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1 BrailleNote Lessons By Rosa Mauer, Technology Instructor, Iowa Braille School Contact her at , ext or via ,

2 BrailleNote Lesson 1 Contents Getting Started Skills Checklist Learn where the BrailleNote keys are located Braille keys 2. spacebar 3. backspace 4. enter 5. previous thumbkey 6. back thumbkey 7. advance thumbkey 8. next thumbkey 9. on and off switch 10. headphone jack Work Time Complete the tasks with your student that you feel will be appropriate. Make changes and variations as necessary. 11. Ask your student to open the cover of the BrailleNote. The cover should open away from the BrailleNote user. If the BrailleNote is positioned correctly, your student will recognize six keys and a spacebar which are similar to that of a Perkins braille writer. 12. Assist your student in locating the on off switch. This switch is located under the valcro flap toward the back of the left hand side of the BrailleNote. 13. Without turning the BrailleNote on, explain that when the rocker switch is indented toward the user, the BrailleNote is on. When the on offf switch is indented away from the user, the BrailleNote is off. 14. Allow your student to feel the headphone jack. It is on the left side of the BrailleNote toward the front. 15. Instruct your BrailleNote user to place his or her hands on the six braille keys as he or she would do on a Braille writer. An easy task for your student will be to identify dots 1 through 6 and the spacebar. 16. The key near the left edge of the Braille display is the backspace key. Show your student how to press this key using the pinky finger. 17. The key next to the right edge of the BrailleNote is the enter key. Instruct your student to place his or her right pinky on this key. The BrailleNote should still be turned off during this introductory lesson. 18. The refreshable Braille display is below the spacebar. Though the BrailleNote is off, your student may place his or her hands on this Braille display. 19. While your student is feeling the refreshable Braille display, he/she may place both thumbs down on the thumbkeys to explore them.

3 20. Starting at the left, the thumbkeys are called the previous, back, advance, and next thumbkeys. P Ban might be a fun word association to help remember the order of these key names. Quick Quiz Time for a quick quiz. Have your student point to each of the following as you say the name of each item. 21. earphone jack 22. spacebar 23. next thumbkey 24. on and off switch 25. previous thumbkey 26. backspace 27. advance thumbkey 28. back thumbkey 29. return (enter) 30. keys 1 through 6 Note to Remember: Remind your student that a BrailleNote costs around $6,000. How many weeks of allowance would this be? The BrailleNote should be handled with care. Make sure it is not dropped. The BrailleNote should be kept at a normal room temperature. Leaving it in a care 4 three days when it is 0 degrees would not be a good idea! When setting the BrailleNote on a desk or table, ensure that the strap and the device are not hanging off the edge in any way. This will be safer and chances of the BrailleNote getting pushed or pulled off the surface of the table will decrease.

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5 BrailleNote Lesson 2 Contents Moving Around Skills Checklist Demonstrate knowledge of the areas listed in the Skills Checklist. 1. Turn the BrailleNote on. 2. Use spacebar to go forward through menu items. 3. Use backspace to go back through menu items. 4. Use the advance thumbkey to move forward through menu items and the back thumbkey to move to previous items. 5. When on a menu item, press enter to open it. 6. Use initial letters to move to and open menu items. 7. Use space with e to exit a menu. To return to the main menu from anywhere in the BrailleNote, press space with a full cell. 8. Tap the previous thumbkey with space to cycle through the speech on, offf, and speech on request modes. 9. Use and understand space with h to get help from anywhere. 10. Turn the BrailleNote off when tasks are finished. Work Time Complete the following tasks with your student: 11. Instruct your student to turn on the BrailleNote. Give any help that is necessary. 12. If the speech is off, turn it on. Do this yourself or assist your student in holding down the previous thumbkey and clicking the spacebar to toggle through the speech on, off, and on request modes. Stop toggling among the choices when you hear, "speech on." Remember, the previous thumbkey is the left-most thumbkey on the BrailleNote. 13. Allow your student to use the spacebar to move forward through the menu items. Listen to the item names as you go over the items. 14. When the end of the menu items are reached, the student can use backspace to move back through the list to the main menu. 15. Help your student to use the advance thumbkey to move forward through the various menu items and the back thumbkey to move to previous menu items. 16. At the main menu, your student may press the spacebar to go forward to the keyword menu option. Press enter to select and go into the keyword menu. By continuing to use the spacebar, he or she can explore keyword options. Press space with e to return to menu options. 17. At the main menu, your student may press e for the option called keymail. The menu item automatically opens. The student may use spacebar to explore options or space with e to return to the other menu items.

