Sense Navigation EZ

Braille Sense and Voice Sense

(Braille Keyboard)

User Manual

v2013

This version of the Sense Navigation manual is specific to the Sense notetakers with a Braille keyboard. There is also a QWERTY keyboard version located in the Docs folder of the memory card which comes with the Sense Navigation package. For general operation of the Sense notetaker itself, refer to its own manual.

Sendero Group LLC

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Telephone: (888) 757-6810

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E-mail: gps@senderogroup.com

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COPYRIGHT NOTICES

Trademarks:

All products are trademarks of their respective owners.

Copyright Notice:

Copyright (C) 2002-2013 Sendero Group, LLC.

Copyright (C) 2007-2013 HIMS CO, LTD.

Limited Map and POI data copyright (C) TomTom.

A limited license to reproduce this user guide is given for the purpose of providing copies to people with visual or reading disabilities (including individuals with motor or learning disabilities) for their individual use.

Note: At the writing of this manual, Australia, New Zealand maps and POIs are provided by NAVTEQ®. Data suppliers may change. See the Sendero site for the latest countries and suppliers.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 8

1.1 Using This Manual 9

1.2 Supported Devices 9

1.3 Terms and Concepts in the Manual 9

1.4 Hot Keys and Menus 11

1.5 Things to Know 13

1.6 Disclaimer 13

1.7 Scenarios 14

2 Getting Started 16

2.1 Installing SenseNav Software 16

2.1.1 Installing Sendero Map Manager 17

2.1.2 Activating Sendero Map Manager 18

2.1.3 “Check for Updates” Feature: Automated Downloading and Installing 19

2.1.4 Synchronizing Maps and POIs with GPS Device or external media 21

2.2 Pairing the GPS Receiver 23

2.3 Installing the Memory Card and Launching SenseNav for the First Time 24

2.3.1 Choosing the GPS Receiver Type 25

2.3.2 Setting the POI Author Name 26

2.4 Proper Startup and Shutdown of SenseNav 26

2.4.1 SenseNav Startup 27

2.4.2 SenseNav Shutdown 27

2.4.3 Switching to Other Applications 28

3 GPS Basics and Accuracy 29

3.1 About GPS Satellites 29

3.2 Signal Blind Spots 29

3.3 Properly Wearing the External GPS Receiver 30

3.4 Accuracy of SenseNav Announcements 31

3.5 Getting Oriented Using SenseNav 32

4 Basics of SenseNav 34

4.1 Main Display Area of SenseNav 34

4.2 Using the Braille Display 34

4.3 Copying Information to the Clipboard 36

4.4 Resetting While Using SenseNav 36

4.5 Context Sensitive Help 37

5 Location Search 38

5.1 Location Search by Address 38

5.1.1 Location Search by City Name 39

5.1.2 Location Search by Zip/Postal Code 40

5.1.3 Location Search Results 41

5.1.4 Tips for Street Name Searches 43

5.1.5 Tips for City Name Searches 43

5.1.6 Miscellaneous Location Lookup Items 44

5.2 History List 45

5.2.1 Working With the History List 46

5.3 Favorites List 47

5.3.1 Adding Favorites 47

5.3.2 Working with the Favorites List 48

6 Points of Interest (POIs) 50

6.1 General POI Information 50

6.1.1 POI Categories 50

6.1.2 Nearest POI Information 51

6.2 Searching For POIs 52

6.2.1 Near POIs 52

6.2.2 Simple POI Search 53

6.2.3 POI Search Results 54

6.2.5 Tips for POI Searches 55

6.3 Additional POI commands 56

7 Routes 58

7.1 Route Menu (R) 59

7.2 Creating pedestrian or vehicle routes R P or R V 59

7.3 Load route (O) R O 60

7.4 Save route (S) R S 61

7.5 Export route as file (X) R X 62

7.6 Close current route (C) R C 62

7.7 Recalculate a route BACKSPACE-DOT-3 63

7.8 Reverse route R R 63

7.9 Next turn information (T) ENTER-T 64

7.10 Turn list (I) BACKSPACE-I 64

7.11 Route announcement R A 65

7.14 Drive There and Walk There 66

7.15 Additional Route Commands 66

8 Looking Around 68

8.1 Automatic LookAround Announcements 68

8.2 Manual LookAround Mode 70

8.3 Multiple Repeat Commands 71

9 Miscellaneous Functions of SenseNav 73

9.1 Speed Announcement 73

9.2 Compass Heading 73

9.3 Repeat last command ENTER 74

10 Information (I) 75

10.1 GPS status (G) ENTER-G 75

10.2 Location information (I) ENTER-I 76

10.3 Destination information (D) BACKSPACE-D 76

10.4 Nearest intersection (X) ENTER-X 77

10.5 Next intersection (N) ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6 78

10.6 Map information (M) 78

10.7 Additional informational commands from A to Z 79

11 Tools (T) 80

11.1 GPS date/time (T) SPACE-U 80

11.2 Custom dictionary (D) 81

11.3 Reconnect GPS receiver (R) ENTER-R 82

12 Options (O) 84

12.1 Configuration (O) BACKSPACE-O 84

12.2 LookAround options (L) BACKSPACE-L 85

12.3 GPS receiver selection (G) BACKSPACE-G 87

12.4 Multiple commands (M) BACKSPACE-M 88

12.5 Factory defaults 90

13 About Sense Navigation (A) 91

14 Hotkeys 92

Appendix A: Installing and Downloading Software Using GoSendero.com 99

Transferring Downloaded Maps to the Sense Notetaker 100

# 1 Introduction

Sense Navigation is a program developed by HIMS and Sendero Group which is powered by the Sendero GPS SDK. This program uses map data together with a GPS receiver, and gives information based on the map data. GPS satellites and massive location databases combine to create the potential for every place on earth to have a label. The Voice Sense and Braille Sense (Sense notetakers), together with map data and a GPS receiver make all labeled information accessible. Since GPS satellites can be picked up anywhere in the world, many consumer products already have access to this information. As the consumer demand for these technologies increases, there is more improvement for more accurate location information.

Here are just a few of the many features available when u sing Sense Navigation (SenseNav) together with a GPS receiver. The rest of this manual gives complete information on the program features and capabilities. You can:

• Find out about your surroundings. Whether it is through points of interest (POIs) or through the LookAround features.

• Create a pedestrian or vehicle route to anywhere on the map based on your current position.

• Save routes and route instructions for future use or for sharing them with others.

• Search for a location by city name or zip code.

• Quickly search for points of interest even if they are far away.

• Add frequently explored addresses or locations to a favorites list.

• Choose from Imperial, Metric, and Nautical measurements for distance and speed.

• Choose to display the prompt name along with the information, or just the information by itself.

• Copy any displayed information to the clipboard for later pasting inside another application such as the Word Processor.

• Configure commands to be automatically executed at regular intervals.

• Restore SenseNav to its factory defaults in case you made many changes and want to reset it to the way it was from the factory.

The following items are included with the purchase of SenseNav:

• A license key to enable Sense Navigation to operate on the Braille Sense or Voice Sense notetaker. This is a string of characters you obtain from your account at http://www.gosendero.com.

• Online access to download map and POI data from http://www.GoSendero.com.

## 1.1 Using This Manual

If you are reading the manual from the Braille Sense or Voice Sense with the Braille keyboard, press SPACE-F to open the search box. Then input two plus or two minus signs followed by a press of the ENTER key. To repeat the search, press ENTER-F.

## 1.2 Supported Devices

Sense Navigation is available for all HIMS Sense notetakers. This includes the Voice Sense, Braille Sense Plus BT, Braille Sense Plus QT, Braille Sense OnHand, Voice Sense QT, and Braille Sense U2. In order to use SenseNav successfully, the most recent firmware update must be installed. The firmware can be upgraded online by using the upgrade program found in the Utility menu of the Sense notetaker, or by downloading it from http://www.hims-inc.com. This version of the SenseNav manual is specific to the Sense notetakers with a Braille keyboard.

## 1.3 Terms and Concepts in the Manual

There are various terms and concepts used throughout the manual in order to demonstrate how something should be done or how something is announced or displayed. In order to minimize any confusion, the following is a list of some of the more common terms and their meanings.

1. SenseNav

SenseNav is the shortened name of Sense Navigation. When describing functions, announcements, or features of the GPS program, it will be referred to as SenseNav.

2. Sense notetaker

Since Sense Navigation can operate in more than one device, this term is used to refer to all Sense notetakers. If there is a feature which is specific to one notetaker and not the other, it is noted accordingly. Also, when the Braille display is mentioned, it refers to the included Braille display of the Braille Sense and Braille Sense Plus, or the USB-attached Sync Braille display for the Voice Sense which is sold separately.

3. Announce, Speak, or Display

When any of these terms are used, it refers to something which SenseNav says using the Sense notetaker's speech or something which is shown on the Braille display. These could be automatic announcements or the result of a SenseNav command. In most cases, anything which is spoken is also shown in Braille. However there are situations where the Braille display shows an abbreviated form of the announcement to save space.

4. Main display area

The main display area of SenseNav is the area in which no menus or dialog boxes are open. You can think of this area like the display screen of information. Information such as street names, heading, route information, and other GPS messages are displayed here. The main display area is described in section 4.1 of this manual.

5. Current position

The current position means the position of the physical location while you are in GPS navigation.

6. POI

A POI is a point of interest. These are entries in the POI database which can be anything on the map. i.e. Restaurants, hotels, stores, a person's home, etc.

7. Measurements

By default SenseNav uses the Imperial system for measurements. This means that in many examples given, the terms feet and miles are used. However the features work the same when using other measurement systems such as Metric and Nautical.

## 1.4 Hot Keys and Menus

1. Hot keys with modifiers

Many of the functions of SenseNav are accessed by pressing hot keys. Typically these are combinations of letters or dot patterns pressed together with a modifier key such as BACKSPACE, SPACE, or the ENTER key.

In this manual, hot keys with modifiers are capitalized and specified as follows:

- MODIFIER-LETTER

- MODIFIER-DOT_PATTERN

MODIFIER is either BACKSPACE, SPACE, or ENTER. LETTER is a character on the keyboard. If the hot key uses a symbol instead of a letter, the symbol's dot pattern is used.

For example: SPACE-DOT-4 means that the SPACE button and DOT-4 should be pressed simultaneously. BACK SPACE-S means that the BACK SPACE button and the letter S should be pressed simultaneously. It is assumed that you know the dot pattern for the letter S is DOTS-2-3-4. Most hot keys are listed in the program menu which is accessed by pressing F2.

2. Single-letter hot keys

Many of the functions of SenseNav are accessed by pressing single-letter hot keys. This allows you to press single letters or dot patterns without having to open the program menu with F2. These hot keys might display information such as speed and heading, might open a sub-menu to change options or work with routes, or might open a dialog box to make more than one setting change at a time. Since opening the program menu with F2 would defeat the purpose of a single-letter hot key, most of them are not available from the program menu.

Some examples of single-letter hot keys follow:

R - Opens the Route menu which allows you to enter a route command such as P to create a pedestrian route or V to create a vehicle route.

S - Displays the current speed.

DOT-4 - Opens the LookAround POI dialog box.

3. Program menu

The Program menu is the menu bar of SenseNav. Just like all program menus of the Sense notetaker, it can be opened by either pressing F2 or SPACE-M. When the Program menu is opened, the first menu is displayed. In the case of SenseNav, the first menu is the File menu with shortcut F. To move through the menu bar, press the UP and DOWN arrows. If you know the shortcut letter for a specific menu, you can simply enter that letter and the menu will open.

For example: To open the Information menu, press F2, I. F2 opens the program menu and I is the shortcut for the Information menu.

4. Menu item

The menu item is one of the items listed when a menu is opened. To see the menu items for a particular menu, open the Program menu by either pressing F2 or SPACE-M. UP or DOWN arrow to any menu then press ENTER. Now the menu items will be listed. To move through the menu items, Press SPACE-DOT-1 or SPACE-DOT-4. If you know the shortcut letter for a specific menu item, you can simply press the letter and the menu item will be executed. Some functions of SenseNav (such as the pronunciation dictionary) can only be accessed from the Program menu.

For example: To open the custom dictionary, press F2, T, D. F2 opens the program menu, T opens the Tools menu, and D is the menu item for the custom dictionary.

5. Dialog boxes and prompts

There are some areas of SenseNav where a dialog box or prompt is opened. To cancel and close one of these, press F4 or SPACE-E. If the dialog box contains information which has been modified, pressing this hot key will close the box without saving any changes. If you want to save any changes made, press ENTER on the Confirm button instead.

6. Moving around

You can move around in SenseNav using different methods. Sometimes different keys perform the same function. For example, SPACE-DOT-1 is the same as UP arrow and SPACE-DOT-4 is the same as DOWN arrow. If you are inside a list of items, pressing the letter of an item will quickly move you to that item so you don't have to use the arrows to reach it.

The list below shows different ways you can move around in the SenseNav program:

- Up: SPACE-DOT-1 or UP arrow key

- Down: SPACE-DOT-4 or DOWN arrow key

- F3 to the next item: F3 or SPACE-DOTS-4-5

- F3 to the previous item: SPACE-F3 or SPACE-DOTS-1-2

- Cancel a prompt or close a dialog box: F4 or SPACE-E

- Close SenseNav: SPACE-Z

- Open the SenseNav program menu: F2 or SPACE-M

- Close the SenseNav program menu: F4 or SPACE-E

## 1.5 Things to Know

A few things to keep in mind when using SenseNav:

1) In order to use SenseNav in GPS navigation mode, the Sense notetaker and GPS receiver must be paired and connected.

2) The sensitivity of the GPS receiver may not be stable or accurate if used inside a building.

3) It may take a long time to create a route if the distance between the starting point and the destination is very long. If it takes too much time and the GPS system locks up, press the reset button of the Sense notetaker to reboot it.

4) Most SenseNav hot keys can only be executed when you are in the main display area. This means while a dialog box or prompt is not opened.

## 1.6 Disclaimer

SenseNav together with a GPS receiver is designed to give as much information as possible, just like a commercial GPS system. However, just like there are limitations on commercial GPS products due to various factors, SenseNav is no different. Some of these limitations can include, but are not limited to:

• Lack of information about the physical road characteristics such as: elevation, obstacles, bridges, sidewalks, traffic controls, construction and other hazards.

• Map accuracy for newly developed areas.

• Traffic and weather conditions.

• Inaccurate or loss of GPS signals due to tall buildings or other interference.

