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On the bottom side, close to the rear edge, you will notice three hollow areas. These are holes for the
BrailleNote Touch’s LED lights and camera. Still on the bottom side, closer to the front edge, are 2
latches used to release your BrailleNote Touch from its carrying case.
On the right and left sides of your BrailleNote Touch, close to the front edge, are two attachment rings
that can be used to attach a shoulder strap.
The cover of the carrying case is kept closed with 3 magnets located on the front, left and right edges of
your BrailleNote Touch. Lift the 3 magnets, and flip the cover of your carrying case to reveal your
BrailleNote Touch’s physical keyboard.
The physical keyboard is a traditional Braille keyboard, but is also a flap you can flip open to reveal the
top face of your BrailleNote Touch. It is kept closed magnetically to prevent it from opening accidentally.
On the left side of your physical keyboard, closer to the front edge, is a flat protruding area that makes it
easier to reveal the touch screen.
Note: It is recommended that the BrailleNote Touch be put in standby mode prior to inserting it into or
removing it from the carrying case. To do this, simply tap the power button when the device is turned
on and the Braille cells will disappear. It is now safe to insert into or remove from the carrying case.
1.3.2 Top Face of the BrailleNote Touch
The top face of the BrailleNote Touch can be divided into two sections:
In the upper section is a multi-touch touchscreen surface used for Braille typing and a 7-inch LCD visual
display located in the center of the surface. You can identify the visual portion of this touch surface with
four tactile lines on the edge of the touch surface, which also marks the area useable with your fingers
on the screen when using Explore by Touch (see section Explore by Touch section for more details). Two
of these tactile lines are located at the top of the screen, near the rear edge of your tablet, and two are
at the bottom of the screen, just above the Braille display. These tactile lines mark the four corners of
the visual section. Even though the visual portion does not cover the entire glass surface, the entire glass
space is still touch sensitive, meaning that the entire surface can be used to type Braille when you are in
TouchBraille mode.
The lower section of the top face consists of a refreshable Braille display containing 32 or 18 Braille cells
and their associated cursor routing keys. Each raised round button, the cursor routing key, is connected
to the cell directly below it. When you are editing text, pressing one of these cursor routing keys will
move the editing cursor to its associated Braille cell. When you are not editing text, any cursor routing
keys will function to activate a selected item.
On the left and right sides of the Braille cells are the Internal Stereo Speakers (2).
An internal microphone is located on the right of the Braille display, just below the right stereo speaker.
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