6 18. At the main menu, press space with h to get help. Use the advance thumbkey option to read the help information on the braille display or to hear it read. To move back while in help, use the back thumbkey. An e with space will exit the help menu. Spacebar with h to get help is available from anywhere on the BrailleNote. 19. Now your student may practice turning the speech on, offf, and speech on request. This is done by using the key combination of the previous thumbkey and the spacebar. This combination will toggle between the 3 modes. Speech on request only uses speech when specific speech commands are pressed. For the time being, toggle to speech on. The previous thumbkey will need to be held down while tapping the spacebar. 20. From the main menu, instruct your student to press an i to go to the Internet prompt. The speech and braille display may say "address." If the student was using the Internet, this is where he or she would type in a web address. We won't complete this task right now. From anywhere in the BrailleNote, dots 1 through 6 may be pressed with the spacebar to return to the main menu. Request that your student complete this command now. 21. Ask your student to turn the BrailleNote off when all tasks are complete. Quick Quiz It's time for a quick quiz. Require your student to demonstrate competency in the following tasks. This could be accomplished by using a written test or by requiring the student to use the BrailleNote to demonstrate mastry of the skills. 22. Turn on the BrailleNote. 23. If the BrailleNote does not say main menu, your student can return to it by using space with e or a full cell with the spacebar. 24. At the main menu, ask the student to show you how he or she can get to the Internet prompt and open it by using only one letter. If necessary, give a verbal cue to the student to press the letter i. 25. Instruct your student to return to the main menu. He or she should do this by using either e with space or dots 1 through 6 with the spacebar. 26. From the main menu, encourage your student to show you how to move forward and backword through the menu items using two different methods. These methods are using the spacebar and backspace keys and using the back and advance thumbkeys. 27. From the main menu instruct your student to go to the menu item and enter it. This is done by pressing an e. Do not provide verbal cues unless they are necessary during this quick quiz section. 28. From the keymail menu, ask your student to show you how he or she would get help. If a reminder is required, state that space with h will get help from anywhere. 29. Ask your student to read what is in the help file. The back and advance thumbkeys will work for now. 30. Ask your student to return to the main menu. Remember, pressing e with spacebar or dots 1 through 6 with space will accomplish this task.

7 31. Your student may now turn the BrailleNote off. Note to Remember: TO switch from task to task on the BrailleNote quickly, use the backspace and enter held down with the letter of the menu option you want to open. For example, backspace + enter + b will automatically open the book reader from anywhere. Backspace + enter + e will open keymail from anywhere. You get the idea!

8 Word Processing in Keyword BrailleNote Lesson 3 Contents Skills Checklist Demonstrate knowledge and competence in the following areas: 1. Open the word processor. 2. Create a document. 3. Write a heading and two sentences in a document. 4. Use the backspace or cursor keys to make basic corrections. 5. Review text moving forward and back by character and word. 6. Review text backward and forward by sentence and paragraph. 7. Use the back and advance thumbkeys to move back and forward by one width of the braille display. 8. Turn the speech on and off. 9. Turn the braille display on and off. 10. Determine how much power is left and become aware of when the BrailleNote needs to be charged. Work Time Complete the following tasks with your student. 11. Turn on the BrailleNote. 12. If the BrailleNote does not say Main Menu, your student can return to it by using space with e or a full cell with the spacebar. 13. From the main menu, ask your student to press space once to point to the keyword menu item. Open this word processor by pressing enter. 14. Now press the space until the create a document option appears. Press enter to continue from this point. 15. Next you and your student will be prompted to determine the folder you would like to place the document in. Like a folder or large envelope, your BrailleNote folder will contain or hold your smaller documents. For now, you may press enter on the general folder. To go to this folder, press g, its initial letter. Also, you may space to the general folder. Press enter to continue. 16. Now name the file. Call the file anything you want. Use Grade 1 or Grade 2 braille. Document names can be up to 250 characters long. 17. When in the document, instruct your student to write his name, the date, and the word practice. A new line should be placed between the name, date, and the word practice. After the word practice, enter can be pressed twice for 2 new lines. If an error is made, give a reminder that backspace can be used to delete a character. 18. Now your student may write 2 sentences to get a feel for what writing in the word processor is like. 19. The cursor keys are above the braille display. Show your student that he or she can place the cursor in any location by pressing the cursor

9 key above the desired braille cell. Corrections can be made by using the cursor keys and the backspace for deleting errors. The student may simply correct errors with the backspace and writing the desired text in the correct place. 20. Braille n Speak users may recognize the following list of review commands. The current document will be too small to practice them all, but a quick review won't hurt. Review commands are especially helpful when the speech is being used. a. To move back a character, press space with dot 3. b. Space with dot 6 will move forward a character. c. Space with dot 2 will move back by word. d. Dot 5 with the space will move forward by word. e. To move back by a sentence, press space with dot 1. f. To move forward by a sentence, press space with dot 4. g. To move back a paragraph, press space with dots 2 and 3. h. Space with dots 5 and 6 will move forward by paragraph. 21. The back and advance thumbkeys will move forward and back by one width of the braille display. Practice this in the word processing document your student currently has open. If desired, braille a few more sentences or a paragraph for practice purposes. 22. Your student may practice turning the speech on and off at this time. This is done by using the previous thumbkey and the space together. This option toggles between speech on, offf, and speech on request. Speech on request is spoken when specific commands related to speech are given. 23. The next thumbkey and the space will turn the braille display on and off. Explore this option. The speech and braille display cannot both be off at the same time. 24. Next, press space with o to go to the options menu. Then press a p to hear the level of remaining power. When the power gets as low as 10 or 20 percent, be sure to plug the adapter in and give the BrailleNote a charge. To return to your document after checking the power, press the next thumbkey to clear the display and go back to where you were. Try this out now. 25. Turn the BrailleNote off now. Quick Quiz Your student may answer the following true and false questions. Then, you may require him or her to demonstrate knowledge of the skills learned in this lesson by actually using the BrailleNote. 26. It is not necessary to check the BrailleNote power level. 27. Using the space with dot 4 will go forward by a sentence. 28. The previous thumb key with space will turn the braille display on and off. 29. Space with dot 2 will move forward by character in the word processor.