Additionally, the routes that you create may not be safe or possible to follow. The individual user is wholly responsible for all issues related to personal safety and mobility. HIMS, Sendero Group, and its distributors advise all users that SenseNav is not a substitute for mobility skills with a cane or guide dog and recommends that users have good mobility skills before using any GPS orientation information to travel. HIMS, Sendero Group and its distributors assume no liability for accidents or injuries that occur from using any of our GPS products.

## 1.7 Scenarios

Once you have SenseNav properly configured in your Sense notetaker and it’s paired with a GPS receiver, what can you do with it? Here are a few examples:

1) I am a blind person in a car or bus, with minimal knowledge about the environmental information whizzing by my vehicle. I turn on my Voice Sense and load SenseNav. Upon getting a GPS fix, the point of Interest "LookAround" mode automatically starts announcing Points of Interest as I pass near them. When I want to look further away, I use the Simple Find command, SPACE-F to see where to stop and grab a bite to eat.

2) I want to find a restaurant called Las Lomas and would like to be routed to it from my present location. I know it is roughly 3 to 5 miles away. So I press the Simple Find command, SPACE-F, select Restaurant for the category, all for the sub-category and Las Lomas for the search string. After the POI list is created, I locate Las Lomas Mexican Bar & Grill in the list of POIs. Then I press F3 to bring up the POI details where I can use the UP or DOWN arrows to see the restaurant details such as address and phone number. Once I'm satisfied that this is definitely the place I want, I press F3 to move to the "Drive there ENTER-D" button and press ENTER on it. SenseNav creates a vehicular route from my current position to Las Lomas, complete with Waypoints, turns and distances. I am now literally the blind back-seat navigator informing the driver of upcoming turns and exits.

3) We have family visiting during a 3-day weekend. On one of these days, just after lunch at Las Lomas, we want to do a little sightseeing. To find out what is in the vicinity of Las Lomas, I now use the Nearby Points of Interest command F to hear what Points of Interest are near the restaurant. Everything from museums to recreational horseback riding facilities may show up as I scroll through the database of nearby POIs with SPACE-DOT-4.

4) Once we settle on a place to visit, I select the “walk there” button. Sense Navigation automatickly creates a pedestrian route so we can walk to the destination by following the route directions created.

As you can see from these various scenarios, there are two general ways to use SenseNav. The first and probably most popular use of the GPS information is simply to be aware of one’s environment with the "LookAround" options. Traditionally, a blind person might get one percent of location information through a "sighted filter." With SenseNav, a blind user can independently "look around" and hear what businesses, addresses and intersections are nearby.

The second general use of SenseNav is to navigate to a specific destination along an automatically planned route. One can also create manual routes or edit automatic routes either in pedestrian oriented or vehicular routes. These routes can of course be used in conjunction with the LookAround information.

# 2 Getting Started

This version of the SenseNav manual is specific to the Sense notetakers with a Braille keyboard. The version specific to the Sense notetakers with the QWERTY keyboard is located in the Docs folder in the SenseNav documentation. In some cases there are duplicate keys which perform the same function. Refer to Section 1 4 of this manual for a complete hot key list. For general operation of the Sense notetaker itself, refer to its own manual.

There are a few things which must be done before successfully using SenseNav. Some of them will only need to be done once, while others will have to be done every time. This section describes pairing the GPS receiver, loading the maps, and setting the POI author name. If you purchased SenseNav at the same time as the Sense notetaker, all of this might have already been done by Sendero Group or one of its dealers.

In order to purchase Sense Navigation, Sendero or your local dealer will need the following information.

1. Your Sense Notetaker’s serial number. If you don’t know the serial number already, this can be located on the bottom of your note-taker. It is in print and in Braille.

2. Your Sense note-taker’s MAC address. To obtain this information go to the program menu, press H for help, then scroll to information or press I. If your Notetaker has two MAC addresses we need the first one.

## 2.1 Installing SenseNav Software

This section explains how to install the GPS software and data on your Sense Notetaker using the Sendero Map Manager. If you purchased the GPS and Sense Notetaker at the same time, the GPS software may already be installed for you and it is not necessary to install it, although if you need to reinstall the software for any reason, the GPS installation file should be left in the Sense Navigation folder on your flash disk, in the Sendero Map Manager, or is available online when you log into your GoSendero.com account.

If you have purchased the GPS as an accessory, you will need to install the software on your Sense Notetaker according to the following instructions.

There are two ways to install your SenseNav Software, using the Sendero Map Manager or using the GoSendero download website. Using the Sendero Map Manager to install makes the process much easier as installers, license keys maps and POIs are automatically placed in the proper place. Currently the map manager only runs under Windows, so people using Mac OS X or other operating systems must use the GoSendero.com method outlined in Appendix A.

### 2.1.1 Installing Sendero Map Manager

When your account is set up, you will receive an email from Sendero containing a link to the Sendero Map Manager Install program. In order to install Sendero Map Manager select the link to download and begin installing the program.

The installation screens are:

1. Welcome screen. Press TAB to move to the Next button and press ENTER.

2. License Agreement screen. You can select I do not agree, at which point the installation will not continue, or I agree. Once you have selected I agree, select the Next button to proceed to the next screen.

3. Select Installation Folder location and check disk cost. The program installation folder defaults to C:\Program Files\Sendero Group LLC\SenderoMaps on 32 bit operating systems, or C:\Program Files (x86)\Sendero Group LLC\SenderoMaps on 64 bit operating systems. If you are satisfied with the defaults select the Next button. If you want to change the Installation folder, select the Browse button and choose where you would like to install the program files. The installer will always install to a new folder called “SenderoMaps” under the Installation folder. For example if you install to drive D: the program will be installed to D:\SenderoMaps.

4. Confirm Installation. Select the Next button to install. Note: If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7, the User Account Control (UAC) dialog is displayed, Using Windows Vista, TAB to the allow button and press ENTER, or press ALT-A to allow the installation to continue. Using Windows 7, TAB to the Yes button and press ENTER, or press ALT-Y to allow the installation to continue.

5. ReadMe document. Read the document and select the next button to continue.

6. Installation Complete. Select the Close button to complete the installation and exit the install program.

### 2.1.2 Activating Sendero Map Manager

Now that the map manager is installed, you need to activate it. In the same email that gave you the link to download your Sendero Map Manager software, you will also find your Account ID and password. Once you have this information, you can activate your copy of Sendero Map Manager. First, start Sendero Map Manager by:

1) Selecting SenderoMaps from the desktop and press ENTER.

2) Using the Start Menu, scroll to the Programs menu item or All Programs, depending on your version of Windows and how your Start Menu is configured. Scroll to SenderoMaps and press ENTER.

3) In Windows Vista or Windows 7, bringing up the start menu and in the search box type in "SenderoMaps" and press ENTER.

Once the program is loaded, you will be prompted for your Account ID. Type in your Account ID, then press TAB to move to the password field. Type in your password and press ENTER.

If you have a firewall installed it may prompt you to allow communication with the Internet. Please allow communication with the internet. No personal information is sent to the Sendero servers.

After your information has been verified, you are ready to download Maps, Points of Interest and the SenseNav installation package.

### 2.1.3 “Check for Updates” Feature: Automated Downloading and Installing

Once you have installed your software and activated it, you are ready to use Sendero Maps’ automated, “Check for Updates” feature, to download or update Maps, User Submitted POIs, Install Packages and GTFS Feeds.

To start the “Check for Updates” feature, from the map manager dialog press TAB to move to the check for updates button and press ENTER. You are presented with a dialog box with the following 11 items:

a. Event Log: This is a read only edit area where you are given the status of what is going on. You may see the number of updates available, the name of the Map or user submitted POI that is currently being downloaded.

b. Maps: This is a list of all available maps you have access to download. If you have access to multiple map bundles all countries are listed here. Use your arrow keys to scroll up and down the list. Press SPACE to select or unselect multiple Maps.

c. POIs: This is a list of user submitted POIs. Use your arrow keys to scroll up and down the list. Press SPACE to select or unselect one or more POI files.

d. Install Programs: This is a list of all install programs you have available to you. Use your arrow keys to scroll up and down the list. Press SPACE to select or unselect one or more install packages.

e. GTFS POIs: This is a list of transit feeds by Google. They are additional bus stops for those cities that put their transit bus stops into the GTFS standard format. GTFS stands for General Transit Feed Specification which was initiated by Google a few years ago. Use your arrow keys to scroll up and down the list. Press SPACE to select or unselect one or more of the offered GTFS feeds.

f. Update: Pressing this button will download and install all selected items. Your screen reader will announce each item as it is being downloaded even when you are working in other programs.

g. Unselect all: This button will unselect all selected items.

h. Display: This is a combo box where you can tell SenderoMaps to show you updates only or all files you have access to. Note: if you check for updates and you have none available, you are automatically switched to show all. In this way you can download any additional files without changing this item.

i. Account: This is a list of all available accounts you might have access to. This is good for those that have multiple GPS products. If you had Sendero GPS for the Apex and Sense Navigation you would select each account and the proper install package and license key will be retrieved for you. If you only have one GPS product, it is safe to ignore this option.

j. Add new account: If you have multiple GPS products, here is where you can add an additional account. Pressing this button will prompt for your ID and password. If you only have one GPS product you can safely ignore this option.

k. Cancel: Pressing this button will cancel the check for updates function and return you to SenderoMaps.

As you can see from this list, the Check for Updates feature allows you to check all the types of updates: maps, POIs, install packages or GTFS feeds. The Check for Updates feature does it all.

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### 2.1.4 Synchronizing Maps and POIs with GPS Device or external media

Now that we have successfully downloaded Maps and POIs, we can synchronize them along with your GPS installation program to a Sense product connected by USB to your computer.

From the Map manager main screen press TAB to move to the “Synchronize with remote device” button and press ENTER.

Map manager attempts to locate your device or media card by scanning all removable media for specific folders. It is recommended to connect your Sense device to the computer before synchronizing, this ensures the license key is copied to the flash disk of the Sense device as well as the installer. If it finds the folders the location is selected for you automatically. Your License key and favorites are automatically synchronized between your computer and the remote device.

If, however, the map manager is unable to detect the card you are given the opportunity to manually browse to the location containing your SD card, Compact flash or removable media.

Finally the Synchronize dialog appears with the following 9 items:

a. Status area: This is a read only edit box where you can see what is happening. It might show you how many files are selected to synchronize or it might show you the file that is being sent to the remote device as it might take a while if you are copying large maps.

b. List of files waiting to be synchronized: This is a list of files waiting to be copied. It may say PC list or remote list. This depends on the next option. All files that need updating are automatically selected for you including Maps, user submitted POIs, GTFS feeds and your installer.

c. Synchronize direction: This is a radio button where you can specify the direction that you would like syncing to take place. For example, if you do not have internet access and a friend has their maps configured you can take the card from your friend and select the remote to PC option.

d. Map Optimization: This is a combo box with two items.

a. Improve performance by separating Maps. If this item is selected when you synchronize your maps are automatically sorted into predefined folders. For example, if you are synchronizing California it is automatically placed in a folder named maps1westcoast. This is recommended for older devices where having a lot of maps could slow down or make the device crash.

2. None. No automatic sorting is performed. If you have all of your maps in one folder on your computer you can send all maps in that folder to the removable media. This is not recommended but is available if you choose to use it.

e. Select all: This is a button where you can select all files if they are currently not selected.

f. Unselect all: Pressing this button will unselect all selected files. Perhaps you have 25 files waiting and you only wish to send the installer for your Sense product over. Press this button then move to the list of files, then select the SenseNav installer by arrowing to it and pressing SPACE.

g. Synchronize: This button will start the process of synchronizing the selected files.

h. Delete selected files: This is an easy way to delete selected files from either the PC or remote device. Be careful when deleting files and remember to verify the selected direction.

i. Cancel: Pressing this button will cancel the synchronize dialog and return you to the Map manager main area. You can also press ESCAPE to cancel out of the dialog.

Once you start the process of synchronizing each update may be announced. You will also hear the background sound while the copying is taking place. Because announcements are sent directly to your screen reader it is possible to hear announcements while you are in other programs. When all files have been synchronized a different sound will be heard.

## 2.2 Pairing the GPS Receiver

The Braille Sense U2 and Braille Sense OnHand have internal receivers. When installing Sense Navigation the internal receiver is automatically selected for you. In order to successfully use SenseNav in a live environment, the Sense notetaker must be paired with a GPS receiver. For operating instructions for your specific GPS receiver, refer to its manual or to the files located in the Receivers folder of the SenseNav Docs folder.

Pairing an external Bluetooth GPS receiver with the Sense notetaker is done as follows:

1) Turn on both the GPS receiver and the Sense notetaker.

2) Press BACKSPACE-DOTS-3-4-5-6 until Bluetooth is enabled. If Bluetooth is already enabled, this hot key will turn it off.

3) Press F1 then L to open the Bluetooth Manager. The Sense notetaker will immediately begin scanning for available Bluetooth devices in range. After several seconds the Sense notetaker will display a list of available Bluetooth devices. [Note: If multiple GPS receivers are found, there will not be an accurate way of determining which is the correct receiver.]

4) Press UP or DOWN arrow to select the GPS receiver then press ENTER to begin scanning for its services. When the service list is displayed, press ENTER on ActiveSync to establish a connection.

5) Once the ActiveSync connection has been established, close the Bluetooth manager with SPACE-Z.

At this point the Sense notetaker and the GPS receiver know about each other and will work together when they are in range. Note: If the Sense notetaker is ever reset back to its factory defaults from a revive or a firmware upgrade, it will need to be paired with the GPS receiver again. Simply follow the steps above to do this.

## 2.3 Installing the Memory Card and Launching SenseNav for the First Time

1) Power on both the GPS receiver and the Sense notetaker. [Note: for best performance, we recommend that the external GPS receiver be powered on a couple minutes prior to launching SenseNav.]

2) Press F1 to focus the main program menu.

3) Insert the memory card into the appropriate slot and wait for the confirmation sound to play.

4) Press BACKSPACE-DOTS-3-4-5-6 until Bluetooth is enabled. If Bluetooth is already enabled, this hot key will turn it off.

5) Scroll to Sense Navigation and press ENTER to launch SenseNav. In later versions of the Sense firmware Sense Navigation is located in the Extras menu.

If this is the first time, you may be prompted for your map license key.

To Enter Map License key:

1) If prompted press ENTER-L to enter your map license key.

2) Using computer Braille type the license key you obtained from http://www.gosendero.com. If you used SenderoMaps to download your maps and installers the key will be imported automatically.

When SenseNav launches for the first time, the map data location and the GPS receiver type will not be set if your device does not have an internal receiver.

