Navigation Reference(24 Point)

To Start Navigation:

In Window-Eyes, press Cntrl+shift+A

In NVDA, press NVDA+Alt+M (The NVDA key is INSERT. CAPS LOCK can also be enabled as an NVDA key.

To Exit Navigation:

In Window-Eyes, press Cntrl+shift+A

In NVDA, press ESCape

Navigation Modes

  • Enhanced mode: navigation is by mathematically meaningful pieces (operators, delimiters, and operands)
  • Simple mode: this moves by words except when you get to a 2D notation (fractions, roots, ...), then it speaks the entire notation. Zooming in lets you explore the 2D notation in the same mode. Zooming out or moving out of the 2D notation brings you back to the outer/higher level of navigation.
  • Character mode: this is actually two useful modes -- word mode and character mode (zoom in to get "real" character mode). Moves by words/characters. This differs for numbers of more than one digit and function names such as "sin" that are multiple characters. Otherwise, word and character navigation is the same.

Typical Use

Typically, you begin navigating by zooming in (down arrow) one or more levels, and then moving right (right arrow) as desired. Some larger expressions require zooming in again as you move to the right.

Backspace will take you back to where you were, which is not always the same as moving to the left. For example, if right arrow moved you out of a fraction, backspace will take you back to where you were in the denominator and left arrow will land on the entire fraction.

Key / Unmodified / + Ctrl / +Shift / +Cntrl+Shift
Left / Move to previous / In table: Move to previous cell
In columnar math: Move to previous digit / Read previous / Describe previous
Right / Move to next / In table: Move to next cell
In columnar math: Move to next digit / Read next / Describe next
Up / Zoom out / In table: Move to cell above
In columnar math: Move to digit above / Change Navigation Mode (Enhanced/Simple/Character) to larger / Zoom out all the way
Down / Zoom in / In table: Move to cell below
In columnar math: Move to digit below / Change Navigation Mode (Enhanced/Simple/Character) to smaller / Zoom in all the way
Enter / Where am I / Global Where am I / Read current / Describe current
Numbers
0-10 (0 is 10) / Jump to Place Marker / Set place marker / Read place marker / Describe place marker
Space / Toggle “speech mode” to read or describe
Home / Move to start of expression / Move to start of line / Move to start of column
Move to digit at top
End / Move to end of expression / Move to end of line / Move to end of column
Move to digit at bottom
Backspace / Move back to last position

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