Use a CombiBraille braille display with Narrator

Narrator supports the following CombiBraille braille displays on Windows.

Supported CombiBraille 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.

All models

Use the following commands with Narrator when using all models of CombiBraille braille displays.

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

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