Web Navigation Preferences

This checkbox toggles Orca's caret navigation on and off. When it is on, Orca takes control of the caret as you arrow around within a page; when it is off, the browser's native caret navigation is active.

Default value: checked

If this checkbox is checked, Orca will automatically turn on focus mode when you use caret navigation commands to navigate to a form field. For example, pressing Down would allow you to move into an entry but once you had done so, Orca would switch to focus mode and subsequent presses of Down would be controlled by the web browser and not by Orca. If this checkbox is not checked, Orca would continue to control what happens when you press Down, thus making it possible to arrow out of the entry and continue reading.

Default value: not checked

This checkbox toggles Orca's Structural Navigation on and off. Structural Navigation allows you to navigate by elements such as headings, links, and form fields.

Default value: checked

If this checkbox is checked, Orca will automatically turn on focus mode when you use structural navigation commands to navigate to a form field. For example, pressing E to move to the next entry would move focus there and also turn focus mode on so that your next press of E would type an "e" into that entry. If this checkbox is not checked, then Orca will leave you in browse mode and your next press of E would move you to the next entry on the page.

Default value: not checked

If this checkbox is checked, Orca will automatically turn on focus mode when you use native browser navigation commands to navigate to a form field. For example, pressing Tab to move to the next entry would move focus there and also turn focus mode on so that your next press of E would type an "e" into that entry. If this checkbox is not checked, then Orca will leave you in browse mode and your next press of E would move you to the next entry on the page.

Default value: checked

If this checkbox is checked, Orca will perform a Say All on the newly opened web page or email.

Default value: checked for Firefox; not checked for Thunderbird

If this checkbox is checked, Orca will summarize details about the newly opened web page or email, such as the number of headings, landmarks, and links.

Default value: checked for Firefox; not checked for Thunderbird

If this checkbox is checked, Orca's caret navigation will respect the on-screen layout of the content and present the full line, including any links or form fields on that line. If this checkbox is not checked, Orca will treat objects such as links and form fields as if they were on separate lines, both for presentation and navigation.

Default value: checked

If this checkbox is checked, Orca will read the line which matches your current search query.

Default value: checked

If this checkbox is checked, Orca will not present the matching line if it is the same line as the previous match. This option is designed to prevent "chattiness" on a line with multiple instances of the string for which you are searching.

Default value: not checked

This editable spin button is where you can specify the number of characters which must match before Orca announces the matching line. This option is also designed to prevent "chattiness" as there are many matches when you first begin typing the string for which you are searching.

Default value: 4