Connect Braille
General
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General
Thank you for choosing the Connect Braille. Connect Braille was designed with the focus
on easy and intuitive handling. Please take some time to read the Connect Braille user
manual. It will help you to get the most out of every feature provided.
1.1 Preface
Before starting Connect Braille for the first time it is important to carefully read the safety
instructions regarding the appropriate handling You will find the safety instructions at the
end of this manual.
The Connect Braille comes with wireless
Bluetooth
technology allowing you to control up
to three Bluetooth devices, like PC or mobile phone.
To use Connect Braille as a Braille display for a PC (Windows or Linux) an output program
called screen reader is needed. It is available from your supplier. The screen reader
program NVDA will be provided for free if needed.
If you have any ideas or suggestions to improve our product, please do not hesitate to
contact your Handy Tech customer service representative or write to [email protected].
Your opinion is very important to us.
Enjoy using Connect Braille.
1.2 Connect Braille at a Glance
This chapter will help you familiarize yourself with your Connect Braille and its control
elements. We recommend keeping the Connect Braille handy, so that you can actively
follow the instructions in this chapter.
The two space bars are located at the centre front. In the following description the left
space bar is called [SPCL] and the right space bar is called [SPCR]. If either the left or
right space bar can be used, they will be called [SPC].
Above the Braille display you can find 8 ergonomic function keys. These function keys are
also used for Braille input. They correspond to the usual Braille keyboard layout and are,
from the left to the right as follows:
7
3
2
1
4
5
6
8
Located in the middle of the device are 40 ergonomic Braille display elements with
integrated cursor routing keys. The cursor routing (CR) keys which are integrated as part
of each Braille cell enable you to place the cursor directly at the text position of this Braille
cell.
The Triple Action Keys are to the left and right of and flush with the Braille cells You can
activate the Triple Action keys at the top, in the centre, and at the bottom.
The Triple Action Key functions are:
