Forward Translation Commands......................................................................................................................41
Some Forward Translation Examples..............................................................................................................45
Saving Your Preferred Settings........................................................................................................................47
Back Translation: Converting Braille to Print........................................................................................................48
Special note about the Mimic...........................................................................................................................48
Turning Back Translation On........................................................................................................................... 48
How Back Translation Operates......................................................................................................................49
Formatting the Printed Output......................................................................................................................... 49
Formatting Your Print Page.............................................................................................................................. 50
Selecting a Printer........................................................................................................................................... 52
Embedding Commands in a File to be Back Translated..................................................................................52
Braille Translation – Using APH Patterns.............................................................................................................54
Before using Patterns......................................................................................................................................54
Using a Single Pattern Group..........................................................................................................................54
Using Multiple Pattern Groups.........................................................................................................................54
More Patterns Options.....................................................................................................................................55
Patterns Curriculum for Reading and Writing Instruction.................................................................................55
Adding Braille Rules............................................................................................................................................. 56
Adding Extra Rules to the MB-LS with an Exception Table..............................................................................56
Braille Exception Table Commands.................................................................................................................56
Exception Table Examples...............................................................................................................................56
Connecting your MB-LS.......................................................................................................................................57
Installing MB-Comm........................................................................................................................................ 57
Using MB-Comm............................................................................................................................................. 58
Starting MB-Comm and Connecting the MB-LS..............................................................................................58
Embossing a file using MB-Comm...................................................................................................................59
The MB-LS as a Personal Embosser...................................................................................................................61
Using the MB-LS with Braille Translation Software..........................................................................................61
Embossing from Word, OpenOffice or Notepad with MB-Comm.....................................................................64
Making Braille Graphics....................................................................................................................................... 65
Graphics Mode................................................................................................................................................ 65
Graphics from the Keyboard............................................................................................................................65
Embossing Graphics from the Computer.........................................................................................................66
Clock, Calendar and Diary................................................................................................................................... 67
Setting the Time and Date...............................................................................................................................67
Checking the time............................................................................................................................................ 67
Hourly Time Announcements........................................................................................................................... 68
Alarm .............................................................................................................................................................. 68
Stopwatch and Countdown Timer....................................................................................................................68
Calendar.......................................................................................................................................................... 69
The Diary......................................................................................................................................................... 70
Clock, Calendar and Diary Status Menu..........................................................................................................71
The Calculator...................................................................................................................................................... 72
The Options Menu........................................................................................................................................... 72
To use the Scientific Calculator:.......................................................................................................................72
To use the Simple Calculator:..........................................................................................................................72
Using the Calculator........................................................................................................................................ 72
Getting Started................................................................................................................................................ 73
Setting the Precision level...............................................................................................................................74
Setting the Number of Decimal Places............................................................................................................74
Embossing Calculation Results.......................................................................................................................75
Calculations in the Editor................................................................................................................................. 75
Performing Percentage Calculations...............................................................................................................75
Calculating a Square Root...............................................................................................................................75
Storing your results and using Memory Locations...........................................................................................75
Complex Functions .........................................................................................................................................77
Scientific Calculator Command Summary.......................................................................................................80
The Editor............................................................................................................................................................ 82
Getting Started................................................................................................................................................ 82
Getting Help..................................................................................................................................................... 83
Moving Around and Reading in A File.............................................................................................................83
Editor Commands............................................................................................................................................ 84
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