Transcript - General Navigation Using Quick Keys

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(Narrator) Using Navigation Quick Keys and Other Keyboard Commands to Navigate Web Pages

Navigation Quick Keys allow you to move around the web page and anywhere else the virtual PC cursor is active. These commands are assigned to keys on the keyboard and let you jump to certain areas or elements of a page quickly. Dan introduced you to some of these during his demonstration so they will be familiar while we navigate. I will also show you other keyboard commands for simplifying the navigation process. I will demonstrate using Jim's Café, a sample page created to help you practice what you learn.

I'm here on the Surf's Up home page and will press INSERT+F7 to activate the list of links, then I will press the letter N, November, until I locate the Navigate Web Pages link.

(JAWS) Links list dialog, links list view, to navigate, one of 27, Navigating web pages.

(N) I'll press ENTER to activate it.

(J) Enter, navigating web pages – Google Chrome navigating web pages – Google Chrome navigating web pages, 2 regions 13 headings and 18 links.

(N) I'll press INSERT+F7 again, then the letter J, Juliet, to find the Jim's Café page.

(J) Links list dialog links list view, one of 18. Jim's Café Innisport

(N) I'll ENTER to be taken to that page.

(J) Enter Jim's Café Innisport – Google Chrome same page link reputation for quality service page has eight headings and 13 links

(N) Navigation Quick Keys are letters or numbers designated for specific elements. Pressing a navigation quickly by itself moves you forward to the corresponding element, while adding SHIFT moves you backward. I'll start by pressing L, Lima, to move through lists on this page.

(J) List of three items.

(N) This first list has three items. I'll press DOWN ARROW to read them.

(J) Bullet always have a friendly smile and a kind word to say, bullet service doesn't end when the food is served, bullet if it isn't done just right send it back, list end.

(N) Notice how JAWS indicates the end of the list. I'll press L again to move to the next list.

(J) List of 4 items

(N) Next I'll demonstrate the navigation quick key for skipping past links. I'll press CTRL+HOME to move to the top of the page, then press U, uniform, to move to the first link in a group of links.

(J) Jim's Café Innisport same page link reputation for quality service.

(N) I'll press DOWN ARROW to navigate through those links so you can see how many there are.

(J) Same page link dishes and appetizers, same page link driving directions, same page link links to sites of interest, heading level 2 reputation for quality service.

(N) I'll go back to the top of the page and press U again to place focus on the first link, then press N, November, to skip past the remaining links which will move focus to the text we just heard below them.

(J) Jim's Café at Innisport same page link reputation for quality service, heading level 2 reputation for quality service.

(N) Next we'll explore headings. Pressing the letter H, hotel, will move you through the headings on a web page. I'll press CTRL+HOME to move to the top of the page.

(J) Jim's Café at Innisport.

(N) Now I will press H.

(J) Jim's Café Innisport, heading level 1 graphic.

(N) Here we have a level 1 heading which signifies a major topic on the page. Notice that this heading is also a graphic image of the text that visually reads "Jim's Café at Innisport." Often you will find graphics with what looks like text for appearance, or that convey information. Since the graphic is an image we are hearing the alt text for the image. The alt text gives screen reader users the information that visually looks like text in this image. I'll keep pressing H.

(J) Reputation for Quality Service, heading level 2.

(N) The level 2 heading represents a new topic that comes under the main subject.

(J) Dishes and appetizers, heading level 2.

(N) Here we have dishes and appetizers, which is also a level 2 heading. The different categories under this heading all relate to the dishes served at Jim's Café, so have been arranged under level 3 headings.

(J) Poultry heading level 3, Beef heading level 3, Seafood heading level 3.

(N) Press H to navigate the remaining headings on this page. Pressing G, golf, moves you through graphics on a page. I'll move to the top of the page with CTRL+HOME and press G to move through a few of the graphics.

(J) Jim's Café at Innisport. Jim's Café at Innisport, heading level 1, Jim's Café. Click the image to see a larger version with more detail. Link graphic FS – site factory logo graphic freedom scientific logo link graphic.

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