Important: You no longer need BrailleBack to connect to a braille display.
You can use keystrokes for devices with braille input keys. Keystrokes might vary by braille display device. The keystrokes we provide are common to most displays. However, your display may have additional keystrokes not listed here. To determine the keystrokes for your specific braille display, go to TalkBack Settings 
Basic keystrokes
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Action |
Keystroke |
|---|---|
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Help |
Dots 1, 3, 7, and 8 |
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Activate |
Cursor routing key, or Enter button |
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Touch and hold |
Press and hold the cursor routing key or the Space + Enter |
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Back |
Space + dots 1 and 2 |
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Home |
Space + dots 1, 2, and 5 |
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Next item |
Dots 4 and 8 |
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Previous item |
Dots 1 and 7 |
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Scroll forward |
Dots 1, 3, 5, and 8 |
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Scroll backward |
Dots 2, 4, 6, and 7 |
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Open TalkBack settings |
Dots 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 |
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Open TalkBack menu |
Space + dots 1, 3, and 4 |
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Open braille display settings |
Dots 1, 2, 7, and 8 |
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Mute and unmute TalkBack speech |
Dots 1, 3, 4, 7, and 8 |
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Switch typing language for braille |
Dots 2, 4, 7, and 8 |
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Switch reading language for braille |
Dots 1, 3, 5, 7, and 8 |
| Switch between contracted and uncontracted braille modes | Space + dots 1, 2, 4, and 5 |
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Turn braille off |
Press dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, then confirm |
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Screen Search |
Space + dots 3 and 4 |
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Edit custom label |
Space + dots 1, 3, 4, and 8 |
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Next reading control |
Dots 5, 6, 7, and 8 |
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Previous reading control |
Dots 2, 3, 7, and 8 |
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Move navigation focus forward or adjust reading control up |
Dots 6 and 8 |
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Move navigation focus backward or adjust reading control down |
Dots 3 and 7 |
| Switch to next keyboard | Space + dots 1, 3, and 8 |
| Play or pause media | Space + dots 7 and 8 |
System navigation
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Action |
Keystroke |
|---|---|
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Recent apps |
Space + dots 1, 2, 3, and 5 |
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Notifications |
Space + dots 1, 3, 4, and 5 |
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Quick settings |
Space + dots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 |
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All apps (on Android R and above) |
Space + dots 1, 2, 3, and 4 |
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Go to top |
Space + dots 1, 2, and 3 |
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Go to bottom |
Space + dots 4, 5, and 6 |
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Next line |
Space + dot 4
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Previous line |
Space + dot 1
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Next window |
Dots 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 |
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Previous window |
Dots 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 |
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Start and stop auto-scroll |
Space + dots 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 |
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Decrease duration |
Dot 1 while auto-scroll is active |
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Increase duration |
Dot 4 while auto-scroll is active |
Editing
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Action |
Keystroke |
|---|---|
|
Delete previous word |
Space + dots 2 and 7 |
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Go to top |
Space + dots 1, 2, and 3 |
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Go to bottom |
Space + dots 4, 5, and 6 |
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Beginning of line (press again to go to previous line) |
Space + dot 1
