Stacey, before I reply to your question regarding calculating percentages on the Voice Sense Calculator in the Utility Menu, please allow me to mention one tip that Raul shared with me that I have found to be very useful.
Whenever you are unsure of how to execute a particular command, or, if you don't know how to represent a certain symbol for a mathematical operation which can be performed on the Voice Sense Calculator, you can receive instant, online help for whatever program you are in. The context-sensitive, Online Help Command is h-chord, or space-h (dots 1-2-5). Now, there are two ways of calculating percentages. 1. If you wish to calculate sales tax for the price of a particular item, you would first enter the price of the item (without sales tax), followed by the "Plus" Sign for Addition (dots 3-4-6), followed by the sales tax percentage. (To enter "Percentage", use dots 1-4-6 to represent the Nemeth Code symbol for "Percent". Numbers should be written in the lower portion of the Braille cell using dot 2, dot 3, dot 5, or dot 6.) For example, if you want to purchase a telephone that currently costs $99.95 at Radio Shack, and, if the sales tax for your particular county is, let's say, eight percent, you would perform the following steps to solve this problem satisfactorily: a. Enter $99.95 as 99 (dots 3-5, 3-5), followed by the decimal point (dots 4-6), followed by 95 (dots 3-5, 2-6). b. Enter "Plus" (dots 3-4-6) to represent the mathematical operation for Addition. c. Finally, enter eight percent (the sales tax) as dots 2-3-6 for the digit 8, followed by "Percent" (dots 1-4-6), and, finally, press "Enter" to find the solution. The answer is $107.946 which, when rounded up to the next penny, is $107.95. 2. To find the percentage of a given number (for example, to calculate 25 percent of 100, please follow these two steps: a. Enter 100 as dot 2 (for 1), dots 3-5-6 (for the first 0), then dots 3-5-6 (for the second 0). b. Then, enter the symbol for "Multiplied By", (which is dots 1-6). c. Finally, enter "25 percent" as dots 2-3 (for 2), dots 2-6 (for 5), and dots 1-4-6 (for "percent". d. Finally, press "Enter" to perform the calculation. 25 percent of 100 is 25. Hope this helps. --Original Message ----- From: Stacey Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: 2008/06/08 12:19:52 Subject: [GWN] I > > > Morning all, > Can someone tell me the pffoper way to enter percentages into the calculater? > I read the manual, but I can't figure out how to do them correctly. > Thanks for any help with this. > Stacey and Chesley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Bob Rite
