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From: brice Mijares via Talk
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 1:13 PM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List
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Subject: New standard keyboard coming to Narrator
Welcome to your new Narrator keyboard layout (June 2018)
The Narrator team is pleased to announce some major changes to the way
that you interact with Narrator.
We wanted to make it easier for you to learn and use Narrator, so we’re
building on the knowledge you may have acquired using other screen
readers. In this release, we’re introducing the new Standard keyboard
layout for Narrator. We’re bringing these changes to Insider builds, and
we want your feedback.
Here are some highlights:
Narrator now lets you use either the Caps lock or Insert keys as your
Narrator modifier key. So, from now on, we’ll refer to these modifier
keys as the Narrator key.
The Change View commands have been updated. Change View commands are now
mapped to the Narrator key + Page up and Page down keys. You can also
use Change View by pressing Narrator key + Control + Up arrow and Down
arrow. Move Next and Move Previous haven’t changed.
Scan Mode’s Primary and Secondary Action commands have changed. Primary
Action can be executed by pressing Enter or Spacebar. You can complete
Secondary Action by simply adding a Shift key to each of those keys
(Shift + Enter or Shift + Spacebar). You’ll see this change regardless
of the keyboard layout you select.
Narrator’s page, paragraph, line, word and character commands have been
changed in our new Standard keyboard layout. In addition, many of
Narrator’s commands have been moved to be more mnemonic. Some have also
been moved to align to keystrokes that are more familiar to screen
reader users.
You can now use the numeric keypad to issue Narrator commands. We’ll
talk more about this later.
We’ve added a few new commands for Narrator, including List of Links,
List of Headings, List of Landmarks and Narrator Find.
Several new Scan Mode keyboard commands have been added to allow you to
select text.
Several of Narrator’s keyboard commands for moving to Links, Headings,
and Tables have been deprecated from the Standard keyboard layout. These
commands are still available in Scan Mode and Change View. We’ve also
deprecated the ”Move to last item in containing area” command.
To keep your keyboard layout the same, go to Settings > Ease of Access >
Narrator, and choose the Legacy layout. This will revert Narrator to the
experience that shipped in the Windows April 2018 release. Please note
that new Narrator commands in this release will not be available in the
Legacy keyboard layout if keystrokes for legacy commands conflict with
those used in our new Narrator features.
Keep reading to learn more about these changes
The upgrade experience
When you upgrade to this version of Windows and turn on Narrator, a
dialog will pop up that gives you some information about the changes
we’ve made to the Narrator keyboard. Check the box next to “Do not show
this again” if you don’t want to see it again.
The Narrator key
In this release, we’ve made some changes to the Narrator modifier key.
We’ll refer to it as the Narrator key throughout Narrator settings and
in documentation going forward.
By default, the Caps lock and Insert keys will be available as your
Narrator key. If you’re using a 106 Japanese keyboard, then the
NonConvert and Insert keys can be used as your Narrator key. This is a
change from prior releases where the Control and Alt keys were used as
Narrator’s modifier keys.
Narrator settings changes
We’ve added a new heading in Narrator settings called “Choose keyboard
settings.” You can get to it in Scan Mode by using the H key to move to
the heading. You’ll find these settings there:
Select keyboard layout
This setting allows you to select your Narrator keyboard layout. By
default, the Standard keyboard layout is selected. If you want to return
to the keyboard layout from the April 2018 release, select the Legacy
layout.
Note: You can select the “Learn about the different Narrator keyboard
layouts” link to learn more about the changes to the Narrator keyboard.
In the Windows Insider build you are testing this link will send you to
the current public-facing Narrator user guide. The documentation you’re
reading now will be merged into the Narrator user guide when we ship the
final release later this year.
Select Narrator modifier key
This setting allows you to determine the keys used as Narrator’s
modifier key. The following options are available:
Caps lock and Insert (the default setting)
Insert
Caps lock
If you’re using a 106 Japanese keyboard, the settings will be:
NonConvert and Insert (the default setting)
Convert
Insert
NonConvert
Note: If you choose the Legacy keyboard layout, this setting won’t be
available. The Caps lock key will be available and the Ctrl + Alt
Narrator key modifier will be used for Japanese keyboard users when in
the Legacy keyboard layout.
