Good Day:
No, actually you do not have to memorize a load of commands. If
you are a completely new user, I would argue that there are at
most two commands you minimally have to know: the help command
(space with h on the braille keyboard units, and a dedicated
"help" key for the qwerty models) and the command for returning
to the main menu (space with a full six-dot cell on the braille
keyboard and the menu key on the qwerty keyboard). As you pointed
out, however, knowing more commands is certainly advantageous,
which is probably why HumanWare ships a braille command summary
with the apex. Also, for every application of KeySoft, there is a
help menu available with subcategories containing all the
commands and their keystrokes. This was actually my main method
of learning how to use the BrailleNote, aside from reading the
manual which, aside from a couple of mistakes and
inconsistencies, is, in my view, quite well written. As to
Wikipedia, the problem, as I understand it, is that this
particular site has not been designed with mobile devices such as
the BrailleNote in mind. Sites like Wikipedia and the NLS Web
Braille site contain embedded scripts which can, in the case of
Wikipedia slow loading of the page to a crawl or, in the case of
Web Braille, interfere with the displaying of search results. The
solution to both of these problems is to turn off browser
scripting, so that the page's content can be displayed clearly.
For the curious, I got this information from the webinar Mr. Greg
Stilson did this Thursday.
Hth:
Henry
Education never ends. It is a series of lessons, with the
greatest for the last.
Sherlock Holmes
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Fiorello <[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:00:33 -0400
Subject: [Braillenote] commands
Hi;
I have been casually looking at list messages and I am left with
the
somewhat disconcerting idea that one must memorize a series of
key
strokes to do much of anything. Is that correct or can a new
user
access a menu and arrow to the item they are looking for? In the
long
run short cut key strokes are faster but I'm becoming concerned
that
this thing will require serious work just to look at my email,
and a web
site or two and take some notes. Not at all clear as to the
problem
with Wikipedia.
--
richard
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Education never ends. It is a series of lessons, with the
greatest for the last.
Sherlock Holmes
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Fiorello <[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:00:33 -0400
Subject: [Braillenote] commands
Hi;
I have been casually looking at list messages and I am left with
the
somewhat disconcerting idea that one must memorize a series of
key
strokes to do much of anything. Is that correct or can a new
user
access a menu and arrow to the item they are looking for? In the
long
run short cut key strokes are faster but I'm becoming concerned
that
this thing will require serious work just to look at my email,
and a web
site or two and take some notes. Not at all clear as to the
problem
with Wikipedia.
--
richard
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