hello,

Are the shortcut keys listed in the link supposed to work the same for the inbox.google.com version of the interface? Only asking as it seems to navigate quite a bit differently than the help documentation says it should.

haven't compared them, but, yes, I think they are different.

to get the list of shortcuts, use question mark, (shift + /) while in focus mode. please notice that you need to use brows mode to read the shortcuts dialog properly.

One area I'm finding to be quite problematic is finding the area that contains the different folders within your google account, inbox, starred, sent mail, etc. As per the documentation, it seems that you should be able to move to this area using the tab and shift+tab keys, but this doesn't seem to work for me in the slightest.

yes, you can reach this menu with tab / shift + tab. It is near the top of the page. You need to expand the menu first with enter. It is named "main menu" or something similar.

a much easier way, is to use the dedicated shortcut, which is shift + m, which will jump you directly to this menu.

I am able to move to a list of conversations, messages that appear to be in my inbox, but using the up and down arrows here do not appear to do anything. If I, however, use the right and left arrows, I can move from conversation to conversation, of which a few things are read to me, weather the conversation is read, the subject, number of responses in that conversation and a tiny snippet of the message.

that is correct, left / rite arrow is the way to go to move between conversations. this is somewhat strange at the beginning, but you'll become used to it if you decide to continue with.

Using tab if you're on one of these conversations then takes you to some buttons, delete, etc, while sometimes, using shift+tab, rather than taking you to a previous button in that list of buttons or taking you back to the conversation you were on, jumps you to a previous conversation, just as if you'd used the left arrow.

if you want to expand the thread, hit enter, and then use tab several times to reach the first message of that thread.

a message within a thread can be in 2 states:

* collapsed, in this case, a preview of the message will be displayed. and tab will move to the next message in the thread.

* expanded, in this case, full message content will be displayed. And using tab will go over list of actions you can perform on this message. And, After you go over this list, you will get to the next message.

there are 2 shortcuts to move between messages within threads:
* p, to move to previous message
* n, to move to next message

after you finish with the thread, you can collapse it with escape, and get back to the main messages list.

It may be that I've yet to change some needed setting to make things display correctly with NVDA, but as I see it so far, it seems to be roughly the same confusing interface that's used in other parts of google's interface, one for google voice, etc.

you need to enable full keyboard shortcuts, which you can do from the shortcuts dialog mentioned previously I think.

there is some setting within gmail settings which enables screen reader support, but I don't know what it affects exactly.

I'd love to be corrected and have made sure to stay in focus mode when trying this stuff out, but as with the other parts of google, it seems that using browse mode sometimes actually shows you more information and is easier to navigate.

yes, in most cases you need to use focus mode, however, using brows mode is needed also. Some examples of this: when you are on a message within a thread, you may want to read the message line by line, so using brows mode is convenient in this case.

also, when I hear NVDA says section, usually I know that brows mode is needed. Don't know the exact reason of this.

I tend to think that brows mode is similar to screen review with desktop apps.

in short, you need to find a good balance between using brows and focus modes, so you can get the most out of the product you are using.

and being familiar with the useful shortcuts will help you do so.

hope that helps!

good luck!

Thank you for any tips/ideas.

Tc.

On 8/31/2016 6:24 AM, mohammad suliman wrote:

if you have the option to use

inbox.google.com

I recommend it. It is simpler, more productive and considered the next generation tool for managing your e-mail.

and, as the standard view of gmail, it supports ARIA, so, you can use it as you use the desktop mail client: navigating the interface with tab / shift + tab, and many other shortcuts are available.

the link for gmail help for screen reader users:
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/90559?hl=en

it includes info on how to get to this page from within the main gmail interface.

On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 at 12:12 Afik Sofir <afik.sofir@...> wrote:

Hi oyvind,

Can you please send a link to this?





בברכה,

אפיק סופיר
מדריך לתוכנות קוראות מסך ומכשירי חברת apple
עמותת פעול"ה –פותחים עיניים ולב לצרכי העיוורים

טלפון:
08-8603311
דף הפייסבוק שלנו








-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of ?yvind Lode
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 11:49 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] gmail with standart view with NVDA

I use gmail standard view to manage my emails.
I've totally dropped the use of a mail client.
Gmail standard view is excellent and Google have done a great job
making it accessible.
A lot of keyboard shortcuts is available.
Read the documentation and the how to use standard view with a screen
reader available when logging in.


On 31 August 2016 at 09:35, nasrin khaksar <nasrinkhaksar3@...> wrote:
> hello.
> the differents:
> 1/ in standard view nvda says unread for unread emails but in html
> views does not.
> 2/ html is simple but standard is graphical and needs more times to
> load and spends more internet charge.
> 3/ in html you dont have an uption for conversation but in standard
> you can use hangout if i am correct for conversation.
>
> On 8/31/16, Afik Sofir <afik.sofir@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have email for work, that I have to connect via gmail to it.
>>
>> Its not @gmail.com, but I use gmail web interface for it.
>>
>>
>>
>> My question is
>>
>>
>>
>> What the deffrences between the HTMl view and the standart view?
>>
>>
>>
>> Afik.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> בברכה,
>>
>>
>>
>> אפיק סופיר
>>
>> מדריך לתוכנות קוראות מסך ומכשירי חברת apple
>>
>>  <http://peula4u.org.il/> עמותת פעול"ה –פותחים עיניים ולב לצרכי העיוורים
>>
>>
>>
>> טלפון:
>>
>> 08-8603311
>>
>>  <http://www.facebook.com/peula100> דף הפייסבוק שלנו
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> we have not sent you but as a mercy to the creation.
> holy quran, chapter 21, verse 107.
> best website for studying islamic book in different languages
> al-islam.org
>
>
>