5. Applications
To open
“Applications”, navigate to “Applications” using “Space-1” or
“Space-4” and press “Enter”. You can also execute “Applications” from the
main menu by pressing
“A (dot1)”.
Applications includes 6 utility programs: calculator, Alarm, Date and time,
Stop watch, count down and scheduler. You can move among the items in
the application
s list by pressing “Space-1” or “Space-4”
5.1 Calculator
The Calculator can perform the four fundamental arithmetic operations,
save calculations as a file, and copy and paste calculations.
To open the calculator,
from within “Applications”, move to the “Application”
using
the “Up” or “Down arrow”, and press “Enter”.
Note: when using the Calculator, you must use computer Braille.
5.1.1. General functions
When you launch
the “Calculator”, number 0 is displayed. Use computer
Braille to input numbers.
Press “Enter” to emulate the Equal sign”. To input
a new calculation, press
“Enter”. If you want to review previous calculations
and results, press
the ‘up arrow’. While reviewing previous calculations, if
you want to use this calculation to perform another calculation, move your
cursor to the desired location and change the number, and press
“Enter”.
Use the following keystrokes in the Calculator:
1) View calculation result (=): Enter
2) Type new calculation: Enter
3) Plus: dots 3-4-6
4) Minus: dots 3-6
5) Multiply by: dots 1-6
6) Divided by: dots 3-4
7) Percent: dots 1-4-6
8) Power: dots 4-5-7
9) Decimal point: dots 4-6
