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Tutorial Series Module Four
Creating, Reading, and Saving a Document
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This module will cover…
• Creating and Saving a Document • Moving the Cursor • Listening to a Document
• Reading the Braille Display
developing PARTNERSHIPS l building CAPACITY l supporting STUDENTS l implementing TECHNOLOGY KeyWord
• KeyWord is the built-­‐in word processor app
• Students can work in multiple formats
• Students can emboss or print directly from KeyWord
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Note about Formats
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• Start at the Main Menu
BrailleNote APEX will announce: Main Menu
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There are 2 options
Press SPACEBAR until you hear “Word Processor” then ENTER
Press W (first letter navigation for the Word Processor)
BrailleNote APEX will announce: Word Processor
BrailleNote APEX will announce: KeyWord Menu
BrailleNote APEX will announce: KeyWord Menu
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• There are 5 menu options in KeyWord
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Create a document
Open a document
Emboss a document
Print a document
Setup options
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Creating a Document
• Once the Word Processor is selected from the Main Menu, the student will need to create a document and decide the saved location and name the file prior to starting their document. developing PARTNERSHIPS l building CAPACITY l supporting STUDENTS l implementing TECHNOLOGY Creating a Document
• Press the SPACEBAR until you hear “Create a document”
BrailleNote APEX will announce: Create a document
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Press ENTER to select
BrailleNote APEX will announce: Folder name? press Enter f or General
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• save to the General folder
• navigate to a pre-­‐existing folder
• create a new folder
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Option 1: To save to the General Folder
Press ENTER to select
BrailleNote APEX will announce: General. Document to c reate?
developing PARTNERSHIPS l building CAPACITY l supporting STUDENTS l implementing TECHNOLOGY Option 2: To save to preexisting folder
Type in the name of the folder and press ENTER
BrailleNote APEX will announce: General. “name of f older”. Document t o c reate?
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Option 3: Create a new folder
Type in the name of the new folder and press ENTER
BrailleNote APEX will announce: “Name of new folder”. Folder does not exist. Create a new folder?
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Press Y to respond Yes to creating a new folder
BrailleNote APEX will announce: Document to c reate?
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Then create a new document
Now that you’ve selected where you want to save your document, we move onto creating a document.
developing PARTNERSHIPS l building CAPACITY l supporting STUDENTS l implementing TECHNOLOGY Naming a document
Let’s name the new file ‘tester’.
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Create a new document
Press ENTER
BrailleNote APEX will announce: “Tester”. Top of document. Blank
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• Once the new document has been created, the BrailleNote APEX will say “Top of Document. Blank.”
• At this point, begin writing.
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Typing Sentences
• Type the following sentences keeping in mind that if you make a typing mistake, simply press the BACKSPACE key.
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Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise By the Beatles
NOTE: If you are not f amiliar w ith typing braille, return to the BrailleNote APEX resource page and w ork through the file entitled “Entering S ample Text”.
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Saving a document
• KeyWord saves your document automatically upon exiting the document. Press SPACEBAR-­‐E to exit document
BrailleNote APEX will announce: Exit. KeyWord Menu
developing PARTNERSHIPS l building CAPACITY l supporting STUDENTS l implementing TECHNOLOGY The Cursor
• As you begin to type, the cursor in the refreshable Braille display, which represents your typing position, will be displayed as dots 7 and 8. Dots 7 & 8
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Understanding the Cursor
• Editing takes effect at the cursor position
• You must position the cursor at the point you want the change to start
• A new character will be inserted at the cursor position
• BACKSPACE deletes the character to the left of the cursor
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• To move the cursor quickly through the refreshable braille display press the corresponding routing button above the cell. To route the cursor to this cell, press the routing button above the cell.
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Moving the Cursor
• The cursor is moved and speaking commands are executed by using specific braille input keys together with the spacebar
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When moving the cursor and listening to a file, remember that the keys on the left side move back and keys on the right side move forward.
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Moving the Cursor (con’t)
To move the cursor to the beginning of the document, press SPACEBAR-­‐1-­‐2-­‐3
BrailleNote APEX will announce: Top of document, “first word” in t he document
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• SPACEBAR-­‐6 moves forward and speaks one character at a time
• SPACEBAR-­‐3 moves back and speaks one character at a time
• SPACEBAR-­‐3-­‐6 speaks the current character
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Identifying a Character by Phonetic Alphabet
• Pressing SPACE-­‐3-­‐6 twice in a row will expand the letter into a word, such as A-­‐Alpha B-­‐Bravo
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• SPACEBAR-­‐5 moves forward and speaks one word at a time
• SPACEBAR-­‐2 moves back and speaks one word at a time
• SPACEBAR-­‐2-­‐5 speaks the current word
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Spelling a Word
• Pressing SPACE-­‐2-­‐5 twice in a row will spell out the current word. For example, ‘day’ is s pelled ‘ d, a, y’.
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• SPACEBAR-­‐1-­‐3 moves cursor to the beginning of the line
• SPACEBAR-­‐4-­‐6 moves cursor to the end of the line
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Moving by Sentences
• SPACEBAR-­‐1 moves cursor to the beginning of the previous sentences
• SPACEBAR-­‐4 moves cursor to the next sentence
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• SPACEBAR-­‐1-­‐4 reads the sentence.
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Moving the Cursor cont’d
To move the cursor to the bottom of the document
press SPACEBAR-­‐4-­‐5-­‐6
BrailleNote APEX will announce: Bottom of document. Blank.
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• Move to the top of document by pressing SPACEBAR-­‐1-­‐2-­‐3
• Press SPACEBAR-­‐G for “go”
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Stopping the Speech
• Press BACKSPACE-­‐ENTER to stop speech at any time.
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• To move one character at a time, use space with dot 3 or dot 6
• To move one word at a time, use space with dot 2 or dot 5
• To move one line at a time, use space with dot 1 or dot 4.
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Reading the File in Braille
• The BrailleNote APEX can display 32 characters at a time
• To facilitate reading, the BrailleNote APEX avoids breaking the last word by leaving the last few cells blank
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• Move to the top of document by pressing SPACEBAR-­‐1-­‐2-­‐3
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Advancing the Braille Display
To read the braille display… • Use the Scroll Wheel in the center of the device to move forward or backward in the document.
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To read the braille display… • You can also use the keys in the front of the device to navigate document.
Back
Advance
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Cursor Routing Button
• Remember that you can move the cursor any place within the display by using the cursor routing buttons.
To route the cursor to this cell, press the routing button above the cell.
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• Go to the top of the document
• Listen to the document from the beginning to the end, word by word
• Move the cursor to the word “night”
• Spell the word
• Practice listening & reading the document
• When you are done, turn the BrailleNote APEX off by first going to the Main Menu.
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