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- SECTION 4.0 SHORT INSTRUCTIONS
-
- This section covers Flipper's basic functions. Learning these
- aspects of Flipper will enable you to use most computer programs.
- Additional sections will explain advanced features which will
- allow you to use your computer more efficiently, and work with
- more complicated programs.
-
- In programs which allow you to move around the screen with the
- arrow keys, Flipper will read off the material that you are
- moving over. For example, if you move a character at a time
- to the right or left, Flipper will read the character that you
- are moving over. If you move a line at a time up or down, Flipper
- will read the lines. You can move to the right or left
- a word at a time by holding down the control key and pressing
- the left or right arrow keys, and Flipper will read the words.
- You can hold down alt while pressing down the
- right or left arrow keys and Flipper will move one sentence
- forwards or backwards, and read the corresponding sentence.
-
- Flipper will do things like beep when you get close to the
- end of the line, and tell you when the caps lock is on. You can
- always stop Flipper by pressing the space bar while holding down
- the alt key. If you are ever uncertain about what is happening
- with Flipper, you can just press alt space bar and try again.
- Alt space bar always gets you out!
-
- Quick keyboard commands. The quick commands are used by
- holding down the alt key with your left hand and pressing one of
- the keys near the right hand home row. The alt key is the key
- to the left of the space bar. The keys on the right hand home
- position, j, k, and l, will read the word to the left of the
- cursor, the word under the cursor, and the word to the right of
- the cursor, respectively. The keys below them, m, comma, and
- period, respectively, will spell the same words. The keys above
- the right hand home row, u, i, and o, will read the line above
- the current line, the current line, and the line below the
- current line, respectively. Note that these keys form a nice
- little block on the keyboard on the right hand home row. The
- middle key reads the current item, the right key reads the next,
- and the left key reads the last. The top keys, u, i, and o,
- refer to lines, the next row to words, and the bottom row refers
- to characters.
-
- Holding down the alt key and pressing slash will announce the
- position of the cursor. Alt semicolon will start the review
- mode which will be discussed shortly. Alt h will start the
- help mode. Alt p will read the page meaning the whole screen.
- Alt y will read the line before last. Alt n will let you use
- these keys with another program. Alt space bar will stop any
- mode and silence the voice.
-
- Flipper's review mode is started by pressing alt semicolon.
- After you start the review mode, you can move around the screen
- at any time using the following keystrokes and have various
- parts of it read to you. If you hold down control while pressing
- a letter key, the function of that key is announced.
-
- There are a set of keys which are related to the quick keys in
- the regular mode. j, k, and l read the previous, current, or
- next word. The difference between using the review mode and the
- quick keys is that you also move to the corresponding place.
- For example, if you continue to press the l key in the review
- mode, you will advance a word at a time, reading out each word.
- Similarly, the u, i, and o keys will take you to the last line,
- read the current line, and take you to the next line. The m,
- comma, and period keys do the same one character at a time.
-
- Additionally, there are keys in the review mode which do
- functions which are unique to the review mode. For example, the
- t key will announce the time of day. The b key will take you
- back to where you were the last time you were in the review
- mode. The c key will take you out of the review mode as well as
- the usual alt space bar. The c key, however, will move the
- cursor to where you have moved in the review mode.
-
- You will probably want to customize the way Flipper does some
- things. Many of these can be changed by pressing the function
- keys during the review mode, and others are changed by holding
- down alt and pressing function keys, also during the review
- mode. All of them alternate on and off, so the best way to use
- them is not to memorize where they are, but to just try them
- until you find the one you want.
-
- Flipper has many other ways to help you productively use your
- computer. After you are familiar with these basic instructions,
- you should read the complete instructions.
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- END OF SHORT INSTRUCTIONS.