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28/02/2011 

 

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ESYS

 12/24/40/64/80 

IN THE BOX 

esys

 

12/24/40/64/80 cell Braille display

 

 

Power supply 5V/1A 

Mini standard USB cable for power supply connection and connection to PC 

2 GB Micro SD memory card 

Light carry bag (

EsysLight

Esys12

 and 

Esys40

esys12

 

only: neck strap  

DESCRIPTION OF 

ESYS 

On the left-hand side, from back to front (Braille line facing user and buttons facing upwards): 

Mini standard USB connection, for power supply connection or connect 

esys

 to a PC  

A small round ridge with a hole in its centre enabling to reset the device with a straightened paper 
clip. This should be carried out exceptionally and only if the device is not responding to a soft reset 
using the on/off button.  

On the right-hand side, from back to front:  

A stand-by button (on/off function) 

A horizontal slot for micro SD-card 

To turn the device on, simply press the stand-by button. The Braille display will now show the main 
menu options. If this does not occur, the battery is empty; and it is recommended that the 

esys

 

12/24/40/64/80 is connected to its power supply for immediate use.  

NOTE: 

esys

 

charges  through USB when connected to a PC and it is not necessary to use power 

supply.  

On the upper side of 

esys

 

the following keys are located: 

Braille keyboard keys reading left to right: KEY 7 3,2,1,4,5,6,8 

Braille line – 12/24/40/64/80 cells 

Cursor routing keys located above the Braille line – 12/24/40/64/80 

Below the Braille line: left button = Braille key backspace (9) right button = Braille key space (A) 

esys

 comes with two 5 contact-joystick keys located on each side of the Braille display (left, right, 

up, down and middle). Each of them will be referred to as <LJ> (left joystick key)  and <RJ>  (right 
joystick key).  

esys

 has between 2 and 6 wheels with three contact points (right, left and middle) depending on if 

it has  12  to 80  Braille cells. All wheels have  the same function  regardless of which wheel you are 
using. In this manual, these wheels are referred to as <W> 

Summary of Contents for ESYS Series

Page 1: ...ESYS BRAILLE SERIES U S E R S M A N U A L V E R S I O N 2 0 4 ...

Page 2: ...MODE 9 BRAILLE DEVICE FOR SCREEN READER MODE 9 HOW TO USE ESYS CONNECTED VIA BLUETOOTH 10 SYNCHRONISATION WITH COMPUTERS 10 SYNCHRONISATION WITH MOBILE PHONES 10 ESYS FUNCTIONALITIES 11 BLUETOOTH MENU 11 ON OFF 11 IDENTIFIER 11 USB MENU 12 NOTEPAD MENU 13 FILE MENU 13 EDIT MENU 17 BRAILLE KEYBOARD COMBINATIONS FOR NOTEPAD 18 NOTEPAD SPECIFIC SHORTCUTS 19 DIARY MENU 20 CALENDAR VIEW 20 DAY VIEW 21 ...

Page 3: ...TERS MENU 33 ABOUT MENU 34 APPENDIX 35 APPENDIX 1 BRAILLE FUNCTIONS BRAMIGRAPH 35 APPENDIX 2 TALKS FUNCTIONS 38 SETTINGS WITH TALKS 38 APPENDIX 3 MOBILE SPEAK FUNCTIONS 41 SETTINGS WITH MOBILE SPEAK 41 APPENDIX 4 SCREENREADER SETTINGS 44 SETTINGS WITH WINDOWEYES 44 SETTINGS WITH SUPERNOVA 44 SETTINGS WITH JAWS TM 44 ...

Page 4: ...n The Braille display will now show the main menu options If this does not occur the battery is empty and it is recommended that the esys 12 24 40 64 80 is connected to its power supply for immediate use NOTE esys charges through USB when connected to a PC and it is not necessary to use power supply On the upper side of esys the following keys are located Braille keyboard keys reading left to righ...

Page 5: ...o the front of the device The SD card should not be removed while the device is in use as this may cause damage to open files To remove the SD card you first need to close any open files in the note taker directory then toggle to sleep mode As a result the pins of the Braille display will erase partially and the device enters sleep mode It is now safe to remove the SD card Connecting esys via USB ...

Page 6: ...ertified service center under the following conditions If the power cord or USB cable or connector is damaged If liquid has entered esys If esys has been dropped and the main housing or Braille line is visibly damaged INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS COMPLIANCE esys is CE compliant and works according to the following international norms NFEN60950 security and EN55022 Class B edition 1994 electro magneti...

