time you move beyond it If you move the cursor beyond the display towards the right the cursor will next appear at the first Braille element If you move the cursor beyond the display towards the left it will appear on the last Braille position 5 2 22 2 Dialog Timeout Global This value specifies the number of seconds you remain in any Editor dialog if you do not enter anything If the specified time limit has been exceeded and no input was made the dialog is closed without any changes being made or functions initiated The valid settings are between 0 and 999 and the default is 100 seconds Not
21. 2 2 Voltage V This menu item provides information on the voltage remaining in the batteries The voltage of fully charged batteries is approximately 5 6 V If battery voltage falls below ca 4 0 V the Braille System turns itself off You can thus use Voltage to estimate your batteries status We recommend replacing the rechargeable batteries if you notice the voltage decreasing unusually rapidly after having used them for some time 5 1 7 2 3 Status S This function displays the battery states discharging charging and quick charging While the Braille System runs off the batteries the batteries are being discharged and the message Running on battery is displayed 5 1 7 2 3 1_ In order to recharge the batteries simply connect the included power supply to a power outlet The batteries will recharge in two to three hours Recharging occurs entirely automatically it is not possible to overcharge the batteries The Braille System automatically switches from initially high recharging voltage to a very low charge just to maintain a full charge While the batteries are receiving a high recharge voltage the message Battery quick charging will be displayed If they are only receiving a maintenance charge the message will read Battery charging 5 1 7 3 Keyboard layout K This function displays the language currently implemented on the Braille System via the keyboard layout table Keyboard tables are available for se
22. 5 OPERATION OF THE BRAILLE SYSTEM cccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 25 5 1 The Menu System EE 25 5 1 1 elt EEN 25 5 1 1 1 New file EE 25 SREZ GEN dE 25 TNS HPN MS EE 26 Braillino Hink Tech Table of Contents oe ce ce HektronikGnbH Os lie EN Ge 26 Sieh aves EE EE 26 a Delete Eeer 26 5 1 1 3 4 Print P SPC 1 2 3 4 7 8 or Ctrl P 0 eee ceeeeeee eter eee 27 5 1 1 3 5 file attributes EEN 27 5 1 2 Calc latorn EE 27 5 1 3 Scheduler E 29 5 1 3 1 Entering a New Appointment New Entry ccceeeeeeeeeteeeeeeees 29 5 1 3 2 Entering and Editing Appoimtmments 30 5 1 3 3 Entering Appointments with Variables Recurring Appointments 31 5 1 3 4 A Few Notes on Entering Appointments sssnneeeeeeeeeeeeeenneneeeernnne 32 5 1 3 5 The Appointment Gchedule AAA 32 5 1 3 6 Full Text Search within Appomtments 33 5 1 3 7 Appointment Editing dE EE 34 5 1 3 8 Information Regarding Past Appointments ceceeeeeeeeeeeeees 35 5 1 3 9 Resources Management 35 5 1 3 10 Backing up the scheduler data 35 5 1 4 HOGI EE 36 5 1 4 1 Display date time ED eeegsbugeenegeegstegeeg egeegeteg eege 36 E E E A EE 36 Eu SOE CCH GY EE 36 Bed Ae EEN Mee EE 37 5 14 5 COUNntdOWM O E 37 5 1 5 EE Eeer 37 5 1 6 Braille character Sets Di 38 5 1 6 1 Creating a Braille Character Gei 38 5 1 6 2 Loading Braille Character Ges 38 5 1 6 3 Selecting and Activating Braille Tables nssnnnnnneeeeneeen
23. B14 or 5 8 Activate the JAWS cursor 2 3 Beginning of line 5 6 End of line 1 23 Top of file 4 5 6 End of file 3 6 7 Speech interruption on off 0 to 9 Digits 0 to 9 3 6 7 8 Output task bar TLC Tab TRC Shift Tab TLC TRC Enter SPC 127 Toggle Braille input on off By entering letters in Braille you can in addition input the so called mnemonic commands that are listed below j 245 Activate the JAWS settings menu 123456 Activate the screen reader settings menu JAWS d 145 Desktop minimizes all applications h 125 Activate JAWS Help paste F1 46 Tab k 13 Shift Tab g 1245 Grade 2 on off m 13 4 Alternative for activating the menu bar Page 78 Hing Rd Braillino Oe ee ee The Braille System as Braille Display s 23 4 Start menu 235 Toggle 6 8 dot Braille 2356 System Tray z 1356 Announce time 8 4 Status cells on off c 14 Ctrl Tab C 147 Shift Ctrl Tab e 15 ESC 2 6 Enter b 1 2 Braille cursor tracking on off f 124 Active cursor tracking on off v 1236 Set level of Braille contractions The cursor routing keys CR are used to directly place the cursor at that text position In addition the following functions can be initiated by activating cursor rou
24. Fatal Errors EE 96 TOs2 gt SYMONS E 96 10 3 Safety Information under the Standards for Medical Devices 96 10 4 General Safety Information cccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeeeeeeeeeees 97 10 5 Handling the Braille System ccseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 98 10 6 Warranty scsssiieccsccciscsdstssscnsssesessseredersdaseseusuarecessdaresessuavecessuasesessueveceuGuaredewuue 98 10 7 Technical Support eeegeeergzeeueeurezeegeugEEeuEeECSdCEEeEEEEEENEEKN E ENEEEdOEEEEERNEKEeENEN 99 11 LIST OF KEY COMBINATIONS ecececeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 100 11 1 Navigating the Menu System cs seecceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeneeeeeeeeeees 100 11 2 Editor le sasascitece ceicnswenenedewerenedesiensdedeneusnedasenesededeusaedaseuesedederemetedaned 100 11 3 Keysin PC Mode icciciciscciscssercseccsceneessenstecceeccdssntisnsessdeweseanteetdaseseresuwodes 101 11 4 Fixed Key Functions on External Keyboard sssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna 101 11 5 Functions during Start Up cccccccccceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 102 12 ERROR MESSAGES wisiseseiscvsiccisinwesnseinanentcanennnsunnevetuunieestsinsnentiwniewedsinenanes 103 12 1 English Language Error MeSSage s cccccsssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeees 103 12 1 1 Fatal e 103 12 1 2 G neral de 104 12 1 3 Warnings and Messages ssssssssseeenrreesseerrtrrnrnrnese
25. Hry Td Copyright Notice Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 13 Copyright Notice All rights reserved copyright Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH No portion of this manual may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission from Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Inc Page 110
26. Only mode It cannot be modified If you attempt to enter or delete characters you will simply generate warning signals as long as the acoustic signals setting in the Braille System s Options menu is set to output warning tones If the file is opened for the first time the cursor is located at the beginning if not it will be located at the previous cursor position 5 1 1 3 3 Delete D This command allows you to delete files First a message Sure deleting Yes No Abort appears By entering y for yes or activating the CR key above the y you will delete the file irrevocably entering n a or TLC cancels the command An open file cannot be deleted Alternatively files can also be deleted by entering the command SPC 4 5 or pressing the Delete key on an external keyboard Once the selected file has been deleted you will return to the file list specifically to the previous file on the list If the file at the top of the alphabetical list was deleted you will return to Previous File if this is known If the previous file is not known you will return to New File Note It is possible to display and delete system files see chapter 5 1 8 5 However you should only undertake this if you know exactly what you are trying to do For example if you were to delete the message file msg hsf you could not work on the Braille System until you have loaded this file again Because of this you will receive the following
27. a self training process The batteries must have discharged recharged and discharged again completely at least once to provide sufficient data to accurately calculate battery capacity As long as the data is insufficient for capacity calculation a will be displayed following the value Battery voltage display not for Braille Star 80 Remaining battery voltage is displayed in Volt Page 87 Braillino tirg Tech Operations Settings for Handy Tech Braille Displays Oe 00 ee HektronikGnbH 8 Operations Settings for Handy Tech Braille Displays The universal Handy Tech Braille display driver features several optional settings for operating your Braille System with your PC and screen reader In order to open the Settings window activate the 1 8 keys simultaneously As an alternative you can also use the B12 key on the Braille Star 80 s numbers block The Settings window can also be started up from the Start menu under Programs Handy Tech Configure Braille display driver The Braille display driver does not need to be running There are the following six tabs in the Settings window e Connection ATC Status Cells Key Actions Miscellaneous Info Your changes in the settings of the different tab sheets will be saved by pressing the OK or Apply Button If you choose the OK Button the dialog will be closed The following sections provide more details about the settings that are available under these six tabs 8 1 Con
28. as is usually the case with newly delivered devices a question mark will appear after the capacity display The question mark thus indicates the somewhat higher inaccuracy of the capacity display during its training period This obviously also means that battery capacity has to be recalculated every time you remove the batteries 9 4 Automatic Recognition of Low Voltage The Braille System includes battery voltage recognition in two steps The first step turns on an alarm signal every 18 seconds when the voltage falls to approximately less than 4 4 V This indicates that battery capacity is nearing its end and that the batteries should be recharged You can turn the alarm signal off or on in Configuration Mode with 5 When the lowest limit of battery voltage has been reached at about 4 V your Braille System turns itself off However even in this state it uses up a small amount of electricity You should therefore never leave the Braille System in this state for longer than one day It would be best if you begin to recharge the batteries immediately but you should at least turn off the Braille System If you expect not to use your Braille System for several weeks either recharge the batteries first or remove the batteries completely from the device 9 5 Replacing the Batteries The Braille System contains four rechargeable batteries which enable you to work for about 20 hours independent of a power source For shipment the battery com
29. be deleted individually Remember the representation of tab characters on the Braille display is always by a number of spaces regardless of the option specified in Tab Mode 5 2 22 11 Tab Stops Global Valid arguments for this value are from 0 up to the maximum number of positions on your Braille display 20 40 or 80 If you specify 0 either a tab character or the number of spaces set under Tab Width see next section will be inserted into the text each time you input the tab character independent of your position within the text Any value greater than 0 results in the current line being filled up with either tab characters or spaces in such a way that a tab stop is set at every n position e g every 5 position The following example will clarify this parameter If you have set Tab Stops to 5 and the cursor is located at column 1 then the cursor will move to column 6 as soon as you enter a tab character If you enter a tab again you will be located in column 11 and so on If you type in a word here consisting of 7 letters and then enter tab from that position which would be column 18 then the cursor will move to column 22 2 22 12 Tab Width Global This parameter determines the number of spaces used for displaying a tab on the Braille display It also specifies the number of spaces used to represent a tab character that is entered on the Braille System if the option Tab Mode is set to Spaces Valid entries fo
30. chapter 5 1 1 3 3 3 3 8 1 System Files The Braille System s firmware requires its own files for keeping track of settings and for saving information These system files always have the extension HSF Handy Tech Page 19 Braillino Fisch Tech o JOR ee Start Up Ce ee ee HektronikGnbH System File Some examples of system files are the message file MSG HSF and the layout file for the external keyboard KBDLYOUT HSF By default system files are not displayed However the display of system files can be activated via the Options menu see chapter 5 1 8 5 3 3 9 Energy Saving Features Since the Braille Systems are battery operated they were designed specifically for efficiency in energy consumption Whenever possible various components of the Braille System are deactivated in order to conserve energy If no key is pressed on a Braille System for several minutes it will enter sleep mode In sleep mode the Braille display is turned off and some of the electronic modules are also deactivated As soon as any key is pressed the Braille System wakes up within a fraction of a second and will be fully operational You will recognize this because the tactile pins will be pushed backup Further explanations concerning the set up of the energy saving features are contained in chapter 7 5 Page 20 Hing Rd Braillino Oe 00 ee Quick Start HektronikGnbH 4 Quick Start 4 1 The Braille System as Braille Display
31. file name corresponding to the type of Braille System used For the Braille Wave it is wavetext for the Braille Star 40 80 startext and for the Braillino braillino The cursor is positioned on the first character of the file name e You may either accept the default file name overwrite it by entering a name of your choice or edit the name easily by navigating the cursor and using the delete function If you enter any character without first moving the cursor the default file name will be overwritten e To save the file press the TRC key If a file with that name exists already you will be notified and can then overwrite that file 2 To save the current file and then close it e Enter SPC 1 5 chord e The procedure for saving the file is the same as the steps described above in 1 e When the file has been saved it is also closed Unless you have other files open you will return to the main menu at menu item File Attention Before you switch the Braille System off you must quit all open files because they are not saved automatically when shutting down the Braille System If you should turn off the Braille System without having closed all files you might not only lose the changes you made but you could also damage the files Page 22 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Quick Start HektronikGnbH 4 2 4 Opening a File To open the last previously closed file activate the menu item Previous file in t
32. of applications e g under Extras M The prefix M indicates the selected item from a menu T This identification letter precedes the line of text that contains the cursor S The meaning is the same as T with the block marking function active These characters appear before and after the title of the active window Page 83 Braillino tirg Tech The Braille System as Braille Display O0 00 ee HektronikGnbH 7 4 3 List of Braille Commands The following table provides an overview of the operation of a cell phone by means of the Braille System s Braille keyboard Note some functions are only available on Series 80 Phones which is also listed below Mobile Phone Keys Description Braille System Keys Space key SPCL or SPCR SPC Backspace SPCL 1 2 Chord b or 7 Enter 8 or TRC Menu SPCL 1 23456 Left SPCL 7 Right SPCL 8 Up SPCL 1 Down SPCL 4 Ctrl Left SPCL 3 Ctrl Right SPCL 6 Ctrl Up SPCL 2 Ctrl Down SPCL 5 Alt Left Pos1 SPCL 1 3 Chord k Series 80 only Alt Right End SPCL 4 6 Series 80 only Ctrl Alt Up top of file SPCL 1 2 3 Chord Ctrl Alt Down end of file SPCL 4 56 Backspace SPCL 1 2 Chord b Shift Backspace Delete SPCL 4 5 Tab SPCL 5 6 or SPCL 2 3 4 5 Chord t Series 80 only Shift Tab SPCL 2 3 or SPCL 2 3 4 5 7 Chord T Series 80 only Ctrl c Copy SPCL 1 4 C
33. operation directly from the file list by pressing SPC 1 23 4 7 8 or Ctrl P 5 1 1 3 5 file attributes B After selecting this menu item the file s name will be displayed followed by its size and the date and time at which it was most recently accessed You can exit this display by pressing the TLC key which will return you to the file list Please note Older firmware versions do not save the date and time correctly In these cases the data displayed under this menu item will be nonsensical However the correct date and time will be displayed for all recently transmitted files 5 1 2 Calculator C The calculator function permits you to carry out calculations with your Braille System and to save the results or to insert them into a text The calculator operates with an accuracy of 15 digits and the decimal point can be positioned anywhere within these 15 digits It offers the following mathematical operations Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Bracketing with up to 10 pairs of brackets whereby the brackets may be nested Page 27 Braillino Hrg Be ab Tech Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH Calculation of percentages When you select the menu item Calculator an empty Braille display with a cursor appears and you can enter the desired expression Blanks are not permitted in the input A typical input could be for example 3 5 6 Pressing SPC 2 3 5 6
34. save any files not currently needed File X not found Cause You are attempting to open a file in the Editor in read only mode but the file was not found X is the file name you entered Remedy Try to reenter the file name It is important to note that the file name must be entered with exactly the same spelling under which it is stored on the Braille System If the result is again negative you can suspend the Editor and open the file from the file list Writing X aborted Cause While saving a file you have pressed the TLC key The saving process has therefore been canceled Not enough space on disk Cause You are attempting to cut copy or save a text block to a new file While writing the block the Editor determines that there is not enough memory available for this operation X in use please close it first Cause You have opened file X within the Editor and are currently working on a different file You are attempting to write to file X or to read data from file X For example you might have opened the clipboard within the Editor in order to make changes in it before pasting its contents to a file If you try to cut or copy any other text block at this point without first closing the clipboard the Editor cannot execute that function and will instead notify you with this message Cannot open file X Cause You are attempting to open the Editor s swapfile This is not possible because this file contains the portion
35. sometimes cause the Editor to run slow The following paragraphs describe the use of blocks in detail 5 2 12 1 Marking the Beginning of a Block SPC TRC To mark the beginning of a block place the cursor at the desired position and enter the key combination SPC TRC This operation will then be confirmed by a signal tone You do not need to set a special mark for the end of a block Simply move the cursor one position to the right of where you want the block to end While moving the cursor you will notice that all text between the beginning of the block and the current cursor position appears underlined with dots 7 and 8 Let us assume you had typed the text This is a test and wanted to mark the words This is as a block Before undertaking any block operations the cursor should be moved to the space between the words is and a Marking text as a block is possible in either direction You can therefore set the beginning of a block and then move back towards the top of the file In this case the end of the block is located just left of the cursor In other words the character at which the cursor is currently located is part of the block Instead of marking a block by moving the cursor character by character you can also jump from a desired block location to a mark Another way to quickly mark off a block is by using one of the search functions described below if the first word appearing after the desired block is known Simply mark
36. that it is located at column 10 in the text This time the Braille display will not be adjusted because the word appears to the left of the match column Page 66 Hing Rd Braillino O0 00 ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH 5 2 23 Important Instructions Regarding the Editor The Editor s powerful features provide a comfortable high performance tool for you but at the same time it is important to handle it properly This chapter therefore contains many useful tips for using the Editor 1 Handling of files The Editor can manage files up to 3 MB in size This means to begin with that only files up to a maximum size of 3 MB can be opened Further you can either keep one file of 3 MB open or up to 5 files with a total maximum size of 3 MB Whenever you begin editing a file a temporary file or swap file must be generated where the changes are saved The more pages or sectors of a file are modified the more memory is needed for the temporary files We therefore recommend the following procedures Avoid saving numerous very small files to flash memory For example if you were to write the sentence you just read in a file and then saved it that file would require 8 KB of memory It must be at least that size because the smallest addressable sector within the file system comprises 8 KB Therefore you would waste valuable space in memory which can only be recovered once you delete such minute files It is prefer
37. the text without deleting the old result For this the cursor must be located within the calculation expression 5 2 8 Status Display SPC 2 3 4 7 Chord S The SPC 2 3 4 7 command allows you to activate the Editor s status display for the current file The following information is displayed in list form e The name of the current file e Printer mode shows the activated printer mode within the editor off typewriter line The current editing mode insert overstrike read only The file s modification status The beginning and end of a marked block The position of the character in the text which is the current cursor location The number of the current column 5 2 9 Set Mark TU TD By pressing TU TD at the same time the current cursor position is remembered as a mark You can use this mark like a bookmark to easily find that place in the text Up to 10 marks can be set for any file Page 52 Hing Rd Braillino C0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH A dialog will open asking you for the name of the mark You can enter up to 24 letters or you can select a name from the list of marks you have already created for this file By pressing TRC the mark will be set and remembered under the designated name If you have entered a name which already exists as a mark you will receive a message asking whether you wish to overwrite that mark By entering y you permit the overwriting of the previous mark If you
38. this file Before you save a new file you should therefore adjust the values in the Setup menu according to your requirements Each of the individual parameter descriptions below indicates whether that setting is global or valid only for individual files The Setup menu contains a list of parameters You can navigate through the list by moving the cursor up and down with SPC 1 and SPC 4 The desired parameter can be selected by pressing TRC Alternatively you can also input the name of the parameter you wish to change then confirm with TRC Once you have selected a parameter with one of these two methods a list of possible settings will appear By navigating up and down through this list you can get to the value you wish to set Set that value by pressing TRC and you will then return to the list of parameters Instead of a list of settings a field may also appear which is used to input numerical values or text Again the input must be confirmed by pressing TRC You can also return to the list of parameters without making any changes by pressing TLC If you want to restore the default value for any parameter you can do this by typing SPC 1 4 Chord c In the case of parameters which were recently modified SPC 1 4 Chord c will restore the previous settings The following subsections discuss each item on the Setup menu Page 61 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 5 2 22
39. you can also adjust the speed while you are reading by using the TU or TD key To activate automatic reading mode enter SPC TD The cursor is not moved along with the text during automatic scrolling Pressing any cursor routing key will position the cursor at that location within the text and stop the automatic scrolling You can also move the display section manually by pressing the SPC key without affecting the automatic scrolling speed 5 2 5 Moving the Cursor To move the cursor without changing any text you can use the so called cursor routing keys These keys also known as CR keys are built into the Braille elements A small fin on the Braille elements is used to press the CR keys The CR keys shape is designed to facilitate navigation If you attempt to use the CR keys to move beyond the end of a line the Braille System will beep and the cursor will be positioned such that you can continue to enter characters The Editor provides the following functions for moving the cursor Page 50 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH e When you enter SPC 1 2 3 the cursor jumps to the top of the file Use SPC 4 5 6 to move the cursor to the end of the file e You can move the cursor to the beginning of a sentence by entering SPC 2 or to the beginning of the next sentence by entering SPC 5 The cursor will move to the nearest period colon exclamation mark or question mar
40. 3 4 6 7 Chord X command which cuts the block without writing it to the clipboard Alternatively you can also use the backspace command SPC 1 2 Chord b Again you will be notified in terms of a percentage value that the text is being deleted 5 2 12 7 Saving a Block to a File SPC 2 3 4 Chord s When you have marked a block you can save it in its own file by using SPC 2 3 4 Chord s The text block will not be deleted from the current file Additional details regarding the saving of files are contained in chapter 5 2 18 5 2 13 Searches You can look for a search string in a text file in two different ways with an incremental search or with a buffered search Both searches can move either forward or backwards Any search begins at the cursor position 5 2 13 1 Incremental Search SPC 1 2 4 Chord f The command SPC 1 2 4 Chord f initiates an incremental search for a certain text in forward direction i e moving from the current cursor position towards the end of the file The message l Search appears followed by the cursor As you enter the search string the search already begins You are automatically positioned at the first occurrence of the search string you have entered so far If you erase a character from the search string using the delete command you are transported backwards to the place where the remaining search string can be found While the search is in progress the entered string is displayed as blinki
41. 5 1 8 13 4 Tab width T EE 47 5 1 8 13 5 Conv rsion table E 47 5 1 8 13 6 Double sided Ee ee 47 5 1 8 14 Restore factory defaults H 48 5 2 VUEN 48 5 2 1 Overview of Editor Functions cccceeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetteeeeeeeees 48 5 2 2 Dialogs and Confirmation of Actions ccccceeeeceeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 49 5 2 3 Entering and Deleting Text ee 49 5 2 4 Reading OX EEN 50 5 2 5 MOVING th e De 50 5 2 6 Editing Modes SPC 2 4 Chord i cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeees 51 5 2 7 Rer Eet tee EE 52 5 2 8 Status Display SPG 2 3 4 7 Chord Seege ENNEN ENNEN 52 5 2 9 S t Mark TUFT RE 52 5 2 10 Jump to Mark SPC 1 3 4 Chord me 53 5 2 11 Delete Mark TU TD Select Name SPO sssssssssseeneeesssssrrrrrnnneeeee 53 5 2 12 Block FUNCIONS EE 53 5 2 12 1 Marking the Beginning of a Block SPC TRC nnns 54 5 2 12 2 Copy SPC 1 4 Chord Eege eege 54 5 2 12 3 Cut SPC 1 3 4 6 Chondsi 55 5 2 12 4 Paste SPC 1 2 3 6 Chord Nees 55 5 2 12 5 Exchange Mark and Cursor GPC 78 55 5 2 12 6 Deleting a Text Block SPC 1 3 4 6 7 Chord X SPC 1 2 Chord b 56 5 2 12 7 Saving a Block to a File SPC 2 3 4 Chord ei 56 5 2 13 Searches EE 56 5 2 13 1 Incremental Search SPC 1 2 4 Chor 56 5 2 13 2 Buffered Search EE 57 5 2 13 3 Backward Search SPC 1 2 4 7 Chord F eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 57 5 2 14 Replace SPC 1 2 3 5 Chord if EE 57 5 2 15 Opening Additional Files cc ccccee
42. 9 3 autoedit E This option activates the Braille System s capability to automatically open the most recently closed file in the Editor upon startup in firmware mode After opening the file the cursor will be at the same position it was at when the file was closed Please note that this option will not open the file that was last opened but the file that was last edited and saved This option is the most useful one if you frequently use the Braille System to make notes in the same already existing file after switching it on 5 1 8 9 4 PC mode P This feature enables the Braille System to automatically activate its PC Mode after starting up in firmware mode so that the display is immediately available to a screen reader this is similar to manually activating the menu item PC mode You cannot utilize the System s internal functions such as the Editor until you have switched back to internal mode You can reactivate internal mode by pressing SPC 1 3 4 Chord m for about half a second 5 1 8 9 5 Calculator C This option activates the ability of the Braille System to automatically start the calculator function when it is switched on in firmware mode We recommend using this option if you plan to use the Braille System primarily for calculations in the near future 5 1 8 10 Tone signals T The Braille System generates a range of sounds in certain operational conditions in order to alert the user unmistakably to successes errors