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End of line (press again to go to next line) |
Space + dot 4
|
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Previous word |
Space + dot 2 |
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Next word |
Space + dot 5 |
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Previous character |
Space + dot 3 |
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Next character |
Space + dot 6 |
| Select previous word | Space + dots 2 and 8 |
| Select next word | Space + dots 5 and 8 |
| Select previous character | Space + dots 3 and 8 |
| Select next character | Space + dots 6 and 8 |
| Select all text | Space + dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 |
| Select from the cursor to start of the text box | Space + dots 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 |
| Select from the cursor to end of the text box | Space + dots 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 |
| Copy text | Space + dots 1, 4, and 8 |
| Cut text | Space + dots 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8 |
| Paste text | Space + dots 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8 |
| Show recent device message |
Space + dots 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8
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Web navigation keystrokes
| Action | Braille display keystroke in Browse mode | Keystroke outside of Browse mode |
| Enter and exit Browse mode | Space + dots 1, 3, 4, and 6 | Space + dots 1, 3, 4, and 6 |
| Next ARIA landmark | Dots 1, 4, and 5 | Dots 1, 4, 5, and 8 |
| Previous ARIA landmark | Dots 1, 4, 5, and 7 | Dots 1, 4, 5, and 7 |
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Next button |
Dots 1 and 2 | Dots 1, 2, and 8 |
| Previous button | Dots 1, 2, and 7 | Dots 1, 2, and 7 |
| Next checkbox | Dots 1, 3, 4, and 6 | Dots 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8 |
| Previous checkbox | Dots 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 | Dots 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 |
| Next combo box | Dots 1 and 4 | Dots 1, 4, and 8 |
| Previous combo box | Dots 1, 4, and 7 | Dots 1, 4, and 7 |
| Next control | Dots 1, 2, and 4 | Dots 1, 2, 4, and 8 |
| Previous control | Dots 1, 2, 4, and 7 | Dots 1, 2, 4, and 7 |
| Next edit field | Dots 1 and 5 | Dots 1, 5, and 8 |
| Previous edit field | Dots 1, 5, and 7 | Dots 1, 5, and 7 |
| Next graphic | Dots 1, 2, 4, and 5 | Dots 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8 |
| Previous graphic | Dots 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 | Dots 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 |
| Next heading | Dots 1, 2, and 5 | Dots 1, 2, 5, and 8 |
| Previous heading | Dots 1, 2, 5, and 7 | Dots 1, 2, 5, and 7 |
| Next heading level 1 | Dot 2 | Dots 2 and 8 |
| Previous heading level 1 | Dots 2 and 7 | Dots 2 and 7 |
| Next heading level 2 | Dots 2 and 3 | Dots 2, 3, and 8 |
| Previous heading level 2 | Dots 2, 3, and 7 | Dots 2, 3, and 7 |
| Next heading level 3 | Dots 2 and 5 | Dots 2, 5, and 8 |
| Previous heading level 3 | Dots 2, 5, and 7 | Dots 2, 5, and 7 |
| Next heading level 4 | Dots 2, 5, and 6 | Dots 2, 5, 6, and 8 |
| Previous heading level 4 | Dots 2, 5, 6, and 7 | Dots 2, 5, 6, and 7 |
| Next heading level 5 | Dots 2 and 6 | Dots 2, 6, and 8 |
| Previous heading level 5 | Dots 2, 6, and 7 | Dots 2, 6, and 7 |
| Next heading level 6 | Dots 2, 3, and 5 | Dots 2, 3, 5, and 8 |
| Previous heading level 6 | Dots 2, 3, 5, and 7 | Dots 2, 3, 5, and 7 |
| Next link | Dots 1 and 3 | Dots 1, 3, and 8 |
| Previous link | Dots 1, 3, and 7 | Dots 1, 3, and 7 |
| Next visited link | Dots 1, 2, 3, and 6 | Dots 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8 |
| Previous visited link | Dots 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 | Dots 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 |
| Next unvisited link | Dots 1, 3, and 6 | Dots 1, 3, 6, and 8 |
| Previous unvisited link | Dots 1, 3, 6, and 7 | Dots 1, 3, 6, and 7 |
| Next list | Dots 1, 2, and 3 | Dots 1, 2, 3, and 8 |
| Previous list | Dots 1, 2, 3, and 7 | Dots 1, 2, 3, and 7 |
| Next list Item | Dots 2 and 4 | Dots 2, 4, and 8 |
| Previous list Item | Dots 2, 4, and 7 | Dots 2, 4, and 7 |
| Next radio button | Dots 1, 2, 3, and 5 | Dots 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 |
| Previous radio button | Dots 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 | Dots 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 |
| Next table | Dots 2, 3, 4, and 5 | Dots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 |
| Previous table | Dots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 | Dots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 |
Table navigation
|
Action |
Keystroke |
|---|---|
| Next column | Space + dots 5, 7, and 8 |
| Previous column | Space + dots 2, 7, and 8 |
| Next row | Space + dots 4, 7, and 8 |
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Previous row |
Space + dots 1, 7, and 8 |