Mantis Q40, User Manual

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Page 2: ...pyright 2020 All rights reserved APH This User Guide is protected by copyright belonging to APH with all rights reserved The User Guide may not be copied in whole or in part without written consent from APH ...

Page 3: ...Navigating and Using Menus 11 Navigating the Main Menu 11 Panning Text on the Braille Display 12 Using the Context Menu for Additional Functions 12 Navigating by First Letters of Words 13 Using Braille Entry Method to Type 13 Using Shortcuts Key Combinations to Navigate 14 Using the Editor Application 15 Create a File 15 Open a File 16 Close a File 16 Save a Text File 16 Auto Scrolling Through Wri...

Page 4: ...vigation Level for Books 22 Navigating by Page Heading Percentage or Bookmarks 23 Auto Scrolling Through Text in Books in the Library App 23 Finding Your Current Position in a Book 24 Navigating to the Beginning or End of a Book 24 Searching for Text in a Book 24 Accessing Additional Book Information 24 Adding Navigating Highlighting and Removing Bookmarks 25 Inserting a Bookmark 25 Navigating to ...

Page 5: ...ath 33 Searching for Files and Folders 34 Sorting Files or Folders 34 Modifying Files and Folders 35 Creating a New Folder 35 Renaming Files or Folders 35 Selecting Files or Folders for Applying Additional Actions 35 Copying Cutting and Pasting Files or Folders 36 Deleting Files or Folders 36 File Manager Commands Table 37 Using the Calculator Application 38 Operating the Calculator 38 Calculator ...

Page 6: ...work or Bluetooth 43 Connecting to a Wi Fi Network 43 Wi Fi Settings Table 44 Choosing Bluetooth Mode Options 44 Accessing and Using Online Services 45 Activating Bookshare and Downloading Books 45 Configuring Managing and Syncing a NFB Newsline Account 46 Updating the Mantis Q40 46 Customer Support 47 End User License Agreement 48 Warranty 48 ...

Page 7: ...lowing items Mantis Q40 keyboard Protective case TPU Print and Braille Getting Started Guides USB power adapter USB A to USB C recharge cable Orientation of Mantis Q40 The Mantis has a 40 cell Braille display a standard QWERTY keyboard a Home button and four Thumb keys for navigation There are buttons and ports on the front back and left edges Top Face The top face of the Mantis can be divided int...

Page 8: ...ft thumb key Home button circular shape used to return to the Main menu or exit Terminal mode Right thumb key Next thumb key Left Edge On the left edge from front to back are the following USB A port Power button press and hold this button for 2 seconds to turn the device ON Green LED visually indicates the status of the device USB C port use the cable that came with your Mantis to connect the Man...

Page 9: ...osed and secured with two Phillips screws QWERTY Keyboard Layout Starting with the top row furthest away from you from left to right the keys on the Mantis keyboard are laid out as follows Row 1 top row Escape F1 to F12 Delete Row 2 Grave accent numbers 1 through 9 zero 0 hyphen equals Backspace Row 3 Tab q w e r t y u I o p left bracket right bracket backward slash Row 4 Caps lock a s d f g h j k...

Page 10: ...arging with a power adapter Powering On and Off The Power button is on the left edge of the Mantis It is oval shaped with a raised dot in the center If your device is charged press and hold the Power button for approximately 2 seconds to power On the Mantis There is a quick vibration and Starting appears on the braille display along with a tactile loading animation that circles during start up Aft...

Page 11: ... You can adjust the length of time in the settings You can also manually put your device into Sleep mode by a short press of the power button To wake up the device press the Power button About the About Menu The About menu provides various information about your device such as version numbers model number serial number licenses and copyright Navigating and Using Menus Navigating the Main Menu The ...

Page 12: ...Right thumb keys are the second and fourth buttons on the front edge of the device Using the Context Menu for Additional Functions The Context menu is a special menu that is accessed from almost everywhere in the device It offers useful contextual functions that are relevant to what you re currently doing on your Mantis Think of it as the Contextual menu of a PC the menu you get when you right cli...

Page 13: ... Mantis you type the letter S on your keyboard Using Braille Entry Method to Type Although the Mantis comes with a QWERTY keyboard it is still possible to toggle to a Perkins style keyboard which uses the A S D F J K L and keys With this entry scheme each of these keys represents a dot in the braille cell of computer braille which has eight cells as shown in Table 1 Table 1 Keyboard to Braille Cel...

Page 14: ...em Enter or cursor routing key Escape or Back Escape key Previous item Up Arrow or Previous thumb key Next item Down Arrow or Next thumb key Jump to any item in a list Type the first letter of the item or app Pan left and right Left or Right thumb key Go to top Ctrl Fn Left arrow Go to bottom Ctrl Fn Right arrow Toggle Braille grade Ctrl Alt G Switch Braille profile Ctrl Alt L Battery level Ctrl A...

Page 15: ...tor or press e in the Main menu then press Enter or a cursor routing key The Editor opens in the Editor menu which includes Create file Open file Editor settings and Close Create a File There are several ways to create a file depending on your current location on the device If you are in the Editor menu select Create file and press Enter or a cursor routing key From the Context menu select and act...

Page 16: ... you are asked if you want to save the changes before closing Save a Text File There are two types of saving in Editor Save and Save as Save Press CTRL S to save your file to an already existing filename Save as Press Ctrl Shift S to save a copy of your file with a new filename and change the location If your file has never been saved Editor asks you to enter a new filename regardless of the save ...

Page 17: ...Press F3 to find additional instances of the search word Press Ctrl F3 to find the last instance of the search word in the file Finding and Replacing Text To find and replace text 1 Press Ctrl H 2 Enter the text to find in the first edit box 3 Enter the text to replace it with in the second prompted edit box 4 Press the Next button to find the next instance of the word 5 Press the Down Arrow or th...

Page 18: ...Select All text included in the file press Ctrl A To Copy the selected text press Ctrl C To Cut the selected text press Ctrl X To Paste the copied or cut text position your cursor where you want the text to be pasted using a cursor routing button and press Ctrl V As always these commands can be accessed through the Context menu Using the Read Mode Read mode allows you to read files without the pos...

Page 19: ...ate edit mode Enter or a cursor routing key Leave edit mode Escape Create file Ctrl Alt N Open file Ctrl O Save Ctrl S Save as Ctrl Shift S Find Ctrl F Find next F3 Find previous Shift F3 Replace Ctrl H Start Stop selection F8 Select all Ctrl A Copy Ctrl C Cut Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V Delete previous word Ctrl Backspace Delete current word Ctrl Delete Delete previous character Backspace Move to next ed...

Page 20: ...eading mode Ctrl R Using the Library Application The Library is the application you use to read books on the Mantis It supports the file formats brf pef txt html docx and rtf and is compatible with zip files containing books in text format To open the Library app press the Next thumb key until you reach Library or press l in the Main menu Press Enter or a cursor routing key to access the app The L...

Page 21: ...or a cursor routing key to open it Accessing Recently Opened Books You can open a list of the last five books you previously opened for quick access To open a list of the five most recent books press Ctrl R or select Recently read from the Library menu You can scroll through the five most recent books using the Previous and Next thumb keys Press Enter or a cursor routing key to open a book from th...

Page 22: ... Book menu 4 Select Copy to Move to or Delete Navigating and Accessing Additional Information in Books The easiest way to navigate inside a book is by using the thumb keys Use the Left and Right thumb keys to pan the text left and right Changing the Navigation Level for Books The Library includes different navigation levels to make navigating through a book easier Navigation levels are dependent o...

Page 23: ...using the Previous and Next thumb keys 3 Choose between Page Heading Percent or Bookmark 4 Press enter or a cursor routing key 5 Enter a value 6 Press Enter or a cursor routing key Auto Scrolling Through Text in Books in the Library App The Auto scroll feature of the Mantis Q40 allows you to scroll through the text of an open book automatically To turn On Auto scroll press Alt G when inside a book...

Page 24: ...ext left and right Navigating to the Beginning or End of a Book You can reach the beginning or end of a book using shortcuts To reach the beginning of a book press Ctrl Fn Left arrow To reach the end of a book press Ctrl Fn Right arrow Searching for Text in a Book Another way to navigate within a book is to search for a specific string of text To search for text press the Ctrl F command You are pr...

Page 25: ... your location within the book and allow you to return quickly to that position at a later time To open the Bookmark menu press Alt M You can also press Ctrl M to open the Context menu and select Bookmark menu Inserting a Bookmark To add a bookmark in a book 1 Press Alt M to open the Bookmark menu 2 Select Insert Bookmark using the Previous and Next thumb keys 3 Press Enter or a cursor routing key...

