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♪ [Bumper music]
(Todd) In this screencast, I'm going to demonstrate composing a new email,
using the new Yahoo! Mail and a screen reader.
And for this demo, I'm going to be using the NVDA Screen reader and Firefox 4.
You can press the "n" key to compose a new email.
And it's important to keep in mind that if the virtual cursor is on,
you're going to need to bypass the virtual cursor before pressing "n".
So I'm going to press the "n" key now.
[NVDA] N2 Combo box collapse has auto-complete editable.
[NVDA] Blank.
(Todd) And you'll notice that after I press the "n" key,
focus is moved into the message composition screen,
and is placed directly in the "To" field.
...address, the auto-complete control will display,
suggesting email addresses from your Yahoo! address book.
So I'm going to start typing the email address of my friend, Addy,
[NVDA] A expanded.
(Todd) You'll notice that the screen reader announces "expanded"
letting my know that the auto-complete control is now visible.
Now we can press the up and down arrow keys
to select the email address of my friend Addy.
[NVDA] List Addy Lee, Addy Lee three hundred twenty four at yahoo dot com. N
[NVDA] Not selected two of four.
(Todd) And I'm going to press the enter key to select this email address,
and place it into the "To" field.
[NVDA] New email property page.
[NVDA] Table row one column two
[NVDA] Two combo box collapse has auto-complete editable action.
[NVDA] Leave.
(Todd) You can move between the fields in the compose page
simply by pressing the "tab" key.
So, I'll press the "tab" key to move between the "To", "Cc", "Subject" fields
and "message body".
[NVDA] Cc combo box collapse has auto-complete editable
[NVDA] Blank subject
[NVDA] Edit has auto-complete.
[NVDA] Blank. Message body by frame.
[NVDA] Message body document editable.
(Todd) When you're finished typing your email,
simply press "control" and "enter" to send the message.
[click]
[NVDA] Section email sent done recipient Addy Lee
[NVDA] Done button
(Todd) The message is sent, the send confirmation page will be displayed.
Focus will be on the "Done" button.
Press the "Done" button to close the send confirmation page.
[click]
[NVDA] Document forty two unread emails heading
[NVDA] Go to inbox link
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