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NVDA Screen Reader keyboard shortcuts for Windows

The following is the list of supported NVDA shortcuts in Live:

Basic system navigation commands

NVDA action Live shortcut for macOS keyboard users Live shortcut for Windows keyboard users
Move system focus to next object Tab Tab
Move system focus to the previous object Shift + Tab Shift + Tab
Activate current object in focus Spacebar / Enter Spacebar / Enter

Basic NVDA commands

NVDA action Live shortcut for macOS keyboard users Live shortcut for Windows keyboard users
Stop speech Command Ctrl
Pause Speech Shift Shift
NVDA Menu Right Option + Control + N Insert + N
Toggle Speech Mode Right Option + Control + S Insert + S
Toggle Input Help Mode Right Option + Control + 1 Insert + 1
Quit NVDA Right Option + Control + Q Insert + Q
Toggle application sleep mode on and off Right Option + Control + Shift + Z Insert + Shift + Z
NVDA action Live shortcut for macOS keyboard users Live shortcut for Windows keyboard users
Report current focus Right Option + Control + Tab Insert + Tab
Report title Right Option + Control + T Insert + T
Read active window Right Option + Control + B Insert + B
Report Status Bar Unsupported Insert + Shift + End
NVDA action Live shortcut for macOS keyboard users Live shortcut for Windows keyboard users
Say all Right Option + Control + A Insert + A
Read current line Right Option + Control + L Insert + L
Read current text selection Right Option + Control + S Insert + Shift + S
Report text formatting Right Option + Control + F Insert + F
Next sentence Right Option + Control + Down arrow Alt + Down arrow
Previous sentence Right Option + Control + Up arrow Alt + Up arrow
Move to previous column Unsupported (given Fn + Left arrow triggers End key on MacOS) Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow
Move to next column Unsupported (given Fn + Right arrow triggers Home key on MacOS) Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow
Move to previous row Right Option + Control + Option + Up arrow Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow
Move to next row Right Option + Control + Option + Down arrow Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow

Object navigation

NVDA action Live shortcut for macOS keyboard users Live shortcut for Windows keyboard users
Report current object Right Option + Control + Shift + O Insert + Shift + O
Move to containing object Right Option + Control + Shift + Up arrow Insert + Shift + Up arrow
Move to previous object Unsupported (given Fn + Left arrow triggers End key on MacOS) Insert + Shift + Left arrow
Move to next object Unsupported (given Fn + Right arrow triggers Home key on MacOS) Insert + Shift + Right arrow
Move to first contained object Right Option + Control + Shift + Down arrow Insert + Shift + Down arrow
Move to focus object Right Option + Control + Shift + Backspace Insert + Shift + Backspace
Activate current navigator object Unsupported Insert + Enter
Move System focus or caret to current review position Right Option + Control + Shift + Backspace Insert + Shift + Backspace
Report review cursor location Right Option + Control + Delete Insert + Delete

Reviewing text

NVDA action Live shortcut for macOS keyboard users Live shortcut for Windows keyboard users
Move to top line in review Unsupported Insert + Control + Home
Move to previous line in review Right Option + Control + Up arrow Insert + Up arrow
Report current line in review Right Option + Control + Shift + . Insert + Shift + .
Move to next line in review Right Option + Control + Down arrow Insert + Down arrow
Move to bottom line in review Unsupported Insert + Ctrl + End
Move to previous word in review Unsupported Insert + Ctrl + Left arrow
Report current word in review Unsupported Insert + Ctrl + .
Move to start of line in review Unsupported Insert + Home
Move to previous character in review Unsupported Insert + Left arrow
Report current character in review Right Option + Control + . Insert + .
Move to next character in review Unsupported Insert + Right arrow
Move to end of line in review Unsupported Insert + End
Say all with review Right Option + Control + Shift + A Insert + Shift + A
Select then copy from review cursor Unsupported Insert + F9
Select then copy to review cursor Unsupported Insert + F10
Move to marked start for copy in review Unsupported Insert + Shift + F9
Report text formatting Unsupported Insert + Shift + F

Review modes

NVDA action Live shortcut for macOS keyboard users Live shortcut for Windows keyboard users
Switch to next review mode Unsupported Insert + Page up
Switch to previous review mode Unsupported Insert + Page down
NVDA action Live shortcut for macOS keyboard users Live shortcut for Windows keyboard users
Left mouse button click Unsupported Insert + [
Left mouse button lock Unsupported Insert + Ctrl + [
Right mouse click Unsupported Insert + ]
Right mouse button lock Unsupported Insert + Ctrl + ]
Move mouse to current navigator object Unsupported Insert + Shift + M
Navigate to the object under the mouse Unsupported Insert + Shift + N

Browse mode

NVDA action Live shortcut for macOS keyboard users Live shortcut for Windows keyboard users
Toggle browse/focus modes Unsupported Insert + Space
Exit focus mode Unsupported Escape
Refresh browse mode document Unsupported Insert + F5
Find Unsupported Insert + Control + F
Find next Unsupported Insert + F3
Find previous Unsupported Insert + Shift + F3
Open long description Unsupported Insert + D

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