Thanks, Londa. I'll keep this message for further reference.
Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Londa Hauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 11:12 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] USING THE BRAILLENOTE ASA BRAILLEDISPLAY FORTHECOMPUTER > Hi Karen, > > The outside thumbkeys should keep wrapping around to the next line. I only > use the middle keys when I want to actually skip a whole line for one > reason or other. You might want to use structured mode. The only oddity > is that when you reach the end of the line, you won't see anymore on the > display even if it isn't full. You then just have to press the right most > thumbkey again, and the next line will begin. Hope this helps. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen McDonald [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:50 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] USING THE BRAILLENOTE AS > A BRAILLEDISPLAY FORTHECOMPUTER > > Thanks, Londa, for that tip. > > The lines have started to read better, but to me there doesn't seem to be a > pattern. Just when I think I've got it figured out, the display won't move > when I push on what I think is the appropriate thumb key. For example, I > can be reading along, and I come to a couple of characters that look like a > star. Does this indicate the end of a line or what? I thought that for a > while it did and that I could use the "down" key to move the display down a > line, but it didn't seem to work like I thought it would. I haven't tried > reading anything except email messages and maybe they are a bit tricky, I > don't know. > > I hope this makes sense. > > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Londa Hauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Braillenote List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 4:01 PM > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] USING THE BRAILLENOTE AS A BRAILLEDISPLAY > FORTHECOMPUTER > > > > Hi Karen, > > > > When you're using the Braillenote as a display for the computer, the two > > outside thumb-keys scroll one display width, while the inside keys go up > > and down. If you get these confused, as I did when first using the bn as > a > > display, you won't be able to read the whole line. Hth. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Karen McDonald [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:38 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Braillenote List > > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] USING THE BRAILLENOTE AS A BRAILLE > > DISPLAY FORTHECOMPUTER > > > > What option would I use to change the line length? I changed the mode > from > > structured to line, but I still can't get the BrailleNote to read > > everything > > on the line. > > > > Karen----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Seville Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Braillenote List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:21 PM > > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] USING THE BRAILLENOTE AS A BRAILLE DISPLAY > > FORTHECOMPUTER > > > > > > > Ajust the Braille display line; the computer has an 80 cell line and > the > > > Braille display either 18 or 32, depending on your model. You could > > > change the Braille display for line, sentence, etc. that may help. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen > > > McDonald > > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:55 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [Braillenote] USING THE BRAILLENOTE AS A BRAILLE DISPLAY FOR > > > THECOMPUTER > > > > > > Hi, everyone, > > > > > > I am experimenting with a feature of the BrailleNote that is new to me. > > > I > > > have been using the BrailleNote as a Braille display with a computer. > > > What > > > I'm wondering is this. Are there any options in the settings on JAWS > > > that I > > > can change to make the Braille display work better? One of the things > I > > > have noticed is that I can't seem to read everything that my computer > > > says > > > on the Braille display. I'll be reading along and I come to the end of > > > a > > > line of text and the computer finishes speaking the rest of the line > and > > > my > > > Braille display doesn't display the rest of the text on the line. > > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > > ___ > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > ___ > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >
