1. Getting Started 1.1 What is the QBraille XL? The QBraille XL is a 40-cell Braille display developed and manufactured by SELVAS Healthcare for use by the blind and visually impaired. Its unique Hybrid keyboard allows the convenience of contracted Braille entry while offering intuitive standard QWERTY keyboard command and operation with computers, smartphones and tablets. The QBraille XL can be used to do the following: 1) Use the QBraille XL as a Braille display/terminal for your Windows, Mac, IOS, or Android screen reader. The Perkins-style keyboard, scroll and navigation keys as well as standard QWERTY modifiers and function keys, provide the convenience of Braille input combined with the intuitive functionality of a computer keyboard. 2) Use the built-in ¡°Notepad¡± to create and edit Braille and text documents, or read BRF, RTF, DOC or DOCX and PDF files on the go. 3) Read and Navigate text-based DAISY class materials as well as your favorite novels. 4) Utilize several built-in utilities including Schedule Manager, Calculator, alarm/clock, stopwatch, and count-down timer. 1.2 Package Your QBraille XL packing box should contain the following items: 1) QBraille XL 2) Power Adapter 3) USB C Cable 4) Carrying case 5) Braille Quick Reference Guide 1.3 Hardware Specifications 1) Operating System: Windows CE 6.0 2) RAM: 256 MB 3) CPU: Samsung S5PV210 4) Battery: Lithium polymer rechargeable battery 5) Running Time: About 20 hours 6) Keyboard: 9-key Perkins-style Braille keyboard, QWERTY modifiers and function keys in their standard positions, 4 Scroll buttons, 40 cursor routing keys 7) Additional Buttons: Power button, hard reset button 8) Braille display: 40 refreshable Braille cells 9) Bluetooth: Ver.2.1+EDR 10) Interface: 1 USB-C, 1 SD slot 11) Sound: Mono speaker 12) Size: 31cm x 11.9cm x 1.8cm 1.4 Physical Orientation To get the most from your QBraille XL, it is important to become oriented to the buttons on your QBraille XL as well as learning their functions. This section explains the physical configuration of the QBraille XL. Place the QBraille XL on a desk or table top with the Braille display nearest you. Its shape resembles a long, thin rectangular box. This section of the manual describes each side of the QBraille XL and the basic function(s) of each button. 1.4.1 Top panel The top face of the unit contains the keyboard and Braille display. Along the front edge of the top panel are 40 refreshable Braille cells. Just above the Braille display. There are 40 small, oval-shaped buttons corresponding to each of the 40 Braille cells. These buttons are called cursor routing keys. Each 5th cursor router is marked with a dot for easier orientation. When you are editing documents, you can use these keys to route your cursor to the character of the corresponding Braille cell. On each side of the Braille display are two capsule shaped keys. These are the "UP" and "DOWN" scroll keys. The scroll keys are used to scroll the Braille display through menus, fields, lists or text. You can use the scroll keys to scroll by display length or line. The largest portion of the top face is taken up with the unique Hybrid keyboard, consisting of a 9-key Perkins Braille keyboard along with several standard QWERTY modifier and function keys, and a couple of special keys specific to QBraille. In the center of the keyboard is a traditional Braille keyboard made up of Braille dots 1-6 as well as Space, Backspace and Enter. On the same row as the spacebar are several modifier keys, located in similar positions as they would be on a standard QWERTY keyboard. From left to right are Control, Function, Windows, Alt, Space, Alt, Applications, and Control. Above the Braille Keyboard, on the top row, you will find the Escape key in the top left corner, and the standard F1 to F12 keys in groups of 4 to the right, with F4, F8 and F12 tactilely marked. On the far right is a group of 6 keys arranged in 2 vertical rows of 3. These keys are equivalent to the standard 6 pack on a QWERTY keyboard. The left column, from top to bottom contains Insert, Home and End. The right column contains Delete, Page Up, and Page down. Below these keys are the Up, Down, Left and Right arrow keys. On the far left, below Escape and F1, is another set of 5 keys, arranged in 2 columns. Below F1, to the left of the Backspace key, from top to bottom are located Tab, Capslock and Shift. Below Escape are 2 additional keys specific to QBraille. Just below Escape is the Pairing key. This key is used in conjunction with other keys to perform several functions related to device connectivity, including switching to specific connections, getting information about the current connection, and accessing the Pairing List. Below the Pairing Key is the Mode key. The Mode key allows you to switch Hybrid Mode on and off and has additional functions when used in conjunction with other keys. Please see the Connectivity section for additional information on the functions of the Pairing and Mode keys. The LED lights are located above the arrows on the right side of the top face. The left LED light shows Bluetooth status; when Bluetooth is activated, this LED light turns blue. The right LED indicates the status of the power; when you are charging the unit, the LED turns red. When the QBraille XL is powered on, the LED turns yellow. These LED lights help a sighted person easily determine the status of the unit when working with students. 1.4.2 The Right Panel The right panel contains 2 items. Near the rear of the unit is the SD card slot. The QBraille XL can accommodate high capacity SD cards up to 32GB. Nearer the front of the unit is the USB C port. Use this port to charge the QBraille XL or to connect to a computer as a USB keyboard/Braille display. 1.4.3 Left Panel The left panel contains only one button, a small, rectangular button marked with a small dot used to turn the QBraille XL on/off. Press the power button for about 1 second to power the unit on/off. When the unit is powered on, again, hold the Power button for about 1 second to power the unit off. If the unit is booting from a complete shutdown, press and hold the power button for a couple of seconds, until you hear a short beep. After a few seconds, the power on music sounds, and you are placed in the Main Menu. 1.4.5 Rear Panel The rear panel of the QBraille XL contains 1 very small button. Near the right end of the rear panel is a small pin hole containing the ¡°Hard reset¡± button. The ¡°Hard reset¡± button is used when the unit does not respond as you expect, or when the battery is completely depleted and connecting the AC adapter doesn¡¯t reboot the unit. You can use a toothpick or the end of a paperclip to press the ¡°Hard reset¡± button. Be careful when pressing the ¡°Hard reset¡± button as, if you are not careful, pressing too hard or using an end too small may damage the device. 2. Command Summary 2.1 General shortcuts Move to the next item in a menu or list: down arrow or Space-4 Move to the previous item in a menu or list: up arrow or Space-1 Move to the first item in a menu or list: Home or Space-1-3 Move to the last item in a menu or list: End or Space-4-6 Move to the next 40 items: Page Down or Space-3-4-5 Move to the previous 40 items: Page Up or Space-1-2-6 Execute program: Enter, or cursor routing key twice Enter sub folder: Enter, or cursor routing key twice Cancel: Esc key or space-E Exit: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) or Esc key. Enter folder or open file: Enter Move back a level in the folder structure: escape or Backspace Open the menu: Space-1-2-4 or Alt 2.2 Notepad Open new document: Ctrl-N (dots 1-3-4-5) Open recent document: Ctrl-P (dots 1-2-3-4) Open document in ¡®read only¡¯ mode: Ctrl-R (dots1-2-3-5) Move to previous line: Space-1 or up arrow. Move to next line: Space-4 or down arrow. Move to beginning of line: Space-1-3 or Home Move to end of line: Space-4-6 or End Move to previous paragraph: space-2-3 or Ctrl-up arrow. Move to next paragraph: Space-5-6 or Ctrl-down arrow. Move to previous page: Space-1-2-6 or Page Up Move to next page: Space-3-4-5 or Page Down Move to the top of the document: Space-1-2-3 or Ctrl-Home Move to the end of the document: Space-4-5-6 or Ctrl-End Start block: Ctrl-B (dots 1-2) Select all: Ctrl-A Cut block: Ctrl-X (dots 1-3-4-6) Copy: Ctrl-C (dots 1-3) Paste: Ctrl-V (dots 1-2-3-6) Delete current character: Alt-C (dots 1-3) Delete current word: Alt-W (dots 2-4-5-6) Delete current line: Alt-L (dots 1-2-3) Delete block: Space-D (dots 1-4-5) Undo: Ctrl-Z (dots 1-3-5-6) Insert today¡¯s date: Insert-d (dots1-4-5) Insert current time: Insert-t (dots2-3-4-5) Insert calculation and result: Insert-R (dots1-2-3-5), Find: Ctrl-F (dots 1-2-4), Replace: Ctrl-R (dots 1-2-3-5) Set Mark: Ctrl-M (dots 1-3-4). Move to Mark: Ctrl-J (dots 2-4-5) Auto scroll: up scroll button-down scroll button View format character: Insert-C (dots 1-4) Set Read only: Alt-R (dots 1-2-3-5) Auto scroll speed: Shift-left arrow or Shift-right arrow Copy file/folder: Ctrl-C (dots 1-3) Cut file/folder: Ctrl-X (dots 1-3-4-6) Paste file/folder: Ctrl-V (dots 1-2-3-6) Delete file/folder: Ctrl-D (dots 1-4-5) Select all file/folders: Ctrl-A Create new folder: Ctrl-F (dots 1-2-4) Rename file/folder: Ctrl-E (dots 1-5) Find file/folder: Ctrl-S (dots-2-3-4) Information: Ctrl-I (dots 2-4) 2.3 Connectivity Turn Hybrid Mode on/off: Mode key Change Braille grade for keyboard entry: Pairing-Mode key Switch to USB connection: pairing-Escape Change to Bluetooth braille connections: pairing-F1/F6 Change to Bluetooth keyboard connection: Pairing-F7/F12 2.4 DAISY Reader Open DAISY book: Enter-o (dots 1-3-5) Check book-info: Enter-i (dots 2-4) Exit: Space-z (dots 1-3-5-6) Go to beginning: Space-1-3 or Space-1-2-3 Go to end: Space-4-6 or Space-4-5-6 Move to the next page: Space-3-4-5 Move to the previous page: Space-1-2-6 Go to page: Enter-g (dots 1-2-4-5) Select previous text unit: Dot 1 Select next text unit: Dot 4 Move to previous text unit: Dot 2 Move to next text unit: Dot 5 Select previous movement unit: Dots 2-3 Select next movement unit: Dots 5-6 Move to the previous unit: Dot 3 Move to the next unit: Dot 6 Move to the next heading: Space-5 Move to the previous heading: Space-2 Move to the last heading: Space-4-6 Move to the first heading: Space-1-3 Check the current-reading level and heading: Enter-w (dots 2-4-5-6) Find heading: Space-f (dots 1-2-4) Headings list: Enter-h (dots 1-2-5) Find again: Enter-f (dots 1-2-4) Set mark at current position: Enter-m (dots 1-3-4) Move to the next mark: Space-dot 6 Move to the previous mark: Space-dot 3 Delete mark: Space-d (dots 1-4-5) Create memo: Backspace-m (dots-1-3-4) Read memo: Backspace-r (dots-1-2-3-5) Read previous memo: Backspace-p (dots-1-2-3-4) Read Next Memo: Backspace-n (dots-1-3-4-5) Delete Memo: Backspace-d (dots-1-4-5) Exit and erase position without prompt: Enter-z (dots-1-3-5-6) Exit and erase marks without prompt: Backspace-z (dots-1-3-5-6) 2.5 Applications 2.5.1 Calculator View calculation result (=): Enter Type new calculation: Enter Plus: dots 3-4-6 Minus: dots 3-6 Multiply by: dots 1-6 Divided by: dots 3-4 Percent: dots 1-4-6 Power: dots 4-5-7 Decimal point: dots 4-6 Left parenthesis: dots 1-2-3-5-6 Right parenthesis: dots 2-3-4-5-6 Clear all: Ctrl-A Save to file: Ctrl-S Copy calculation line: Ctrl-C Paste: Ctrl-V Copy Result: Ctrl-R Review previous calculation and result: Up arrow 2.5.2 Stop Watch Start/Stop: Enter Pause: Space Reset: Backspace 2.5.3 Countdown Timer Start/Stop: Enter Pause: Space Reset: Backspace Close: ESC key