Key Table: HumanWare Brailliant BI 14

Help Screen Version

Notes
Default Bindings
Menu Bindings

Notes

There are four rectangular thumb keys on the front. From left to right: The outer ones are named ThumbPrevious and ThumbNext. The inner ones are named ThumbLeft and ThumbRight. Some models have a round key in the middle - it's the internal menu key.
There's an eight-key braille keyboard near the back of the top. From left to right, its keys are: Dot7, Dot3, Dot2, Dot1, Dot4, Dot5, Dot6, Dot8.
There's a five-way joystick between the Dot1 and Dot4 keys. The four directions are intuitively named: Up, Down, Left, Right. Pressing the joystick is named: Action.
RoutingKey refers to any of the keys immediately behind the braille cells.

Default Bindings

Special Modes

enter/leave help display: Space+Dots125
enter/leave command learn mode: Space+Dots123
enter/leave preferences menu: Space+Dots1234
enter/leave status display: Space+Dots234
set display mode attributes/text: Space+Dots145
set display mode attributes: Space+Dots1458
set display mode text: Space+Dots1457
set screen image frozen/live: Space+Dots124
set screen image frozen: Space+Dots1248
set screen image live: Space+Dots1247
describe character: RoutingKey+Action
describe color of character: long RoutingKey

Cursor Functions

go to screen cursor:
- Action
- ThumbLeft+ThumbRight
go back after cursor tracking: Dot1+Action
bring screen cursor to character: RoutingKey
bring screen cursor to current line: Space+Dots1236

Vertical Navigation

go up one line:
- ThumbPrevious
- Up
go down one line:
- ThumbNext
- Down
go to top line: Dot1+Up
go to bottom line: Dot1+Down
go to beginning of top line: ThumbLeft+ThumbPrevious
go to beginning of bottom line: ThumbLeft+ThumbNext
go up to nearest line with different content:
- Dot5+Up
- ThumbRight+ThumbPrevious
go down to nearest line with different content:
- Dot5+Down
- ThumbRight+ThumbNext
go up to nearest line with different highlighting: Dot6+Up
go down to nearest line with different highlighting: Dot6+Down
go up to first line of paragraph: Dot4+Left
go down to first line of next paragraph: Dot4+Right
go up to previous command prompt: Dot4+Up
go down to next command prompt: Dot4+Down
go up to nearest line with less indent than character: RoutingKey+Up
go down to nearest line with less indent than character: RoutingKey+Down
go up to nearest line with different character: RoutingKey+Left
go down to nearest line with different character: RoutingKey+Right

Clipboard Functions

show current clipboard content: long Space+Dots13468
clear the clipboard: long Space+Dots13467
start new clipboard at character: ThumbPrevious+RoutingKey
append to clipboard from character: ThumbLeft+RoutingKey
linear copy to character: ThumbRight+RoutingKey
rectangular copy to character: ThumbNext+RoutingKey
start new clipboard with smart copy (URL, email, etc) at character: long ThumbPrevious+RoutingKey
append to clipboard with smart copy (URL, email, etc) at character: long ThumbLeft+RoutingKey
insert the clipboard content before the screen cursor:
- ThumbPrevious+ThumbNext
- Space+Dots1346
insert the clipboard content before the screen cursor using the alternate paste mode:
- long ThumbPrevious+ThumbNext
- long Space+Dots1346
save clipboard to disk: Space+Dots13468
restore clipboard from disk: Space+Dots13467

Configuration Functions

set autorepeat on/off: Space+Dots1235
set autorepeat on: Space+Dots12358
set autorepeat off: Space+Dots12357
set contracted/computer braille: Space+Dots1245
set contracted braille: Space+Dots12458
set computer braille: Space+Dots12457
set six dot computer braille: Space+Dots235
set eight dot computer braille: Space+Dots236
set skipping of lines with identical content on/off: Space+Dots24
set skipping of lines with identical content on: Space+Dots248
set skipping of lines with identical content off: Space+Dots247
set skipping of blank braille windows on/off: Space+Dots12
set skipping of blank braille windows on: Space+Dots128
set skipping of blank braille windows off: Space+Dots127
set sliding braille window on/off: Space+Dots2456
set sliding braille window on: Space+Dots24568
set sliding braille window off: Space+Dots24567
set track screen cursor on/off:
- Dot4+Action
- Space+Dots2345
set track screen cursor on: Space+Dots23458
set track screen cursor off: Space+Dots23457
set screen cursor visibility on/off:
- Dot5+Action
- Space+Dots14
set screen cursor visibility on: Space+Dots148
set screen cursor visibility off: Space+Dots147
set attribute underlining on/off:
- Dot6+Action
- Space+Dots136
set attribute underlining on: Space+Dots1368
set attribute underlining off: Space+Dots1367

Speech Functions

stop speaking: Dot7+Left
speak current line: Dot7+Right
speak from top of screen through current line: Dot7+Up
speak from current line through bottom of screen: Dot7+Down
go to current speaking position: Dot8+Action
decrease speaking volume: Dot8+Down
increase speaking volume: Dot8+Up
decrease speaking rate: Dot8+Left
increase speaking rate: Dot8+Right
set autospeak on/off: Dot7+Action

Keyboard Input

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

Menu Bindings

Special Modes

enter/leave preferences menu:
- Dot8
- ThumbLeft+ThumbRight