43. Braillino this designation also refers to the following Handy Tech products e Braille Wave The ultra compact Braille system with 40 ergonomic Braille modules and a Braille keyboard In addition to the option of using the Braille Wave as a stand alone Braille notebook device it can also serve as a Braille output display when connected to a PC Notes that were originally created on the Braille Wave can be transmitted quickly and easily to the PC for further editing e Braille Star 40 The ergonomic Braille system with 80 Braille modules optimized for use in conjunction with a laptop computer It can also be used as a stand alone notebook device with the compact keyboard that comes with it The Braille Star 40 includes both USB and a serial interface as standard features and can be ordered with wireless functionality e Braille Star 80 The ergonomic Braille system with 40 Braille modules optimized for stationary use at a PC equipped workplace In addition to Braille input and Triple Action Keys the Braille Star 80 includes a 16 key block By switching between the USB and the serial interface and by using the two integrated keyboard outputs it is possible to connect two PCs simultaneously to the Braille Star 80 In this manual the following conventions are used for inputs and outputs on the Braillino and on the PC Single keystrokes on the Braillino Key1 e g TLC Key dot combination on the Braillino SPC 234 Display on the Brailli
44. CapsLock on off Chord S SPC 2347 Cursor keys Up SPC 1 Left SPC 7 Down SPC 4 Right SPC 8 Mark Chord S SPC 2 3 47 holds down the shift key until SPC 2 3 4 7 is input again It is therefore possible to work with all cursor movements such as Home End etc If you wanted to mark two characters to the right of the cursor you would enter SPC 2 3 4 7 SPC 8 cursor right twice and SPC 2347 again Previous word Ctrl SPC 3 Cursor left Next word Ctrl Cursor SPC 6 right Page Up SPC 2 Page Down SPC 5 Ctrl Page Up TLC SPC 2 Ctrl Page Down TLC SPC 5 Post Chord k SPC 13 End SPC 46 Ctrl Posi Chord SPC 123 Ctrl End SPC 456 Function Keys F1 to F12 SPC CR1 to CR12 Left Windows Key Chord w SPC 2456 Context Key Chord W SPC 24567 Windows Key character SPC 2 45 6 8 followed by character Windows Key SPCL SPCR 24568 blocked released PAUSE key Chord p SPC 1234 Windows key PAUSE key SPC 2 45 6 8 followed by SPC 1234 Space SPCL or SPCR Screen Reader Key SPC 2 3 4 8 followed by character character Screen Reader Key SPCL SPCR 2348 blocked released 5 4 Braille printing If you connect a Braille printer to the serial interface of your Braille System you can print stored texts in Braille characters dots The following printers are currently supported e Blista Brailletec BTEC 100 e ViewPlus Tiger e CIDAT ONCE Portathiel Files can be printed di
45. Chord or Ctrl Shift Enter causes the expression to be calculated and the result is displayed before the expression In the example above this looks like this 21 3 5 6 In the calculator options see Sections 5 2 22 4 and 5 2 22 5 you can define whether the result is to be displayed before or after the expression or on its own By default the resulted is displayed as in the example above before the expression You can navigate through the individual calculation steps with TD and TU if for example you wish to modify an earlier expression This means that you do not have to enter the complete expression again In our example we want to insert a pair of brackets 3 5 6 Pressing SPC 2 3 5 6 Chord or Ctrl Shift Enter now causes the following result to be displayed 33 3 5 6 You can delete all previously entered calculation steps by pressing SPC 1 4 8 Chord c Dot 8 If you wish to carry out further calculations with the result this can be done in two different ways 1 You can delete the equals sign and the original expression and enter a new expression in the same line 2 You can press SPC 4 6 or End to move to the end of the current line and then press TRC or Enter to position the cursor at the beginning of the next line If you now enter a mathematical operator at the beginning of this line the result from the previous line is automatically inserted in front of it This method permits y
46. Handy Tech 0O 0O 0 OO 00 00 U ser M anua I Elektronik GmbH Braillino With Wireless Bluetooth Technology Version 4 2 Horb October 2007 Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH All Rights Reserved Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH Brunnenstra e 10 72 160 Horb Germany Telefon 49 7451 55 46 0 Fax 49 7451 55 46 67 E Mail info handytech de Internet www handytech de Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Table of Contents HektronikGnbH Table of Contents NK GREINER E cexsnsussewtaccpnawencvaccvsncusatseadwasevencws neva susatwencveasvencvextsuacwsctventvenevenss 7 VD GE 7 1 2 The Braillino at RE 7 1 3 Conventions Used in This Manual ccccccssssesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeees 9 2 INSTALLATION scsccntcicisicissssccteeceeestsendnnnderecendiessanersentserdiecerserenraduntuawewewesuenieends 10 2 1 Package COnteits isciicecccccicnctsascncntvecccscaceannantvansussdsentecntdenswaccueaiventvarnuanddds 10 2 2 Software Installation wits ieasteasdeewewsudeansvandeawsnsaduantwandeavauaneaudunsdeavdvenheamsnane 10 2 3 Connecting the Power SUpply ccccssesssseeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeneeees 11 2 4 Connecting the Interface Cable ccccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeees 12 2 5 The Carrying Case 2 i iiccicicicceinsecsscensecadsensasesecsseodecsdeeniasssuncdeedssneeereastdesese 12 2 6 Connecting an External Keyboard ccccceessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 13 2 7 Installation of the B
47. Lock CapsLock After pressing this key the secondary functions remain active until the Shift or ShiftLock key is pressed again All keys are switched to their secondary function not only the letter keys ALT ALT left No function If the key is held down continuously ASCII codes may be entered via the numerical pad ALT Gr ALT right Activates the tertiary function until the key is released Ctrl Only remains active until the key is released WINDOWS and These keys are not supported and cannot be assigned any context menu keys functions print scroll pause Page 75 Braillino tirg Tech External Keyboard O0 0o o0 6 2 6 Status Indicators LED status indicators are not used This circumstance should be pointed out to sighted assistants If the keyboard reacts in an unfamiliar manner press the Shift and Control keys to ensure that no undesirable state has been activated Page 76 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee The Braille System as Braille Display HektronikGnbH 7 The Braille System as Braille Display The Braille System is supported by various screen output programs that include drivers for the device e g e JAWS WINDOW EYES HAL Dolphin Systems Blinux SuSE LINUX BW PRO for DOS If these programs are used all of the Braille System s functionality is assured 7 1 Screen readers using Windows Example JAWS The functionality of JAWS for Windows is so extensive that only the
48. Rated Voltage 1 2V Rated Capacity 2100 mAh These batteries are regular commercial rechargeable batteries which can be purchased at any appliance store or from Handy Tech However please make sure that you are purchasing batteries with this exact designation The only permissible deviation from the above specifications is in the rated capacity It is best to always replace all four batteries at once The rated capacity of the four batteries must be the same If batteries with a different rated capacity are used this will falsify the battery capacity status display and may affect the battery powered operating duration It is possible to install non rechargeable batteries of the same ratings in the Braille System instead of the rechargeable batteries However it is very important that there be no attempt to charge these batteries i e the power supply cable must not be connected to the wall outlet This could cause the batteries to burst and destroy the recharging circuitry 9 2 Battery Charging The Braille System contains integrated intelligent recharging circuitry for charging the batteries Recharging starts automatically when the power supply delivered with your Braille System is connected to a wall outlet Recharging lasts approximately three hours if the batteries were empty The Braille System features electronic recognition and interpretation of the end of recharging as well as of the permissible discharge This way the batteries ca
49. SPC 7 8 but the appointment must still be confirmed by pressing TLC The Braille System then returns to whichever function was active before the appointment information was displayed If the appointment you just confirmed was a variable appointment its next occurrence is automatically calculated based on the current date and time and entered into the appointment schedule The next occurrence of this appointment is also displayed on the Braille System and needs to be confirmed by pressing the TLC key The text for the appointment may stay till your next operation If you want to skip the checking for appointments when switching on the device you have to hold down 6 for some time while switching on An additional high signal tone before the low signal tone will confirm this 5 1 3 9 Resources Management Depending on how you use the Scheduler it may reduce the available memory on your Braille System You can prevent this from becoming excessive by deleting appointments that have passed as soon as possible The Scheduler will then utilize the freed up memory space to store new appointments The marking function the SPC key within the appointment schedule can be used to efficiently delete several appointments simultaneously Up to 20 entries together can be deleted with one command with this function Since recurring appointments can result in the accumulation of a lot of data the Scheduler automatically deletes these while updating the varia
50. Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 5 1 1 3 File list If you move beyond the menu item Previous file a list of the existing files will be displayed in alphabetical order If you know the file name you can enter it While entering the Braille System is searching the matching file A high signal tone indicates that the file was found and the name will be displayed The more character you enter the more precise is the search In the moment the file name is appearing the file is selected It is not necessary to enter more characters With backspace SPC 1 2 you can delete entered characters If no file is found matching the letters you entered a warning signal will sound The warning signal output however depends on the settings for signal tones see chapter 5 1 8 10 If no file is stored in the Braille System a message No files stored on disk appears By pressing TLC you will return to New file If you select an existing file by pressing the TRC key another menu level with the following items appears 5 1 1 3 1 Edit E This command opens the file in the Editor with the cursor at the beginning of the file or if the file was opened and saved before at the position the cursor was in when the file was saved Files of up to 3 Megabytes in size may be opened and edited in the Editor The file is automatically opened in insert mode 5 1 1 3 2 View V This command opens the file in Read
51. The first column of the display contains a symbol indicating the type or status of the appointment The following list explains the meaning of these symbols Page 32 Hing Rd Braillino C0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH m This appointment is marked If you enter the delete command and respond yes to the prompt all marked appointments will be deleted from the database Up to 20 appointments can be marked at the same time Exclamation mark Indicates the next scheduled appointment in the future Star Indicates that this appointment contains variables meaning it is either a recurring appointment or it is due upon power up of the Braille System Hyphen This appointment has passed already i Indicates that this appointment is not yet past but you have already confirmed your reminder alarm This is only applicable to appointments that include a notification lead time To optimize the display even on a portable Braille System only one character is ever used for these status symbols This means that only the status most relevant to you is actually indicated For example if the appointment in question contains variables star symbols but is also the next scheduled appointment it will be marked with an exclamation mark If you mark the next scheduled appointment by pressing the space bar only the symbol for a marked appointment is shown The TRC key allows you to select a specific appointmen
52. a name that does not yet exist the file will be saved without any further prompts when you press TRC e f you enter the name of an already existing file the following prompt will appear File x exists overwrite Y N You can either to agree to overwrite the file by entering y followed by TRC or decline either by answering n followed by TRC or by pressing TLC Please note If you have marked a text block this save function will not apply to the entire file but only to the marked text block This is indicated by the dialog Save block to fie followed by the file name As mentioned above if you want to save a temporary copy of your text under a different name in its current state please proceed as follows 1 Move to the top of the file with SPC 1 2 3 2 Set the beginning of a block with SPC TRC Page 59 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 3 Move to the end of the file by entering SPC 4 5 6 4 Activate a save operation with SPC 2 3 4 Chord s 5 Enter the name under which you wish to store the current status of your file 6 Press TRC The file will be saved but the new file will not be loaded As soon as you cancel the block markings by pressing the TLC key and activate the Save command again the dialog described at the beginning of this chapter appears and the save operation now applies to the entire file again When a file is closed a
53. able to collect related items such as addresses to do lists and deadlines in one file The incremental search function see chapter 5 2 13 1 is a useful tool for rapidly retrieving the information you are looking for even from a file containing a lot of data You can even go further and collect different topics in one file Each topic can be marked with bookmarks or specific texts to which you can jump You should ensure that such texts occur only once in the corresponding file but this is easily realized by using certain character combinations that never occur naturally as a prefix or suffix Good examples for such search expressions are timetable and todolist If you forget the name you have given to a certain topic you can still simply search for your special character combination for example repeating the search until you have found the desired section Always save your files to the PC at regular brief intervals This not only prevents the loss of important data but it will also enable you if necessary to delete one of your unedited files if you need to free up some memory When any file is saved the amount of memory needed is the sum of the original size of the file plus any modifications to it For example if you have added another 16 KB to a file that was 64KB large you will need an additional 80 KB added to the swap file and the original file The cause for this is that your modifications cannot simply be inserted in
54. ad The keys on the numerical pad function just like the alohanumerical keys The NUM key has no function All keys except Enter can be assigned your desired characters In the factory provided keyboard layout tables these keys are assigned numerical meanings Alternatively any desired characters can be implemented by means of the ALT xxx function where xxx can be any number between 0 and 256 This ALT function is used for generating characters that are not directly accessible on the keyboard layout 6 2 3 Function Keys The function keys have no function in conjunction with the Braille System 6 2 4 Navigation Keys The term navigation keys refer to the 6 key block as well as the cursor keys located between the main keyboard section and the numerical pad These keys retain their functions without any restrictions You should note however that the key POS1 implements the chord command SPC 1 3 and the key End the chord command SPC 4 6 If pressed at the same time as the control key Ctrl POS1 executes the command SPC 1 2 3 while the End key executes SPC 4 5 6 6 2 5 Special Keys There are several special keys on many keyboards which are described in detail below It should be noted that on some keyboards the right shift key does not work in conjunction with the right Alt key The left Shift key can be used for these combinations instead Shift Activates the secondary function until the key is released Shift
55. affect the entire System including the Editor If you specify the 12 hour format the time will be displayed in the 12 hour format everywhere otherwise the 24 hour military time format will be used Also if English dates are specified the international convention for date day and month reversed from German and time will be used 5 1 8 12 Input indication l By changing the search direction within a Braille table it is possible to input language specific characters using the same Braille dot combination like normal alphanumeric characters For example in Arabic dot combination 1 2 4 are used for a certain Arabic character The same dot combination is also used for the letter f Within the Arabic Braille table using 256 characters you find the Arabic letters above position 128 To enable to enter Arabic characters by using a specific dot combination it is possible to change the direction Braille table will be searched for the matching character instead of using the standard forward direction that means searching from position 0 to 256 Braille table can also be searched backwards from 256 to 0 In case of Arabic when using the backwards search direction the corresponding Arabic character can be found when entering a certain Braille dot combination In order to change the search direction there are the following two chord commands e chord 2 3 6 activates the backwards search direction which is indicated by a low pitched tone
56. and 8 will blink at the location of the hour The hour can be changed by using the TD and TU keys The TU key decreases the hour by one the TD increases the hour by one To switch to the minutes setting you may press either TRC or SPC 8 Entering SPC 7 will move you to the previous setting Minutes and seconds are changed in the same way as hours with the TD and TU keys When you have finished setting the seconds you can return to the alarm time display by pressing the TRC key and the alarm is now set If you want to make sure simply select the same menu item again The alarm time you just set will be displayed preceded by DI 5 1 4 3 set Clock C You can set both time and date in this submenu First Time is displayed followed by the time as currently set Dots 7 and 8 will blink at the location of the hour which can be changed by pressing the TU and TD keys TU decreases the hour by one TD increases the hour by one To switch to the minutes setting you may press either TRC or SPC 8 Entering SPC 7 will move you to the previous setting Minutes and seconds are changed in the Page 36 Hing Rd Braillino C0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH same way as hours with the TD and TU keys When you have finished setting the seconds pressing the TRC key lets you move on to the date Date is shown followed by day month year each indicated by two digits and separated
57. ariable To enter the star symbol you can simply move past the maximum or minimum value permitted for the input field You can also enter the star symbol directly The Scheduler interprets the star symbol to mean that the appointment is not restricted to a fixed value Instead the appointment recurs when the corresponding date input field changes with the actual date For example if you enter a star for the day input field for your appointment that appointment will recur every day A few examples will illustrate the management of appointments with variables A description of the example is followed by the settings entered into the Scheduler s input fields in the following examples e Every Friday at 4 15 PM Fr 16 15 e On every 5th of the month at 10 AM 05 10 00 e On every 1st of the month during the year 2005 at 12 noon 01 05 12 00 e On 02 01 04 with notification upon power up 02 01 04 The day of the week does not need to be set because it is updated automatically after the date has been entered Once you enter a variable appointment or confirm it after it has occurred the Scheduler will inform you when that appointment will occur the next time Please note e f you want to be reminded of an appointment when you turn the power on the only input field that contains variables should be the time field Page 31 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH e f you a
58. ata and time you can press TLC immediately after display of the first line and return to wherever you were working before you called the function The system information function can be called from almost anywhere editor file list etc in the Braille System The only exceptions to this are The menu Clock and its sub menus The menu Scheduler and its sub menus The menu Info The system information function is also not available during communication with other devices e g file transfer and when a file is being printed 5 1 8 Options O The options described below are used for customizing your Braille System s features The various options are specified by using check boxes or radio buttons contained in the submenus You can review additional information regarding check boxes and radio buttons in chapter 3 3 6 and 3 3 7 The Options menu is closed as usual by pressing TLC Closing the menu will automatically save the new settings so that they will still be in force even when the device is turned off and then on again After closing the menu the Braille System will display Saving configuration please wait however since saving the configuration usually takes less than one second you will normally only notice that the Braille display changes 5 1 8 1 6 dots braille 6 This option allows you to toggle between 8 dot Braille computer Braille and 6 dot Braille The 6 dot representation suppresses dots 7 and 8 Even if y
59. bar dots 7 8 while appearing as a block cursor all 8 dots in overstrike mode Both cursor shapes blink You have the option of assigning cursor shapes differently in the Setup menu but only these two shapes are possible There is one more editing mode the read only mode in which the text can only be displayed not modified If you are in read only mode and attempt to enter text the Braille System will only generate warning beeps Read only mode is specified while opening a file and once the file has been opened the editing mode cannot be changed You can set a file to read only mode in the Editor s Setup menu or you may open any file in read only mode from within the Editor 5 2 7 Calculator function If you wish to carry out a calculation while you are writing a text you can do this directly in the editor Simply enter the expression anywhere in the text and press SPC 2 3 5 6 Chord or Ctrl Shift Enter The expression is evaluated and the result is inserted in the text taking the current settings of the options Result position see Section 5 2 22 4 and Keep expression see Section 5 2 22 5 into account Example My office has a floor area of 3 2 4 1 13 12 square metres Remember that you may not enter spaces in a calculation expression For further details see the Section 5 1 2 Calculator Note If you modify a previously calculated expression and have it evaluated again the new result will be inserted into
60. basic functions for operating the Braille display can be described in brief in this section The status modules of a Braille display contain important data regarding screen positioning Since your Braille System does not include status modules you can use SPCL SPCR to toggle between displaying the contents of the screen and the status module display The first three status elements indicate the cursor s pixel position within the line The fourth status element indicates which mode is currently active as follows e p for PC cursor e j for JAWS cursor e s for structured mode Dots 7 and 8 of the status elements show the Braille display s position in a window line Dots 7 and 8 in the status element have the following meanings 1 2 3 4 The entire window line is shown on the Braille display 1 2 Left half of the window line 3 4 Right half of the window line 2 3 There is more text on the left and right in the window line 7 1 1 Overview This table lists all functions associated with the Braille dots and control keys on the Braille System We have not included an exhaustive description of each of the functions because these are contained in the JAWS for Windows manual Control Key Braille Dot Function 7 Activate PC cursor tracking 3 Display the first line in the window title 2 Move the Braille display to the left 1 Move the Braille display section one line up without changing the horizontal po
61. be used as a Braille display and accept new firmware In the other operating mode the firmware mode all of the Braille System s functions are available to you Switching between the two modes can be effected during the start up sequence as follows e f you hold down 6 briefly you will switch into firmware mode You can recognize firmware mode because you will immediately hear a very high beep followed by the lower readiness tone The device displays an F in front of the version number e f you hold down 8 briefly you will switch into EPROM mode You will hear only the readiness tone and the display will show E in front of the version number If you start up the Braille System without pressing any keys it will start up in the previous operating mode Note In order to download new firmware Hex files the Braille System must be in EPROM mode whereas it must be in firmware mode for loading text files Please note that you cannot begin work on your Braille System until the readiness tone has sounded 3 3 2 Backup Before you turn off your Braille System you should close the Editor and save all data as there is no automatic data backup when shutting down the unit 3 3 3 Chords The Braille System s keyboard is very easy to use The keystroke functions are not activated until the key is released If a character is composed by several keys it will be created after releasing all keys In order to make functions available to y
62. ble values This means that an appointment containing variables is saved only once on the Braille System under the next due date 5 1 3 10 Backing up the scheduler data If you use the scheduler intensively we recommend that you back up the related data regularly The scheduler data are kept in the file PLANER HSF This is a system file HSF Handy Tech System file and is therefore not normally shown in the file list Just like any other file the scheduler data can be transferred to a PC with the program HTCom Further details of this can be found in the operating instructions Transferring data between the Braille System and a PC In the file selection dialog of HTCom there is a checkbox for displaying the system files After activating this checkbox you can select the file PLANER HSF and transfer it to your PC We recommend that you deactivate the checkbox again after transferring the file Please note that you can only back up the file PLANER HSF on your PC you cannot edit it there Page 35 Braillino Hrg Be ab Tech Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 5 1 4 Clock C The Clock function allows you not only to display the current date and time but also to activate an alarm function In addition this function provides a stopwatch and countdown feature When you select this menu item by pressing TRC another menu level appears which contains the following options 5 1 4 1 Display date time D
63. by a period These values can also be increased or decreased with the TD and TU keys When you have set the desired value you may confirm it by pressing the TRC key When the year has been set pressing the TRC key lets you return to the Time menu 5 1 4 4 Stop watch S The Stopwatch feature means you can time any period in hours minutes and seconds An X preceding the most recently stopped time indicates that the stopwatch is running To start and stop the stopwatch press the SPC key The stopwatch automatically starts running from 0 when you release this key The stopwatch can be reset by entering SPC 7 8 You can also start and stop the stop watch by pressing the CR key above the time displayed or the checkbox You can cancel the Stopwatch display by pressing either TRC or TLC This means the stopwatch will continue to run in the background while you work on your notes or in PC Mode 5 1 4 5 count down O The Countdown feature can be used to set any time period up to 24 hours in hours minutes and seconds After starting the Countdown function the countdown period will begin to count down When 0 has been reached a rhythmic alarm will be emitted until you shut it off by entering SPC 7 8 At the same time Countdown alarm is displayed on the Braille display This message remains on the Braille display even after the sound has been shut off until you press TLC When you select this menu item New count down
