Use a Humanware BrailleConnect display with VoiceOver

When using your Humanware BrailleConnect braille display with VoiceOver on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can use the following device-specific key commands.

The following device-specific key commands can be used on these displays:

  • BrailleConnect 24

  • BrailleConnect 32

  • BrailleConnect 40

To ensure that your braille display uses the correct table, make sure that you have the latest version of iOS.

Navigation

VoiceOver action

Display

Move to previous item

Joystick Left or D1

Move to next item

Joystick Right or D4

Scroll left one page

D2 + D4 + D6

Scroll right one page

D1 + D3 + D5

Scroll up one page

D3 + D4 + D5 + D6

Scroll down one page

D1 + D4 + D5 + D6

Activates the Home button

F1 or D1 + D2 + D5

Go to the Status bar

F2 or D2 + D3 + D4

Go to Notification Center

D4 + D6

Go to Control Center

D2 + D5

Activates Back button if present

F3 or D1 + D2

Move to the first item

D1 + D2 + D3

Move to the last item

D4 + D5 + D6

Speak page number or rows being displayed

D3 + D4

Rotor

VoiceOver action

Display key

Move to previous item using rotor setting

Joystick Up or D3

Move to next item using rotor setting

Joystick Down or D6

Select previous rotor setting

D2 + D3

Select next rotor setting

D5 + D6

Interaction

VoiceOver action

Display key

Double-tap the selected item

Router

Select item under your finger

Joystick Press or D3 + D6

Activates the Volume Up button

D3 + D4 + D5

Activates the Volume Down button

D1 + D2 + D6

Activates the Eject key

D1 + D4 + D6

Activates the Delete Key

D1 + D4 + D5

Activates the Return key

D1 + D5

Activates the Tab key

D2 + D3 + D4 + D5

Activates the Shift and Tab keys

D1 + D2 + D5 + D6

Cut

D1 + D3 + D4 + D6

Copy

D1 + D4

Paste

D1 + D2 + D3 + D6

Undo

D1 + D3 + D5 + D6

Redo

D2 + D3 + D4 + D6

Select Text

D2 + D5 + D6

Select All

D2 + D3 + D5 + D6

Unselect Text

D2 + D3 + D5

Toggle Screen Curtain on or off

D1 + D2 + D3 + D4 + D5 + D6

Change an item's label

D1 + D2 + D3 + D4 + D6

Start VoiceOver help

D1 + D3

Reading

VoiceOver action

Display key

Pause or continue speech

F4 or D1 + D2 + D3 + D4

Read page starting at selected item

D1 + D2 + D3 + D5

Read page starting at the top

D2 + D4 + D5 + D6

Toggle speech on and off

D1 + D3 + D4

Braille

VoiceOver action

Display key

Toggle expanded status description

Status Router

Pan braille to the left

D2

Pan braille to the right

D5

Toggle announcement history

D1 + D3 + D4 + D5

Cycle through the available braille output models

D1 + D2 + D4 + D5

Cycle through the available braille input models

D2 + D3 + D6

Learn more

Refer to Common Braille commands for VoiceOver for a list of universal commands.

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