Writing braille is a greate tool for the blind to take notes or copy information with. Using the slate and stylus can be a very slow process because you actually write only one dot at a time. Using a great tool called the braille writer can make writinga much faster and comfortable process.
To begin using the braille writer, find one of the levers located at the top left and right. You will then pull this towards you and slide a peice of paper within the thin slot located at the top back side. Proceed to push the lever back to it’s original position and you will hear it lock in place with a loud clank.
Now that the paper is locked in place, you need to roll it into the device. Grab one of the knobs on the sides of the writer and twist them towards you. Do this until the top edge of the paper is even with the backside of the writer. Once the paper has reached this side, lock the paper in place by hitting the key that is to the far left front of the writer.
Now that the paper is locked in place, you may need to readjust it to be even with the back side. Once it is level with this area, you are ready to type.
The keys to type the letters and spaces are in the middle of the front. From left to right the keys are as follows: new line, dot 3, dot 2, dot 1, spacebar, dot 4, dot 5, dot6, then backspace. Duely note that the backspace key will not erase anything you have written. The only thing that this does is move it back a space to write from that point.
When you type on the writer, you will not hit any of the keys for the braille cell alone. The reason for this is because to type the letter f, you need to hit keys for dots 1, 2, and 4 all at the same time. This will imprint the entire letter on to the paper so that you don’t have to do so only one dot at a time.
When you are finished writing, you can take the paper out by first rolling the circles on the side away from you. When they stop rolling, pull the levers on the top left and right towards you again. This will release the document so you may remove it and set the levers back in place.
This great tool makes it so that writing braille is a much faster and smother process. When I use it to type something, I do not have to put so much thought into the action of writing. I am able to keep my mind on the content of the document rather than what my hands need to do.