Use a BrailleNote braille display with Narrator

Narrator supports the following BrailleNote braille displays on Windows.

Supported BrailleNote braille displays

To learn more about braille in Narrator, see Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille.

For a list of all supported braille displays, see Appendix C: Supported braille displays.

Use the following commands with Narrator when using all BrailleNote models.

Notes:

To temporarily (for the next character) switch to an input mode, use [4] together with combinations of [3] and ]6].
To permanently switch to an input mode, use [45] together with combinations of [3] and ]6].
To turn on dot 7, add [3]. To turn on dot 8, add [6].
To switch back to (n)avigation mode, use space + [1345].

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 5 + Dot 6
Secondary action	Backspace + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 4 Back + Advance
Show context menu	Dot 2 + Dot 5 Space
Pan braille right	Next Dot 5
Pan braille left	Previous Dot 2
Braille home	Previous + Back Dot 3
Braille end	Next + Advance Dot 6
Braille next	Advance Dot 4 + Dot 6
Braille previous	Back Dot 1 + Dot 3
Braille first	Previous + Advance Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 Dot 1 + Dot 4
Braille last	Previous + Next Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Dot 6 Dot 3 + Dot 6
Select navigation mode	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 4
Toggle input learning	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Dot 6
Start text selection at specified character	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 5 + Dot 6, Routing Key
End text selection and copy to clipboard	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Dot 6, Routing Key
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 4

To learn more about braille in Narrator, see Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille.

For a list of all supported braille displays, see Appendix C: Supported braille displays.

Use the following commands with Narrator when using all BrailleNote models.

Notes:

To temporarily (for the next character) switch to an input mode, use [4] together with combinations of [3] and ]6].
To permanently switch to an input mode, use [45] together with combinations of [3] and ]6].
To turn on dot 7, add [3]. To turn on dot 8, add [6].
To switch back to (n)avigation mode, use space + [1345].

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Routing Key Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 5 + Dot 6
Secondary action	Backspace + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 4 Back + Advance
Show context menu	Backspace + Dot 1 Backspace + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 4 + Dot 5 Dot 2 + Dot 5 Space
Pan braille right	Next Dot 5
Pan braille left	Previous Dot 2
Braille home	Previous + Back Dot 3
Braille end	Next + Advance Dot 6
Braille next	Advance Dot 4 + Dot 6
Braille previous	Back Dot 1 + Dot 3
Braille first	Previous + Advance Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 Dot 1 + Dot 4
Braille last	Previous + Next Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Dot 6 Dot 3 + Dot 6
Select navigation mode	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 4
Start text selection at specified character	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 5 + Dot 6, Routing Key
End text selection and copy to clipboard	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Dot 6, Routing Key
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 4