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Screen Reader Survival Guide For Reading and Navigating Web Content

This document provides keystroke commands for navigating and reading web content using different screen readers on different platforms. It includes commands for NVDA with Firefox on Windows, JAWS with Internet Explorer on Windows, and VoiceOver with Safari on Mac. Common commands across readers include using tab/shift-tab to navigate links and buttons, arrow keys to read text, and insertion keys to read continuously, show lists of headings/landmarks, or toggle focus mode. Each section also lists reader-specific commands for navigating tables, headings, landmarks and other page elements.

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Screen Reader Survival Guide For Reading and Navigating Web Content

This document provides keystroke commands for navigating and reading web content using different screen readers on different platforms. It includes commands for NVDA with Firefox on Windows, JAWS with Internet Explorer on Windows, and VoiceOver with Safari on Mac. Common commands across readers include using tab/shift-tab to navigate links and buttons, arrow keys to read text, and insertion keys to read continuously, show lists of headings/landmarks, or toggle focus mode. Each section also lists reader-specific commands for navigating tables, headings, landmarks and other page elements.

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Ugi Kutluoglu
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Screen

Reader Survival Guide



for reading and navigating web content

Keystrokes for All Screen Readers


Keystroke Purpose
Tab / Shift + Tab Go to next/previous focusable item (link, button, input, etc.)
Enter Activate link
Enter or Space bar Activate button
Arrow keys Navigate within <select> lists, and some types of custom ARIA widgets,
e.g. tablists, application menus, tree views, etc. (if they’re coded correctly)

NVDA + Firefox (Windows)


Keystroke Purpose
Control + Alt + N Turn NVDA on
Control Stop talking
Down arrow Read next item
Insert + Down arrow Read continuously from this point on
H Go to next heading
D Go to next landmark
Insert + F7 Show list of links, headings, and landmarks
T Go to next table
Control + Alt + Arrow keys Navigate table cells
Shift + (H, D, T, etc.) Go to previous (heading, landmark, table, etc.)
Insert + Space bar Toggle between focus mode (for forms and custom ARIA/JavaScript widgets) and
browse mode (for reading/navigating normally)
Insert + Q Turn NVDA off

JAWS + Internet Explorer (Windows)


Keystroke Purpose
Control Stop talking
Down arrow Read next item
Insert + Down arrow Read continuously from this point on
H Go to next heading
R Go to next landmark (region)
Q Go to the main content landmark
Insert + F6 Show list of headings
Insert + F3 Show list of buttons, frames, graphics, lists, links, etc.
T Go to next table
Control + Alt + Arrow keys Navigate table cells
Shift + (H, R, T, etc.) Go to previous (heading, landmark, table, etc.)

VoiceOver + Safari (Mac)


Keystroke Purpose
Command + F5 Turn on/off
Control Stop talking
Control + Option + U Show Rotor (navigate with arrow keys)
Control + Option + Right/Left arrow Read next/previous item
Control + Option + Command + H Go to next heading
Control + Option + Command + T Go to next table
Control + Option + Arrow keys Navigate table cells
Shift + Control + Option + Command + (H, T, etc.) Go to previous (heading, table, etc.)
Control + Option + Shift + Down/Up arrow Go into/out of objects
(like iframes, menus, application regions, etc.)

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