Key Table: HandyTech Basic Braille

Contents

Notes

Default Bindings

Special Modes

  • enter/leave help display: Display1+Display2+Display5
  • enter/leave command learn mode: Display1+Display4+Display5+Display6
  • enter/leave preferences menu: Display1+Display3+Display4
  • enter/leave status display: Display2+Display5
  • set display mode attributes/text: Display1+Display4+Display5
  • set screen image frozen/unfrozen: Display1+Display2+Display4
  • describe character: Display3+RoutingKey
  • show current date and time: Display1+Display5

Cursor Functions

  • go to screen cursor: Display2+Display4+Display6
  • go back after cursor tracking: Display1+Display6
  • bring screen cursor to character: RoutingKey
  • bring screen cursor to current line: Display1+Display3+Display4+Display6

Vertical Navigation

  • go up one line: Display4
  • go down one line: Display6
  • go to top line: Display1+Display4
  • go to bottom line: Display3+Display6
  • 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
  • go down to nearest line with different content: Display5+Display6
  • go up to nearest line with different highlighting: Display2+Display1
  • go down to nearest line with different highlighting: Display2+Display3
  • go up to first line of paragraph: Display2+Display5+Display4
  • go down to first line of next paragraph: Display2+Display5+Display6
  • go up to previous command prompt: Display2+Display5+Display1+Display4
  • go down to next command prompt: 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
  • go forward one braille window: Display5
  • go to beginning of line: Display1+Display2+Display3
  • go to end of line: Display4+Display5+Display6
  • go left one character: Display1+Display3
  • go right one character: Display4+Display6
  • place left end of braille window at character: Display6+RoutingKey

Clipboard Functions

  • start new clipboard at character: Display1+RoutingKey
  • append to clipboard from character: Display2+RoutingKey
  • linear copy to character: Display4+RoutingKey
  • rectangular copy to character: Display5+RoutingKey
  • copy characters to clipboard: RoutingKey+RoutingKey
  • append characters to clipboard: Display2+RoutingKey+RoutingKey
  • insert clipboard text after screen cursor: Display1+Display2+Display3+Display4
  • search backward for clipboard text: Display2+Display4+Display6+Display1
  • search forward for clipboard text: Display2+Display4+Display6+Display3

Configuration Functions

  • set text style 6-dot: Display2+Display3+Display5
  • set text style 8-dot: Display2+Display3+Display6
  • set track screen cursor on: Display1
  • set track screen cursor off: Display3
  • set attribute underlining on/off: Display2+Display3+Display4+Display5

Speech Functions

  • stop speaking: Display3+Display4
  • speak current line: Display3+Display5
  • speak from top of screen through current line: Display3+Display5+Display4
  • speak from current line through bottom of screen: Display3+Display5+Display6
  • go to current speaking position: Display1+Display3+Display5
  • set autospeak on/off: Display3+Display4+Display6

Keyboard Input

  • switch to specific virtual terminal: Display4+Display5+Display6+RoutingKey
  • switch to the previous virtual terminal: Display3+Display4+Display5+Display6
  • switch to the next virtual terminal: Display1+Display2+Display3+Display6

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