The Braille cursor is a Braille cell on your display that marks the end of the text. If the cursor is present at the end of the text shown on the display, there is no more to read and pressing the Advance key has no effect. When you type a character or one arrives over the 'phone, the cursor moves forwards and the character replaces it, until the cursor is at the very end of the display. When the cursor has reached the end of the display, it either disappears or the first word on the display is removed to make room for it. Whenever there is more text to read by advancing the display, there is no cursor.

This is the same behaviour as with the VersaBraille, and WTC also uses a 6-dot Braille cell to represent the cursor. If you are using WTC with a screen reader to simulate VersaBraille operation, you should set the screen reader to use the British computer Braille translator in order for the cursor to be displayed correctly. If you prefer a different computer Braille translator, such as the US translate table, you will need to change the Braille cursor setting in WTC to get the 6-dot cell.

You can change the Braille cursor representation by editing the "bc48" setup directive in the "vb_mode_on_reg" file, or by specifying it on the command line of the shortcut that starts WTC. In fact, to achieve the 6-dot cursor with the US Braille translator, you can either change the 48 to 61 or delete the setting completely, since US computer Braille is WTC's default, but the VB emulator sets up for British Braille on the grounds that it might be preferred in many situations where VB emulation is appropriate. British computer Braille bears a greater similarity to standard English Braille as found in Braille books. The US computer Braille table is the more widely used in PC applications. Likewise, the Braille support file for setting up autonomous Braille output and/or perkins-style text input implements the British Braille table by default.

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Braille Cursor Configuration