First, lift the Paper Lever. Check if the right-hand margin is set to the position that suits the
paper size being used. Then locate the Paper Input Slot at the rear of the Mountbatten
Brailler and insert the top of the page into it. Simply push the paper in until it appears on
top of the Reading Table. Align the form, adjust the Right Margin Adjuster as needed, and
move the Paper Lever to the down position.
Removing paper
Simply lift the Paper Lever and pull the form back and out of the MB Tutor to remove the
paper.
For users who cannot pull the paper out of the back of the Mountbatten Brailler, it is
possible to eject the page from the keyboard. There are three ways to do this:
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P-chord - Page eject. Press p and space together: dots 1, 2, 3, 4, and space.
•
NP
- Force a new page command issued with the Command key, the
command NP, and then the Enter key.
•
Menu command "Force new page’ in
Emboss
menu.
Your Mountbatten Brailler will say "Page Eject," and the paper will be rolled out of the
machine, ready to be collected.
Moving the paper sheet up and down
To move the paper ahead (up) or backward (down) while a sheet is installed and paper
lever down, you may press the space key on your keyboard and move the volume dial.
Alternatively - Space key and four-way manipulator up and down.
Speech options
All models of the series of Mountbatten Brailler Tutor have speech output to support braille
learning. There are two different types of speech output available in MB Tutor:
•
Recorded Speech
is a synthetic voice that has been recorded digitally, and all prompts
are stored in the machine. It is a high-quality voice that is easy to understand and is
intended for the early learner. Only vocabulary that has been recorded can be spoken.
•
Synthetic speech
has an unlimited vocabulary, and the speech parameters such as pitch
and rate can be adjusted to suit the user.
The powerful speech options in the MB Tutor enable a wide range of features that assist in
learning braille and using braille as the communication medium of choice.
Speech can be used:
- to re-enforce the learning of braille,
- to enable silent note-taking (no embossing),
- to facilitate word processing of files in memory,
- to speak all contractions, with unlimited vocabulary.
Volume control
Mountbatten Brailler Tutor has a dial on its right side. Moving it away from yourself will
increase the volume of all sounds coming from Tutor’s loudspeaker (or from headphones if
attached). While you turn it, you will hear MB speak "louder."
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