My practice page, using NVDA on Windows 10.
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Hello, my name is Terry. I am trying to learn the NVDA in Win 10.
Why is it so hard for a sighted person to do this?
Here is the web page that I have written to help me, I hope it can help, you.
In this page I will use the term NVDA to indicate that you should press Caps Lock.
Here is my start up procedure.
- To turn on NVDA click the short cut on the desktop
- To stop speaking press Shift or Space, To Quit NVDA press NVDA + Q then enter
- Press H to find the first heading, a well written page should have a few headings. Search the headings with H or Shift + H to go back to the previous heading
- When you find a header that interests you use NVDA + down arrow to move through the text.
Single letter search
Press the letter for the next occurrence of the feature. Shift + Letter to search up the page.
- H. Any Header
- 1, 2 , 3 or 4. Sized Header
- F. Form
- K. Link
- D. Landmark
- L. List
- T. Table
Get to know the keyboard shortcuts.
- use these rather than the mouse.
NVDA + F7 = Elements List - Shows an outline of the whole page.
This is a windows dialog box with features at the top and [move to] at the bottom right.
NVDA + Down arrow = Says All.
NVDA + Up arrow = Reads the current line.
NVDA + Ctrl + F = find.
Press H to move to the next heading.
Shift + H to move to the previous heading.
Press a number to move to the next heading of that size ( 2 for heading 2 ). Only 2 & 3 in this page.
Shift + number to move to the previous heading of that size.
Press K to find the next Link on the page.
Shift K to find the previous Link on the page.
Ctrl + Home takes you to the start of the page.
To Pause Speach Press Shift, to stop Narrator press Ctrl
Try these for fun:-
NVDA + F12 = Say Time.
NVDA + T = Read current page title.
NVDA + Shift + Up Arrow = Describe the highlighted text
About web page design
Much of my knowledge about this subject comes from the following web site.
Webaim.org, in particular.
"Skip navigation" links.
Skip links at the top of the page allow users to bypass the main navigation and go directly to the main content. They speed up the reading process and help users distinguish between the main navigation and the main content.
This is what I have tried to do on this page, the first link is found by pressing H and then enter. Which will skip over the Navigation info and get straight into the main content.
Main content
Remember, remember, the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder treason,
Should ever be forgot.
Over Four hundred years ago
, in 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and a group of plotters attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, with barrels of gunpowder placed in the basement. They wanted to kill King James and the kings leaders.
The plot was simple - the next time Parliament was opened by King James the first, they would blow up everyone there with gunpowder.
The men bought a house next door to the parliament building. The house had a cellar which went under the parliament building. They planned to put gunpowder under the house and blow up parliament and the king.
Guy Fawkes was given the job to keep watch over the barrels of gunpowder and to light the fuse.
On the morning of 5th November, soldiers discovered Guy hidden in the cellar and arrested him. The trail of gunpowder at his feet would never be lit.
Guy Fawkes was taken to the Tower of London.
He was tortured and questioned about the other plotters. To start with he didn't tell the soldiers anything about the plot. But, eventually he started to tell the truth.
In celebration of the Kings survival, King James ordered that the people of England should have a great bonfire on the night on 5th November.
Image
Video
Watch a video about the Gunpowder Plot here
Watch a video of the 2018 Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival here
Comments
The gunpowder had been stockpiled to the south of the river Thames and moved to the cellar over a period of several months, through a tunnel dug by the plotters.
It is highly likely that the gunpowder would have become damp. Experts say that even if very slightly damp, gunpowder consolidates and the chance of rapid burning - enough to cause an explosion - is limited.
For the same reasons, gunpowder burns less efficiently if it is compacted. In the 5th November plot, the gunpowder was stored in barrels for months, and hidden under a huge pile of wood. It was almost certainly compacted to some degree.
The evidence seems to lead to the conclusion that the plotters would not have succeeded, and that the government and the Church of England would have remained intact.
We think then that gunpowder used by the conspirators of 5th November might not have ignited after all
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