10 30. File names can be up to 350 characters long. 31. Space with the previous thumb key turns the speech on and off. 32. Space with dot 6 moves forward by character. 33. Space with o will get you to the options menu. 34. After checking the power level, a user must first return to the main menu to reset the BrailleNote. 35. Keywword is the name of the BrailleNote word processor. Answers 36. false 37. true 38. false 39. false 40. false 41. true 42. true 43. true 44. false 45. true Note to Remember: Running the BrailleNote battery down completely does not help the battery. Howere, it will help to keep the battery gauge accurate.batteries may need to be replace eary 18 months.

11 BrailleNote Lesson 4 Contents More Keyword Skills Checklist Demonstrate knowledge and correct use of the following: 1. Create folders in Keyword. 2. Create files within folders. 3. Center a line of text. 4. Use the delete menu to delete a character, word, previous word, sentence, paragraph, or document. 5. Explore the help menu in word processing. 6. Speak the time and date. 7. Return to main menu. Work Time HELP your student complete the Work Time tasks provided in this lesson. Vary the lesson to match the functioning level of your student. Some steps are general in nature, so make changes as necessary. 8. Turn the BrailleNote on. From the main menu, step to the word processor by using the space or advance thumbkey. Enter the word processor by using the enter key or the next thumbkey. 9. Now that your student is in the keyword menu, he or she should create a new folder and files. As with computer tasks, completing BrailleNote tasks can often be accomplished by more than one method. As your student learns and uses the BrailleNote, he or she will discover preferences for completing many operations. Remember, folders are used for the storage of smaller files. At this time your student may create a folder called homework and a document called science. 10. Press the letter c or space to the option called create a document. Press enter. 11. The prompt that your student should now be given will be "folder name." Help your student to write the word Homework at this point. You may be given the cue, folder does not exist, create new? Press a y for yes. Then press enter. When prompted to do so, write Science as the file name. Press enter and you will be placed in your blank document called Science. 12. Press space with a full cell to return to the main menu. 13. Now help your student to open the Homework folder again. Go to the keyword menu. Step to the create a document option. At the folder prompt, space to the Homework folder and press enter. Name the new document Math. Press enter to be placed in this document. 14. Give your student the time necessary to create other folders and files as desired.

12 15. Help your student enter the Math file. Use enter with c to center a line of text. Write the title Math and then press enter. 16. Require your student to enter the Homework folder. Create a journal file. Your student may write a journal entry at this time. 17. Instruct your student to enter the Practice file that is within the general folder. Write 5 sentences about a pet or favorite animal. Then practice using the delete menu. 18. Press space with d in the word processor to enter the delete menu. Use space, the initial letter, or the advance thumb key to find the option you want. Then press enter. The options in the delete menu include delete by character, word, previous word, sentence, paragraph, and document. The document option will delete from the cursor to the end of the document. 19. While in word processing, suggest that your student press space with h to enter the help menu. 20. When in the help menu, the options of edit commands, review commands, braille thumbkey commands, and miscellanious commands are presented. Use the initial letter, space, or advance thumbkey to explore the menu areas. Press enter on the option you want and the advance key to read the options. 21. While your student is exploring, use the list of help menus and the items they contain that is at the end of this document to help follow along with your pupil if you would like. The items are not explained, but it will give an overview of what is available. Space with e can be used to exit menu areas. 22. To speak the time from where you are in keyword, press enter with t. Enter with d will speak the date. Practice these 2 commands. Using the advance thumbkey after speaking the date or time will return your student to the previous position. 23. Return to the main menu. Press space with e until you reach it or use space with dots Turn the BrailleNote off and take a break. Quick Quiz 24. Instruct your student to create a new folder and file for you. 25. From within a keyword document, the student should show you how to speak or display the time and date. 26. At the top of the document, the student can show you how he or she can center the top line. 27. Watch and listen as the student shows you how to use the help menu in keyword. 28. Your student should explain how to use the delete menu and what items can be deleted in this manner. Keyword Help Menu Edit Commands Delete character under cursor is backspace with dots 3 and 6.