The Standard keyboard layout
The next few sections tell you more about how Narrator’s new Standard
keyboard layout differs from the previous keyboard layout (now called
Legacy). We’ll review the most common keys used in Narrator throughout
these sections.
Note: When describing keystrokes for commands in the tables shown
throughout this document, we’ll refer to the Narrator key simply as
Narrator. You’ll also notice this in the Narrator + F1 dialog that shows
all of Narrator’s commands.
Input learning
Our command to get keyboard help has not changed in the Standard
keyboard layout. Press Narrator key + 1 to turn on input learning. From
here, you can try keys on the keyboard to learn their new functions.
Move Next, Move Previous, and Change View
Many of you use Narrator’s Move Next, Move Previous, and Change View
commands. The Change View commands have changed. The new ones are as
follows:
Command Key 1 Key 2
Change View Narrator + Page up or Page down Narrator + Ctrl + Up arrow
or Down arrow
Some laptop keyboards position the Page up and Page down keys in awkward
areas, so we’re providing an alternate method of changing Narrator’s view.
Changing Narrator’s voice settings
The following changes have been made to control Narrator’s speech settings:
Command Key 1 Key 2
Increase voice volume Narrator + Ctrl + Plus sign (+) Narrator + Ctrl +
num pad Add
Decrease voice volume Narrator + Ctrl + Minus sign (-) Narrator + Ctrl +
num pad Subtract
Increase verbosity mode Narrator + V
Decrease verbosity mode Narrator + Shift + V
Toggle character reading Narrator + 2
Scan mode changes
We’ve changed Scan mode’s Primary and Secondary Action commands to make
them easier for you to use. These are the new keystrokes to use with
these commands:
Command Key 1 Key 2
Primary Action Enter Spacebar
Secondary Action Shift + Enter Shift + Spacebar
General purpose commands
The following changes have been made to these commands:
Command Key 1 Key 2
Exit Narrator Narrator + Q
Toggle Search Mode Narrator + Ctrl + Enter
Read Current Time and Date Narrator + F12
Describe Image Using an Online Service Narrator + Control + D
Toggle Developer Mode Narrator + Ctrl + F12
Pass keys to application Narrator + 3
Move Narrator Cursor to System Cursor Narrator + Open square bracket ([)
Narrator + num pad Subtract
Set Focus to Item Narrator + Single quote (') Narrator + num pad Add
Jump to Linked Item Narrator + A
Jump to Annotated Content Narrator + Shift + A
Navigate to parent (when structural navigation is provided) Narrator +
Alt + Up arrow
Navigate to next sibling (when structural navigation is provided)
Narrator + Alt + Right arrow
Navigate to previous sibling (when structural navigation is provided)
Narrator + Alt + Left arrow
Navigate to first child (when structural navigation is provided)
Narrator + Alt + Down arrow
General reading commands
The following commands have changed:
Command Key 1 Key 2
Read Item Narrator + Tab Narrator + num pad 5
Read Item Spelled Out Narrator + Tab twice quickly Narrator + num pad 5
twice quickly
Repeat Phrase Narrator + X
Read from cursor Narrator + Down arrow
Start reading document Narrator + Control + R
Move to beginning of text Narrator + Control + B Narrator + Control + Home
Move to end of text Narrator + Control + E Narrator + Control + End
Read Document Narrator + C
Read text from start to cursor Narrator + Shift + J Narrator + Alt + Home
Character, Word, Line, Paragraph and Page Reading commands
Here are the command changes:
Command Key 1 Key 2
Read Current Character Narrator + Comma (,) Num pad 5
Read Previous Character Narrator + M Left arrow
Read Next Character Narrator + Period (.) Right arrow
Read Current Word Narrator + K Narrator + num pad 5
Spell Current Word Narrator + K twice quickly Narrator + num pad 5 twice
quickly
Read Previous Word Narrator + J Narrator + Ctrl + Left arrow
Read Next Word Narrator + L Narrator + Ctrl + Right arrow
Read Current Line Narrator + I Narrator + Up arrow
Read Previous Line Narrator + U
Read Current Line Narrator + O
Read Current Paragraph Narrator + Ctrl + K
Read Previous Paragraph Narrator + Ctrl + J
Read Next Paragraph Narrator + Ctrl + L
Read Current Page Narrator + Ctrl + I
Read Previous Page Narrator + Ctrl + U
Read Next Page Narrator + Ctrl + O
Table-reading behavior
We are unifying the table-reading behavior experience in this release.
