HumanWare Brailliant BI 32/40 Braille Button Assignments

HumanWare Brailliant BI 32/40 Braille DisplayThe default button assignments for the HumanWare Brailliant BI 32/40 Braille display are listed below.

You can also discover what your Braille display buttons do by using SuperNova's and ScreenReader's Key Describe Modes.

To use Key Describe Mode, simply press CAPS LOCK + FORWARD SLASH and then press the buttons or button combinations on the display to find out what they do.

To leave Key Describe Mode, press CAPS LOCK + FORWARD SLASH again.

Open Control Panel:

C1 + C3 + C5
C2 + C4 + C5

Help:

C3 + C5 + C6

Read from here:

Start Reading: C1 + C2 + C3 + C4 + C5 + C6
Stop Reading: C1 + C2 + C3 + C4 + C5 + C6

Braille:

Line up: Up
Line up: C1
Line down: Down
Line down: C3
Go To Focus: C6
Line Start: Up + Left
Line End: Right + Down
Top: C2 + C3
Bottom: C5 + C6
Cell Left: C1 + C3
Cell Right: C4 + C6
Physical/Logical Mode: Dot 2 + Dot 5 + Space
Physical/Logical Mode: C2 + C6
Literary Braille on off: Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Space
Literary Braille on off: C1 + C2 + C4 + C5
Cycle Attributes: C1 + C6
Describe Character on off: C1 + C3 + C4 + C6
Tracking on off: Left + Right
Eight Dot Six Dot: C2 + C3 + C5
Enhance on off: C1 + C2 + C3 + C4 + C6
Document Read Forward: Right
Document Read Back: Left
Routing Button Action: C1 + C2 + C6

Simulate Key Press:

Up: Dot 1 + Space
Down: Dot 4 + Space
Left: Dot 3 + Space
Right: Dot 6 + Space
Home: Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Space
End: Dot 5 + Dot 6 + Space
Ctrl Home: Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Space
Ctrl End: Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Dot 6 + Space
Enter: Dot 8
Space: Space
Page Up: Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Space
Page Down: Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Space
Tab: Dot 4 + Dot 6 + Space
Shift Tab: Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Space
Ctrl Tab: Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Space
Ctrl Shift Tab: Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 4 + Space
Escape: Dot 1 + Dot 5 + Space
Backspace: Dot 7
Delete: Dot 1 + Dot 4 + Dot 5 + Space
Windows: Dot 3 + Dot 4 + Space
Alt: Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Dot 4 + Space

Dolphin Cursor:

Dolphin Cursor (General) Turn Dolphin Cursor off: C4
Dolphin Cursor (General) Turn Dolphin Cursor on: C4
Dolphin Cursor (General) Interact with control: C2 + C4
Interact with control: Dot 8

Speech:

Voice on off: C1 + C3 + C6
Key Describe Mode on off: C1 + C2 + C5

Speak Keys:

Line (MultiKey): C1 + C4
Word (MultiKey): C2 + C5
Character (MultiKey): C3 + C6
Sentence Move to Next: Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Dot 5 + Space
Sentence Move to Previous: Dot 2 + Dot 4 + Dot 6 + Space
Word Move to Next: C5
Word Move to Previous: C2
Where am I?: C2 + C3 + C4 + C5
Status (Multikey): C3 + C4

Verbosity:

Speech Verbosity Scheme Cycle: C1 + C2 + C3 + C6
Braille Verbosity Scheme Cycle: C1 + C2

List Utility:

List headings: C2 + C3 + C6
List System Tray: C2 + C3 + C5 + C6