Key Table: NBP B2G

Help Screen Version

Contents

Notes
Default Bindings
Menu Bindings

Notes

Press Space while holding Backward to switch to navigation mode.
In navigation mode: Backward is F1, Forward is F4, Dots1-6 are display keys 1-6, Dot7 is F2, Dot8 is F3.
Press Space while holding Forward to switch to keyboard mode.
In keyboard mode: Backward is B9, Forward is B10, Space is B11.
RoutingKey refers to any of the keys immediately behind the braille cells.
The five navigation pad keys are named Left, Right, Up, Down, and Select.

Default Bindings

Special Modes

enter/leave help display:
- Display1+Display2+Display5
- B11+Dots125
enter/leave command learn mode:
- Display1+Display4+Display5+Display6
- B11+Dots123
enter/leave preferences menu:
- Display1+Display3+Display4
- Dots456+Up
- B11+Dots1234
enter/leave status display:
- Display2+Display5
- B11+Dots234
set display mode attributes/text:
- Display1+Display4+Display5
- Dots45+Down
- B11+Dots145
set display mode attributes: B11+Dots1458
set display mode text: B11+Dots1457
set screen image frozen/unfrozen:
- Display1+Display2+Display4
- Dots45+Up
- B11+Dots124
set screen image frozen: B11+Dots1248
set screen image unfrozen: B11+Dots1247
describe character:
- Display3+RoutingKey
- RoutingKey+Select
show current date and time:
- Display1+Display5
- Dots456+Down

Cursor Functions

go to screen cursor: Display2+Display4+Display6
go back after cursor tracking: Display1+Display6
go to screen cursor or go back after cursor tracking: Select
bring screen cursor to character: RoutingKey
bring screen cursor to current line:
- Display1+Display3+Display4+Display6
- B11+Dots1236

Vertical Navigation

go up one line:
- Display4
- Up
go down one line:
- Display6
- Down
go to top line:
- Display1+Display4
- B11+Up
- Dot4+Up
go to bottom line:
- Display3+Display6
- B11+Down
- Dot4+Down
go to beginning of top line: Display2+Display4
go to beginning of bottom line: Display2+Display6
go up to nearest line with different content:
- Display5+Display4
- Dot5+Up
go down to nearest line with different content:
- Display5+Display6
- Dot5+Down
go up to nearest line with different highlighting:
- Display2+Display1
- Dot6+Up
go down to nearest line with different highlighting:
- Display2+Display3
- Dot6+Down
go up to first line of paragraph:
- Display2+Display5+Display4
- Dots46+Up
go down to first line of next paragraph:
- Display2+Display5+Display6
- Dots46+Down
go up to previous command prompt:
- Dots46+Left
- Display2+Display5+Display1+Display4
go down to next command prompt:
- Dots46+Right
- Display2+Display5+Display3+Display6
go up to nearest line with less indent than character: Display2+Display1+RoutingKey
go down to nearest line with less indent than character: Display2+Display3+RoutingKey
go up to nearest line with different character: Display5+Display4+RoutingKey
go down to nearest line with different character: Display5+Display6+RoutingKey

Horizontal Navigation

go backward one braille window:
- Display2
- B9
- F1
- Left
go forward one braille window:
- Display5
- B10
- F4
- Right
go backward skipping blank braille windows:
- B11+Left
- Dot5+Left
go forward skipping blank braille windows:
- B11+Right
- Dot5+Right
go to beginning of line:
- Dot4+Left
- Display1+Display2+Display3
go to end of line:
- Dot4+Right
- Display4+Display5+Display6
go left one character:
- Display1+Display3
- Dot6+Left
go right one character:
- Display4+Display6
- Dot6+Right
place left end of braille window at character:
- Display6+RoutingKey
- B9+RoutingKey

Clipboard Functions

start new clipboard at character:
- Display1+RoutingKey
- RoutingKey+Left
append to clipboard from character:
- Display2+RoutingKey
- RoutingKey+Up
linear copy to character:
- Display4+RoutingKey
- RoutingKey+Right
rectangular copy to character:
- Display5+RoutingKey
- RoutingKey+Down
copy characters to clipboard: RoutingKey+RoutingKey
append characters to clipboard:
- Display2+RoutingKey+RoutingKey
- B11+RoutingKey+RoutingKey
insert clipboard text after screen cursor:
- B11+Select
- Display1+Display2+Display3+Display4
- B11+Dots1346
search backward for clipboard text:
- Dots56+Up
- Display2+Display4+Display6+Display1
search forward for clipboard text:
- Dots56+Down
- Display2+Display4+Display6+Display3
save clipboard to disk: B11+Dots13468
restore clipboard from disk: B11+Dots13467