Here are the new keystrokes for reading tables when you’re not using
scan mode:
Command Key 1 Key 2
Jump to Next Cell in Current Row Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow
Jump to Previous Cell in Current Row Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow
Jump to Next Cell in Current Column Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow
Jump to Previous Cell in Current Column Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow
Jump to First Cell in Table Ctrl + Alt + Home
Jump to Last Cell in Table Ctrl + Alt + End
Read Current Row Header Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left arrow
Read Current Row Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Right arrow
Read Current Column Header Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Up arrow
Read Current Column Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Down arrow
Read Which Row and Column Narrator is in Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Forward
slash (/) Ctrl + Alt + Shift + num pad 5
Jump to Table Cell Ctrl + Alt + Page up
Jump to Cell Contents Ctrl + Alt + Page down
New Narrator Keyboard Shortcuts
Several new features have been added to Narrator in this release. Some
of these commands only work in scan mode, while others will work anytime
you’re using Narrator.
New general hotkeys
These hotkeys will work whether scan mode is on or off:
Command Key
List of Links Narrator + F7
List of Headings Narrator + F6
List of Landmarks Narrator + F5
Narrator Find Narrator + Ctrl + F
Continue Find Next Narrator + F3
Continue Find Previous Narrator + Shift + F3
New scan mode hotkeys
In this release, you can select content while in scan mode and copy it
to the Windows clipboard. The following hotkeys will work while you’re
using scan mode:
Command Key
Select or deselect character at Narrator focus Shift + Left or Right arrow
Select or deselect word at Narrator focus Ctrl + Shift + Left or Right arrow
Select or deselect line at Narrator focus Shift + Up or Down arrow
Select or deselect paragraph at Narrator focus Ctrl + Shift + Up or Down
arrow
Select to beginning or end of current line Shift + Home or End
Select to beginning or end of document Ctrl + Shift + Home or End
Select or deselect Page Shift + Page up or Page down
Mark Block F9
Select Block F10
Select all Ctrl + A
Read selection Narrator + Shift + Down arrow
Copy selection to clipboard Ctrl + C
Paste Selection Ctrl + V
Cut Selection Ctrl + X
Known issues
Here are the known issues in the 17692 build of Windows as it relates to
the new Standard keyboard layout and associated features. All issues
documented here will be resolved in a future release.
If you change the keyboard layout setting, the command list in the
legacy Narrator settings window (which you can use to customize
commands) will not be updated until you restart Narrator.
While in Input Learning mode if you press Insert + Numlock to hear about
the Toggle Mouse Mode command the state of the numeric keypad changes to
numlock on. The side effect of this is that the Insert key acts as
though it is being held down. Press the numlock key to turn numlock off
to restore the Insert key to its Narrator key behavior.
If you change Narrator’s default Narrator key to just caps lock the
Insert key will continue to function until the caps lock key is used as
the Narrator key or if the user restarts Narrator.
Hitting a non-Narrator command doesn't interrupt speech before speaking
"not a Narrator command".
If the Narrator key is set to just Insert and you attempt to send a
Narrator command from a braille display then these commands will not
function. As long as the Caps Lock key is a part of the Narrator key
mapping then braille functionality will work as designed.
If you have previously performed a Find using Narrator’s Find feature
and you bring up the dialog the text will not be cleared from the field.
Tell us what you think
If you have any feedback about these changes, please share it with us!
Getting feedback early is great, and we would love to know what you
think—the good and the not so good. And also: Keep in mind that things
may change as we work toward a final build. This link will take you to
the Narrator section of the Feedback Hub, or you can press Caps + E
while Narrator is running.
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