Baery: Displays the amount of power (percentage) le in your
baery and notes when the unit is charging.
Cursor Blink (1): Sets the number of seconds between blinks, in the
Editor or Edit Box.
Sort (Name: Ascend): Changes the sort order of the les on the SD
card, using the built-in File Manager.
Split Words (O): When On, the Reader shows paral words. Panning
to the next 20 cells of braille shows the remainder on the line.
Filter Dot 7 (On): Turns o the Dot 7 that frequently appears in some
BRL and BRF les.
Wrapping (On): Reows les that are already formaed for
embossing; eliminates extra spaces, making it easier to read on a
20-cell display.
Compress Spaces (On): Eliminates superuous blank lines and
spaces; useful when reading formaed text les with many blank
lines.
Load Language: Uploads language les to the ash memory. To
navigate and select sub menu opons (Load Locale, Load .loc Only,
and Load .lan Only):
1. Press the Right or Le Arrow keys to navigate the sub menu.
2. Press Select on the desired item, and Select again, to select the
opon.
Switch Language: Changes between a loaded language and the
default English language.
Note: You must rst load a language to the ash memory of the
device, before using the Switch Language opon.
Encoding (ASCII): Text les are created in either ASCII or Unicode
encoding format: UNICODE16LE, UNICODE16BE, and UTF-8.
Choose ASCII to create BRF/BRL les.
Version: Displays the rmware version; useful when talking with
Customer Service.
Serial: Displays the individualized serial number of the device;
important for warranty purposes.
Reset Defaults: Resets all sengs to the factory sengs, and returns
you to the top of the Menu Opons list.
USB (HID): Sets USB protocols: Human Interface Device (HID), Serial,
or Mass Storage.
Bluetooth (On): When device is powered on, automacally connects
if paired to a Bluetooth device.
Pair (Just Works): Selects a Bluetooth pairing scheme from three
choices:
Just Works - automacally pairs to any device that sends the pair
request.
Pass key - type a number on the host to conrm the pair request.
The Orbit Reader number is 1234.
Conrm code - displays a random number on both the braille
display and the host device. Press Select to conrm.
Emulate (O): choose between Refreshabraille 18™ (RB18) Emulaon
mode or normal operaon (O).
Mode (Stand-Alone): Read and write les stored on the SD card;
select among Stand-Alone, BT (for Bluetooth,) or USB.
Power Move Forward and Back (Dot 8 + Up or Down Arrow)
Provides a quick means of moving/searching through large
secons of a le to nd a known locaon in a document. Operates
by using boundaries and moving 50% between them with each
press of the key command.
Press 1: cursor moves half way between the current posion
and the start (Dots 8 + Up Arrow) or end (Dots 8 + Down
Arrow) of the le.
Press 2 and so on: treats the moved-from posion as the
new boundary in that direcon, and displays the percentage
in the rst cells.
Find Braille (Space + F)
Opens an Edit Box with a cursor. Type the braille text to nd,
then press Dot 8 to start the search. Maximum search is 255
characters. Press Select to exit the Edit Box without performing a
search.
• To repeat a search moving forward, press Dot 8 + Right Arrow.
• To repeat the search moving back, press Dot 8 + Le Arrow.
• If searching for text in a contracted braille le, type the text in
contracted braille.
• If searching in a plain text le, type the text in Computer
Braille.
• To restrict searches to whole words, add a space at the
beginning and end of the word.
In default conguraon (Just Works):
iOS Note: If you are using a version of iOS before 10.2, you must set
Orbit Reader to emulate RB18 in the menu.
1. Turn on Bluetooth from the Menu, or press Space + Dots 4 7.
2. Go to Sengs>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille.
3. Find Orbit Reader or Refreshabraille 18, plus the last four digits
of the serial number, in the list.
4. Acvate the device in the list to pair.
Android
1. Turn on Bluetooth from the Menu, or press Space + Dots 4 7.
2. Turn on the Android device. Android and BrailleBack make a
connecon sound to indicate successful communicaon.
3. Look for Orbit Reader 20 in the list. Switch to Emulaon mode
to Refreshabraille 18 (RB18) if not supported.
4. Set up Android device. Follow the “Install and enable
BrailleBack” instrucons on the Google™ Android Accessibility
Help webpage (hps://support.google.com/accessibility/
android/answer/3535226?hl=en).
Windows
1. On the PC, perform a Bluetooth search.
2. Select the Orbit Reader from the list of Bluetooth devices.
Menu optionS
connecting with Bluetooth
AdvAnced nAvigAtion
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