General; Preface; Basic Braille At A Glance - Handy Tech Basic Braille User Manual

Handy Tech
Elektronik GmbH
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General

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Preface

Thank you for choosing the Basic Braille. Please take the time to review this user manual.
We have tried to make using the Basic Braille as easy and as intuitive as possible, but this
manual will help you utilize your Basic Braille's features even better.
The Basic Braille is available in different sizes in order to serve a variety of customer
needs. The handling of the different models is identical therefore you find all necessary
information about your device in this manual.
It is very important that you read the safety information regarding the appropriate handling
of the Basic Braille before starting it up for the first time. You will find this information in
chapter 6 of this manual.
In order to use the Basic Braille as a Braille display under Windows, an output program
called a screen reader is needed which is also available from Handy Tech.
The Basic Braille has been developed and tested with great care. However, if you have
any ideas or suggestions for improvements, please do not hesitate to contact your Handy
Tech customer service representative. Your opinion is very important to us.
We hope you will enjoy using your Basic Braille.
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Basic Braille at a Glance

This section will help familiarize you with the Basic Braille and its control elements. We
recommend keeping the device handy, so that you can follow along with the instructions in
this section.
Please place the Basic Braille in front of you, facing the Braille cells on the top edge. The
hand resting surface is facing in your direction. Above the Braille cells you find for each
Braille element an integrated cursor routing key, which is designated as [CR]-key. With this
cursor routing keys you can place the cursor directly at the text position of that Braille
module.
Left and right beside the Braille display there are three buttons each. The three buttons on
the left hand side are described from top to button as [1], [2] and [3]. On the right hand
side this three buttons are correspondingly described as [4], [5] and [6].
If your Basic Braille is not equipped with wireless Bluetooth, it is powered by the USB
interface. The device turns on automatically when the USB interface is connected to a PC
which is switched on. If you want to switch off the Basic Braille while connected to a PC,
press [4] for 5 seconds to turn it off. A short press of [4] will turn on the device again.. We
recommend turning the Basic Braille off while it is not in use because this will increase the
lifetime of the Braille cells.
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