NVDA command key quick reference Many of these commands use the NVDA key. The NVDA key is the insert key found either on the numberpad or near the delete, home, end, page up and page down keys on your keyboard. NVDA can also be configured so that you can use the capslock key as the NVDA key. Global commands NVDA+1: keyboardHelp This command turns on keyboard help mode so you can press any combination of keys on the keyboard and NVDA will tell you its name and what command it performs if it has one. To turn off keyboard help, press NVDA+1 again. NVDA+t: title Announces the title of the currently active application NVDA+b: speakForeground Speaks the content of the currently active application. Useful to read information in a dialog box that you perhaps missed when it first was announced. NVDA+n: showGui Press this key to activate the NVDA menu where you can access NVDA's settings. NVDA+q: quit Asks if you want to exit NVDA. Pressing yes will exit, pressing no will not. NVDA+s: speechMode Toggles between the three speech modes (talk, beeps and off). NVDA+F12: dateTime Announces the current time, pressing twice quickly announces the current date. NVDA+2: toggleSpeakTypedCharacters Turns on or off the speaking of characters when you type them. NVDA+3: toggleSpeakTypedWords Turns on or off the speaking of words as you type them. NVDA+4: toggleSpeakCommandKeys Turns on or off the speaking of any keys as you type them. NVDA+p: toggleSpeakPunctuation Turns on or off the speaking of punctuation symbols as NVDA speaks information. NVDA+End: reportStatusLine Announces the status bar of the current application if it can find one. NVDA+f: reportFormatting Announces formatting information at the current position in a document NVDA+m: toggleReportObjectUnderMouse Turns on or off announcement of the object or word at the mouse pointer's current potion, as it moves. Control+NVDA+f1: speakApplicationName Announces the currently active application's name, and also spells it out. It also announces the currently loaded NVDA app module. NVDA+u: toggleBeepOnProgressBarUpdates Turns on and off the beeping to indicate when a progress bar changes. NVDA+shift+b: say_battery_status Announces the current battery level and whether or not you're plugged in to AC power. NVDA+5: toggleReportDynamicContentChanges Turns on and off the automatic speaking of content changes (such as when ew text appears in a dos console window). NVDA+6: toggleCaretMovesReviewCursor Turns on and off the automatic movement of the review cursor as the caret moves. NVDA+7: toggleFocusMovesNavigatorObject Turns on and off the setting of the navigator object to the object with focus as it changes. NVDA+Tab: reportCurrentFocus Announces the object you are currently focused on. NVDA+f2: passNextKeyThrough Pressing this key then allows you to press any other key on the keyboard and NVDA will let it go straight to the operating system with out running its NVDA specific command if it has one. Shift+NVDA+upArrow: reportCurrentSelection Announces the current selection in edit controls and documents. If there is no selection it says so. NVDA+upArrow: reportCurrentLine Announces the current line in edit controls and documents. Control+NVDA+leftArrow: previousSetting Moves to and announces the previous voice setting Control+NVDA+rightArrow: nextSetting Moves to and announces the next voice setting Control+NVDA+upArrow: increaseSetting Increases the current voice setting Control+NVDA+downArrow: decreaseSetting decreases the current voice setting NVDA+downArrow: sayAll Starts reading from the current position in a document or edit control navigator object navigation NVDA+numPad5: navigatorObject_current Announces the current navigator object. Shift+NVDA+numPad5: navigatorObject_currentDimensions Announces the size and location of the current navigator object. Control+Shift+NVDA+numPad5: navigatorObject_where Announces the ancestors of the current navigator object. NVDA+numPadSubtract: navigatorObject_toFocus Sets the navigator object to the current object with focus. NVDA+numPad8: navigatorObject_parent Sets the navigator object to the current navigator object's parent (i.e. the object that contains it). NVDA+numPad2: navigatorObject_firstChild Sets the navigator object to the current navigator object's first child (i.e. the first object inside it) NVDA+numPad4: navigatorObject_previous Sets the navigator object to the current navigator object's previous object (i.e. the object before it, on the same level). Shift+NVDA+numPad4: navigatorObject_previousInFlow Sets the navigator object to the current navigator object's previous object in flow (i.e. the object before it, not necessarily on the same leve). NVDA+numPad6: navigatorObject_next Sets the navigator object to the current navigator object's next object (i.e. the object after it, on the same level). Shift+NVDA+numPad6: navigatorObject_nextInFlow Sets the navigator object to the current navigator object's next object in flow (i.e. the object after it, not necessarily on the same leve). NVDA+numpadEnter: navigatorObject_doDefaultAction Performs the default action on the current navigator object (e.g. presses a button, activates a list item). NVDA+numPadDivide: moveMouseToNavigatorObject Move the mouse pointer to the current navigator object NVDA+numPadMultiply: moveNavigatorObjectToMouse Sets the navigator object to the current object under the mouse pointer NVDA+numPadAdd: navigatorObject_sayAll Starts to read all the objects after the navigator object, in flow order. numpadSubtract: review_moveToCaret Moves the review cursor to the location of the caret. Control+numpadSubtract: review_moveCaretHere Moves the caret to the location of the review cursor numpadAdd: review_sayAll Uses the review cursor to read from its position to the end of the currently reviewable text reading objeckts numpad1: review_previousCharacter Moves the review cursor to the previous character shift+numpad1: review_startOfLine Moves the review cursor to the start of the line numpad2: review_currentCharacter speaks the character at the review cursor numpad3: review_nextCharacter Moves the review cursor to the next character shift+numpad3: review_endOfLine Moves the review cursor to the end of the line numpad4: review_previousWord Moves the review cursor to the previous word numpad5: review_currentWord speaks the word at the review cursor numpad6: review_nextWord Moves the review cursor to the next word numpad7: review_previousLine Moves the review cursor to the previous line shift+numpad7: review_top Moves the review cursor to the first line numpad8: review_currentLine speaks the line at the review cursor numpad9: review_nextLine Moves the review cursor to the previous line shift+numpad9: review_bottom Moves the review cursor to the last line VirtualBuffer commands for Firefox3 (some of these may work for Internet Explorer or Firefox2): NVDA+space: toggleVirtualBufferPassThrough Turns virtualBuffer pass-through mode on or off. control+NVDA+f: find (control+f in firefox2 / internet explorer) NVDA+f3: find next NVDA+f7: links list (not in firefox2 or internet explorer) NVDA+f5: refresh buffer (not in Firefox2 or Internet Explorer) VirtualBuffer quick keys to skip to the next element of a particular type (also use shift with the key to go backwards): h: heading l: list i: list item k: link t: table f: form