Accessibility Guide
This guide is intended to assist individuals with disabilities in their use of the IRS Design Challenge website. The guide provides direction in accessing the features available using specific technologies, including screen readers, screen magnifiers and voice command systems.
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Information for Specific Assistive Technologies
Here is some standard guidance for using the JAWS screen reader or VoiceOver. For other screen readers, please refer to the manufacturers guide for basic commands.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Put the microphone to sleep or wake it up | Slash key (/) on the numeric keypad |
| Press-to-talk | Zero key (0) on the numeric keypad |
Mobile Operating Systems
| Action | Commands |
|---|---|
| Move to next item | Alt + Shift + Right arrow |
| Move to previous item | Alt + Shift + Left arrow |
| Move to first item | Alt + Shift + Up arrow |
| Move to last item | Alt + Shift + Down arrow |
| Click focused element | Alt + Shift + Enter |
| Action | Commands |
|---|---|
| Back | Alt + Shift + Backspace |
| Home | Alt + Shift + h |
| Recent apps/Overview | Alt + Shift + r |
| Notifications | Alt + Shift + n |
| Search the screen | Alt + Shift + / (forward slash) |
| Next navigation setting | Alt + Shift + Equals (=) |
| Previous navigation setting | Alt + Shift + Minus (-) |
| Open global context menu | Alt + Shift + g |
| Open local context menu | Alt + Shift + L |
| Stop TalkBack speech | Control |
| Pause or resume TalkBack | Alt + Shift + z |
No special instructions.
The Rotor allows the user to choose from a list of navigation options, including Containers, Headings, Landmarks, Same item, Vertical Navigation, Static text, Links, Tables, Lists, Buttons, Form Controls, Text fields, Search Fields, and Images.**
| Action | Commands |
|---|---|
| Choose a setting on the rotor | Twist two fingers in a circle |
| Go to the next element on the page | Left and Right swipe |
| Go to the next element of type selected in the rotor | Up and Down swipe |
| Read entire page | Two finger swipe down |
| Read next item | Swipe right |
| Activate link, button | Double tap |
| Close popup, cancel last action | Two finger scrub |
| Go to next heading | Rotor, swipe down |
| Go to next landmark/region | Rotor, swipe down |
| Go to next table | Rotor, swipe down |
| Navigate table cells | Swipe up, down, left or right |
| Go to next list | Rotor, swipe down |
| Go to next list item | Swipe right |
| Go to next image | Rotor, swipe right |
| Go to next link | Rotor, swipe down |
| Go to first (last) item on page | 4 finger tap upper (lower) half of screen |
| Scroll (vertically or horizontally) | 3 fingers swipe up, down, left, or right |
| Go back to previous heading, landmark, table, focusable item, etc. | Swipe up |