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Note: Some edit boxes (i.e. path information, email addresses, passwords, etc.) continue to use
computer braille. In these cases, a message appears letting you know.
Depending on the selected language, available options may vary. For example, grade 2 is not
supported with all languages.
With the Master Switch function you easily can switch between this braille code settings and the
default computer braille setting.
It is possible to set two profiles using the Settings > IO Profiles covered in section 10.7. Once
set, you can very quickly switch between two different braille tables.
10.2.4 Standard Braille Tables
The braille you type and read is determined using braille tables. These tables define which braille dots are
used to display a character in braille, and whether encoding of a character in Unicode is required, as it is
for regular braille.
The 8-dots in a braille cell equate to 256 different combinations. So of the more than 65,000 characters
that could be printed from a computer in UNICODE, only 256 can be assigned. This means that in
different languages, braille is assigned differently to certain characters and letters.
For example:
English/American Computer Braille has other assignments which can be found in the braille
tables US.b2u and US.u2b. US refers to the language US English, U refers to Unicode, and B
refers to braille.
The Europa.b2u input table interprets input via the braille keyboard for German-European Braille,
and writes the assigned UNICODE symbol.
The Europa.u2b table interprets the UNICODE for the character encoding and displays the
assigned braille character on the braille display for German-European Braille.
The same is true for braille tables of other languages.
From main menu item Settings > Braille, select Standard Braille Tables to open the dialog. A list will first
present the current input tables (i.e. US.b2u) and output tables (i.e. US.u2b). Move right / left with the
Navistick to select the desired entry.
10.2.5 Hide / Display Braille dots 7 and 8
From main menu item Settings > Braille, select Hide Braille Dots 7 and 8 to select whether braille dots 7
and 8 will be displayed or hidden.
If Hide is selected, braille dots 7 and 8 will not be displayed when reading on the braille display.
This means that computer braille characters which contain dots 7 and 8 will not be displayed
correctly.
If Display is selected, braille dots 7 and 8 will be displayed whenever they appear in the text. As
such, computer braille will be displayed correctly.
10.3 Display Settings
From main menu item Settings > Display Settings, you will find a variety of options relating to:
Presentation of menu shortcuts
Hotkeys
Templates
Password options
Messages
10.3.1 Menu Shortcut Commands
The Menu Shortcut Commands option allows you to determine whether braille and/or display shortcut
commands are shown. When navigating through the menus, the shortcut commands for opening or
executing a specific option are provided by default. These shortcuts are also provided in the context
sensitive help.
There are two options that you can modify:
Show Braille Key Shortcuts
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