[NFBCS] Updated keyboard shortcuts and first-letters navigation now available on Google Drive

[Charles Black]

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Black, Charles E MS.Charles E. Black, MS.
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On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 5:57 PM Curtis Chong via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> On May 1, 2024, Amanda Lacy wrote:
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> "I can't navigate a table in a Google Doc, because the multi-key,
> multi-press keystrokes are too complex to hold in working memory while I'm
> also thinking about the table."
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> I quite agree that the native table navigation commands provided by Google
> are not friendly to nonvisual users. Are you using the JAWS screen reader
> or something else? If you are using JAWS, in particular the latest
> versions, JAWS does offer a Google mode which makes table navigation a
> whole lot easier using the traditional JAWS table navigation commands.
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> Best wishes,
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> Curtis Chong
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> *From:* NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Amanda Lacy via
> NFBCS
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 1, 2024 3:46 PM
> *To:* NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [NFBCS] Updated keyboard shortcuts and first-letters
> navigation now available on Google Drive
> *Importance:* High
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> Oh thank God. Now if only they could make keyboard navigation in general
> easier. For example, I can't navigate a table in a Google Doc, because the
> multi-key, multi-press keystrokes are too complex to hold in working memory
> while I'm also thinking about the table.
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> On May 1, 2024, at 4:29 PM, Curtis Chong via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
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> Greetings to all:
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> Starting today, May 1, 2024, first-letter navigation has been released by
> Google for widespread use by the public. First-letter navigation is
> something for which some of us in Colorado have been pushing for almost six
> years now. We were repeatedly told by folks at Google that this was simply
> not possible.
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> Well, Google has finally made this possible. Check out the announcement at
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> https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/04/first-letters%20navigation-google-drive.html#:~:text=First%2Dletters%20navigation%20enables%20users,item%20starting%20with%20that%20letter
> .
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> According to the announcement:
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> "Starting today, you can begin opting into the new shortcuts immediately
> through a banner notification in Drive or by going to Drive > Settings >
> Keyboard shortcuts > Update now. On August 1, 2024, Drive keyboard
> shortcuts will be automatically updated to first-letters navigation for all
> users. Once shortcuts are updated, you will also be able to see shortcuts
> where applicable in menus and on hover in toolbars in Drive."
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> Anyone who has become accustomed to the traditional Google Drive keyboard
> commands is advised that many commands have changed to make way for
> first-letter navigation. Honestly, I do not know any other way Google could
> have pulled this off.
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> Kudos to the folks in the Colorado Governor's Office of Information
> Technology for continuing to press for this for more than six years despite
> Google's claim that this simply could not be done.
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> Kind regards,
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> Curtis Chong
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