Braille Note Tutorial

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Braille Note Tutorial

• By Katie Beaver

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Module Four
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Module Four

• The Spelling Checker
• Searching for Text
• Menu shortcuts
• Printing a File
• Erasing a File

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The spelling checker

• The spelling checker has a 65,000 word dictionary
• It compares every word in your document to the
  words in the dictionary
• If the word in your document is not in its
  dictionary, it flags that word as a possible
  error
• You can add new words to the dictionary

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The spelling checker
Once a word is flagged, you have the following
choices

• Skip just this occurrence of the word
• Ignore the word throughout the whole document
• Add the word to the dictionary
• Correct the word
• Review suggestions

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The spelling checker
You can also

• Hear the flagged word spoken again
• Hear the flagged word spelled
• Read the sentence that contains the word
• Read the paragraph that contains the word

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Lesson 8 - Using the Spelling Checker

• Create a new document in the General folder and
  type a few paragraphs. (If you are a very good
  speller, you might want to make some spelling
  mistakes on purpose.)
• Type the ch sign (dots 1,6) with the space

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Spelling Checker Menu

• The Braille Note will say spelling checker menu
• At this point, you can use the space to explore
  the options or
• Press Enter on Document Check
• The first flagged word will be pronounced and you
  will be asked to select an option.

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Spelling Checker Options

• At this point, there are 6 actions you can take
  to correct the word. Space with the letter H
  (dots 1,2,5) will speak these options.
• The options are Ignore, Skip, Add, Correct,
  Lookup word, Suggestions

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Spelling Checker Options

• Ignore all - I (dots 2,5)
• Skip once dot 5, space
• Add to dictionary A (dot 1)
• Correct C (dots 1,4)
• Lookup a word L (dots 1,2,3)
• Suggestions S (dots 2,3,4)

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Reviewing the word

• To repeat the word, press 2,5 space
• To spell the word with contractions, press 2,5,
  space again
• To spell the word letter by letter with the
  contractions expanded, press 2,5, space again

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Reviewing the sentence or paragraph

• To review the sentence where the word occurs,
  press 1,4 space
• To review the paragraph where the word occurs,
  press 2,3,5,6 space

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Correcting a word

• If the word contains a typing error and you know
  how to spell it, choose C.
• Braille Note says, enter replacement
• Type in the correct spelling and press Enter
• If the word is not in the dictionary, you will be
  asked if you want to use it. Press the letter Y
  for yes.

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Reviewing the Suggestions

• You can obtain a suggestions list by pressing S.
• Review the list by using space and backspace or
  the Advance and Back thumb keys.
• To replace the word with a word in the list,
  press Enter. Then press A for all or F for first.
• To exit the suggestions list without making a
  selection, press space with the letter E (dots
  1,5)

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Spelling the Suggestion

• Keep in mind that you can use the refreshable
  braille display to review the spelling of the
  suggested words.
• If you want to hear the spelling of a suggestion,
  you can press space O (dots 1,3,5) then the
  letter S (dots 2,3,5)

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Adding a Word

• If the flagged word is a proper name, you may
  want to add it to the dictionary to save you time
  in the future
• Press the letter A for add

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Lesson 9Searching for Text

• The Search Command (space with the letter F (dots
  1,2,4) allows you to find a string of text within
  a document.
• A string of text refers to a sequence of
  characters which may be a part of a word, a whole
  word, or a phrase.

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Searching for Text (cont)

• If you are not already at the Main Menu, go there
  now.
• Choose Word Processor
• Choose Open a document
• When prompted to press enter for general, press
  enter
• Choose the file named Demonstration Document

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Searching for Text (cont)

• With your cursor at the top of the document,
  press space with the letter F (dots 1,2,4)
• Braille Note says, search forward or back
• Press F for forward

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Searching for Text (cont)

• Braille Notes says, find?
• Type in the word factory
• Press enter
• If the text is found, the cursor jumps to the
  first occurrence of the text you typed. Braille
  Note says, found, factory

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Searching for Text (cont)

• Read the current sentence by pressing space with
  dots 1,4
• Search for the next occurrence of the word
  factory by pressing space with F, type F for
  forward
• Braille Note remembers the last text string
  entered and says, Press enter for factory
• If the text is found, the cursor jumps to the
  next occurrence of the text you typed. Braille
  Note says, found, factory

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Search for next occurrence

• An easier way to search for the next occurrence
  is by using the space with the letter N
• Go to the top of the document
• Search for factory
• Read the current sentence
• Press space with N (dots 1,3,4,5)
• Read the current sentence

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Menu Shortcuts

• From within a menu, you can press the first
  letter of the item you want instead of using the
  spacebar and the enter key.
• For example, pressing the letter W at the Main
  Menu jumps you directly to the Keyword Menu of
  the word processor

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Menu Shortcuts (cont)

• From within a list, you can press the first
  letter of the document to get to it quicker
• For example, to open a file when asked for file
  name to open, press the space to get the list,
  then press the first letter of the file name.

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Printing a File

• Some notes about printers.
• The printer must be designed for use with a PC,
  not a Macintosh computer
• Not every inkjet printer is compatible. HP 600s
  and 800s are.
• You need a parallel printer cable.

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Printing a File (cont)

• With both devices off, connect the parallel
  printer cable to the back of the printer and to
  the back of the Braille Note
• Make sure the printer has paper.
• Turn both devices on.

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Printing a File (cont)

• From Main Menu, choose Word Processor (W)
• From Keyword Menu, choose Print (P)
• At the prompt, print or setup printer? Press
  enter.
• At the prompt, folder name? Press enter for
  press enter if the name is correct. If not,
  press space.

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Printing a File (cont)

• Continue to press the space (or type the first
  letter of the folder) until you hear the folder
  you want. Then press enter.
• At the prompt, document to print? Press enter
  for press enter if correct, (or space if not.
  When you hear the correct name press enter.)

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Printing a File (cont)

• The Braille Note will respond, Printer ready?
• If you want to print the entire file, simply
  press enter.

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Printing specific pages

• It may be necessary to find out what page your
  Braille Note cursor is on in order to print
  specific pages. The command to announce the
  current page is space with wh (dots 1,5,6)

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Printing specific pages

• To print only specific pages type N at the
  Printer Ready prompt.
• The Braille Note will respond, Start page
  number? Currently 1.
• Using the number sign first, type in the page
  number you want to start with, then press enter
• The Braille Note will respond, Finish page
  number? Currently last page.
• Type in the page number you want to end with,
  then press enter.

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Printing multiple copies

• The Braille Note will respond, Number of copies?
  Currently 1.
• Type in the number of copies you want, or press
  enter to keep it at 1.
• The Braille Note will respond, Printer ready?
• Press enter.

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Erasing a File

• So far in this tutorial, all the files you have
  created and used are located on the drive named
  flash disk and stored in a folder named
  general. Later on, you will learn to use the
  external disk drive and you will create and use
  other folders.
• It is a good idea to erase files that you no
  longer need

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Erasing a File (cont)

• Go to the Main Menu
• Space to File Manager and press Enter (or press
  F)
• Space to Erase File and press Enter (or press E)
• Braille Note says press enter for Flask Disk
  press Enter
• Braille Note says folder name? Press enter for
  General press Enter

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Erasing a File (cont)

• Braille Note says file name press space to
  get to the file name list
• Press space until you hear the name of the file
  you want to erase (or press the first letter of
  the filename)
• Press Enter

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Erasing a File (cont)

• Braille Note says erase filename sure?
• Press the letter Y for yes
• This returns you to the File Manager menu where
  you can continue to erase more files if you need
  to.