<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="commands_reading">
<info>
<link type="next" xref="commands_structural_navigation" />
<link type="guide" xref="commands#reading_documents" />
<link type="seealso" xref="howto_documents" />
<link type="seealso" xref="howto_text_attributes" />
<link type="seealso" xref="howto_whereami" />
<title type="sort">1. Reading</title>
<title type="link">Reading</title>
<desc>
Commands for accessing document content
</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Joanmarie Diggs</name>
<email>joanied@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
</info>
<title>Reading Commands</title>
<p>
In addition to the caret navigation commands which are part of GNOME,
<app>Orca</app> provides a number of commands which you can use to read a
document.
</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>
In the lists that follow, you will see several references to "KP". All
"KP" keys are located on the numeric keypad. You will also notice that
there are different keystrokes depending upon whether you are using a
desktop or a laptop -- or more accurately, whether you are using
<app>Orca</app>'s Desktop keyboard layout or its Laptop keyboard layout.
For additional information, please see the
<link xref="howto_keyboard_layout">Keyboard Layout</link> topic.
</p>
</note>
<section id="flat_review">
<title>Reading Your Current Location</title>
<p>
The following <app>Orca</app> <link xref="commands_flat_review">Flat
Review Commands</link> can be used to read your current location:
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>Read the current line:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Desktop: <keyseq><key>KP 8</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>I</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>Read the current word:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Desktop: <keyseq><key>KP 5</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>K</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>Spell the current word:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Desktop: <keyseq><key>KP 5</key></keyseq> (double-clicked)
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>K</key></keyseq>
(double-clicked)
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>Phonetically spell the current word:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Desktop: <keyseq><key>KP 5</key></keyseq> (triple-clicked)
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>K</key></keyseq>
(triple-clicked)
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>Read the current character:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Desktop: <keyseq><key>KP 2</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>Comma</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>Phonetically speak the current character:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Desktop: <keyseq><key>KP 2</key></keyseq> (double-clicked)
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>Comma</key></keyseq>
(double-clicked)
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>Speak the Unicode value of current character:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Desktop: <keyseq><key>KP 2</key></keyseq> (triple-clicked)
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>Comma</key></keyseq>
(triple-clicked)
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="say_all">
<title>Say All</title>
<p>
Orca's Say All command will cause <app>Orca</app> to speak the
entire document beginning from your current location.
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>Desktop: <key>KP Plus</key></p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>Semicolon</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="attributes_and_selection">
<title>Text Attributes and Selected Text</title>
<p>
<app>Orca</app> has a dedicated command for obtaining the attributes of the
text at the caret location. In addition, if you use <app>Orca</app>'s
Where Am I commands from within a text object in which text has been
selected, <app>Orca</app> will announce the selected text. <app>Orca</app>'s
command to speak the current selection will also perform this function in a
text object.
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Present the text attributes:
<keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>F</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Perform basic where am I:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Desktop: <key>KP Enter</key>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>Return</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>Perform detailed where am I:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Desktop: <key>KP Enter</key> (double-clicked)
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Laptop: <keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>Return</key></keyseq>
(double-clicked)
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Speak current selection:
<keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>Shift</key><key>Up</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="link_details">
<title>Link Details</title>
<p>
If you are on a link, <app>Orca</app>'s Basic Where Am I command can be
used to announce the details associated with the link such as the link type,
if the link is visited, the site description, and file size. If you would
instead prefer dedicated command for this purpose, you can bind <app>Orca</app>'s
Speak Link Details command to a keystroke. Please see <link xref="howto_key_bindings">
Modifying Keybindings</link> for information on how to do so.
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>Speak the link details: (Unbound)</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="browse_and_focus_modes">
<title>Browse and Focus Modes</title>
<p>
<app>Orca</app>'s Browse and Focus modes let you switch between reading and
interacting with web content.
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Switch between browse mode and focus mode:
<keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>A</key></keyseq>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Enable "sticky" focus mode:
<keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>A</key></keyseq> (double-clicked)
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Enable "sticky" browse mode:
<keyseq><key>Orca Modifier</key><key>A</key></keyseq> (triple-clicked)
</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="toggling_layout_mode">
<title>Toggling Layout Mode</title>
<p>
When Layout mode is enabled, <app>Orca</app>'s caret navigation will respect
the on-screen layout of the content and present the full line, including any
links or form fields on that line. When Layout mode is disabled, <app>Orca</app>
will treat objects such as links and form fields as if they were on separate
lines, both for presentation and navigation.
</p>
<p>
<app>Orca</app> provides a command to switch between Layout mode and Object mode.
This command is unbound by default. Please see <link xref="howto_key_bindings">Modifying
Keybindings</link> for information on how to bind unbound commands.
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Switch between Layout mode and Object mode: (Unbound)
</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</page>