NVDA screen
reader touch gestures
New touchscreen
support
From NVDA 2020.3 onwards, you can now toggle
NVDA's touchscreen support. An option has been added to the Touch
Interaction panel of NVDA's settings. The default gesture is
NVDA+Ctrl+Alt+T.
Touch gesture add on
for NVDA
For extra functionality with a Windows touch
screen device with NVDA, you will need to install the add on from
https://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/enhancedTouchGestures.en.html
Toggle touch modes
3 finger tap - Toggle touch modes.
Stop speech
2 finger tap - Instantly stops speaking.
NVDA menu
2 finger double tap - Pops up the NVDA menu to
allow you to access preferences, tools, help, etcetera.
Review modes
Switch to next review mode
2 finger flick up - Switches to the next available review mode.
Switch to previous review mode
2 finger flick down - Switches to the previous available review
mode.
Object navigation
Move to containing object
Flick up (object mode) - Moves to the object containing the
current navigator object.
Move to previous object
Flick left (object mode) - Moves to the object before the current
navigator object.
Move to next object
Flick right (object mode) - Moves to the object after the current
navigator object.
Move to first contained object
Flick down (object mode) - Moves to the first object contained by
the current navigator object.
Activate current navigator object
Double tap - Activates the current navigator
object (similar to clicking with the mouse or pressing space when
it has the system focus).
Reviewing text
Move to previous line in review
Flick up (text mode) - Moves the review cursor to the previous
line of text.
Move to next line in review
Flick down (text mode) - Move the review cursor to the next line
of text.
Move to previous word in review
2-finger flick left (text mode) - Moves the review cursor to the
previous word in the text.
Move to next word in review
2-finger flick right (text mode) - Move the review cursor to the
next word in the text.
Move to previous character in review
Flick left (text mode) - Moves the review cursor to the previous
character on the current line in the text.
Move to next character in review
Flick right (text mode) - Move the review cursor to the next
character on the current line of text.
Say all with review
3 finger flick down (text mode) - Reads from the current position
of the review cursor, moving it as it goes.