Page 26: ...Start using the Previous and Next thumb keys 3 Press Enter or a cursor routing key 4 Enter a specific unused bookmark number Note If you do not enter a number your Mantis will select the first available number and assign it to the bookmark 5 Press Enter 6 Navigate to the end point of the highlighted passage 7 Open the Bookmark menu by pressing Alt M 8 Select Highlight Bookmark End using the Previo...

Page 27: ...ent Removing Bookmarks To remove a saved Bookmark 1 Press Alt M to open the Bookmark menu 2 Scroll to Remove Bookmark using the Previous and Next thumb keys 3 Press Enter or a cursor routing key 4 Enter the Bookmark number you want to remove 5 Press Enter Library and Reading Commands Table The Library and reading commands are listed in Table 4 Table 4 Library Reading Commands Action Shortcut or Ke...

Page 28: ...Go to beginning of book Ctrl Fn Left Arrow Go to end of book Ctrl Fn Right Arrow Open recent books Ctrl R Search for books or text Ctrl F Find next F3 Find previous Shift F3 Next non blank line Ctrl Alt Down Arrow Previous non blank line Ctrl Alt Up Arrow Previous character Left arrow Next character Right arrow Previous word Ctrl Left Arrow Next word Ctrl Right Arrow Previous paragraph Ctrl Up Arr...

Page 29: ...ct to your host device either through Bluetooth or by connecting the USB C cable included with your Mantis to the host device Up to five Bluetooth devices and one USB can be connected at one time Connecting and Exiting Terminal Mode To connect in Terminal mode make sure you have a Windows iOS or Mac device with a screen reader running To activate Terminal mode 1 Press the Windows key the Home butt...

Page 30: ...oller and output Using Mantis as an External Keyboard When connected as a braille terminal the Mantis also acts as an external keyboard for your host device This works even if there is no screen reader running on your host device When connected to a Mac the bottom left keys become Ctrl Function Option and Command as when using a standard Mac keyboard Connecting by USB To connect via USB 1 Connect ...

Page 31: ... Enter 4 Read instructions on the display press Enter to dismiss the message The focus returns to the menu item 5 From the host device initiate the Bluetooth pairing 6 Once the connection is complete press the Previous thumb key on the Mantis until you reach Bluetooth Connection 7 Press Enter or a cursor routing key The connected device appears in the list 8 Press Enter or a cursor routing key 9 W...

Page 32: ...name If the 8 dot symbol is not visible click on the device to establish the connection If you have problems with a Bluetooth connection you can click on Reconnect devices This turns Bluetooth Off and back On and reconnects your devices Use this option only if you are not getting any braille when connected to a device Using the File Manager The file manager allows you to browse delete copy and per...

Page 33: ...lay a list of available drives Scroll through the list using the Previous or Next thumb keys then press Enter or a cursor routing key to confirm your choice You are now at the root of your selected drive Press Ctrl D at any time to return to the Drive Selection screen Accessing File and Folder Information To get additional information on a file or folder select it using the Previous or Next thumb ...

Page 34: ...he search result Sorting Files or Folders By default file and folder names are sorted alphabetically However you can sort the files and folders using different parameters To change the sorting parameters of your files and folders 1 Press Ctrl Shift V Mantis displays a list of sorting options available Name Date Size and Type 2 Scroll through the list using the Previous or Next thumb key 3 Press En...

Page 35: ...lder you wish to rename using the Previous and Next thumb keys 2 Press F2 3 Enter the new file or folder name 4 Press Enter to rename the file or folder Note The file name must be unique in your current directory and only one file or folder can be renamed at a time Selecting Files or Folders for Applying Additional Actions Before you can perform an action on a file or folder such as cut copy or pa...

Page 36: ... Press Ctrl Enter to Mark the file or folder 3 Repeat this step to Mark all files or folders to be copied 4 Press Ctrl C to copy OR Ctrl X to cut The files or folders are now copied cut to the clipboard and ready to be pasted Pasting Files and Folders To paste the copied or cut files or folders navigate to the location where you want to paste to then press Ctrl V Deleting Files or Folders To delet...