13 Delete word under cursor, press space with dots 2 and 5. Delete previous word, press backspace with dot 2. Delete to end of sentence, backspace with dots 1 and 4. Delete to end of paragraph, press backspace with dots Delete to end of file, press backspace with dots Center a line, press enter with c. Find and replace text string, press backspace with f. Change or review the layout, press space with dots , l or backspace with l. Review or change page settings, press space with dots p or backspace with p. To enter a unicode character, press backspace with dots 3 5. Review Commands Go forward reading, press space with g. Top of file, space with dots Bottom of file, space with dots Find text string, space with f. Find next occurrence of text string last searched for, space with n. To go back a character, press space with dot 3. To hear the current character, press space with dots 3 and 6. To move to the next character, press space with dot 6. To move back a word, space with dot 2. Hear current word, space with dots 2 and 5. To move forward a word, space with dot 5. To move back a sentence, press space with dot 1. To hear the current sentence, press space with dots 1 and 4. To move forward a sentence, press space with dot 4. To move to the previous paragraph, space with dots 2 and 3. Hear current paragraph, space with dots To move forward a paragraph, space with dots 5 and 6. To determine the current reading mode, press space with m. To change the reading mode, press space with m repeatedly. The 3 reading modes are sentence and paragraph, line and section, and columns. Announce key names, press space with w. To query the cursor position, press space with dots Go to any page, line, or column, press space with dots To enter or leave review-only mode, press space with x. Braille Thumbkey Commands To advance the display by one width, press advance. To move the display back' by one width, press back. To start the display advancing automatically, press space with dots To control the speed, use previous and next. To stop, press previous and next together. To move the display back a word, press previous with back. To move the display on a word, press previous with advance. To turn speech on or off, press and hold down the previous thumb key, then press space.

14 To turn the braille display on or offf, press and hold down the next thumb key, then press the space. To route the cursor to the beginning of the braille display, press backspace with advance. To cycle among the 4 keyboard modes, press previous with next repeatedly. Miscellaneous Commands Block commands menu, space with b. Spelling checker, press space with dots 1 and 6. Save file, press space with s. Abandon edit, press backspace with q. Open another document, press space with dots To review or change the current presentation style, press backspace with s. To insert a field or control an address list template, space with dots t or backspace with enter with dots Note to Remember: Encourage students to read with speech off when using the BrailleNote. Students can increase their Braille Fluency by not depending on the speech.

15 BrailleNote Lesson 5 Contents with Keymail Skills Checklist 1. Connect to a server. 2. Read new mail messages. 3. Put unwanted messages in trash folder. 4. Complete and understand fields required for creating an message (to, also send to, subject, etc.) 5. Write a simple message. 6. Edit message as needed. 7. Send message when ready. 8. Create a new folder. 9. Exit . Send messages and empty trash as required. Work Time This lesson assumes that your student has an up and running account and the service has already been added to the BrailleNote. The keyboard display and speech should both be on. This lesson assumes that the teacher is familiar with hooking the BrailleNote to the Internet and that this has been previously set up. 10. Assist your BrailleNote user in hooking the BrailleNote to the internet by sliding the network card into the appropriate slot at the back of the BrailleNote. 11. From the main menu, encourage your student to press an e for keymail. 12. When in the KeyMail menu, the student may use the space to cycle along the options. The menu choices are write an , read , connect to a service, and setup options. The choice that your student should go to at this time is connect to a service. 13. At the prompt service to call, if the appropriate service name is displayed, your student should press enter. When connected to the Internet, your student will hear how many messages have been received and if there are messages to send. 14. When the receive and send message task is over, the student may space or use the advance thumbkey to go to the read mail option. 15. Space to the inbox option and press enter. At the cue, check for new messages, press enter. 16. When on an message, space will move from field to field. Backspace will move back by field. Fields are items such as subject, date, address, etc. 17. To move to the next message, press space with dots 5 6. Space with dots 2 3 will move back to the previous To put an unwanted message in the trash, use space with dots On an message that your student desires to read, press enter.

16 20. Read the message with the following commands: a. Go forward reading automatically, space with g. b. To move back a character, use space with dot 3. c. To read the current character, press space with dots 3 and 6. d. To move forward by character, use space with dot 6. e. Move to top of file, with space. Use space with to move to the end of the file. f. Move back a word by using space with dot 2. The current word can be read with space and dots 2 and 5. Space with dot 5 will read forward by word. g. Space with dot 1 will read back a sentence. Space with dots 1 and 4 will read the current sentence. Dot 4 with space will read forward by sentence. h. To read back by paragraph, press space with dots 2 and 3. To read the current paragraph, press space with dots To read forward by paragraph, use dots 5 6 with spacebar. i. The advance and back thumbkeys will move the display back and forward by a width of the braille display. j. Dots with space will start the display moving automatically. Control the speed with the previous and next thumbkeys. k. Stop the display from automatically moving by pressing previous and next together. 21. When your student has finished reading the message, he or she may press space with e. Move this to which folder? will be the prompt. 22. To create a new folder from here, your student my type the name he or she wishes to use and press enter. Respond with a y for yes at the create a new folder prompt. The can then be moved to this folder. 23. To select an existing folder to move the to, use space or the advance thumbkey to locate the desired folder. Press enter to move the to the folder. 24. When has been read, use space with e to return to the keymail menu options menu. Locate write an and press enter. 25. Your student will first need to fill out the send to field. The message of the person who you wish to will go here. Computer braille is required for addresses. Do not use braille contractions. For the at sign, use space with u followed by the dot 4. To move to the next field, use the advance thumbkey. 26. If you wish to your message to someone else, fill out the also send to field with the address of another person. Use the advance thumbkey to move to the next field. 27. The blind copy field can also be filled out with an address. This copy will go to the recipient without anyone but you and the recipient knowing about it. Explain this to your student and help him or her to use and understand the fields.

