Navigating Android with Hable

Updated Feb 2024 for Android Phones

This is a quick overview of all the functions the Hable One can perform. To get some more detailed explanations of Hable One please head over to the training guides. You can navigate through the headings to find exactly what you’re looking for. Make use of the Search in document function by holding 1,2,4,5,6 and entering text. Hold 2,6 to scroll search results. Now, the hable guides come equipped with YouTube tutorials with every function. To find all the video’s in one place head over to the hable playlist on YouTube.

Backspace word: Press 5,7

Character next: Hold 7 and press 4

Character previous: Hold 4 and press 7

Close tab: Hold 2,3,5

Copy selected text: Hold 1,4

Cut selected text: Hold 1,3,4,6

Delete: Press 7

Find in document: Hold 1,2,4,5,6

First item on screen: Hold 1,2,3

Format text bold: Hold 1,2,8

Format text italics: Hold 1,3,8

Google now: Hold 1,4,5

Homescreen: Hold 1,2,5

Item next: Hold 7 and press 8

Item previous: Hold 8 and press 7

Last item on screen: Hold 4,5,6

Line begin: Hold 1,4,5,6

Line end: Hold 3,4,5,6

Lock screen: Hold 2,5

Long press item: Hold 3,8

Mute Phone: Hold 1,3,4

New: Hold 2,3,4,5,6

New line: Press (not hold) 2,8 in notes or messages

New tab: Hold 2,5,6

Notifications: Hold 1,3,4,5

Open browser: First hold 2 and then hold 1,2

Open calculator: First hold 2 and then hold 1

Open calendar: First hold 2 and then hold 1,2,3

Open contacts: First press 2 and then press 1,4

Open email: First press 2 and then press 1,5

Open maps: First press 2 and then press 1,3,4

Open messages: First press 2 and then press 2,3,4

Open music: First press 2 and then press 1,2,3,4

Page down: Hold 3,5,6

Page up: Hold 2,3,6

Paste: Hold 1,2,3,6

Pause reading: Hold 1

Pick up or hang up call: Hold 3

Play pause: Hold 1,2,3,4

Print: Hold 1,2,3,4,8

Read from next: Hold 1,2,3,5

Read from top: Hold 2,4,5,6

Reading control next: Hold 7 and press 5,6

Reading control next: First hold 7 and then press 6

Reading control previous: First hold 5,6 and then press 7

Reading control previous: First hold 6 and then press 7

Recent apps: Hold 2,3

If the focus is not on app. First go to homescreen and try holding dots 2 3. To close an app press dots 1 4 5 6 when the cursor is focused on the app you want to close in the app switcher.

Redo: Hold 1,3,4,5,6

Screenshot: Hold 3,6

Search screen: Hold 1,2,4

Select all: Hold 2,3,5,6

Select character left: First hold 4,5 and then press 7

Select character right: First hold 7 and then press 4,5

Select item: Press 7,8

Show actions: Hold 1,6

Space: Hold 8

Status bar: Hold 2,3,4

Switch keyboard: Hold 1,5,6

Tab backward: Hold 1,2,5,6

Tab forward: Hold 2,3,4,5

Talkback menu: Hold 2,4

Talkback on or off: Hold 1,2,3,8

Underline: Hold 2,3,8

Undo: Hold 1,3,5,6

Volume down: Hold 1,2,6

Volume up: Hold 2,3,5

Word next: Hold 7 and press 5

Word previous: Hold 5 and press 7

Android menu: Hold 1,3

Hable Menu

ABAE settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1,3,6

Is part of language group 1.

Android system: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1 to activate settings for android

YouTube Tutorial Link

Battery status: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 3,6.

3 vibrations means full charge and 1 vibration means low charge.

Belgium country settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 12 to activate settings for iphone

YouTube Tutorial Link

Braille dot settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1,3,4,6.

Dot 1 and 3 will switch meaning. Dot 4 and 6 will switch meaning. Repeat to switch again.

Finnish country settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1,4

Is part of language group 2.

YouTube Tutorial Link

France country settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1,2,4

Is part of language group 1.

YouTube Tutorial Link

Germany country settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1,2,4,5

Is part of language group 1.

YouTube Tutorial Link

Hable settings menu: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 to enter the hable menu.

4 vibrations will indicate a hable menu. Hable will exit the menu once you pick an option from the menu.

Icelandic country settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1,2,3

Is part of language group 2.

YouTube Tutorial Link

iPhone and iPad system: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 2

YouTube Tutorial Link

Long press delay or vibration length: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1,2,3

Repeat the action to change the settings. 4 vibrations is the longest duration while 1 vibration is shortest.

YouTube Tutorial Link

Netherlands country settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1,4,5

Is part of language group 2.

YouTube Tutorial Link

Spanish country settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 2,3,4

YouTube Tutorial Link

UEB settings: Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then hold 1,5

Is part of language group 1 and 2.

YouTube Tutorial Link