Tobi—Keyboard Shortcuts

Tobi provides various accessibility features enabling people with disabilities to work on it conveniently. These features are elaborated in the following topics:
Keyboard shortcuts
Magnification
Audio cues

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are the key combinations that enable quick and easy access to commands, eliminating the need to go to resources that list them such as menu bar. They not only prove beneficial for visually impaired but also assist advanced users in rapid book production. Keyboard shortcuts of Tobi are classified in the subsections below according to their usage, and the single key shortcuts are listed at the end of the section.

General Commands

Command	Shortcut
Open an existing Tobi project	Ctrl+O
Open Recent Projects Dialog	Shift+Ctrl+O
Save the current project	Ctrl+S
Save a copy of the current project to a different location	Shift+Ctrl+S
Close the current project	Ctrl+F4
Exit from Tobi	Alt+F4

Import and Export

Command	Shortcut
Import a DAISY/EPUB book	Ctrl+I
Export the current project to a full-text, full-audio DAISY book or EPUB 3 media overlays	Ctrl+E

Cleanup command

Command	Shortcut
Invoke project cleanup	Shift+Alt+Ctrl+D

Magnification Commands

Command	Shortcut
Magnify the entire UI	Ctrl+Plus Sign
Shrink the entire UI	Ctrl+Minus Sign
Reset UI magnification to default	Shift+Ctrl+Minus Sign
Fit the contents of Audio Editor Pane in its visible area	Ctrl+W
Zoom in or out the audio selection	Shift+Ctrl+W

Shifting Focus among UI Components

Command	Shortcut
Shift the focus to the text of the Document Pane	F6
Shift the focus to Navigation Pane	F8
Move the focus to Main Toolbar	F9
Move the focus to Document Toolbar	F10
Move the focus to Audio Toolbar	F7
Go to Status Bar	F4

Invoking Editors and Utility Dialogs

Command	Shortcut
Invoke the Image Description Editor	Shift+Ctrl+D
Invoke the Metadata Editor	F11
Open the Preferences dialog	Ctrl+Alt+F1
Open the Project Spine dialog	Ctrl+U
Launch Narrator View	Ctrl+N

General Editing and Search Commands

Command	Shortcut
Copy the current selection to application clipboard	Ctrl+C
Cut the current selection and copy it to application clipboard	Ctrl+X
Paste the item from application clipboard to the current location	Ctrl+V
Undo the last executed command	Ctrl+Z
Redo the last undone command	Ctrl+Y
Invoke the find function	Ctrl+F
Find the next item containing the same search term	F3
Find the previous item matching the same search term	Shift+F3

Document Navigation and Mode Selection

Command	Shortcut
Go to next item in Document Pane	Ctrl+Period
Go to previous item in Document Pane	Ctrl+Comma
Go to the referenced book element	Ctrl+L
Go back to anchor (referring element)	Shift+Ctrl+L
Show the sub-items of higher selection in Document Structure Trail	Shift+Ctrl+Comma
Hide the sub-items of higher selection in Document Structure Trail	Shift+Ctrl+Period
Change the view mode of Document Pane to and from single phrase mode	Ctrl+T
Toggle the granularity of the document between fine and coarse	Shift+Ctrl+Alt+T

Document Marks and Text Editing

Command	Shortcut
Toggle document mark	Ctrl+K
Remove all the document marks	Shift+Ctrl+K
Edit the text of selected item	F2

Audio Insertion

Command	Shortcut
Generate audio equivalent of current selection using synthetic voice	Ctrl+G
Generate audio equivalent of entire document using synthetic voice	Shift+Ctrl+G
Import pre-recorded audio file	Shift+Ctrl+I
Start recording	Ctrl+R
Stop recording	Ctrl+R / Ctrl+Space / Esc
Wind up the content recorded till now to the current item and start recording for the next item	Shift+Ctrl+R
Turn on/off preview before recording	Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R
Start audio monitoring	Ctrl+M
Stop audio monitoring	Ctrl+M / Ctrl+Space
Reset the session counter to 0	Ctrl+H

Playback Commands

Command	Shortcut
Play the audio content of the selected item	Space
Continually play the audio content of the document, starting from the current selection	Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Space
Pause the playback	Space
Turn on/off the auto play option	Shift+Ctrl+Alt+P
Increase the playback rate	Ctrl+Up arrow
Decrease the playback rate	Ctrl+Down Arrow
Reset the playback rate to normal	Ctrl+0

Audio Navigation

Command	Shortcut
Step back; move the audio cursor backward very small amount of time	Ctrl+Left Arrow
Step forward; move the audio cursor forward very small amount of time	Ctrl+Right Arrow
Go the beginning of the current waveform	Home
Go to the end of the current waveform	End
Go to the beginning of the waveform corresponding to the previous item	Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow
Go to the beginning of the waveform corresponding to next item	Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow

Audio Selection

Command	Shortcut
Mark the beginning of audio selection	Ctrl+[
Mark the end of the audio selection	Ctrl+]
Select the entire audio content of the current waveform	Ctrl+A
Select the audio content on the left of the audio cursor in the current waveform	Shift+Home
Select the audio content on the right of the audio cursor in the current waveform	Shift+End
Select the audio content of waveform corresponding to previous item	Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow
Select the audio content of waveform corresponding to next item	Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow
Clear selection	Ctrl+D

Audio Editing and Preview

command	Shortcut
Preview up to the audio cursor	Shift+Ctrl+P
Preview after the audio cursor	Ctrl+P
Split the audio content at the current position of audio cursor	Ctrl+Enter
Delete selected audio	Del

Upgrading DAISY Books to EPUB

command	Shortcut
Convert DAISY books to EPUB3 books	Shift+Ctrl+C

Single Key Shortcuts

Please note that the single key shortcuts work when the focus is on waveforms or Status Bar.

command	Shortcut
Stop recording and continue command, plus Start recording	R
Start monitoring	M
Stop recording, start or pause playback	Space

Magnification

Tobi provides numerous magnification features that act on entire UI or specific panes. The size of visual elements has been formulated according to the basic design of Tobi’s screen to present a holistic picture and utmost usability, but it can be adjusted to meet special requirements in the following ways.

Users can magnify or shrink entire UI of Tobi.
An audio selection or all the waveforms of Audio Editor Pane can be elongated or squeezed.
Items displayed in the Document Pane can be zoomed in or out.

Audio Cues

Audio cues are the voice indications given by Tobi for confirmations or warnings. The following table lists the audio cues of Tobi.

Audio Cue	Purpose	Significance
Single Knock	Confirmation	Beginning of the audio selection has been marked.
Double Knock	Confirmation	End of the audio selection has been marked.
“Low”	Warning	Amplitude of audio being heard is low.
“High”	Warning	Amplitude of audio being heard is high.
“Good”	Confirmation	Amplitude of audio being heard is of good quality. This means that it is neither low nor high.

Audio cues can be enabled or disabled using the Preferences dialog. Search for the entry “EnableAudioCues” and set it to True to enable them, and False to disable them.

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