To tell SenseNav the location of your maps, do the following:

From SenseNav, press ENTER-O. Map and POI Folder. You are presented with a dialog. The first item shows your list of available maps. You might see something like California with Washington and Oregon. If you have multiple maps in a map folder you are given this information. You might also see New York by itself. This means that New York is the only map within that folder.

Scroll to the map or group of maps you would like to switch to and press ENTER.

1) The next button is a browse button. Use this button to choose the drive and folder containing the Map files, for example the automatic detection is unable to locate the maps you are looking for. Selecting the browse button will then ask you to choose a map folder.

2) You will be placed on one of the memory storage devices such as the Flashdisk or SD card. If your maps are located in a place other than the default location, press BACKSPACE until the correct storage device is displayed. Press ENTER on that device and then navigate to the correct folder using a combination of the ENTER key and the arrow keys. It is important that you not press ENTER once you reach the folder containing your map files.

3) Press SPACE to select the map folder, then press ENTER and SenseNav will load the maps contained in the selected map folder.

### 2.3.1 Choosing the GPS Receiver Type

Hot key: BACKSPACE-G

Once SenseNav has been authorized and the maps have loaded successfully, it will not operate until you choose a GPS Receiver type. If your notetaker has a built in receiver it is automatically selected for you and you can ignore this section.

To choose the GPS receiver type, do the following:

1) From SenseNav, press BACKSPACE-G. This will open the GPS receiver selection dialog box.

2) The GPS receiver is set to none by default. Press SPACE or BACKSPACE until the correct type of GPS receiver connection is selected. I.E. Bluetooth (ActiveSync or Internal GPS).

3) Press ENTER and SenseNav will look for the GPS receiver and connect to it.

Once the connection has been established SenseNav will announce that it has obtained a GPS fix. Then the street and city name are announced. You can also press G to display the GPS receiver accuracy. [Note: If you are inside a building, SenseNav may not obtain a satellite fix right away or at all. Moving near a window will help to obtain a fix.]

If a connection has not been established after a minute, press ENTER-R to attempt to connect again. Also, the external GPS receiver must have already been paired with the Sense notetaker prior to configuring SenseNav.

### 2.3.2 Setting the POI Author Name

Hot key: O, A

The POI author name is required so that new user points of interest and favorites can be added. To set the POI author name, do the following:

1) From SenseNav, press O, A. This will open a prompt with an edit box.

2) Type your initials or your full name. The appropriate type of input will need to be used depending on the View/Input mode setting in the Sense notetaker.

3) Press ENTER and SenseNav will store the name you entered and the edit box will close.

The information you provide in the POI Author edit box is displayed in the Author field when viewing POI details. This information is necessary when adding a new user POI. If you don't add the author name when first setting up SenseNav, you will be prompted to do so when you add your first user POI. The POI author name can be changed any time by following the above steps.

## 2.4 Proper Startup and Shutdown of SenseNav

As mentioned previously, the steps in Section 2.1 should only be done the first time SenseNav is used or after a hard reset or firmware upgrade of the Sense notetaker. This section describes proper startup and shutdown of SenseNav in a typical usage situation.

### 2.4.1 SenseNav Startup

To properly start SenseNav, do the following:

1) Power on both an external GPS receiver if using one and the Sense notetaker. [Note: for best performance, we recommend that the external GPS receiver be powered on a couple minutes prior to launching SenseNav.]

2) Press F1 to focus the main program menu.

3) Insert the memory card into the appropriate slot and wait for the confirmation sound to play.

4) If using an external receiver, p ress BACKSPACE-DOTS-3-4-5-6 until Bluetooth is enabled. If Bluetooth is already enabled, this hot key will turn it off.

5) Select Sense Navigation from the menus to launch SenseNav. Depending on the firmware installed, Sense Navigation may be under the Extras menu.

Note: Depending on how many maps are loaded, SenseNav could take up to one minute while the data is loaded. During this time the Sense notetaker will play a series of progress beeps. The preceding steps are the typical ones used for every-day use. Once SenseNav has finished loading the maps, it will obtain a GPS fix. If one is obtained, it will announce the street and city name.

### 2.4.2 SenseNav Shutdown

To properly shutdown SenseNav, do the following:

1) From SenseNav, press SPACE-Z. SenseNav will prompt you if you are sure you want to close it.

2) Press ENTER if you are sure you want to shutdown SenseNav.

3) After SenseNav has closed, press BACKSPACE-DOTS-3-4-5-6 to turn Bluetooth off if you are using an external receiver.

4) Power off the Sense notetaker.

We recommend that SenseNav is closed prior to turning off the external GPS receiver. Also, if you have an open route when you press SPACE-Z, SenseNav will prompt you if you want to save it. If you choose the Yes button, the file save as dialog box opens and you can type the file name of what you want to call the route. Whether you save the route or not, the next prompt will be if you are sure you want to Shutdown SenseNav. When SenseNav is closed, the destination set and last GPS position are saved.

### 2.4.3 Switching to Other Applications

While using SenseNav, you can switch to other applications in the Sense notetaker. Press F1 to open the list of programs, then arrow to the program you want and press ENTER.

For example: Press F1, W to open the Word processor. SenseNav will remain in the background and you can now write or edit a document in the Word processor.

To switch between the Word processor and SenseNav, use the ALT-F3 method of the Sense notetaker by pressing F2-F3.

While you are in another application of the Sense notetaker, SenseNav will continue communicating with the GPS receiver and your position, speed, heading, and any other navigational information will still be updated. You will even hear the sounds associated with SenseNav such as street changes and up-coming intersections.

# 3 GPS Basics and Accuracy

This section covers some of the concepts, issues and background information about the Global Positioning System (GPS). The SenseNav program, together with a Sense notetaker is an excellent navigation aid, but it does not replace the need for actual orientation and mobility. This is where good judgment is needed. Never rely solely on GPS or any one device for navigating.

## 3.1 About GPS Satellites

The U.S. Government operates the Global Positioning System (GPS) and is solely responsible for the accuracy and maintenance of GPS. Certain conditions can make the system less accurate. There are 24 U.S. military satellites in the Global Positioning System, 12 in each hemisphere and they circuit the earth twice a day. Although your receiver may be able to pick up as many as 12 satellites, three or more signals are necessary to determine the GPS position. Some GPS receivers offer additional accuracy through the use of a fixed (geostationary) satellite called WAAS, Wide Area Augmentation System.

It is possible to get a reading of Good with 4 or more satellites or Poor with 5 or more satellites. A Good reading is better than a Poor reading no matter the number of satellites. The quality of the satellite signal determines the quality rating announced by SenseNav. The user has no control over the WAAS satellite detection; this feature will automatically turn on when it is available from the satellite.

A similar system in Europe called EGNOS is now implemented. Having WAAS or EGNOS improves the accuracy, so you might hear accuracy distances lower than 16 feet or 5 meters. However, if all the satellites are coming from the same angle you could have WAAS/EGNOS enabled and still have a poor reading.

## 3.2 Signal Blind Spots

Since the GPS receiver detects information from satellites orbiting the earth, the antenna needs to have a relatively unobstructed view of the sky. Large obstructions such as buildings, cliffs and overhangs may interfere with signal reception, reducing accuracy or eliminating tracking altogether. This is called the "urban canyon effect." For example, if you are in a city with 50 story buildings on all sides, the satellite signals would be blocked completely. However, if there is a tall building on one side only, you may still be able to receive enough signals from other satellites to determine a position.

Changing your location by even a few feet can make a difference. For instance, walking on the outer edge of a sidewalk versus up against the building may help. Positioning yourself on a corner at an intersection may also help. There is a better view of satellites while in a car in the street versus up against a building.

The location of the receiver on your body may also make a difference to reception. If you are among tall buildings or near an overhang, you may begin tracking faster if you hold the receiver up and away from your body. Face away from the building. Once the receiver begins tracking, it should continue doing so attached to the Sense notetaker shoulder strap. If you need to have it inside a backpack or enclosed because of rain or snow, the GPS signals should be picked up through clothing or vinyl materials.

The good thing is that among tall buildings in big cities, where GPS is less reliable, there are more people to ask for directions. Out in the open where there are fewer people to ask for directions, the GPS availability and accuracy is best. We feel this is a convenient trade-off.

GPS signals cannot usually be picked up in-doors; however you may be able to pick up signals inside a house with a wooden roof or inside a bus with a fiberglass roof. You may also be successful in picking up signals with the receiver in the window of a bus or train. The best location for the receiver is on the dash or window of a car. Note: Highly tinted and mirrored windows can block satellites. We also recommend that you secure the GPS receiver as it may become a projectile if you stop suddenly.

## 3.3 Properly Wearing the External GPS Receiver

For pedestrian travel, the GPS receiver tracks satellites best when located on top of your shoulder, facing the sky. The GPS receiver custom case which is included with SenseNav contains a belt clip to secure the GPS receiver onto the Sense notetaker shoulder strap. It doesn't matter which hand you operate the Sense notetaker with, although you may want to situate it so it's the opposite hand which uses a cane or holds a dog's harness. The shoulder strap is reversible, so you are free to experiment with which configuration feels best for you. If your right shoulder is through the strap, you would probably put the GPS receiver on your left shoulder and vice versa. If your Bluetooth connection is intermittent, make sure you have the GPS receiver and Sense notetaker on the same side of your body. The receiver will probably work fine inside a purse or clipped to your belt.

Note: For operation in a vehicle, you may wish to put the receiver on the back dash of a car or clip it near or on a window. (We strongly recommend that you keep it away from the air bag as the receiver could become a missile if the air bag deploys).

## 3.4 Accuracy of SenseNav Announcements

This section explains what to expect when using SenseNav in Live GPS navigation mode. First, check the GPS accuracy by pressing the G command. We recommend you press this command a couple of times so you can be sure of the accuracy.

If the GPS receiver is tracking satellites, SenseNav will announce: "GPS accuracy: WAAS (if available), X feet, Y satellites."

Replace X with the number of feet and Y with the number of satellites as in, "GPS accuracy: WAAS, 13 feet, 10 satellites." If it first says "WAAS," that indicates the receiver is tracking the extra WAAS satellites, which enhance accuracy. The word WAAS may be heard in countries where the enhanced accuracy is not fully implemented. If you are tracking more than 3 satellites, the receiver will determine which satellites are more accurate and will use the best signals. It is not only the number of satellites that determines position quality but also the relative position of the satellites to each other. Because of atmospheric anomalies, there are times when positions are inaccurate for no obvious reason.

If you are tracking less than 3 satellites when you press G, you will hear: Searching for satellites and the number found. For example “Searching for satellites, 2 found.”

Another way to check how well you are tracking is with the Heading command. Once you are heading in a given direction of travel, press H or DOT-5 repeatedly to ensure that you are getting consistent compass heading information. This will not only impact your heading but all information relative to your heading such as Points of Interest or your destination.

The heading information is announced as: "Heading: X (YY)

Replace X with a compass direction such as North, Northeast, ETC. Replace YY with a degree value from 0 to 359. 0 means perfect North, 90 means perfect East, 180 means perfect South and 270 means perfect West. So if your heading is announced as E (87), it means you are going East at 88 degrees. Not perfect East, but close enough that most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

## 3.5 Getting Oriented Using SenseNav

You can start walking and get a compass direction from SenseNav after about 30 feet (10 meters). If you do not intuitively know the cardinal compass directions, having a talking or tactile compass with you can assist you in heading directly to the destination announced by SenseNav. Even if you do not start moving, the absolute position of the destination announced should be reliable. If you have a pedestrian route loaded and walk in the wrong direction for 30 feet (10 meters), you will hear a warning sound. In a vehicle route, the wrong direction warning comes after moving 100 feet (30 meters) in the wrong direction.

If you do not have a route opened, you can still work your way to your destination using the "getting warmer" method. Try to get the destination to be announced ahead of you at the 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock or 1 o'clock positions. Once you get close to the destination, the announcement starts to move away from the 12 o’clock heading. When it gets to your 3 o’clock (right) or 9 o’clock (left) position, it is time to make a 90-degree turn. This does not tell you if there is a through street, but it gets you in the vicinity. You also want the destination distance to steadily decline as you move toward it. If it suddenly increases, double and triple check the distance so you know you are not getting a bogus reading. You may very well have veered off track but it is best to make sure.

# 4 Basics of SenseNav

This section describes some of the basic functions of SenseNav. It is assumed that SenseNav has already been properly configured for initial use. Refer to Section 2 for setup and proper startup instructions.

## 4.1 Main Display Area of SenseNav

The main display area of SenseNav consists of various static boxes which display different pieces of information.

All information can quickly be accessed by using the following methods:

1) Hot keys

2) F3 and shift-F3

3) The first seven cursor routing keys of the Braille display

Pressing a hot key displays information immediately and that information will remain on the display until a new piece of information is automatically announced or another hot key is pressed.

The information from F3/Shift-F3 and the cursor routing keys available is as follows:

• Street. The street name of the current position.

• Heading. The compass direction and degrees that the current position is facing. Example: NE (45).

• Speed. The speed in which you are traveling.

• Distance traveled. The distance that you have moved.

## 4.2 Using the Braille Display

All the information spoken by SenseNav appears on the Braille display. This can be especially useful if you are hard of hearing, or if you are using SenseNav in a noisy environment. Rather than displaying a message in its entirety, there are certain words or phrases which are abbreviated to save space on the display. The following is a list of which messages are abbreviated and the Braille symbols used for them.

Cardinal direction abbreviations

• N North

• NE Northeast

• E East

• SE Southeast

• S South

• SW Southwest

• W West

• NW Northwest

Route message abbreviations

- d: destination name, distance, and direction

- nt: next turn instructions

- wp: waypoint list

- cw: name of current waypoint

- dw: heading and distance to nearest waypoint

Automatic Lookaround announcement abbreviations

- lx: automatic lookaround name of the next intersection

- nx: basic information of the next intersection

- nxd: detailed information of the next intersection

- xx: basic information of the nearest intersection

- xxd: detailed information of the nearest intersection

- lp: automatic lookaround name and category of a POI

- ls: automatic lookaround name of a new street

- lc: automatic lookaround name of a new city

- lz: automatic lookaround of a new zip code

- lm: automatic lookaround name of a new map

POI abbreviations

- np: name of nearest POI

- pd: nearest POI description

- pl: POI list

Miscellaneous abbreviations

- fl: favorites list

- hl: history list

- na: nearest address number

- sa: speed alert

## 4.3 Copying Information to the Clipboard

Hot key: ENTER-C

Copying text from an edit box from within any program of the Sense notetaker has always been possible. You simply select the text you want to copy, then you press ENTER-C to copy it to the clipboard. Later, you can paste the clipboard contents into another program by pressing ENTER-V. SenseNav is a little different because the majority of the information it displays is contained inside a static box which you cannot edit. Normally if you cannot edit the static box, you cannot select text to copy. However there are times when you would like to copy and paste certain information from SenseNav into another program like the address book or a text file in the word processor. When SenseNav is displaying any information in a static box, you can press ENTER-C and the contents of the static box is copied to the clipboard as if you had first selected the text to copy.

