Use a Handy Tech BasicBraille display with VoiceOver
When using your HandyTech Basic 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:
Basic Braille 16
Basic Braille 20
Basic Braille 32
Basic Braille 40
Basic Braille 48
Basic Braille 64
Basic Braille 80
To ensure that your braille display uses the correct table, make sure that you have the latest version of iOS.
Navigation
VoiceOver action | Display key |
|---|---|
Move to previous item | 1 |
Move to next item | 4 |
First item | 1 + 2 + 3 |
Last item | 4 + 5 + 6 |
Go to status bar | 2 + 3 + 4 |
Activates the Back button if present | 1 + 2 |
Scrolling
VoiceOver action | Display key |
|---|---|
Scroll left one page | 2 + 4 + 6 |
Scroll right one page | 1 + 3 + 5 |
Scroll up one page | 3 + 4 + 5+ 6 |
Scroll down one page | 1 + 4 + 5 + 6 |
Rotor
VoiceOver action | Display key |
|---|---|
Move to previous item using rotor setting | 3 |
Move to next item using rotor setting | 6 |
Select previous rotor setting | 2 + 3 |
Select next rotor setting | 5 + 6 |
Interaction
VoiceOver action | Display key |
|---|---|
Double-tap selected item | Router |
Select item under your finger | 3 + 6 |
Activates the Home button | 1 + 2 + 5 |
Activates the Delete Key | 1 + 4 + 5 |
Activates the Return Key | 1 + 5 |
Activates the Volume Up button | 3 + 4 + 5 |
Activates the Volume Down button | 1 + 2 + 6 |
Activates the Eject key | 1 + 4 + 6 |
Reading
VoiceOver action | Display key |
|---|---|
Read page starting at selected item | 1 + 2 + 3 + 5 |
Read page starting at the top | 2 + 4 + 5 + 6 |
Speak page number or rows being displayed | 3 + 4 |
Editing
VoiceOver action | Display key |
|---|---|
Select all | 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 |
Select text | 2 + 5 + 6 |
Unselect text | 2 + 3 + 5 |
Tab | 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 |
Shift tab | 1 + 2 + 5 + 6 |
Cut | 1 + 3 + 4 + 6 |
Copy | 1 + 4 |
Paste | 1 + 2 + 3 + 6 |
Undo | 1 + 3 + 5 + 6 |
Redo | 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 |
Change an item's label | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 |
Control
VoiceOver | Display key |
|---|---|
Toggle Screen Curtain on and off | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 |
Pause or continue speech | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 |
Toggle speech on or off | 1 + 3 + 4 |
VoiceOver help | 1 + 3 |
Braille
VoiceOver action | Display key |
|---|---|
Toggle expanded status description | Status Router |
Pan braille to the left | 2 |
Pan braille to the right | 5 |
Toggle announcement history | 1 + 3 + 4 + 5 |
Next output model | 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 |
Next input model | 2 + 3 + 6 |
The HandyTech BasicBraille displays don't have Perkins input keys, so they don't work with the Common braille commands for VoiceOver.
Instead, HandyTech BasicBraille displays have six buttons, which are named 1 through 6. The buttons can be used to approximate the Common Commands that users have with displays that have Perkins-style input keys, such as Dots 1 through Dots 8, and Space bar.