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Using the APH Patterns Series
For users in English-speaking countries, braille contractions can be organized into
15 groups in accordance with the braille Patterns curriculum developed by the
American Printing House for the Blind, in Kentucky USA.
These groupings represent an ordered introduction of contracted or Grade 2 braille
for reading and writing instruction. Teachers can introduce contractions in small
groups, matching their introduction to a student’s abilities and needs. Students can
even have fun by ‘discovering’ braille contractions themselves.
For instance, if a teacher activates Patterns 1, Alphabet, and Letter words, a
student can braille any letter, press the space key, and listen to the synthesized
speech answer.
b but
c can
d do
and so on.
Before using Patterns
Things to know and do
Patterns commands will automatically:
• change the braille translation grade to Grade 1;
• turn synthesized speech on;
• be saved in memory.
Once you have selected Patterns to be turned on, those Patterns will be
remembered unless you turn the current Patterns off or reset the MB Tutor. Turning
the Patterns Function off only deactivates the currently selected Patterns.
Any combination of Patterns can be used together; if you wish to select Patterns 1,
BPN [n] [p] Turns page numbering on or off at the
desired position ‘p’ with a value of ‘n’. Max.
value of ‘n’ is 1000, and accepted position
codes are: TL - Top left; BC - Bottom
center; TC - Top center; BR - Bottom right;
TR - Top right; OFF - Turn off; BL - Bottom
left; ON - Turn on page numbering
BPNT [braille] Creates a text string to be printed with the
page number, where "braille" is the text to
be printed.
Note: To position text and turn numbering
on and off , use the BPN command, as
given above. Max. length of text is 15
characters, no punctuation allowed.
Menu item Command Description
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