Provide more details on the textual front-end keyboard shortcuts

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml
index 565bdd872..6a305e95e 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,26 @@ uses plain text while <userinput>newt</userinput> uses text-based dialog
 boxes.  The choice can be made at the boot prompt, see the documentation for
 <userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND</userinput> in <xref linkend="installer-args"/>.
 
+</para><para>
+
+With the <userinput>newt</userinput> front-end (used mostly with braille), one
+mostly just selects answers with arrow keys, and one presses &enterkey; to
+validate the choice. Pressing &tabkey; and &shiftkey; - &tabkey; allows to
+switch between dialog elements, and notably to access the
+<userinput>Go Back</userinput> button with brings back again to previous
+questions. Some dialogs contain check boxes, which can be ticked on and off by
+pressing &spacekey;.
+
+</para><para>
+
+With the <userinput>text</userinput> front-end (used mostly with speech), one
+mostly selects answers by typing their number followed by pressing &enterkey;.
+One can also just not type anything and just press
+&enterkey; to just accept the default value. Typing <userinput>&lt;</userinput>
+and pressing &enterkey; brings back again to previous questions. When a
+selection of choices has to be made (e.g. during task selection), one can type
+<userinput>!</userinput> to express an empty selection.
+
 </para>
   </sect2>