Your experience with TalkBack 14.0 is improved with:
- Additional languages for braille display
- New on-screen gestures and keyboard commands to edit your text
Additional languages for braille display
You can read and write braille with a braille display in 38 languages. These include recently added languages, like:
- English US Braille (EBAE)
- Arabic
- British English
- Danish
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Malay
- Norwegian
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Turkish
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
- Welsh
Tip: To switch between braille grades, press Space + dots 1, 2, 4, and 5.
Make gestures to edit text
You can use new gestures for cursor movement, cut, copy, text selection, and paste. You can also use several new two-part gestures when you edit your text. To edit with two-part gestures, you must hold to an element while you swipe with another finger.
New gestures
Important: To get a list of all available gestures, tap TalkBack settings 
| Action | First gesture | Second gesture |
|---|---|---|
| Previous character | Press and Hold dot 3, then swipe up with another finger | Press and Hold dot 6, then swipe up with another finger |
| Next character | Press and Hold dot 3, then swipe down with another finger | Press and Hold dot 6, then swipe down with another finger |
| Previous word | Press and Hold dot 2, then swipe up with another finger | Press and Hold dot 5, then swipe up with another finger |
| Next word | Press and Hold dot 2, then swipe down with another finger | Press and Hold dot 5, then swipe down with another finger |
| Previous line | Press and Hold dot 1, then swipe up with another finger | Press and Hold dot 4, then swipe up with another finger |
| Next line | Press and Hold dot 1, then swipe down with another finger | Press and Hold dot 4, then swipe down with another finger |
| Previous granularity | Swipe left with three fingers | |
| Next granularity | Swipe right with three fingers | |
| Select previous character | Press and Hold dot 3, then swipe up with two fingers | Press and Hold dot 6, then swipe up with two fingers |
| Select next character | Press and Hold dot 3, then swipe down with two fingers | Press and Hold dot 6, then swipe down with two fingers |
| Select previous word | Press and Hold dot 2, then swipe up with two fingers | Press and Hold dot 5, then swipe up with two fingers |
| Select next word | Press and Hold dot 2, then swipe down with two fingers | Press and Hold dot 5, then swipe down with two fingers |
| Select all | Press and Hold dot 1, then swipe left with three fingers | Press and Hold dot 4, then swipe left with three fingers |
| Copy | Press and Hold dot 1, then swipe down with three fingers | Press and Hold dot 4, then swipe down with three fingers |
| Cut | Press and Hold dot 1, then swipe up with three fingers |
Press and Hold dot 4, then swipe up with three fingers |
| Paste | Press and Hold dot 1, then swipe right with three fingers | Press and Hold dot 4, then swipe right with three fingers |
| Move to beginning of text | Press and Hold dots 1 and 2, then swipe up with another finger | Press and Hold dots 4 and 5, then swipe up with another finger |
| Move to end of text | Press and Hold dots 1 and 2, then swipe down with another finger | Press and Hold dots 4 and 5, then swipe down with another finger |
Tips:
- To feel a vibration when you make a gesture, turn on haptics.
- If the next gesture requires you to hold the same finger on the screen, you don’t have to lift your finger.
Braille display text editing commands
You can now select, copy, and paste text with your braille display. The following commands have been added in TalkBack 14.0.
Important: To get a list of all available commands for your braille display, tap TalkBack settings
| Action | Braille display command |
|---|---|
| Select all text | Space + dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 |
| Select previous character | Space + dots 3 and 8 |
| Select next character | Space + dots 6 and 8 |
| Select previous word | Space + dots 2 and 8 |
| Select next word | Space + dots 5 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 |