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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On May 1, 2024, Amanda Lacy wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>"I can't navigate a table in a Google Doc, because the multi-key, multi-press keystrokes are too complex to hold in working memory while I'm also thinking about the table."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I quite agree that the native table navigation commands provided by Google are not friendly to nonvisual users. Are you using the JAWS screen reader or something else? If you are using JAWS, in particular the latest versions, JAWS does offer a Google mode which makes table navigation a whole lot easier using the traditional JAWS table navigation commands.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Curtis Chong<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Amanda Lacy via NFBCS<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 1, 2024 3:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Amanda Lacy <lacy925@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBCS] Updated keyboard shortcuts and first-letters navigation now available on Google Drive<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oh thank God. Now if only they could make keyboard navigation in general easier. For example, I can't navigate a table in a Google Doc, because the multi-key, multi-press keystrokes are too complex to hold in working memory while I'm also thinking about the table.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 1, 2024, at 4:29 PM, Curtis Chong via NFBCS <nfbcs@nfbnet.org> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings to all:<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Starting today, May 1, 2024, first-letter navigation has been released by Google for widespread use by the public. First-letter navigation is something for which some of us in Colorado have been pushing for almost six years now. We were repeatedly told by folks at Google that this was simply not possible.<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Well, Google has finally made this possible. Check out the announcement at<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/04/first-letters%20navigation-google-drive.html#:~:text=First%2Dletters%20navigation%20enables%20users,item%20starting%20with%20that%20letter"><span style='color:#467886'>https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/04/first-letters%20navigation-google-drive.html#:~:text=First%2Dletters%20navigation%20enables%20users,item%20starting%20with%20that%20letter</span></a>.<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>According to the announcement:<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal>"Starting today, you can begin opting into the new shortcuts immediately through a banner notification in Drive or by going to Drive > Settings > Keyboard shortcuts > Update now. On August 1, 2024, Drive keyboard shortcuts will be automatically updated to first-letters navigation for all users. Once shortcuts are updated, you will also be able to see shortcuts where applicable in menus and on hover in toolbars in Drive."<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone who has become accustomed to the traditional Google Drive keyboard commands is advised that many commands have changed to make way for first-letter navigation. Honestly, I do not know any other way Google could have pulled this off.<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kudos to the folks in the Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology for continuing to press for this for more than six years despite Google's claim that this simply could not be done.<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Curtis Chong<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>NFBCS mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:NFBCS@nfbnet.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#467886'>NFBCS@nfbnet.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br></span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#467886'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:<br></span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/lacy925%40gmail.com"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#467886'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/lacy925%40gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>