# Key Table: HumanWare Brailliant BI 32

- Help Screen Version

Contents

- Notes
- Default Bindings
  - Special Modes
  - Cursor Functions
  - Vertical Navigation
  - Horizontal Navigation
  - Clipboard Functions
  - Configuration Functions
  - Menu Operations
  - Speech Functions
  - Keyboard Input
  - Special Functions
- Menu Bindings
  - Special Modes
  - Horizontal Navigation
  - Menu Operations

## 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 are three display keys at each end of the braille cells. From top to bottom:
  - The three at the left are named Display1, Display2, and Display3.
  - The three at the right are named Display4, Display5, and Display6.
- RoutingKey refers to any of the keys immediately behind the braille cells.

## Default Bindings

### Special Modes

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

### Cursor Functions

- go to screen cursor:
  - ThumbLeft+ThumbRight
  - 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
  - Space+Dots1236

### Vertical Navigation

- go up one line:
  - Display4
  - ThumbPrevious
- go down one line:
  - Display6
  - ThumbNext
- go to top line: Display1+Display4
- go to bottom line: Display3+Display6
- go to beginning of top line:
  - Display2+Display4
  - ThumbLeft+ThumbPrevious
- go to beginning of bottom line:
  - Display2+Display6
  - ThumbLeft+ThumbNext
- go up to nearest line with different content:
  - Display5+Display4
  - ThumbRight+ThumbPrevious
- go down to nearest line with different content:
  - Display5+Display6
  - ThumbRight+ThumbNext
- 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
  - ThumbLeft
- go forward one braille window:
  - Display5
  - ThumbRight
- 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
  - ThumbPrevious+RoutingKey
- append to clipboard from character:
  - Display2+RoutingKey
  - ThumbLeft+RoutingKey
- linear copy to character:
  - Display4+RoutingKey
  - ThumbRight+RoutingKey
- rectangular copy to character:
  - Display5+RoutingKey
  - ThumbNext+RoutingKey
- copy characters to clipboard: RoutingKey+RoutingKey
- append characters to clipboard: Display2+RoutingKey+RoutingKey
- insert clipboard text after screen cursor:
  - ThumbPrevious+ThumbNext
  - Display1+Display2+Display3+Display4
  - Space+Dots1346
- search backward for clipboard text: Display2+Display4+Display6+Display1
- search forward for clipboard text: Display2+Display4+Display6+Display3
- 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 text style 6-dot: Display2+Display3+Display5
- set text style 8-dot: Display2+Display3+Display6
- 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: Space+Dots2345
- set track screen cursor on:
  - Display1
  - Space+Dots23458
- set track screen cursor off:
  - Display3
  - Space+Dots23457
- set screen cursor visibility on/off: Space+Dots14
- set screen cursor visibility on: Space+Dots148
- set screen cursor visibility off: Space+Dots147
- set attribute underlining on/off:
  - Space+Dots136
  - Display2+Display3+Display4+Display5
- set attribute underlining on: Space+Dots1368
- set attribute underlining off: Space+Dots1367

### Menu Operations

- save preferences to disk:
  - Display2+Display4+Display5+Display6
  - Space+Dots12348
- restore preferences from disk:
  - Display1+Display2+Display3+Display5
  - Space+Dots12347
- reset preferences to defaults: Space+Dots123478

### 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

- 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: Space+Dot3
- cursor-right key: Space+Dot6
- cursor-up key: Space+Dot1
- cursor-down key: Space+Dot4
- page-up key: Space+Dots23
- page-down key: Space+Dots56
- home key: Space+Dot2
- end key: Space+Dot5
- insert key: Space+Dots35
- delete key: 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 specific virtual terminal: Display4+Display5+Display6+RoutingKey
- switch to the previous virtual terminal:
  - Display3+Display4+Display5+Display6
  - Space+Dots12367
- switch to the next virtual terminal:
  - Display1+Display2+Display3+Display6
  - 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

### 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

## Menu Bindings

### Special Modes

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

### Horizontal Navigation

- go backward one braille window: ThumbLeft
- go forward one braille window: ThumbRight

### Menu Operations

- go up to previous item:
  - Dot1
  - ThumbPrevious
- go down to next item:
  - Dot4
  - ThumbNext
- go up to first item:
  - Dot2
  - ThumbLeft+ThumbPrevious
- go down to last item:
  - Dot5
  - ThumbLeft+ThumbNext
- select previous choice:
  - Dot3
  - ThumbRight+ThumbPrevious
- select next choice:
  - Dot6
  - ThumbRight+ThumbNext
- go to previous menu level: Dot7
- save preferences to disk: ThumbLeft+ThumbRight+ThumbNext
- restore preferences from disk: ThumbLeft+ThumbRight+ThumbPrevious