Orbit Reader 20
– User guide
Version 2.10
Orbit Research
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14.4 Braille Pacer (Auto-Scroll)
The Braille Pacer feature is available in the Reader and lets you to set a reading
pace for the display to automatically advance.
The pace can be adjusted during reading by pressing the space and up-arrow
key to increase the speed (i.e. a faster advance rate) or the space and down-
arrow key to decrease the speed (i.e. a slower advance rate). Pressing these
keys once increases or decreases the speed in one-second steps. Many users
might like to have finer control of the speed and this can be achieved by pressing
the space bar, dot 7 and up or down arrow keys. The fine control increases or
decreases the speed in steps of one-tenth of a second. The default speed is 10
seconds.
You can review the current scroll rate from the menu, but it can be changed only
while reading. The current scroll rate is not displayed when auto-scrolling.
However, when auto-scroll is stopped and the scroll rate is changed, the scroll
rate will be displayed by
the message “xx.y sec scroll rate”.
You can use all the reading navigation commands during the Braille Pacer mode
as well.
To Start/Stop Braille Pacer, press Space. The rate of change is not viewable if
the speed is increased or decreased while active.
To Increase/Decrease Speed by 1 Second, press Up or Down Arrow + Space
To Increase/Decrease Speed by 0.1 Second, press Dot 7 + Up or Down Arrow +
Space.
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Edit Box
Orbit Reader 20 presents a text dialog or input field called an Edit Box when you
want to find text or rename a file. The Edit Box permits only one line of text.
Press Space + F to begin a search or press Space + R to rename a file.
Once in the Edit Box, insert text by typing the desired braille text and then use
the Edit Box commands to navigate. The Edit Box displays a blinking cursor
(Dots 7 8) to indicate where you input the text you are searching for or editing.
When Orbit Reader 20 shows an edit box, it often provides default text, such as a
file name or a previously entered search term. The entire text is selected (as
indicated by the Dots 7 8 combination added to each letter.) To delete or replace
the selected text, type a letter or press the backspace key (Dot 7). To edit the
existing text in insert mode, press one of the arrow keys to move the cursor letter
by letter to the position where you wish to edit.
