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Canute 360 and Canute Console Customer Support

Please email any questions not answered below to [email protected] (for support using your Canute 360) or [email protected] (for anything else).

Canute Console instructions

Canute Console instructions are available in English, German, Dutch and Brazilian Portuguese. Please refer to the manual included with you Canute Console or see the latest versions for each language online as Word format manuals.

Please note that non-English and Word file versions may be a version behind the original English plain text edition. You can read the latest source English language manual as a plain text file.

Using your Canute 360

• Start by familiarising yourself with the Canute 360 User Manual (in English)

• Read the English Quick start guide

• Download Braille Ready Files to use with Canute 360 onto an SD card Can I upgrade my Canute 360 to if it is docked in the Canute Console?

• Problems with your SD card?

• Upgrade your Canute 360 to the latest software

• View the Canute 360 Frequently Asked Questions

• View the Canute 360 Technical Specification

• Problems with your Canute 360? Try diagnosing your Canute 360

• Maintaining your Canute 360 at home

Tips and tools for using with Canute 360

• Create chapter headings and bookmarks for books you read on the Canute.

• Do you only have EuroBraille encoded BRFs? Follow instructions for getting Canute compatible files: EuroBraille and Canute

• Use RoboBraille's free online transcription service with its Canute setting

Distribution and returns

• View the Canute 360 Warranty

• Contact details for Canute 360 distributors

• Read our returns and refunds policy

Using Canute as a display with PCs

Canute can be used as a display connected to your PC. However most screen-reader software has not yet been updated to work with multiline displays. We are working with screen-reader developers to change this and coming up with some very exciting use-cases. See below for the latest screen-reader support for your Canute.

Therefore at present Canute-as-a-display is only recommended for use by developers. Currently all these solutions require a reasonably high level of technical competence to initially set up, such as experience editing the Windows Registry.

• Using the custom Canute installer for Raspberry Pis

• Using Canute with BRLTTY on Debian-based Linux

• Using Canute with BRLTTY on ChromeOS

• Using Canute with BRLTTY on Windows 10

• Using Canute with NVDA on Windows

• Using Canute with Duxbury DBT on Windows 10-11

Developing for Canute

Non-intrusive

Caveat lector: Creating custom updates for the software, firmware or accessing the internal hardware may invalidate your warranty. It may also be hard or impossible to diagnose or repair the machine remotely. It is possible to brick a Canute by making changes to software or firmware. This section is only intended for developers who are under agreement with BBT.

• Developing for the Canute protocol

• Changing the Canute's BRF ASCII encoding

• Translating Canute into other languages and Braille codes

• Making changes to the Canute's software

• Accessing the micro-SD for the Raspberry Pi Zero

About this support repository

• This support repository is hosted on Bristol Braille's Github wiki ↵ and mirrored on the Bristol Braille Technology CIC website ↵

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