17 28. The attach a file field is for attaching a file from the BrailleNote to an message that can then be opened and read by the recipient. 29. Your student may write a subject in the subject field. The subject can be one or two words that will summarize the content of the message. 30. In the message area, write a simple message. Edit the message as you wish before sending it. A review of some edit commands is given below. a. Delete to end of sentence by using backspace with dots 1 and 4. b. To delete the word under the cursor, use backspace with dots 2 and 5. c. Use backspace with dot 2 to delete the word before the cursor. d. To delete to the end of the paragraph, press backspace with dots e. Use dots with backspace to delete from the cursor to the end of the file. f. Use the cursor keys and backspace to make corrections and insertions. g. When you and your student are satisfied with the message, use e with space to begin the process of sending an . Press y when asked if you are ready to send the message. h. When asked if you wish to save a copy, press n for no. If you key in y for yes, you will be prompted to save the in the desired folder of your student's choice. i. To exit keymail, press space with e. To send the mail your student wrote, he or she should press e with space and y for yes when prompted to do so. Remember, if you write an when your BrailleNote is not connected, you will not be able to send messeges immediately. Your mail will be sent the next time that you connect to the internet with the network card. j. You and your student will also be prompted as to whether or not the in the trash folder should be emptied. Key in a y for yes if you would like the trash to be emptied. k. At this point you and your student should be placed back at the main menu. As always, turn the BrailleNote off when work tasks are completed. Quiz Time Part Your student should now use the network card to connect the BrailleNote to the internet connection. 13. Ask your student to demonstrate competence in going to the keymail menu, connecting to the server, and checking

18 Part 2 messages. Your student should do this with the speech on so that the instructor can observe and listen to what is going on. Listen while your student writes and sends an message. 14. As appropriate, your student should move messages to the trash or other folders. True or False Review If the statement is true, write the word true next to the given number. Write false if the statement is false. 15. When reading, space with dot 2 will move back a character. 16. Space with dots 1 and 4 will delete to the end of the sentence. 17. Use space with g to go forward reading. 18. Backspace with dots 2 and 5 will delete the word under the cursor. 19. Use space with dot 3 to move back by a word. 20. Use backspace with dot 2 to delete the word before the cursor. 21. Backspace with g will stop the display from moving automatically. 22. The back and advance thumbkeys will move the display back and forward (a width of the braille display). 23. Space with dots will start the display moving automatically. 24. A new folder cannot be added to the existing folders. Answers 1. false 2. false 3. true 4. true 5. true 6. true 7. false 8. true 9. true 10. false Note to Remember: You can run the BrailleNote from its battery or from its AC adaptor. You can usually run the BrailleNote from its internal battery for over 20 hours. Tasks such as printing and using e- mail will drain the battery faster. Note to Remember: As you would any computer, keep beverages away from the BrailleNote. From time to time, you may wipe the case with a damp cloth. Do not use cleaning compounds on the BrailleNote. Use a damp cloth.

19 BrailleNote Lesson 6 Contents Spelling Checker Skills Checklist 1. Access the spelling checker from Keyword or Keymail. (dots 1 and 6 with space) 2. Check a document for misspelled words. 3. Look up a word to determine how it is spelled. 4. Check a word to see if it is spelled correctly. 5. Determine if there are misspelled words in a paragraph or a section. 6. Check for spelling errors from the cursor to the end of the document. Work Time Complete the tasks below with your student. Add to the activity as appropriate. 7. Request that the student enter the Homework folder and then the journal file. 8. Your student may go to the end of the document by using a spacebar with dots Write the date followed by two enters for two new lines. 10. Make a new journal entry. Do not allow your student to make corrections as they occur so that practice with the spelling checker can be gained. 11. In the document, the student can locate a word that is not spelled correctly. If all words appear to be correct, change and misspell some of the words for your student. 12. Your student should now place the cursor on a misspelled word. Use dots 1 and 6 with space to enter the spelling checker. 13. Space or use the advance thumbkey to get to the word check option. Press enter. 14. If a word cannot be found or you need to fix a word, use the spell checker to do so. The following options are available when trying to fix a misspelled word: a. Use i to ignore all occurrences of the word. b. Space with dot 5 will fix only the occurrence of the word that your student is currently working with. c. An a will add the word to the spelling dictionary. d. The letter c will help correct the word. e. To look up a word, press l. f. For suggestions, press s.