Example:

1) From the main display area of SenseNav, press the letter A to display the nearest address.

2) Press ENTER-C to copy this information to the clipboard.

3) Press F1, W to open the word processor of the Sense notetaker.

4) Press ENTER-V to paste the clipboard contents into the blank document.

When you read the current line you will find that the output of the nearest address command is now pasted into the document. Information which can be copied to the clipboard can be any output from a command entered in the main display area of SenseNav, and any information displayed in static boxes from searching for addresses, POIs, waypoints, or coordinates.

## 4.4 Resetting While Using SenseNav

If you find that SenseNav has become unresponsive, or you have accidentally started creating a 500 mile route, performing a soft reset of the Sense notetaker is the only option. To soft-reset the Sense notetaker, press the reset button on the back for 2 seconds. When SenseNav is reset, the distance traveled is reset to 0, and an open route is not saved. All other settings are retained. So there should be little impact from pressing the Reset button.

Speaking of long routes, if you try to create a pedestrian route more than 25 miles long or a driving route more than 200 miles long, SenseNav will ask to confirm that you want to create this route.

## 4.5 Context Sensitive Help

Hot key: SPACE-H

Context Sensitive Help is available in SenseNav just as it is available elsewhere in the Sense notetaker. When you press SPACE-H from the main display area of SenseNav, the help menu opens and you are presented with a menu list of help categories.

Each of the menu items contains a submenu list of the commands for that category. Navigating each menu and submenu is done the same as navigating other menus in the Sense notetaker. To close the help system, press SPACE-Z. If you want to back out of a submenu and return to the prior menu, press SPACE-E. If you are on the main list of help categories and you press SPACE-E, the help system will close. When the help system closes, you are returned to the main display area of SenseNav.

# 5 Location Search

There are two ways to search for locations on the map. They include; searching by address or searching by points of interest. This section discusses address searches. Points of interest are discussed in Section 6.

## 5.1 Location Search by Address

Hot key: L

Menu: F2, S, S

Searching for a location by address is one of the most commonly used features of SenseNav. For example, it can be used to set a friend’s home as your destination. You can look up an address in two ways; by city name or by zip/postal code. This section describes how to search for a location by city name and zip/postal code.

To search for a location by city name or zip/postal code, press L. When the Search Location dialog box opens, it will prompt you for the type of search you want to perform.

While the Location Search dialog box is open:

• Take note of the view/input mode, SPACE-G the Sense notetaker is in when typing into edit boxes. If using Contracted Braille, make sure that proper symbols such as DOTS-5-6 before a single letter and DOTS-3-4-5-6 before a number are used. Otherwise translation issues such as the letter "g" translating to "go" will happen. This is not a concern if you are using Computer Braille.

• You can press F3 repeatedly to reach the other controls in the dialog box.

• If you know the hot key for a button in the dialog box, you can press it instead of pressing F3 repeatedly to reach the specific button. I.E. Press BACKSPACE-P to activate the Previous button, ENTER-D to create a driving route, and ENTER-W to create a walking route.

• You can press F4 to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any action.

### 5.1.1 Location Search by City Name

The first way to search for a location is by city name.

The following steps show how to lookup the address, 10999 Amor Avenue, Cleveland OH 44108, which is one of the locations where Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman.

To search for the address by city name, do the following:

1) Press L from the main display area. A combo box of location search types will display. The default is City. Press SPACE or BACKSPACE to choose from the different search types such as City, Zip/postal, Favorites, and History. However for this example we are using City. After choosing the City option, press F3 or ENTER to move to the map list.

2) SenseNav will display the list of available maps. When the list of maps displays, the map which matches your current position will be selected. For example, if SenseNav is loaded with Ohio, Texas, and Utah and your current location is Ohio, this is the map which will be selected. However if only 1 map is loaded in SenseNav, there will only be 1 to choose from. Press SPACE-DOT-1 or SPACE-DOT-4 to choose Ohio from the list, then press F3 or ENTER to move to the city name edit box.

3) SenseNav will display the city name edit box which will be populated with the name of the city your current position is in. For example if your current position is in Cleveland, this is what will appear in the edit box. Type the city name, "Cleveland" if it is not already there and press F3 or ENTER to search for the city.

4) SenseNav will display the list of cities which match the name you typed. Since in this example you typed "Cleveland", 3 cities are listed. Had you typed something shorter such as "san" for San Francisco, California, then 74 cities would be listed since there are 74 city names with "san" as part of their name. Press UP or DOWN arrow to choose Cleveland, then press F3 or ENTER to move to the address number edit box.

5) SenseNav will display the address number edit box. Note: If you want to search for cross streets, leave this field blank and press F3 to move to the "street search type combo box" and select cross streets. Type the address number, "10999" and press F3 or ENTER to move to the street name edit box.

6) SenseNav will display the street name edit box. Type Amo and press F3 or ENTER to search for the street. Please note, if only 1 street matches the name you type in this edit box, the street list is skipped and the search is done immediately.

7) SenseNav will display the list of streets which match the name you typed. Since in this example you typed "Amo", there are 2 streets beginning with the characters Amo to choose from. Press SPACE-DOT-1 or SPACE-DOT-4 to choose Amor avenue, then press F3 or ENTER to perform the search.

You are now moved to the search results area. If SenseNav displays a static box with a distance value, it means that the location was found. Refer to Section 5.1.3 for details on the search results and the actions available.

### 5.1.2 Location Search by Zip/Postal Code

The second way to do a location lookup is by Zip/Postal code. In the previous section, we described in detail how to lookup the address where Superman was created by using the city search. The steps below show how to lookup the same address, 10999 Amor Avenue, Cleveland OH 44108, by using the zip code 44108.

To search for the address by zip/postal code, do the following:

1) Press L from the main display area. A combo box of location search types will display. The default is City. Press SPACE or BACKSPACE to choose from the different search types such as City, Zip/postal, Favorites, and History. However for this example we are using Zip/postal. After choosing the Zip/postal option, press F3 or ENTER to move to the map list.

2) SenseNav will display the list of available maps. When the list of maps displays, the map which matches your current position will be selected. For example, if SenseNav is loaded with Ohio, Texas, and Utah, and your current location is Ohio, this is the map which will be selected. However if only 1 map is loaded in SenseNav, there will only be 1 to choose from. Press SPACE-DOT-1 or SPACE-DOT-4 to choose Ohio from the list, then press F3 or ENTER to move to the zip code edit box.

3) SenseNav will display the zip/postal edit box which will be populated with the zip code your current position is in. For example if your current position is in Cleveland, the zip code, "44108" might appear in the edit box. Type the zip code, "44108" if it is not already there and press F3 or ENTER to search for it.

4) SenseNav will display the list of zip codes which match the value you typed. Since in this example you typed "44108", only 1 zip code is listed. Had you typed something shorter such as "441", then 56 zip codes would be listed since there are 56 zip codes with "441" in them. Press SPACE-DOT-1 or SPACE-DOT-4 to choose 44108, then press F3 or ENTER to move to the address number edit box.

5) SenseNav will display the address number edit box. Note: If you want to search for cross streets, leave this field blank and press F3 to move to the "street search type combo box" and select cross streets. Type the address number, "10999" and press F3 or ENTER to move to the street name edit box.

6) SenseNav will display the street name edit box. Type Amo and press F3 or ENTER to search for the street. Please note, if only 1 street matches the name you type in this edit box, the street list is skipped and the search is done immediately.

7) Because Amor Ave is the only street in the zipcode of 44108 you are placed in the address action Dialog.

You are now moved to the search results area. If SenseNav displays a static box with a distance value, it means that the location was found. Refer to Section 5.1.3 for details on the search results and the actions available.

### 5.1.3 Location Search Results

Once the location has been found by either city name or zip code search, SenseNav displays "Distance: xx" where xx is the distance between your current position and the location you searched for. For example, if you are at home and you searched for your work address in the same city, the distance may be a few miles. However if you searched for an address in another state, the distance may be several hundred miles instead.

The following is what you will find in the dialog box after performing a location search:

- Search results static box

When a location has been found, the first item displayed is the distance from your current position to the location. Press SPACE-DOT-4 repeatedly to display the zip code and address number. Press F3 repeatedly to move to the various action buttons contained in the dialog box.

- Previous button: BACKSPACE-P

Press this button to go back one step in the search process. This is useful in case you need to make a minor change in your search instead of completely starting over.

- Drive there button: ENTER-D

Press this button to create a vehicle route. SenseNav will close the dialog box and create a vehicle route from your current position to the location you searched for. Routes are discussed in Section 7 of this manual.

- Walk there button: ENTER-W

Press this button to create a pedestrian route. SenseNav will close the dialog box and create a pedestrian route from your current position to the location you searched for.

- Add to favorites button: ENTER-F

Press this button to add a new favorite. SenseNav will add the location you searched for to your favorites list. Favorites are discussed in Section 5.3 of this manual.

- Set as destination button: ENTER-E

Press this button to set the destination. SenseNav will close the dialog box and set the location you searched for as the destination without creating a route to it.

- Cancel button: F4

Press this button to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any action.

### 5.1.4 Tips for Street Name Searches

The following are a few tips when it comes to searching for street names:

· If you are not sure of the exact spelling of the street name, type the first few letters of the name and press ENTER. You will then be presented with a larger street list to choose from. Press SPACE-DOT 1 or SPACE-DOT-4 to scroll through the list until you find the one you want.

· If you are not sure if a street suffix is an avenue, drive, or lane, only type the main name of the street and press ENTER. You will then be presented with a larger street list to choose from. If you know the exact spelling of the suffix, you can type it in for an exact match. However keep in mind that some street suffixes may be written as ln instead of lane.

· In most cases if you are searching for East 5th Street, it must be typed as "5th St, E" so it can be found. If you are not absolutely sure of the proper syntax, just type "5" or "5th" and you will then be presented with a larger street list to choose from. Press DOT-1 or DOT-4 to scroll through the list until you find the one you want.

### 5.1.5 Tips for City Name Searches

The following are a few tips when it comes to searching for addresses located in cities which are hard to find:

Because of the way that some map data is compiled, some addresses must be retrieved in a roundabout fashion. If the address you are looking for is not found, consider a few work-arounds. An example of such a city is Centennial Colorado.

1) Try a Zip/postal Lookup. It could be that even though the address you are looking for is located in Centennial, the city name itself is named differently in the map.

2) Try the name of a nearby city, district, or township. I.E. Littleton.

3) Using simple POI find, search for Centennial in the City POI category and then set your destination to the Centennial city POI.

Most cities aren’t this tricky to find, but it is good to know that even the smallest towns are probably in the map database. It may take just a little ingenuity to bring them up. While searching, you can press ENTER without any text in the City or Street name edit boxes to produce a list of all matches or type the first couple letters to narrow the search.

Note: If you are in a city like Centennial and press C to hear the City name, the township or county is announced if the exact city name is not in the database. This is helpful for faster address matches in the future.

### 5.1.6 Miscellaneous Location Lookup Items

This section discusses miscellaneous items for you to keep in mind when looking up addresses.

- Location search defaults

The location search dialog box takes your current position into account when choosing a map, city, or zip/postal code.

- Global searching

In the city name and zip/postal edit boxes, you have the option of an exact match, accepting the default from your current position, typing a partial match, or getting an entire list. If you clear the edit box and press ENTER, a global search is performed. This is especially important to keep in mind when searching for cities or zip/postal codes since the list can be very long.

- Address numbers and street names

If you leave the address number edit box empty and type in just the street name or the address number is not found, SenseNav presents you with a list of address ranges along the street chosen. For example, let's say you search in Metropolis, leave the address number blank, and type super as the street name. SenseNav will display "1 - 41 Superman Sq". As you arrow down, the various address ranges are displayed.

- Cross streets

To obtain a list of cross streets, leave the address number edit box blank. Press F3 to move to the search type combobox and scroll to cross streets and press ENTER to display the list of cross streets. The cross streets are in order from the beginning of the street to the end.

- Previous entries are not remembered

The address number and street name edit boxes do not remember the last entry you typed in prior searches. This means that you must type a search string when performing a new search. If you leave the address number edit box blank, select the search type combobox to change from address range or cross streets. If you leave the street name edit box blank, a list of all streets in the selected city is shown.

- Street name searching

In most cases it is not necessary to type the cardinal direction of the street name. For example, if the address is, 1234 E Main Street, when searching for the street name, only "main" should be typed. There are a few exceptions such as streets in Washington and Oregon where the cardinal directions need to be a part of the name such as "SW William". If the street name edit box is left blank, a global search for all streets in the selected city is performed.

- Finding streets

There are occasions when you will not be able to find streets within the city you have selected. This may be because the selected city contains only those streets the map company considers to be within the built-up area, I.E. the center of town. If this happens, please try again and select another city from the choices presented.

While in a search list, the following commands are used to review the list more easily:

- Go to the top of the list: SPACE-DOTS-1-2-3.

- Go to the bottom of the list: SPACE-DOTS-4-5-6.

- Move down the list one item: SPACE-DOT-4.

- Move up the list one item: SPACE-DOT-1.

- Move down the list 32 items: F3-F4.

- Move up the list 32 items: F1-F2.

## 5.2 History List

The history list is where SenseNav keeps a list of the 25 most recently used locations. Each time you create a route to an address or POI, the destination location is added to the history list.

Other types of locations which are added to the history list are:

- The location of the initial GPS fix when you run SenseNav.

- The location of an address or POI when you set it as a destination.

### 5.2.1 Working With the History List

Hot key: ENTER-H

Menu: F2, S, H

To open the history list, press ENTER-H. Another way to open it is by pressing L for a location search and choosing History from the search options.

When the History List dialog box opens, you are placed in the list of locations with the most recent one at the top.

The following is what you will find in the dialog box:

- History list

This is where the list of locations is displayed. As you move down the list with SPACE-DOT-4, SenseNav will display the location name, the city the location is in, the heading and distance to the location from your current position, and the compass direction. T he distance and direction of the location is updated dynamically as the distance and direction changes.

Example: "Initial GPS position, 123 Main street, Cleveland, 234 feet ahead."