64. cal to deleting a file in terms of the procedures and functions Aborting the procedure or responding No to prompts will return the display to the appointment editing menu Confirmation of the procedure will result in deleting that appointment or all marked appointments if applicable Copy The appointment is opened as a copy which you can edit as described above When this appointment is saved it will become a new entry in the Scheduler s database instead of overwriting the original appointment Please note Page 34 Hing Rd Braillino Ce ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH The Delete function is the only function that applies to marked appointments The other functions in this submenu apply only to the currently selected appointment Key assignments in the appointment editing menu e TLC Return to the appointment schedule e TRC Activate the selected menu item e All commands that can be used within the menu system are also valid 5 1 3 8 Information Regarding Past Appointments Whenever the Braille System is powered up and on an ongoing basis during the operation of the system it monitors the appointment schedule to determine whether an appointment is due or has passed while the Braille System was switched off In either case a repeating warning signal is emitted to indicate the appointment and the description of the appointment is displayed blinking The alarm signal can be turned off by entering
65. ccidentally enter a star for every input field that appointment cannot be processed You will receive an error message describing this problem 5 1 3 4 A Few Notes on Entering Appointments There are a few things to keep in mind when entering appointments e Any dates that are in the past cannot be processed which also includes the lead time for notification The Scheduler will inform you that the time of the appointment or reminder has already passed e The Scheduler checks for any overlap between appointments for the lead time both before and after the new appointment Of course any conflicts with variable appointments are also taken into account in this conflict check If there are conflicting appointments you will receive the message Appointment already scheduled continue yes no If you answer yes your new appointment will be entered into the Scheduler s database If you respond no you will be able to edit the appointment e f two appointments fall at exactly the same time a warning will appear Appointment already scheduled As before you will now have the option of either confirming the appointment and entering it into the database or changing the appointment by answering no e Every editable input field except for the lead time can contain either the star symbol or else a valid numeric value The star symbol indicates a variable An incorrect entry e g appointments with too many variables will result in an error m
66. ctivated simultaneously e g for setting marks in the Editor you may press TLU at the top left and TRD at the bottom right or else TLD at the bottom left and TRU at the top right Located behind the Braille modules are eight ergonomically arranged function keys These function keys are also used for Braille input they correspond to the usual Braille keyboard layout and would be left to right as follows 7 3 2 1 4 5 6 8 If you move along the right side of the housing towards the back you will first feel the main power switch If you flip it towards you the device is turned on To turn it off flip the switch away from you Please note that you must remove the insulating strip from one of the four battery compartments on the bottom of the unit before you power up your Braillino for the first time Located behind the power switch is the outlet for connecting the power supply On the Braillino s left side is a port for connecting an optional external keyboard Centered on the back of the housing is the serial interface port This may be used either for connecting to a PC or for connecting to the docking station The two round recesses to the left and right of the serial interface serve to take up the docking station s locking pins Page 8 Fini Tech Braillino eo 00 00 Oe ee ee General HektronikGnbH 1 3 Conventions Used in This Manual From here on your Braillino will be referred to as the Braille System Besides the
67. d Valid arguments are from 1 to the maximum number of positions available on the Braille display 20 40 or 80 The default setting is the highest value possible It should be remembered that the setting specified in the Word Wrap parameter see chapter 5 2 22 9 also influences the movement of the display 5 2 22 20 Match Column Global This setting contains the value for the position on the Braille display where a found search term will be displayed Here the valid settings are between 0 and the maximum number of positions available on the Braille display 20 40 or 80 but both O and 1 refer to the first Braille module The default setting here is always the center of the display 10 20 or 40 This function allows you to view the search term within its context Depending on whether the text just before or after the found term has priority you can position the column for the match further to the right or left on the display Positioning the matching search term at the match column occurs whenever the matching term in the text appears to the right of the match column If we assume that you have set the match column to position 25 that you are searching for the word Help and that the word Help has been found at column 36 then the Editor adjusts the display on the Braille System in such a way that the word Help is shown beginning at the 25 module on the Braille display Assume further that you search for the word Help again and
68. d instead of when the key is released If one of the keys to be used in a key combination is a fast key the fast key must therefore be pressed last The check box Use Fast Keys is used for enabling this function The button Fast Keys will open the dialog Define Fast Keys for device In the list box Device the connected Braille display is already preselected In this dialog you can then select the keys you want to define as fast keys from the list box Available keys and move them by pressing the Add button into the list box Fast Keys By default no keys are defined as fast keys There are no fast keys available for Braille input 8 4 3 Repeat Keys With the settings under Repeat Keys you can specify the repeat interval at which a function initiated by a key is repeated when that key is continually pressed This feature makes it easier for example while you are trying to navigate through a list because you do not need to keep pressing the forward or backward key for each item in the list but keep holding down that key until the cursor is at the desired item The check box Use Repeat Keys is used for enabling this function The default setting is that key repeats are disabled The button Repeat Keys will open the dialog Settings for repeat keys In the list box Device the connected Braille display is already preselected In this dialog you can then select the keys you want to define as
69. d as many combinations as possible however if a combination is not shown it does not mean that it is not possible All key combinations with SPC can either be pressed by SPCL or SPCR Key combinations are represented by the plus sign e g Ctrl Alt a Consecutive key strokes are separated by a comma e g 1 2 or SPC 2 3 7 z The cursor routing keys are abbreviated as CR e g CR12 cursor routing key above Braille module 12 PC Key s Chord Emulated on the Braille System by Commands Activate deactivate PC Chord B SPC 127 control Backspace Chord b SPC 12o0r7 Delete SPC 45 Paste Chord i SPC 24 Alt TRC SPC Alt character TRC character Alt for next character SPC 78 Activate deactivate Alt SPCL SPCR 7 8 Enter 8 or TRC Ctrl character TLC character Ctrl for next character SPC 36 Activate deactivate Ctrl SPCL SPCR 36 Tab Chord t SPC 2345 Shift Tab Chord T SPC 23457 Ctrl Tab TLC SPC 2345 Ctrl Shift Tab TLC SPC 23457 Escape Chord e SPC 150r TLC Shift Escape Chord E SPC 157 Ctrl Shift Escape TLC SPC 157 Shift character Chord s SPC 2 3 4 character Page 71 Braillino Hink Tech Operation of the Braille System e co ce HektronikGnbH PC Key s Chord Emulated on the Braille System by Commands
70. d at the tab s first character and a warning tone will also be issued It is also important to remember that jumping by words or sentences may be difficult or impossible in grade two texts because words can contain punctuation marks When a file is closed the current cursor position is also saved When you open the same file again later the cursor will be positioned at the same location it was in when the file was closed However in certain cases the saved cursor position may be lost Further information may be found in chapter 5 2 18 5 2 6 Editing Modes SPC 2 4 Chord i By entering SPC 2 4 Chord i you can toggle between insert and overstrike mode The default is insert mode i e input characters are entered at the cursor position and the following text is pushed back In overstrike mode the present text is overwritten by input characters after the cursor position When you reach the end of a line in overstrike mode any additional input characters will be added to the line without overwriting the next line If you want to delete a section of text that consists of more than one line it would therefore be easier to mark that section as a block and then delete it You can subsequently enter your new text in insert mode Page 51 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH Insert and overstrike mode are indicated by different cursor shapes In the default insert mode the cursor is an under
71. d or needs to be connected via a separating transformation The interface cable included in your package features two identical 9 pin plugs female One end should be connected to the serial interface located on the back of the Braillino the other end to a free serial port on the computer If your computer includes only the larger 25 pin serial interface ports you can obtain an appropriate adapter at any computer store at low cost Another option is to employ a USB to serial adapter and then to utilize the PC s USB interface The serial cable plugs can be fastened to the Braillino and the computer by tightening their mounting screws Note Please avoid touching any of the wire contacts in the interface plugs because static electricity overload can damage electronic circuits 2 5 The Carrying Case There are two different carrying cases for the Braillino a smaller one for the basic unit and a larger one to accommodate the Braillino with the docking station Both of them feature an adjustable shoulder strap with padding for comfort There are openings on either end for the connections and the main power switch so that the Braillino can be operated inside its case To remove the Braillino from its carrying case open the Velcro closure at the bottom front of the case Fold the flap towards the back All of the control elements are now accessible If you open the two snaps at the right and left front side the Braillino can be lifted out of th
72. der using Windows Example Window Eyes 000 81 7 3 1 DEENEN eege e detain ae Nae ei Aaa anade eene 81 7 4 Talks Premium Screen reader for Mobile Telephones 00 82 7 4 1 1 oy ec EH 83 7 4 2 List of Identification Letters ee 83 7 4 3 List of Braille CommandS EE 84 7 4 4 Useful Tips for Using Talks Premium 85 K CONFIG MODE EEN 85 8 OPERATIONS SETTINGS FOR HANDY TECH BRAILLE DISPLAYG 88 Cha WE ei E Oe LEE 88 Bis PUG vik E T T 89 8 3 SSUAUUS e 89 SA Key ACUONS E E E 90 8 4 1 we EE 90 8 4 2 Eeer EEN 90 8 4 3 Repeat eege edd 90 8 5 MISCCIANCOUS iiss cciscicciicecscccisectsendeesdeeciserderndesntensdenseuentuansoeddencceendsecsunndeadee 91 GC ONT a o E 91 9 BATTERY MANAGEMENT 00 ccccccsssseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeees 92 9 1 Types of Battle geet 92 9 2 Batter Ao al E A A T 92 9 3 Battery Capacity Display cccccccceeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 93 9 4 Automatic Recognition of LOW Voltage ccccccccsssssssseeeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeees 93 9 5 Replacing the Batter ies cccccccessssseseeeeeeeeeeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseseeeeeenees 93 10 IMPORTANT INFORMATION c eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 95 10 1 Start Up ProceQureistasccicsiwinccsucncccsssecstsncndecivusecavtenananedendecdstenaraneaensncewuenss 95 10 1 1 Self check of the File Gwvstem Aen 95 10 1 2 Saving Files in Case of
73. e It is not advisable to set the timeout value to less than 10 because then the dialog closes too quickly after being opened for you to have a chance to react to it or enter any response The timeout function does not apply to the Setup menu itself This would be undesirable since you might not have the opportunity to enter any changes In the Setup menu you therefore must press TLC to exit the menu 5 2 22 3 Warn Timeout Global This menu item determines the number of seconds for displaying messages and warnings Remember you can quit a message at any time by pressing TLC If you press any other key while a message is being displayed the timeout period is reset and you have more time to read the message Possible values for this parameter are 0 through 999 the default here is 30 Note It is not recommended to set this parameter to less than 10 because in most cases this would not display the message long enough to read it 5 2 22 4 Result position c or e This option applies to the calculator function of your Braille System and is used to specify the position of the result both in the actual calculator and in the calculator function within the editor The letter c stands for the setting in the calculator and the letter e stands for the setting in the editor The possible settings are in each case e Before expression the result is displayed before the expression for example 5 2 3 This is the default setting for
74. e case You could now for example remove the insulating strip from the battery case on the bottom of the unit before powering up the Braillino for the first time When you replace the Braillino in the carrying case please make sure that the sides of the case fully enclose the Braillino and that the snaps are snapped closed because otherwise the Braillino could fall out when the case is opened WARNING Please be sure to use the larger carrying case for the Braillino with docking station only when the docking station is indeed attached to the Braillino because the basic Braillino unit by itself can fall out of this case An extra compartment is provided on the carrying case cover which can be closed with a zipper This compartment can store the cables and power supply that came with the Braillino The compartment on the larger carrying case intended for the Braillino with the docking station also includes another compartment with a Velcro closure The Communicator has its place here next to the cables Page 12 Hinh Tech Braillino eo 00 00 j O0 00 ee Installation HektronikGnbH 2 6 Connecting an External Keyboard Any standard PC keyboard with PS2 plug can be connected to the Braillino as long as its power consumption does not exceed 30 mA see nameplate on the bottom of the keyboard Not all PC keyboards are supported Keyboards with a DIN plug need a converter which is available in most computer stores The outlet for t
75. e system However if you save a file requiring less space than one sector an entire sector will still be used for this file We therefore recommend collecting small notes together in one file if possible and marking them with search marks After you select Memory usage the size of free disk space is displayed in KB kilobytes as follows 4100 KB of 4224 KB 97 free space You can exit this menu item by pressing TLC 5 1 7 2 Battery statistics B This menu provides various data regarding the batteries contained in your Braille System It consists of the three functions described below This menu item is not available on the Braille Star 80 Please note that the values displayed by these functions are not updated dynamically You should close them by pressing TLC and reactivate them with TRC in order to display updated information 5 1 7 2 1 Capacity C Capacity displays the batteries charge in percent A value of gt 99 represents completely charged 0 completely empty batteries If a capacity of 50 is displayed you will be able to continue working on your Braille System for approximately 10 hours before having to recharge the batteries The capacity cannot be calculated accurately until the batteries have discharged and recharged completely at least once Until then the capacity data will be followed by Page 40 Hing Rd Braillino C0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH 5 1 7
76. e with VAT 595 1 19 500 To calculate the VAT at 19 for a net price of 500 500 19 95 To calculate the actual price if you receive a discount of 5 595 5 565 25 It is also possible to divide a value by a percentage 20 5 400 The following example shows the calculation accuracy of 15 digits 123456789 3 3 37411148 1818182 5 1 3 Scheduler S The Scheduler allows you to access the Braille System s added capability of tracking both unique and recurring appointments The Braille System can remind you of your appointment ahead of time with the lead time specified by you providing a brief description of the appointment This feature is very useful for example for storing the dates of your family and friends birthdays on your Braille System which will then remind you reliably and in time The Scheduler provides the following functions e Managing your schedule enter edit delete and copy appointments e Manage regularly recurring appointments e Display all appointments as a list sorted by date and time with the additional option of highlighting certain appointments for example in order to delete several appointments at once The calendar week that contains the appointments is also displayed e Full text search of the appointment schedule e Check for appointments that have passed upon power up of the Braille System e Continuous monitoring of appointments and notification with the sp
77. e your screen reader starts up the pop up box will be displayed Page 88 Hing Rd Braillino Oe 00 ee Operations Settings for Handy Tech Braille Displays HektronikGnbH If the check box Connect Braille display even when switched on after start up is checked the Braille display may be connected to the computer while the screen reader is already running and the Braille display will be recognized The default setting is for this check box to be unchecked Checking the check box Reconnect Braille display automatically when disconnect instructs the screen reader to search for the Braille display in brief intervals if there has been a disconnection For example if you turned off the Braille display in order to remove the keyboard or to install the power cable the screen reader will continuously search for a Braille display until you turn the power back on By checking the check box Notify when searching for connection you can cause the screen reader to inform you of this process If you do you will receive the message e g Searching Braille Star 40 in short intervals 8 2 ATC The ATC technology which is available only for the Modular Evolution detects your reading position on the Braille display which opens up innovative features in the operation and control of the PC This tab is shown only if your screen reader supports the ATC functions through the Handy Tech Braille display driver 8 3 Status Cells The so called stat
78. ecified lead time When you open the Scheduler from the main menu you have the option of either entering a new appointment after pressing the TRC key the Braille display shows New Entry or you can enter the command SPC 4 moving the cursor downward In this case the Braille System will display the next scheduled appointment If the warning signal sounds to remind you of an upcoming appointment you can turn it off by entering SPC 7 8 during the signal The following paragraphs explain the Scheduler s various functions and capabilities in detail 5 1 3 1 Entering a New Appointment New Entry After pressing TRC a form for entering the particulars of a new appointment will open Depending on the number of Braille elements available on your system several input fields will be displayed which you can use to enter all the data related to that appointment Just reading the data shown provides information about the contents and the meaning of Page 29 Braillino tirg Tech Operation of the Braille System O0 ee ee HektronikGnbH most of the input fields Also whenever possible the input fields will already contain current data which makes it much easier for you to enter appointments Numeric fields like the weekday can be filled by entering numbers 5 1 3 2 Entering and Editing Appointments All the information needed for entering an appointment is displayed on your Braille System in the following order moving from lef
79. ed in Flash memory may be lost Also never attempt any file transfers with the Editor open or suspended The active or suspended Editor utilizes certain regions of memory which are needed during file transmissions for processing data Also the transfer of certain files causes the Braille System to restart Any open files would not be saved and all changes would be lost 5 2 18 Saving Files SPC 2 3 4 Chord s To save a file without closing it use SPC 2 3 4 Chord s you will then receive the following notification Save fie followed by the name of the file If you have loaded this file into the Editor this would be the name of the downloaded file If you generated the file you are saving the default file name will appear If you press TRC now the file will be saved However you also have the option of overwriting the given file name in part or entirely if you want to save the file under a different name If you do this please remember the following e All changes to the file entered after it was saved apply only to the file you specified while saving it The reason for this is that a file must be reloaded into memory after it has been saved If you save a file called Text1 txt under the file name Text2 txt you will be editing Text2 txt after the save Therefore if you want to save a file temporarily in its current state you should proceed as described below e f you do not make any changes to the file name or if you enter
80. ed while saving the configuration Saving configuration please wait Cause This message is displayed while the configuration file is being written New configuration file created Please check your settings Cause The configuration file was recreated because it was either missing or its data were incorrect The settings have now reverted to factory defaults You should therefore check the settings and customize them to your liking Fatal Invalid MSGID Please upload appropriate msg file Cause A message was requested that is not present in the currently loaded message file Loading the message file matching the current firmware will resolve the problem File in use by editor Please close it first Cause You are attempting to delete or transfer a file which is currently open in the Editor Result The file cannot be deleted Remedy Return to the Editor then close the file and try again Warning Deleting this file can cause system instability Cause You are attempting to delete a system file Result The possible results depend on which file you are attempting to delete For example if you delete the file containing the Braille character sets that file will be regenerated once the Braille System has been turned off and back on again and you must then download the needed character sets again However if you delete the message file the Braille System can no longer operate until you have reloaded the message file It i
81. eeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenteeeeeeeees 58 5 2 16 Switching Between Open Files SPC 5 6 8 or SPC 2 3 7 58 5 2 17 Suspending the Editor SPC 1 2 3 4 5 6 ceeeeeeeeeetttteeeeeeees 58 5 2 18 saving Files SPC 2 3 4 EES deeg eeegreedeedeugeegeeENetCedeCeedeg 59 5 2 19 Closing a File and Quitting the Editor SPC 1 5 Chord e 60 Braillino Hink Tech Table of Contents e ce ce HektronikGnbH 5 2 20 Activating PC Mode from the Editor SPC 1 2 3 4 Chord p 60 5 2 21 Help SPC 1 2 Si Chord Ni EE EE 61 5 2 22 The Editor s Setup Menu SPC 1 3 6 Chord U eee 61 5 2 22 1 Window Scrolling Global 62 5 2 22 2 Dialog Timeout Globalx avevas a ee eg 62 5222 0 Warn Timeout Global rriei ii a 62 5 2 22 4 Result position c or 6 e vevcsvugsveet ngreietetateket tateee Ag ees ees 62 5 2 22 5 Kkeepevpresaionfclorlel 63 5 2 22 6 Find Exact GOD aN si ss ccc estate abi ced etcntaahiicad ebccadd edlceid hdd cads cetsieed 63 5 2 22 7 Margin Action GloDal c5 anaes alan hana AN Avag ala wads 63 5 2 22 8 Right Manin Global riii aa 63 5 2 22 9 NEIEN Eelere e 64 5 2 22 10 Tab Mode Global 64 RER WE SlOpS GlIODAl EE 64 5 2 22 12 Tab Width lO EE 64 5 2 22 13 Line End lnidividWal GE 65 5 2 22 14 Insert Cursor Global AEN 65 5 2 22 15 Edit Mode Individual EE 65 5 2 22 16 Scroll Speed RE e EE 66 5 2 22 17 Saved Position Individual File 66 5 2 22 18 Display Mode Individual File
82. eet In simplex single side mode printing starts immediately which means that you can see the results without delay Page 68 Hing Rd Braillino C0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH If either of these print modes is active it must be deactivated before you can activate a different mode Depending on the active print mode certain functions of the editor which are not suitable for the active print mode are disabled A print mode can be activated only when the editor is in text input mode Conversely the editor is blocked during transfer of text to the printer You can determine the active print mode by pressing SPC 2 3 4 7 or Ctrl S to display the status of the editor The various print modes are described in the following sections Before printing a text please ensure that the printer settings in the option menu are correct for the currently connected printer 5 2 24 1 Printing the entire text or a marked block SPC 1 2 3 4 7 8 or Chord P Dot 8 Pressing SPC 1 2 3 4 7 8 or Chord P Dot 8 causes the entire text or a marked block to be printed If no text is marked the entire text is printed If you want to print only part of a text press the CR key to position the cursor at the beginning of the desired block Then press the CR key again to activate the block marking function and use the TU or TD keys to move the cursor to the end of the desired block Then press the CR once more The text bl
83. em housing which is sealed within the warranty period the warranty becomes void The same applies to improper handling or use In the unlikely event that your Braille System does become defective our repair service will be available for repairs Page 98 Fiss Si Braillino o LI Ce ee ee Important Information HektronikGnbH 10 7 Technical Support Your Braille System is a highly complex product Although the Braille System has been optimized to be as easy to use and as self explanatory as possible errors in understanding or operation which may impede your use of the device may occur We therefore recommend that you consult this manual first if you encounter difficulties All procedures as well as error messages are described here If this does not solve your problem you have the option of reviewing possible solutions in the download area on Handy Tech s web page located at www handytech de As an alternative you can also contact your dealer or local customer service representative These agents receive ongoing training and information about the product beyond what can be included in any manual If this does not result in the desired solution of your problem do not hesitate to contact Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH in Horb directly You have the following options Mail Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH Brunnenstr 10 D 72160 Horb a N Germany Phone 49 7451 5546 0 Fax 49 7451 5546 67 E Mail In regard to the Braille Wa
84. ems will be described This information applies to firmware Version 4 0 of your Braille System 3 2 Turning the Power On If you are using a Braille System with rechargeable batteries please make sure that the insulating strip included for shipping which sticks out of the battery compartment on the bottom of the unit has been removed You can now work independent of a power source because the batteries are fully charged Switch the on off switch towards you You will hear a short high pitched beep and the following start up message will be displayed on the Braille display Handy Tech BRAILLE SYSTEM Ver Fx xxx The designation BRAILLE SYSTEM refers to the following members of Handy Tech s product family in this instance and from now on e Braille Wave e Braille Star 40 e Braille Star 80 e Braillino If you are using a Braillino for example this message would appear as follows HIT Braillino Ver Fx xxx In this string x xxx is the version number of the firmware that you are currently working with e g 4 0 The high pitched beep followed by a second lower beep at start up indicates that you are now in firmware mode This is also confirmed by the letter F shown just before the version number As soon as the lower beep also called readiness indicator sounds you can begin working If only the lower tone beeps upon turning the unit on it means that you are in a different operating mode called EPROM mode In this case
