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When you press any of the above key combinations, the Polaris MINI announces
the status of its volume, rate, or pitch. The changes in the characteristics of the
voice remain in effect until you change them again, or a hard reset is performed
either manually or due to lack of power to the unit for an extended period of time.
Note: the volume of the voice is controlled independent of the Main Volume
on the unit, thus, you can adjust it above or below the volume of the system
sounds, media playback, etc using the Voice volume control described
above. You can control the "Main Volume" of the unit using "Backspace-
Space-F1" to lower it and "Backspace-Space-F4" to raise it. You can also
use the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons on the left side of the Polaris
MINI to control master volume.
2.6 Using Speech and Braille
When using the Polaris MINI, you can choose to read using Braille only or speech
only. You can also use both Braille and speech simultaneously. However, you
cannot turn off both Braille and speech as you would have no method of receiving
information from the Polaris MINI. Use "Backspace-F2" to toggle the speech on
and off. Press "Backspace-F3" to toggle the Braille on and off. You can also
control these settings in the Global options.
2.7 Entering Text
In a document, "edit box" or "multi edit box" on the Polaris MINI, you can enter
either grade 1 or grade 2 Braille. By default, the unit uses UEB Braille, and you
