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Braille displays that can navigate the internet with NVDA. (self.Blind)
submitted by bradley22
I’m looking for a braille display that an navigate the internet with NVDA I’d like to navigate using headings, buttons, things like that, like NVDA.
I’m thinking of getting the orbit 40 but I’ve heard you can only navigate using panning or the arrows on the internet.
I’m thinking of getting the orbit 40 but I’ve heard you can only navigate using panning or the arrows on the internet.
retrolental_morose 3 points 2y ago
You can press letters on the orbit of just like a keyboard: H for heading, be for button and so on.
Any braille display will do, you don’t need one in particular.
Any braille display will do, you don’t need one in particular.
bradley22 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Really? Even with windows and NVDA?
I've looked through the manual for the orbit and it doesn't mention pressing H, B and all that. If this is true, it's great!
I've looked through the manual for the orbit and it doesn't mention pressing H, B and all that. If this is true, it's great!
retrolental_morose 2 points 2y ago
It wouldn’t, because the gestures are passed on to the screen reader. You can configure NVDA to take any type of input from the orbit, with a few very minor exceptions, and do what you want with it.
You can even emulate the keys, for example to press control and S, I press space and see for control, then Braille and S.
You can even emulate the keys, for example to press control and S, I press space and see for control, then Braille and S.
bradley22 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
That’s so cool! Thanks.
How would I make an alt d shortcut? Can you write the steps?
How would I make an alt d shortcut? Can you write the steps?
retrolental_morose 2 points 2y ago
it depends how you want to press it really.
In NvDA's preferences menu under input gestures you can bind Alt to a braille key, then peess that followed by a d.
Or alternatively you can bind alt+d directly - but then you've taken one of your quite limited number of key combos away for a single command, which may not be ideal.
I hope that one day profiles will also map input gestures, so you can have different key bindings in specific apps. But for now I've found mapping the modifiers best.
In NvDA's preferences menu under input gestures you can bind Alt to a braille key, then peess that followed by a d.
Or alternatively you can bind alt+d directly - but then you've taken one of your quite limited number of key combos away for a single command, which may not be ideal.
I hope that one day profiles will also map input gestures, so you can have different key bindings in specific apps. But for now I've found mapping the modifiers best.
bradley22 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
How would I find out, for example; how to get to the address bar on firefox? With a windows PC i just press alt d, is there a command for that using the orbit?
siriuslylupin6 1 points 2y ago
Any display can do this. So yeah, if you have one on hand just use that.
bradley22 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
This post is quite old :) I sent the display back.
siriuslylupin6 1 points 2y ago
I see. Do you not have a display now?
bradley22 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Nah, displays aren’t for me.
siriuslylupin6 1 points 2y ago
I see. I .love them myself.
OddRedd 1 points 2y ago
The braille display must have a perkins input to be able to use such shortcuts. I don't know the Orbit 40but not all displays have input buttons.
bradley22 [OP] 2 points 2y ago
This display does :)
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