How to use a braille display with Narrator on Windows 11

This article explains how to use a braille display with Narrator on Windows 11.

Narrator is a screen-reading app built into Windows that reads the text on your screen aloud and describes events for users with low vision or blindness.

When you use the Narrator app, you can turn on or off its keyboard shortcuts, launch it automatically, adjust the voice, speed, and volume, manage natural voices, lower other apps volume when Narrator is speaking, change Narrator audio output device, change verbosity level, emphasize formatted text, enable or disable Narrators phonetic reading, pause for punctuation, adjust how the Narrator read advanced details, adjust the way capitalized text is read, and more.

You can use a braille display with Narrator on Windows 11. However, you must install braille support software and drivers on your PC for this to work. The Narrator is compatible with braille displays that connect via USB or serial port.

The steps below show you how to install the required braille drivers and add a braille display on Windows 11.

Use a braille display on Windows 11

As mentioned above, users can use a braille display with Narrator on Windows 11.

Here’s how to do it.

First, open the Windows Settings app.

You can do that by clicking on the Start menu and selecting Settings. Or press the keyboard shortcut (Windows key + I) to launch the Settings app.

When the Setting app opens, click the Accessibility button on the left and select the Narrator tile on the right to expand it.