Basic Braille Plus
General
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General
1.1 Preface
Thank you for choosing the Basic Braille Plus. Please take the time to review this user
manual. We have tried to make using the Basic Braille Plus as easy and as intuitive as
possible, but this manual will help you utilize your Basic Braille Plus's features even better.
The Basic Braille Plus is available in different sizes in order to serve a variety of customer
needs. The handling of the different models is identical therefore you find all necessary
information about your device in this manual.
It is very important that you read the safety information regarding the appropriate handling
of the Basic Braille Plus before starting it up for the first time. You will find this information
in chapter 6 of this manual.
In order to use the Basic Braille Plus as a Braille display under Windows, an output
program called a screen reader is needed which is also available from Handy Tech. The
screen reader program NVDA will be provided for free if needed.
The Basic Braille Plus has been developed and tested with great care. However, if you
have any ideas or suggestions for improvements, please do not hesitate to contact your
Handy Tech customer service representative. Your opinion is very important to us.
We hope you will enjoy using your Basic Braille Plus.
1.2 Basic Braille Plus at a Glance
This section will help familiarize you with the Basic Braille Plus and its control elements.
We recommend keeping the device handy, so that you can follow along with the
instructions in this section.
Please place the Basic Braille Plus in front of you, facing the Braille cells on the top edge.
The hand resting surface with the Braille keys is facing in your direction. Above the Braille
cells you find for each Braille element an integrated cursor routing key, which is
designated as [CR]-key. With this cursor routing keys you can place the cursor directly at
the text position of that Braille module.
To the left and right of the Braille display are six function keys, 3 each on the right and 3
on the left. They are embedded in the housing so that they do not stand out from the
Braille modules. These buttons can be operated at the top, center and bottom. The
function keys have the following functions:
The top button (up) on the right and left side serves as a read button to move back in the
text and is called [FLU] or [FRU] in the following.
