Keyboard shortcuts for Increased Productivity and Accessibility using Mote

Keyboard shortcuts are great for productivity and for accessibility. Here's the keyboard shortcuts supported for accessing Read Aloud, Translation, Voice Typing, Recording and Engaging with Mote content.

Opening the Mote Sidebar (Chrome Extension)

On Macs: Control+Shift+M

On PCs and Chromebooks: Alt+Shift+M

Accessing Mote Read Aloud using Keyboard Shortcuts

Once the extension is open, you can use Tab to move forward and Tab+Shift to move back through the Mote Sidebar functions.

By default the 'Play page' option should be highlighted, and you can begin playback by hitting 'Enter'. If you instead wish to read a specific area of the page, hit 'Tab' to navigate to the 'Select Area' function and then use the keypad /mouse to select your area to read.

Similarly, you can access voice-typing and translation by using Tab to navigate to the relevant functions on the sidebar. If you encounter issues please let us know.

There are also keyboard shortcuts for specific functionality as follows:

Open Select Area: Control + Shift + C

Open Translate Area: Control + Shift + T

Recording a mote from the Chrome Extension

Select the 'More mote...' button to open the Mote extension and then to record or generate a mote.

Listening to motes

Here are the keyboard shortcuts that are now supported for engaging with mote content.