User Manual

Learn Braille Link with confidence.

This guide explains the daily workflows for learners, readers, browser keyboard users, and institution teams. It is written for screen reader users, Braille keyboard users, and sighted helpers who support them.

Braille Input Work recovery Browser Keyboard Shortcuts

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Learners

Use Braille Input for writing, the Reader for documents, and Sessions when you need to return to saved work.

Go to learner workflow

Individual Users

Sign in, choose your accessibility mode, create work in Braille Input, and manage your files from Workspace.

Go to login guide

Extension Users

Use the Browser Keyboard on external websites while Braille Link keeps its own input and speech systems.

Go to extension guide

Institution Teams

Invite learners, review submissions, and use admin areas according to the permissions assigned to your account.

Go to institution guide

Login And Access

The login page starts in Screen Reader Mode. You can stay with your own screen reader, turn on Braille Link Voice Guidance, or use Braille input for the login form.

Screen Reader Mode

Use your normal screen reader commands and browser navigation. This is the default.

Braille Link Voice Guidance

Press A + D on the login page to turn Braille Link voice guidance on or off.

Braille Login Mode

Press A + F on the login page to activate Braille input for login fields.

Braille Input

Braille Input is the main writing area for learners. Choose UEB or SEB, type with the six-dot keyboard, listen to speech feedback, and save or download the finished work.

  1. Open Braille Input after signing in.
  2. Select the active code, such as UEB or SEB.
  3. Type chords with F, D, S, J, K, and L.
  4. Use A to delete, ; for Enter, and the space bar for spaces.
  5. Download, copy, submit, or start a fresh input when the document is complete.

Braille Link speaks important actions so learners can confirm what happened without looking at the screen.

Finger Position Guide

Saving And Recovery

Braille Link is designed to protect writing during interruptions such as power loss, browser refresh, or accidental navigation. Drafts and sessions help the learner return to earlier work instead of starting again.

Starting fresh after finishing work

Press J + Space on release to start a fresh input. Braille Link saves the current document in Sessions first, then clears the writing area for the next document.

Workspace And Sessions

Workspace is the place to continue conversations and return to saved activity. Sessions keep a list of previous work so a learner can recover drafts, review older writing, or continue after an interruption.

  • Use Sessions when you need an earlier draft or completed writing.
  • Open Settings to review saved sessions and account preferences.
  • Download important work when an exam or assignment is complete.

Reader

The Reader helps users listen to and navigate documents. It is useful for reading assignments, checking document content, and using narration support in a controlled Braille Link environment.

  • Upload or open a supported document.
  • Use narration controls to listen and move through content.
  • Keep private documents inside trusted Braille Link workflows.

Browser Keyboard Extension

The Browser Keyboard lets subscribed users type Braille on external websites. Braille Link itself remains responsible for Braille input and text-to-speech on tusomebraille.com.

Important boundary

The extension should not capture Braille Link page shortcuts such as F, D, S, J, K, L, A, ;, or A + F on tusomebraille.com pages.

  1. Install the extension from the approved browser store when it is published.
  2. Sign in to Braille Link and connect the extension through the Browser Keyboard page.
  3. Open an external website with a text field.
  4. Type using the same Perkins key map used by Braille Input.

Institution Tools

Institution users can manage learners, invitations, and submissions when those permissions are enabled for their account. Learners should use their own assigned accounts so saved work and submissions remain connected to the correct person.

  • Use Members to review learners and staff connected to the institution.
  • Use Invitations to add new people safely.
  • Use Submissions to review learner work submitted through Braille Link.

Troubleshooting

Braille keys are not typing on Braille Link.

Make sure Braille Input is open and focused. If you are on the login page, press A + F to enter Braille Login Mode.

The browser extension is not typing on another website.

Confirm the extension is installed, connected to your Braille Link account, and focused on a normal text field outside tusomebraille.com.

I chose not to restore a recovered draft.

The previous draft should be saved in Sessions so you can return to it later.

Voice guidance is too much or too little.

Check the page settings and accessibility mode. Braille Link separates native app speech from extension speech.

Shortcut Reference

Workspace shortcuts work on chord release when Braille Input is not live. If Braille Input is live, the same keys continue to behave as braille input chords.

Common Braille Link shortcuts and actions
Keys Where Action
F D S J K LBraille Input and external websitesSix-dot Perkins chords
ABraille Input and external websitesDelete or backspace
;Braille Input and external websitesEnter or new line
A + FLogin and Braille Link pagesActivate Braille input where supported; on Translation Workspace, focus the translation input
A + DLogin pageToggle Braille Link Voice Guidance
F + ;Braille Link pagesOpen Translation Workspace and speak the current page
F + LBraille Link pagesOpen Braille Input Workspace and speak the current page
F + KBraille Link pagesOpen Reader and speak the current page
FRecovery promptYes, restore recovered draft
JRecovery promptNo, save draft in Sessions and continue
J + SpaceBraille InputSave current document and start fresh input