Keyboard Shortcuts- Using the Same Ones in Your Gmail & Outlook

Hello and welcome to this video.

In this video, I demonstrate how you can use the same keyboard shortcuts to make things work in Gmail as you can in Outlook.

The 3 minute video includes a full set of subtitles but if you prefer to read a full transcript please read it below.

Start of Video Transcript

Hello and welcome to this video.

I have made quite a few video demonstrating the different keyboard shortcuts that you can use to control Gmail- Google’s email service.

But, did you know that you can use the same keyboard shortcuts in Outlook as you do in Gmail?

Let me show you how.

Let’s just have a quick look at our shortcuts in Gmail.

From within your Gmail account, press the ? key and a full list appears. And it is a very full list.

Now to get the same keyboard shortcuts in our Gmail and Outlook accounts we need to change  a setting in our Outlook account.

So you can see here that I am signed into my Outlook account.

I then go to the top right hand corner and click on the settings menu.

Then in the middle of the next page I click on keyboard shortcuts and then we have a variety of options which include turning off the shortcuts or using the same shortcuts as those in Gmail.

Once you have selected, click on “save”.

And let’s just test a few shortcuts to see if they are the same.

In Google pressing g then i focuses you on the inbox and then pressing c will compose a new email.

And that is it. A quick video on getting the same keyboard shortcuts in our Gmail and Outlook accounts.

If you have any questions or want to join in with the discussion please do so below.

Have you got a favourite shortcut when you are using Gmail or Outlook? Tell me what it is.

Thanks for watching.

End of Video Transcript

NVDA and Gmail: Delete an Email Using Shortcut Keys

Hello and welcome to my video.

In this video I focus on the screen reader NVDA and Gmail.

I demonstrate how to delete an email using shortcut keys.

This 4 minute video contains a full set of subtitles but if you want to read a full transcript of the video you can find it below.

Start of Video Transcript

Hello and welcome to this video.

In this video I will be demonstrating a very simple skill using NVDA.

I will be demonstrating deleting an email in gmail- Google’s email service.

NVDA is a free screen reader.

A screen reader is a great piece of software that gives computers, smartphones and tablets a voice in order to help people who have a visual impairment or who are blind access these devices independently.

I have created other videos about the screen reader NVDA and I have grouped them together in a playlist which I will link to below.

In this video I will be using the web browser Firefox although of course you might want to use Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or Chrome.

The version of NVDA which I am using is 2015.4.

So let’s start NVDA.

The voice that you can hear is British Daniel. This is a paid for voice that you can get for NVDA and I have created a video to show you how.

And if we open Firefox, I am in one of my Gmail accounts.

I am going to press the g key followed by the i key in order to make sure that I am in my inbox.

To select the email that you want to delete press the up or down arrows.

Once you have found it, press the x key to select the email and then press the # key and the email is deleted.

Now, if it is at this point that you realise that you made a mistake, don’t worry because if you

press the z key that will return the deleted email to your inbox.

If none of these shortcut keys seem to work then NVDA is probable not interacting with the page properly.

So you need to press the NVDA key and the space key down twice- the computer will make a noise like a mouse click.

My NVDA key is the Caps Lock key - yours might be the Insert key.

Hopefully that should solve your problem. If not, let me know in the comments.

And that is it. A quick video on using keyboard shortcut keys to delete an email from your Gmail account using NVDA and Firefox.

If you have any questions or want to join in with the discussion please do so below.

Have you got a favourite shortcut when you are using Gmail? Tell me what it is.

Thanks for watching.

End of video transcript

NVDA and Gmail: Reply to Email Using Shortcuts

Hello and welcome to this video.

The focus of this video is using the screen reader NVDA and Gmail.

I demonstrate how to reply to an email using keyboard shortcuts.

The video is 6 minutes long and it contains a full set of subtitles but if you want to read from a transcript instead then find one below.

Start of video transcript

Hello and welcome to this video.

In this video I will be demonstrating a very simple skill using NVDA.

I will be demonstrating how to reply to  an email in gmail- Google’s email service.

NVDA is a free screen reader.

A screen reader is a great piece of software that gives computers, smartphones and tablets a voice in order to help people who have a visual impairment or who are blind access these devices independently.

I have created other videos about the screen reader NVDA and I have grouped them together in a playlist which I will link to below.

In this video I will be using the web browser Firefox although of course you might want to use Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or Chrome.

The version of NVDA which I am using is 2015.4.

So let’s start NVDA.

I am using a paid for voice on NVDA called Daniel. I have created a video demonstrating how to find and download these voices.

And if we open Firefox, I am in one of my Gmail accounts.

I am in my inbox. To get into my inbox I pressed “g” then “i”

Now I need to find the message that I want to reply to. I move through the emails in my inbox by using the up and down arrows.

Once I have found the email, I press the enter key and then I press the r key to create a reply.

I now just need to type my message.

Once I have finished writing my message I press the control key and the enter key in order to send the email.

And that is it. My quick guide to replying to an email in Gmail using NVDA.

If you have any helpful hints about using Gmail with NVDA please let me know.

Remember to watch my other videos on NVDA.

Thanks for watching.

End of video transcript

NVDA & Gmail- Compose an Email Using Shortcuts

Hello and welcome to this video.

This video is about the screenreader NVDA and how to use it in Gmail.

In this 4 minute video I show you how to compose an email using keyboard shortcuts.

The video includes a full set of subtitles but if you want to read a transcript please find one below.

Start of video transcript

Hello and welcome to this video.

In this video I will be demonstrating a very simple skill using NVDA.

I will be demonstrating composing an email in gmail- Google’s email service.

NVDA is a free screen reader.

A screen reader is a great piece of software that gives computers, smartphones and tablets a voice in order to help people who have a visual impairment or who are blind access these devices independently.

I have created other videos about the screen reader NVDA and I have grouped them together in a playlist which I will link to below.

In this video I will be using the web browser Firefox although of course you might want to use Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or Chrome.

The version of NVDA which I am using is 2015.4.

So let’s start NVDA.

The voice that you can hear is British Daniel. This is a paid for voice that you can get for NVDA and I have created a video to show you how.

And if we open Firefox, I am in one of my Gmail accounts.

I am going to press the g key followed by the i key in order to make sure that I am in my inbox.

Now I press the C key in order to compose a message.

I am now in the address box and so I type in an address. I will write an email to myself.

I press the tab key and I am in the subject line and I will have YouTube video as my subject.

If I press the Tab key once more I am in the main body of the email and so I will just write a few lines.

Once I have finished, I now press the control key and the enter key to send it.

And that is it. A quick video on using keyboard shortcut keys to compose and send an email from your Gmail account using NVDA and Firefox.

If you have any questions or want to join in with the discussion please do so below.

Have you got a favourite shortcut when you are using Gmail? Tell me what it is.

Thanks for watching.

End of video transcript