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PROPRIETARY
INFORMATION
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Orbit Speak
User Guide
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August 2024
Version 0.4

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  • Page 1 PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Orbit Speak User Guide August 2024 Version 0.4...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Quick Start ..............................8 2.1. Conventions in This User Guide ....................... 8 2.2. Orbit Speak Features .......................... 8 Turning On and Off, Restarting and Putting Orbit Speak into Sleep Mode ........ 9 2.3. 2.4. Speech Rate ............................10 Speech Volume..........................10 2.5.
  • Page 3 9.1. Orbit Speak Does Not Respond to Key Presses ................33 9.2. 9.3. Orbit Speak Is in an Unknown State and the Battery Is Charged ..........33 Hardware Limited Warranty ......................34 10.1. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS .................... 34 CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS ....................35 OBTAINING WARRANTY SERVICE .....................

  • Page 4: Introduction And Orientation

    Congratulations on purchasing your new Orbit Speak! First, let us describe the device. • Position your Orbit Speak in front of you so that the keys are facing upwards, and an elongated key is closer to you. This elongated key is the Space bar.
  • Page 5 To insert an SD card, hold it with the contacts facing up and towards the device, put it into the slot and gently push it until you hear a click. • On the right side of the device is a USB-C port for charging your Orbit Speak and connecting it to your PC.
  • Page 6 Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4...
  • Page 7 Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 1. Dot 1 15. F1 key 2. Dot 2 16. F2 key 3. Dot 3 17. F3 key 4. Dot 4 18. F4 key 5. Dot 5 19. Speaker 6. Dot 6 20. Microphone 7.

  • Page 8: Quick Start

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 2. Quick Start 2.1. Conventions in This User Guide For consistency and clarity, the following conventions are used in this user guide: • Braille keys on the Perkins keyboard are designated with dot numbers. For example, if it is said to press Dot 1, it means the key for Dot 1 on the Perkins keyboard.

  • Page 9: Turning On And Off, Restarting And Putting Orbit Speak Into Sleep Mode

    If you try to turn the device on when its battery is empty, you will feel a vibration and hear two high-pitched beeps, but Orbit Speak will not turn on. In this case, please charge your device first.

  • Page 10: Speech Rate

    2.5. Speech Volume The speech volume of your Orbit Speak can be set from level 0 up to level 15. Even if the volume is set to 0, you will still hear speech. It will be very quiet, but you will never be in a situation when your device is turned on and works correctly but it is totally silent.

  • Page 11: Exploring The Main Menu

    If the device is charging, instead of “Not plugging in” you will hear “Charging.” If the battery is too low, connect your Orbit Speak to a wall outlet using the provided charger. It can take up to four and a half hours to bring the battery to 100%, but you can continue to work while your device is charging.

  • Page 12: Disconnecting From A Wi-Fi Network

    A dialog box will open. You can inspect this dialog box as you would on a computer by pressing Tab or Shift + Tab. To do this on your Orbit Speak, press Space + Dots 4 5 and Space + Dots 1 2, respectively. The Wi-Fi settings dialog box contains the following items: •...

  • Page 13: Getting Help

    Up and Down arrow keys. Then press the Select key. 2.10. Getting Help Orbit Speak has two types of built-in help: a user guide in text format and an audio tutorial. To choose either the text user guide or the audio tutorial, do the following: •...

  • Page 14: Opening And Saving An Existing Text Document

    Space or type a punctuation mark, the device can read the entire word. If you want to change your typing echo, i.e., what Orbit Speak announces when you type, refer to the chapter on Settings. To read the current line, press Space + Dots 1 4. To start a new line, press Dot 8 or the Select key.

  • Page 15: Editor Menu

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 • Select file location using Up and Down arrow keys. This can be SD card or Internal storage. Press the Select key. • You will land in a list of folders and files. Use Up and Down arrow keys to navigate through the list.

  • Page 16: Editor Commands

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 o Cut, C; o Paste, P; o Delete, D; o Select all, A. • Read, R: o Read selected text, D; o Read from beginning to cursor, B; o Read from cursor to end, E;...

  • Page 17: File Manager

    • Close the Editor application — Space + Dots 1 3 5 6. 4. File Manager If you like to use your PC for managing files, you can connect your Orbit Speak to it using the provided cable, or any cable with a USB-C connector. You will see the device on your computer as external storage, and you can write your files to it or delete them as usual.

  • Page 18: Navigate Through Files And Folders In The File Manager Application

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 4.1. Navigate through Files and Folders in the File Manager Application Use Up and Down arrow keys to navigate through files and folders within an open folder. To open a folder, move to it and press the Select key.

  • Page 19: Searching For A File

    ▪ Ascending; ▪ Descending. Along with the menu item, Orbit Speak also speaks a quick access command, which is a letter that needs to be typed on the Perkins keyboard to perform that command when the menu is open. Here are some examples of how to work with menus.

