Keyboard control of dialog box buttons

Terribly sorry because I'm sure this must be answered more than a few times, but I just can't seem to find it!
Can AppleScript dialog boxes activate buttons in response to keyboard input?
Lots of Aqua apps let me use tab to move through the controls in a dialog box, then press space to activate. Even back before OS X, I could activate a button by typing the first letter (probably while holding down the command key).
Can I script that sort of behaviour without using Studio?

Thanks Cam -- Yes, you're right: I can use tab and space.
I'm just using the display dialog command (e.g., 'display dialog "Hello, world" buttons {"Button 1", "Button 2"})
I could change the prompt for the worse to take advantage of return and escape keys.
Does Studio let me assign or otherwise use other keyboard controls in dialog boxes?

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