Use an MDV braille display with Narrator

Narrator supports the following MDV braille displays on Windows.

Supported MDV 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 MDV unrecognized (all keys defined) model.

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Routing Key Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 6
Secondary action	Shift + Long + Down Shift + F2
Show context menu	Shift + Long + Up Shift + F6 F4
Pan braille right	Right
Pan braille left	Left
Braille next	Down
Braille previous	Up
Braille home	Long + Left
Braille end	Long + Right
Braille first	F1 Long + Up
Braille last	F2 Long + Down
Select navigation mode	F10
Toggle input learning	Shift+F9
Start text selection at specified character	Routing Key + Left
End text selection and copy to clipboard	Routing Key + Right
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	Routing Key .2 + Routing Key .3 Space + Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Dot 4 + Dot 6 Shift + F10
Toggle braille keyboard	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 3 Space + Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Dot 8 Space + Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Dot 7

Use the following commands with Narrator when using your MDV model with function keys.

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Routing Key
Secondary action	Shift + Long + Down Shift + F2
Show context menu	Shift + Long + Up Shift + F6 F4
Pan braille right	Right
Pan braille left	Left
Braille next	Down
Braille previous	Up
Braille home	Long + Left
Braille end	Long + Right
Braille first	F1 Long + Up
Braille last	F2 Long + Down
Select navigation mode	F10
Toggle input learning	Shift+F9
Start text selection at specified character	Routing Key + Left
End text selection and copy to clipboard	Routing Key + Right
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	Routing Key .2 + Routing Key .3 Shift + F10

Use the following commands with Narrator when using your MDV model with function keys and status cells.

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Routing Key
Secondary action	Shift + Long + Down Shift + F2
Show context menu	Shift + Long + Up Shift + F6 F4
Pan braille right	Right
Pan braille left	Left
Braille next	Down
Braille previous	Up
Braille home	Long + Left
Braille end	Long + Right
Braille first	F1 Long + Up
Braille last	F2 Long + Down
Select navigation mode	F10
Toggle input learning	Shift+F9
Start text selection at specified character	Routing Key + Left
End text selection and copy to clipboard	Routing Key + Right
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	Routing Key .2 + Routing Key .3 Shift + F10

Use the following commands with Narrator when using your MDV model with a keyboard.

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Routing Key
Secondary action	Shift + Long + Down
Show context menu	Shift + Long + Up
Pan braille right	Right
Pan braille left	Left
Braille next	Down
Braille previous	Up
Braille home	Long + Left
Braille end	Long + Right
Braille first	Long + Up
Braille last	Long + Down
Select navigation mode	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 4
Start text selection at specified character	Routing Key + Left
End text selection and copy to clipboard	Routing Key + Right
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	Routing Key .2 + Routing Key .3 Space + Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Dot 4 + Dot 6
Toggle braille keyboard	Space + Dot 1 + Dot 3 Space + Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Dot 8 Space + Dot 1 + Dot 3 + Dot 7