20 15. Practice checking words at this time until you and your student adjust to using the word check option. 16. If your student is unsure of the correct spelling of a word or unsure of the correct braille sign, use the "lookup word" option in the spelling checker. Press dots 1 and 6 to enter the spelling checker. Press space to get to the "lookup word" option. Press enter. 17. At the word to look up cue, write a word in grade 1 braille and press enter. 18. If the word that is found is the one your student wants, he or she should press enter to insert it into the document. To move up and down the list of word suggestions, use backspace or spacebar. You may also use the back and advance thumbkeys. Press enter on a word if you choose to insert it into a document. If you are just exploring, press e with space to exit the spelling checker. 19. Practice using the other spelling checker options with your student. Using the BrailleNote is the best way to get to know it, so practice and explore as time allows. Spelling checker options include document check, look up word, word check, paragraph or section check, and check document from the cursor to the end. 20. Remember, use space with h to get help when you need it. Quick Quiz Write two or three paragraphs for your student. Misspell many words. Instruct your student to use the spelling checker to fix the paragraph. The speech should be on so that you can listen and observe your student. If you wish, give the following quiz as a review. Multiple Choice 21. Which of the following is not an option in the spelling checker? a. document check b. word check c. paragraph or section check d. sentence or line check 22. Which dots are used with the spacebar to enter the spelling checker? a. dots 1 and 4 b. dots 1 and 6 c. dots 3 and 4 d. dots 2 and In the spelling checker, what will space with dot 5 do? a. get suggestions b. change current occurrence of the word c. add word to dictionary d. change all occurrences of the word

21 24. To get help from anywhere when using the BrailleNote, what should you do? a. use backspace with h b. use enter with h c. use space with dots d. use space with h 25. What operation will space with a full cell complete? a. return to the internet b. return to the main menu c. reset the BrailleNote d. both b and c 26. Which thumbkey is the first thumbkey on the left? a. previous b. next c. advance d. next 27. Backspace with dots 1 and 4 in a keyword document will delete what? a. the current sentence b. the previous sentence c. to end of sentence d. the next sentence 28. In an message list, pressing space with dots 5 and 6 will complete which action? a. move to next field b. move to previous field c. move to next message d. move to the create a file option 29. In menu options, which key will move to the next menu item? a. space b. advance c. enter d. both a and b 30. To turn the speech on or off, use which command? a. next thumbkey with spacebar advance thumbkey with spacebar back thumbkey with spacebar previous thumbkey with spacebar Answers

22 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. d 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. c 9. d s 10. d Note to Remember:As you know, the voice setting of the BrailleNote can be changed. Enter with dot 1 or 4 willl change the volume. Enter with dot 3 or 6 will change the voice rate. The pitch can be changed with dot 5 or 2 with enter.there are 32 volumes, 16 speeds, and 16 pitches.

23 BrailleNote Lesson 7 Contents User Guide Skills Checklist 1. Enter the user guide through the options menu. 2. Read the table of contents within the user guide. 3. From within the user guide, enter the index. 4. Access an item from the table of contents. 5. Access an item from the index options. 6. Read the items in the user guide as desired. 7. Follow BrailleNote prompts in the user guide as necessary. 8. Exit the user guide. Work Time 9. Instruct your student to enter the user guide. He or she should do this by first going to the options menu with space and o. Then press a u to enter the user guide. 10. Your student may be given a cue such as "continue reading alarm?" Press an n for no. 11. A cue such as "press t for table of contents or' i for index" should be displayed. Your student should press an i for index. 12. Read through the items in the index by using the spacebar. Use backspace to move back by items. The back and advance thumbkeys will also move back and forward by index item. 13. Explore the index items. The initial letter of an item can be used to move directly to an index item. 14. Move to the index item called battery and press enter. The following commands can be used to read when in the user guide index. Practice reading in the battery chapter. a. To start auto-advance, press space with dots and 6. b. To start continuous speech, press space with g. c. To return to the index, press backspace. d. Space with e will exit the user guide. e. To move by subsection, press space with dots or space with dots f. Space with dot 1 and space with dot 4 will move by sentence. g. To move by paragraph, use space with dots 5 6 and space with dots Exit the user guide. Return to the main menu. Turn off the BrailleNote and take a break.

24 16. When your student is ready to work, turn on the BrailleNote and enter the user guide. At the cue, continue reading battery, press n for no. 17. At the cue, press t for table of contents. Use the commands below to read through the table of contents items. a. Space and backspace will move forward and back by item. b. Space with e will return to the table of contents. c. Enter on the item you wish to read. 18. Go to word processor and press enter. Subindex items will then be given. 19. Move to and from subindexes in the usual manner. Press enter on a subindex item you would like to read. 20. Your student may use the same commands to read the table of contents as he or she did to read the index. 21. When your student is finished, return to the main menu and turn the BrailleNote off. Provide time for practice and exploration within the User Guide because that is the best way to learn! Quick Quiz Time for a quick quiz. Copy each sentence. Fill in the blank with the correct answer. If possible, use the BrailleNote to complete the written work. 22. To start press space with dots and Enter the user guide through the menu. 24. To move by use space with dots 2 3 and space with dots Space with will exit the user guide. 26. In the user guide you can read by or Press to go into an index item. 28. To get help in the user guide, press To enter the user guide, press o with space followed by Press space with dot 1 or dot 4 to move back or forward by is the last item in the user guide index. Answers 32. auto-advance 33. options 34. paragraph 35. e 36. index table of contents 37. enter 38. space with h 39. u 40. sentence

25 41. writing a simple document Note to Remember:From anywhere, you may press space with o, p to hear the power and battery status. The display will tell you if the AC adapter is on or off and will also tell you a percentage of the battery that is charged.

