The Help context menu presents a list of all available help context features in SpeakOn.
Press the 'Help' [F1] key to toggle the Help context menu.
The Help Context menu list contains the following seven items:
Turn Input Help on
Main Keys sub-menu
Keys available for the current control sub-menu
Where am I?
Tip for the current task
Tip for the current control
Online SpeakOn manual.
Select the feature you want in the usual way.
These Help menu items are explained below.
The Input Key mode allows you to explore the functionality of all the keys.
When you select this menu item this mode is turned 'On' from the Help menu.
When the Input Key mode is 'On' you can explore the functionality of all the keys. Simply press the various keys on the standard keyboard or the numerical keypad; the key's name and action functionality is announced.
To turn the Input Key mode 'Off', press the 'Help' [F1] key.
The Main Keys sub-menu contains a list of all the Main keys on the standard keyboard or the numerical keypad together with their associated actions.
This feature is useful if you need to remind yourself of the Main keys you need to press to run a particular action. Scroll up and down the list until you find the key and action you want. Then press the 'Select' [Enter] key to invoke the action and leave the menu. If you are browsing the menu and would like to leave the menu without invoking an action, press any menu key such as the 'Menu'
[Alt] key.
The Keys available for the current control sub-menu contains a list of all the context keys for the current control on the standard keyboard or the numerical keypad together with their associated actions.
This feature is useful if you need to remind yourself of the context keys you need to press to run a particular action. Scroll up and down the list until you find the key and action you want. Then press the 'Select' key to invoke the action and leave the menu. If you are browsing the menu and would like to leave the menu without invoking an action, press any menu key such as the 'Menu' key .
Note that the appropriate key is reported automatically, based on whether you use the standard keyboard or the numerical keypad.
This feature tells you where you are in the system.
You can access this feature either from the Help context menu or directly by pressing the # 'Help' [Shift + F1] key.
SpeakOn announces the names of the current task and control.
There are also two shorter versions of this feature which can be accessed from the Main Keys sub-menu or directly as follows:
* 'Help' [Ctrl + F1] - SpeakOn announces the name of the current control.
*# 'Help' [Ctrl + Shift + F1] - SpeakOn announces the name of the item in the current control if applicable.
This feature gives you help tips on using the current task.
A short help tip for using the current task is spoken.
This feature gives you help tips on using the current control.
A short help tip for using the current control is spoken.
This feature enables you to view this manual directly from SpeakOn.
You can access this feature from the Help context menu.
SpeakOn launches your default internet browser automatically with the manual's front page (the index) ready for you to browse.
This manual is always revised for the latest version of SpeakOn. If your version of SpeakOn is not the latest one, you will be asked to update your version first (as the manual is not relevant to your current version of SpeakOn). After updating your version of SpeakOn to the latest one, a procedure which should take only a few minutes from the Main menu, you should be able to view this manual from the Help menu.
As your default internet browser is used to view the manual, you will need your screen reader or magnifier running before you select this option from the Help menu. You can switch between SpeakOn and your default internet browser in the usual Windows way [Alt + Tab]
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