Braille in every Windows app.
Braille Link for Windows turns your keyboard into a Braille writer in Word, email and the forms you fill in every day, with no separate Braille device.
Switch Braille mode on to write in Braille, and off to type as normal.
For Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
Made to work with NVDA, not against it.
Braille Link adds Braille typing; NVDA keeps doing everything else.
| Task | Handled by |
|---|---|
| Switching Braille mode on and off | Braille Link |
| Reading the six Perkins keys as Braille | Braille Link |
| Typing the translated text into the focused field | Braille Link |
| Short feedback on the letter or word you wrote | Braille Link |
| Reading applications, menus, dialogs and documents | NVDA |
| Reading back what you have written | NVDA |
| Your voices, settings and gestures | NVDA, unchanged |
NVDA is free, open-source software by NV Access. Braille Link for Windows installs an add-on for NVDA, so the two do not talk over each other. NVDA needs to be running for the add-on to be installed.
Writing in four steps.
Download and install
Run the installer. It is not yet code-signed, so if Windows shows “Unknown publisher”, choose More info, then Run anyway.
Pair the device
Braille Link for Windows shows a code. Enter it on the Braille Link Windows page of your account. Activation needs a paid or institution plan; the free trial covers the web app only.
Switch on Braille mode
Type with F, D, S, J, K and L. A is Backspace and ; is Enter.
Write anywhere
Move between applications as usual, and write in Braille wherever the cursor is.
Your typing stays on your computer.
Braille typing and speech are handled on your Windows device; your Braille Link account is only used to activate it. In password fields the keyboard types as normal, even in Braille mode.
Bring Braille to every computer in your school.
We help schools and workplaces roll out Braille Link for Windows and get their staff started.