  • Page 20: File Renaming

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 4.4. File Renaming To change the name of a file, locate the folder containing the file and navigate to that file using Up and down arrow keys, then follow the steps below: • Open the File Manager menu by pressing Space + M (Space + Dots 1 3 4).

  • Page 21: Deleting A File Or Folder

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 the letter E. The file will be added to the current folder and the device will notify you. Note: If the file is large, copying may take some time. You can copy or move several files at once. To do this, first you need to mark all the files to be copied or moved.

  • Page 22: File Manager Commands

    Open the search window — Space + Dots 1 2 4. 5. Media Player Orbit Speak is equipped with a simple application to play audio files. It supports the following formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, AAC, RA, M4A, OGG, and APE.

  • Page 23: Actions During Playback

    To listen to information about the current track, type uppercase T (Dots 2 3 4 5 7). Playback will pause, Orbit Speak will announce the file information, and then playback will continue. 5.2. Media Player Menu You don't have to stop playback to open the menu, it will stop automatically.

  • Page 24: Clock And Alarm

    Utilities submenu on the Home screen. Your Orbit Speak has a simple and easy to use Alarm Clock app that allows you to set an alarm, as well as store a list of your regular alarms and toggle them on and off when you need them.

  • Page 25: Adding A New Alarm

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 6.1. Adding a New Alarm To add a new alarm, press Dots 1 3 4 5 8. The Create New Alarm Clock dialog box opens. It contains the following elements, — all of them are combo boxes: •...

  • Page 26: When Your Alarm Goes Off

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 6.2. When Your Alarm Goes Off To simply turn off the alarm, press Space + Z (Space + Dots 1 3 5 6). When your alarm goes off, a dialog box opens that contains 4 items: Alarm event —...

  • Page 27: Calculator

    If you type a wrong number, you can erase it. To do this, press Dot 7. To calculate an expression, press Dot 8. The device will speak the result of the calculation. Press Dot 8 once more if you want to hear the result again.

  • Page 28: Settings

    You will also hear a letter announced along with each list item. As in many applications in Orbit Speak, it is the quick access command for that item. To quickly perform a command without going through the complete list, simply type that letter on the Perkins keyboard.

  • Page 29: General Options

    “Cap” before each uppercase letter, or turn the announcement off. • Main Volume. Set the main volume of your Orbit Speak. This setting does not affect the speech volume. Similarly to the speech volume, it has 15 levels from which you can choose.

  • Page 30: Speech Options

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 8.2. Speech Options When you open Speech Options, you will be presented with a dialog allowing you to select a speech engine — currently we propose Runa TTS by AccessMind or text-to-speech by Google, —...

  • Page 31: Software Update

    The name of the device in the Devices list will be followed by the word “Connected” since then. If you now want to disconnect your external device from Orbit Speak, press the Select key again and confirm the action.

  • Page 32: Advanced Options

    Sometimes to better assist you, our support might ask to provide full information about your Orbit Speak. In this case, please save the info to a file and send it to our tech support team. To save your device information to a file, please navigate to the “Save to File” button and press the Select key.

  • Page 33: Troubleshooting

    9.2. Orbit Speak Does Not Respond to Key Presses • Make sure Orbit Speak is not in sleep mode. Press the Power button briefly to wake the device up. If it was in sleep mode, you will hear a usual raising tone and a speech message.

  • Page 34: Hardware Limited Warranty

    • Press and hold the Power button for two seconds. The device should start booting and you should feel vibrations. • When the vibrations finish, do not press any keys until you hear Orbit Speak announcing that you are on the Home screen.

  • Page 35: Consumer Protection Laws

    INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND PROPERTY, ANY COSTS OF RECOVERING, PROGRAMMING OR REPRODUCING ANY PROGRAM OR DATA STORED IN OR USED WITH THE ORBIT RESEARCH PRODUCT, AND ANY FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA STORED ON THE PRODUCT. THE...

  • Page 36: Obtaining Warranty Service

    You must follow ORBIT RESEARCH warranty procedures. ORBIT RESEARCH will maintain and use customer information in accordance with its Customer Privacy Policy. If your product can store software programs, data, and other information, you should make...

  • Page 37: Fcc Caution

    Orbit Speak website at https://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit- speak-support/. For further questions or concerns not covered in this User Guide, please contact the distributor from where you purchased your Orbit Speak.

  • Page 38: Appendix A: Revision History

    Orbit Speak – User Guide Version 0.4 Appendix A: Revision History Rev. Date Description of Changes Author • Initial draft July 2024 Andre • Added troubleshooting steps. August 2024 Andre • Updated the section on Settings to reflect the most recent software update, namely adding 24-hour format setting for time.

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