Modular Evolution
Operating a PC with a Screen reader
Handy Tech
Elektronik GmbH
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By entering letters in Braille, you can in addition input the so-called mnemonic
commands that are listed below:
% [B2 + B3 + B4 + B5 + B6 + B7]
/ [1 2 3 4 5 6]
Activate system control
h
[B3 + B4 + B6] / [1 2 5]
Help
$
[B5 + B7] / [4 6]
Tab
k
[B2 + B4] / [1 3]
Shift Tab
g
[B3 + B4 + B5 + B6] / [1 2 4 5]
Literary Braille on/off
m [B2 + B4 + B5] / [1 3 4]
Alternative for activating the menu bar
s
[B2 + B3 + B5] / [2 3 4]
Start menu
+
[B2 + B3 + B6] / [2 3 5]
Eight dot / six dot Braille
=
[B2 + B3 + B6 + B7] / [2 3 5 6]
System Tray
z
[B2 + B4 + B6 + B7] / [1 3 5 6]
Announce date and time
c
[B4 + B5] / [1 4]
Ctrl + Tab
C [B1 + B4 + B5 ] / [1 4 7]
Shift Ctrl + Tab
e
[B4 + B6] / [1 5]
ESC
?
[B3 + B7] / [2 6]
Enter
f
[B3 + B4 + B5] / [1 2 4]
Tracking on/off
v
[B2 + B3 + B4 + B7] / [1 2 3 6]
Set level of Braille contractions
The cursor routing keys (CR) are used to directly place the cursor at that text
position. In addition, the following functions can be initiated by activating cursor
routing keys in combination with certain control keys. If the four status modules are in
use on the Braille display, the CR keys above the status elements (S1 through S4)
have the following functions:
[S1]
Run through attributes
[S2]
Set level of Braille contractions
[S3]
Tracking on/off
[S4]
Physical / logical mode
6.3 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.
When 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 bind the Braille display to the 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.