Page 7: ...l where the cursor is located The 2 methods of navigation are described below Cursor routing method This is the most common method used because it is fast It consists of read and click to enter a menu item In the main menu the following line is written Bluetooth USB Notepad Diary etc and when the cursor routing key above any of the letters in the word notepad is pressed the notepad application is ...

Page 8: ... certain cases some part of an edit box cannot be erased In the example above Esys is not changeable but only the characters after this word When an edit box is opened the default name is selected represented blinking dot 7 and 8 In the example above as soon as you enter the edit box Serial Port Device will be selected If you type a letter at this moment all the selected characters will be erased ...

Page 9: ...m while in a tree folder or in a list RJ DOWN Go to the next item while in a tree folder or in a list RJ RIGHT Move focus to the next item When editing an edit box field it moves the cursor to the right RJ LEFT Move focus to previous item When editing an edit box field it moves the cursor to the left RJ MIDDLE Activate Deactivate a focused item while in the navigation menu Allows to enter a submen...

Page 10: ...puter to which esys is connected Before installing any driver disconnect the device and follow the procedure described in the driver set up Then go to http www eurobraille com index php lg uk page download uk title download to install the correct driver according for your screen reader software After the correct driver is installed connect the USB cable delivered with esys to the PC Go to USB menu...

Page 11: ...he Bluetooth toolbox on the computer execute a search for devices you should find the esys as a Bluetooth device then you have to pair your PC and esys Note the COM port number provided by your Bluetooth utility this will be useful for screen reader settings Once your esys is detected enter the PIN code if one is required the PIN code is by default 0000 For further information refer to the section...

Page 12: ... anymore for other devices or in order to stop the current connection between esys and another device Click off to deactivate the Bluetooth connection disabled will be displayed If you want to reactivate it re open Bluetooth menu and select on This time disconnected will be displayed on your Braille line It means that the esys Bluetooth signal is sending and is ready to be paired This menu item op...

Page 13: ...s to confirm the procedure or select no to cancel USB MENU This menu item allows the user to switch from esys internal functions to the screen reader software When this item is selected usb cable connected will be displayed if the USB cable is connected and usb cable disconnected if not If you navigate away from this menu the internal application of esys will be prioritized even while connected to...

Page 14: ...fter the file s has been properly closed see close menu for more details If you use esys connected via USB to a computer remove the SD card before connecting the USB cable and then insert the micro SD card in the slot If you do not the note taking application will not be launched and info Unable to load application disconnect USB cable can be read on the Braille line If you want to avoid this mess...

Page 15: ...OTE esys can open txt brf and brl files Read Alt f r Select read to read a larger document or book located on your micro SD card The function is similar to open but it is not possible to edit the text the cursor remains invisible When the file you want to open is selected move your cursor to the right and click on read only to open the document To cancel the procedure move the cursor until cancel ...

Page 16: ...t After saving you will be returned to the document and can continue typing to save further edited text use the save function described above File Manager Alt f m This item allows you to create delete and rename a folder NOTE to make any changes to the location of an existing file it has to be closed before refer to close section When the menu option file manager is opened the following is display...

Page 17: ...older To rename the currently displayed folder or file target the element you want to rename to do so use the navigate while in a tree folder structure If man sdcard d transport is displayed you are ready to rename the transport folder located at the root of your micro SD card When the wanted file or folder is displayed you can click on rename The following edit box will be displayed ren file Tran...

Page 18: ...ection and click on next if you want to start a search towards the end of the document or click on previous if you want to start a search towards the beginning of the document If cancel is pressed the currently opened document is displayed NOTE If no words corresponding to your search are found before the beginning or the end of the document the following messages will be displayed info Reach star...

Page 19: ...or goes downwards 5A Right Cursor goes right 2A Left Cursor goes left 123A Home Cursor goes to beginning of line 456A End Cursor goes to end of line 78A 123A Ctrl home Cursor goes to beginning of document 78A 456A Ctrl end Cursor goes to end of document 13A Page up Cursor goes 20 lines upwards 46A Page down Cursor goes 20 lines downwards 9A Enter Carriage return 36A Delete Delete the character rig...

Page 20: ... at the end of the document Ctrl End JL Left JR Right Cursor at the end of the line End JL Left JR Left Cursor at the beginning of the line Home JL Left M Right Cursor at the end of the document Ctrl End JL Left M Left Cursor at the beginning of the document Ctrl Home JL Right JR Haut Tag JL Right JR Down Go to tag JL Right JR Right JL Right JR Left JL Right M Right Cursor 20 lines down JL Right M...

Page 21: ...to navigate through the weeks in order to check if a day has already an appointment A day that has an appointment is indicated by a capital letter in the beginning of the name of the day The table shape makes it possible to easily locate the date associated with one day of the week Today s date is marked by before the date On esys12 one line of the table will be displayed over a length of 3 posts ...