Configuration Functions

set autorepeat on/off: B11+Dots1235
set autorepeat on: B11+Dots12358
set autorepeat off: B11+Dots12357
set text style 6-dot: Display2+Display3+Display5
set text style 8-dot: Display2+Display3+Display6
set contracted/computer braille:
- Dots45+Right
- B11+Dots1245
set contracted braille: B11+Dots12458
set computer braille: B11+Dots12457
set six/eight dot computer braille: Dots45+Left
set six dot computer braille: B11+Dots235
set eight dot computer braille: B11+Dots236
set skipping of lines with identical content on/off: B11+Dots24
set skipping of lines with identical content on: B11+Dots248
set skipping of lines with identical content off: B11+Dots247
set skipping of blank braille windows on/off: B11+Dots12
set skipping of blank braille windows on: B11+Dots128
set skipping of blank braille windows off: B11+Dots127
set sliding braille window on/off: B11+Dots2456
set sliding braille window on: B11+Dots24568
set sliding braille window off: B11+Dots24567
set track screen cursor on/off: B11+Dots2345
set track screen cursor on:
- Display1
- B11+Dots23458
set track screen cursor off:
- Display3
- B11+Dots23457
set screen cursor visibility on/off: B11+Dots14
set screen cursor visibility on: B11+Dots148
set screen cursor visibility off: B11+Dots147
set attribute underlining on/off:
- Display2+Display3+Display4+Display5
- B11+Dots136
set attribute underlining on: B11+Dots1368
set attribute underlining off: B11+Dots1367

Speech Functions

stop speaking:
- Display3+Display4
- Dots12+Left
speak current line:
- Display3+Display5
- Dots12+Right
speak from top of screen through bottom of screen: Dots13+Right
speak from top of screen through current line:
- Display3+Display5+Display4
- Dots12+Up
speak from current line through bottom of screen:
- Display3+Display5+Display6
- Dots12+Down
go to current speaking position:
- Display1+Display3+Display5
- Dots13+Down
decrease speaking volume: Dots23+Down
increase speaking volume: Dots23+Up
decrease speaking rate: Dots23+Left
increase speaking rate: Dots23+Right
set autospeak on/off:
- Display3+Display4+Display6
- Dots13+Up

Keyboard Input

braille keyboard space: B11
braille keyboard dot1: Dot1
braille keyboard dot2: Dot2
braille keyboard dot3: Dot3
braille keyboard dot4: Dot4
braille keyboard dot5: Dot5
braille keyboard dot6: Dot6
braille keyboard dot7: Dot7
braille keyboard dot8: Dot8
type braille dots [7]: B11+Dot7
type braille dots [8]: B11+Dot8
backspace key: Dot7
escape key:
- Dot3+Up
- B11+Dots26
cursor-left key:
- B11+Dot3
- Dot1+Left
cursor-right key:
- B11+Dot6
- Dot1+Right
cursor-up key:
- B11+Dot1
- Dot1+Up
cursor-down key:
- B11+Dot4
- Dot1+Down
page-up key:
- Dot2+Up
- B11+Dots23
page-down key:
- Dot2+Down
- B11+Dots56
home key:
- B11+Dot2
- Dot2+Left
end key:
- B11+Dot5
- Dot2+Right
insert key:
- Dot3+Right
- B11+Dots35
delete key:
- Dot3+Left
- B11+Dots256
function key: B11+RoutingKey
enter key: Dot8
tab key:
- Dot3+Down
- B11+Dots45
clear all sticky input modifiers: B11+Dots78
cycle the Upper sticky input modifier (next, on, off): B11+Dots68
cycle the Shift sticky input modifier (next, on, off): B11+Dots48
cycle the Control sticky input modifier (next, on, off): B11+Dots38
cycle the Meta (Left Alt) sticky input modifier (next, on, off): B11+Dots28
cycle the AltGr (Right Alt) sticky input modifier (next, on, off): B11+Dots58
cycle the GUI (Windows) sticky input modifier (next, on, off): B11+Dots18
switch to specific virtual terminal:
- B10+RoutingKey
- Display4+Display5+Display6+RoutingKey
switch to the previous virtual terminal:
- Dots56+Left
- Display3+Display4+Display5+Display6
- B11+Dots12367
switch to the next virtual terminal:
- Dots56+Right
- Display1+Display2+Display3+Display6
- B11+Dots12368
set braille keyboard enabled: B11+Dots138
set braille keyboard disabled: B11+Dots137
set braille typing mode dots: B11+Dots468
set braille typing mode text: B11+Dots467

Special Functions

remember current braille window position: Display1+Display3+RoutingKey
go to remembered braille window position: Display4+Display6+RoutingKey
restart speech driver: Display2+Display3+Display4

Key Table: NBP B2G

Notes

Default Bindings

Special Modes

Cursor Functions

Vertical Navigation

Horizontal Navigation

Clipboard Functions

Configuration Functions

Menu Operations

Speech Functions

Speech Navigation

Keyboard Input

Special Functions

Menu Bindings

Special Modes

Horizontal Navigation

Menu Operations