Use a MiniBraille braille display with Narrator

Applies To

Windows 11 Windows 10

Narrator supports the following MiniBraille displays on Windows.

Supported MiniBraille 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 your MiniBraille model.

Note

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Center F1 + Up
Secondary action	F1 + Down, F2 Center
Show context menu	F1 + Down, F1 Center
Start text selection at the specified character	Up
Describe the selected character	F1
Route cursor to selected character	Center
Rectangular cut to the selected character	Down
End text selection and copy to clipboard	Right
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	Left F1 + Down, Center
Toggle cursor tracking	Center
Help screen	F1
Learn mode	F2
Select navigation mode	Down
Show date and time	Right
Braille first	Up F1
Braille last	Down F2
Braille previous	Up
Braille next	Down
Braille home	F2 Left
Braille end	F2 Right
Braille right	F1 + Down Right
Braille left	F1 + Down Left
Speak current line	F1 + Right Down
Stop speaking	F1 + Right Up

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 your MiniBraille model.

Note

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	F1 + Up, Center
Secondary action	F1+ Down, F2 Center
Show context menu	F1+ Down, F1 Center
Pan braille right	F1 + Down, Right
Pan braille left	F1 + Down, Left
Braille home	F2, Left
Braille end	F2, Right
Braille next	Down
Braille previous	Up
Braille first	F2, F1 F2, Up
Braille last	F2, F2 F2, Down
Select navigation mode	Down
Start text selection at specified character	Car + F1, Up
End text selection and copy to clipboard	Car + F1, Right
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	Car + F1, Left