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WHAT THE KEYS DO
As well as the usual keys for typing and talking, your Lightwriter has a few other useful keys.
For information on changing your
Keyboard Layout
, or adjusting the
Key Delay
times, see
Settings
.
POWER –
This key will immediately
wake up
your Lightwriter if it is in
Suspend Mode,
or
boot up
if it is
completely turned off.
To put your Lightwriter into
Suspend Mode
, hold down the
Power
key for 2 seconds. Press
any key
to wake it up again.
To
turn off
your Lightwriter press
Shift
then
Power.
You can
reboot
by pressing
Power
to start up
again.
If you need to
force restart
(for example the Lightwriter has crashed), hold down
Power
for 10
seconds – until the display turns off, then flashes back on.
In
menus
, the
Power
key will cancel or bring you back to the previous screen. Continue to press
Power
until you are back on the
Talk Screen
.
In the
Talk Screen
, the
Power
key will clear the entire line of text.
LETTER AND SPACE KEYS –
Use the letter and space keys normally to type in text to speak.
To enter a capital letter, press
Shift
before pressing your chosen
Letter
key.
ENTER KEY –
In the
Talk Screen
, pressing
Enter
will speak the text you have just typed.
In
menus
, pressing
Enter
will select or save the highlighted item or setting.
From a blank
Talk
Screen
, press
Enter
followed by your assigned
Letter
or
Symbol
key to type out a
saved
Fast Phrase
. See
Fast Phrases
for more details.
LEFT AND RIGHT ARROW KEYS –
In
menus
, press the
Left
and
Right Arrow
keys to move around the menus and lists. You can also use
them to reduce or increase settings such as volume.
In the
Talk Screen
, you can navigate the cursor through the letters you have typed to edit the text.
After speaking a sentence, you can press the
Left Arrow
key to reload your spoken sentence back
onto your Talk Screen, for further editing or re-use.
Use
Shift-Left
and
Shift-Right
to highlight and edit large chunks of text.
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