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-rw-r--r--build/entities/common.ent2
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog3
-rw-r--r--en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml20
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/build/entities/common.ent b/build/entities/common.ent
index 627aef2cf..3eef6f92b 100644
--- a/build/entities/common.ent
+++ b/build/entities/common.ent
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
<!ENTITY enterkey "<keycap>Enter</keycap>">
<!ENTITY escapekey "<keycap>Esc</keycap>">
<!ENTITY tabkey "<keycap>Tab</keycap>">
+<!ENTITY spacekey "<keycap>Space</keycap>">
+<!ENTITY shiftkey "<keycap>Shift</keycap>">
<!ENTITY MSG-YES "<userinput>Yes</userinput>">
<!ENTITY MSG-NO "<userinput>No</userinput>">
<!ENTITY BTN-CONT "<guibutton>Continue</guibutton>">
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 28adc5062..9b82a5aa0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ installation-guide (20210805) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
* Spanish by eulalio
* Swedish by Luna Jernberg
+ [ Samuel Thibault ]
+ * Provide more details on the textual front-end keyboard shortcuts.
+
-- Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> Thu, 05 Aug 2021 22:57:21 +0200
installation-guide (20210730) unstable; urgency=medium
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>