The BrailleNote QT does not announce capital letters when typed. This
bug has been logged.
Sam Taylor
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Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:39 PM
To: Tom Behler
Cc: Jessica Brown; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Some Questions On The Braille Note QT32
If you have contracttions on, you can use normal braille if that makes
any sense.
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On 2012-06-19, at 6:55 PM, "Tom Behler" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chris:
>
> Space U did not work here with my Braille Note QT32.
>
> Is there perhaps another command that can make the BN say "cap" when
you are capitalizing a letter?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tom Behler from Michigan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Nusbaum"
<[email protected]>
> To: "Jessica Brown" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Terri Pannett" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Some Questions On The Braille Note QT32
>
>
> Space u.
>
> Chris
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Jun 19, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Jessica Brown <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>> How do you make it say capp? I have never seen this option before.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Terri Pannett" <[email protected]
>> To: "Tom Behler" <[email protected]>,"Braille Note e-mail list"
<[email protected]
>> Date sent: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:31:36 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Some Questions On The Braille Note QT32
>>
>> Hi, Tom,
>>
>> I think you want to have the cursor follow along when you edit
documents.
>> The closest answer is to put your display in edit mode. In this mode,
you
>> will see all of the format characters and the cursor will always be
on. To
>> use edit mode, press the previous and next thumb kezs simultaneously
until
>> you see "edit mode". I don't remember for sure, but I think when you
press
>> the advance or back thumb keys, the cursor will go to the beginning
of the
>> next display. Someone can correct me. You can also scroll through a
document
>> line by line, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph or page by
page.
>> Every time you press the previous or next thumb keys, you can move
the
>> cursor to the beginning of the scrolling increment you chose. (To
scroll by
>> page, you would press function down arrow or function up arrow.) You
can
>> also use the cursor routing buttons. If you are reading in grade 1 or
grade
>> 2, the cursor routing buttons may jump to the beginning of a word.
When the
>> cursor is on a word, the word is in computer braille. That's why the
cursor
>> may not be on the cell you wanted it to be. If you want to, you can
read
>> your documents in computer braille. Then, your cursor will always be
routed
>> to the exact spot.
>>
>> I can't answer your question about higher pitch for capital letters
because
>> I hated that choice. I used say cap instead.
>>
>> I hope this answer is helpful.
>> Terri, Amateur Radio Call Sign KF6CA.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[email protected]
>> To: "Braille Note e-mail list" <[email protected]
>> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 6:42 PM
>> Subject: [Braillenote] Some Questions On The Braille Note QT32
>>
>>
>> Hi, folks.
>>
>> Well, I have been working with my new qwerty-style Braille Note Apex
QT32,
>> and I can tell you that it seems to be working much better for me
than the
>> BT32 did.
>>
>> I simply seem to feel more comfortable with the qwerty keyboard
>> arrangement.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm trying to master the ins and outs of Word Processing on
the
>> QT32, and have several questions. I hope I verbalize them clearly.
If
>> not, please let me know, and I'll give it another try.
>>
>> Here are my questions:
>>
>> 1. How can I configure the QT32 Braille display main cursor to
follow
>> along when I am editing a dopcument, rather than being stationary at
the
>> point where I initially started reading the document with the thumb
keys?
>> In other words, when I'm editing, I want my Braille display cursor to
move
>> along as the speech cursor does, so that it is where I am in the
document
>> at all times. Of course, I can bring the Braille Display cursor to
where
>> I am via the cursor routing buttons, but that isn't always efficient
when
>> editing a long document, and when trying to quickly make a lot of
needed
>> changes.
>>
>> 2. How can I configure the cursor router buttons to immediately move
to
>> the exact character I want to work with, rather than going to the
first
>> letter in the entire word initially? In other words, I find that I
have
>> to hit the cursor router button twice, before it ends up exactly
where I
>> want it for editing purposes, and I'd like to avoid that if possible.
>>
>> 3. How can I configure the Braille Apex voice to have a considerably
>> higher pitch, when I capitalize a letter? Right now, there is not
much of
>> a difference in pitch between capitalized and noncapitalized letters,
and
>> I'd like to change that if possible.
>>
>> Again, I hope these questions are clearly verbalized. If not, please
let
>> me know.
>>
>> Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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