Use a BrailleNote braille display with Narrator

Applies To

Windows 11 Windows 10

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.

Note

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.

Note

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