85. en reader You can also activate and deactivate PC control specifically This is necessary because the Braille System s function keys must be available both as input device for the PC and for initiating screen reader functions The following functionalities are available to you Turning PC control on and off Input of characters Use of the control key Ctrl including for keyboard shortcuts One example is the copy function which is implemented on a standard keyboard as a keyboard shortcut consisting of Ctrl C Page 70 Hing Rd Braillino O0 00 ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH 5 3 1 Use of the ALT key including for keyboard shortcuts One example is activating the menu bar under Windows programs or initiating hotkeys Initiating the Windows and Context keys Initiating the Enter key Initiating the Escape key Initiating the Backspace key Initiating the Delete key Moving the cursor Initiating the Pos1 and End keys Initiating the Page Up and Page Down keys Initiating the Shift key One example is entering CTRL Shift f Caps lock for example in order to select blocks Initiating the function keys including in combination with CTRL Shift and ALT This means it is possible for example to close certain windows or entire applications via function keys Table of Key Commands for Controlling the PC The key combinations for controlling the PC are listed below in the form of a table We have include
86. ennnneeeseeeenne 39 5 1 6 4 Delete selected braille Set D 40 5 1 7 rte UE A0 5 1 7 1 Memory usage Mie 40 5 1 7 2 Battery statistics EE 40 Ek EE A0 E e Ee A EE ER 41 De E as Otat S E 41 5 1 7 3 Eeer 41 5 1 7 4 Firmware version FF aaa asia aaa aia aya ae 41 Bal Ener 41 5 1 8 Edel LEE 42 5 1 8 1 6 dots braille 6 ois 2secatecdecperhyrensectenexpeshenecpestennpeteexsiehsennaheeess 42 5 1 8 2 hotkeys Activate objects Al 42 5 1 8 3 Highlight hotkeys A EE 42 5 1 8 4 exchange Reading keys P 43 5 1 8 5 show system files Y eee nee ean eat RE a Bek ee 43 5 1 8 6 Qick entry Q isi dest ovcetelesandulagcs Bu hecenedehroarichusasdubbiatMatvcarebubniueiebes 43 5 1 8 7 show file attributes D ENEE 43 5 1 8 8 auto switch external keyboard 9 43 E E et ien 44 5 1 8 9 1 Main menu M one asa ae hale ok aac aaa da 44 18 922 e gt EE 44 Page 2 Hanky Tech 00 LU WIRE Braillino Table of Contents HektronikGnbe 51 89 39 a toedi E hee oe cites Saat Seem eat eee cee Ae hee Ae 44 5 1 8 9 4 PC mode EE 44 5 18 9 5 Calc l t r C EE 44 5 1 8 10 Tone signals T eeegeegegegegerhtegegegr see esienase tate deve escannniasiededeteitinsenes 44 Ooo E None CN 45 EE Eeer 45 5 1 8 10 3 Warnings WW WEE 45 E Bet Ee ei Re euer CA DE 45 5 1 8 11 Date time format D 45 5 1 8 12 e dees 45 SLAS PIME P er AA A A iA 46 EN D a WEE EEN 46 5 1 8 13 2 Characters line IC 46 5 1 8 13 3 Lines page L EE 46
87. er HTCom 2 3 Connecting the Power Supply The power supply included in your package is used for providing power to the Braillino and to recharge its batteries The Braillino can be used without any restrictions while the batteries are recharging When connecting the power supply please plug the round thin plug into the power supply port behind the on off switch on the right side of the housing You can feel the plug snapping into place Now you can connect the power supply to an easily accessible wall outlet When disconnecting the power supply cable please reverse the order of steps above WARNING Should you decide to use non rechargeable batteries in the Braillino you must remove these from the unit before connecting the Braillino to a power outlet The integrated charging circuitry cannot distinguish whether the batteries are rechargeable or not and will attempt to recharge the batteries This can result in the batteries bursting which may not only damage the Braillino but could also be hazardous to your health Page 11 Braillino Installation If you are not sure whether the batteries you are using are rechargeable or not you can recognize rechargeable batteries by an indentation in the casing near the top button plus pole 2 4 Connecting the Interface Cable If the Braillino is used as a medical device the connected PC needs to comply with the medical device directive or needed to be additional grounde
88. ernal keyboard X This feature applies only to the Braille Star 40 and Braille Star 80 When active the Braille Star automatically switches an external keyboard connected to it into external keyboard mode when the operating mode is set to PC Mode i e the keyboard can now be used to operate the PC When the Braille Star is switched back into menu mode the keyboard is automatically reset to internal keyboard mode You can therefore use the keyboard now to write notes on the Braille Star Switching the external keyboard manually between internal and external operation is effected by entering SPC 2 5 Chord Page 43 Braillino Operation of the Braille System 5 1 8 9 Startup mode S Startup mode determines what the Braille System will do after it starts up in firmware mode The startup mode options are provided in the form of radio buttons One of the four possible settings described below is always active 5 1 8 9 1 Main menu M After start up the Braille System opens the main menu From here you can manually navigate to the various submenus This setting represents the classic Braille System operation 5 1 8 9 2 autonew N This option makes use of the Braille System s capability to automatically open a new empty file within the Editor immediately upon startup in firmware mode This option comes in handy if you frequently use the Braille System for entering notes in a new file after switching it on 5 1 8
89. espond to the maximum length expected by the firmware Remedy The message file must be reloaded Page 103 Braillino Fisch Tech o JOR 1 Error Messages Ce 00 ee HektronikGnbH FER Expected MSG version xx found yy Cause The message file version does not correspond to the firmware version You may receive this message when you have updated only the firmware code but have not yet loaded the new message file Remedy Load the message file that matches the current firmware FER in file system Flash disk must be formatted Cause A serious error occurred while checking the file system 1 You have updated the firmware and the file system s version number has changed 2 It is possible that no system sectors could be found which would indicate that the file system is defective Remedy The file system can only be restored by reformatting the medium Note In the first case you can turn off your Braille System reload the old firmware and transfer all of your valuable files to the PC In the second case you have no remedy other than reformatting the flash disk 12 1 2 General Errors ERR reading KBD security structure Cause The structure of the keyboard layout table found during start up of the Braille System contains errors The table s structure is compromised Result The default internal German table will be used Remedy Download a valid keyboard layout table ERR Invalid ID in KBD header Cause The
90. essage Too many variables for this appointment e f you edit appointments that contain variables later the variable input fields will show the original variables instead of the current data values for those fields e H the time input field is filled entirely with star symbols then that appointment is considered as occurring upon power up of the Braille System on the specified date e The time input field can contain either all numerical data or all star symbols No other kinds of input are valid e The weekday can be specified only if one of the input fields for the day month or year is variable Otherwise the weekday is calculated automatically based on the date e For all variable appointments the calendar week is not calculated 5 1 3 5 The Appointment Schedule The appointment schedule shows all the appointments sorted by date As already mentioned when you open the Scheduler you will first see New Entry If you press the Cursor Down key now the Scheduler will display the next appointment due if the database contains any scheduled appointments If there are only past appointments in the database the appointment schedule will begin with the appointment that is the longest past If there are no appointments in the database you will remain at New Entry The sequence of the data fields shown on the schedule corresponds to the sequence of data input fields except that the calendar week and the lead time are not displayed
91. f the Braillino is not included on the list activate the More Devices option The Braillino is designated as BL2 followed by its serial number 4 Once you have selected the Braillino from the list you will be prompted to enter a password This password is the five digit code provided on the packaging of the Bluetooth adapter that came with your Braillino 5 Finally select Handy Tech from the menu item Braille in the Talks settings menu Your Braillino now has a wireless connection to your Symbian mobile phone and you can utilize all of the functions of your telephone with Braille input output capability as described in the Section Talks Premium Screenreader for Mobile Phones 2 8 Technical Specifications 20 concave Braille cells 20 cursor routing keys 1 ea serial interface keyboard outlet Wireless Bluetooth Technology 2 space keys Page 14 Hinh Tech Braillino eo OG ee O0 00 00 Installation HektronikGnbH 2 Triple Action Keys 8 function keys 4 MB text memory Power 9V 1 3A Battery duration ca 25 hours ca 14 hours for Bluetooth operation Quick charge of batteries less than 3 hours Color Handy Tech Blue Dimensions 22 3 cm 8 78 W 12 3 cm 4 84 D 3 3 cm 1 30 H Weight 688 g 1 52 Ibs Page 15 Braillino Fisch Tech o JOR 1 Start Up Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 3 Start Up 3 1 Version Information As of this Section characteristics common to all Handy Tech Braille Syst
92. find a group named Handy Tech in programs in the start menu Here you find the following subfolders e BrailleDriver here you find the key settings of your Braillino for your screen reader e Braillino followed by the version number for version 4 0 it is for example Braillino 4 0 Here you find this user manual the uninstall program the program for updating the firmware and important remarks e HTCom here you find the description of HTCom the program HTCom itself and the uninstall program After installing successfully you can hook on your Braillino on to your computer In the installation folder of your Braillino firmware you will find the following subfolders when installed completely e Braille tables contains the various Braille character sets for different Country versions e Firmware contains four files for the internal programming of your Braillino as well as system files Manuals includes this user manual and important information KeyboardLayouts contains different keyboard files for different countries Uninstall contains the uninstall program for this software USB driver contains the USB driver for Windows98 and Windows NT Beside the start menu you can start HTCom wire the link on your desktop or wire the preset key combination Ctrl Shift H A detailed description of how to use HTCom you will find this in the separate user manual File transfer between PC and Braille system which can be found in the sub fold
93. firmed by pressing TLC a message appears showing the version number of the file system the identification number of the error that was detected and a description of the error The display will read as follows FsVersion x y Error n t where x y is the version of the file system n the number of the detected error and t the description of the error If a fatal error has occurred your Braille System will display the following Fatal Error in file system Flash disk must be formatted Again this message is followed by the display of the version number of the file system the identification number of the error and the error description Once this information has been confirmed the Braille System will begin reformatting the flash disk After reformatting the unit will restart automatically and you must reload the message file Page 95 Braillino F sch Tech i JON LI Important Information Ce 00 ee HektronikGnbH Please note In Version 2 00 of the Braille System firmware there are no descriptive texts regarding file system errors If you are contacting us in regard to file system errors providing the error number will be sufficient Note If you receive a fatal error of the file system message after loading new firmware the reason may be that the file system s version number has changed 10 1 2 Saving Files in Case of Fatal Errors If you receive a fatal error message but you have not made any changes to the f
94. ge will be issued As long as there is enough memory left for managing the appropriate pages a file can always be opened in read only mode because no swap file needs to be created to keep track of changes 2 Block operations may cause a slowdown of the Editor when working with large amounts of data This means that you may have to wait a little until a block has been either copied cut or pasted if you are working with very large amounts of text Navigation within the Editor may slow down in the case of very long lines This is due to the fact that the conversion of tab characters into spaces occurs while you are within the line The advantage of this procedure is that the original formatting of the file is maintained 5 2 24 Printing text The editor offers various options for printing texts You can print either the entire text or a marked block from within a text In addition the following print modes are available e Line print mode e Typewriter mode However these two modes will produce correct results only if your printer supports the printing of very small text items e g immediate printing of single characters Most printers start to print only if no further data are received for a preset time If you have a duplex double side printer please make sure that it is set to print only on one side of each sheet of paper In duplex mode such printers start to print only when they have received sufficient data to fill both sides of a sh
95. h T Any tab characters in a text are converted into spaces during printing Here you can set the number of spaces 1 to 4 to be printed for each tab character The default setting is 4 5 1 8 13 5 Conversion table C You need to use this option only if your printer does not have the transparent mode The Portathiel printer for example receives the text to be printed in the form of characters In this case the printer must use exactly the same character table as the one used for creation of the text Otherwise the text will not be printed correctly However it may happen that the character sets of the printer do not contain the character table you need or that the available table was developed for a different code system The conversion table helps to solve this problem In order to print a text first select a table which exists in the printer such as the US character set and then load the US437 asc table into a free memory area of your Braille System e g Set 9 After selection of the item Conversion table you can select one of the loaded Braille character sets In this example select the table Us437 asc Press TRC to confirm your selection or press TLC to close the selection window without changing the existing settings If you do not want to use a conversion table please select No conversion If you now print a text the characters to be printed are not sent directly to the printer Instead the Braille System determine
96. has been installed on the PC and close Word for Windows Next insert the CD containing the installation software into your computer s CD ROM drive The installation program of this CD will install the latest drivers for your screen reader as well as the file transfer programs HTCom and HTDrive and this user manual Start setup exe on the CD The installation program follows the Windows Standards You can choose the following components of the software to be installed e JAWS driver latest Braille display driver for JAWS for Windows e Window Eyes driver latest Braille display driver for Window Eyes e HAL Supernova driver latest Braille display driver for HAL Supernova e Braillino Firmware and Manuals for updating the internal functions of your Braillino and this user manual e Handy Tech Communication Software communication program for file transfer between PC and Braillino e Extension for Virtual Drive this allows you to use the Braillino as a virtual drive on your PC Page 10 Hinh Tech Braillino eo 00 00 j O0 00 ee Installation HektronikGnbH We recommend that you use the default setting for the installation All required software components will be installed and a link for HTCom and HTDrive on the Desktop will be created If there is no screen reader running when starting the setup program you have to choose the folder for the installation of your screen reader manually After completion of the installation program you will
97. have already set 10 bookmarks your only options are to select and rename or overwrite one of the existing marks If you select the name of an existing mark at the beginning of this dialog you will not receive any additional questions about overwriting that mark When a mark has been set a beep confirms your action If you edit the text after you have set a mark the position of the mark will be adjusted to reflect such changes This means e f you enter or delete any text all marks located between the cursor position and the end of the text will be adjusted accordingly When you jump to any mark you will move to the desired location e H you delete a character which had been set as a mark the mark will still be retained 5 2 10 Jump to Mark SPC 1 3 4 Chord m Entering SPC 1 3 4 Chord m lets you jump to a mark you have previously set by pressing TU TD A list of all available marks will be displayed and you will be positioned at the end of the list Now you can navigate through the list by moving the cursor up and down or you can enter the name of the desired mark If you move down after opening the list you will reach the top of the list To jump to the selected mark press TRC The Editor keeps track of the position from which you jumped to the mark as the beginning of a block This enables you to return to your original position immediately How to use blocks is described in the sections below If you entered a name which d
98. he File menu This will open the most recently closed file with the cursor at the position it was in when the file was closed To open another existing file continue navigating through the File menu beyond the items New file and Previous file A list of files in alphabetical order will be compiled and displayed Select the desired file using TD and TU and then press TRC You can then choose either Edit View or Deiere If you select Edit the file will open within the Editor 4 2 5 Transferring data between the Braille System and a PC Texts message files and Braille character sets can be transferred to the Braille System with the aid of the loader program HTCom which can be found on the CD ROM included with the system This program can transfer files from a PC to the Braille System via a serial USB or Bluetooth interface and can also transfer files from the Braille System to a PC Various file formats can be transferred to the Braille System with HTCom When transferring files in the following formats HTCom extracts the text information e Word format doc e HTML format htm html php php3 asp and jsp Internet e Text format txt java ini hpp h cpp c e RTF format rtf Rich Text Format Optionally the text information can be converted into shorthand during the transfer operation Files in formats other than those shown above such as exe files are transferred
99. he corresponding setting in the Editor s Setup menu Page 56 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH 5 2 13 2 Buffered Search A buffered search means you first enter the entire search string and the search does not begin until you press TRC To initiate a buffered search enter the command for an incremental search SPC 1 2 4 Chord f followed by TRC You will then receive the message Search Enter the search string The search begins when you press TRC again To indicate the difference between an incremental and a buffered search the Braille System displays Search while you enter the search string An incremental search is indicated by the prefix I a search in reverse direction by the prefix R If you are executing an incremental search in reverse direction the prompt for entering the search string will look like this l Search back When the search string has been found the cursor will be at the first character of the search string and you can immediately begin working without having to first press TRC as you need to in the case of an incremental search If you want to repeat the search please position the cursor to the right of the found string and then activate another buffered search as described above 5 2 13 3 Backward Search SPC 1 2 4 7 Chord F With SPC 1 2 4 7 Chord F you can initiate a backward search through the text towards the beginning of the f
100. he external keyboard is located on the left side of the Braillino Important Always switch the Braillino off before connecting the keyboard If you connect the keyboard to the unit while it is still switched on no damage to the unit will result However depending on the type of keyboard used it is possible that the Braillino will restart If you were using the Editor at that moment all of your changes since the last time you saved will be irretrievably lost While connecting the keyboard please note that the plug contains a code that makes it impossible to connect it in the wrong position Regardless of the shape of the plastic mantle either round or semicircular the front of the plug consists of a metal sleeve This sleeve has a gap the edges of which can be felt In order to insert the plug turn this gap downwards Any small deviations from the correct position will be compensated for by the coding catch Once the keyboard has been connected it is immediately ready for use 2 7 Installation of the Bluetooth Tie In You can also establish a wireless connection between the Braillino and a computer or a cell phone if they are equipped with wireless Bluetooth technology The Braillino s Bluetooth interface is automatically activated if there is no serial interface cable with a connection to an operating PC connected to the Braillino The wireless capability means that the serial interface cable is no longer needed at all The wireless tra
101. he right with the TD key for reading text If an external keyboard is connected to the Braille System you can also use the navigation keys on the keyboard An error tone indicates that you have reached the beginning or end of the text the specific functioning of the reading keys can be customized in the Editor s Setup menu If you have been reading the text and want to return to the cursor position you can accomplish this by simply pressing the TLC key Alternatively you can just begin to enter text or execute other types of actions The Braille System will then automatically display the area where the cursor is located On the other hand you can also quickly move the cursor to your current position by using the cursor routing keys and then continue to enter changes there H a word does not fit at the end of the display you can instruct the Editor in the Setup menu to automatically suppress that word and display it fully on the next line after moving the display towards the end of the file It is also possible to have the current character displayed in various ASCII formats hexadecimal octal representation This function is initiated with the SPC 1 4 5 6 Chord D command To exit this display mode simply press the TLC key The Editor also provides an automatic reading mode In this mode the text scrolls forward automatically by one entire display line The reading speed can be adjusted individually in the Editor s Setup menu but
102. hever Windows element is the most relevant at the moment For example when entering text if a cursor routing key is pressed at one of the Braille modules this result in a mouse click at that text position which means the cursor is now at this location Page 79 Braillino tirg Teh The Braille System as Braille Display O0 00 o0 7 2 1 Overview This table lists all functions associated with the keys on the Modular Evolution We have not included an exhaustive description of each of the functions because they are already contained in the manuals for Hal and SuperNova Control Key Braille Dot Function 7 Use Live Focus 3 Top 2 Left by one width 1 One line up SPCL or TU Back SPCR or TD Forward One line down Right by one width Braille down Go to Live Focus 8 SPCL SPCR Toggle status modules on off B9 or 7 8 Physical logical mode B10 or 3 8 Braille cursor style B11 or 2 8 Eight dot six dot Braille B12 or 1 8 Handy Tech configuration dialog B13 or 4 8 Expand gap on off B14 or 5 8 Use virtual focus 2 3 Beginning of line 5 6 End of line 1 23 Top of file 4 5 6 End of file 5 6 8 Run through attributes 0 to 9 Digits 0 to 9 TLC Tab TRC Shift Tab TLC TRC Enter SPC 1 2 7 Toggle Braille inp
103. hnology If handled properly you will enjoy many years of trouble free operation Always operate your Braille System at normal room temperature and protect it from humidity Avoid exposing the Braille System to extreme changes in temperature Always transport your Braille System in the included carrying case which provides impact protection Do not drop your Braille System and avoid exposing the device to strong vibrations Your Braille System will be the better for it if you take care to operate it with clean hands because otherwise the tactile pins can become sticky and may release only if prodded Please ensure that no fluids enter into the Braille display The Braille elements are especially sensitive to humidity because humidity could destroy the high voltage piezo elements We recommend covering the Braille display whenever it is turned off to prevent unnecessary contamination with dust Clean your Braille System with a damp cloth Do not use any cleaners The Braille elements must be cleaned with a dry lintfree cloth only The Braille elements should be cleaned and serviced thoroughly every two years in average operating conditions In general during servicing of the Braille elements all tactile pins and key heads will be replaced and all input elements checked An endurance test will then be performed We can provide you with a replacement device during the maintenance period 10 6 Warranty If you open the Braille Syst
104. hord c Ctrl x Cut SPCL 1 3 4 6 Chord x Ctrl v Paste SPCL 1 2 3 6 Chord v Ctrl f Search SPCL 1 2 4 Chord f Help SPCL 1 2 5 Chord h Esc SPCL 1 5 Chord e Display the command keys can be SPCR 2 initiated with the cursor routing keys Display the active window s title SPCR 1 Grade 2 on off SPCR 4 Display phone reception strength SPCR 5 the selected network and the remaining battery charge Switch between the cursor formats SPCR 6 no cursor 78 and block character Display function keys The function SPCR 8 Series 80 only can then be selected by pressing one of the three cursor routing keys above that function s abbreviation Page 84 Hry T Braillino O O UI Te cece The Braille System as Braille Display HektronikGnbH Mobile Phone Keys Description Braille System Keys TALKS SPCR 2 345 Open the window Talks Premium SPCR 2 3457 Settings Toggle Speak With Closed Cover SPCR 2 3 4 Series 80 only on off if using a headset Press a command key Key1 to SPCR CR1 to 4 Key4 Move Braille display up left also TLU or TRU moves the cursor or highlighting Move Braille display down right also TLD or TRD moves the cursor or highlighting Place the cursor at the CR corresponding text position Begin marking text beginning of block by pressing the CR key above the cursor position end of block is set by activating any CR key Activate a menu
105. ile The procedures are the same as for a forward search When the search string has been found the cursor will be located at the first character position of the search string In both types of searches described above you can even change the direction of the search during the ongoing search by entering the appropriate command after being placed on the search string 5 2 14 Replace SPC 1 2 3 5 Chord r If you want to search and replace a term enter the command SPC 1 2 3 5 Chord r Just as in a buffered search you will be asked to enter a search term The message Replace appears on the Braille System Enter the search term By pressing TRC you indicate that you have finished entering the search string and the message Replace X with appears instead X is the previously entered search string Type in the text with which you want to replace the search term Again as in a search pressing TRC initiates the replacing procedure When the first occurrence of the search string has been found you will be positioned at that place in the text You now have the following options e Enter y to replace the search string with the replacement text e f you enter n you will move on to the next occurrence of the search string and the previously found text will not be replaced e f you enter g for global replace the found and all subsequent occurrences of the search term will automatically be replaced without prompt During this pr
106. indow Bluetooth Devices Please confirm by pressing OK Now the device is ready to use Your Braillino now has a wireless connection to the PC and you can utilize all of its functions as if it were connected via the serial interface cable Note If you move the Braillino beyond the Bluetooth connection s communications radius 10 meters yards the connection to the PC will be interrupted The connection will automatically be re established by Handy Tech s Braille device driver once you move back within range For this you need to have installed the latest Braille display driver see chapter 2 2 2 7 2 Bluetooth Cell Phone Tie In If your cell phone uses the Symbian operating system for example the Nokia E50 and your cell phone also includes a wireless Bluetooth interface from Version 2 1 of Talks Premium with the addition of a separate Braille driver and by executing the following steps you can tie in your Braillino wirelessly with your cell phone to utilize Talks Premium 1 In the cell phone s Connections menu select the menu item Bluetooth Under the tab Paired Devices select Options 2 Select New Paired Device All available Bluetooth devices will be displayed If you receive the message Bluetooth is off Turn on you should enter Yes Make sure that your Braillino s power is switched on and that there is no connection to the PC via the serial interface 3 Now select the Braillino from the list of devices I
