General Commands Operating Modes
Speech On Request/Off/On SPACE with PREVIOUS thumb key
Braille On/Off SPACE with NEXT thumb key
Braille Display:
Auto Display SPACE with dots 1-2-4-5-6
Slow Down PREVIOUS
Speed Up NEXT
Stop Previous with Next thumb key
Back a Word Previous with Back thumb key
Forward a Word Previous with Advance thumb key
Route Cursor Beginning Back with Advance thumb key
Mode Previous with Next (Cycle x 4)
Start in one handed mode: Hold down BACKSPACE while turning
On BrailleNote. BrailleNote remains in one-handed mode until
restarted in two-handed mode.
Start in two-handed mode: Hold down ENTER while turning On
BrailleNote BT.
In a Menu or List
Move forward in a menu or list: SPACE, or SPACE with dot 4,
or ADVANCE thumb key. (Space or Down Arrow)
Move backward in a menu or list: BACKSPACE, or
SPACE with dot 1 or BACK thumb key. (Backspace or Up Arrow)
Select spoken item: ENTER or NEXT thumb key.
Jump to item: Press first letter.
Options Available at Any Point.
Return to Main Menu: SPACE with dots 1 through 6. (Menu Key
Exit current option: SPACE with E. (Escape Key)
Obtain help for current operation: SPACE with H. (Help Key)
Increase volume of speech: ENTER with dot 4. (Function with
Period)
Decrease volume of speech: ENTER with dot 1. (Function with
Comma
Speak faster: ENTER with dot 6. (Function with Equals)
Speak slower: ENTER with dot 3. (Function with Minus)
Raise pitch of speech: ENTER with dot 5. (Shift with
Function with Equals)
Lower pitch of speech: ENTER with dot 2. (Shift with
Function with Minus)
Stop reading, or acknowledge alarm: BACKSPACE with ENTER.
(Read with Space)
Date announcement: SPACE with O, D or ENTER with D.
(Function with D.)
Time announcement: SPACE with O, T, C or ENTER with T.
(Function with T.)
Stopwatch: SPACE with O, T, S or ENTER with W. (Function
with W.)
Keyboard Settings: SPACE with O, K or
BACKSPACE with ENTER with K. (Function with K.)
Review Voice: SPACE with O, R or
BACKSPACE with ENTER with R. (Function with R.)
Power and Battery status: SPACE with O, P. (Read with
Escape)
User Guide: SPACE with O, U or BACKSPACE with ENTER with H.
(Read with Help, or Function with U.)
Next appointment: SPACE with O, N or ENTER with N.
(Function with N.)
Repeat the last message or prompt: SPACE with R. (Repeat
Key)
Repeat the last prompt with spelling: SPACE with O, S or
ENTER with S. (Function with L.)
Repeat the last prompt with all punctuation: SPACE with O, H
or ENTER with H. (Function with P.)
Caps lock on; U-chord twice. (Ctrl with Shift)
Caps lock off; U-chord. (Shift)
(Page up: Function with Left Arrow)
(Page down: Function with Down Arrow.)
(Home, Function with Left Arrow.)
(End; Function with Right Arrow.)
Options Menu: SPACE with O. (Function with O.)
Switch Programs
Cycle through programs: SPACE with dots 2-3-5, or
SPACE with O, M, or Go to Wordprocessor:
BACKSPACE with ENTER with W. (Function with S.) To go to Word
Processor, Function with 4.
Go to Planner: BACKSPACE with ENTER with P. (Function with
6.)
Go to Address List: BACKSPACE with ENTER with A. (Function
with 7.)
Go to E-mail: BACKSPACE with ENTER with E. (Function with
8.)
Go to Book Reader: BACKSPACE with ENTER with B. (Function
with 9.)
Go to Calculator: BACKSPACE with ENTER with S. (Function
with 5.)
Go to Internet: BACKSPACE with ENTER with I. (Function with
0.)
Go to Braille Terminal BACKSPACE with ENTER with T.
Go to Media Player: BACKSPACE with ENTER with M. (Function
with M.)
At Folder Name Prompt:
Type folder name and press ENTER, or Cycle forward through
folder list: SPACE. (Space or Down Arrow)
Cycle back through folder list: BACKSPACE. (Backspace or Up
Arrow)
Select a directory path: SPACE with T. (Ctrl T.)
To move up one directory level: SPACE with dots 2-3.
Change Drive: BACKSPACE. (Ctrl D.)
At List of Folders prompt
Cycle forward through folder list: SPACE. (Space or Down
Arrow)
Cycle back through folder list: BACKSPACE. (Backspace or Up
Arrow)
Jump to folder name starting with: Press first letter.
Hear disk name and space available: SPACE with I. (Read
with I.)
Return to Folder Name"? SPACE with E. (Escape)
Within a Folder list.
Return to Folder Name? prompt: SPACE with E. (Escape)
Select prompted Folder Name? ENTER.
