User Guide Mountbatten Pro Revision 2 © Harpo Sp. z o. o. ul. 27 Grudnia 7, 61-737 Poznań, Poland www.mountbattenbrailler.com Thank you for purchasing a Mountbatten Pro. Since 1990, the Mountbatten range of Braille Writers has been offering expanded Braille writing opportunities to people all around the world. Mountbatten Braille Writers are in use in countries all over the world, bringing and supporting Braille literacy in many languages. To get the most from your new MB Pro, please read the first section, Welcome, and follow it with the second section, Exploring the MB Pro. After that, you can skip to the sections you want to read first, because you will have the most important basic information. News, resources, regular updates to this User Guide and a range of support material can be obtained from the Mountbatten website: www.mountbattenbrailler.com This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Contents Welcome................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Reading your User Guide.................................................................................................................................. 1 Very Important!.................................................................................................................................................. 1 What can your Mountbatten Pro do?.................................................................................................................1 Exploring the MB Pro............................................................................................................................................. 3 What’s inside the box?....................................................................................................................................... 3 Removing the Shipping Lock............................................................................................................................. 3 The Keyboard.................................................................................................................................................... 4 The Embossing Area......................................................................................................................................... 5 The Left Hand Side............................................................................................................................................ 7 The Right Hand Side......................................................................................................................................... 8 The Back of the MB Pro..................................................................................................................................... 8 Loading Paper................................................................................................................................................... 9 Removing Paper.............................................................................................................................................. 10 Writing Braille....................................................................................................................................................... 11 Erasing and Correction.................................................................................................................................... 12 How to Move Around the Page........................................................................................................................ 12 Formatting Your Braille.................................................................................................................................... 13 Braille Writing Commands............................................................................................................................... 16 Embossing Speed........................................................................................................................................... 17 Using Commands................................................................................................................................................ 18 Turning the Command Key On and Off............................................................................................................18 Entering Commands........................................................................................................................................ 18 Chorded commands........................................................................................................................................ 19 Help Command and Options...........................................................................................................................19 Spoken or Embossed Output for Reports........................................................................................................21 Miscellaneous Commands...............................................................................................................................21 Commands in Files or from the PC Keyboard.................................................................................................21 Essential Extras................................................................................................................................................... 22 Writing Braille Files in Memory........................................................................................................................22 Writing Braille on Heavy Card, Plastic film or Labels.......................................................................................23 Writing Braille on Small Paper.........................................................................................................................23 Using different weights of paper......................................................................................................................23 Embossing Speed........................................................................................................................................... 24 Speech................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Recorded Speech............................................................................................................................................ 25 No Speech....................................................................................................................................................... 25 Synthesised Speech........................................................................................................................................ 25 Controlling Synthesised Speech......................................................................................................................26 Reports and Listings - how Speech Settings affect them.................................................................................27 Nemeth Mode.................................................................................................................................................. 28 International Characters.................................................................................................................................. 29 Learn and Advanced Mode.................................................................................................................................. 30 Switching between Learn and Advanced Mode...............................................................................................30 In Learn Mode:................................................................................................................................................ 30 In Advanced Mode:.......................................................................................................................................... 30 Adding the Mimic and a Keyboard.......................................................................................................................31 The Mimic Display........................................................................................................................................... 31 PC Keyboard................................................................................................................................................... 32 Braille Chat.......................................................................................................................................................... 33 Conversations using Forward and Back Translation in Turn............................................................................33 Braille Translation................................................................................................................................................ 34 Very Important!................................................................................................................................................ 34 Braille Code....................................................................................................................................................