107. ing TRC again will activate the default character set Page 39 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 5 1 6 4 Delete selected braille set D If the loadable character set feature is used extensively all slots will eventually be filled In order to delete a given Braille character set please proceed as described below 1 Activate the character set to be deleted in the menu item Braille character sets 2 Open Braille character sets again and move through it to the end You will arrive at the menu item Delete selected braille set Once you have activated this command you will be asked whether you really want to delete the character set If you answer Yes the character set selected in the previous step will be deleted and the default character set will be activated 5 1 7 Info I You can check flash memory usage and the remaining charge and status of the batteries in the Info menu You can also check the firmware version and serial number and determine the configuration of the external keyboard 5 1 7 1 Memory usage M The Braille System contains 4224 KB of text memory which equals text consisting of more than 4 million characters 4 325 376 The number of files that can be saved depends on their size The file system s smallest addressable unit one sector on the Braille System is currently approximately 8000 characters and there are 512 sectors available to the fil
108. inter You can terminate the typewriter mode by pressing SPC 2 3 4 5 7 8 or Chord T Dot 8 again This mode will function correctly only if your printer supports the printing of short text blocks in this case single characters Typewriter mode does not permit formatting of the text and does not execute an automatic new page since the entered characters are sent directly to the printer without calculating their position within a line and the position of the line on the page For this reason the last page must also be ejected manually Page 69 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH The following editor functions are not available in typewriter mode 5 3 All other print modes Cursor left Cursor right Skip to start of file Skip to end of file Cursor up Cursor down Skip to start of line Skip to end of line Previous word Next word Previous sentence Next sentence Automatic reading Overwrite mode Delete character Backspace Marking of blocks Exchanging the mark and the cursor Skip to a mark Cut a block Copy a block Insert a block Delete a block Forward and backward search in the text Replace a text Hexadecimal display Settings menu of the editors Calling PC mode Cursor routing keys Controlling the PC from the Braille System s Keyboard SPC 1 2 7 Chord B It is possible to use the Braille System s keyboard for inputs to the PC by utilizing the scre
109. irmware it will unfortunately not be possible to salvage your files Although this is a very unlikely scenario we recommend regularly saving your files on a separate system e g a PC In addition it is not impossible that a fatal error of the file system message is received after you have updated the firmware but relevant data are still stored on the Braille System II IMPORTANT If this is the case do NOT confirm the error message by pressing TLC Once the automatic reformatting has begun you cannot salvage any of your data Instead turn off the Braille System and restart it in EPROM mode by holding down 8 during start up Load the previous firmware version into the Braille System Following this save all of your files on a PC 10 2 Symbols The symbols located on the underside of the unit have the following meanings Bh Please read the information in the manual Applied Part Type B 10 3 Safety Information under the Standards for Medical Devices Medical electric devices are subject to special precautions in regard to electromagnetic compatibility and must be installed and taken into operation according to the directions contained in this manual Please review also the general safety information in Section 10 4 below Portable mobile HF communications facilities may affect electrical devices Page 96 Fiss Si Braillino o LI Ce ee ee Important Information HektronikGnbH 10 4 General Safety Info
110. is open until all open files have been closed 2 Before you switch off your Braille System all files that are open in the Editor must be saved and closed Shutting down the Braille System while files are open can result in loss of data as well as damage to the files Please refer to the additional information regarding this matter in chapter 5 2 17 5 2 20 Activating PC Mode from the Editor SPC 1 2 3 4 Chord p With SPC 1 2 3 4 Chord p you can activate PC Mode directly from the Editor Let s assume your Braille System is connected to your computer and you are looking for an address in the Braille System s internal Editor At this moment the PC notifies you via acoustic signal that an e mail has arrived You are expecting an important e mail and would like to quickly look at your mailbox You can do this immediately by switching over to PC Mode with SPC 1 2 3 4 Chord p and then operating your PC The Editor in the meantime will be suspended so that the Braille display is available to the screen reader You can open your mailbox read the e mail and also take care of other tasks Page 60 Hing Rd Braillino C0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH You can return to the Editor with SPC 1 3 4 Chord m To do this hold down SPC 1 3 4 Chord m for a little while approximately one half second NWIWARNING Before the Braille System is turned off the Editor must be closed with all edited files sa
111. itch to next file SPC 5 6 8 Switch to previous file SPC 2 37 Save and close file Chord e SPC 1 5 Suspend Editor SPC 123456 Editor s Setup menu Chord u SPC 1 3 6 Status display Chord S SPC 2 3 4 7 Switch to PC Mode Chord p SPC 1 2 3 4 Help Chord h SPC 1 2 5 11 3 Keys in PC Mode Function Keys Return to menu Hold down SPC 1 3 4 about half a second Switch between Braille display and status module display SPCL SPCR 11 4 Fixed Key Functions on External Keyboard Function Key Key Combinations Switch external keyboard to PC Chord SPC 2 5 Braille Star 40 80 only Entire Braille display line to left Page up Entire Braille display line to right Page down Cursor to top of file Ctrl Pos1 Cursor to end of file Ctrl End Toggle between insert and overstrike Insert Delete current character Delete Delete character left of cursor Backspace Set beginning of block Ctrl Enter Copy block Ctrl c Cut block Ctrl x Page 101 Braillino List of Key Combinations F sch Tech 00 og WIRE HektronikGnbH Delete block without copying Ctrl X or backspace Paste block Ctrl v Exchange mark and cursor Ctrl Tab Status display Ctrl S Incremental forward search Ctrl f Incremental backward search Ctrl F Forward search and replace Ctrl r ESC function ESC Na
112. item 7 4 4 7 5 Useful Tips for Using Talks Premium If you want to mark a block of text for copying cutting or deleting press the cursor routing key at the beginning of the desired block to position the cursor at that location By pressing the same cursor routing key again you activate the marking function and the identification letter on the Braille display changes from T to S to indicate this Next press the cursor routing key at the end of the desired text block The marked block will now be underlined with dots 7 and 8 You should execute whichever block function you were planning now before moving the Braille display anywhere else because otherwise the cursor will be moved along with the Braille output and thus the marked block will be lost If you change the active application or if you change the marked position Talks Premium will automatically show the marked position on the Braille display If no marked block is available the title of the active window will be displayed Utilizing only the Braille display without voice output significantly speeds up the operation of the mobile phone As long as you are using Braille output we therefore recommend turning voice output off CONFIG MODE Configuration mode can be activated from PC mode by holding down 3 7 for longer than 3 seconds Immediately after these are held down a short signal tone will sound once configuration mode has been entered a long signal
113. ith LEDs turned off The external keyboard transmits your key strokes to the Braille System in the same way as the internal Braille keyboard You can therefore operate both an external and the internal keyboard in parallel Please refer to Chapter Installation for the procedure for connecting an external keyboard Please remember that all the information described in this section applies only to an external keyboard not to the built in Braille keyboard 6 1 General Any keyboard transmits encoded data indicating which key has been pressed or released These data do not in themselves contain any information about what this key stroke means i e which character it should generate That information is assigned by the so called keyboard driver and depends on the desired language This means for example that if a U S English keyboard layout has been selected the character is realized by pressing Shift 6 on a German keyboard Depending on the language which means on the keyboard layout currently in force the Braille System s keyboard driver needs further information indicating how it is to implement the encoded key stroke information Therefore a table for assigning key strokes to characters must be present in the Braille System the keyboard layout table The Braille System already contains a fixed programmed keyboard layout table for a German keyboard as well as a downloadable keyboard layout table This table is called kbdlyou
114. k e You can also jump to the front or back of the current line of text by entering SPC 1 3 to move to the front of the line and SPC 4 6 to move to the end of the line e After entering SPC 3 the cursor jumps to the beginning of the previous word and after entering SPC 6 it jumps to the beginning of the following word The cursor can also be moved one character at a time as follows with SPC 7 one character to the left with SPC 8 one character to the right with SPC 1 one line up with SPC 4 one line down If you move the cursor towards the left past the beginning of a line the cursor is positioned at the end of the previous line If you move it past the end of a line moving towards the right it will be positioned at the beginning of the next line When you move the cursor up or down it is always positioned at the beginning of the corresponding line Please note that Tab characters are displayed as a certain specifiable number of spaces Tabs are saved in the file either as tab characters or they can be replaced by a number of spaces You will find more detailed information regarding tabs in chapter 5 2 22 10 seqq If a tab is saved as a tab character in the text and you move the cursor to the first position of the tab and on through the tab the remaining spaces will be skipped and the cursor moves directly to the first position after the tab If you position the cursor inside a tab using the CR keys it will be positione
115. kets then there is currently no hotkey available for that menu item Please note The hotkeys permit instant access to items within the same menu level they do not let you move from one menu level to another Therefore you cannot access e g the battery voltage indicator from inside the File menu instead you have to return to the main menu first then navigate via hotkeys through the menu levels until you have reached the menu item Voltage 5 1 1 File F In the File menu you can choose to create or select a file and to open edit read or delete it 5 1 1 1 New file This menu item creates a new file The file will be empty and can be edited The cursor is located at the first Braille position By entering SPC 4 5 6 or else Ctrl End on an external keyboard you can jump directly to the end of the file list Also you can jump directly from the file list to New file by entering SPC 1 2 3 or else Ctrl Pos1 5 1 1 2 Previous file This command opens the last file that was closed by the Editor After opening the file the cursor will appear at the same position it was in when the file was closed The file automatically opens in the same editing mode in which it was saved Please Note This menu item is dynamic and will appear only if you have already edited a file in the Editor and saved it The name of the last edited file will remain stored in your Braille System even when it is turned off Page 25 Braillino Hn
116. l German table will be used Remedy Download a valid keyboard layout table 12 2 Error Messages from the Message File The messages listed below come from the reloadable message file They include messages of a general nature system messages and Editor messages 12 2 1 General Messages Please wait Cause This message appears while the system is executing a task requiring some time For example this would be the case while the system is generating the file list Cannot execute this function Cause A function cannot be executed Deactivating function keys Cause A reminder that function keys have been deactivated After turning the unit off and back on the function keys will again be active 12 2 2 File System Messages No files stored on disk Cause There are no files stored on the disk media Page 105 Braillino Error Messages Error creating braille character set file Cause There is not enough memory in the file system to generate the Braille character sets New braille set file created Please reload needed sets Cause The Braille character set file was recreated because it was either missing or its size was incorrect You will have to reload the required character sets into the Braille System Braille set x is empty Cause You are attempting to activate a Braille character set numbered x but that character set slot is empty Error writing configuration file Cause An error occurr
117. le table which was used to generate or edit the text to be printed Printers which cannot process dot combinations receive and process the text in the form of characters If for example you use the Portathiel printed you must use the correct conversion table see Section 5 1 8 13 5 5 4 2 The printing operation A progress indication nnn printed is displayed during the printing operation You can abort the printing operation at any time by pressing SPC 7 8 or Ctrl Tab The system then displays the message Printing aborted which you must confirm by pressing TLC The Braille System informs the printer that printing has been aborted If possible the text buffer of the printer is cleared in order to stop the printout If the printer continues printing text from the buffer you will have to stop it manually Some printers have a special button or combination of buttons for this Please refer to the user manual of the printer for further information Aborting the printing operation is signalled with an error tone while successful completion is signalled with a high frequency beep Page 73 Braillino Hn Ted External Keyboard Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 6 External Keyboard An external keyboard may be connected directly to the Braille System Keyboards of any make or model may be used provided they comply with the following requirements e AT keyboard e PS2 connection e low current consumption recommended 30 mA w
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119. ly become partially or entirely unreadable This may be due to one of the following causes e The Braille character assignments in the custom character set do not correspond to the assignments in the character set used for generating messages e A custom character set contains errors For example if you have deleted a line ina character table the table no longer consists of 256 definitions This causes all character definitions following the deleted line to be moved up by one character This could cause the word info for example to turn into jmen If you cannot read the Braille System s messages at all you have the following options 1 Use the communications program HTCom s Monitor Mode Under Monitor Mode the output is not affected by the Braille character set selected on the Braille System With the assistance of a sighted person or your screen reader s speech output you can monitor the output from the Braille System on the PC screen and restore the standard character set Switching into Monitor Mode is possible only if the screen reader s access to the Braille display has been deactivated 2 Create a situation where you are back in the main menu so that you can navigate from there to the menu item Braille character sets by using the TD key If you are sure that you are somewhere in the menu system you can simply press the TLC key several times and then TD exactly five times Then press TRC which opens the submenu Press
120. m this dialog by clicking OK the transfer will start During the file transfer the Braille System displays the following Transmitted mmmm of nnnn bytes where mmmm represents the number of Bytes already transmitted nnnn the size of the entire file Once all the files have been transferred to the PC you can close HTCom 4 2 5 2 Transferring a File from the PC to the Braille System Start the HTCom program on your PC Select the menu item Send file using the tab key or the arrow keys then press the Enter key A dialog for choosing the files you want to transmit opens When you have selected the file you wish to transmit press the Enter key Now another dialog opens and you can specify any desired conversion into grade two Braille When you press the Enter key this time the file will be transmitted When the file transfer is complete you will again be in HTCom s main menu The transferred file will be found under the File menu on the Braille System You can now open it from here as described above and continue to edit 4 2 6 Printing a file or a text block You can print a file or a selected block of text within a file on a printer which is connected directly to the serial interface of your Braille System No PC is needed for this The Braille System currently supports various Braille printers Further printers can be connected to the Braille System where they can be treated as standard printers If you wish to print a complete file
121. mbers For example if you want to represent the digit 4 with dots 2 3 5 instead of dots 1 4 5 6 you would change the numbers 1 456 to 235 Please note that at least one space must be entered between the dot combinations and any comments because otherwise the conversion of the Braille table while transferring it to the Braille System may fail When you have finished changing characters you can save the modifications under a new name 5 1 6 2 Loading Braille Character Sets As mentioned above nine additional Braille tables can be loaded into the Braille System in addition to the default character set For example if you have created a table under the designation Mytable asc you can load it into the Braille System with the HTCom program Start up HTCom and activate Load Braille Table A dialog enables you to specify the character set to be transferred by selecting or entering the name After pressing the Enter key you can specify the Braille table slot where you want the table to be saved Pressing the Enter key again will initiate the file transfer Please note If you work with the 6 dot character sets delivered with your Braille System writing texts in the Editor these texts will be stored entirely in upper case letters The reason for this is that the capital letters ASCII codes are found first while searching through the character set table Page 38 Hry T Braillino 00 00 6 e 3 O0 00 ee Operation of the Braille S
122. mory is sufficient to save all of the open files If this is not the case this message is issued Remedy Try to save and close smaller files first then close larger files Out of page memory Cause You are attempting to open a file but there is not enough memory available to divide the file into pages or to administer the pages Remedy Close any files not currently needed Disk almost full Cause While you are working within the Editor the Braille System determines whether the available memory is sufficient to save all of the open files This message appears as a warning before it is too late Page 107 Braillino Fisch Tech o JOR 1 Error Messages Ce ee ee HektronikGnbH Remedy To ensure that you will be able to save all modified files you should save or close any files you no longer need open right away Save any smaller files first which will free up some space then larger files Page memory almost full Cause While you are working within the Editor the Braille System constantly checks how many pages can still be administered The Editor can manage a total of 3072 pages If only 10 more pages can be created you will be notified with this message Remedy Close any files not currently needed to make room for more pages Switching to read only mode Cause You are attempting to open a file The Editor determines that with the amount of memory left the file can be opened but not edited Remedy Close and
123. n neither be overcharged nor excessively discharged The power supply may therefore remain connected for longer periods of time Page 92 Fiss Si Braillino o LI Ce ee ee Battery Management HektronikGnbH 9 3 Battery Capacity Display The device monitors battery status in every operating mode It is therefore possible to display current battery status at any time There are two options for displaying battery status display of battery voltage and display of available remaining battery capacity Battery voltage is an indirect measure of battery status The end of discharge has been defined as 4 0 V The device turns itself off at a battery voltage of 4 0 V and can only be turned on again when it has been connected to the power supply for recharging With fully charged batteries the voltage may increase to 5 6 V or even exceed 6 V during charging If you require information about the batteries you can display all the important data in the Info menu submenu Battery Statistics The batteries remaining capacity is displayed in percent A fully charged battery has a capacity of at least 99 Determining the remaining capacity is a very complicated calculation in which the device observes battery status over an extended period and collects these data as the basis for its calculation An accurate calculation of capacity can only be made following a complete recharge with ensuing complete discharge sequence If this has not yet occurred
124. n reader to the Braille display All standard screen readers are compatible with Handy Tech s Braille System series During the installation of the screen reader software all you need to do is to select Handy Tech The Braille display then automatically adjusts correctly to your specific Braille System When starting your screen reader the first time a small start up window appears which displays the name of the Braille System detected by the program the interface used for communication and the country currently selected The various screen reader program functions are assigned to specific keys on your Braille System How to operate your Braille System as a Braille display using JAWS for Windows is described in Section 7 1 A summary of the essential functions of Hal SuperNova can be found in Section 7 2 and for Window Eyes in Section 7 3 If you wish to use the older more text oriented operating system DOS you should use the screen reader BW PRO We are happy to provide you with a free copy of BW PRO 4 2 The Braille System as Notepad 4 2 1 Navigating the Menu Turn the Braille System on and navigate through the menu using the TU and TD keys Pressing TRC or the CR keys activates functions or opens submenus by pressing Page 21 Braillino tirg Tech Quick Start Oe 00 ee HektronikGnbH TLC you can close the functions and submenus SPC 1 2 3 or SPC 4 5 6 sends you to the first or last item on the menu respectively
125. n the file PRINTERS HSF which also contains the printer specific control codes and other information Printers which are capable of printing combinations of Braille dots are identified by T for transparent mode after their names The BTEC 100 is such a printer Since some printers can be switched between 6 and 8 dots only by means of the software 6 dot and 8 dot versions of these printers exist and are identified by the digit 6 or 8 after their names The 6 dot version of the BTEC 100 is thus shown as BTEC 100 6 T Select the desired printer type with SPC 1 and SPC 4 or Cursor up and down TLC cancels the selection operation TRC confirms the selected printer type and saves your selection If the printer you use does not appear in the selection list please consult your Handy Tech dealer The standard printer supports the software protocol Xon Xoff 5 1 8 13 2 Characters line C Here you can set the number of printable characters per line The default setting is 29 characters and you can set any value in the range 10 to 80 characters per line This allows you to match the formatting of your texts to the existing printer settings 5 1 8 13 3 Lines page L This sets the number of printable lines per page The default setting is 30 lines and you can set any value in the range10 to 70 lines per page Page 46 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH 5 1 8 13 4 Tab widt
126. nd saved all marks set for that file as well as the current cursor position will be remembered If a file is then transferred to a PC edited on the PC and then retransmitted to the Braille System the marks and current cursor position are no longer valid In addition to the marks and the cursor position the Braille System also notes the file s current size while saving it When the file is opened again the Braille System checks the size to see if it is the same as that recorded at the last save If it is the marks and the cursor position will be restored If the current size deviates from the size noted before the Editor assumes that the file has been modified on the PC in the meantime or that it is dealing with a file of the same name but different contents In this case the cursor will be positioned at the beginning of the file upon opening it and the bookmarks associated with this file will be discarded 5 2 19 Closing a File and Quitting the Editor SPC 1 5 Chord e Use SPC 1 5 Chord e to save and then close the current file If the file was modified the Editor will ask Save changes Y N e n The file is closed changes are not saved e y If the file is already named it is saved under that name and closed If it is a new file which does not yet have a name the Editor will suggest a name depending on the type of Braille System you are using You can either change or accept this name Please note 1 The Editor
127. nds No bookmarks set Cause You are attempting to jump to a mark but no marks have been set for this file Search failed wrap around Y N Cause While searching for a text string the Editor has reached either the beginning or the end of the file depending on the direction of the search without having found the search term If you respond by entering y the entire file will be searched for the same string again If you respond to this prompt by entering n the search will be aborted and you can continue editing the text No space to open another file Cause You have already opened five files and are attempting to open another one However the Editor can administer a maximum of five open files Remedy Close any files not currently needed and then open the desired file Variable x unknown Cause You have entered an invalid argument for one of the variables in the Editor s Setup menu X is the variable you entered Remedy Reenter the variable or select one of the variables from the list by using the cursor s up and down functions X valid range Im nj Cause The numerical value of a variable you entered is outside of the valid range Here X is the name of the variable m the minimum value and n the maximum permissible value Remedy Enter a value within the specified permissible range Out of disk space Cause While you are working within the Editor the Braille System determines whether the available me
128. nection The check box Activate Driver is checked to enable your Braille System to be driven by the screen reader If you uncheck this box the driver will be deactivated and you will not be able to drive any Handy Tech Braille display The field Device Detection provides two options Automatic means that your screen reader will detect the Braille display regardless of the interface through which it is connected to your PC The second option is to specify a fixed interface at which the screen reader should look for the Braille display In the corresponding combo box you can choose one of the existing COM interfaces The type of the interface e g USB or Bluetooth will also be shown The field Show Pop Up Braille Display Information allows you to specify whether you want to be informed which Braille display system is connected to which of your PC s interfaces at the start up of the screen reader If this setting is activated there will be a small pop up box during start up containing the Braille display driver s version number any detected Braille displays and the interface designation You have the following three options e When changing device or interface The pop up box appears only if you have connected a different Handy Tech Braille display to the PC or if you have connected the same Braille display to a different interface on your PC e Never The pop up box will not be displayed during start up e Always at start Every tim
