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Re: Accessibility in Inbox by Gmail - Inbox by Gmail Help

Heaven Botma <ehlbotma@...>
 

Hi Group

I recently started using Gmail inbox with NVDA and Mozilla FireFox.  It works very well, but for the purposes of my Internet classes, I teach the students the old way, because Inbox doesn't work that well with Internet Explorer, and very few of them will have access to Internet when they leave the college and even fewer will be able to download FireFox on their computers without help.  These students are total beginners and Internet access is limited in South Africa.

If the shortcuts worked in Internet Explorer as well, I would teach them this way, because it is a lot quicker and simpler than going through basic HTML view.

Regards
Heaven


On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:01 AM, Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@...> wrote:
I don't use Thunderbird.
I only use Inbox on web (NVDA/VoiceOver/ChromeVox), iOS VoiceOver, and Android TalkBack
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 9:54 PM Afrim <afrim.maja@...> wrote:
Hello, 
Thanks for sharing this application with us. 
In terms of features and reliability, is it better than mozilla thunderbird?
Cheers.

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 7, 2016, at 3:06 AM, Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@...> wrote:


Computer accessibility

Inbox is compatible with the following screen readers:

Operating systemScreen readerBrowser
Chrome OSChromeVoxChrome
Microsoft WindowsNVDAFirefox
Mac OS X YosemiteVoiceOverSafari

When you open Inbox for the first time, Inbox provides introductory information about how to use the application. You can navigate through these introductory screens with the left and right arrow keys.

Compose and reply

To reply to an email, start typing in the Reply box below the email. To get to more options, like changing the recipients, editing quoted text, or replying inline, just expand the compose window by selecting Pop out reply Pop out reply.

Keyboard shortcuts

For the best experience, turn on keyboard shortcuts in Inbox. The following table contains some useful shortcuts. To find a complete list while you're using Inbox, hold Shift and press ? on your keyboard. Learn how to turn on keyboard shortcuts.

ShortcutAction
?Open keyboard shortcuts help
cCompose
tCreate a reminder
/Search
HomeNavigate to first item in main list
j or right arrowNavigate to next item in main list
k or left arrowNavigate to previous item in main list
nNavigate to next message in an open thread
pNavigate to previous message in an open thread
o or EnterOpen focused item
EscClose
Shift + EscFocus main window
Shift + mFocus main menu
Shift + bFocus notifications
xSelect or deselect an item in the main list
Shift + xSelect multiple items
zUndo last action
 

Tip: To improve keyboard navigation, you can make notifications stay on screen for 30 seconds. Then you can press Shift + b to navigate to the notification and take an action. To make notifications stay on the screen longer:

  1. Open Inbox.
  2. In the top left, go to the main menu Main menu.
  3. Choose Settings Settings at the bottom.
  4. Choose Other.
  5. Check the box next to "Make notifications stay on the screen longer."
  6. Select Done.
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