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To turn off the visual display, hold down the Next thumb key and press SPACE. You should receive audio
confirmation that the visual display is now off. Your Touch will function normally, but nothing will be
displayed.
To turn the visual display back on, hold down once again the Next thumb key and press SPACE.
Text-to-speech
As you learn to use your BrailleNote Touch, you will notice that most of what you do is followed with the
audio feedback of a Text-to-Speech engine (TTS) called BrailleNote Touch Acapela.
It will also inform you whenever a prompt appears on your Touch.
As you get used to using your Touch, you may want to stop the TTS while it is speaking. To do so, simply
press the ENTER and BACKSPACE keys simultaneously when the TTS is speaking. Note that this is
temporary and only applies to a single occurrence of speech.
You may also want the TTS to repeat what it just said. You can do so by pressing SPACE with R.
You can increase or decrease the volume of your TTS with the two volume buttons located on the left
edge of your BrailleNote Touch.
Note that BrailleNote Touch has three different volume controls, the music volume, the accessibility
volume which includes the TTS, navigation sounds and music playback, and the Notification volume,
which is the volume of the sounds set to occur when notifications play. You can raise or lower the
accessibility volume individually by pressing ENTER with DOT 4 or 1, and to raise or lower the music
volume individually, you can press ENTER with DOT 5 or 2.
You can also turn off the TTS entirely by holding the Previous thumb key and pressing SPACE.
To turn the TTS back on, hold down once again the Previous thumb key and press SPACE.
Note: You will only receive audio confirmation when turning the TTS on.
Navigation Level
The navigation level describes the way your cursor moves when you type the “Navigate to previous
navigation element” (SPACE with DOTS 1-3) or “Navigate to next navigation element” (SPACE with DOTS
4-6) commands. Navigating through a large portion of text can sometimes be tedious, so being able to
change the level of speed and precision on the fly can make navigation a lot simpler.
For example, if your navigation level is set to “word”, you will scroll one word at a time each time you
type SPACE with DOTS 4-6. Following the same logic, if the navigation level is set to paragraph, typing
SPACE with DOTS 4-6 will have your cursor move to the next paragraph, and so on.
You can change your navigation level almost everywhere in your BrailleNote Touch’s interface by
pressing SPACE with T. Pressing Space with T will open the navigation menu, in which you can select
your desired navigation level, either by pressing the Next or Previous thumb keys or using first letter
navigation. Once you have selected your navigation level, press ENTER or a cursor routing key to confirm
your choice. Note that the navigation level options vary based on what you are doing at that time. For
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