129. ng On the Braillino the message Searching is displayed instead of the blinking search term If the search string cannot be found you will receive the following message Search failed wrap around Y N If you answer by entering y the same search begins again from the beginning or end of the text respectively If the search string still cannot be found you will receive the same message again You can now enter n to end the search When the desired string has been found press TRC to continue editing your text at that location If you want to search a text starting at the beginning you can first move the cursor to the beginning of the text with SPC 1 2 3 By entering SPC 1 2 4 Chord f the search will be repeated and the last search string will already be entered If you are at the first occurrence of the desired string you can immediately reinitiate the same search by pressing SPC 1 2 4 Chord f again as long as you do not press TLC However this only applies to the current editing session Once the Editor is closed or the Braille System switched off the search string will be deleted Any search can be aborted while entering the search string or during the search by pressing the TLC key Every time the text is found a signal tone sounds and the cursor will be placed one character to the right of the found search string You can distinguish between upper and lower case letters while searching if you change t
130. nicator 9210i or 9290 in North America The docking station comes with a separate manual In order to use the Braillino as a Braille display connected to the PC using Windows an output program called a screen reader is needed which is also available from your supplier The screen reader program BW PRO for DOS will be provided for free if needed The Braillino has been developed and tested with great care However if you have any ideas or suggestions for improvements please do not hesitate to contact your Handy Tech customer service representative or write to ideas handytech de Your opinion is very important to us We hope you will enjoy using your Braillino 1 2 The Braillino ata Glance This chapter will help you familiarize yourself with your Braillino and its control elements We recommend keeping the Braillino handy so that you can follow along with the instructions in this chapter Please unfasten the Velcro closure on the bottom of the carrying case and fold the flap towards the back The first two keys on the front are the space keys In the following description the left space key is called SPCL and the right space key is called SPCR If either the left or right space key can be used they will be called SPC Behind the space keys are located 20 ergonomically designed Braille cells with integrated cursor routing keys The cursor routing keys referred to as CR keys which are integrated Page 7 Braillino Fisch Tech o
131. no modules displayed text e g File Single keystrokes on PC Key e g ENTER Text input on PC input text e g HT Com Text output on PC output text e g Done Page 9 Braillino Fisch Tech e o ee Installation Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 2 Installation This section contains helpful information about how to install your Braillino Please read it carefully to prevent difficulties while setting up 2 1 Package Contents Please verify that your package contains all of the parts listed below If one of the components is missing or damaged please contact us in order to request the missing part or a replacement You should find enclosed the following e Basic Braillino unit Carrying case with adjustable strap Serial interface cable 2 each 9 pin port Power supply also used for battery charging 100 to 240 Volt AC 9 Volt DC 1 5 A FW 7555M 09 Set of 4 NiMH batteries inside unit with insulating strip This user manual printed version This user manual in daisy format on CD User manual for file transfer with HTCom and HTDrive Quick Reference for Braillino in Braille Software Package with drivers for screen readers and HTCom one CD Bluetooth USB Adapter for the PC with Pairing code in Braille and print 2 2 Software Installation Before you can connect the Braillino to your computer you should first install the enclosed software package Please make sure that the screen reader program you intend to use
132. nsmission radius is approximately 10 meters yards In order to communicate wirelessly with your PC the Bluetooth adapter included with your Braillino needs to be plugged into a USB port on the computer unless the computer already has integrated wireless Bluetooth capability 2 7 1 Bluetooth PC Tie In If you are using Windows XP with Service Pack 2 please proceed as followed Please make sure that the Braillino is switched on and no interface cable is connected 2 Insert the USB adapter into a free USB port of your computer The Bluetooth software will be installed automatically Please wait a moment 3 Select Bluetooth Devices from the control panel or from your system tray A window Bluetooth Devices will open 4 Select on the tab sheet Devices the button Add 5 Add Bluetooth Device Wizard will appear Select My device is set up and ready to be found and press Next 6 All detected Bluetooth devices will be listed Select the Braillino from the list and press Next Page 13 Braillino Fisch Tech e o ee Installation Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 7 Select Let me choose my own passkey insert into the text field the 5 digit code which can be found on the package of the Bluetooth adapter Press Next 8 Now the pairing will be done and the COM Port will be assign Please wait a moment All available COM Ports will be displayed Please confirm by pressing Finish 9 The Braillino is shown in the w
133. oading and activation of Braille character sets In addition to the default German character set nine other character sets may be loaded into the Braille System 5 1 6 1 Creating a Braille Character Set The easiest way to create a custom Braille character set is to modify an existing character set You will find several Braille character sets on the media delivered with the Braille System For easier orientation a subdirectory called Brailletables is created during installation which contains the character sets For example if you wanted to edit the ibm437 character set and store it as a new customized character set you would open the text editor supplied with Windows by selecting Execute from the Start menu and then entering Notepad followed by Enter Once the text editor is open you can open an editable version of the iobm437 asc file by activating the menu item Open from the File menu More detailed information is contained in your Operating System Manual The file ibm437 asc will open and can be edited Please do not modify the file structure but you may change the Braille characters as desired The Braille dot combinations are given as their number equivalents on each line along with the designation of the character However the first line in the file contains a description of the character set in that file The characters are in ASCII character order You can modify the dot combinations for any character by changing the nu
134. ocedure the message Replacing please wait is displayed When the Editor has reached the end of the file it indicates how many occurrences of the search string were replaced The message Replaced n occurrences appears where n is the number of occurrences of the search term that were replaced When replacing the setting of the option Find Exact see Section 5 2 22 6 has no influence You have to enter the exact expression for the replace function Page 57 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH Replacing is only possible in forward direction from the cursor position towards the end of the file 5 2 15 Opening Additional Files More than one file can be open within the Editor at the same time There are two methods available for opening a file from within the Editor 1 Without write protection The file can be edited after it is opened 2 In read only mode The file is write protected and cannot be edited Files may be opened from within the Editor as follows 1 The SPC 1 3 5 Chord o function opens a file which can then be edited The Braille System will show Open file Alternatively you can open a file in read only mode with SPC 1 3 5 7 Chord O This file cannot be modified This is indicated by the prompt View file 2 Enter the name of the file to be opened in the input field Please remember that the file name must be entered exactly as it is st
135. ock is now marked and this is indicated by the dots 7 and 8 If you then start a printout only one copy of the marked block will be printed The editor cannot be used as long as this mode is active It is available again only after the print operation has been completed or aborted 2 24 2 Printing the currently displayed line SPC 4 5 6 7 8 or Ctrl L SPC 4 5 6 7 8 or Ctrl L prints the line currently displayed on the Braille display If the number of characters in this line is greater than the number of characters per line set for the printer the displayed line will automatically be printed as several lines However you must eject the last page manually 5 2 24 3 Line print mode SPC 1 2 3 7 8 or Chord L Dot 8 Pressing SPC 1 2 3 7 8 or Chord L Dot 8 activates this mode You can then enter text in the normal manner Pressing TRC or Enter causes the text entered up to this point to be printed The line print mode can be terminated by pressing SPC 1 2 3 7 8 or Chord L Dot 8 again Movement of the cursor within the text has no effect only the text you have actually entered is printed Since the system ignores the settings for characters per line and lines per page you must eject the last printed page manually 5 2 24 4 Typewriter mode SPC 2 3 45 7 8 or Chord T Dot 8 The typewriter mode is activated by pressing SPC 2 3 4 5 7 8 or Chord T Dot 8 After this each character you enter is sent directly to the pr
136. oes not exist as a mark you will receive the message Bookmark x does not exist You can now enter or select a new name If no marks have been set in the current file you will be notified with a message No bookmarks set Please note In certain situations your previously stored marks may no longer be available You will find details about this in chapter 5 2 18 5 2 11 Delete Mark TU TD Select Name SPC If you want to delete a mark activate the function for setting a mark by pressing TU TD at the same time and then select the mark you wish to delete from the list Enter a space to delete the name of the mark then press TRC You will be asked whether you really want to delete the mark If so answer with y and the mark will be deleted 5 2 12 Block Functions This feature enables you to work with entire blocks of text at a time The procedures for working with blocks resemble those familiar from modern PC operating systems e You mark a certain selection of the text e The selection may be either copied or cut and is temporarily stored on a clipboard Page 53 Braillino Hrg Be ab Tech Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH e From here the selection may be pasted at a different place in the same file or even in another file e You also have the option of saving a marked text block directly to a new file A block can also be deleted or pasted in a new file or an input field Block operations
137. or allows you to read and edit files Files up to 3 MB in size may be edited Up to five files can be open at the same time as long as the total size of all open files does not exceed 3 MB Any file can be opened from within the Editor if the exact name of the file is known 5 2 1 Overview of Editor Functions The Editor provides the following features Text input moving the cursor and setting bookmarks Insert overstrike and read only modes Status display Block functions copy cut paste exchange mark and cursor Text search functions both forward and backward Replacing of text forward direction only Calculator within the editor Printing of whole files or text blocks Open additional files and switch between files Suspend the Editor temporarily while attending to other tasks Page 48 Hing Rd Braillino O0 00 ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH e Close and save files e Help e Setup menu for the Editor The following paragraphs describe each of these features in detail 5 2 2 Dialogs and Confirmation of Actions For many functions the Editor provides a dialog to allow you to select or enter the desired value In addition the Editor provides confirmation messages in order to inform you about the results of your actions While you are in a dialog field the Editor features several functions to help you enter values quickly and efficiently e The Paste command SPC 1 2 3 6 Chord v allows you
138. ored on the Braille System otherwise the file is not found and cannot be opened 3 After pressing TRC the file will be opened There are several possibilities here e lf the file name does not exist and you are opening the file in edit mode the Editor assumes that you wish to create a new file under the name you entered e f you are attempting to open a file in read only mode and the file name does not exist the message File x not found will appear where x is the file name entered e f you are opening an already open file the Editor will simply switch to that file without reloading it again 5 2 16 Switching Between Open Files SPC 5 6 8 or SPC 2 3 7 If you have several files open you can switch between them with SPC 5 6 8 or Alt Tab Let s assume you have opened three files in the following sequence a txt first b txt next and c txt last You are reading c txt at the moment If you enter SPC 5 6 8 now you will switch over to the b txt file A message Current file followed by the file name notifies you of the name of the file you have switched into If you enter SPC 5 6 8 again you will subsequently be in a txt the next time in c txt again etc If you want to work in or read the current file you must first press TRC Using SPC 2 3 7 or Alt Shift Tab allows you to switch between open files in the reverse order This is even possible after closing a file when the message Current file appea
139. ose either Yes or No Yes means that a word that does not fit completely on the end of the Braille display is suppressed if the cursor is not located in the currently displayed line If the cursor is not in the current line of text the word will be displayed in part and then again completely after the display has wrapped by using the reading keys lf word wrap is turned off set to No as many letters of the word as possible are displayed on the Braille elements The default setting is Yes Note This word wrap function applies only to the reading of text it is not active while entering text 5 2 22 10 Tab Mode Global This setting determines which characters will be inserted by the Editor when you input a tab character Two options are available e Tabs t Preferably tab characters will be inserted but this depends on the currently active setting for Tab Stops see next section This option is especially useful if you desire to keep your files as compact as possible e Blanks For each tab character the number of spaces specified under Tab Width will be inserted into the text This option is appropriate if you want to ensure that a file is formatted exactly like it was on the Braille System once it has been transmitted to your word processing program on the PC The disadvantage here is that you cannot delete the tab character with one keystroke All of the spaces inserted for the tab must
140. ou enter text in 8 dot Braille e g for capitalization your entries will be saved correctly 5 1 8 2 hotkeys Activate objects A If this option is active menu items in the same menu level are activated by their hotkeys This means e In the case of submenus that the menu items are both selected and immediately opened by pressing their hotkey e Inthe case of check boxes that they are both selected and toggled e Inthe case of radio buttons that they are both selected and activated 5 1 8 3 Highlight hotkeys H When Highlight hotkeys is active the hotkeys are highlighted by being enclosed in round brackets as in the titles in this section This is useful while you are working in 6 dot Braille or while you are still learning the hotkeys Page 42 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH 5 1 8 4 exchange Reading keys R This feature is only available on the Braille Wave Exchanging the reading keys is useful if the Braille System is being used by a left handed operator When this option is activated the right and left reading keys will be switched All other key assignments remain unchanged 5 1 8 5 show system files Y If you activate this check box the system files needed by the Braille System will be displayed in the file list along with the files created by you IHWARNING We recommend not activating this option There are several reasons 1 You only need a displa
141. ou find a reference when the next recommended maintenance of your Braille display is due In the field Driver properties the type of screen reader you are using is listed as well as the version of your driver At Your dealer you get the contact details of your Handy Tech dealer with postal address telephone number and E mail Page 91 Braillino Fisch Tech o JOR 1 Battery Management Ce 00 ee HektronikGnbH 9 Battery Management Any Braille System except for the Braille Star 80 features four rechargeable NiMH round cell batteries If you are using the Braille Star 80 you can skip this section The Braille System will operate for about 20 hours with new fully charged batteries This maximum run time decreases as the batteries get older The average useful life of a battery is approximately 2 years with constant recharging and discharging Batteries are subject to aging which can be aggravated under adverse conditions This situation prevails if seemingly fully charged batteries operate for only a short time period before they need to be recharged You can do a few things to reduce this effect e Try to always let your batteries discharge completely before recharging them again e Always use the recharging device integrated into the Braille System 9 1 Types of Batteries The Braille System utilizes four batteries with the following technical specifications Type NiMH nickel metal hydride Size round cell AA
142. ou to follow all of your calculations more clearly You can also save the calculation steps you have entered by pressing SPC 2 3 4 Chord s The calculation is then saved in a file with the default name calc txt If desired you can change this name before saving the calculation The normal editing functions such as marking a block of text are also available in the calculator You can thus for example mark the result of a calculation copy it to the clipboard and insert it into a text file If you only want to insert the result of the last calculation into a text file simply press SPC 1 4 7 or Ctrl Shift c while in calculator mode This copies the result of the last calculation into the clipboard from where you can insert into any desired text file You can return to the menu without closing the calculator and thus losing all of the calculations you have carried out To do this press SPC 1 2 3 4 5 6 The menu items are then all preceded by C to remind you that the calculator is still active in the background Page 28 Hing Rd Braillino O0 00 ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH If you also open a file for editing and then suspend this with the key combination SPC 1 2 3 4 5 6 the menu items are preceded by CE For further details please read Section 5 2 17 Calculation examples To add 19 VAT to a net price of 500 500 19 595 To calculate the net price from the pric
143. ou which require their own function keys on standard keyboards while also providing efficiency of operation we have introduced the so called chord functions Chords are letters or Braille dots that are used in combination Page 17 Braillino Start Up with the space bar For example in the Editor you can use Chord i SPC 2 4 to toggle between insert and overstrike mode With Chord Commands it is enough to release one key in order to activate the function When entering characters all keys need to be released You will find a list of all available key combinations in chapter 11 3 3 4 Signal Tones The Braille System utilizes various signal tones to indicate its status or to alert you to prompts or possible errors 1 Readiness signal This is a low tone which sounds during start up If the readiness tone is preceded by a very short high tone followed by a lengthy pause then the Braille System is in firmware mode 2 Warning signal This consists of two rapid consecutive tones and may sound for example when you have reached the beginning or the end of a text in the Editor or when you are canceling a search 3 Error signal This is a series of warning signals which may be emitted for example before you delete a file Note You can specify which types of acoustic signals you want the Braille System to emit see chapter 5 1 8 and 5 1 8 10 In this manual the assumption is that this setting is set to action Confirma
144. partment contains an insulation sheet which prevents discharge of the batteries The batteries are fully charged prior to shipment so that you can begin working independent of any power source as soon as you have removed the insulation sheet The power supply included in the package allows you to recharge the empty batteries Page 93 Braillino Battery Management Due to aging of the batteries or if you have been using non rechargeable batteries the batteries must be replaced periodically Please proceed as follows to replace the batteries 1 2 3 4 8 Turn off the Braille System and disconnect the power supply cable If the Braille System is inside of its carrying case disconnect all cables connected to the device and take it out of the case Turn the device over horizontally so that the control keys are underneath The battery compartments on the bottom of the housing are secured by snap catches which should be pushed towards the batteries in order to open the cover Please note that the Braille Star 40 features a compartment for 4 batteries the Braille Wave two compartments for 2 batteries each and the Braillino four compartments with one battery each Now you can remove the batteries by lifting them out by the plus side which has the indent When inserting the new batteries make sure that the buttons on the top which includes an indent plus pole point away from the springs contained in the battery com
145. partments You lock the covers again by inserting their pins into the appropriate recesses on the housing and then pushing down lightly on the catches The catches snap audibly into place You may now return the Braille System to its carrying case and close the snaps Important Notes 1 2 4 Please use only NiMH batteries as the Braille System s recharging circuitry has been designed for that type of battery only If you replace the rechargeable batteries with standard non rechargeable batteries you must make sure that you remove these before connecting the Braille System to a power outlet because the recharging circuitry cannot discern the difference The batteries would therefore be overcharged danger of explosion which may cause damage to your Braille System and in certain cases may be hazardous to your health We do not recommend replacing only some of the batteries If batteries are only replaced partially the new cells will be used up more rapidly and cells with a lower capacity may be damaged The same applies if you are using non rechargeable batteries Please refer to the applying environmental law for disposal of batteries Page 94 Fiss Si Braillino o LI Ce ee ee Important Information HektronikGnbH 10 Important Information This section contains important safety and warranty information Please make sure you have read this information before starting up your Braille System The Braille de
146. ppointment schedule e TRC Move on to the next input field If the cursor is still within the previous input field you will complete your input when you press the TRC key e Backspace Delete Chord b or Chord gt If the cursor is located within the text field the character preceding or at the cursor position will be deleted e Cursor to the Left Right SPC 7 8 o Activate the previous next input field o lf the cursor is located within the text field this will move the cursor to the left or right o If the cursor is at the first character position of the text field and you move to the left you will exit the text field and activate the input field preceding the text field e Cursor Up Down TU or TD Increase decrease the current value in the input field by 1 These commands have no function in the text field e SPC 2 SPC 5 Increase decrease the current value in the input field by 10 e Pos1 End Chord kor Chord If the cursor is located within the text field it will jump to the beginning end of the field Page 30 Hing Rd Braillino O0 00 ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH e Cursor Routing Keys o If the cursor is located within the text field it will jump to the position of the cursor routing key you pressed if that position is within the text field o H a cursor routing key above a data field is pressed that field will be activated so that you can edit it Once you press TRC afte
147. r Page 64 Hing Rd Braillino O0 00 ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH this setting are 1 through the maximum number of positions available on the Braille display 20 40 or 80 The value in this menu item affects all tabs in a given file In other words you cannot set a tab width of 4 characters in one place and a tab width of 32 characters at another place within the same file Whenever you open a file for the first time or create a new file the default setting of 4 spaces applies Note When a file is transferred to the PC tab characters will not be replaced by the number of spaces specified for that file but instead will be transmitted as tab characters If you open the file later on the PC in a word processing program the tab characters may be handled in several different ways Many programs convert tab characters into a number of spaces that is a multiple of 2 e g 4 or 8 Others display tab characters without converting them at all or provide several options for conversion Please consult the documentation for your word processing program for details 5 2 22 13 Line End Individual File This menu item provides three options for representing the end of a line when you save a file to the flash disk The following displays are available e Carriage return with line feed CRLF r n M J used by DOS and Windows e Carriage return only CR r M used by Macintosh OS e Line feed only LF n
148. r SPC 1 3 4 6 Chord x while you are in an input field all characters from your current cursor position to the end of the dialog field will be deleted 5 2 12 4 Paste SPC 1 2 3 6 Chord v Any text contained on the clipboard can be pasted at the current cursor position by entering SPC 1 2 3 6 Chord v or you can open another file and paste the selection there Please remember that the block is always pasted exactly before the current cursor position Since pasting does not delete the block from the clipboard you can paste a block several times over The Editor displays a percentage while pasting indicating how much of the block has already been written and that it is being written from the clipboard The paste command can also be used for writing to input fields For example if you want to use a chapter title as the name of a bookmark you can mark that title in the file as a block copy it to the clipboard with SPC 1 4 Chord c then move the cursor to the desired position for the mark press TU TD and respond to the dialog prompting you for the name of the mark with SPC 1 2 3 6 Chord v The contents of the clipboard remain intact as long as the Braille System is in operation so that you may paste several times including in other files However once the Braille System is turned off the contents of the clipboard are deleted upon turning the device back on The memory available for the clipboard is limited by the remaining f
149. r appointment containing the search string having been found If the search fails you will receive a message indicating Not Found After exiting this message by pressing TLC the appointment displayed before the search function was initiated will be displayed again If the search string is found within the text field the display will switch to the found appointment just as if that appointment had been selected manually Calling up the search function again will also display the previous search string However the search string is only stored as long as the Scheduler is open 5 1 3 7 Appointment Editing Menu This menu opens after you press TRC while an appointment is selected The editing menu provides the following functions Edit The data of the appointment can now be changed The input sequence is the same as for a new appointment but all input fields contain the data of the selected appointment If you edit an appointment that contains variables the variable input fields will show the star symbol not the current data values Any changes you enter will overwrite the original values immediately after you confirm the input without any further prompts As in the case of new entries a conflict check will be executed and you will receive information about any overlaps Using the TLC key will return you to the appointment editing menu without saving the edited information Delete Delete that appointment This option is identi
