[Trainer-talk] Touch screen tablets, Narrator and JAWS

Tue Jul 15 21:55:52 UTC 2014

I copied this Narrator from the Windows 8 Accessibility Guide:

Hear text read aloud with Narrator

Narrator is a screen reader that reads text on the screen aloud and
describes events like error messages so you can use your computer without a
display.

Starting Narrator

There are different ways to start Narrator. These are the three shortcuts
many people prefer:

. On a keyboard, press the Windows logo key +Enter.

. On a tablet, press the Windows logo button and Volume Up button together.

. On the sign-in screen, press the Windows logo key +U or click the Ease of
access

button in the lower-left corner and choose Narrator. Note: If you want to
quickly exit Narrator, press Caps Lock+Esc.

Another way to get to Narrator is to use search:

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. (If
you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move
the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.)

2. Enter Narrator in the search box, tap or click Apps, and then tap or
click Narrator. Note: . If you want to get started right away, after you
open Narrator, press the Caps Lock key+F1. This keyboard combination will
show you all of the Narrator commands. . If you want to use Caps Lock to
capitalize letters while you're using Narrator, press the Caps Lock key
twice in quick succession.

Narrator settings

Here are some of the main settings you might want to use:

General

. Lock the Narrator key so you don't have to press it for each command (Caps
Lock). When you choose this option, you won't have to use the Caps Lock key
with the Narrator keys. For example, instead of pressing Caps Lock key+F1,
you can simply press F1. Note: On a 106 keyboard, Ctrl+Alt+Z won't lock the
Narrator key.

. Start Narrator minimized. This option keeps the Narrator window out of
your way.

. Echo keyboard keystrokes while typing. You can choose whether or not
Narrator reads each key you type.

. Read out voiced Narrator errors. Choose this option if you want Narrator
to read the actual error in addition to playing an error tone.

. Enable visual highlighting of Narrator cursor. This option lets you show
or hide the box that highlights where Narrator is on the screen. 

Play audio cues. This option lets you turn on or off the extra sounds that
Narrator plays when you do certain actions.

. Read hints for common items. This option controls whether Narrator will
read hints about how to interact with common items such as buttons, links,
list items, and sliders.

. Lower the volume of other apps when Narrator is running. This option makes
other apps quieter so it's easier to hear Narrator.

. Retain notifications to be read for. This drop-down menu lets you control
how long notifications will be retained for being read by Narrator.

. Control whether Narrator starts automatically. This link takes you to the
Ease of Access Center where you can choose to have Narrator on
automatically.

Navigation

. Read and interact with the screen using the mouse. This option controls
whether Narrator mouse mode is on. When mouse mode is on, Narrator will read
what's currently under your mouse cursor.

. Activate keys on the touch keyboard when you lift your finger. If touch
mode is on, you can turn on this setting so you can type faster using the
touch keyboard. With this setting, you can drag to find the item you're
looking for and lift your finger to press the key.

. Enable the Narrator cursor to follow the keyboard focus. This adds a blue
box to your screen that moves with the keyboard focus, so that if you tab
through items the Narrator cursor will follow.

Voice

. Select the speed, volume, or pitch of the voice. You can customize the
voice with these three sliders.

. Select a different voice for Narrator. With this drop-down menu you can
select different types of voices in Narrator, if they are available in your
language.

Commands

. Click this option to see a list of existing shortcut keys for Narrator.
You can always change these shortcuts if you like. The most important
keyboard shortcut to know is Caps Lock+F1. Pressing this keyboard
combination will show all Narrator commands. For reference, the following
table lists the commands too. Use this keyboard shortcut To do this

