Desktop Screen Reader Basic Keyboard Shortcuts

Question 1

ALL SCREEN READERS

Go to next/previous focusable item (link, button, input, etc.)

Answer 1

Tab / Shift + Tab

Question 2

ALL SCREEN READERS

Activate link

Answer 2

Enter

Question 3

ALL SCREEN READERS

Activate button

Answer 3

Enter or Space bar

Question 4

ALL SCREEN READERS
Navigate within lists, and some types of custom ARIA widgets,
e.g. tablists, application menus, tree views, etc. (if they’re coded correctly)

Answer 4

Arrow keys

Question 5

NVDA

Turn NVDA on

Answer 5

Control + Alt + N

Question 6

NVDA

Stop talking

Answer 6

Control

Question 7

NVDA

Read next item

Answer 7

Down arrow

Question 8

NVDA

Read continuously from this point on

Answer 8

Insert + Down arrow

Question 9

NVDA

Go to next heading

Answer 9

H

Question 10

NVDA

Go to next landmark

Answer 10

D

Question 11

NVDA

Show list of links, headings, and landmarks

Answer 11

Insert + F7

Question 12

NVDA

Go to next table

Answer 12

T

Question 13

NVDA

Navigate table cells

Answer 13

Control + Alt + Arrow keys

Question 14

NVDA

Go to previous (heading, landmark, table, etc.)

Answer 14

Shift + (H, D, T, etc.)

Question 15

NVDA
Toggle between focus mode (for forms and custom ARIA/JavaScript widgets) and browse mode (for reading/navigating normally)

Answer 15

Insert + Space bar

Question 16

NVDA

Turn NVDA off

Answer 16

Insert + Q

Question 17

JAWS

Stop talking

Answer 17

Control

Question 18

JAWS

Read next item

Answer 18

Down arrow

Question 19

JAWS

Read continuously from this point on

Answer 19

Insert + Down arrow

Question 20

JAWS

Go to next heading

Answer 20

H

Question 21

JAWS

Go to next landmark (region)

Answer 21

R

Question 22

JAWS

Go to the main content landmark

Answer 22

Q

Question 23

JAWS

Show list of headings

Answer 23

Insert + F6

Question 24

JAWS

Show list of buttons, frames, graphics, lists, links, etc.

Answer 24

Insert + F3

Question 25

JAWS

Go to next table

Answer 25

T

Question 26

JAWS

Navigate table cells

Answer 26

Control + Alt + Arrow keys

Question 27

JAWS

Go to previous (heading, landmark, table, etc.)

Answer 27

Shift + (H, R, T, etc.)

Question 28

VoiceOver

Turn on/off

Answer 28

Command + F5

Question 29

VoiceOver

Stop talking

Answer 29

Control

Question 30

VoiceOver
Show Rotor (navigate with arrow keys)

Answer 30

Control + Option + U

Question 31

VoiceOver

Read next/previous item

Answer 31

Control + Option + Right/Left arrow

Question 32

VoiceOver

Go to next heading

Answer 32

Control + Option + Command + H

Question 33

VoiceOver

Go to next table

Answer 33

Control + Option + Command + T

Question 34

VoiceOver

Navigate table cells

Answer 34

Control + Option + Arrow keys

Question 35

VoiceOver

Go to previous (heading, table, etc.)

Answer 35

Shift + Control + Option + Command + (H, T, etc.)

Question 36

VoiceOver
Go into/out of objects
(like iframes, menus, application regions, etc.)

Answer 36

Control + Option + Shift + Down/Up arrow