While you are in the history list, you can press any letter to quickly move to a location whose name begins with that letter. For example: I until you find "Initial GPS position." The Sense notetaker will beep if there are no locations which start with the letter you type. Press F3 repeatedly to move to the various action buttons contained in the dialog box.

- Drive there button: ENTER-D

Press this button to create a vehicle route. SenseNav will close the dialog box and create a vehicle route from your current position to the selected location.

- Walk there button: ENTER-W

Press this button to create a pedestrian route. SenseNav will close the dialog box and create a pedestrian route from your current position to the selected location.

- Set as destination button: ENTER-E

Press this button to set the destination. SenseNav will close the dialog box and set the selected location as the destination without creating a route to it.

- Close button: F4

Press this button to close the dialog box without taking any action.

## 5.3 Favorites List

The Favorites list is a list of locations you may wish to work with at a later time. You can think of them like favorites in your web browser. Unlike the history list, you are not limited to the number of locations you can add as favorites.

The different location types are Points of Interest, address searches, intersections, and your current Live GPS position. You can also manage your favorites such as viewing them, modifying them, or removing them as favorites.

### 5.3.1 Adding Favorites

To add a location, POI, or coordinate to your favorites, press F3 until you reach the Add to Favorites button or press ENTER-F from the dialog box which contains the location itself.

Examples:

1) Add an address. Search for an address with L and fill in the search parameters. When the location is found, press F3 until you reach the Add to favorites button, then press ENTER.

2) Add a POI. Search for a POI with either SPACE-F or BACKSPACE-F. When the POIs are found, arrow to the one you want and press F3 until you reach the Add to Favorites button, then press ENTER.

3) Add an intersection. As you move around, press ENTER-X for the nearest intersection or ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6 for the next intersection. When the intersection information displays in the dialog box, press F3 until you reach the Add to Favorites button, then press ENTER.

4) Add your current position. Make sure you are in GPS navigation, then press SPACE-Y to open the Lat/Lon dialog box. The Lat/Lon coordinates for your current position will be filled in. Press F3 until you are at the Name edit box and type the name you want to call the favorite. Press F3 until you reach the Add to Favorites button, then press ENTER.

Note: Favorites are added to the list in ascending order. I.E. The most recent is at the top of the list. The information contained in the favorites list is stored in a file called Favorites.fdb which is located in the SharedPOIs folder. If you switch map folders, your favorites list is still accessible.

### 5.3.2 Working with the Favorites List

Hot key: ENTER-F

Menu: F2, S, F

To open the Favorites list, press ENTER-F. Another way to open it is by pressing L for a location search and choosing Favorites from the search options.

When the Favorites List dialog box opens, you are placed in the list of favorites with the most recently added favorite at the top.

The following is what you will find in the dialog box:

- Favorites list

This is where the list of Favorites is displayed. As you move down the list with SPACE-DOT-4, SenseNav will display the favorite name, the address if any, the city, the heading and distance to the favorite from your current position, and the compass direction. T he distance and direction of the favorite is updated dynamically as the distance and direction changes.

Example: "Burger Palace, Restaurant, Main ST, Phoenix, 330 feet ahead."

While you are in the favorites list, you can press any letter to quickly move to a favorite whose name begins with that letter. For example: H until you find "Home." The Sense notetaker will beep if there are no entries which start with the letter you type. Press F3 repeatedly to move to the various action buttons contained in the dialog box.

- Modify button: SPACE-M

Press this button to modify the selected favorite. SenseNav will switch to the Modify Favorite dialog box so you can update the details of the selected favorite.

- Delete button: SPACE-D

Press this button to delete the selected favorite. SenseNav will delete the selected favorite from the database. When the favorite is deleted, you are returned to the favorites list. Note: The favorite is deleted immediately without confirmation.

- Drive there button: ENTER-D

Press this button to create a vehicle route. SenseNav will close the dialog box and create a vehicle route from your current position to the selected favorite.

- Walk there button: ENTER-W

Press this button to create a pedestrian route. SenseNav will close the dialog box and create a pedestrian route from your current position to the selected favorite.

- Set as destination button: ENTER-E

Press this button to set the destination. SenseNav will close the dialog box and set the selected favorite as the destination without creating a route to it.

- Close button: F4

Press this button to close the dialog box without taking any action.

# 6 Points of Interest (POIs)

First, what is a POI? A point of interest (POI) is anything which may be of interest in a mapped area. Typically POIs are saved locations of businesses and commercial landmarks.

SenseNav comes with more than 13 million commercial Points of Interest for the U.S. and Canada. The POIs are categorized into main and sub-categories for easier searching. If a POI goes out of business, it may be deleted.

## 6.1 General POI Information

### 6.1.1 POI Categories

There are several POI Categories which make up the Core POIs. Some have subcategories to help refine your search; some examples from the restaurant category are "barbeque" and "German." These new points are the equivalent of electronic yellow pages with GPS positions. The core POIs include everything from automobile, transportation, medical, government services to schools, libraries, restaurants, accommodations, entertainment and tourism.

To see the list of POI categories and sub-categories, press SPACE-F to open the Simple POI Search dialog box.

When the POI Search dialog box opens, you are placed in the main category list. Arrow to a category, then press F3 to move to the second list which contains the related sub-categories.

The sub-categories in the second list depend on which category was selected in the first list. For example the sub-categories for Restaurants are different than the sub-categories for Hotels.

Press F4 to close the POI Search dialog box and return to the main display area. Searching for POIs are discussed in Section 6.2 of this manual.

### 6.1.2 Nearest POI Information

Hot key for nearest POI name: P

Hot key for nearest POI details: SPACE-P

To display the name of the nearest POI to your current position, press P. To open the Nearest POI Details dialog box, press SPACE-P instead.

While the POI details dialog box is open:

- You can press DOT-1 to move 1 item up and DOT-4 to move 1 item down in the POI details list.

- You can press SPACE-DOTS-1-2-3 to move to the top and SPACE-DOTS-4-5-6 to move to the bottom of the POI details list.

- You can press the letter which matches the name of the POI detail you want to view. I.E. N for the name of the POI, A for the address number, and P for the phone number. If more than 1 POI detail begins with the same letter, such as sub-category, street name, and side of street, the letter S will need to be pressed repeatedly.

- You can press the cursor routing keys above each Braille cell to view different POI details instead of using the arrow keys.

- You can press F3 repeatedly to reach the other controls in the dialog box.

- You can press F4 to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any action.

If there are certain details which the POI doesn't have, those details will not be shown as you move in the list. For example, not all commercial POIs have fax numbers or web site addresses.

Note: The P and SPACE-P hot keys are not listed in the SenseNav program menu and are only available from the main display area.

## 6.2 Searching For POIs

There are two ways of finding points of interest.

1) View a list of near POIs by pressing F or DOT-4.

2) Simple POI Search by pressing SPACE-F.

While either the Near POIs or the POI search dialog box is open:

• You can press SPACE-DOT-1 to move 1 item up and SPACE-DOT-4 to move 1 item down in a list.

• You can press SPACE-DOTS-1-2-3 to move to the top and SPACE-DOTS-4-5-6 to move to the bottom of a list.

• You can press F3 repeatedly to reach the other controls in the dialog box.

• If you know the hot key for a button in the dialog box, you can press it instead of pressing F3 repeatedly to reach the specific button. I.E. Press ENTER-D to create a driving route and ENTER-W to create a walking route.

• You can press F4 to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any action.

### 6.2.1 Near POIs

Hot key: F or DOT-4

Menu: F2, P, F

To view a list of POIs which are nearest to your current position in any category and in any direction, press F or DOT-4. When the Near POIs dialog box opens, it will display a list of POIs beginning with the closest one to your current position.

### 6.2.2 Simple POI Search

Hot key: SPACE-F

Menu: F2, S, P

If you want to search for a POI by name or category, press SPACE-F. When the Simple POI Search dialog box opens, you are placed in the main category list. Once POIs have been found, a list showing the POI names will display.

The following steps show how to use the Simple POI search to lookup a restaurant called Fluffy Donuts which is about 1.05 miles away.

To search for Fluffy Donuts, do the following:

1) Press SPACE-F from the main display area. The Simple POI Search dialog box will open and you will be in the main category list. The first category displayed is "All". You can press SPACE-DOT-4 repeatedly to move down the list. Other categories such as Bank, Bonus, and Restaurant are displayed. Press R until the Restaurant category is selected, then press F3 to move to the sub-category list.

2) The first sub-category displayed is "All". You can press SPACE-DOT-4 repeatedly to move down the sub-category list. Leave the "All" sub-category selected, then press F3 to move to the search string edit box.

3) In the search string edit box, type "fluffy" and press ENTER to begin the search.

4) SenseNav will search for the POIs which match the search parameters from the above steps. If the search takes some time, beeps will play.

You are now moved to the search results area. Since in this example you typed the word "fluffy", only 1 POI is listed as "Fluffy Donuts & Sandwich Shop, Russell Blvd # 2, 1.05 mi, behind slight left."

The search results consist of the list of POIs, the POI details, and the various action buttons you can take on a selected POI. Refer to Section 6.2.3 for a description of the search results.

### 6.2.3 POI Search Results

SenseNav moves you to the list of POIs when you press F, or when POIs have been found using the Simple POI search method.

The following is what you will find in the dialog box after performing a POI search or after pressing F:

- POI name list

This is where the list of POIs is displayed. As you move down the list with SPACE-DOT-4, SenseNav will display the POI name, the category and sub category if it has one, the street the POI is on, the city the POI is in, the heading and distance to the POI from your current position, the side of the street the POI is on if known, and the compass direction.

Example: "Burger Palace, Restaurant, Main ST, Phoenix, 330 feet ahead." Since some basic information about the POI is given in the list, you can quickly determine if this is the POI you are interested in without pressing F3 or ENTER to view the POI details.

While you are in the POI list, you can press any letter to quickly move to a POI whose name begins with that letter. For example: B until you find "Burger Palace." The Sense notetaker will beep if there are no POIs which start with the letter you type. Press F3 repeatedly to move to the POI details list and the various action buttons contained in the dialog box.

- POI details static box

This is where the list of details for the selected POI are displayed. As you move down the list with SPACE-DOT-4, SenseNav will display the available POI details such as distance and heading, category, sub-category, ETC. You can also press the letter which matches the name of the POI detail you want to view. I.E. D for the POI distance and heading, A for the address number, and P for the phone number. If more than 1 POI detail begins with the same letter, such as sub-category, street name, and side of street, the letter S will need to be pressed repeatedly. The cursor routing keys of the Braille display can also be pressed to quickly display specific POI details. To return to the POI name list, press SPACE-F3.

- Delete button: SPACE-D

Press this button to delete the selected POI. SenseNav will delete the selected POI from the database. When the POI is deleted, you are returned to the POI list.

- Drive there button: ENTER-D

Press this button to create a vehicle route. SenseNav will close the dialog box and create a vehicle route from your current position to the selected POI. See the section on routes for more information about creating routes.

- Walk there button: ENTER-W

Press this button to create a pedestrian route. SenseNav will close the dialog box and create a pedestrian route from your current position to the selected POI.

- Add to favorites button: ENTER-F

Press this button to add a new favorite. SenseNav will add the selected POI to your favorites list. Favorites are discussed in Section 5.3 of this manual.

- Set as destination button: ENTER-E

Press this button to set the destination. SenseNav will close the dialog box and set the selected POI as the destination without creating a route to it.

- Cancel button: F4

Press this button to close the dialog box and return to the main display area without taking any action.

### 6.2.5 Tips for POI Searches

The following are a few tips when it comes to searching for points of interest:

• The POI search takes longer when the area is densely populated or when you search far away. Beeps play to indicate that a search is in progress.

• The items in the sub-category list change dynamically depending on which main category is selected. For example, the sub-category list for restaurants is different than the list for hotels.

• Take note of the view/input mode, SPACE-G the Sense notetaker is in when typing into edit boxes. If using Contracted Braille, make sure that proper symbols such as DOTS-5-6 before a single letter and DOTS-3-4-5-6 before a number are used. Otherwise translation issues such as the letter "g" translating to "go" will happen. This is not a concern if you are using Computer Braille.

• If you type 1 or 2 characters in the search string edit box, SenseNav will only search for POIs with these characters at the beginning of the POI name. However, if you type 3 or more characters, SenseNav will search for a match anywhere in the POI name.

• If you press ENTER on the search string edit box without typing anything in it, SenseNav will search for all POIs which match the category and sub-category you selected.

• You must press F3 to move between the search controls such as the category list, sub-category list, and search string edit box. When you are ready for SenseNav to search for POIs based on your choices, press ENTER.

• When searching for POIs, SenseNav searches both the commercial POI database as well as the user-created POI database.

• While you are in any list, you can press a letter to quickly move to an item which begins with that letter. For example: R takes you to the Restaurant category. The Sense notetaker will beep if there are no items which start with the letter you type.

• To expand the POI search even further, press SPACE-DOT-4 when you reach the last POI in the list. SenseNav will keep searching further away and then display the additional POIs it found.

• SenseNav remembers your search choices while in the same session. If you close and restart SenseNav or if you press the Reset button, the search choices are set to their defaults.

While in a POI list, the following commands are used to review the list more easily:

- Go to the top of the list: SPACE-DOTS-1-2-3.

- Go to the bottom of the list: SPACE-DOTS-4-5-6.

- Move down the list one item: SPACE-DOT-4.

- Move up the list one item: SPACE-DOT-1.

- Move down the list 32 items: F3-F4.

- Move up the list 32 items: F1-F2.

## 6.3 Additional POI commands

The following additional POI commands are ones which can be pressed while you are in the main display area of SenseNav. Note: A full list of the hot keys is given in Section 1 4 of this manual.

- P: Pressing this hot key will display the nearest POI.

- DOT-3: This hot key is the same as pressing P.

- SPACE-P: Pressing this hot key will display the description of the nearest POI.

- SPACE-DOT-4: This is the same as pressing SPACE-P.

# 7 Routes

Like commercial GPS systems, SenseNav creates routes that can assist you in navigating to a specific destination with turn by turn instructions. If you would like to create routes between states each state must be loaded. If you would like to create a route and your destination is two or three states away, you must also have the states your route will travel through loaded. Both pedestrian and vehicle style routes can be used in conjunction with the automatic LookAround information which SenseNav provides.

In order to create a route, there must be a starting point and a destination set. The starting point is your current GPS position. When you search for an address or a point of interest, you can set it as the destination by pressing ENTER-E from the search dialog box.