Page 22: ...ombination 9A allows the user to create a new appointment to do so refer to the appointment menu Example of posts Monday 5 February 2008 week 6 post it remember to water the plants post it pay the electricity bill 10h30 Marketing meeting 11h00 Test on new product 12h00 Lunch 14h00 Technical meeting 17h30 End of the day This page contains 2 post it notes and 5 meetings Below a description of menu i...

Page 23: ...cel T To name your object select object edit box and type the label you want for further information concerning edit boxes refer to edit box section Click on ok to generate your new post it or cancel to cancel the procedure Edit To modify a previous event you created click on edit the following will be displayed app hour XX minute XX object aaa ok cancel XX being the previous time value associated...

Page 24: ...isplayed Previous day Use this item to search for the previous day containing at least one event according to your cursor position If there is none the current date will be displayed Word in the next day To find an appointment containing a special word the option word in next day can be used The following is displayed fin word XX next cancel Type the search word or text within the edit box for fur...

Page 25: ...l be returned to the diary application Year Allows you to delete all events of the month where the cursor is located Click on year the following will be displayed info Do you really want to delete year 2010 yes no T To delete press yes to exit without deleting press no You will be returned to the diary application Diary Allows you to delete all events of the calendar Click on diary the following w...

Page 26: ...e calculation will be displayed on the Braille line and it is possible to make different calculations after each other To calculate the product of the expression click once in the centre of the right joystick press the space and backspace buttons at the same time or select equal in the operator menu explained below The product of the calculation is now displayed on the Braille line NOTE The mathem...

Page 27: ...e The product or 49 00 is now displayed on the Braille line To calculate the square root of an expression type a number and go to operators menu Select square root For example type 49 00 Go to operators menu and select square root The product or 7 00 is now displayed on the Braille line This menu item contains four standard memory functions which are displayed below mem memorize recall add to memo...

Page 28: ... rate for example 0 690 to convert USD to EUR This value will now be saved Currency to euro To use this mode you first have to assign a value to your currency for further information refer to store currency section To use this function type the number you want to convert into euro in the application and click on currency to euro The result of the conversion will be displayed Euro to currency To us...

Page 29: ...ft JR Up Percent JL Left JR Down JL Left JR Right Square root JL Left JR Gauche Square JL Right JR Up Add to memory JL Right JR Down Subtract from memory JL Right JR Right Memorize JL Right JR Left Recall memory JL Up JR Up Currency euro JL Up JR Down Euro currency JL Up JR Right JL Up JR Left CALCULATOR SPECIFIC SHORTCUTS ...

Page 30: ...ption of menu items follows In order to access to items press on the left joystick having the alarm clock application open The following will be displayed on the Braille line ack set alarm set time set date T To change the alarm settings click on set alarm The following menu is displayed alm hour 00 minute 00 second 00 status inactive monday yes tuesday yes sunday yes ok cancel T Note Values above...

Page 31: ...ct set date The following menu is displayed sdt day 02 month july year 2010 ok cancel T To change the day and the year use the edit boxes for further information refer to the edit box section Concerning the month use the scrolling menu to choose the appropriate month using the right hand side joystick up and down directions You will need to select ok to accept the new settings If no change is need...

Page 32: ... esys to an external power source When the 3 3 Volts are reached esys will automatically turn off to save battery life NOTE To save battery life don t expose esys to sunlight or hot surfaces Please also take care to not let esys run completely out of battery on a frequent basis Power This item shows which cable is being used in order to charge the esys Here are the different messages that can be d...

Page 33: ... dot by dot line by line or column by column according to the test function you are using The test procedure begins with the single dot movement it will raise dots one by one in every cell of your device in a row Keyboard When the option keyboard is activated esys assists the user to test the function of each of the keyboard buttons joystick wheels and cursor routing contacts Select an individual ...

Page 34: ...ssary to re start esys Braille Use this menu option to select the correct Braille table All Braille tables that are available in esys can be used Simply select the desired Braille table by scrolling through the menu and confirm your selection by using ok Braille 6 dots For reading purposes the user can select to display an open document in 6 dots format This will not convert computer Braille into ...

Page 35: ...ck up and down for each option in the scrolling menu To disable esys keyboard only when an application is launched select yes to disable this option select no To confirm any changes click on ok or select cancel if you want to cancel the procedure without saving any changes This menu option displays important information concerning esys and the Eurobraille Company The following will be displayed ab...

Page 36: ...LE FUNCTIONS BRAMIGRAPH BRAILLE FUNCTION 123A Home 4A Up 13A Page up 2A Left 25A Num 5 5A Right 456A End 6A Down 46A Page down 35A Ins 36A Del 345A Enter 236A Backspace 1245A Escape Function keyboard BRAILLE FUNCTION 19 F1 129 F2 149 F3 1459 F4 ...

