Use a Hedo braille display with Narrator

Narrator supports the following Hedo braille displays on Windows.

Supported Hedo 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.

MobiLine

Use the following commands with Narrator when using your Hedo MobiLine model.

Note

  • The keys behind the text cells are named routing keys.
  • The rectangular navigation keys are named K1 through K3.
  • The square navigation keys are named B1 through B6.
  • From left to right, the navigation keys are: B3, B2, B1, K1, K2, K3, B4, B5, B6
Narrator action Display buttons
Primary action
  • B4 + K3
Secondary action
  • B5 + K3
  • B5 + B6
Show context menu
  • B2 + B3
  • K2
Pan braille right
  • K3
Pan braille left
  • K1
Braille home
  • B3 + K1
Braille end
  • B3 + K3
Braille next
  • B5
Braille previous
  • B2
Braille first
  • B3
Braille last
  • B6
Select navigation mode
  • K1 + K3
Toggle input learning
  • K2 + K3
Start text selection at specified character
  • B3 + Routing Key
End text selection and copy to clipboard
  • B6 + Routing Key
Paste from clipboard at cursor point
  • B4 + K1

ProfiLine

Use the following commands with Narrator when using your Hedo ProfiLine model.

Note

  • The keys behind the text cells are named routing keys.
  • The rectangular navigation keys are named K1 through K3.
  • The square navigation keys are named B1 through B8.
  • From left to right, the navigation keys are: K1, B7, B3, B2, B1, K1, K2, K3, B4, B5, B6, B8, K3
  • Both K1 keys are hard-wired together.
  • Both K3 keys are hard-wired together.
  • The K2 and B1 keys are hard-wired together.
Narrator action Display buttons
Primary action
  • B5 + K3
Secondary action
  • B6 + K3
  • B6 + B8
Show context menu
  • K2
  • B3 + B7
Pan braille right
  • K3
Pan braille left
  • K1
Braille home
  • B7 + K1
Braille end
  • B7 + K3
Braille next
  • B6
Braille previous
  • B3
Braille first
  • B7
Braille last
  • B8
Select navigation mode
  • K1 + K3
Toggle input learning
  • K2 + K3
Start text selection at specified character
  • B7 + Routing Key
End text selection and copy to clipboard
  • B8 + Routing Key
Paste from clipboard at cursor point
  • B5 + K1

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