150. r editing the text field the Braille System will first check whether the new appointment conflicts with any other appointment already stored in the data base If this is the case you will be notified and you can then either edit the new appointment some more or save it anyway The appointment is entered into the Scheduler s database by first determining the correct place for the appointment and then updating the database When the appointment is stored two signal tones are emitted If there are only a few appointments stored in the database the two tones will sound very close together but the more appointments that are contained in the database the longer the pause between the two tone signals However it is important that you wait and listen for both tone signals or if you have disabled the tone signals Options Signal Tones that you wait until the appointment schedule reappears on the Braille display Any premature action or shutting down of the device can damage the appointments file or even the entire file system To utilize the Scheduler s functions most efficiently we therefore recommend that you take time now and then to delete appointments that are no longer needed from the appointments data base There is further information on this topic below 5 1 3 3 Entering Appointments with Variables Recurring Appointments The input fields for an appointment permit the entry not only of numeric values but also the star symbol for a v
151. re contacts in the plug Touching the contacts could damage your computer interface through static electricity overload Before disconnecting the interface cable from the Braille System we recommend first disconnecting the cable from the PC Please use only the power supply unit type FW7555M 09 and cable supplied with your Braille System for connecting it to utility power and for recharging the batteries Never use the included power supply if the Braille System contains commercial non rechargeable or nickel cadmium batteries When cleaning the device always disconnect both the power cable and the interface cable If the Braille System was dropped the housing has become damaged or the Braille System is malfunctioning turn the unit off immediately It needs to be serviced by authorized service personnel The power supply should be disconnected if the unit will not be used for an extended period of time Page 97 Braillino Important Information Always finish what you are working on before disconnecting the power supply cable from the Braille System Switching over from the power supply to battery power takes some time during which fluctuations in voltage can occur This device must be disposed of at the end of its useful life in compliance with applicable guidelines for electronic devices 10 5 Handling the Braille System The Braille System s Braille modules utilize the highly reliable and maintenance free piezo tec
152. rectly from the file list or from the editor In the latter case various print modes are available see Section 5 2 24 Printing text Page 72 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH 5 4 1 Connecting the printer If you wish to use the Portathiel printer you will need a special cable which can be obtained from your Handy Tech dealer The other printers can be connected with the aid of the serial cable supplied with the printer Due to the special connection socket on the Braille Wave a special cable or an adapter is needed for all of the above printers In order to ensure correct communication between the Braille System and the printer the serial interface of the printer must be set as shown below On many printers these settings correspond to the factory settings You should nevertheless check that the serial interface of your printer is set as follows e Data transfer rate 9600 Baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit No parity sometimes shown as none Data flow protocol software also called Xon Xoff This setting is particularly important If it is not set correctly the Braille System cannot detect whether the printer is ready to receive further data or is still processing the previously transmitted data Some printers such as the BTEC 100 receive the text in the form of dot combinations transparent mode Before printing you must therefore set your Braille System to the Brail
153. ree memory in the file system 5 2 12 5 Exchange Mark and Cursor SPC 7 8 You can use this command to return to your original position after executing the following functions e When you have jumped to the beginning or end of the file e When you have marked a text block in order to copy or cut it In this case you will return to the beginning of the block where you can use one of the block functions e When you have pressed TLC while marking a block e When you have pasted text from the clipboard into the file The Exchange Mark and Cursor function will set a mark at your current position in the text and the cursor will be returned to the position it was in before one of the functions listed above was executed The section of text between this mark and the cursor will now be marked as a block You can easily cancel the underlines if desired by pressing the TLC key If you enter the command again the previously set mark and the cursor position will be exchanged again You can therefore use this function to jump from the beginning to the end of your text block and back or to jump back and forth between your current and the previous cursor position Page 55 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 5 2 12 6 Deleting a Text Block SPC 1 3 4 6 7 Chord X SPC 1 2 Chord b If you want to delete a large section of text which you do not want to paste anywhere else you can enter the SPC 1
154. repeat keys from the list box Available keys and move them by pressing the Add button into the list box Repeat Keys For the Braille Systems the keys 1 4 TU and TD are implemented with a default repeat interval of 500 milliseconds if you activate key repeats There is no key repeat available for Braille input Page 90 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Operations Settings for Handy Tech Braille Displays HektronikGnbH 8 5 Miscellaneous Under the tab Miscellaneous you can specify whether your actions should be tracked in a protocol file This function is available in case you enlist Technical Support Please check this box only when asked to do so by your customer service representative You will then also be able to specify where this protocol file should be saved in the field called Protocol file The check box Quick Entry in PC mode by Dot 7 as Back Space and Dot 8 as Enter results in the 7 key functioning like a Backspace key during Braille input and the 8 key as Enter If you want to disable this option you can do so by unchecking this box which is checked by default 8 6 Info In the Info tab sheet you find important information about your Braille System and the driver software you are using In the field Active Braille display you find the type of Braille display you are using as well as the interface it is connected to and the serial number of your Braille display In addition y
155. rmation Avoid contact between your Braille System and any fluids rain coffee If fluids enter into the housing you may be exposed to the danger of hazardous electric shock In addition the Braille elements may sustain damage which can only be remedied by costly repairs Only representatives of Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH or its authorized dealers have permission to open the Braille System The device contains no user serviceable parts In the event of a defect please contact your dealer or Handy Tech directly Only an authorized Handy Tech dealer has permission to service the device Avoid switching your Braille System on immediately after moving it from a cold room into a warm environment Under unfavorable conditions condensation might ruin the device Wait until the device has warmed to room temperature before turning it on Do not expose your Braille System to extreme temperature fluctuations or high humidity during operation The operating temperature should be between 10 C 50 F and 40 C 100 F and relative humidity may not exceed 80 The Braille System must not be operated in moist rooms for example bathrooms because the device generates voltages up to 200 V All cables interface cable power cable must be installed such that they do not pose any hazards tripping hazard Whenever you want to connect or disconnect the interface cable to or from the Braille System always avoid any direct touching of the wi
156. rnatively you can also press the cursor routing key above the check box to toggle it As soon as you move on to a new menu item the last state indicated by the check box remains in force However the settings are not permanently saved until the Options menu is closed Page 18 F sch Tech Braillino o LI Ce ee ee Start Up HektronikGnbH Check boxes are used for controlling your Braille System s functions and are found in the Options menu For example you can choose either 6 dot or 8 dot Braille this way Note If the Braille System is turned off without having closed the Options menu the last changes to be entered will be lost The new settings are saved only upon exiting the Options menu 3 3 7 Radio Buttons 1 of x Radio buttons are similar to incremental dials e g from O to 10 They are groups of buttons that can be set to either an on or off state of which only one can be selected at any given time A radio button consists of a symbol indicating its state and a designation The symbol X indicates that the button is active whereas represents an inactive or off button A radio button is selected by pressing SPC or TRC Alternatively you can also press the cursor routing key above the radio button to toggle it An example is the frequency setting for acoustic alerts which can be set to one of several levels Note As noted above any new settings are saved only upon exiting the Options menu
157. rrrrrrnnnneeseet 105 12 2 Error Messages from the Message File eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeees 105 12 2 1 General Messages 105 12 2 2 File Syst m e E 105 12 2 3 Editor Ee 107 Braillino Hh Tech Table of Contents Se 06 oe HektronikGnbH 13 COPYRIGHT NOTICE ene ENKEN ENKEN ENKEN ENKEN ENKEN ENKEN ENKEN ENKEN EN 110 Page 6 Fini Tech Braillino eo 00 00 Oe ee ee General HektronikGnbH 1 General Thank you for choosing the Braillino Please take your time to read this user manual We have tried to make the usage of the Braillino as easy and as intuitive as possible This manual will help you utilize your Braillino s features even better 1 1 Preface It is very important that you read the safety information regarding the appropriate handling of the Braillino before starting it up for the first time You will find this information at the end of this manual The Braillino is a flexible Braille note taking unit providing everything you need to be able to take notes at anytime anywhere Notes can be transferred to your PC by using the HTCom software package and back from the PC to the Braillino Up to 4 MB of data organized in up to 512 files can be stored onto your Braillino The Braillino is equipped with wireless bluetooth technology allowing you to control a PC or Mobil assistant like a cell phone The optional docking station allows you to use the Braillino as a PDA device connected to a Nokia Commu
158. rs Note A file can only be transferred to the PC if it is not open in the Editor Before it can be transferred it must be closed and saved 5 2 17 Suspending the Editor SPC 1 2 3 4 5 6 You can temporarily suspend the Editor with SPC 1 2 3 4 5 6 for example if you want to change menu settings check battery status or other indicators or delete a file When you suspend the Editor you will automatically return to the main menu where all menu options are available to you You can even enter into PC Mode The first few positions of the Page 58 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH Braille display will show the symbol E This is to remind you that the Editor is still open It may be a little irritating that the menu items are only displayed following this symbol but that is actually its purpose It could be extremely annoying for you if you inadvertently lose data because you did not remember that the Editor is still open and that your data have not been saved and switch the Braille System off To return to the Editor enter SPC 1 2 3 4 5 6 again It should be noted that you can only return to the Editor from the main menu WIMPORTANT Never turn the power to the Braille System off while the Editor is open or suspended You will not only lose everything you entered and did not save but this could also cause severe errors in the file system In the worst case all data contain
159. s of text that have been edited and it is only accessible to the Editor itself X is the name of the swapfile Copy to X failed Cut to X failed Paste from X failed Cause You are attempting to execute block operations but the file system cannot provide the memory needed X is the clipboard s file name No space to open another file Cause You tried to open a new file The editor is not able to do this The editor can open only 5 files at one time Remedy Close files you do not need at the moment End of text Cause You are at the end of a file and are attempting to call up ASCII representation Page 108 Hinh Tech Braillino 00 LU Ce ee ee Error Messages HektronikGnbH Recreating editor configuration file Cause The Editor has determined that the existing configuration file is incompatible The Editor s version number is saved in the configuration files A new Editor version may require a different file format for the configuration file Should the Editor continue to use the existing configuration files for reading any file configurations this could lead to complications The configuration file contains the version number for this reason If it does not match the Editor s internal version number the configuration file is deleted and then regenerated Although this causes the loss of all configuration settings saved for a file such as marks it is necessary because of safety concerns Page 109 Braillino
160. s parameter to No words with upper and lower case letters will still be found even if you only enter lower case letters Please Note If the option Find Exact is set to No and your search term contains umlauts or special characters the Editor will only find the upper and lower case equivalent of the character if the standard character set is active The standard character set is ANSI Latin1 If you are not using the standard character set an umlaut or special character will only be found in the exact format in which you entered it either upper or lower case As a default this option is turned off 5 2 22 7 Margin Action Global You can choose one of three different types of actions when the right edge of the display is reached within the Editor None No action Bell Emit a beep depending on the settings for signal tones Wrap Look for the beginning of the word currently being typed and wrap it to the next line A beeping signal is also emitted The default setting for Edge of Display Line is None 5 2 22 8 Right Margin Global To facilitate text input you can specify a right margin Possible values are from 0 to 32767 with the default value set to 75 The previous option Margin Action determines what the Editor will do when the right edge is reached Page 63 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 5 2 22 9 Word Wrap Global For this parameter you can cho
161. s the dot combination for each character to be printed and searches the conversion table for a character which uses the same dot combination This character is then sent to the printer After selection of a conversion table the Braille System checks whether a character exists in the conversion table for each character in the currently selected Braille table If this is not the case the message Braille table x cannot be mapped onto y If this happens the only thing you can do is to load a different table as a conversion table into your Braille System and to set the corresponding character table in your printer The following keys can be used for selecting the conversion table e TU or Cursor up shows the previous table e TD or Cursor down shows the next Braille character set e TLC cancels the action without changing the current setting e TRC saves your selection Please note the following e Before starting a printout please make sure that the selected conversion table corresponds to the table selected in your printer e t may still happen that inconsistent characters are printed since it is not possible to determine whether the character set selected in the printer is absolutely identical with the conversion table e After you have selected a new conversion table some calculations have to be performed when you start the next printout These may take a few moments and the message Creating conv table is displayed
162. s therefore recommended that you delete system files only when you are completely clear on what the results will be You take on a great deal of responsibility by being given the option of deleting system files Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH therefore accepts no warranty claims arising from any damage caused by deleting system files System files cannot be deleted while the editor is active Cause You are attempting to delete a system file while the Editor is in its suspen ded state However this is not possible because the Editor accesses system files Result See above Remedy First close the Editor then delete the system file Please note that deleting any system file can have serious consequences Your Braille System may be inoperable until the system file has been reloaded again Page 106 Zei Pech Braillino 00 LU Ce ee ee Error Messages HektronikGnbH 12 2 3 Editor Messages Error writing file Cause An error occurred while saving the file Help not available Cause You have activated the Help function The Editor is searching for the HELP HSF file but the file cannot be opened Remedy Download the HELP HSF file to the Braille System Bookmark M does not exist Cause While jumping to a bookmark you specified a mark that does not exist M is the name you entered Remedy Try to enter the name of the mark again or navigate through the list of available marks using the cursor up and cursor down comma
163. sition SPCL If there is any text to the left of the Braille display section it moves to the left if not it moves one line up and moves the cursor Page 77 Braillino Fini Tech The Braille System as Braille Display O0 0o 00 Control Key Braille Dot Function SPCR If there is any text to the right of the Braille display section it moves to the right if not it moves one line down and moves the cursor 4 Move the Braille display section one line down without changing the horizontal position 5 Move the Braille display to the right 6 Display the last line in the window 8 Drag the JAWS cursor to the PC cursor and activate the JAWS cursor TU If there is any text to the left of the Braille display section it moves to the left if not it moves one line up TD If there is any text to the right of the Braille display section it moves to the right if not it moves one line down SPCL SPCR Toggle status modules on and off B9 or 7 8 Switch between structured mode section output and speech output B10 or 3 8 Change cursor representation dots 7 and 8 all 8 dots blinking and non blinking B11 or 2 8 Toggle between 6 8 dot Braille B12 or 1 8 Handy Tech configuration dialog as of Handy Tech JAWS Driver version 3 x B13 or 4 8 Toggle between focused text on Braille display same text as on screen
164. structure of the keyboard layout table found during start up of the Braille System contains errors The table s ID is invalid Result The default internal German table will be used Remedy Download a valid keyboard layout table ERR Invalid size of KBD header Cause The structure of the keyboard layout table found during start up of the Braille System contains errors The size of the security header is incorrect Result The default internal German table will be used Remedy Download a valid keyboard layout table ERR Expected KBD version xx found yy Cause A keyboard layout table was found which does not mach the current firmware version This can occur following a firmware update because the firmware expects a different table structure Remedy Compile the layout table with the BKC matching the new firmware version ERR Invalid KBD table format Cause The structure of the keyboard layout table found during start up of the Braille System contains errors The format of the table is incorrect Result The default internal German table will be used Remedy Download a valid keyboard layout table ERR reading KBD table Cause Errors occurred while reading the keyboard layout table found during the Braille System start up procedure Result The default internal German table will be used Remedy Download a valid keyboard layout table Page 104 Hinh Tech Braillino 00 LU Ce ee ee Error Messages HektronikGnbH
165. t keep pressing the Talks key for a little while If you have connected your Braille System to the mobile phone via a wireless Bluetooth link you can also operate all of the mobile phone s functions from the Braille keyboard For example you can navigate forward or to the right with TD and back or to the left with TU If you press the right Triple Action Key in the center this will mean Enter as usual The center position of the left Triple Action Key is the backspace key If you are within an input field or the Editor you can immediately begin to enter Braille In contrast to the internal note taking function of the Braille System Talks Premium does differentiate between the left and right space keys on the Braille System The left space key activates Chord commands e g SPCL 1 4 is equivalent to Chord c for copy etc The right space key activates Talks commands In the case of the Braille Wave Enter is used to activate Talks commands since it only has one space bar 7 4 2 List of Identification Letters In most cases the Braille display for Talks Premium will begin with an identification letter indicating the type of text output displayed This is a simple method for you to stay oriented The following types of text output are currently defined Identification Description F This letter precedes the selected item from any list such as the phone numbers directory a list of folders e g in Messages or a list
166. t whereupon a submenu will open This gives you the option of either editing deleting or copying the appointment Key assignments within the appointment schedule TLC Exit the Scheduler and return to the main menu Cursor Down Right Display the next scheduled appointment in time Cursor Up Left Display the previous scheduled appointment in time If you are already on the oldest scheduled appointment in time in the database this command will return you to New Entry e TRC Open the appointment editing menu e SPC 1 2 3 Jump to New Entry e SPC 4 5 6 Jump to the appointment farthest in the future e SPC 1 2 3 4 5 6 Display the next appointment due This is the same effect as opening the Scheduler and entering the Cursor Down command e SPC 1 2 4 Open the full text search s below e SPC marks or un marks the appointment e Reading Keys Enable you to read the currently selected appointment entry By entering TU you will move on to the previous appointment TD lets you read the entire appointment entry for example on portable Braille Systems and then move on to the next appointment if there is another one This capability means you can leave your fingers on the Braille display and still move on from one appointment to another e SPC 1 4 Chord c Go directly to the copy function of the appointment editing menu You will find a more detailed description of the appointment editing menu and its f
167. t hsf for all languages The internal keyboard layout table is always activated when no downloadable keyboard layout is found This is the case for example when no files at all are stored on the media after the Braille System has been reformatted When the Braille System is turned on it checks whether an error free downloaded table is present if not it generates the warning message Warning No keyboard layout file found Using standard layout and switches automatically to the default internal table The warning is even generated when no external keyboard is connected to the Braille System because in this case it is still possible to attach the keyboard later The keyboard layout table appropriate to your country is already loaded into the Braille System for shipping However you can also modify this file or create a new one and then load it into the Braille System This means that the existing keyboard layout will be overwritten Page 74 Hing Rd Braillino Ce ee ee External Keyboard HektronikGnbH 6 2 Keyboard Keys In this section you will find comments on some characteristics of using an external keyboard They are generally caused by the fact that there are keys on a keyboard that make no sense when used in conjunction with a Braille System 6 2 1 Alphanumerical Character Inputs There are no special characteristics regarding the input of alohanumerical characters on the central keyboard area 6 2 2 Numerical P
168. t to right e Day of the week in a standard abbreviation up to 3 characters Day Month Year 2 digits Time in the format hours minutes military time Calendar week calculated automatically as soon as you have entered the date completely the calendar week is displayed in the 2 digit format If the calendar week cannot be calculated for the reasons described below this field will show two question marks e Reminder lead time in the format days hours minutes The input fields for the reminder lead time are displayed within parentheses If you enter a lead time you will receive a reminder ahead of an appointment but you will still see the actual appointment time on the appointment schedule For example you can be reminded of a birthday two days before so that you will still have time to get a gift The default setting for the lead time is 15 minutes e Appointment description referred to as the text field here This field can contain up to 120 characters Only the information relevant to the current data entry is shown on the Braille System For example on a portable Braille System with 40 modules you will only see the text field while it is active and can be edited In the date and time input fields blinking dots 7 and 8 under the character show that this character can be edited In the text field the blinking character indicates the cursor position Key assignments e TLC Cancel the entry and return to the a
169. the beginning of the block by pressing SPC TRC simultaneously and then execute a search for that word If you press the TLC key while marking a block the underlines indicated by dots 7 and 8 will be removed but the beginning of the block is still saved If you change your mind and decide to copy or cut the marked text block after all you must first restore the underlining To do this you can use the function Exchange Mark and Cursor which is described in chapter 5 2 12 5 After activating this function the underlines reappear and the cursor will be located at the beginning of the block Activating the function again will position you at the end of the block 2 12 2 Copy SPC 1 4 Chord c Once you have positioned the cursor at the end of the block you can copy the block to the clipboard by entering SPC 1 4 Chord c A message from the Editor displays the percentage of the block that has been written to the clipboard The Copy command has a different meaning while you are in an input field it will restore the default settings Page 54 Hing Rd Braillino Ce ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH 5 2 12 3 Cut SPC 1 3 4 6 Chord x You can cut a block with SPC 1 3 4 6 Chord x This results in the block being deleted from the file and stored on the clipboard While cutting the block the Editor informs you about the percentage of the block that has been written to the clipboard If you ente
170. the calculator Page 62 Hing Rd Braillino C0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH e After expression the result is displayed after the expression for example 2 3 5 This is the default setting for the editor 5 2 22 5 Keep expression c or e This option applies to the calculator function of your Braille System and is used to specify whether the expression you enter is to be displayed together with the result both in the actual calculator and in the calculator function within the editor The letter c stands for the setting in the calculator and the letter e stands for the setting in the editor The possible settings are in each case e Yes the complete expression is displayed for example 5 2 3 taking the setting for the option Result position into account This is the default setting for the calculator e No only the result is displayed for example 5 The setting for the option Result position has no effect in this case 5 2 22 6 Find Exact Global This parameter specifies how precisely a search string must match the search term during searches does not apply to replacing There are two possible settings 1 If you set Find Exact to Yes the search term must be entered with exactly the same capitalization to be found in the text For example if you enter the search string Table capitalized the same word without the capitalization table will not be found 2 If you set thi