Page 37: ... 1249 F6 12459 F7 1259 F8 249 F9 2459 F10 139 F11 1239 F12 Navigation keyboard BRAILLE FUNCTION 23A Home 1A Up 12A Page up 24A Left 15A Right 56A End 3A Down 45A Page down 26A Ins 2356A Del 246A Enter 12349 Start 569 Context ...

Page 38: ...28 02 2011 37 48 256A Tab 235A Shift Tab 14A Break 8A Alt 78A Ctrl 79 Caps lock 89 Caps unlock 1245A Escape 9A Enter 9 Backspace A Space ...

Page 39: ...ion in Talks using Talk Hang up Proceed by pairing the mobile phone and esys Chose the Bluetooth mode on esys by going into the Bluetooth menu by clicking on LJ then activate the identifier menu and note the name of the adapter and the PIN Code number Then go back to the main menu and select Bluetooth Mode again Adjust settings on the phone Synchronise your esys with the mobile phone to do that yo...

Page 40: ...JL Up JL Up Edit JL Left Menu JL Right JR Up Call JL Right JR Down Exit JL Right JR Left JL Right JR Right JL Right JR Middle Not in use Not in use Power JR Up Up JR Down Down JR Left Left JR Right Right JR Middle Select ML Middle Key 1 MR Middle Key 2 ML Left or MR Left Previous Braille line ...

Page 41: ...011 40 48 ML Right or MR Right Next Braille line Braille 16 1 Braille 126 2 Braille 146 3 Braille 1456 4 Braille 156 5 Braille 1246 6 Braille 12456 7 Braille 1256 8 Braille 246 9 Braille 3456 0 Braille 9 Clear ...

Page 42: ...k For further information on how to use Mobile Speak please refer to the list below or contact your local distributor Command Action Dial 1 Braille dots according to selected translation table Dial 2 Braille dots according to selected translation table Dial 3 Braille dots according to selected translation table Dial 4 Braille dots according to selected translation table Dial 5 Braille dots accordi...

Page 43: ...key Space dot8 Dial Send Backspace dot7 Hang Up End Call Backspace dot8 Applications Menu Left Center Right Center Space dots134 m List of Open Applications Space dots135 o Quick List Space dots12345 q Read Softkeys Space dots78 Read Status Information Space dots234 s Open Configure Mobile Speak screen Space dots14 c Change User Profile Space dots1234 p Repeat Last Spoken Text Space dots1235 r Dec...

Page 44: ...28 02 2011 43 48 Interrupt Stop Speech Backspace dots78 Toggle Command Help Mode Space dots125 h Change Braille Input Grade Space dots1245 g Toggle Braille Cursor Space dots123456 ...

Page 45: ... Version 11 Install the SuperNova software on your computer and select esys in the Braille device list To be able to input using the Braille keyboard and make sure to use 8 dot Braille WARNING It is necessary to download and run a DLL update from www eurobraille com after installing Supernova 11 0 and before configuring esys with the screen reader For further information on how to use WindowEyes p...

Page 46: ... key Simulation keyboard JR Down Down arrow key Simulation keyboard JR Left Left arrow key Simulation keyboard JR Right Right arrow key Simulation keyboard JR Middle Enter Simulation keyboard M Right Braille line ahead BraillePanRight BRL_PROG1 M Left Braille line backwards BraillePanLeft BRL_PROG2 M Middle Stop speech StopSpeech BRL_HOME2 JL Left JR Up Move active cursor with Braille navigation k...

Page 47: ...line end of window BrailleBottom BRL_NP6 JL Right M Left Braille line beginning of window BrailleTop BRL_NP7 JL Right M Middle Minimize all MinimizeAllApps BRL_NP8 JL Up JR Up Select a link IE SelectALink BRL_KP1 JL Up JR Down Select a frame IE SelectAFrame BRL_KP2 JL Up JR Left Select a heading SelectAHeading BRL_KP3 JL Up JR Right Select form field IE SelectAFormField BRL_KP4 JL Up JR Middle Tog...

Page 48: ...tivate pc cursor PCCursor BRL_KP13 JL Up JR Right Activate Jaws cursor JAWSCursor BRL_KP14 JL Down JR Middle Switch between tree structure line mode and speech BrailleToggleMode BRL_KP15 JL Down M Left BRL_KP16 JL Down M Right BRL_KP17 JL Down M Middle Delete multiple spaces yes no BrailleToggle8PixelsPerSpac e BRL_KP18 ...

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