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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,
Cthulhu 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
Cthulhu's Desktop keyboard layout or its Laptop keyboard layout.
For additional information, please see the
Keyboard Layout topic.
Reading Your Current Location
The following Cthulhu Flat
Review Commands can be used to read your current location:
Read the current line:
Desktop: KP 8
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierI
Read the current word:
Desktop: KP 5
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierK
Spell the current word:
Desktop: KP 5 (double-clicked)
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierK
(double-clicked)
Phonetically spell the current word:
Desktop: KP 5 (triple-clicked)
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierK
(triple-clicked)
Read the current character:
Desktop: KP 2
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierComma
Phonetically speak the current character:
Desktop: KP 2 (double-clicked)
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierComma
(double-clicked)
Speak the Unicode value of current character:
Desktop: KP 2 (triple-clicked)
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierComma
(triple-clicked)
Say All
Cthulhu's Say All command will cause Cthulhu to speak the
entire document beginning from your current location.
Desktop: KP Plus
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierSemicolon
Text Attributes and Selected Text
Cthulhu has a dedicated command for obtaining the attributes of the
text at the caret location. In addition, if you use Cthulhu's
Where Am I commands from within a text object in which text has been
selected, Cthulhu will announce the selected text. Cthulhu's
command to speak the current selection will also perform this function in a
text object.
Present the text attributes:
Cthulhu ModifierF
Perform basic Where Am I:
Desktop: KP Enter
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierReturn
Perform detailed Where Am I:
Desktop: KP Enter (double-clicked)
Laptop: Cthulhu ModifierReturn
(double-clicked)
Speak current selection:
Cthulhu ModifierShiftUp
Link Details
If you are on a link, Cthulhu'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 Cthulhu'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
Cthulhu's Browse and Focus modes let you switch between reading and
interacting with web content.
Switch between browse mode and focus mode:
Cthulhu ModifierA
When Layout mode is enabled, Cthulhu'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, Cthulhu
will treat objects such as links and form fields as if they were on separate
lines, both for presentation and navigation.
Cthulhu 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)