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This guide is intended to assist individuals with disabilities in their use of Recreation.gov. The guide will provide direction in accessing the features available across the site using specific technologies, including screen readers, screen magnifiers and voice command systems.
Recreation.gov uses ARIA elements, including data tables. Earlier versions of JAWS may not recognize ARIA tables, and we recommend using JAWS 17 or later for the website.
| Action | Commands |
|---|---|
| Virtual HTML Features | INSERT + F3 |
| List Links | INSERT + F7 |
| Next Link | TAB |
| Prior Link | SHIFT + TAB |
| List Headings | INSERT + F6 |
| List of Form Fields | INSERT + F5 |
| List Buttons | INSERT + CTRL + B |
| List Combo Boxes | INSERT + CTRL + C |
| List Edit Boxes | INSERT + CTRL + E |
| List Radio Buttons | INSERT + CTRL + A |
| List Check Boxes | INSERT + CTRL + X |
| List Tables | INSERT + CTRL + T |
| Read from Beginning of Row to Current Cell | INSERT + SHIFT + HOME |
| Read from Current Cell to End of Row | INSERT + SHIFT + PAGE UP |
| Read the current row | SHIFT + UP ARROW |
| Read the current column | SHIFT + NUMPAD 5 |
| List Frames | INSERT + F9 |
| List All Ordered, Unordered, and Definition Lists | INSERT + CTRL + L |
| Action | Commands |
|---|---|
| Find the next heading | VO - Command - H |
| Find the previous heading | VO - Command - Shift - H |
| Find the next control | VO - Command - J |
| Find the previous control | SHIFT + TAB |
| Find the next Table | VO - Command - T |
| Find the previous Table | VO - Command - Shift - T |
| Find the next Link | VO - Command - L |
| Find the previous Link | VO - Command - Shift - L |
| Find the next Paragraph | VO - Shift - Page Down |
| Find the previous Paragraph | VO - Shift - Page Up |
| Read the next Sentence | VO - Command - Page Down |
| Read the next Line | VO - Down Arrow |
| Read the previous Line | VO - Up Arrow |
| Read everything visible in the window or the Dock, or on your desktop, depending on your location | VO - Shift - W |
| Action | Commands |
|---|---|
| Virtual HTML Features | INSERT + F3 |
| Increase magnification | ALT + NUMPAD PLUS |
| Decrease magnification | ALT + NUMPAD MINUS |
| Turn color enhancements on and off | CTRL + SHIFT + C |
| Font Enhancements (xFont, Standard and None) | CTRL + SHIFT + F |
| Action | Commands |
|---|---|
| Turn the microphone on or off | Plus key (+) on the numeric keypad |
| Open the Correction menu | Minus key (-) on the numeric keypad |
| Force words to be recognized as commands | Press and hold down the CTRL key |
| Force words to be recognized as dictation | Press and hold down the SHIFT key |
| Open the Naturally Speaking menu | Asterisk key (*) on the numeric keypad |
| Action | Commands |
|---|---|
| Navigation - Move to next item | Alt + Shift + Right arrow |
| Navigation - Move to previous item | Alt + Shift + Left arrow |
| Navigation - Move to first item | Alt + Shift + Up arrow |
| Navigation - Move to last item | Alt + Shift + Down arrow |
| Navigation - Click focused element | Alt + Shift + Enter |
| Global - Back | Alt + Shift + Backspace |
| Global - Home | Alt + Shift + h |
| Global - Recent apps/Overview | Alt + Shift + r |
| Global - Notifications | Alt + Shift + n |
| Global - Search the screen | Alt + Shift + / (forward slash) |
| Global - Next navigation setting | Alt + Shift + Equals (=) |
| Global - Previous navigation setting | Alt + Shift + Minus (-) |
| Global - Open global context menu | Alt + Shift + g |
| Global - Open local context menu | Alt + Shift + L |
| Global - Stop TalkBack speech | Control |
| Global - Pause or resume TalkBack | Alt + Shift + z |
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