Hear Folder information: SPACE with I. (Read with I.)
At "Document to Create" prompt
Type name of new file and press ENTER, or Toggle document
type to create: BACKSPACE with X. (Ctrl with X.)
Return to "Folder Name?" prompt: BACKSPACE. (Ctrl with D.)
At "Document to Open" prompt
Type document name and press ENTER, or Cycle forward through
list of Docs: SPACE. (Space or Down Arrow)
Move back through list of Docs: BACKSPACE. (Backspace or Up
Arrow)
Toggle Document type to view: BACKSPACE with X. (Read with
X.)
Hear document information: SPACE with I. (Read with I.)
Cycle forward through most recently opened documents:
SPACE with dots 2-3. (Read with 9.)
Cycle back through most recently opened documents:
SPACE with dot 1. (Read with 7.)
Other Useful Commands at prompts
Single-character wild-card: SPACE with dots 2-3-6. (Shift
with Question Mark)
Multi-character wild-card: SPACE with dots 3-5. (Shift with
8.)
Clear field: SPACE with dots 3-5-6.
Upper case for computer Braille: SPACE with U.
Thumb Keys.
Thumb keys On/Off toggle: SPACE with O, F.
Options Menu: The following items are accessed via the Options
Menu, and these Options Are Available at Any Point.
Access Options menu: SPACE with O. (Function with O.)
Grade of Braille: SPACE with O, G, or BACKSPACE with G, or
Set Grade 1: BACKSPACE with A. Set Grade 2: BACKSPACE with B.
Set Grade 0: BACKSPACE with J. (Function with O, B.)
Braille Options: SPACE with O, B.
Visual Display: SPACE with O, V. (Function with O, V.)
Insertion: SPACE with O, I, or ENTER with I. (Function with
I.)
Word Processor, KeyWord text review
Read continuously: SPACE with G. (Read with G.)
Stop reading: BACKSPACE with ENTER or SPACE with dots 1-4-6.
(Read with Space)
Top of file: SPACE with dots 1-2-3. (Read with T.)
Bottom of file: SPACE with dots 4-5-6. (Read with B.)
Previous character: SPACE with dot 3. (Read with M or Left
Arrow)
Current character: SPACE with dots 3-6. (Read with Comma)
Next character: SPACE with dot 6. (Read with Period, or
Right Arrow)
Previous word: SPACE with dot 2. (Read with J or Ctrl with
Left Arrow)
Current word: SPACE with dots 2-5. (Read with K.)
Next word: SPACE with dot 5. (Read with L or Ctrl with
Right Arrow)
Start of line: SPACE with dots 1-3. (Read with H.)
End of line: SPACE with dots 4-6. (Read with Semicolon)
Start of next line: SPACE with dots 4-5. (Read with Enter)
Review-only mode: SPACE with X. (Read with X.)
Check or change Reading Mode: SPACE with M. (Read with S.)
Check file name: SPACE with I. (Read with Ctrl with I.)
Open Previous Document: SPACE with dots 1-2-5-6.
In Sentence and Paragraph reading Mode, the following commands
review sentences and paragraphs.
Previous sentence: SPACE with dot 1. (Read with U.)
Current sentence: SPACE with dots 1-4. (Read with I.)
Next sentence: SPACE with dot 4. (Read with O.)
Previous paragraph: SPACE with dots 2-3. (Read with 7.)
Current paragraph: SPACE with dots 2-3-5-6. (Read with 8.)
Next paragraph: SPACE with dots 5-6. (Read with 9.)
(In Line Mode, the same commands review lines and sections. In
Column mode, the same commands review the current word on the
line above or below and section above or below.)
Other Review Commands.
Find where cursor is: SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6).
(Read with Q.)
Go to: SPACE with dots 1-2-6. (Read with R.)
Previous page: SPACE with 1-2-6 then SPACE with dot 1.
(Function with Up Arrow)
Next page: SPACE with dots 1-2-6 then SPACE with dot 4.
(Function with Down Arrow)
Go to next Tab position: BACKSPACE with T. (Read with
Apostrophe)
Define Place Marker: BACKSPACE with D. (Read with D.)
Jump to Place Marker: SPACE with J. (Read with P.)
Find: SPACE with F. (Read with F.)
Find Next Occurrence: SPACE with dots 3-5-6. (Function with
N.)
Editing Commands
Delete menu: SPACE with D.
Backspace: BACKSPACE.
Delete current character: BACKSPACE with dots 3-6, (Ctrl
with Comma or Delete)
Delete current word: BACKSPACE with dots 2-5. (Ctrl with
K.)
Delete previous word: BACKSPACE with dot 2. (Ctrl with J.)
Delete to end of sentence: BACKSPACE with dots 1-4 in
Sentence and paragraph reading mode. (Ctrl with I.)
Delete to end of paragraph: BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-5-6 in
Sentence and paragraph reading mode. (Ctrl with 8.)
