SPRITEs NVDA Add-on Tutorial

Locating Search Results with SPRITEs Navigation

Just a recap, when you perform a search, SPRITEs jumps to the first search result. After SPRITEs jumps to the first search result, it simply shifts the table and aligns the upper left corner of your keyboard with the cell containing the search result. You can explore around the table under search mode with some additional announcements that help you locate other search results. For example, if you switch to a column that contains 2 more search results other than the current cell selected, SPRITEs will announce “2 more found in this column”. As soon as you land on a search result, SPRITEs will also announce “Found” before speaking the content of the cell. Now, with the same table below, press NVDA+SHIFT+T to activate SPRITEs mode and press F to search for “delta” again. After SPRITEs jumps to the first search result, try to find the second search result in the table, which should locate at row 7 column 5. Once you found it, exit the search mode and SPRITEs by pressing Escape twice, then press Next to continue.

Flight Number Source Airport Stops Destination Airport Carrier Price
1 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA Nonstop John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York, NY Delta $260
2 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA Nonstop John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York, NY Alaska Airlines $262
3 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA Charlotte (CLT) John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York, NY American Airlines $266
4 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA Charlotte (CLT) LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York, NY American Airlines $270
5 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA Nonstop Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark, NJ United $258
6 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA Nonstop Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark, NJ Delta $256
7 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA Charlotte (CLT) Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark, NJ American Airlines $265
8 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA Chicago (ORD) Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark, NJ American Airlines $280

A Note about Search Time

Since the SPRITEs keyword search requires processing the whole table, it could take a while to complete a search on a large table. While you can still explore the table when SPRITEs is searching for the keyword, you will hear “searching” if you attempt to press F to initiate a new search. In that case, our advice is to wait patiently until the current search is completed.