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Remember not to press any key on Tutor’s keyboard while turning the dial. Pressing
certain keys while turning the dial has other functions described later.
To lower volume, you need to turn the dial towards yourself. While you turn it, you will hear
MB speak "softer." When you reach the minimum, you will hear an announcement not
accidentally leaving the unit mute.
There is an alternative method for volume control: press and keep pressed Tab key on the
keyboard and turn the wheel on the four-way manipulator right to increase volume or left to
decrease.
Loudspeakers and headphones/earphones
Mountbatten Brailler Tutor uses high quality speakers to produce its speech and other
sounds. To maintain privacy and not disturb people nearby, you may use headphones or
earphones. To connect headphones, you need a 3.5 mm audio jack connector at the end
of the cord. Connect it to the socket next to the volume dial. When you plug it in, the
loudspeakers will get turned off.
Embossing
Paper you can use for embossing
Writing braille onto paper makes noise. Mountbatten Brailler Tutor is relatively quiet
compared to other braille devices. There is no way to avoid noise altogether with a braille
writer. However, there are strategies and procedures to help minimize it.
The first strategy is to use lighter paper because it is quieter and more affordable. Braille
properly produced on lighter paper lasts well and is very readable with good-quality dots.
The MB Tutor has been designed to work best and most quietly with regular office paper.
This is 80 gsm or 20 lb paper as sold for use in photocopiers and printers.
The strike force set up in the factory is correct for this weight of paper and equally suitable
for thick braille paper as used with other braille writers or embossers.
Using heavy cards or labels
To emboss on a thick material like cardboard and plastic labels, you can select the number
of times the embosser hits each dot. In some cases, if you are using a heavy card or a
plastic label with adhesive backing, you may need to use the multi-strike setting to make
good braille. You can choose from a single strike (default) up to 4 strikes on each dot.
The commands and menu items that serve a purpose described in subsequent
sections will be presented in tables for clarity and ease of finding the command
description. To issue a command, press the Command key for one second until the
device says "Command". Then braille or type the command abbreviation e.g. "MS",
then space and finally any parameter e.g. "3" and press the Enter key.
Note that numbers in commands can be either in dropped (Nemeth) notation, or
UEBC preceded by a Number Sign. For example, to enter "3", use either dots 2 5
Enter; OR Number Sign (dots 3 4 5 6) then dots 1 4 Enter.
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