Use the built-in screen reader on your Pixel Slate

• Move through selectable items, like links and tabs: Tab
• Move backward through selectable items: Shift + Tab
• Click: Enter, or press Search + Space
• Select text: Search + s. At the end of your selection, press Search + s again

• Hear title of current page: Search + a, then w
• Hear URL of current page: Search + a, then u
• Hear current date & time: Search + a, then d

1. Press and hold Search, then press the letter o twice.
2. In the Voices section, select Chrome OS. Your default language shows on the button label.
3. Choose another language from the list. You’ll hear the new language you’ve selected.
4. When you’re done, press Ctrl + w.

• Slow down: Search + Shift + [ (left square bracket)
• Speed it up: Search + [ (left square bracket)
• Pause speaking: Ctrl

On a keyboard:

• Higher frequency: Search + ] (right square bracket)
• Lower frequency: Search + Shift + ] (right square bracket)

On a touchscreen:

1. At the bottom right, select the time to open the status area.
2. Tap Settings
3. Scroll down and tap Advanced.
4. Scroll down to “Accessibility” section and tap Manage accessibility features.
5. Tap Text-to-speech voice settings.
6. Next to "Pitch," move the slider to adjust to a higher or lower frequency.

To avoid pressing Search for each shortcut, quickly press Search twice. You'll know it's on when you hear "Sticky Mode enabled." It will stay on until you press it twice again.

To stop holding down Search, press Search again twice. ChromeVox will say "Sticky Mode disabled."

See or hide shortcuts

See all possible ChromeVox shortcuts	Search + . (period)
Hide shortcuts	Esc
Show forms shortcuts	Search + Ctrl + f
Show headings shortcuts	Search + Ctrl + h
Show landmarks shortcuts	Search + Ctrl + ; (semicolon)
Show links shortcuts	Search + Ctrl + L
Show table shortcuts	Search + Ctrl + t

 

Change spoken feedback settings

Open Search options	Search + o, then o
Turn Braille captions on/off	Search + a, then b
Find in page	Search + / (forward slash)
Start reading from current location	Search + r
Turn earcons on or off	Search + a, then e
Hear punctuation marks as you type them	Search + a, then p
Hear letters as you type them	Search + a, then t
Ignore the next key press	Search + Shift + Esc

 

Learn more about ChromeVox and your device

Open context menu	Search + m
Open Search tutorial	Search + o, then t
Hear the names of the keys on your keyboard ("Learn Mode")	Search + o, then k. Your keyboard will say the name of any key or key combination you press, and explain what the keyboard shortcut does.
Turn off Learn Mode	Ctrl + w
Open update notes	Search + o, then n