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Commands for accessing document content
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Reading Commands
In addition to the caret navigation commands which are part of GNOME,
Orca provides a number of commands which you can use to read a
document.
Below you will see several references to "KP". All
"KP" keys are located on the numeric keypad. You will also notice that
there are different keystrokes depending upon whether you are using a
desktop or a laptop -- or more accurately, whether you are using
Orca's Desktop keyboard layout or its Laptop keyboard layout.
For additional information, please see the
Keyboard Layout topic.
Reading Your Current Location
The following Orca Flat
Review Commands can be used to read your current location:
Read the current line:
Desktop: KP 8
Laptop: Orca ModifierI
Read the current word:
Desktop: KP 5
Laptop: Orca ModifierK
Spell the current word:
Desktop: KP 5 (double-clicked)
Laptop: Orca ModifierK
(double-clicked)
Phonetically spell the current word:
Desktop: KP 5 (triple-clicked)
Laptop: Orca ModifierK
(triple-clicked)
Read the current character:
Desktop: KP 2
Laptop: Orca ModifierComma
Phonetically speak the current character:
Desktop: KP 2 (double-clicked)
Laptop: Orca ModifierComma
(double-clicked)
Speak the Unicode value of current character:
Desktop: KP 2 (triple-clicked)
Laptop: Orca ModifierComma
(triple-clicked)
Say All
Orca's Say All command will cause Orca to speak the
entire document beginning from your current location.
Desktop: KP Plus
Laptop: Orca ModifierSemicolon
Text Attributes and Selected Text
Orca has a dedicated command for obtaining the attributes of the
text at the caret location. In addition, if you use Orca's
Where Am I commands from within a text object in which text has been
selected, Orca will announce the selected text. Orca's
command to speak the current selection will also perform this function in a
text object.
Present the text attributes:
Orca ModifierF
Perform basic Where Am I:
Desktop: KP Enter
Laptop: Orca ModifierReturn
Perform detailed Where Am I:
Desktop: KP Enter (double-clicked)
Laptop: Orca ModifierReturn
(double-clicked)
Speak current selection:
Orca ModifierShiftUp
Link Details
If you are on a link, Orca's Basic Where Am I command can be
used to announce the details associated with the link such as the link type,
if the link is visited, the site description, and file size. If you would
instead prefer a dedicated command for this purpose, you can bind Orca's
Speak Link Details command to a keystroke. Please see
Modifying Keybindings for information on how to do so.
Speak the link details: (Unbound)
Browse and Focus Modes
Orca's Browse and Focus modes let you switch between reading and
interacting with web content.
Switch between browse mode and focus mode:
Orca ModifierA
When Layout mode is enabled, Orca's caret navigation will respect
the on-screen layout of the content and present the full line, including any
links or form fields on that line. When Layout mode is disabled, Orca
will treat objects such as links and form fields as if they were on separate
lines, both for presentation and navigation.
Orca provides a command to switch between Layout mode and Object mode.
This command is unbound by default. Please see Modifying
Keybindings for information on how to bind unbound commands.
Switch between Layout mode and Object mode: (Unbound)