171. this method you don t need to open the Settings menu Page 89 Braillino tirg Tech Operations Settings for Handy Tech Braille Displays O0 00 ee HektronikGnbH 8 4 Key Actions This tab sheet allows you to adjust the behavior of the single keys strokes of your Braille System in the following three different ways e Key Lock Keys defined as locked will be ignored when pressed e Fast Keys Keys defined as fast keys performs their action already when pressed and not as usual when released e Repeat Keys Keyes defined as repeat keys will repeat their action continually while be pressed 8 4 1 Key Lock Single keys of the Braille System can be locked to prevent unintentional functions by pressing a key by mistake This is helpful when starting to learn how to use the Braille System With the checkbox Use Key Lock you can activate this function The button Locked Keys will open the dialog Define locked keys for device In the list box Device the connected Braille display is already preselected In the list box Available keys you choose the keys to be locked With the Add button you move the selected key into the list box Locked keys The Remove button removes the key back to the available keys By default no keys are locked 8 4 2 Fast Keys Fast keys also known as hot keys refer to keys that implement the function associated with that key as soon as the key is presse
172. time 00 00 00 is displayed As before dots 7 and 8 will blink at the location of the hour which is changed by pressing the TU and TD keys To switch to the minutes setting you may press either TRC or SPC 8 Entering SPC 7 will move you to the previous setting Minutes and seconds are changed in the same way as hours with the TD and TU keys After setting the seconds and then pressing the TRC key the countdown is initiated You can recognize this by the X preceding the display showing the remaining amount of time To stop the countdown and reset the countdown time press SPC 7 8 You can also start and stop the countdown by pressing the CR key above the time displayed or the checkbox If the countdown time has reached 0 and you press TRC the countdown starts again beginning at 24 hours 5 1 5 PC mode P This menu command activates Braille display mode During the start up of the screen reader program the display mode is activated automatically Activating PC Mode via the menu is necessary only if you have previously switched from PC Mode into menu mode with SPC 1 3 4 Chord m Please note that you must press the SPC 1 3 4 keys for about one half second in order to return to menu mode from PC mode A quiet clicking sound will indicate that you have returned to menu mode Page 37 Braillino Operation of the Braille System 5 1 6 Braille character sets B This section discusses the creation l
173. ting keys in combination with certain control keys CR 1 or CR 4 Mark a text block beginning and end of block CR 6 Describe object at the CR position CR 8 Right mouse click at the CR position CR TU or CR TD Describe the font If the four status modules are in use on the Braille display the CR keys above the status elements S1 through S4 have the following functions S1 Toggle attribute text mode S2 Change attribute representation underline with dots 7 8 S3 Toggle unconditional conditional cursor tracking S4 Toggle active cursor tracking on off 7 2 Screen reader using Windows Example Hal SuperNova Hal converts the information on the PC screen into speech and into Braille output while SuperNova offers the additional option of displaying the screen information enlarged for seeing impaired users The functionality of Hal and SuperNova for Windows is so extensive that only the basic functions for operating the Braille display can be described in brief in this section In addition to navigating the most important keys for operating Hal SuperNova with the Modular Evolution are 7 and 3 7 switches into Live Focus and 8 activates the virtual focus The virtual focus can be used to explore the contents of the screen while also providing an opportunity to activate the Windows elements displayed on the Modular Evolution In contrast Live Focus tracks whic
174. tions This is also the factory default 3 3 5 System Messages The Braille System will display messages to indicate the successful completion of an operation or to alert you to possible operating errors If the message is an error message or if it is an important message a beep will also sound We recommend carefully reviewing these messages before continuing with your work They frequently contain instructions on how to proceed Most error messages will be in your local language however there are some system messages that are only provided in English In regard to these messages all messages beginning with fatal Ter error or wrn should be attended to After you have read the message you can exit by pressing TLC which in most cases will return you to the place from which the message was initiated If the message text does not fit on the Braille display you can scroll through it by means of the TD and TU keys In chapter 12 you will find a list of the most important messages with explanations 3 3 6 Check Boxes Check boxes are switches that can be in either an on or off state A check box consists of a symbol indicating its state and a designation The symbol X indicates that the check box is on or active whereas is an inactive or off check box Toggling the state of the check box between on and off is accomplished by pressing SPC or TRC the state is toggled upon each keystroke Alte
175. to copy the current contents of the clipboard directly into the field e A parameter s default setting or the most recent setting of that parameter can be restored using the Copy command SPC 1 4 Chord c e The text contained in a field will be deleted starting from the cursor position to the end of the field if you enter the Cut command SPC 1 3 4 6 Chord x e f you move the cursor towards the right within an input field the existing input characters will not be deleted Therefore you only need to enter the characters that you want to change You have several options for exiting any dialog or message 1 You can confirm your input with the TRC key which activates the desired function 2 If you press the TLC key you can close a dialog without implementing any changes or exit a message when you have finished reading it 3 You can simply wait a short time until the dialog or message closes automatically The duration of the timeout can be customized in the Editor s Setup menu The Editor uses the following tone signals to alert you to successful actions or to errors You can turn off the tone signals in the Braille System s Options menu e Confirmation single beep A function has been executed successfully e Warning two short high beeps Sounds if no input has occurred for longer than expected or when the display s contents have changed for example because a status message has been issued The warning signal also so
176. to the original file instead the file you are saving is recreated Once the new file has been written to memory the original file is deleted by the Editor and the edited temporary sectors which are no longer needed are deleted from the temporary file This means that while working with large files such as manuscripts or lecture notes the available memory may not be sufficient for writing the edited file If you are not making changes within the entire document but only adding text to the end of the large file e g a new chapter or your notes for the most recent lecture you can circumvent this problem by creating a new file and writing your continuation there while keeping the larger file open in read only mode In this way all of the information is available to you and it is more likely that you will be able to save the additional texts At a later time you can open both files in edit Page 67 Braillino tirg Tech Operation of the Braille System O0 ee ee HektronikGnbH mode and attach the contents of the new file to the larger file by using the appropriate block operations If you find that you cannot save the file after having attached the additional notes you can transfer both files to the PC concatenate them there and then retransmit that file to the Braille System e The Editor determines while you are working whether there is enough memory left for saving the changes you are entering Should this not be the case the
177. tone sounds Also the message CONFIG MODE appears on the Braille display Note Page 85 Braillino Hry Td The Braille System as Braille Display Oe 00 ee HektronikGnbH Please note that any settings changes you enter in configuration mode have a significant effect on the operation of the Braille System Make sure that you are completely certain what these effects will be before you make any changes The keys on the Braille System now have the following functions non functional keys are not listed 7 Exit configuration mode A short signal tone will sound The new menu settings will be in force 2 Energy saving mode on off If energy saving mode is turned on the Braille System is automatically turned off after a certain period of inactivity Details are contained in chapter 3 3 9 The Braille display will confirm the setting by showing Energy saving mode on Energy saving mode off 1 Set energy saving period This option allows you to specify the time period after which your Braille System should switch into energy saving mode The message Default time xxx min will appear on the display where xxx indicates the number of minutes before energy saving mode is turned on By pressing the 1 key again you can increase this setting in increments of three minutes If a value higher than 120 is entered a period of 3 minutes will automatically be set 4 Low battery warning on off not for Braille Star 80
178. u The SPC 2 4 Chord i command only allows you to toggle between insert mode and overstrike mode Page 65 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH 5 2 22 16 Scroll Speed Global This setting allows you to preset the speed for automatic reading mode You may choose any value from 1 to 10 where 10 is the slowest The default value is 5 5 2 22 17 Saved Position Individual File Since the cursor does not move during automatic reading mode two options are available here for how to save the cursor when the file is closed There are two possibilities e Cursor This is the default The current position of the cursor is remembered and when the file is opened again the cursor will be at that position e Display The cursor position is remembered at the text last shown on the display 5 2 22 18 Display Mode Individual File This item allows you to choose one of several modes of display e Text Only Special characters are represented by a period control characters by with the appropriate letter eg d for return e Special Special characters are displayed in hexadecimal representation e g Oxfd for 253 e Normal All characters are displayed according to the currently active character set The default setting for this parameter is Normal 5 2 22 19 Step Size Global This parameter specifies by how many characters the display moves when the reading keys are use
179. unchanged to the Braille System The Braille System can thus be used for the transport of data However it should be noted that the transfer of large files to and from the Braille System takes much longer than the transfer to and from a memory stick The CD ROM delivered with the system also contains the program HTDrive which permits the Braille System to be handled as a drive in the Windows Explorer This means that files can then be copied deleted renamed etc with the familiar Windows functions Both of the above mentioned files run under the operating systems WINDOWS 95 98 Me NT 2000 XP and Vista A special version of HTCom is available for the operating system LINUX and we will gladly send you a copy on request Please read the enclosed operating instructions for the transfer of data between the Braille System and a PC The data transfer functions of HTCom are described briefly in the following sections 4 2 5 1 Transferring a File from the Braille System to the PC Start up the HTCom program on your PC then select the menu item Receive file by means of the tab key or the arrow keys followed by the Enter key Page 23 Braillino tirg Tech Quick Start Oe e ee HektronikGnbH The PC will show all of the files on your Braille System You can select one or more files for the file transfer Use the tab key to move to the input field that allows you to specify where the transmitted files should be saved Once you confir
180. unctions in a subsequent section e SPC 4 5 Go directly to the delete function of the appointment editing menu e SPC TRC Go directly to the edit function of the appointment editing menu 5 1 3 6 Full Text Search within Appointments A full text search is available for your appointments It is activated by entering SPC 1 2 4 in the appointment schedule This command will call up a search prompt where you can Page 33 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH enter a search string of up to 40 characters Your input position is indicated by a cursor symbol Key assignments TLC Cancel the search string input and return to the appointment schedule TRC End the search string input and start the search Cursor Left Right Move the cursor left right within the search input field Backspace Delete Delete the character to the left of or at the cursor position SPC 1 3 or 4 6 The cursor jumps to the beginning end of the search string When you finish entering the search string by pressing TRC the search will start The following characteristics apply to these searches Searches are not case sensitive The search starts at the most recently displayed appointment Once the search reaches the end of the appointment file the search will continue from the beginning of the file The search fails and is canceled when the currently selected appointment is reached again without anothe
181. unds if you attempt to move the cursor beyond the beginning or the end of the file e Error several consecutive warning beeps Alerts you to the fact that an error message is being displayed 5 2 3 Entering and Deleting Text The input keys are used to enter Braille If you have entered a valid character that character is displayed at the cursor position The cursor is represented as dots 7 8 on the Braille display When a character has been entered the cursor moves to the next position After a character has been entered in the last position on the display the cursor returns to the first Braille position The length of a line is not limited while entering text You can specify the end of a line at any time by pressing the TRC key Page 49 Braillino Hrg Be ab Tech Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH To delete any character you can either use Backspace SPC 1 2 to delete the character to the left of the cursor or Delete SPC 4 5 to delete the character at the cursor position If the delete function you entered is not possible because you are at the beginning or end of a text file you will hear the warning tone which indicates that this action is not possible You can insert the current date into the text by entering Ctrl d or SPC 1 4 5 while inserting the current time is effected by entering Ctrl t or SPC 2 3 4 5 5 2 4 Reading Text You can navigate to the left with the TU key and to t
182. us modules on your Braille display are used to indicate where your current position is on the screen for example within a menu or within a text field Exactly what information is shown on the status modules depends on the screen reader Under the Status Cells tab you can specify some of the options for these status modules yourself The field Device allows you to specify which Handy Tech Braille System or Braille display you are using By default the actual connected device is recognized and becomes the default setting here However this setting provides you with the option of configuring other Handy Tech Braille displays even though they are not currently connected to the computer In the next field you may specify the size of the status display section As a default four Braille elements are used as status modules There is automatically one blank position inserted between the status modules and the remaining positions on the Braille line The blank element has no function The field Position of status cells allows you to determine whether the status modules should be displayed on the left or right side of the Braille line As a default they are displayed on the left The check box called Display status cells lets you enable and disable the status display The status information is not displayed by default There is a quicker method for enabling and disabling the status display pressing SPCL SPCR simultaneously When you use
183. used to directly place the cursor at that text position 7 4 Talks Premium Screen reader for Mobile Telephones Talks Premium is a version of the Talks program expanded especially for Handy Tech Braille Systems Talks is a screen reader for the mobile phone operating system Symbian With Talks the information contained on the screen is output as voice With Talks Page 82 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee The Braille System as Braille Display HektronikGnbH Premium the information is also converted into Braille and Braille inputs for controlling the mobile phone are made possible There for you need to install the corresponding Braille driver on your phone Talks Premium is active as soon as it has been installed neither does it need any separate start up procedure later In order to use the Talks Premium features most efficiently we recommend listening to the Talks manual which is included on audio CD This manual is also provided in printed form 7 4 1 Quick Start The edit key is used as the Talks key On the communicator Series 80 it is the menu key This means that if you press the Talks key first and then other keys you are entering Talks commands For example if you press Talks followed by 0 you will activate the training mode This allows you to become familiar with all of your cell phone s keys without actually initiating their functions To exit training mode press Talks then OU again To stop the voice outpu
184. ut on off By entering letters in Braille you can in addition input the so called mnemonic commands that are listed below 123456 Activate system control h 125 Help 4 6 Tab k 1 3 Shift Tab g 1245 Literary Braille on off m 134 Alternative for activating the menu bar s 234 Start menu 235 Eight dot six dot Braille 2356 System Tray z 1356 Announce date and time c 14 Ctrl Tab Page 80 Hry T Braillino we cece The Braille System as Braille Display HektronikGnbH C 14 7 Shift Ctrl Tab e 1 5 ESC 2 6 Enter f 124 Tracking on off v 1236 Set level of Braille contractions The cursor routing keys CR are used to directly place the cursor at that text position In addition the following functions can be initiated by activating cursor routing keys in combination with certain control keys If the four status modules are in use on the Braille display the CR keys above the status elements S1 through S4 have the following functions S1 Run through attributes S2 Set level of Braille contractions S3 Tracking on off S4 Physical logical mode 7 3 Screen reader using Windows Example Window Eyes Window Eyes by GW Micro is one of the most commonly used screen readers worldwide It enables access to all kinds of different applications
185. ve brw help handytech de In regard to the Braille Star 40 80 brs help handytech de In regard to the Braillino bl2 helo handytech de Please note that a special e mail address has been established for each of the several types of Braille System Using the correct address will ensure that your message is forwarded immediately to the appropriate persons However you can of course also use Handy Tech s general e mail address help handytech de Page 99 Braillino tirg tech List of Key Combinations O0 0o oo 11 List of Key Combinations The following list contains all important functions with their key combinations The digits in the right column refer to Braille dots 11 1 Navigating the Menu System One menu item to the left One menu item to the right First menu item within one level Last menu item within one level Move up one menu level Select or move down one menu level TRC TRC 7s So eel Toggle check box SPC or TRC or CR keys Select menu item directly Return to suspended Editor SPC 1 23456 11 2 Editor Functions Function Keys Abort operations cancel markings TLC Read text TU or TD Start automatic reading SPC TD Change automatic reading speed TU or TD if automatic reading is active Manual scrolling SPC Halt automatic reading CR keys Delete character at cursor position SPC 4 5 Backspace Chord b SPC 1 2 Cursor to top of file
186. ved You should therefore always return to the Braille System s internal menu by using SPC 1 3 4 Chord m in order to ascertain the status of the Editor 5 2 21 Help SPC 1 2 5 Chord h Whenever you enter SPC 1 2 5 Chord h the Editor starts looking for a file named HELP HSF and opens it in read only mode This file contains the user manual Using either an incremental or buffered search you can look up solutions to any problems information or key assignments You cannot directly jump to any chapter however you can find the chapter you need quickly by moving to the beginning of the file reviewing the Table of Contents and then executing an incremental or buffered search with the section number as the search string Please note The help file is write protected to prevent the accidental overwriting of important information This means it is not possible to add your own notes to this file 5 2 22 The Editor s Setup Menu SPC 1 3 6 Chord ui The Editor provides a Setup menu called up by entering SPC 1 3 6 which allows you to customize Editor functions to reflect your needs and habits Some of the settings are global i e the chosen setting applies to all files Other settings apply only to individual files The settings parameters for up to 20 files are stored individually when the files are properly saved If you modify a file whose parameter settings have not yet been stored the default setup parameters will be applied to
187. veral languages and the included Keyboard Layout Compiler BKC can be used to create custom key assignments 5 1 7 4 Firmware version F You can use this function to display the version number of the firmware and the Braille System s serial number Pressing the TRC key will first show the firmware version information This is the same message that is displayed when you power up your Braille System If the message text does not fit entirely on the display you can read it by using the TD and TU keys After pressing TLC at this point your Braille System s serial number is displayed Pressing TLC again will return you to the Firmware version menu item 5 1 7 5 System information This function displays important system information in almost any situation It is NOT provided as a menu item but has to be called by pressing SPC 2 3 4 7 8 or Shift Enter The following information is displayed e Date and time updated continually Page 41 Braillino Hn Ted Operation of the Braille System Oe ee ee HektronikGnbH e Battery voltage if there are rechargeable batteries in your Braille System e Free memory The above information is not displayed in a single message but sequentially To move from one line to the next you must press TRC Pressing TLC after the free memory has been displayed terminates the function TLC can also be used to terminate the display at any time If for example you want to see only the d
188. vice s selection circuitry uses a high voltage of 200 V for the operation of the Braille modules Danger of electric shock exists when the housing is opened or the device is handled improperly 10 1 Start Up Procedures After you turn on your Braille System the device executes tests of certain of its components This section contains a description of each of these tests If you receive any error messages upon turning on the unit you will find help in understanding these messages in this section If you encounter problems please make sure you review chapter 10 1 2 10 1 1 Self check of the File System The self check of the file system searches the entire serial flash memory During this test every file is tested for completeness whether the data are stored correctly and whether any two files point to the same sector concatenation Also the two system sectors are checked for contents This test can conclude with three different possible results which have varying consequences as follows 1 Nor error was found during the test no measures need be taken 2 An error not affecting the entire file system was detected the file system issues a warning message 3 A fatal error was detected it is necessary to reformat the entire flash disk In the case of a warning the Braille System will output the following message on the display Warning when initializing file system Backup recommended As soon as this message has been con
189. vigation Arrow keys Cursor to previous word Ctrl cursor left Cursor to next word Ctrl cursor right Cursor to previous sentence Ctrl cursor up Cursor to next sentence Ctrl cursor down Cursor to beginning of line Post Cursor to end of line End Set mark Ctrl M Jump to mark Ctrl m Switch to next file ALT Tab Switch to previous file ALT Shift Tab Suspend Editor Ctrl Space Save file without closing it Ctrl s Save and close file Ctrl e Help Ctrl h Editor s Setup menu Ctrl u Switch to PC Mode Ctrl p Display character in ASCII Ctrl D Open file from Editor Ctrl o Open file in read only mode Ctrl O Insert current date Ctrl d Insert current time Ctrl t 11 5 Functions during Start up Function Keys EPROM mode Hold down dot 8 during start up Firmware mode Hold down dot 6 during start up Page 102 Hinh Tech Braillino 00 LU Ce ee ee Error Messages HektronikGnbH 12 Error Messages This section contains the error messages that can be displayed on the Braille System Some messages are always in English because they are not part of the message file They come directly out of firmware because they have to be always available 12 1 English Language Error Messages These messages contain abbreviations which indicate the error status Their meanings are e FER Fatal Error A serious error has occurred
190. warning before Page 26 Hing Rd Braillino O0 ee ee Operation of the Braille System HektronikGnbH you can delete any system file Warning Deleting this file can cause system instability We recommend that you do not delete any system files which could cause the malfunctioning of your Braille System 5 1 1 3 4 Print P SPC 1 2 3 4 7 8 or Ctrl P The selected file is sent to the printer via the serial interface For a correct printout you must ensure that the settings in the option menu are correct for the connected printer see Section 5 1 8 13 You can select how many copies are to be printed The prompt Copies followed by the currently set value is displayed and you can use the following key combinations to change the number of copies e SPC 1 or Cursor up increments the value by 1 SPC 4 or Cursor down decrements the value by 1 SPC 2 or Page up increments the value by 10 SPC 5 or Page down decrements the value by 10 SPC 3 or Ctrl Cursor left increments the value by 100 SPC 6 or Ctrl Cursor right decrements the value by 100 TLC aborts the action TRC confirms the input and starts the print operation You can print up to 200 copies in one operation The default setting for the number of copies is 1 When you confirm your input with TRC the print operation is started It can be aborted at any time by pressing SPC 7 8 or Ctrl Tab It is also possible to start a print
191. y of system files under rare circumstances and navigating through the file list will be much faster without the system files displayed 2 Displaying them also makes it possible to delete system files You will receive a warning if you attempt to delete system files however if you delete for example the message file you can no longer work on the Braille System until this file has been downloaded again You should therefore delete system files only if you are sure you know what you are doing You take on a great deal of responsibility by being given the option of deleting system files Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH therefore accepts no warranty claims arising from any damage caused by deleting system files 5 1 8 6 Qick entry Q H you activate this option keys 7 and 8 will have a different function pressed individually 7 is now the backspace key and 8 by itself is the TRC key When pressed together with other keys 7 and 8 retain their original function For example SPC 7 still moves the cursor to the left and capital letters can also be typed as usual 5 1 8 7 show file attributes B This option controls whether file attributes are displayed on the file list or not If this option is activated the file list will show the size as well as the date and time of the most recent access to the file in addition to the file name This function will slow navigation through the file list a little however 5 1 8 8 auto switch ext
192. ystem HektronikGnbH 5 1 6 3 Selecting and Activating Braille Tables Once you have activated the menu item Braille character sets on the Braille System you can select a character set and activate it by pressing TRC The Braille System contains only the standard character set as shipped Foreign language versions of the Braille System e g English French etc also provide character sets for those languages An X enclosed by square brackets indicates which character set is active The menu consists of the following items X Standard character set The default character set which is always available Character set 1 empty to Character set 9 empty Positions for the nine additional loadable character sets The designation empty shows that there is currently no character set stored at this position If a character set has been downloaded a name appears instead of empty listing the file name under which the character set was loaded into the Braille System If you attempt to activate an empty slot the Braille System will respond with the message Braille set n is empty where n is the number of the currently selected character set If the selected character set exists it will be activated immediately and you will be returned to the main menu menu item Braille character seis The character set has already been switched Note When using a custom character set it is possible that messages or menu items sudden

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