NVDA: Links
What is a link?
Links allow us to move from one place to another. They’re found everywhere on the internet. When you do a search you end up with a list of links to follow to other websites. Links can also move you around a document.
A link should have enough information so you know where you’re going if you activate the link. If you activate the link at the end of this paragraph it will take you to a new tab with a video playing. This is a link to a video about the Talking Scientific Calculator.
Navigating by links
What letter could we use to navigate by links? L would make sense, but that’s already been used for something else. So, to go to the next link in a page you press k. There are two links below, press k twice to find them, then press Ctrl + down arrow to listen to the next paragraph.
The previous page about headings
The page about basic navigation
A link usually takes you to a different place, so it’s worthwhile knowing how to get back to where you started. On a web browser you could try alt + left arrow to go back a page, or ctrl + shift + tab if the link opens in a new tab.
Let’s practice!
Follow the links to a new page, and then come back to this page using alt + left arrow. You can use k to navigate through just the links, or maybe h to find the headings for this section first, it’s up to you. On each page you’ll find a word, remember the word you find.
Remember all those words you found on the pages? They’re the instructions of where to go next! Use the down arrow or k to move through the links below and hit enter on the right one.