User's Manual

the web browser. The symbols enable you to understand what type

of box or menu you are working with. For example, if “MN,” “MI,” or

“LI” are displayed in front of a list, you can move from one item to the

next item or previous item by pressing the up or down arrow keys. If

“ECB,” “EB,” “CB,” or “MEB” are displayed on the display, you will

have to find the cursor and input the desired letters at the cursor

position. If “BT” is displayed, you can press “enter” to “push the

button.”

2.3 Using the Function Keys

There are four function keys on the Braille Sense Plus B32. When

using the Braille Sense Plus B32, you can open the menus, cancel

tasks, and move to other items by using these function keys. No

matter where you are in the Braille Sense Plus B32, the “F1” key will

open the Braille Sense Plus B32 “program” menu. You can also use

“F1” and the shortcut key for each program in the “program” menu to

open each program anywhere in the Braille Sense Plus B32. For

example, if you are in the word processor, and want to open the web

browser, you could press “F1-b (dots 1-2)” to open the web browser.

In each program, “space-m (dots 1-3-4)” and the “F2” key will open

the specific menu for each program. The “F3” key has the same

function as “tab (“space-4-5”). If you press “space-F3,” this will have

the same function as pressing “shift-tab (“space-1-2”).” The “F4” key

will function just like the “escape” key does on a personal computer.

This key performs the same function as pressing “space-e (dots 1-5).”

Please note that the “escape” key does not exit a program, as does

“space-z (dots 1-3-5-6).”

You can use combinations of the function keys to allow you to do

many tasks. Pressing “F1” and “F2” at the same time will work the

same as “page up” on a personal computer. If you press the “F3” and

“F4” keys at the same time, this is the same as pressing “page down”

on a personal computer. The combination of the “F1” and “F4” keys

will move you to the task ID (like the task bar in a computer running

Microsoft Windows). If you press the “F2” and “F3” keys

simultaneously, you can switch between the different programs that

are running just like pressing “alt-tab” in your PC. The task ID and

program switching will be explained in greater detail in the section

2.10, entitled, “Multi-Tasking.”