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Testing of Text based blocks in Rise with NVDA
Hi everyone,
I have a question about how NVDA behaves when you test your Rise courses - when I try to go through it using the Tab - Space bar, it picks up only interactive elements (tab, button, attachment), and the actual Paragraph blocks are not picked up. However, when I start using the up and down arrows, it picks up the text, but only in small chunks of characters, so not the entire sentence. If I use NVDA key (it could be Caps or the Windows button, depending on local set up of NVDA) + a it starts reading the entire text in the paragraph, which sometimes is quite a lot, and the NVDA narrator won't stop until it literally goes through it all. Am I missing something or is this 'normal' behavior of NVDA for text blocks in Rise?
Maybe there is another thread somewhere about this topic - so if it is, please point me to it.
Thanks,
Madalina
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This is normal behaviour. You just need to get familiar with how to control the screen reader. You will very rarely use the tab key. There are a handful of keys I use for JAWS. I usually trigger it to read all ( insert + down arrow) and then hit escape when I want it to stop in a location. I use other shortcuts to jump to specific elements such as headings, links etc.
Here's some documentation on how to control it: https://dequeuniversity.com/screenreaders/nvda-keyboard-shortcuts
Thanks SamHill for the quick reply - I was familiar with Deque resources...but the hit escape part I missed. I will check it again.
I'm glad that SamHill was able to pop in to help you out.
I wanted to mention that the number of characters read when using browse (reading) mode is a setting within NVDA. This setting can be adjusted if you'd prefer your screen reader to read a bit more.
Hi LeslieMcKerchie - I will check the user guide as well. Thanks for sharing it.
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