What it is like using JAWS with the BrailleNote Evolve

Between this podcast and the last, the following 3 questions were asked and answered.   Can you do Braille input on the QT?   The NVDA add-on PC Keyboard Braille Input add-on allows you to use the home row on the QT as your Braille input keyboard. Once add-on is installed from the add-on store, NVDA+0 toggles it on or off.   How do you bring up the drive list in Keysoft File Manager?   So rather than doing Space+D as you would on the evolve BT, its Control+D for the evolve QT.   How do you bring up the Keysoft applications short-cut to make the ribbon easier to use in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word?   On the evolve BT, its Backspace+A. On the evolve QT, press Alt, you'll hear Application menu, press down Arrow, you'll hear menu, press Enter and you will be at the top of the applications menu (where you would be on the BT).    

Yes, this is the QWERTY version of the BrailleNote evolve BT (Braille input keyboard) from Humanware. Enjoy.

Simply get RIM from getrim.app for your device, in this case Windows (Evolve), and then download the RIM app from the iOS App Store and away you go by simply using a keyword. Nothing could be easier or free via the keyword option. I'm going to upgrade mine to a subscription option as I'm so impressed by this product.

In other words, using JAWS on the Evolve is just like using JAWS on a Windows laptop with some things to be aware of: different way of doing numbers, function keys mainly.

In this demo, I explain how to choose your preferred reading input and output table, and then have a bit of a play around with the Braille Editor, and Word.

Along with mentioning the KeySoft Options menu, KeySoft Control Centre, and the NvDA categories screen (also accessed via the Options menu), before getting on to the handy keyboard commands, I give you a quick run through of the Quick Settings screen.   handy keyboard commands Stop speech BackSpace Enter great if modifier keys disabled or Control. If in computer Braille: add space to commands. Backspace: Backspace (key 7. Enter: Enter (key 8). Escape: Escape key. Delete: delete key. Move cursor to item on Braille display: auto cursor buttons. Arrow keys: Left, Right, Up, and Down. Thumb keys (left to right: Previous, Pan previous, Home, Pan next, Next. Keyboard help: BackSpace+Space+K. Numbers: FN+computer braille numbers 1 to 0. Function keys: FN+letters a  to l. Time: NVDA+FN+l or Enteer+t. Date: NVDA+FN+l  (twice). Power: Enter+p. Window title: NVDA+t. Read all controls in window: NVDA+b. Read continuously: NVDA+a. Toggle Braille: BackSpace+Space+g. Toggle speech: NVDA+s. Braille keyboard input navigation Previous/next character: Space+3-6. Previous/next word; Space+2-5. Previous line: Space+1-4. Quit app: Alt+F4: Space-E or FN+Alt+d. Context menu: Space+M or FN+Shift+j. Previous/Next tab:  Space+12-45. Home/End: Enter+13-46. Top/bottom: 123-456. Keyboard input Previous/next character: Left-Right arrow. Previous/next word: Control+Left-Right arrow. Previous/next line: UpDdown arrow. NVDA NVDA: NVDA+n. Quit NVDA: NVDA+q. FN+t: Standard/Perkins keyboard toggle. Windows Keys: Desktop: Win+d. Minimise to desktop: Win+m. Task bar: Win+t. System tray: Win+b. Settings: Win+i. Run: Win+r. Explorer: Win+e. Narrator: Control+Win+Enter. FN+t: toggle between standard and Perkins keyboard.  

How to access the NVDA Settings from the KeySoft Main Menu Options, and how to get back to the Main Menu if you pop in to Windows.

In this demo, how to access the Main Menu Options, KeySoft Control Centre, and how to exit the Main Menu By the way two things I slightly forgot to say key 7 and 8 to the left and right of the Perkins 6 key keyboard, and the all 8 dots is not the end of the menu, its to show that the item is a folder: whoops, but I explain both in the demo.

As the title says, from starting up to shutting down via the Main Menu with some tips along the way. A lot more demos to come.

The Braille Note Evolve has been described on a number of podcasts and on the web, but I thought I'd make a place holder here for you to refer back to moving forward.And yes, it is most certainly a Windows 11 Pro laptop (with a Braille display).