Contents
Welcome................................................................................................................................................................ 1
Reading your User Guide.................................................................................................................................. 1
Very Impor an !.................................................................................................................................................. 1
Wha can your Moun ba en Wri er do?............................................................................................................. 1
Exploring he MB Wri er......................................................................................................................................... 2
Wha ’s inside he box?....................................................................................................................................... 2
Removing he Shipping Lock............................................................................................................................. 2
The Keyboard.................................................................................................................................................... 3
The Embossing Area......................................................................................................................................... 4
The Lef Hand Side............................................................................................................................................ 6
The Righ Hand Side......................................................................................................................................... 7
Loading Paper................................................................................................................................................... 7
Removing Paper................................................................................................................................................ 8
Wri ing Braille......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Erasing and Correc ion.................................................................................................................................... 10
How o Move Around he Page........................................................................................................................ 10
Forma ing Your Braille..................................................................................................................................... 11
Braille Wri ing Commands............................................................................................................................... 14
Embossing Speed........................................................................................................................................... 15
More on Commands............................................................................................................................................ 16
Turning he Command Key On and Off............................................................................................................ 16
En ering Commands........................................................................................................................................ 16
Chorded commands........................................................................................................................................ 17
Help Command and Op ions........................................................................................................................... 17
Miscellaneous Commands............................................................................................................................... 18
Essen ial Ex ras................................................................................................................................................... 19
Wri ing Braille Files in Memory........................................................................................................................ 19
Wri ing Braille on Heavy Card, Plas ic film or Labels.......................................................................................20
Wri ing Braille on Small Paper......................................................................................................................... 20
Using differen weigh s of paper...................................................................................................................... 20
Embossing Speed........................................................................................................................................... 21
Speech................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Adjus ing Speech............................................................................................................................................. 22
No Speech....................................................................................................................................................... 22
Speak Commands as You Type Them............................................................................................................. 22
Adding he Mimic................................................................................................................................................. 23
The Mimic Display........................................................................................................................................... 23
Connec ing your MB Wri er.................................................................................................................................. 25
Ins alling MB-Comm........................................................................................................................................ 25
Using MB-Comm............................................................................................................................................. 26
S ar ing MB-Comm and Connec ing he MB Wri er.........................................................................................26
Embossing a file using MB-Comm................................................................................................................... 27
The MB Wri er as a Personal Embosser.............................................................................................................. 29
Using he MB Wri er wi h Braille Transla ion Sof ware.....................................................................................29
Making Braille Graphics....................................................................................................................................... 33
Graphics Mode................................................................................................................................................ 33
Graphics from he Keyboard............................................................................................................................ 33
Braille Codes....................................................................................................................................................... 34
Using Dropped or Lower Numbers.................................................................................................................. 34
Using ASCII or Compu er Braille..................................................................................................................... 34
Modifying and Adap ing he MB Wri er Keyboard.................................................................................................36
One-Handed Braille Wri ing............................................................................................................................. 36
Changing he Do Key Layou .......................................................................................................................... 36
Special Keyboards........................................................................................................................................... 38
Saving and Res oring Se ings............................................................................................................................. 39
Care and Troubleshoo ing Guide......................................................................................................................... 41
Power.............................................................................................................................................................. 41
How o Check he Ba ery................................................................................................................................ 41
S a us and Opera ion Error Messages............................................................................................................. 41
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