Use a CombiBraille braille display with Narrator

Applies To
Windows 11 Windows 10

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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