[blazie-support] Re: how do I work this thing???
- From: "Laura Eaves" <leaves@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 07:04:39 -0400
Hi Lisa --
Thank you so much for the info. Very useful, albeit I had to experiment a
little to get the exact keystrokes.
I wonder if different models have slightly different commands...
The 36 chord in the menus menu does give the shortcut character -- very
useful, thanx. However, I found on my brl lite the only way I could get out
of the status menu was with the e chord, which seems to be an exit command
in some contexts.
As for the th chord getting me to the help file, that doesn't work in all
contexts, and what I think would be really nice (already forming my wish
list...;) is to have the th chord bring up a context menu kind of like in
Windows. The reason is that it's a pain to have to switch context and
search through a 9 page help file for simple questions and then try and
return to where you left off. But I suppose as I get used to using this it
will get to be more natural.
And who would have thought the z chord would exit the calculator. The e
chord does something else -- I think retrieving a stored value or something.
Would be nice if e chord always meant "exit"...
Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to reply.
I really do like this thing, nits and all.
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Hall" <lehtex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 5:59 AM
Subject: [blazie-support] Re: how do I work this thing???
>
> Hi Lee,
>
> If you want to find out the highlighted letter for each feature, hit 3-6
> chord. it will tell you in both Braille and speech if speech is on. I
have
> been a Blazie notetaker user since 1988 and I am willing to help. If you
> get stuck on a command, press the th sign dots 1-4-5-6 chord brings up the
> help file. If you have the long help file, it is about 9 electronic pages
> or about 36k I think. each electronic page usually takes about 4,096 or
4k.
> In the older version of the firmware, we used to expand the page size when
> the memory block is full. To find out what file is open at this time, hit
o
> for option, f for file and the letter t to find out what file is opened.
If
> you are in the file menu, hit the th sign chords 1-4-5-6 and you will be
in
> a menu. To find out the highlighted letter, hit chord 3-6. If you are in
a
> calculator and you want to exit the program, hit z chord dots 1-3-5-6. I
> hope this may be of assistance. Any time you are in the status menu, file
> menu, or the parameter menu, you are in a menu. use dot a chord to go up
a
> menu and dot 4 chord to go down a menu. Use dots 3-6 to find out
highlighted
> letter.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laura Eaves" <leaves@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "notetaker list" <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 3:28 AM
> Subject: [blazie-support] how do I work this thing???
>
>
> >
> > I've been plpaying around with my brl lite and have some questions.
> > I really like the features on it and wonder why I never got one of these
> > before...
> > However, I've been having trouble figuring out how to do some things...
> >
> > 1) If there's nothing on the display or every movement causes it to
print
> > "file is empty", how do I determine what file it's in?
> > Or, more generally, how do I tell what state the thing is in so as to
> avoid
> > the unexpected?
> > Or better yet, is there such a thing as a context menu on this thing?
> >
> > 2) when I'm finished using the calculator, how do I get out of it? I
> tried
> > everything I could think of but got syntax errors or calculator mode
> changes
> > no matter what I typed -- everything but exiting the calculator. I even
> > tried typing "exit", but of course that failed. I had to turn the
machine
> > off and back on again to get out of it.
> >
> > 3) when I'm in the status menu, how do I determine the shortcut
character
> > that goes with a specific option? For example, I want to turn speech on
> and
> > off, which takes forever unless you happen to know that the s chord will
> > take you directly to that option. Entering the status menu with 34
chord
> > then arrowing through all the options takes forever. It would be nice
if
> > there was a way to learn the shortcuts. (Ok, maybe it's in the manual,
> but
> > I haven't read much in it yet -- I think things like this should be
built
> > into the software, not hidden away in a manual.)
> >
> > I'm sure I'll have more questions as time goes on.
> > But meanwhile, I do like this thing...
> > Comments welcome! Thanx! :)
> > --le
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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