Use an Iris braille display with Narrator

Narrator supports the following Iris braille displays on Windows.

Supported Iris braille displays

To learn more about braille in Narrator, see Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille.

For a list of all supported braille displays, see Appendix C: Supported braille displays.

Use the following commands with Narrator when using your Iris with Braille Keyboard model.

The braille keyboard has two thumb keys instead of a single space bar. The left one is named Backspace, and the right one is named Space.
The eight keys behind the braille keyboard are known as linear keys. From left to right, they're named L1 through L8.
Routing Key refers to any of the keys behind the text cells.

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Routing Key Status .3
Secondary action	Dot 2 + Dot 4 L5 L6
Show context menu	L3
Pan braille right	L8
Pan braille left	L1
Braille next	L7
Braille previous	L2
Braille first	L1 + L2
Braille last	L7 + L8
Select navigation mode	Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 4 L4
Toggle input learning	Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3
Start text selection at specified character	L1 + Routing Key
End text selection and copy to clipboard	L8 + Routing Key
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	L5 + L7

Use the following commands with Narrator when using your Iris with PC Keyboard model.

The eight extra keys at the ends of the keyboard are known as linear keys. The four at the left, from top to bottom, are named L1 through L4. The four at the right, from bottom to top, are named L5 through L8.
Routing Key refers to any of the keys behind the text cells.

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Routing Key
Secondary action	Dot 2 + Dot 4
Show context menu	L7 + L6
Pan braille right	L5 + XtE0.0X4E
Pan braille left	L5 + XtE0.0X4C
Braille next	L5 + XtE0.0X51
Braille previous	L5 + XtE0.0X49
Braille first	L7
Braille last	L6
Select navigation mode	Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3 + Dot 4
Toggle input learning	Dot 1 + Dot 2 + Dot 3
Start text selection at specified character	L1 + Routing Key
End text selection and copy to clipboard	L8 + Routing Key
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	L2 + L3

To learn more about braille in Narrator, see Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille.

For a list of all supported braille displays, see Appendix C: Supported braille displays.

Use the following commands with Narrator when using your Iris with Braille Keyboard model.

The braille keyboard has two thumb keys instead of a single space bar. The left one is named Backspace, and the right one is named Space.
The eight keys behind the braille keyboard are known as linear keys. From left to right, they're named L1 through L8.
Routing Key refers to any of the keys behind the text cells.

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Routing Key Status .3
Secondary action	L3 + L5 L5 L6
Show context menu	L3
Pan braille right	L8
Pan braille left	L1
Braille next	L7
Braille previous	L2
Braille first	L1 + L2
Braille last	L7+L8
Select navigation mode	L4 + L3 + L2 + L5 L4
Start text selection at specified character	L1 + Routing Key
End text selection and copy to clipboard	L8 + Routing Key
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	L5 + L7

Use the following commands with Narrator when using your Iris with PC Keyboard model.

The eight extra keys at the ends of the keyboard are known as linear keys. The four at the left, from top to bottom, are named L1 through L4. The four at the right, from bottom to top, are named L5 through L8.
Routing Key refers to any of the keys behind the text cells.

Narrator action	Display buttons
Primary action	Routing Key
Secondary action	L2 + L8
Show context menu	L7 + L6
Pan braille right	L5 + XtE0.78
Pan braille left	L5 + XtE0.76
Braille next	L5 + XtE0.81
Braille previous	L5 + XtE0.73
Braille first	L7
Braille last	L6
Select navigation mode	L1 + L2 + L3 + L8
Start text selection at specified character	L1 + Routing Key
End text selection and copy to clipboard	L8 + Routing Key
Paste from clipboard at cursor point	L2 + L3