Once you have a destination set, press R, P to create a pedestrian route, or R, V to create a vehicle route. A pedestrian route may take you North on a South-only street, and a vehicle route will honor the correct type of streets in the map. Additionally, the time for the route to complete is calculated accordingly. A faster way to create these types of routes without having to first set the destination is by using the Drive there or Walk there buttons when searching for an address, favorite, history item or POI.

As you travel along the route, SenseNav will indicate when the next turn is approaching and again, when you should make the actual turn. Once you have successfully arrived at your destination, the route will automatically close.

Route Commands List

Hot key: R

Menu: F2, R

To access the Route Commands List, press R. You can move down through the commands by pressing SPACE-DOT-4 or the shortcut letter for the command you want. I.E. P to create a pedestrian route.

Frequently Used Route Commands

The following are some frequently used commands which display information while a route is open:

Next turn or road transition: T or BACKSPACE-DOTS-2-3

Destination information: D or DOT-6

List of route turns: BACKSPACE-I

List of Waypoints: BACKSPACE-W

Total route distance: R, A, D

## 7.1 Route Menu (R)

The "Route" menu of SenseNav contains the following menu items.

- Create pedestrian route (P) R P

- Create vehicle route (V) R V

- Load route (O) R O

- Save route (S) R S

- Export route as file (X) R X

- Close current route (C) R C

- Recalculate route (E) BACKSPACE-DOT-3 or R E

- Reverse route (R) R R

## 7.2 Creating pedestrian or vehicle routes R P or R V

Choosing one of these two items from the menu or by pressing R P or R V from the main display area will create either a pedestrian or a vehicle route respectively. T here must be a starting point and a destination set to successfully create a pedestrian or a vehicle route using this method. The starting point is your live GPS position. Once you have both starting point and destination set, you can create either a pedestrian route or a vehicle route. A faster way to create these types of routes without having to first set the destination is by using the “Drive there” or “Walk there” buttons. These buttons are discussed in section 7.1 4 of this manual.

To create a pedestrian route using the quick key system, do the following:

1) Press R to open the route menu.

2) Arrow to the menu item "Create pedestrian route" then press ENTER, or press P. SenseNav will display, "Creating Pedestrian route."

To create a vehicle route using the quick key system, do the following:

1) Press R to open the route menu.

2) Arrow to the menu item "Create vehicle route" then press ENTER, or press V. SenseNav will display, "Creating vehicle route."

If you attempt to create a pedestrian or vehicle route using the "Route" menu and you do not first have a destination set, SenseNav will display, "No destination set." Once a pedestrian or vehicle route has been created, the menu will close and SenseNav will display that the route has been created successfully. The waypoints which make up the route will be available to you. SenseNav will automatically display the necessary instructions of where to go to get started on the route. While the route is open, you can explore it using BACKSPACE-I for the turns list.

## 7.3 Load route (O) R O

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing R O from the main display area opens the "Load route" dialog box which contains a list of files, an edit box, and a couple of buttons. This dialog box is used to load a previously saved route.

The following controls are found in this dialog box:

• File list box: This is a list which displays the list of saved routes. The default location is the "RouteFiles" folder.

• File name edit box: This is the edit box where you can enter a name for the route to load. If you know the name of the route you want to load, enter its file name. The .rte extension will automatically be used so you do not need to include it in the name.

• Confirm button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box and load the route.

• Cancel button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box without loading the route.

## 7.4 Save route (S) R S

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing R S from the main display area opens the "Save route" dialog box which contains a list of files, an edit box, and a couple of buttons. This dialog box is used to save an open route.

The following controls are found in this dialog box:

• File list box: This is a list which displays the list of saved routes. The default location is the "RouteFiles" folder.

• File name edit box: This is the edit box where you can enter a name for the route to save. By default, the route will be called "route01.rte." If you do not want to use this name, enter a different file name. The .rte extension will automatically be used so you do not need to include it in the name.

• Confirm button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box and save the route.

• Cancel button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box without saving the route.

Previously saved routes can be beneficial because if you want to use a route in the future, you don't have to create it all over again. R oute files can be shared with other GPS users who use SenseNav or any Sendero-based GPS system. To use a saved route, you will have to load it.

If you have an open route which you have not saved and you press SPACE-Z to close SenseNav, the Sense notetaker will prompt you to save the route. If you want to save the route, press ENTER on the Yes button. When you do this, the save route dialog box will open. If you do not want to save the route, press SPACE to change to the "no" button and press ENTER.

## 7.5 Export route as file (X) R X

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing R X from the main display area opens the "Export route as file" dialog box which contains a list of files, an edit box, and a couple of buttons. This dialog box is used to export an open route to a text file which contains the route instructions.

The following controls are found in this dialog box:

• File list box: This is a list which displays the list of exported routes. The default location is the "RouteFiles" folder.

• File name edit box: This is the edit box where you can enter a name for the route to save. By default, the route will be called "route01.txt." If you do not want to use this name, enter a different file name. The .txt extension will automatically be used so you do not need to include it in the name.

• Confirm button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box and export the route.

• Cancel button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box without exporting the route.

Exported routes are a good way to save route instructions for later use. You could Email them to someone or you could keep them for later reference. The exported route can be viewed from the Sense notetaker word processor or from any program in the PC or Mac which can open text files such as Notepad or Text edit.

## 7.6 Close current route (C) R C

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing R C from the main display area closes an open route. It is important to save any open routes first because SenseNav will not prompt you to save the route before closing it.

To close an open route using the quick key system, do the following:

1) Press R to open the route menu.

2) Arrow to the menu item "Close route" and press ENTER, or press C. SenseNav will display, "Route closed."

As soon as the command is executed, the menu will close and so will the route.

## 7.7 Recalculate a route BACKSPACE-DOT-3

When off-route the recalculate a route feature should trigger automatically, but there are times when SenseNav may take some time to detect that you have moved away from the route. Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-DOT-3 from the main display area recalculates the current route. There may be times when a route may need to be recalculated. This could be because you turned in the wrong direction, or you decided to take a different way.

To recalculate a route using the quick key system, press BACKSPACE-DOT-3. SenseNav will recalculate the route.

## 7.8 Reverse route R R

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing R twice from the main display area reverses the current route. Reversing the route simply means that the destination becomes the starting point, and the starting point becomes the destination.

To reverse a route using the quick key system, press R twice. SenseNav will reverse the route.

There are some types of routes which cannot be reversed. If this happens you can simply reverse the destination and starting point manually. Then you can save the new route after creating it.

## 7.9 Next turn information (T) ENTER-T

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-T from the main display area opens the "Next turn information" dialog box which contains several static boxes and a Close button.

The dialog box contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys:

- Waypoint name

- Index number

- Turn? Yes or No

- Description

- Street name forward

- Turn information

- Route beginning point? Yes or No

- Route end point? Yes or No

Pressing F3 once from here will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the dialog box.

## 7.10 Turn list (I) BACKSPACE-I

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-I from the main display area opens the "Turn list" dialog box which contains a list box along with several buttons. This dialog box is used to see a list of turn only waypoints of a route. You can also check detailed information about a specific turn waypoint from here.

The following controls are found in this dialog box:

- Turn list box: This is where the list of turning waypoints is displayed. You can use the up or down arrow keys to display the instructions of the route.

- Details button: Pressing this button will open the "Next turn information" dialog box.

- Export route as file button: Pressing this button will open a dialog box which will allow you to save the route instructions to a text file.

- Close button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box.

Using the "Turns List" dialog box is an alternate way to get an idea of what kind of instructions the route is giving. It will give the same information that you get when pressing SPACE-DOTS-5-6 along a route. The difference is that the information is presented in a list so you can use the up or down arrows to display the information. If you want to save the route instructions to a text file which can be viewed from any text editor or from the Sense notetaker word processor, activate the "Export route as file" button from this dialog box.

## 7.11 Route announcement R A

Choosing this quick key menu by pressing R A activates a sub-menu with the following items:

- Total route distance: D

This is the distance from the starting position to the destination.

- Distance from beginning of route to current position: B

This is the distance from the starting point to the current position.

- Distance and ETA from current position to route end: E

This is the distance from the current position to the destination.

The following are a couple examples of route announcement quick keys:

1) Check total route distance. Press R A D.

2) Check distance and ETA from current position to the end of the route. Press R A E.

Note: You must have a route open for any of these commands to function.

## 7.14 Drive There and Walk There

The "Drive there" and "Walk there" buttons are located in various dialog boxes such as "Search for address" and "Search for POI." When you find a location on the map, whether the location is an address, a POI, favorite, or a history location, you can quickly create a route which will guide you to one of the aforementioned items. Using one of these buttons saves time because you do not need to first set the destination followed by the correct command to create the actual route.

- Drive there ENTER-D button: Pressing this button will set the destination and create a vehicle route.

- Walk there ENTER-W button: Pressing this button will set the destination and create a pedestrian route.

Vehicle routes are designed to be followed while riding in a vehicle such as a car, bus, or taxi. Pedestrian routes are designed to be followed on foot. Because of this difference, a vehicle route may use different streets than a pedestrian route. For example, when following a vehicle route you cannot follow it North on a one way street heading South. In the case of a pedestrian route, this would not matter.

## 7.15 Additional Route Commands

The following additional route commands are ones which can be pressed while you are in the main display area of SenseNav. Note: A full list of the hot keys is given in Section 1 4 of this manual.

- T: Pressing this hot key will display the next turn information.

- BACKSPACE-DOTS-2-3: This hot key is the same as pressing T.

- D: Pressing this hot key will display the heading and line-of-sight distance to the destination from your current position.

- DOT-6: This hot key is the same as D.

- ENTER-E: Pressing this hot key will make the current position the new destination.

# 8 Looking Around

SenseNav provides a means of accessing information about your environment through speech and Braille. This information can be invaluable for getting oriented in any environment whether it's familiar or not.

Whether you are traveling in a new area or in the same place you've lived in for many years, both informational commands and automatic LookAround announcements can give you a clear picture of your environment. Any place on the map can be defined as a destination or point of interest. This is often the way sighted people orient, by using nearby landmarks and signs to know that they are in a familiar or unfamiliar area. The local maps and Points of Interest databases allow the environment to talk to you through the Sense notetaker so a blind person can also orient in this fashion.

The commands for looking around work while you are following a route or not.

## 8.1 Automatic LookAround Announcements

Hot key menu style: ENTER-M

Hot key dialog box style: BACKSPACE-L

The Automatic LookAround Mode constantly searches for POIs and intersections in the vicinity and announces them when they are near. By default, Automatic LookAround announcements trigger on nearby POIs, up-coming intersections, street changes, city changes, zip code changes, and map changes.

Any or all LookAround Announcements can be turned off so you have full control of what kind of information is automatically displayed. If you are following a route, Automatic LookAround only announces the route instructions and intersections. You can change this behavior from the Route LookAround settings by pressing R, T, L. To change the general LookAround settings, press BACKSPACE-L to open the LookAround Options dialog box.

When the LookAround Options dialog box opens, you are placed on the master LookAround setting. The dialog box is made up of several lists and edit boxes. Press SPACE-DOT-4 to move down a list, F3 to move to the edit boxes, and ENTER to save your changes.

The following is the description of the LookAround Options dialog box:

The first list contains the following items:

- LookAround: On

This is the master LookAround switch. When set to On (default), all the below LookAround settings are automatically announced as long as their own setting is On. When set to Off, nothing is automatically announced.

- Intersections: On

- Commercial POIs: On

- Announce new street name: On

- Announce new city name: On

- Announce new zip code: On

- Announce new map name: On

- Announce annotations: On

- Announce Speed alert: On

The next 2 items in the list affect what information about POI announcements are included:

- Include tags in POI announcements: On

- Include distance and direction in POI announcements: Off

- Category lists: All

The second and third lists contain the main and sub-categories for the commercial POI LookAround setting. For example, you might want SenseNav to automatically announce nearby POIs, but only if they are in the Restaurant category.

- LookAround direction: Ahead

The fourth list is where you can set in what direction SenseNav searches for automatic POI announcements. The choices are Ahead, Right, Behind, Left, Full circle, and the 4 cardinal directions.

- Max speed for LookAround intersection: 55 mph

This edit box is where you type a speed value which affects how LookAround intersections are handled. If you are moving faster than the value entered, intersections are not announced. This setting is good for highways.

- Confirm button: ENTER

Press this button to close the dialog box and save the changes.

- Cancel button: F4

Press this button to close the dialog box without taking any action.

Note: If you would rather change 1 item at a time, press ENTER-M to open the LookAround menu. Then you can press the shortcut for the option you want to change.

Examples:

1) Turn on or off all LookAround announcements: ENTER-M, L, SPACE, ENTER

2) Turn on or off commercial POI announcements: ENTER-M, P, SPACE, ENTER

3) Turn on or off new city name announcements: ENTER-M, C, SPACE, ENTER

## 8.2 Manual LookAround Mode

Manual LookAround mode allows you to spot check your location. The information displayed is relative to your current position when the command is issued.

Brief informational commands:

- SPACE announces a summary of your current location. You will hear information such as nearest intersection, next turn and destination if a route is loaded, heading, nearest address including city and GPS status. This is a great way to get a summary of your current location with one keystroke.

- A: Displays the nearest address.

- C: Displays the city/township/county.

- BACKSPACE-C: Displays the city/township/county, state/province, and zip/postal code.

- D: Displays the destination information.

- G: Displays the GPS accuracy.

- H: Displays the heading.

- P: Displays the name of the nearest POI.

- S: Displays the live position speed.

- X: Displays the nearest intersection information.

- DOTS-4-5-6: Displays the next intersection information.

- SPACE-X: Displays the nearest intersection information with additional details.

- SPACE-DOTS-4-6: Displays the next intersection information with additional details.

The following informational commands open a dialog box when pressed. While the dialog box is open, press SPACE-DOT-4 to move down the list and F3 to move to additional buttons which may contain additional actions. Press ENTER to close the dialog box and return to the main display area.

- BACKSPACE-D: Displays detailed information about the destination.

- F: Displays a list of all nearby POIs.

- ENTER-F: Displays the favorites list.

- ENTER-G: Displays detailed information about the GPS receiver.

- ENTER-H: Displays the history list.

- ENTER-I: Displays detailed information about the location such as street, city, county, address range, and road class.

- SPACE-P: Displays the list of details for the nearest POI.

- ENTER-X: Displays the nearest intersection information with additional details and actions.

- ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6: Displays the next intersection information with additional details and actions.

Note: Other hot keys which give other types of information or perform additional actions are listed at the end of this manual.