26 BrailleNote Lesson 8 Contents Address Book Skills Checklist 1. Enter the user guide through the options menu. 2. Read the table of contents within the user guide. 3. From within the user guide, enter the index. 4. Access an item from the table of contents. 5. Access an item from the index options. 6. Read the items in the user guide as desired. 7. Follow BrailleNote prompts in the user guide as necessary. 8. Exit the user guide. Work Time 9. Instruct your student to enter the user guide. He or she should do this by first going to the options menu with space and o. Then press a u to enter the user guide. 10. Your student may be given a cue such as "continue reading alarm?" Press an n for no. 11. A cue such as "press t for table of contents or' i for index" should be displayed. Your student should press an i for index. 12. Read through the items in the index by using the spacebar. Use backspace to move back by items. The back and advance thumbkeys will also move back and forward by index item. 13. Explore the index items. The initial letter of an item can be used to move directly to an index item. 14. Move to the index item called battery and press enter. The following commands can be used to read when in the user guide index. Practice reading in the battery chapter. a. To start auto-advance, press space with dots and 6. b. To start continuous speech, press space with g. c. To return to the index, press backspace. d. Space with e will exit the user guide. e. To move by subsection, press space with dots or space with dots f. Space with dot 1 and space with dot 4 will move by sentence. g. To move by paragraph, use space with dots 5 6 and space with dots Exit the user guide. Return to the main menu. Turn off the BrailleNote and take a break.

27 16. When your student is ready to work, turn on the BrailleNote and enter the user guide. At the cue, continue reading battery, press n for no. 17. At the cue, press t for table of contents. Use the commands below to read through the table of contents items. a. Space and backspace will move forward and back by item. b. Space with e will return to the table of contents. c. Enter on the item you wish to read. 18. Go to word processor and press enter. Subindex items will then be given. 19. Move to and from subindexes in the usual manner. Press enter on a subindex item you would like to read. 20. Your student may use the same commands to read the table of contents as he or she did to read the index. 21. When your student is finished, return to the main menu and turn the BrailleNote off. Provide time for practice and exploration within the User Guide because that is the best way to learn! Quick Quiz Time for a quick quiz. Copy each sentence. Fill in the blank with the correct answer. If possible, use the BrailleNote to complete the written work. 22. To start press space with dots and Enter the user guide through the menu. 24. To move by use space with dots 2 3 and space with dots Space with will exit the user guide. 26. In the user guide you can read by or Press to go into an index item. 28. To get help in the user guide, press To enter the user guide, press o with space followed by Press space with dot 1 or dot 4 to move back or forward by is the last item in the user guide index. Answers 32. auto-advance 33. options 34. paragraph 35. e 36. index table of contents 37. enter 38. space with h 39. u 40. sentence

28 41. writing a simple document Note to Remember:From anywhere, you may press space with o, p to hear the power and battery status. The display will tell you if the AC adapter is on or off and will also tell you a percentage of the battery that is charged.

29 BrailleNote Lesson 9 Contents More Keymail Skills Checklist 1. Send an attachment. 2. Use the address selection list to attain a recipient address. 3. Access and understand the action menu. Work Time 4. Instruct your student to enter keymail. 5. Space or use the next thumbkey to go to write an . Press enter. 6. At the send to prompt, press space with dots to get to the selection list for address prompt. 7. Your student should move to the field of his or her choice. For this lesson, first or last name would probably be best. On the desired field, write the name and press enter. 8. "1 record selected. Send to all recipients?" will be the cue. Press a y for yes. At this time you and your student will be taken to the "also send to" field. 9. If you would like your student to send the message to someone else, either write the address or use space with dots to go to the address selection option. 10. The next step to assist your student with is to move through the e- mail message fields. At the subject field, your student should get in the habit of writing a one or two word descriptive subject. Then use the next thumbkey to get to the attachment field. 11. The BrailleNote user is then given the question, "attach a file to this e- mail?" Your student should press a y for yes to gain practice in attaching a file to an message. 12. The next prompt is "folder name." Use space or next to go to the folder where there is a keyword file stored that you could attach for practice. Press enter. 13. "File to attach?" is the next question. Use the next thumbkey or space to the file you want to attach and press enter. 14. "Attach this keyword document in another file type?" is the next cue. Key in a y for yes. Microsoft Word is a common file type that most computer users can access. For now let's attach the file as a Microsoft Word file. 15. "Attach as which file type?" is the next question. Your display may already say "Microsoft Word." Press enter to attach the file as a Microsoft Word file. 16. Now your student will be asked if he or she would like to attach another file. Write an n for no at this point. 17. Now your student will find the message area in place. He or she may write a message. A note about the file that is attached and the

