English Quick start guide
(For transcribing and including as paper Braille with boxed Canutes.)
Thank you for purchasing Canute 360 from Bristol Braille Technology, the world's first multi-line Braille e-reader. Canute 360 features a nine-line display, with each line comprised of forty cells of Braille. Canute 360 is compatible with *.brf and *.pef file formats and can display Braille text, mathematics, music, or any other six-dot braille code.
With Canute you can read files in Braille, as well as insert, edit, and navigate to bookmarks.
Bristol Braille Technology is a not for profit community interest company; and your purchase will allow us to continue to invest in and develop new Braille products to benefit the wider blind community.
You will find the following included within the shipping box:
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1x Canute 360 Braille e-reader
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1x corded 19V power supply
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1x print user manual (this document!)
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1x Braille quick start guide
Please let your distributor know if any of these items are missing or damaged.
Place Canute 360 on a flat surface, with the three large control buttons on the front panel facing towards you. Insert the power supply into the socket towards the right of the rear panel of Canute, and press the small on/off button located immediately to the right of the power socket once to turn the unit on. Canute 360 will take around 50 seconds to turn on. During this time you will hear, feel, and see each of the nine lines of Braille initialising one at a time. The first time it is turned on, Canute 360 will display this user manual.
On the front edge of Canute are three large control buttons. These are labelled "back"; "menu", and "forward" in Braille on the top of the reading surface.
Directly to the left of each line of Braille is a triangular line select button. These are labelled with numbers one through to nine in Braille; corresponding to the adjacent line on the display.
Immediately above the first triangular line select button is a circular "help" button. This is labelled "H" in Braille.
Immediately below the last triangular line select button is a square button, labelled "0" in Braille.
Your Canute 360 is compatible with both *.BRF and *.PEF files. For best results, we recommend using a *.BRF file, formatted for a page length of nine lines, and a width of 40 characters per page.
To get a file onto Canute, simply remove the SD card from the side of the unit when it is turned off. Copy and paste the file onto the SD card included. Insert the SD card back into the SD card reader towards the centre of the bottom of the left side panel. Turn Canute 360 on, and the file will appear in the library menu.
Ensure that only *.BRF and *.TXT files are stored on the SD card, as other file types are not supported. Do not use folders, simply copy and paste files directly onto the SD card. Files are arranged in the menu first numerically, and then alphabetically.
You can also use a standard USB memory stick to get files onto Canute 360. Copy and paste the file onto the memory stick, and insert it into the USB port on the left side panel of Canute 360.
Canute is designed with an easy to use Braille user interface. To select a file to read on Canute, simply navigate to the library menu:
First, press the largest control button in the centre of the front edge below the reading surface, labelled "menu" in Braille. The main menu will load, one line of Braille at a time, from top to bottom. The entire page will take around 10 seconds to display.
As with all menus on Canute, options are selected using the triangular line select buttons. To select an item from a menu, press the triangular line select button immediately to the left of that line of Braille.
On the main menu, "VIEW LIBRARY MENU" (view library menu) is displayed towards the bottom of the reading surface. Press the line select button immediately to the left of the menu option to select it. The library menu will load, one line of Braille at a time, from top to bottom. The entire page will take around 10 seconds to display.
The library menu will display a list of all the files on the SD card or USB stick.
To select a file, press the line select button to the left of the file you want to read.
If more than 8 files are present on to the SD card or USB stick, the required file may be on the next page of the library menu. Press the large button to the right of centre on the front panel, labelled "FORWARD" in Braille to advance the library menu one page.
Press the large button to the left of centre on the front panel, labelled "BACK" in Braille to move back one page in the library menu.
Once a file is selected, it will load one line at a time, taking around 10 seconds to load the whole page.
To move within a file, use the three large control buttons on the front panel of Canute.
Press the large button to the right of centre on the front panel, labelled "FORWARD" in Braille to move forward one page within a file.
Press the large button to the left of centre, labelled "BACK" in Braille to move back one page within a file, similar to turning the pages in a physical book.
From the main menu, you can insert a bookmark at the current page, return to a bookmark that was previously placed within a file, or navigate to a given page within a book.
As with all menus on Canute, to select an item from the main menu, press the triangular line select button immediately to the left of the menu item on the reading surface.
To navigate to a page within the file, press the line select button immediately to the left of "GO TO PAGE" (go to page) in Braille on the reading surface. A help page will appear on the reading surface. To enter a page number, use the triangular line select keys and the square zero button located to the left of the reading surface.
To go to page 20, for example, press button number two, followed by the zero button. You will hear, feel, and see one line of Braille click up and down to confirm the selection. Press the forward button to navigate to the selected page, Or the back button to return to the last page that was read.
To place a new bookmark at the current page in a file, return to a bookmark previously placed within a file, or navigate to a given page within a book, first navigate to the in-book menu by pressing the large button in the centre of the front panel of Canute, labelled "MENU" in Braille.
To insert a bookmark, press the line select button immediately to the left of "INSERT BOOKMARK AT CURRENT PAGE" (insert bookmark at current page).
A bookmark will be inserted at the current page.
To retrieve a bookmark, press the line select button immediately to the left of "CHOOSE FROM EXISTING BOOKMARKS" (choose from existing bookmarks).
A list of bookmarks in a file will display on the reading surface. Use the triangular line select buttons to select a bookmark. Canute 360 will then display the selected page in the book.
From the bookmark menu it is also possible to select "START OF BOOK" (start of book) or "END OF BOOK" (end of book) to navigate to the beginning or end of a book using the line select button immediately to the left of these options.
To safely turn off your Canute 360, press the power button located to the right of the power socket on the back panel. You will hear, see and feel each line of the display reset, and drop down into the display. After a few seconds the top line of the display will refresh to show "PLEASE WAIT" (please wait) in Braille. After around ten seconds, this will disappear. It is now safe to remove the power supply from Canute
From time to time, Bristol Braille Technology may make available software updates for Canute 360, to fix any issues; improve performance; or add additional features.
Each update will come with installation instructions. To install an update, you will require a clean SD card. For full installation instructions, consult the readme document packaged with your software update.
For technical support, in the first instance contact your distributor.
To report a bug, or contact the team, please email support@bristolbraille.org.
For more support information, please visit www.bristolbraille.co.uk/contact