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Contents of Object Navigation in NVDA

Object Navigation in NVDA

• Objects are individual elements ordered in a tree or hierarchy
• E.g. buttons, menu items, text, dialogs, title bars, toolbars, menu bars, web sites, task bar, system trey, icons, the desktop, etc.
• Users can navigate around trees of objects without moving focus
• Allows NVDA to read extra information otherwise not available
• Also lets users get extra information without losing current position
• The number pad is used to navigate between objects in NVDA
• E.g. read current object, move to parent or child, move to next or previous, etc.
• Object navigation is also used in Linux screen readers and Apple VoiceOver