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forward), press the downward pointing key also named rightDown. To read the prior 20
characters (panning backward), press the upward pointing key also named rightUp.
4.2.
Edit box
Braille Me presents a text dialog/ Input field called an Edit Box when you trigger
functions like find the keyword, rename a file, pair a new Bluetooth device etc.
Whenever an edit box appears, it will show a message asking you "enter the
name/keyword." Do not press back, this message is temporary and will vanish when you
start typing. Enter the text using the braille dot keys. Once you are done typing, press
the enter key to proceed forward. The Edit Box permits only 40 characters of text as
input.
4.3.
Cursor
Whenever you are editing content in Braille Me, by default a cursor will be displayed.
The cursor marks the position where the editing takes place. So, when the cursor is on a
character and if you type a new character, the cursor with the old character both will
shift by 1 cell to make space for the new character. If you execute backspace then the
character prior to the cursor will be removed. In case you execute the delete
command then the character with the cursor will be deleted.
In order to show the cursor on a six-dot system we offer two different ways:
4.3.1.
Mode 1
In this mode, the cursor is shown by blinking dots which are not part of the braille
character. For example, on the braille display the text “welcome braillist” is displayed.
The cursor is positioned on ‘b’ so the dots 1 and 2 will remain steady and in up position
since they make up the letter b, while the dots 3,4,5 and 6 will toggle up and down
indicating the cursor. So at a time the braille cell will contain both the information of the
character and the cursor. This method is the default method.
4.3.2.
Mode 2
Another way to display the cursor is to show the cursor only when triggered by the user.
In this mode, when the user presses the combination – LeftDown the braille
display will remove all the characters and only show the cell with the cursor by raising all
six dots. Here, all keys except the cursor routing keys and the Back key are frozen. Upon
pressing the same combination again, it will bring back all the characters and all keys
will become functional. So the combination LeftDown will toggle between the
text and the cursor.
The cursor blinking mode (mode 1) can be switched on/off by pressing the combination
r rightDown.
Irrespective of the cursor blinking mode turned on or off, you can use the
leftDown combination to check the cursor in the mode two formats.