Handy Tech
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Easy Braille
Screen
reader Operations
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5.3 Screen reader under Windows, Example Window-Eyes
Window-Eyes by GW Micro is one of the most commonly used screen readers
worldwide. It enables access to all kinds of different applications without complicated
scripts. Window-Eyes is highly customizable, so you can control how to display the
monitor information.
If you use Window-Eyes with a Braille display, you can track both the focus as well
as the mouse cursor. In addition, there is also an invisible cursor, the so-called WE-
cursor. If you select this WE-cursor, you can move the position of the Braille display
relative to the screen without changing the position of either the focus or the mouse
cursor.
5.3.1 Overview
Your Easy Braille, just like all the other Handy Tech Braille displays, is supported by
Window-Eyes. The following table provides an overview of Window-Eyes commands
that can be entered with the control keys on the Braille display. We have not included
an exhaustive description of each of the functions, because they are already
contained in the Window-Eyes manual.
Key / Braille Dot
Function
[7]
Go to focus
[3]
Go to the active window's title bar
[2]
Toggle Braille tracking on/off
[1]
Move Braille display section one line up
[L]
Braille display section to the left
[R]
Braille display section to the right
[4]
Move Braille display section one line down
[5]
Toggle between Window-Eyes-cursor and mouse cursor
[6]
Go to the active window's status line
[8]
Drag mouse to focus
[7 8]
Specifies whether the type of control element will be indicated or not
[3 8]
Toggle Browser Mode on/off
[2 8]
Toggle between 6/8 dot Braille
[1 8]
Handy Tech configuration dialog
[4 8]
Toggle blank spaces
[5 8]
Drag cursor to mouse
[2 3]
Beginning of line
[5 6]
End of line
[6 8]
Toggle Show Single Attributes on/off
[1 2 3]
Top of file
[4 5 6]
End of file
[5 6 8]
Run through attributes
[SPC + 1 2 7]
Toggle Braille input on/off
By entering letters in Braille, you can also enter the following so-called mnemonic
commands:
