IBM Home Page Reader
Reading and navigating characters and words in a web document
Reading characters and words
Keys 7, 8, and 9 are used to read one word or character at a time.When you are reading bookmarks, these same commands will read a single word, character, or folder. To toggle between these modes, either hold down the plus key and press 8 on the numeric keypad, or just double click the 8.
- The 7 key on the numeric keypad is used to read the previous character, word, or folder.
- The 8 key on the numeric keypad is used to read the current character, word, or folder.
- The 9 key on the numeric keypad is used to read the next character, word, or folder.
Moving to blocks of text and reading the first word of that block
- Press plus and then 7 on the numeric keypad to move to the previous HTML element (usually a paragraph, but sometimes a header, table element, etc.) and read the first word.
- Press plus and then 9 on the numeric keypad to move to the next HTML element (usually a paragraph, but sometimes a header, table element, etc.) and read the first word.
