Access and Beyond: The Concise Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus for BrailleNote & VoiceNote JoAnn Becker.

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Access and Beyond: The Concise Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus for BrailleNote & VoiceNote JoAnn Becker

Concise Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus: For the first time, blind people have access to the pre-eminent Concise Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus. Looking up definitions has never been easier. That’s not all! Users can hear the correct pronunciation of a word. Find synonyms and antonyms.

Concise Oxford Dictionary 10 th Edition Recently revised with 300 new entries 240,000 words

HumanWare’s Family of BrailleNote and VoiceNote Braille Keyboard:

HumanWare’s Family of BrailleNote and VoiceNote QWERTY Models:

Accessing the Dictionary on braille models: From Main Menu: Press o chord to access options menu. (dots with spacebar)

Accessing the Dictionary on braille models: Press L (dots 1+2+3) BN prompts: “Use Dictionary or Thesaurus?” For Dictionary press d (dots 1+4+5) For Thesaurus press t (dots )

Accessing the Dictionary on BrailleNote and VoiceNote QT: On the QWERTY keyboard press: control + shift + d

Ready whenever you need it! Use hot keys to access Dictionary or Thesaurus anywhere within KeySoft. BT keyboard press enter with lower d (dots 2-5-6)

Pronunciations To hear correct pronunciation of a word: BT keyboard press enter with dots QWERTY keyboard press shift + read + K

Additional Information: Phonetic spelling Origin of word Inflections Details on word usage Example phrases using word

Information BT keyboard press space with i (dots 2+5) QWERTY keyboard press read with control with i

Browsing the Dictionary Type a letter or first few letters of word to browse words in dictionary. BT keyboard press space with dots 5+6 or space with dots 2+3. QWERTY keyboard use the right and left arrow keys Select a word by pressing enter key

KeySoft at Work With a simple keystroke, copy entire definition to clipboard: BT keyboard backspace with k (dots 1+3) QWERTY keyboard press control c

Inserting Words Anywhere throughout KeySoft you may use word insertion. BT keyboard press backspace with i (dots 2+4) QWERTY keyboard press control with shift with i) Either replaces word under cursor or inserts word

Practice Word Insertion Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book, thought Alice without pictures or conversation?'

Vocabulary List: corroborate ambiance paginate metamorphosis loquacious obsequious plagiarize catastrophe rheumatism miscellaneous perpetuity surveillance

Spell Check Check documents for spelling and typing errors. The Concise Oxford Dictionary expands the Spell Checker by 240,000 words. BT keyboard press dots 1-6 QWERTY keyboard press read with control with s

Thesaurus From Main Menu go to Option Menu by pressing o chord (dots 1+3+5) Press L (dots 1+2+3) At prompt press t (dots ) BrailleNote asks: “Word to look up in Thesaurus?” Enter the word

Synonyms By listing groups of words that have similar meanings to each other, a thesaurus offers a choice of alternative words (synonyms) that can be used in place of one that you already have in mind.

Antonyms Use the Thesaurus to look up opposite word meanings. BT keyboard press dots QWERTY keyboard press control with enter

Requirements: Requires KeySoft 7.2 Build 47 Works on mPower, Classic and BrailleNote PK models Easy installation Choice of SD or compact flash card

The Next Step HumanWare wants to ensure blind people have the necessary productivity tools Words provide a better understanding of our language and literature in all its immensity and diversity. Easy braille and speech access to the Oxford Concise Dictionary and Thesaurus, expands possibilities!