Ctrl Stop reading

Caps Lock+Esc Exit Narrator

Caps Lock+Space Do primary action

Caps Lock+Right arrow Move to next time

Caps Lock+Left Arrow Move to previous item

Caps Lock+Up arrow Change view

Caps Lock+Down arrow Change view

Caps Lock+F1 Show commands list

Caps Lock+F2  Show commands for current item

Caps Lock+F3 

Jump to next cell in row 

Caps Lock+Shift+F3 

Jump to previous cell in row 

Caps Lock+F4 

Jump to next cell in column 

Caps Lock+Shift+F4 

Jump to previous cell in column 

Caps Lock+F5 

Read which row and column Narrator is in 

Caps Lock+F6 

Jump to table cell 

Caps Lock+F7 

Read current column 

Caps Lock+F8 

Read current row 

Caps Lock+F9 

Read current column header 

Caps Lock+F10 

Read current row header 

Caps Lock+F11 

Toggle touch mode on/off 

Caps Lock+F12 

Toggle keystroke announcements 

Caps Lock+Z 

Lock Narrator Key 

Caps Lock+X 

Pass keys to app 

Caps Lock+V 

Repeat last phrase 

Caps Lock+Page Up 

Increase voice volume 

Caps Lock+Page Down 

Decrease voice volume 

Caps Lock+Plus 

Increase voice speed 

Caps Lock+Minus 

Decrease voice speed 

Caps Lock+D 

Read item 

Caps Lock+F 

Read item advanced 

Caps Lock+S 

Read item spelled out 

Caps Lock+W 

Read Window 

Caps Lock+R 

Read all items in containing area 

Caps Lock+Q 

Move to last item in containing area 

Caps Lock+G 

Move Narrator cursor to system cursor 

Caps Lock+T 

Move Narrator cursor to pointer 

Caps Lock+Tilde 

Set focus to item 

Caps Lock+Backspace 

Go back one item 

Caps Lock+Insert 

Jump to linked item 

Caps Lock+M 

Start reading 

Caps Lock+Close bracket 

Read text from start to cursor 

Caps Lock+O 

Read text attributes 

Caps Lock+H 

Read document 

Caps Lock+U 

Read next page 

Caps Lock+Ctrl+U 

Read current page 

Caps Lock+Shift+U 

Read previous page 

Caps Lock+I 

Read next paragraph 

Caps Lock+Ctrl+I 

Read current paragraph 

Caps Lock+Shift+I 

Read previous paragraph 

Caps Lock+O 

Read next line 

Caps Lock+Ctrl+O 

Read current line 

Caps Lock+Shift+O 

Read previous line 

Caps Lock+P 

Read next word 

Caps Lock+Ctrl+P 

Read current word 

Caps Lock+Shift+P 

Read previous word 

Caps Lock+Open bracket 

Read next character 

Caps Lock+Ctrl+Open bracket 

Read current character 

Caps Lock+Shift+Open bracket 

Read previous character 

Caps Lock+J 

Jump to next heading 

Caps Lock+Shift+J 

Jump to previous heading 

Caps Lock+K 

Jump to next table 

Caps Lock+Shift+K 

Jump to previous table 

Caps Lock+L 

Jump to next link 

Caps Lock+Shift+L 

Jump to previous link 

Caps Lock+Y 

Move to beginning of text 

Caps Lock+B 

Move to end of text 

Caps Lock+N 

Rewind while reading a document 

Caps Lock+Comma 

Fast-forward while reading a document 

If you have a new PC that supports four or more contact points, you can use
touch commands to control your PC.  

Tap once with two fingers 

Stop Narrator from reading 

Tap three times with four fingers 

Show all Narrator commands (including ones not in this list) 

Double-tap or hold with one finger and tap anywhere with a second 

Activate primary action 

Triple-tap or hold with one finger and double-tap with a second 

Activate secondary action 

Hold with one finger and tap with two others 

Start dragging or extra key options 

Tap with three fingers 

Show/hide Narrator settings window 

Tap with four fingers 

Show commands for current item 

Tap or drag a single finger 

Read what's under your finger 

Double-tap with four fingers 

Toggle search mode 

Triple-tap with four fingers 

Show Narrator commands list 

Flick left/right with one finger 

Move to next or previous item 

Flick up/down with one finger 

Change move increment 

Swipe left/right/up/down with two fingers 

Scroll 

Swipe left/right with three fingers 

Tab forward and backward 

Swipe down with three fingers 

Start reading explorable text 

Swipe up with three fingers 

Read current window 

Julie Adkins

Metrolina Association for the Blind

-----Original Message-----
From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Casey Mathews via Trainer-talk
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 8:54 AM
To: Jim Portillo; List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Touch screen tablets, Narrator and JAWS

I think you can hold down the volume button and the Windows key on that
tablet to turn on narrator. Have not tried this myself however.

Casey Mathews

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On Jul 11, 2014, at 3:31 AM, Jim Portillo via Trainer-talk <
<mailto:trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Hi there,

Question.  After seeing a great Tablet last week (having Windows 8.1 and
Office 13), I decided it would be good to have one which works fully with
JAWS.

However, I'm going to need to set it up, and to do this, I'll need to use
Narrator.

Is there a way to activate Narrator on the touch screen with a touch
command, since the Bluetooth keyboard hasn't been hooked up yet?  

I think once Narrator is hooked up, I can probably do the rest; although,
I've never had a tablet before that hasn't been an Apple product like an
iPhone or iPod Touch.

Any advice here?

Jim

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