Delete to end of line: BACKSPACE with dots 1-4 in Line and
Column reading modes. (Ctrl with I.)
Delete to end of section: BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-5-6 in
Line and Column reading modes. (Ctrl with 8.)
Delete to end of document: BACKSPACE with dots 4-5-6. (Ctrl
with D.)
Find and replace: BACKSPACE with F. (Ctrl with F.)
Formatting Commands
New line: ENTER.
New Page: SPACE with P. (Ctrl with N.)
TAB: SPACE with T. (Tab)
Binding space: ENTER with B. (Ctrl with Space)
Format menu: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6.
Document Layout: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, L, or BACKSPACE
with L. (Ctrl with L.)
Style of presentation: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, S, or
BACKSPACE with S. (Ctrl with Y.)
Center line: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, C, or ENTER with C.
(Ctrl with E.)
Right justify line: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, R, or ENTER
with R. (Ctrl R.)
Page settings: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, P, or BACKSPACE
with P. (Ctrl with P.)
Template Menu: BACKSPACE with ENTER with dots 2-3-4-6.
(Ctrl with A.)
Insertion menu: SPACE with O, I, or ENTER with I. (Function
with I.)
Insert the Time: SPACE with O, I, T. (Ctrl with 4.)
Insert the Date: SPACE with O, I, D. (Ctrl with 6.)
Insert calculator result: SPACE with O, I, C. (Ctrl with
5.)
Commands used within Braille Documents.
Ink-print Settings Menu: Format menu, (Read with Ctrl with
B.)
Ink-print layout: Ink-print Settings Menu, or BACKSPACE with
ENTER with L. (Read with Ctrl with L.)
Ink-print only inclusion: Ink-print Settings Menu, or
BACKSPACE with ENTER with C. (Read with Ctrl with N.)
Start ink-print exclusion: Ink-print Settings Menu, or
BACKSPACE with ENTER with dots 3-4. (Read with Ctrl with X.)
End ink-print exclusion: Ink-print Settings Menu, or
BACKSPACE with ENTER with dots 2-6. (Read with Ctrl with Y.)
Ink-print translation options: Ink-print Settings Menu, or
BACKSPACE with ENTER with O. (Ctrl with O.)
Ink-print page settings: Ink-print Settings Menu P.)
Font control for translated or print document: ENTER with F.
Commands used within Text Documents
Underline: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, U, or ENTER with U.
(Ctrl with U.)
Font: SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, F, or ENTER with F. (Ctrl
with T.)
Braille Settings Menu: Format menu
Braille layout: Braille Settings Menu, or BACKSPACE with
ENTER with L. (Read with Ctrl with L.)
Braille only inclusion: Braille Settings Menu, or BACKSPACE
with ENTER with C. (Read with Ctrl with N.)
Start Braille exclusion: Braille Settings Menu, or BACKSPACE
with ENTER with dots 3-4. (Read with Ctrl with X.)
End Braille exclusion: Braille Settings Menu, or BACKSPACE
with ENTER with dots 2-6. (Read with Ctrl with Y.)
Braille page settings: Braille Settings Menu P.
Braille translation options: Braille Settings Menu, or
BACKSPACE with ENTER with O. (Ctrl with O.)
Braille grade: Braille Settings Menu, or ENTER with G.
(Ctrl with G.)
Block Commands
Block menu: SPACE with B. (Ctrl with B.)
Append block to clipboard: Block menu, A.
Bottom marker insertion: Block menu, B.
Copy block to clipboard: Block menu, C.
Delete block: Block menu, D.
Erase file and exit Keyword: Block menu, E.
Insert file: Block menu, I.
Move block to clipboard: Block menu, M.
Paste clipboard: Block menu, P.
Read block: Block menu, R.
Store block: Block menu, S.
Top marker insertion: Block menu, T.
Zap block markers: Block Menu, Z.
Quick Mark commands
Mark character: Block menu, SPACE with dots 3-6. (Ctrl with
Comma)
Mark word: Block menu, SPACE with dots 2-5. (Read with K.)
Mark sentence or line: Block menu, SPACE with dots 1-4.
(uread with I.)
Mark paragraph or section: Block menu,
SPACE with dots 2-3-5-6. (Read with 8.)
Miscellaneous KeyWord Commands
Find where the cursor is: SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6).
(Read with Q.)
Query value of Tab stop: SPACE with wh sign (dots 1-5-6).
(Read with Q.)
Switch document: SPACE with dots 1-2-5-6. (Ctrl with Z.)
Save document: SPACE with S. (Ctrl with S.)
(Extended Character Entry: Shift with Read with Character
Number.)
Quit document: BACKSPACE with Q. (Ctrl with Q.)
Spelling Checker Commands.
Spelling Checker menu: SPACE with dots 1-6, the ch sign.
(Read with Ctrl with S.)
Check from cursor to end of document: Spell Check menu, C.
Document check: Spell Check menu, D.
Lookup Word in dictionary: Spell Check menu, L
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