[NFBCS] Slack

Tue Jul 14 13:05:03 UTC 2020

Good morning,
I'd add to the list of commands CTRL+T, this opens up the "Quick Switcher"
which if you are just wanting to find 1 person or 1 channel to message you
can press CTRL+T then just start typing and a list of suggestions will
appear below.  Press Enter on the one you want to message.  You can also
press CTRL+T and down arrow without typing anything and the first items will
be Direct Messages or Channels with unreads.

Also a tip working with Slack on iPhone or any iPhone or iOS device / App.
I strongly recommend getting a Bluetooth keyboard.  I've got two, both were
about $60 for a good one.  With a keyboard you can write messages quickly,
but you also can use quick nav which is accessed by pressing the right and
left arrow keys simultaneously to turn it on and off.   When ON you can do a
lot of tasks from the keyboard just like with a desktop computer.  H to move
headings, right and left arrows one at a time mimic swipes, up and down will
mimic swipes up and down for whatever is set in the rotor which you can also
change from the keyboard with either left or right keys simultaneously with
the up arrow.  I'd bet AppleViz or somebody including apple has a good how
to guide on the quick nav.  

Also anyone who uses a Mac will feel right at home with a Bluetooth keyboard
on iOS.  I'm a JAWS user myself 90% of the time but do find myself on iOS
and Mac.

Good luck,
Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NFBCS
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 7:48 AM
To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Slack

Thanks.  This could be very helpful.
I've gotten Slack to work reasonably well using the iPhone app, but writing
messages with the iPhone is a pain, so it's good to know how to do it using
NVDA.
Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Timothy
Breitenfeldt via NFBCS
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 10:19 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Cc: Timothy Breitenfeldt
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Slack

Hi, I use NVDA with Slack everyday for my job. It was a bit challenging to
figure out at first, but it is not to bad.
You do not need an Add on for NVDA. I have not had much luck using Slack
with JAWS, but it sounds like there are some scrips available.
For whatever reason, JAWS and NVDA do not interact with Slack in the same
way, it is a bit confusing.

I am using the slack desktop client.

One thing to note about the Slack desktop environment is that a lot of your
standard web shortcuts seem to work, so for example, e to jump to an edit
box, b to jump to a button, etc... Even insert plus f7 will pull up a list
of your elements, slack has no links, so keep that in mind if you are
confused w;why there is nothing in the list when you first pull it up.
The keyboard commands I use everyday are:

press e to jump to the message box, there is generally only one edit box on
the page at a time. The name of the message box will be the name of the
thread that is focused, such as "general", or "Amanda"
press enter to interact with the edit box, type your message, and press
enter to send. IF you want a multiline message, I recommend writing it out
in notepad and pasing it in. There is probably a easier way, but I am not
sure.
>From within the message edit box, you can press up arrow to look at the
messages in the thread, and down arrow will scroll down through the messages
until you reach back to the edit box again. you can read a message in more
detail by pressing f6 once a specific message is selected, this will dump
you into some side pane I think which is where the message is, allowing you
to interact with links, as well as perform actions on the message like
sharing it with someone else.
press shift plus f6 to get back into the thread message list, and you can
continue scrolling through messages. press escape to drop back down into the
edit box to write a message.
press control + shift plus k for a dialog box to send a direct message to a
specific individual, it immediately drops you into a search box that you can
start typing the name of the person you want to message.
Press enter on the person once you found them, and you can continue adding
more people, to the message, or just press tab and press the go button,
which will open up the page that has the message box and list of messages
for that thread.
Press control plus shift plus l to pull up a list of the channels. if you
need to search for a specific channel, shift plus tab a couple tabs from the
list box you are immediately dropped into, and you will evetually find a
search box you can type into like for direct messages. Don't be fooled, NVDA
says search when you do control plus shift plus l, but it does not actually
have focus on the search box.

I think that covers the basics, here is a reference to the slack keyboard
shortcuts.

https://slack.com/help/articles/201374536-Slack-keyboard-shortcuts#windows-l
inux-3

I struggle with slack a bit every now and then, but generally it is not to
bad once you get used to it.

Timothy Breitenfeldt

On 7/13/20, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thanks Doug and Gene.  I'll try both these options.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Doug Lee 
> via NFBCS
> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 11:22 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Cc: Doug Lee
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Slack
>
> In case it helps, I do have a set of JAWS scripts for Slack at 
> https://www.dlee.org/slack/
>
> The documentation there may also help you depending on what sorts of 
> problems you are having.
>
> No NVDA add-on to my knowledge though.
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:10:08AM -0400, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
> I am trying to attend a series of online workshops, and the vehicle
they've
> chosen is Slack.  I'm having a terrible time with it, even though I've 
> looked at the keyboard shortcuts.  I've tried it with both Jaws and NVDA.
> I'm using Firefox.
>
> Would it be better to use the desktop app, or perhaps the iphone app?
I've
> just been using it with my browser.
>
> I gather others here have used it successfully, so I must be missing 
> some tricks.
>
> Tracy
>
>
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