Welcome to a lesson on using Microsoft Teams with JAWS for Windows version 2021.
Today's lesson is going to be on using chat.
So let's check out where I am.
Insert T title is Elizabeth and Rachel Microsoft teams.
It tells me that I'm in Microsoft teams and I'm in a
chat with Elizabeth and Rachel.
So let's take a look around the screen here.
I'm going to use control F six to toggle through different parts
of the screen control F six, search into the chat combo box.
Look for messages files and more or type slash for a list of commands.
Edit combo suggestions.
And remember at any point I can always hit control to silence jaws I'll press control
F six again, control F6, the chat list to review recent chats, open suggestions,
updated use down arrow to select.
All right.
Control F6 control F6 control F6 control F6 type a new message.
Edit, edit.
Okay.
That's there an edit box where I can type a message control F six.
Control F6 search into the chat combo box.
Look for, and back at the top, I pressed control to silence JAWS.
I will press control F six again.
Control F6.
All right.
And it put me back in the list of chats.
If I arrow up nothing and I'll read current line and
it's on recent chats, open.
Selected.
So I'm going to arrow down group chat, Elizabeth and Rachel
last message from Elizabeth.
Great job.
Lots of wonderful info.
So definitely repurpose, slightly smiling face on 10 slash 20 press space
for more options as pop-up one to five.
Very good.
So gave me a lot of information named the chat.
It told me that two people were included in the chat.
It told me I could use the space bar to bring up a popup and I'm on it right now.
So let's go ahead and press the space bar that looks like space list with
seven items pop out chat one of seven.
Allows me to pop the chat out into a separate window, Marked as unread, 2 of 7.
Good.
Mark it as unread.
I'm just pressing the down arrow key pin means I'm going to Mark
it to be at the top of my list.
Assuming I have multiple items, um, I can have more than one thing,
basically docked at the top of the chat, mute the conversation.
all right.
That one has an interesting title, but it's the hide command.
All right.
It sounds like most of the things I needed were at the top.
So I'm going to press escape escape, chatlist chatlist tree
view group chat, Elizabeth and Rachel, last message from Elizabeth.
Great job.
Lots of wonderful and i'll press control.
to silence JAWS.
If I press the enter key on this chat type, a new message.
It took my focus to the edit box for that specific chat.
And I'll just type in.
Thanks.
sending.
I press the enter key message sent and it told me the message
sent, um, pretty straightforward.
You can arrow up and down through your different chats.
Control F um, six moves you around the screen.
Um, think of those as regions and, uh, control shift F six.
We'll move you back.
Um, to the other direction.
So it's cycle one direction or cycle the other, and control two would
put you back in your chats list.
I'll go ahead and press that controlled chats list chats list
tree view group chat Elizabeth and Rachel, last message from you.
Thanks.
And you heard that I wrote thanks.
I pressed control to silence JAWS I'll arrow down to see what my other chats are.
Level one of the chats, Elizabeth Whitaker, offline last message from
you hello there on 10 slash 22.
So she said, hello there.
It did tell me that she's offline, but let's say I want to
go ahead and send her a message.
I'll press enter on that.
Elizabeth Whitaker, a new message.
Edit, edit.
See it changed the title of my window to her name.
And if I press insert T the title is Elizabeth Whitaker Microsoft teams.
It reads the title of the window as being in whichever chat I am in.
So I'm going to say, um, talk to you tomorrow.
message sent.
Now, if I press the shift tab key, I will see the list of the different chats.
So I can actually do things with a specific chat by pressing
the enter key I'll arrow up.
I'll press up again, uh, so she sent me an attachment.
If I press the enter key on this, I can actually get to the attachment.
Now it said like one of six.
So these are the different reactions.
Most of you know, these from using your iPhone and other devices where you can
actually like a message I'll press tab.
Now that I've entered into the message more options use left and
right arrow keys to navigate, use tab key to navigate to the attachments.
