User's Manual

2.5 Controlling the Volume, Speed, and Pitch of the TTS

Press "Backspace-F4" to increase the voice volume. Press "Backspace-F1" to

decrease the voice volume. Press "Space-F4" to increase the speech rate.

Press "Space-F1" to decrease the speech rate. Press "Enter-F4" to raise the

pitch and "Enter-F1" to lower it.

When you press any of the above key combinations, the BrailleSense

announces the status of its volume, rate, or pitch. The changes in the

characteristics of the voice remain in effect until you change them again, or a

hard reset is performed either manually or due to lack of power to the unit for an

extended period of time.

 Note: the volume of the voice is controlled independent of the Main

Volume on the unit, thus, you can adjust it above or below the volume of

the system sounds, media playback, etc. using the Voice volume control

described above. You can control the "Main Volume" of the unit using

"Backspace-Space-F1" to lower it and "Backspace-Space-F4" to raise it.

You can also use the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons on the left

side of the BrailleSense to control master volume.

2.6 Using Speech and Braille

When using the BrailleSense, you can choose to read using Braille only or

speech only. You can also use both Braille and speech simultaneously.

However, you cannot turn off both Braille and speech as you would have no

method of receiving information from the BrailleSense. Use "Backspace-F2" to

toggle the speech on and off. Press "Backspace-F3" to toggle the Braille on and

off. You can also control these settings in the Global options.