Using The Braille Keyboard; Chord Commands - Optelec Alva BC640 User Manual

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7.

Using the Braille keyboard

This chapter provides an overview of the Braille key combinations that emulate
keyboard function keys. There are two types of function keys; chord commands to
emulate keyboard function keys and prefix chord commands to emulate function key
combinations.
7.1

Chord commands

Chord commands are Braille key commands that are combined with the space bar.
These chord commands are used to emulate keyboard function keys such as Home,
End, Backspace, Delete and Escape. Please refer to the figure below for an overview
of the chord commands:
Chord command
Backspace
Escape
Delete
Page up
Page down
Home
End
Tab
Shift-Tab
Shift-Space
Arrow up
Arrow down
Arrow left
Arrow right
Word left
Word right
Shift-Arrow up
Shift-arrow down
Shift-Arrow left
Shift-Arrow right
Shift-Page down
Shift-Page up
Shift-Home
Shift-End
Shift-Delete
Shift-Escape
English
Keyboard key
Space + b12
Space + b15
Space + b45
Space + b13
Space + b46
Space + b123
Space + b456
Space + b56
Space + b23
Space + b7
Space + b1
Space + b4
Space + b3
Space + b6
Space + b2
Space + b5
Space + b17
Space + b47
Space + b37
Space + b67
Space + b467
Space + b137
Space + b1237
Space + b4567
Space + b457
Space + b157
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