Page 37: ...ting key to confirm the deletion For more information on the Confirm Deletion setting go to the Setting User Preferences section File Manager Commands Table The File Manager commands are listed in Table 5 Table 5 File Manager Commands Action Shortcut or Key Combination Create new folder Ctrl N File info Ctrl I Mark Unmark Ctrl Enter Mark all Unmark all Ctrl A Rename file F2 Delete file Delete Copy...

Page 38: ...r menu item 3 Press Enter or a cursor routing key Operating the Calculator To use the Calculator write your complete equation then press Enter to get the result For example type the equation 20 6 8 with no spaces Press Enter and Mantis displays 6 as the answer To clear the previous equation press Delete To add operators such as or open the Context menu using Ctrl M Refer to the Calculator Commands...

Page 39: ...lication that gives you the current date and time To open Date and Time 1 Go to the Main menu 2 Press the Previous or Next thumb keys until you reach the Date and Time menu item 3 Press Enter or a cursor routing key Displaying the Time and Date When you open the Date and Time application Mantis displays the current time Pan right once using the Right thumb key to display the date Pan left using th...

Page 40: ...nutes Change date Type the current year inside the square brackets and press Enter repeat for the month and day Daylight saving time Press Enter to turn daylight saving time On or Off Time format Press Enter to change between 24h and 12h time format Date format Select the preferred date format listed below and press Enter Day Month Year Month Day Month Day Year Year Month Day Day Month Setting Use...

Page 41: ...of message displayed Sleep time Number in minutes 0 to turn Off Word wrap On or Off Condense blank lines On or Off when On blank lines are not visible Confirm deletion On or Off when On Mantis asks for confirmation of file deletion Vibration On or Off when On Mantis vibrates Beep On or Off when On Mantis beeps Thumb keys configuration Map the Previous Item Next Item Pan Left and Pan Right commands...

Page 42: ...en press Enter or a cursor routing key You are prompted to enter the following options Profile name Type the name for the profile in the brackets then press Enter Braille grade Choose between Uncontracted Contracted and Computer braille then press Enter Computer braille table Select your computer braille table then press Enter Uncontracted braille table Select your uncontracted braille table then ...

Page 43: ...onnection choices Scan for SSID Select this option to discover the available networks in your vicinity When Mantis is done scanning it displays a list of all the networks it found Press Enter or a cursor routing key to select this network Then enter the password and press Enter to complete the connection WPS Connection Select this option to establish a Wi Fi Connection using WPS The Mantis display...

Page 44: ...ction Launch connection Connect to a Wi Fi network known by your device Delete connection Make your device forget a known Wi Fi network Network settings Change advanced network settings such as Mode IP Subnet mask Gateway and DNS Import Wi Fi Import Wi Fi network information from a file Choosing Bluetooth Mode Options The following Bluetooth mode options are available on the Mantis Q40 Bluetooth m...

Page 45: ...books are included in the Main Book list of the Library application Activating Bookshare and Downloading Books Bookshare is an online library of copyrighted content for people with qualifying print disabilities More information about Bookshare is available from http www bookshare org You are able to search for books and download them to the Mantis wirelessly Newspapers and magazines are currently ...

Page 46: ...e account Enter your NFB Newsline credentials select the issue update frequency and determine whether your Mantis should keep or delete outdated issues Manage publications Select which material you wish to subscribe to Subscribed material is underlined Sync content now Downloads the latest issues of your subscribed material Updating the Mantis Q40 When connected to the Internet Mantis regularly lo...

Page 47: ...y if an update is available To verify an update manually 1 Go to the Main menu 2 Select Settings 3 Press Enter 4 Go to the About item 5 Press Enter Alternatively you can use the shortcut Ctrl I to open the About dialog Then press C a few times until you see Check for update Press Enter Customer Support USA Only For customer support please contact APH Customer Service at 800 223 1839 or cs aph org ...

Page 48: ...are which is incorporated into this product End User agrees not to modify port translate decompile disassemble reverse engineer or make public in any way the software of this Product Warranty Manufacturer Warranty This device is a high quality product built and packaged with care All units and components are guaranteed against any operational defects as follows US and Canada One 1 year Continental...

Page 49: ...t or repair covered by the warranty will be carried out unless the unit is accompanied by a copy of the original bill of purchase Please retain your original If the unit must be returned please use the original packaging This warranty applies to all cases where the damage is not a result of improper use mistreatment negligence or acts of God ...

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