SenseAbility

Many blind people have been used to working with portable notetaking devices for decades. These are products specifically designed for visually impaired people so as to principally write documents and keep track of appointments.

However, in today’s ever-changing world of technology, people are wanting much more than that. Fortunately, there is a device which meets these needs. It’s the BrailleSense 6. It provides a suite of specially designed applications to get day-to-day jobs done quickly, but because it is an Android-based device, it also gives access to many apps available in the Google Play Store.

The BrailleSense 6 does come equipped with a fairly comprehensive User Guide. However as we know, there is nothing like someone sitting alongside you, teaching you how to use the product.

In our tutorial, Sense-Ability Series 1, we promise you the best training you have ever had with your BrailleSense product. The tutorial includes many strategies and tips not documented elsewhere which will help you to use applications efficiently. If you’ve ever attended one of our training courses before, you will know that each concept is clearly explained in straightforward easy-to-understand language.
In this training course, we found ways to accomplish many tasks which are not described in the product’s User Guide, including useful keyboard shortcuts.

A user of the training course writes:
“I have so appreciated the BrailleSense course: for me the timing of the course has coincided with my long delayed transition from my old much loved Humanware Apex to this BrailleSense. Your exposition of so many aspects of the device has been so thorough and then there has been your style and skill of presentation.”

This training course is suited to anyone who has a BrailleSense 6 or who would like to learn more about it, perhaps to train someone else or with a view to purchasing one.

Text Transcripts.

Apart from high quality training and audio reproduction of our courses, what sets us apart is that we also include for such tutorials a full text transcript of the lessons. We have perfected our ability to transcribe the audio to text so that it is highly accurate. This includes the comments and questions from the participants who originally took part in the training course and the output from the BrailleSense itself.

Training Topics.

The topics included in this series of lessons are given below. Each topic is contained within its own MP3 file and text document.

• Introduction.
• Orientation.
• Commands and Conventions.
• Switching on the BrailleSense for the First Time and Adjusting Basic Speech and Braille Parameters.
• Entering Text and Braille Codes.
• Connecting to a Wireless Network.
• Setting the Time and Date.
• Checking the Battery Status, Putting the Unit to Sleep and Power Down.
• The Global Options Dialog in Detail.
• Working with Vocalizer Voices.
• Backup and Restore Settings.
• Introduction to Word Processing and the Notepad.
• Launching Notepad And an Introduction to Menus.
• Navigation.
• Saving, Loading and Deleting Files.
• Find and Replace.
• Manipulating Text.
• Working with Multiple Files.
• Spell Checking.
• Bookmarks.
• Miscellaneous Word Processing Commands.
• Multi-Tasking.
• Concluding Notepad and the Settings Dialog.
• Commands Specific to the Word Processor.
• An Introduction to the File Manager.
• Actions You Can Perform on Files and Folders Part 1.
• Actions You Can Perform on Files and Folders Part 2.
• Google Drive.
• Document Reader.
• Excel Viewer.
• Creating Macros.
• An Introduction to the Media Player.
• Moving to Specific Points in a Media File.
• Working with Tagging and Settings.
• Web Radio.
• Podcasts.
• An Introduction to Email and Configuring Accounts.
• Browsing Through Messages.
• Reading Email in the Web Browser.
• Working with the Address Manager.
• Sending Messages Including Replying and Forwarding.
• Settings and Spam Filters.
• Moving to Mailboxes and Folders.
• Attachments.
• Working with Mailboxes.
• Saving and Finding Email.
• Signatures.
• Continuing the Address Manager.
• Backing Up Contacts.
• Importing Contacts from Outlook and Synchronising.
• An Introduction to the Schedule Manager.
• Creating Simple Appointments.
• Navigating Appointments.
• Modifying and Deleting Appointments.
• Odities With Continuous Schedule and All Day Events.
• Recurring Appointments.
• Alarms.
• Backing Up and Restoring Schedule Manager Settings.
• An Overview of the DAISY Player.
• An Introduction to Web Browsing.
• Working With Favourites.
• An Exploration of Forms.
• More Work On Forms.
• Google and Wikipedia.
• An Introduction to Android Apps.
• Downloading and Installing Apps.
• Opening and Installing Apps Together With Notifications.
• Navigating TuneIn Radio.
• Navigating Netflix.
• Using And Setting Up The Google Assistant.
• Controlling Apps With the Google Assistant, Including TuneIn Radio, Disney Plus and Netflix.
• Navigating Amazon Alexa and Listening to Books From Audible.
• Purchasing Products Using the Alexa App.
• Navigating the Amazon Kindle App.
• Navigating the Microsoft Edge Browser App.
• Navigating the YouTube App.
• Navigating the Tweetings for Twitter App.

If I Purchase the Course, What Will I Receive?

The course will give to you:

• An audio recording of each of the 12 lessons in MP3 format. Each topic is in its own dedicated file for easy reference.
• A full text transcript of the entire training course.
• A full Command Summary in both text and BRF format. Each command category is contained within its own document.
• Access to an Email list so you can ask questions both during and after the course.

Costing.

The cost of the course is £80 which is currently 112 US dollars.

Alternatively, anyone can purchase the course by sending an Email to jaws@hartgen.org, whereupon a fully accessible electronic invoice will be sent to you which can be paid through PayPal or any major credit or debit card.

Summary.

While the BrailleSense 6 is a relatively new product, largely due to previous devices offered by its manufacturers it has already established itself as a power house for work and entertainment. Find out how it works in a way which makes Braille Sense!