squawkbox fo blind pilots

Hello everyone,I am trying to set up squawkbox for use with fsx. I am blind, and will be using the Its Your Plane add-on to control the simulator. My questions is: Is there a hotkey in squawkbox to open the menu to connect, file a flightplan, etc. There is a button on the screen that I can locate with one particular screen reading program, but my main screen reader doesn't see it. I can work around this if I need to, but would love if there was a hotkey I could use. I am guessing that the easiest setup will be for me to run squawkbox in stand-alone mode, not as a module. Any hlp would be appreciated.