## 8.3 Multiple Repeat Commands

Hot key menu style: M

Hot key dialog box style: BACKSPACE-M

The Multiple Repeat mode of SenseNav is where informational commands are automatically issued as if you kept pressing them at certain intervals.

Situations where you might use multiple repeat commands:

1) You are walking in a park and want to make sure you are not veering too far from a direction. Press M, H so that SenseNav automatically issues the heading command every X number of seconds.

2) You want to make sure you are walking at a certain speed. Press M, S so that SenseNav automatically issues the speed command every X number of seconds.

3) You are walking across a large parking lot in order to reach a row of mailboxes which are already set as your destination. Press M, D so that SenseNav automatically issues the destination command every X number of seconds.

The interval for the multiple repeat commands is 12 seconds. If you want to force SenseNav to immediately issue the multiple repeat commands which are enabled without waiting for the specified interval, press BACKSPACE-A.

To enable or disable any multiple repeat command, press M followed by the command's shortcut. If the command is disabled, it will be enabled and vice versa. For example, press M, D to turn on the destination command and again to turn it off. If you are not sure which commands are on or off, press M, M to disable them all at once. If you are not sure of the command's shortcut, press M by itself, then arrow down the menu with SPACE-DOT-4.

The following is the list of the multiple repeat commands and their shortcuts:

- Turn off all multiple repeat commands: M

- Intersection: X

- Heading: H

- Destination: D

- Route next turn: T

- Speed: S

- GPS status: G

- City: C

- Address: A

Note: if the multiple repeat commands are too verbose, you can turn off the SenseNav prompts by pressing O, V and setting Verbose prompts to Off. Additionally, if you want to enable or disable multiple repeat commands from a dialog box, press BACKSPACE-M.

# 9 Miscellaneous Functions of SenseNav

This section discusses various miscellaneous functions available in SenseNav.

## 9.1 Speed Announcement

Hot key: S or DOT-2

To display the current speed, press S or DOT-2. At lower speeds you will hear speeds such as 2.4 or 3.8. You must be tracking GPS satellites in order for this command to function.

## 9.2 Compass Heading

Hot key: H or DOT-5

To display the current heading in terms of a compass reading and degrees, press H or DOT-5. SenseNav displays the cardinal direction followed by the degrees. The average of your heading is calculated to minimize the variations in heading due to GPS fluctuations around 30 feet.

The degree reading is an excellent way to understand when you are on a curving road that would otherwise be difficult to detect by feel. It can take up to 10 to 15 seconds at pedestrian speeds to determine your direction of travel.

The following are the cardinal directions and their degrees:

- North: 0

- Northeast: 45

- East: 90

- Southeast: 135

- South: 180

- Southwest: 225

- West: 270

- Northwest: 315

## 9.3 Repeat last command ENTER

This command will repeat which ever command was pressed previously. To use the repeat command, press the ENTER key by itself. For example, if you press the T command, pressing the ENTER key will simulate pressing T again. If you next press S for speed, pressing the ENTER key will simulate pressing S again. The repeat command is especially helpful if you are moving and you need to repeat a certain command without having to stop to find the key again such as H.

# 10 Information (I)

The "Information" menu of SenseNav contains the following menu items.

- GPS status (G) ENTER-G

- Location information (I) ENTER-I

- Destination information (D) BACKSPACE-D

- Nearest intersection (X) ENTER-X

- Next intersection (N) ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6

- Map information (M)

Note: Additional hot keys which are not listed in the "Information" menu are discussed at the end of this manual.

## 10.1 GPS status (G) ENTER-G

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-G from the main display area opens the "GPS status" dialog box which contains several static boxes and a Close button. This dialog box will give detailed information regarding the GPS receiver.

The dialog box contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys:

- Description. Displays weather or not a GPS receiver is connected.

- Speed. Displays the speed in MPH or KMH you are moving.

- Heading. Displays the heading in degrees you are facing.

- Satellites. Displays the number of satellites tracked.

- GPS fix. Displays weather or not you have a GPS fix.

- GPS quality. Displays the estimate of the quality of the GPS signals received.

- Estimated accuracy. Displays the estimated GPS accuracy in terms of feet or meters.

Pressing F3 once from here will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the dialog box.

## 10.2 Location information (I) ENTER-I

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-I from the main display area opens the "Location information" dialog box which contains several static boxes and a Close button. This dialog box will give detailed information regarding the location of the current position.

The dialog box contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys:

- Area

- City

- Country

- County

- Nearest address

- Number of lanes

- Road class

- Average road speed

- Street name

- Zip code

- Address on left side

- Address on right side

Pressing F3 once from here will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the dialog box.

## 10.3 Destination information (D) BACKSPACE-D

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-D from the main display area opens the "Destination information" dialog box which contains several static boxes, a Clear button, and a Close button. This dialog box will give detailed information regarding the destination.

The dialog box contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys:

- The destination name, distance and direction. The direction is based on your current position.

- Description. The detailed description such as the address and phone number of the destination.

- Side of street. If the side of street is known it will be displayed.

Pressing F3 once from here will display the Clear button. When this button is pressed, the destination will be cleared. Pressing F3 again will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the dialog box.

Note: If you want to change the destination, you do not need to clear the old one first. Simply creating a new route or setting a new destination will clear the previous one and replace it with the new one. Also, the destination is remembered if you close SenseNav and restart it. This can be useful if you are on your way to one destination, but stop during the middle of the route for something else and need to turn off the notetaker in the meantime. The only time the destination is not remembered between sessions is if the Sense notetaker is reset.

## 10.4 Nearest intersection (X) ENTER-X

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-X from the main display area opens the "Nearest intersection" dialog box which contains several static boxes and several buttons. This dialog box will give detailed information regarding the nearest intersection regardless of whether it is behind your current position. To display the information, use the UP or DOWN arrow keys, to activate the buttons, either use the hot keys for them or press F3 to select a button to press.

The dialog box contains the following information:

- The intersection description

- Description (detailed)

- Current street

- Cross street

- Distance and heading (based on your current position)

- Drive there ENTER-D button: Pressing this button will create a vehicle route to the intersection.

- Walk there ENTER-W button: Pressing this button will create a pedestrian route to the intersection.

- Set as destination ENTER-E button: Pressing this button will set the intersection as your destination so you can create a route to it using the "Route" menu.

- Close button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box.

## 10.5 Next intersection (N) ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6 from the main display area opens the "Next intersection" dialog box which contains several static boxes and several buttons. This dialog box will give detailed information regarding the next intersection based on your current position.

Note: The dialog box information and buttons are exactly the same as the "Nearest intersection" dialog box. The main difference is that the next intersection is based on your heading. For example: If you are walking North, pressing this hot key will give you the intersection information based on the one which is ahead of you, even if there is another intersection behind you which might be closer.

## 10.6 Map information (M)

Choosing this item from the menu opens the "Map information" dialog box which contains several static boxes and a Close button. This dialog box will give detailed information regarding the maps which are loaded.

The dialog box contains the following information which can be accessed by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys:

- Loaded maps

- Loaded commercial POIs

- Loaded user POIs

- Loaded country maps

- Loaded provincial maps

- Loaded state maps

- Loaded regional maps

Pressing F3 once from here will display the Close button which can be pressed to close the dialog box. Note: There is no hot key for this dialog box.

## 10.7 Additional informational commands from A to Z

The following are additional commands which are related to getting information. These commands are accessed by pressing single alphabetical letters from the main display area of SenseNav.

- A: Displays the nearest address.

- C: Displays the city, state, and zip code.

- D: Displays the destination information.

- G: Displays the GPS accuracy.

- H: Displays the heading.

- P: Displays the name of the nearest POI.

- S: Displays the live position speed.

- U: Displays the GPS date and time.

- X: Displays the nearest intersection information.

Note: There are many other hot keys which give other types of information. Some keys need to be pressed together with either the BACKSPACE, SPACE, or ENTER keys. A complete list of hot keys is given in Section 1 4 of this manual.

# 11 Tools (T)

The "Tools" menu of SenseNav contains the following menu items.

- GPS date/time (T) SPACE-U

- Custom dictionary (D)

- Reconnect GPS receiver (R) ENTER-R

## 11.1 GPS date/time (T) SPACE-U

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing SPACE-U from the main display area opens the "GPS date/time" dialog box which contains two static boxes and two buttons. This dialog box gives the date and time of the GPS satellites and allows you to set the Sense notetaker date and time to match the satellites.

The following controls are available:

- GPS time static box: Displays the time received by the satellites.

- GPS date static box: Displays the date received by the satellites.

- Set system date/time button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box, setting the Sense notetaker date and time to match the satellites.

- Close button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box without making any changes.

Note: This dialog will display, "No item" if there is no GPS fix, or if the GPS receiver is not connected to the Sense notetaker. Also, if you want to simply check the date and time without opening the dialog box, you can press U from the main display area. Pressing SPACE-T will still display the Sense notetaker date and time as always.

## 11.2 Custom dictionary (D)

Choosing this item from the menu opens the "Custom dictionary" dialog box which contains a list box and several buttons. This dialog box is used to change the way SenseNav pronounces certain items. Note: The custom dictionary only affects the pronunciation of the voice. It does not change the way items are displayed in Braille.

The following controls are found in this dialog box:

- Items list box: This is where the list of words is displayed. You can use your arrow keys to select an entry. As you press the up or down arrow keys, the name of the entry will be displayed.

- Insert SPACE-I button: Pressing this button will open a dialog box which will allow you to add a new entry. Note: This dialog box is discussed later in this section.

- Delete SPACE-D button: Pressing this button will delete the selected entry from the custom dictionary list. SenseNav will not prompt you if you are sure when this button or hot key is pressed.

- Modify SPACE-M button: Pressing this button will open a dialog box which will allow you to modify the selected entry. Note: This dialog box is discussed later in this section.

- Close button: Pressing this button will close the custom dictionary.

The insert entry and the modify entry dialog boxes contain the following controls:

- Original edit box: The original spelling of the entry is entered here.

- Replacement edit box: The phonetic spelling of the entry is entered here.

- Confirm button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box, saving the entry.

- Cancel button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box, discarding any changes.

As an example, the street "Lima" in Fort Wayne is not pronounced correctly by the Sense notetaker. The correct pronunciation of this street should be something like "lime uh." The following steps will demonstrate how to add an entry after the custom dictionary has been opened.

1) Press SPACE-I to open the "Add new entry" dialog box. Then enter Lima.

2) Press F3 then enter lime uh and press ENTER.

Now when SenseNav encounters "Lima", it will pronounce it as if it was spelled "Lime uh."

Another use for the custom dictionary is for highway names. Perhaps you do not wish to hear "nb" for a northbound highway. You can add an entry so that SenseNav says "northbound" every time it sees "nb." The custom dictionary is stored in the database folder of the flash disk and can be edited using a text editor. As long as the file is saved as text, it will work as expected. The file is called: HanNaviDict.bdc. The format of the dictionary is as follows:

original=new

Original is the original spelling of the word and new is the phonetic pronunciation.

## 11.3 Reconnect GPS receiver (R) ENTER-R

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing ENTER-R from the main display area will attempt to reconnect to the GPS receiver. This should normally not be needed unless SenseNav tells you that it lost the GPS receiver. This can happen if you enter a building and the receiver cannot receive a satellite signal. In many cases, if the signal is lost, the Sense notetaker will automatically reconnect. You can press G from the main display area to check the GPS accuracy. If there is still no receiver signal after a minute, you can press the "Reconnect GPS receiver" hot key.

If you have more than one GPS receiver paired, a dialog box will open so that you can choose which GPS receiver to connect to. Otherwise, the connection with the GPS receiver will be made.

The following controls are found in this dialog box:

- GPS receiver list box: This is a list which contains a list of paired GPS receivers. The word "active" will be displayed next to the one which was last used. The top of the list will contain the newest paired receivers while the bottom will contain the oldest. Use the UP or DOWN arrow keys to select a receiver.

- Delete SPACE-D button: Pressing this button will delete the selected receiver from the paired list. SenseNav will not prompt you if you are sure.

- Connect button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box and connect to the selected receiver.

- Close button: Pressing this button will close the dialog box.

Note: If you choose either Bluetooth (ActiveSync) or Bluetooth (serial) as your receiver type, SenseNav will automatically connect to the receiver when it launches as long as Bluetooth is enabled and the GPS receiver is powered on prior to launching it.

# 12 Options (O)

The "Options" menu of SenseNav contains the following menu items.

- Configuration (O) BACKSPACE-O

- LookAround options (L) BACKSPACE-L or ENTER-M

- GPS receiver selection (G) BACKSPACE-G or O G

- Route options (R) BACKSPACE-R or R T

- Multiple commands (M) BACKSPACE-M or M

Note: Additional options which are not in this menu are discussed at the end of this manual.

## 12.1 Configuration (O) BACKSPACE-O

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-O from the main display area brings up the options menu.

The below is a list of the menu items found in the "Options" menu:

- Set map and POI folder M

This opens the same dialog as discussed in sections 2 of this manual. Note: This menu item will not be available the first time SenseNav is launched. Pressing ENTER-O must be the first method used to initially load the map and POI data.

- Set street name mode N

- Set units U

- Set verbose prompts V

- Select GPS receiver G BACKSPACE-G

This menu item performs the same function as discussed in Section 14.3 of this manual.

- Restore factory defaults R

Pressing ENTER on this menu item performs the same function as pressing ENTER on the "Restore factory defaults" button discussed above.

The following are a few examples of changing options using quick keys:

1) Restore factory defaults. O R.

## 12.2 LookAround options (L) BACKSPACE-L

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-L from the main display area opens the "LookAround options" dialog box which contains a list box of configuration items, a list box of categories, and two buttons. This dialog box is used to change options concerning the automatic displaying of things around the current position. Changing the options in the list box is done by pressing SPACE. Pressing F3 will focus the second list box of categories. Changing the categories is done with the UP and DOWN arrow keys. Pressing F3 again will focus the various buttons.

The following options are found in the list box. Their only setting is On or Off.

- LookAround

This is the LookAround master toggle. When set to On (default), all LookAround event items will trigger if they are also set to On. When this option is set to Off, all LookAround events will behave as if they were set to Off.

- Intersections

When set to On (default), intersections are automatically displayed when the current position is near one. When set to Off, intersections are not automatically displayed.

- Commercial POIs

When set to On (default), commercial POIs are automatically displayed when the current position is near one. When set to Off, commercial POIs are not automatically displayed.

- User private POIs

When set to On (default), user POIs are automatically displayed when the current position is near one. When set to Off, user POIs are not automatically displayed.