30 reason for it would be very appropriate and polite. When your student is finished writing the message, he or she may press space with e. 18. "Ready to send this message?" If the message is good to go, your student should press y. "Save a copy?" can probably be responded to with an n for no at this time. As you leave keymail, you will be prompted to send the message. Key in a y for yes or n for no. 19. Now it's time for your student and you to learn about the action menu. This feature comes in handy in cases where the BrailleNote user wants to forward an message, reply to an message, or move an message to a folder. 20. When you are on or in an message, you can access the action menu by pressing space with dots 2 and 6. " action menu" will be spoken or displayed. The choices in the action menu are: a. reply b. forward c. move to another folder d. copy this to another folder e. delete this from this folder f. print this g. emboss this h. all. mark all 21. Encourage your student to access through the BrailleNote in order to use the options within the action menu. 22. Return to the main menu at this time. Quick Quiz Time for a quick quiz. Instruct your student to make up a question for each of the answers written below. 23. space with dots 2 and access the address list from the to field of an 25. Press an e 26. forward and reply 27. Use space of the next thumbkey. Answers 28. How do you access the action menu? 29. What does space with do from the to field of an message you are sending? 30. How can you get to keymail from the main menu? 31. What 2 items can you find in the action menu? 32. How can you move to write an when in keymail?

31 Note to Remember:When you start using , there are 7 folders provided for you. Move into folders you have created. Don't store several in the inbox. You will be able to locate old when you want to if they are stored in appropriate folders.

32 BrailleNote Lesson 10 Contents KeyPlan Skills Checklist 1. Open the planner. 2. Navigate around the planner. 3. Schedule a new appointment. 4. Reschedule an appointment. 5. Delete an appointment. 6. Set or clear an alarm. Work Time 7. From the main menu, instruct your student to press a p to move directly to the KeyPlan menu. 8. Space to the open planner option and press enter. 9. Now you and your student will be placed in the planner. Hopefully you will be on today's date. 10. Use the commands listed below to navigate around the planner. Practice using them with your student. a. Press space with dots 3 or 6 to move a day back and forward at a time. b. Use space with dots 2 or 5 to move through the calendar by week. c. In order to move by month, use space with dots 1 or 4. Moving a year at a time can be accomplished by using space with dots 2 3 or space with dots Choose a date a month from now and set an appointment. If you have a real appointment to make, use it for practice. Your student may want to use the planner to write down when a homework assignment is due. 12. First your student must select the date. He/she can do this by moving through the calendar with the above commands to find the appropriate date. Press enter to select the date. 13. There is another way to select the date. Write the name of the date as number sign, month, number sign, day, number sign, year. Press enter to select the date. 14. Now your student is ready to schedule the appointment. Press space with dots 2 6.

33 15. "Appointment day?" will be the next question. If the correct date is displayed, press enter. Remind your student that space with h can be used at any time to get help. 16. "Appointment time?" will be the next cue for your student. Type the time in 12 hour format as hours, colon, minutes, followed by a space, then am or pm. Press enter to finish the task. 17. "Appointment title" is the next prompt. Write a simple title such as, "science paper due." Press enter. 18. The next question is, "Do you wish to set an alarm on this appointment?" Press y for yes or n for no. Press y for yes to practice setting an alarm. 19. "Warning time?" may currently say 15 minutes. To change the number of minutes before the appointment that the alarm will sound, type a number between 0 and 120. Press enter. Your appointment will now be set. 20. Backspace with r to reschedule an appointment. With the cursor on the appointment you wish to reschedule, try backspace with r. You will then be taken through the process of rescheduling an appointment. Allow your student practice time if you think it is necessary. 21. Backspace with dots 1 and 4 will delete an appointment. Your student may schedule and delete appointments for practice if you think it would be helpful in the learning process. 22. On the specified date, you may use backspace with a to set or clear an alarm. "An alarm is set, do you wish to clear it?" will be the cue. Press y or n to walk through the steps. If you press n for no, you will be taken to the minutes before the appointment that the alarm will sound. Your student may change this for practice if you think it is necessary. 23. When these skills have been practiced and mastered, stop the lesson and return to the main menu. Quick Quiz Let's have a quick quiz. Give a short answer to each question below. 24. How can you schedule a new appointment? 25. In the planner, what will backspace with dots 1 and 4 do? 26. In the calendar, how can you move back by month? 27. How can you clear an alarm? 28. In the calendar, what will space with dot 6 do? 29. What is the command to reschedule an appointment? 30. In the calendar, how can you move back by week? 31. How can you move forward by year in the calendar? Answers 32. space with dots delete an appointment 34. space with dot backspace with a