Tieman Braille Voyager
3 The Braille Voyager Control
3.1 What is Braille Voyager Control
Braille Voyager Control is a program that interacts as an interface between your
screenreader and the Braille Voyager. With Braille Voyager Control you can
configure the various Braille Voyager options, like sound feedback when pressing a
Braille key, touch cursor key, or thumb key, adjusting the dot pressure, or changing
the amount of status cells. All these options are set irrespectively of the used
screenreader. When you start your screenreader, Braille Voyager Control will be
activated. You can verify if Braille Voyager Control has been activated by looking for
the appearance of the Braille Voyager Control icon in the systray.
3.2 Configuring the Braille Voyager with Braille Voyager Control
To activate the Braille Voyager Control configuration screen press the Braille keys 1
+ 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7+ 8 or right click the Braille Voyager Control icon in the systray
and select <configure> from the popup menu. The Braille keys are the 8 round keys
on top of the Braille Voyager placed in an eyebrow shape. They are counted from left
to right 7, 3, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8. To activate the Braille Voyager Control configuration
screen you have to press all the Braille keys.
3.3 Property sheets
The Braille Voyager Control configuration screen contains 8 property sheets. For
each Braille Voyager option there is a separate property sheet. You can switch to the
next property sheet by pressing <C Tab>. To switch to the previous property
sheet press <Shift + C Tab>.
The 8 property sheets are:
•
Status
cells
•
Dot
pressure
•
Navigation
key
•
Sticky
keys
•
Sounds
•
Key
repeat
•
Braille
•
Advanced
3.3.1 Status Cells Property Sheet
When you activate the Braille Voyager Control configuration dialog by pressing
Braille key 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 you are placed in the first property sheet
“status cells.” In this property sheet you can adjust the number of status cells, turn
them on and off, and select if you would like to have the status cells on the left or on
the right side of your Braille Voyager. The maximum number of status cells is 10. By
default there are no status cells set.
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