- Announce new street name

When set to On (default), the name of a new street is automatically displayed as it changes. When set to Off, new streets are not automatically displayed.

- Announce new city name

When set to On (default), the name of a new city or area is automatically displayed as it changes. When set to Off, new cities or areas are not automatically displayed.

- Announce new zip code

When set to On (default), new zip codes are automatically displayed as they change. When set to Off, new zip codes are not automatically displayed.

- Announce new map name

When set to On (default), the name of a new map is automatically displayed as it changes. When set to Off, new maps are not automatically displayed.

- Primary category/Secondary category

You can set the categories for POI announcements. Choosing a category is done by using the UP or DOWN arrow keys. For example: If you only want to be notified of nearby restaurants, you would choose restaurants from the category list. Then you would set the LookAround POIs to On. Now when a LookAround POI event triggers, it will only display if the POI is in the restaurant category.

- Confirm button

Pressing this button will close the dialog box and save the changes.

- Cancel button

Pressing this button will close the dialog box, discarding any changes.

Note: There is a quick key menu which allows you to enable or disable one type of LookAround announcement at a time. This menu is opened by pressing ENTER-M from the main display area. This way you can quickly enable or disable a LookAround announcement without having to go into the interactive dialog box. The following is the order of the menu items along with their shortcuts which are available when pressing ENTER-M from the main display area.

- Set LookAround: L

- Set intersections: X

- Set commercial POIs: P

- Set user POIs: U

- Set announce new street name: S

- Set announce new city name: C

- Set announce new zip code: Z

- Set announce new map name: M

Examples:

1) Turn on or off all LookAround announcements: ENTER-M L SPACE ENTER

2) Turn on or off commercial POI announcements: ENTER-M P SPACE ENTER

3) Turn on or off new city name announcements: ENTER-M C SPACE ENTER

## 12.3 GPS receiver selection (G) BACKSPACE-G

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-G from the main display area opens the "GPS receiver options" dialog box which contains a list box of receiver connection choices, and two buttons. This dialog box is used to set the receiver type, including replay files. Changing the receiver connection type is done by pressing SPACE. Once a receiver type is chosen, pressing F3 will display the buttons.

The following options are found in the list box:

-- Internal GPS. Choosing this option is done if the Sense Notetaker has a built in receiver.

- Bluetooth (SerialPort)". Choosing this option is done if the GPS receiver is connected via Bluetooth SerialPort.

- Bluetooth (ActiveSync)". Choosing this option is done if the GPS receiver is connected via Bluetooth ActiveSync.

- Confirm button. Pressing this button will close the dialog box and save the settings.

- Cancel button. Pressing this button will close the dialog box, discarding any changes.

A few notes about GPS receiver connections:

1) If using any of the Bluetooth connection types, the receiver must be paired with the Sense notetaker from the Bluetooth manager prior to running SenseNav.

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2. Pressing O G from the main display area will open this same dialog box.

## 12.4 Multiple commands (M) BACKSPACE-M

Choosing this item from the menu or by pressing BACKSPACE-M from the main display area opens the "Multiple command options" dialog box which contains a check box group list, an edit box, and several buttons. This dialog box is used to activate or deactivate the repetition of multiple informational commands. If a command is checked, it will automatically be executed every 12 seconds.

The following check box items are found in the list: Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to browse the items. Use the SPACE key to toggle the check box.

- Address: Checking this item will automatically issue the A command.

- Altitude: Checking this item will automatically issue the Z command.

- City, State, and Zip: Checking this item will automatically issue the C command.

- Route current waypoint: Checking this item will automatically issue the K command.

- Destination: Checking this item will automatically issue the D command.

- GPS status: Checking this item will automatically issue the G command.

- Heading: Checking this item will automatically issue the H command.

- Intersection: Checking this item will automatically issue the X command.

- Detailed intersection: Checking this item will automatically issue the SPACE-X command.

- Current POI: Checking this item will automatically issue the P command.

- Speed: Checking this item will automatically issue the S command.

- Route next turn: Checking this item will automatically issue the T command.

- Route ETA: Checking this item will automatically issue the R A E command.

- Distance traveled: Checking this item will automatically issue the B command.

- Percent of route completed: Checking this item will automatically issue the DOTS-1-4-6 command.

Pressing F3 will display the following controls:

- Activate all commands button. Pressing this button will check all the items in the list box.

- Deactivate all commands button. Pressing this button will uncheck all the items in the list box.

- Confirm button. Pressing this button will close the dialog box and save the settings.

- Cancel button. Pressing this button will close the dialog box, discarding any changes.

Note: There is a quick key menu which allows you to enable or disable one type of multiple repeat command at a time. This menu is opened by pressing M from the main display area. This way you can quickly enable or disable a multiple repeat command without having to go into the interactive dialog box. The following is the order of the menu items along with their shortcuts which are available when pressing M from the main display area.

- Turn off all multiple repeat commands: M

- Intersection: X

- Detailed intersection: N

- Heading: H

- Destination: D

- Route next turn: T

- Route ETA: E

- Speed: S

- GPS status: G

- City, state, and zip: C

- Address: A

- Current POI: P

- Percent of route completed: R

Examples:

1) Quickly turn off all multiple repeat commands: M M

2) Quickly toggle the heading multiple repeat command: M H

3) Quickly toggle the destination multiple repeat command: M D

Note: if the multiple repeat commands are too verbose, you can turn off the prompts from the "options menu" O. If you want to force SenseNav to immediately issue the multiple repeat commands which are enabled without waiting for the specified interval, press BACKSPACE-A.

## 12.5 Factory defaults

This section lists the default settings of SenseNav. These are the settings used when SenseNav is first configured, after a firmware upgrade, after a firmware reinstall, after the Sense notetaker is revived from a hard lockup, or after resetting them manually via the "Reset factory defaults" button from the configuration dialog box.

General settings

- Verbose prompts are activated.

- All LookAround options are activated.

- All multiple repeat commands are deactivated.

Configuration options

- Units are set to Imperial.

-Use internal compass is set to Off.

-POI author name is set to None.

# 13 About Sense Navigation (A)

The "About Sense Navigation" menu item is part of the main program menu. When activated, a dialog box will open and SenseNav will display, "About Sense Navigation." You can use the up and down arrow keys to display all the copyright information. To close this dialog box, press F4, SPACE-E, or F3 to the Close button and press ENTER.

# 14 Hotkeys

Program menu, prompts, and dialog box movement commands

Move to previous menu/item: UP arrow or SPACE-DOT-1

Move to next menu/item: DOWN arrow or SPACE-DOT-4

Move to previous control: SPACE-F3 or SPACE-DOTS-1-2

Move to next control: F3 or SPACE-DOTS-4-5

Toggle an option: SPACE

Escape or close a menu, prompt or dialog box: F4 or SPACE-E

Close SenseNav: SPACE-Z, ENTER

Informational commands

Nearest address: A

Current street: DOTS-3-4

Current city: C

Current city state/province and zip code: BACKSPACE-C

Nearest intersection: X

Next intersection (when a heading is established): DOTS-4-5-6

Detailed description of nearest intersection: SPACE-X

Detailed description of next intersection (when a heading is established): SPACE-DOTS-4-6

Nearest intersection (dialog box): ENTER-X

Next intersection (dialog box): ENTER-DOTS-4-5-6

Location information (dialog box): ENTER-I

Heading compass and degrees: H or DOT-5

GPS navigation commands

Speed: S or DOT-2

GPS estimated accuracy and number of satellites: G

GPS date and time: U

Set Sense notetaker time to GPS time: SPACE-U, F3, ENTER

GPS status (dialog box): ENTER-G

GPS receiver selection (dialog box): BACKSPACE-G or O, G

Reconnect GPS receiver: ENTER-R

Point of interest (POI) commands

Display name of nearest POI: P or DOT-3

Display details of nearest POI (dialog box): SPACE-P or SPACE-DOT-4

Play media associated with nearest POI: ENTER-DOT-6

Quick find of POI in all categories and directions: F or DOT-4

Simple POI find by name specifying a category in all directions: SPACE-F

Find nearest user defined POIs: BACKSPACE-P

Delete current POI from inside a POI list: SPACE-D

Route commands

Create pedestrian (walking) route from address, POI, favorites, intersection annotation list, or history dialog box: ENTER-W

Create vehicle (driving) route from address, POI, favorites, intersection annotation list, or history dialog box: ENTER-D

Create pedestrian route after setting a destination: R, P

Create vehicle route after setting a destination: R, V

Load saved route from file: R, O

Save route to file: R, S

Export route directions to text file: R, X

Close current route: R, C

Recalculate route: BACKSPACE-DOT-3 or R, E

Percent of route completed and ETA: DOTS-1-4-6

Next turn or road transition: BACKSPACE-DOTS-2-3 or T

Detailed next turn information (dialog box): ENTER-T

Detailed nearest waypoint information (dialog box): ENTER-N

List of turns (dialog box): BACKSPACE-I

List of waypoints (dialog box): BACKSPACE-W

Route announcement menu: R, A

Total route distance: R, A, D

Route distance from beginning of route to current position: R, A, B

Route distance and ETA from current position to end of the route: R, A, E

Destination commands

Heading and distance to destination: DOT-6 or D

Destination information (dialog box): BACKSPACE-D

Set destination by address: L

Set destination to address, POI, or waypoint from inside a dialog box: ENTER-E

Set current position as destination: ENTER-E

Multiple repeat commands

Multiple repeat menu: M

Turn off all multiple repeat commands: M, M

Set multiple repeat interval: M, I

Trigger all enabled multiple repeat announcements: BACKSPACE-A

Intersection: M, X

Detailed intersection: M, N

Heading: M, H

Destination: M, D

Route current waypoint: M, K

Route next turn: M, T

Route ETA: M, E

Speed: M, S

GPS status: M, G

City: M, C

Nearest address: M, A

Current POI: M, P

Configuration and Option commands

Multiple commands (dialog box): BACKSPACE-M

Option commands: O

Map and POI folder: ENTER-O or O, O

Verbose prompts: O, V

Automatically synchronize with GPS time: O, Z

Use internal compass (Braille Sense OnHand and U2): O, C

POI author name: O, A

GPS receiver selection: O, G

Miscellaneous commands

Favorites list: ENTER-F

Add to favorites from address, POI, waypoint, or history dialog box: ENTER-F

History list: ENTER-H

Activate the Previous button from location or POI search dialog box: BACKSPACE-P

Lock or unlock the keyboard: ENTER-L (or use switch)

Repeat last command: ENTER

Repeat last spoken message: ENTER-W

Copy currently displayed information to the clipboard: ENTER-C

Interrupt speech, BACKSPACE-ENTER

Install new License: F2, F, L

Map information (dialog box): F2, I, M

Custom dictionary: F2, T, D

# Appendix A: Installing and Downloading Software Using GoSendero.com

Once your account has been set up to download your product and maps follow the below steps:

1. Go to http://www.gosendero.com and login with your User Id and password. Note: your User Id is no longer your serial number. Instead it is your device’s MAC address. Your MAC address is located in the information section of help. From the program menu, press H for help, then scroll to information or press I.

2. Download the SenseNavigation_2013.zip file. Make a note of your Sendero License Key while logged into your account as you will need this in Step 8.

3. You can also download the 2013 maps and POIs for your state, province or country. Download and unzip the maps to the Maps folder of your storage card.

4. Using a USB cable, connect your Sense Notetaker to your computer and unzip the installer zip file to the root of your flash disk. If you go into file manager you should see a folder called “Sense Navigation”
on your flash disk. You can also just unzip the SenseNavigation_2013.zip file on your PC then copy the “Sense Navigation” folder contained within the zip file to the root of your Notetaker’s flash disk.

5. Disconnect the USB cable from the Sense Notetaker.

6. Hard reset the Sense Notetaker by pressing and holding the forward media key and pressing the reset button. Keep the forward media key held down until you hear the musical chime. Note: the forward media key is to the left of the power switch.

7. Press V or scroll to Sense Navigation and press ENTER. The installation process will start. When prompted press the reset button one more time. Note in version 7 of the firmware, HIMS moved Sense Navigation from the main menu to the extras folder. Press X then V to load Sense Navigation.

a. If the installation does not start either you didn’t unzip and put the “Sense Navigation” folder on the root of your Flash Disk correctly in Step 3, or you still have your USB cable connected to your computer which you should have removed in Step 4.

b. If that is not the problem maybe you didn’t get a complete download in Step 2. Make sure the file size of the zip file matches what the website says is the file size,

8. After you have performed the normal reset as per the installation instructions and the system has restarted press the V key to start Sense Navigation 2013.

If this is your first time installing Sense Navigation, you will be prompted to read the license agreement, after accepting the license agreement you may be prompted for your license key. Your Sendero License Key is located in your account at http://www.gosendero.com.

### Transferring Downloaded Maps to the Sense Notetaker

Transferring files from a PC to the Sense notetaker can be accomplished in a number of ways using a PC or laptop. For specific details on using Windows Explorer, refer to the Windows manual. An easy way to download maps is by using the check for updates feature in SenderoMaps. Press f3 to check for updates. Download the map you wish to copy, once that is complete, press F4 to synchronize the map/POI/installer. If you do not have access to SenderoMaps or are using a mac, follow the steps below.

1) Using Windows Explorer, locate the folder which contains the downloaded map zip files.

2) Press the APPLICATIONS (CONTEXT menu) key and arrow to Extract All.

3) Choose the Next buttons in the extract wizard, making sure to not change the name of the extraction folder.

4) When the wizard finishes extracting the map files, it will show a Finish button. Choose this button and a new folder (showing the extracted files) will open.

5) Also using Windows Explorer, locate the drive for the Compact Flash card or SD card. For the fastest results, we recommend that you use a card reader.

6) Create a new folder inside the memory card and call it Maps.

7) Go back to the folder from step 4 and select all the files with CONTROL-A.

8) Copy the files to the clipboard with CONTROL-C.

9) Go to the newly created Maps folder in the memory card and paste the files with CONTROL-V.

Repeat these steps for each state you want to copy to the memory card. If you want, you can have several states in one map folder. So there is no reason to create a new folder for each map you copy to the memory card. For example if you live in Colorado, but frequently visit family in Kansas, you may want to copy the map files for Colorado and Kansas into 1 Maps folder in the memory card. This way when you run SenseNav, only these 2 maps are loaded.

Note: if you are upgrading from a previous version, SenseNav will remove older maps and POIs from your maps folder. For example you have the Alabama map from last year installed. Once you install the current Alabama map, last year’s Alabama Maps and POIs are automatically removed. This is good as last year’s map is just taking up disk space.