5
Advanced Functions
5.1
Text Search
The Trek has a text search function for text books. Using the multi-tap text entry method on the
number keys as you would to enter text on a telephone, you can type in your search item. If you
have a multilingual Trek, the typing keypad will offer the characters of the currently selected text-
to-speech language. Press and hold key
7
to switch from one text-to-speech language to the other.
The following describes how to perform a text search from a book in the Text Files bookshelf. This
method can also be used to search DAISY or NISO books (e.g. Bookshare) found in the Talking
Books or online bookshelves providing the book has text and the player is in text-to-speech mode
(key
9
). DAISY or NISO books that are recorded only cannot be searched as they have no text.
Prior to searching in text for the first time, you should select your preferred method of typing on the
Trek. There are two Multi-
tap text entry methods: “Announce final character only” and “Announce
character on each key press, then enter character after pause”. Select your desired method from
the Multi-tap text entry method section of the configuration menu (key
7
).
Each button is listed with its letter or symbols in order of their appearance.
When entering your password, you may toggle between lowercase, uppercase, and numeric only
with the
Bookmark
key.
1 Key: 1, period, comma, question mark, dash, forward slash, colon, semi colon, single quote,
quotes, back slash, less than sign, greater than sign, opening bracket, closing bracket
2 Key: a, b, c, 2
3 Key: d, e, f, 3
4 Key: g, h, i, 4
5 Key: j, k, l, 5
6 Key: m, n, o, 6
7 Key: p, q, r, s, 7
8 Key: t, u, v, 8
9 Key: w, x, y, z, 9
0 Key: space, 0, exclamation mark, at sign, pound sign, dollar sign, percent sign, caret, ampersand,
asterisk, opening parenthesis, closing parenthesis, underscore, plus sign, equal sign, Pound
Sterling sign, euro, Yen sign
Follow these steps to use the search function:
•
Open a text file from the Text Files bookshelf.
•
Press the
Go To
key multiple times
until you hear, “Search in text”.
•
The Trek will announce the current word in the text. Press
Confirm
or
Play
to search for
other occurrences of this word in the text.
•
You can also add text to this word, delete single characters starting from the end of the
word, or delete the whole word in one key press. Here’s how:
•
To enter your text with both
the “Announce character on each key press” and Announce
final character only methods, press the number keys
0
to
9
to type the text. For example,
key
2
is used for letters a, b, c, and 2. Key
3
has d, e, f, and 3. Key
6
has m, n, o, 6 and so
on. The space character is on key
0
. Punctuation and special characters are on keys
0
and
1
. To enter a letter, press the number key associated to that letter the appropriate number
of times.
•
In the “Announce character on each key press, then enter character after pause” method,
the Trek will announce the character as soon as the key is pressed, leaving enough time
to press again and select another character on the same key. After a short time, if no other
key is pressed, the Trek will make a clicking noise, indicating that the character has been
entered. You do not need to pause to type successive letters that are on different keys.