I'll press tab again.
all right, so this I press control to silence Jaws.
This is actually the name of the file and it told me it's a PowerPoint
and some other information.
If I press tab one more time, more attachment options hit enter
or space to activate the menu.
Uh, that's what I want.
I'm going to go in and press the enter key Enter.
Edit in Teams one of five.
I have the options to edit it and teams open the desktop app
or open in the desktop app.
There's some other options in here, but open a desktop app is what I want.
If I press enter on this, now it will open the program that
this file is associated to.
And, uh, let me work within that file.
And then anybody else who's also using that file will be notified that I'm
working in that file at the same time.
If I save the file at the completion of that.
And close the programs such as PowerPoint or word or Excel, then it's going to send
that file back, upload into teams so that if Elizabeth wanted to see my changes,
she could go in and see that I'll go ahead and press escape to leave this menu.
And I'll press escape to go ahead and exit out of this specific chat.
And now I'm back in the chat list.
And if I arrow up the message.
I'll hit control to silence jaws.
Now, if it was a link.
Same process would take place except instead of tabbing to the button
that allowed me to open the file.
I can press enter on the link and that would open the browser.
Um, whatever my default browser is with that link open, let's take a
look at some other ways to do chat.
If I press the tab key now, um, I'm back in and if I press Insert T title
is Elizabeth Whitaker Microsoft teams.
It tells me I'm still chatting with Elizabeth.
If I hit the tab key.
Menu actions, menu, format, presenter to extend the compose
box and format of your message.
And so this is traditional formatting.
So if I wanted to format the document with, you know, bold or italic or change
the font size, things of that nature, I could do that there press the right arrow.
Set delivery options.
It's pretty self-explanatory you can set the time and date that
when I want that message to go out.
Attach left and right arrow keys to navigate.
I can choose to attach a file.
And when you choose to attach a file, I'll go ahead and try this press enter.
And by default, it says one drive, arrow down and upload from my computer.
And this is going to bring up a traditional open dialog
where I can choose the file.
I'll press escape and I'll press the right arrow.
Choose an emoji, ah, the rest of these things are things like emojis,
gifs and things of that nature.
If I press the tab key, I have a send button by default.
If I type in that edit box and press enter, it hits the
send button at that time.
Now, what are some other ways I can chat?
I'm going to, uh, press control two to go back to my list of channels.
Let's say I pressed control there to silence JAWS.
Um, if I wanted to, I can do a control E which will put me in the
search dialog or search box edit box across the top of the team's screen.
Control E search it in the chat combo box.
Look for messages, files, or type slash for a list of commands.
Edit combo suggestions updated.
I'll press control to silence jaws.
If I type a at sign right now, combo box edit combo, and then I can type Rachel.
So I pressed enter after typing her name in and it went ahead and
populated it and then told me to go ahead and type in my message.
And I'll just say, hello there.
I just sent the message to Rachel, so pretty quick and easy.
Um, and at any point you can press the control E.
For edit or search and type in, um, the at sign followed by a person's name and
it will send a message to that person.
If you type in the message.
So it's at sign name, press enter.
If it's from, if it pulls it from the auto-fill, then once you've
pressed enter, then you can go ahead and type in a message, press enter
again, and it will send the message.
Another way is control N for new message control N edit, enter name, email, or
tag, and I'll go ahead and type in, uh, Rachel Rachel Buchanan press enter.
Rachel.
If I want to add Elizabeth to this.
So I've now added let's, um, uh, pressed enter after typed
in E L I to add Elizabeth to it.
If I arrow left, Elizabeth Whitaker.
Left again, Rachel Buchanan news backspace, or delete to remove.
And I'll move back to the right Elizabeth Whitaker.
Use backspace or delete the remove.
And right, one more time and press enter to start my chat type a new message.
And just like that, I sent a message off to them.
So that's several different ways to use chat.
I hope you enjoyed this lesson and, um, look forward to more lessons on teams,
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