Accessibility

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Assistive Technology Guide

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.

JAWS Actions and Commands

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

Voice Over Actions and Commands

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

Zoom Actions and Commands

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

Dragon Actions and Commands

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

Talk Back Actions and Commands for Android 4.1 or higher

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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