Freedom Scientific F40 Focus 40 Braille Tactile CPU Interface Display

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DESCRIPTION

User Manual can be found - HERE

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Features

The Focus braille displays include the following features:

• 40 braille cells
• A cursor routing button above each braille cell
• A Navrow Button above each cursor routing button
• 8-key Perkins style braille keyboard, with the addition of two SHIFT keys
• Two panning buttons, two rocker bars, two selector buttons,
• Two Whiz Wheels®, one at each end of the display, for quick navigation of files, lists, and menus
• VariBraille adjustable braille dot firmness
• Status cells configurable to either end of the display
• Rapid Reading mode for quick review of files
• USB connection to computer
• Removable keyboard stand that doubles as a carrying handle40

How it works

On the left side of the display, there is a standard B USB port. The Focus display does not require an external power source.

The Focus displays have their braille cells near the middle of the unit so they are as close as possible to the keyboard. There is a cursor routing button above each braille cell and a Navrow button immediately above each cursor routing button.

Between the braille cells and the front of each unit, under a removable plastic cover, there are eight keys similar to those on a Perkins style braille keyboard. These keys are used to enter commands. Along the front edge of the keyboard are three buttons, LEFT SHIFT, SPACEBAR, and RIGHT SHIFT. These three buttons are used together with the braille keys when entering commands. At both ends of the display's surface are Whiz Wheels used for easy navigation.

On the front edge of the Focus display are the following controls, located from left to right:

• Left panning button
• Left rocker bar
• Left selector button
• Left panning rocker (Focus 80 only)
• Right panning rocker (Focus 80 only)
• Right selector button
• Right rocker bar
• Right panning button

Controls

The Focus braille displays provide two Whiz Wheels, two panning buttons, two rocker bars, two selector buttons two panning rockers (Focus 80 only), and cursor routing buttons and Navrow buttons above each braille cell. See the chart following the Navrow section for a full listing of all multiple-control functions.

Whiz Wheels

The Focus Whiz Wheels allow you to move quickly through files, dialog boxes, lists, and menus. In a file, you can move by line, sentence, paragraph, or pan backward and forward. In a dialog box, you can move between the available controls, and even interact with them. In a menu, you can move up and down through the menu items.

Panning Buttons

The Focus panning buttons pan left or right one display width (40 or 80 cells) each time they are pressed. The two panning buttons are oval-shaped, making it easy to activate them with the thumbs when your hands are positioned on the braille cells for reading. Press the panning button on the left front edge of the Focus to pan left; press the panning button on the right front edge of the Focus to pan right. The functions of the panning buttons can be reversed so that pressing the left panning button will pan right and pressing the right panning button will pan left. Please refer to help for the JAWS Keyboard Manager for details on modifying these and other control assignments.

Rocker Bars

The rocker bars provide movement up or down by line. Press the top of the rocker bar to move up one line; press the bottom of the rocker bar to move down one line. The rocker bars, in combination with the panning buttons, move to the beginning or end of the line on which the cursor is positioned. Press a panning button and the top of a rocker bar to move to the start of the line. Press a panning button and the bottom of a rocker bar to move to the end of the line.

Selector Buttons

Used by themselves, the selector buttons control Auto Advance. When pressed in combination with other controls, the selector buttons perform multiple functions.

Cursor Routing Buttons

There are cursor routing buttons above each braille cell. Press a Cursor Routing button to move the cursor to that point, or to select a link in a web page or email message. In line mode, press a cursor routing button to open a menu or select menu items.

Press and hold the RIGHT SELECTOR BUTTON while simultaneously pressing a CURSOR ROUTING BUTTON to simulate a right mouse click at that location.

Navrow Buttons

Located immediately behind the cursor routing buttons are the Navrow buttons. The number of Navrow buttons is the same as the number of braille cells on the Focus display. The Navrow buttons have two functions-ten serve as hot keys, providing quick access to functions or settings; and the rest serve as extra panning buttons.

Just behind the Navrow buttons are five raised marks to aid in quick orientation to both the Navrow and cursor routing buttons: one each above and to the left of the fifth Navrow button, before the first hot key, in the middle of the row, above and to the right of the tenth hot key, and to the right of the fifth panning button from the right end of the row. The ten Navrow buttons immediately below the center mark are the hot keys and are numbered, to the left of the center mark, 1 through 5; the five buttons to the right of this mark are numbered, left to right, 6 through 10. The remaining buttons serve the same function as the panning buttons; those to the left pan backward and those to the right pan forward.

Note: There is one important exception to the above. If you are using JAWS 6.0 or later, the two Navrow buttons immediately to the left of the first hot key and the two to the right of the tenth hot key are assigned the following special functions.

The Navrow hot keys and their functions are shown in the following table.

Table of Hot Key Functions

Table of Multi-Control Functions