This is useful for sighted users learning NVDA for testing purposes.

Turn on Speech Viewer: Enabling Speech Viewer opens a window that shows everything NVDA states. NVDA automatically switches between Browse and Focus modes, but the user can toggle them using Insert + Space Bar. Browse and Focus Modesīrowse Mode: Browse mode is used when reading documents or web pages.įocus Mode: Focus mode is used when the user enters a form or other fields that require user input. Note also that these keyboard shortcuts are for NVDA's desktop keyboard layout setting some shortcuts are different when using NVDA's laptop keyboard layout setting. If you have changed your settings, you may need to substitute the Caps Lock key in the place of the Insert key. In the tables below, the assumption is that the Insert key is being used as the NVDA modifier key. By default, both the Numpad Insert key and the Extended Insert key are set as NVDA modifier keys, but users can designate the Caps Lock key as an additional NVDA modifier key. Note: Some keyboard shortcuts require using the NVDA modifier key. NVDA also has decent support for Internet Explorer, but the best testing combinations are NVDA + Firefox, NVDA + Chrome, and NVDA + Edge. NVDA works well with Firefox, Chrome, and Edge.

Nvda screen reader keyboard shortcuts