Hi,
I am not sure if this is what you need, but to get the information for a character such as a, alpha ... z, zulu on a laptop
press the NVDA key (I use caps lock) along with the period key tapping the period key twice quickly as you keep the caps lock pressed.
Tapping the period only once along with the NVDA key just reads the character.

I hope this helps (smile)
L. Mehta