The following is an
overview of navigating the Google
Chrome browser with the NVDA screen reader.
If you would like to
try out a copy of the Google Chrome
browser with NVDA you can go to the following website to obtain
it at https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html?brand=CHBD&gclid=CjwKEAiAj7TCBRCp2Z22ue-zrj4SJACG7SBEtgziwY9LMmRsbBIlQNJRKZJy5lxC1tp5Y3aaQ86g1RoC9Dzw_wcB&dclid=CNXNuP_h69ACFdSZvAodpnEIuA.
After you have
downloaded the setup file and pressed Enter
on it, it will download the browser for you. Once setup on your
computer, it will
put a shortcut both on your desktop and also under the all
app/programs section
on your computer. Then it is a matter of finding the Google
Chrome browser shortcut
and pressing the Enter key on it to open it.
One of the very first
things you will notice is when you
press the Alt key, or the Alt + F key, you will notice the menus
do not go from
left to right. In Google Chrome the menus go down. Use the down
arrow key to
navigate the menus there. You will also hear NVDA say if there
are sub menus. When
you hear there is a sub menu you can then use the right arrow
key to open it
and the down arrow key to see what is there. The left arrow key
will take you
back to the main menu. The Enter key will action the menu item
selected (for
example settings).
New window Ctrl + N
New incognito window
Ctrl + Shift + N
Bookmark this page
Ctrl + D
Bookmark manager Ctrl
+ Shift + O
Downloads Ctrl + J
Settings Alt key + F
then S
Print Ctrl + P
Cast Alt + F then C
Exit Ctrl + Shift + Q
You can use the Ctrl
key + L to get to the location bar
where you can type in a web address.
All the single letter
navigation keys that NVDA uses are
available. This will depend on each page you go to. You can also
use the
elements list in NVDA to get to certain links, headings and
landmarks quicker.
Use the NVDA key + the F7 key for this.
You can also use the
Alt + left arrow key to go back a
page. This is only after you have been into the page first.
Press the Enter key
on any link to take you into that page. Also, if you have gone
back a page, you
can use the Alt key + right arrow key to take you back into that
page again.
This is only if you have been to the page first.
To have a certain page
come up every time that you go into
Google Chrome (such as a certain newspaper you may wish to read
online), press
the Alt key until the menu comes up or use the Alt key + F to
bring up the menu.
Arrow down to the settings menu, then press the Enter key. A new
page will come
up like a webpage where you can use single letter navigation
keys to navigate
it; for example H for headings, B for buttons and so on. Only
certain single
letter navigation keys are supported.
You can use the letter
H to jump down to a heading called
“on startup”. From here you can arrow down until you hear NVDA
say radio button,
Open a specific page or set of pages.
Press the Spacebar to
check the radio button.
Just underneath the
radio button will be a link called
set pages. Press the Enter key on it, then it will give you the
option to put
in your homepage address (for example http://www.stuff.co.nz).
Next, it will ask you
(once it is entered) if you want to
use the current page. Press the spacebar on this button, then
tab to the ok
button. Now, when you reopen Google Chrome, it should have your
homepage set.
Under the appearance
heading you can put a home button
onto the navigation menu. Locate the Show Home button and make
sure the check
box is checked.
You can keep on
arrowing down the page until you hear NVDA
say heading search.
Under this section you
will hear NVDA say set which
search engine is used when searching from the omnibox (otherwise
known as a
location bar).
There is a combo box
there where you can change your
search engine. Use the Alt key + down arrow key to open it.
Arrow to the new
search engine, then press the Enter key. Now you have a new
search engine.
There is also a button
to manage your search engines.
Press the Enter key on it and it will give you more options such
as adding new
search engines etcetera.
The advanced settings
link is down the bottom of the
settings page. When you have found it press the Enter key on
this link. This
will take you to another page where there are more settings.
Under the show
advanced settings section there will be
different headings you can jump down to; for example Privacy,
Passwords and
forms, Web content, Network, Languages, Downloads, HTTPS/SSL,
Google Cloud
Print, Accessibility, System and Reset settings.
Under the Privacy
heading is where you can tell Google Chrome
to forget your history etcetera. Locate the Clear browsing data
settings
button, then press the Enter key. You will now be given quite a
few options. Use
the Spacebar to check and uncheck these boxes.
The very first box is
a combo box and you can tell Google
Chrome to forget your history from one hour ago to the beginning
of time if you
want to.
You can arrow down the
list and either check or uncheck
what you want forgotten. There is a button to clear browsing
data. Press the
Spacebar to clear the data.
Below the Downloads
heading, the default is usually set
to save files to the Downloads folder.
You can tell Google Chrome to save the files you have
downloaded to
another location (for example the Desktop). This can easily be
changed. There is a
button called change. Pressing the
Enter key on it will let you change it from the Downloads folder
to another that
you specify.
Just underneath it is
a check box called Ask where to
save each file before downloading. Make sure this check box is
checked if you
want it to alert you every time with what to do. It will give
you the options
either to open the file, or save it to a different location each
time. If you
go to save it, it will come up with a Save As dialog box, where
you can tab
around to address (or tree view) and change it to the new
location where you
wish to save it.