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The complete, unabridged,
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to everything you ever wanted
to know about your new

orbi

Touch Keyless Keyboard

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Page 1: ...The complete unabridged and comprehensive guide to everything you ever wanted to know about your new orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard but it s not a manual the Un Manual...

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Page 3: ...8 QWERTY Layout 9 ABC Layout 10 Funtion and Arrow Keys 11 Typing Letters 12 13 Modes in depth 13 17 Shift Mode 13 14 Caps Lock Mode 14 15 Num Lock Mode 16 17 Typing Symbols 17 20 Symbols using the Shi...

Page 4: ...uide de ning the use of the letters symbols numbers function keys and various modes The raised areas are called domes The left hand rests comfortably over the Left Dome The right hand rests comfortabl...

Page 5: ...ast South and Southwest positions Note the functions located in the black areas over the cluster of numbers and letters Note the functions written on the white ring under the colors on the left dome T...

Page 6: ...ones of the domes have also been designated by position Indicator Lights The indicator lights are located across the top of the orbiTouch between the domes These will be lit when these functions are i...

Page 7: ...cator at the top of the orbiTouch is lit o If not try to slide the left dome twice more quickly Now place your right hand on the Right Dome and move it around to see the mouse cursor move The mouse cu...

Page 8: ...otice the cursor becomes an arrow when it reaches the Start button o Left click the mouse by sliding the left dome to the orange zone once A window opens that contains a menu of programs o Move the mo...

Page 9: ...WordPad screen opens We will practice typing letters and words using WordPad o Look for the mouse cursor the blinking I on the rst line of the blank screen o This is where the letters you type will be...

Page 10: ...e Guide for your convenience Modes The Shift Mode is used to enable some of the symbols and for capitalizing letters The Caps Lock Mode for enabling some of the function keys and capitalizing letters...

Page 11: ...words what a normal keyboard would look like x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 orbiTouch Blue Orb and orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard are Trademarks of Blue Orb Inc Other names appearing on this document may be...

Page 12: ...d are Trademarks of Blue Orb Inc Other names appearing on this document may be trademarks of their respective owners Copyright 2017 Blue Orb Inc All rights reserved x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 10 ABC Layout This...

Page 13: ...zone Slide and hold left dome in violet zone hold x 2 Slide the left dome to red zone twice Slide the left dome to red zone twice 11 Funtion and Arrow Keys This guide shows the character instructions...

Page 14: ...me to the West left orange zone and the Right Dome to the West left letters a to e cluster according to the arrows o Type a on the WordPad screen o It should look like this The letter o is Indigo so y...

Page 15: ...ck Mode Shift Mode The Shift Mode is used to capitalize letters and to type symbols e g punctuation marks Shift Mode is used to print the Symbols and Numbers in the grey areas of the character guides...

Page 16: ...racter guides Using Caps Lock Mode o To enter Caps Lock Mode move the Left Dome Southwest twice as shown above o The cap light on the top of the orbiTouch should be lit o Now if you type the letters a...

Page 17: ...k Mode needs to be activated to use it o To use the F10 function 1 Enter Caps Lock Mode by sliding the Left Dome Southwest twice 2 Make sure the Cap light at the top of the orbiTouch is on 3 Then slid...

Page 18: ...sliding the Right Dome to the Southeast whereas is created by sliding the Left Dome to the Southeast Using Num Lock Mode o To type the numbers o Slide the Left Dome to the Southeast for a few seconds...

Page 19: ...navigation words or symbols page up page down etc found in the second half of the symbols row and the top row of the function keys Symbols using the Shift Mode Use the Shift Mode for the Symbols in th...

Page 20: ...to where the blue row begins Symbols using the Caps Lock Mode Use the Caps Lock Mode for the navigation keys in the blue areas and function keys Think of this as capitalizing these symbols o The patte...

Page 21: ...comma by moving the domes the same way you did for the letters o Try some more if you can Numbers with no Mode Designation These numbers can also be typed like the letters Type the numbers 1 through...

Page 22: ...k Mode Now we ll use the set of function keys with no Mode designation Again these can be typed as you would a letter Let s try using the F1 function Eureka You ve opened Help The F1 function opens He...

Page 23: ...italize the letter M it s the rst word of a sentence o Move the left dome north twice o The Cap light should be on at the top of the keyboard o Slide the domes in the directions above for the M o Shif...

Page 24: ...Slide the domes in the directions above for the rst letter of your name Shift mode turns o the cap light is o Now type the remaining letters using just the arrows Add an exclamation point at the end...

Page 25: ...utism or have traumatic brain injury What are the ergonomic bene ts of the orbiTouch keyless keyboard The orbiTouch eliminates nger and wrist motion People with repetitive stress injuries like carpal...

Page 26: ...ut the same that most typists move their hands in typing on a regular keyboard As such the biomechanical requirements in the upper arm in using a regular QWERTY keyboard are similar to those when typi...

Page 27: ...games How do I type special characters e g with the orbiTouch The current model of the orbiTouch is designed to generate all of the letters numbers special characters and control keys found on a tradi...

Page 28: ...nction can help you if you have di culty controlling the move ments of your hands and ngers It adjusts the keyboard response so that inadver tently repeated keystrokes are ignored If you activate it b...

Page 29: ...h the domes move matter Domes can be moved in either order right hand rst or left hand rst or simultaneously It s the position of the domes in their respective eight positions that type the character...

Page 30: ...ould love to hear from you Please feel free to contact us You can email us info orbiTouch com Visit our website www orbiTouch com Give us a call 855 orbitouch 855 672 4868 Or even write us a letter Bl...

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Page 32: ...orbiTouch and orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard are Registered Trademarks and Orbie is a trademark of Blue Orb Inc PC Magazine 4 Star Award Logo is a trademark of Zi Davis Publishing Holdings Inc Used under...

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