User's Manual

You can toggle an option on or off or cycle through the available values of a

setting with the "space" and "Backspace" keys. To save your changes, press

"Enter" or tab to the "Confirm" button and press "Enter". BrailleSense says,

"Saved options," and you are returned to your previous position on the

notetaker. To cancel without saving changes, press the "F4" key, "Space-E" or

"Space-Z".

3.11.1 GLOBAL OPTIONS IN DETAIL

The "Global Options" dialog contains the following settings. For each setting, the

shortcut key appears in parentheses, and the hotkey, if available, is shown in

quotes.

1) Braille display: (B). "Backspace-F3". Toggles the Braille display On/Off.

2) Braille Cursor: (C). "F4-Up Scroll". Defines how the Braille cursor appears on

the Braille display: "Always Up", "Blinking" or "Off". Note the cursor appears as

dots-7-8 in most situations. When selecting text, it notes the end of the selection

with blinking dots-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.

3) Eight Dot Mode: (E). "F4-Up Scroll". Toggles Eight Dot Mode on/off for ASCII

text entry.

4) View/input Braille Grade: (G). "Space-G". Lets you choose what grade of

Braille you want to use when viewing/entering text: Uncontracted Braille,

Contracted Braille, or Computer Braille.

5) Braille Code: (C). "Backspace-Enter-B". Defines the rules by which Braille is

translated to text and vice versa: "US", "UK", "UEB", or one of several foreign

language Braille codes. When foreign language codes are set, you can read and

write Braille according to that language's Braille rules. The Braille language also

affects lists, combo boxes, and edit boxes. Prompts, menus, buttons and static

boxes remain in English.