Presence with a keyboard or screen reader
This page explains how to use Presence's heatmaps, brand map, and answers with a keyboard or a . For features that work on every screen, such as shortcuts, themes, zoom, and how to read a chart, see Accessibility features.
Read a heatmap
The heatmaps on Visibility, Assistants, Search engines, Traits, and Compare are tables, so your screen reader's table commands work in them.
- Every cell shows its number, so the shading is never the only way to read it. A screen reader reads each cell as a full sentence, such as which brand was named in how many of the responses about a topic.
- A cell that was not measured is marked n/a. A brand that was measured but never appeared shows 0%.
- Cells that open more detail are links. Buttons in the headings sort the table.
When the heatmap has little room, such as on a phone or when you zoom in, it turns into a compact grid that is a single stop in the Tab order. Use the arrow keys to move between cells, and Enter or Space to open a panel with the cell's full reading.
Use the brand map
The brand map draws the names that assistants mention together. The View tabs switch between Map, Explore, and Table.
- Table lists the same names and ties as text, with the same actions as the map. It is the easiest way to read the brand map with a screen reader.
- On the map, each name is a button read with how many responses offered it. Zoom in, Zoom out, and Fit the whole workspace on screen change what you see, and your screen reader announces the new zoom level.
Read an assistant's answer
On an answer:
- Each brand named in the answer is a button that opens its menu.
- Highlighted and Original switch between the answer with its highlights and the answer as the assistant wrote it.
- Citation buttons open the list of pages the assistant cited, each named after the page and its website.
- How the answer portrays each brand is shown with an icon that has a text name, as well as its color.
Charts, news, and progress
- Charts open as a table of their values with Expand, and many also have a ranked table beside them. Rises and falls are shown with an arrow as well as color.
- On News, each story's headline is its link, and its relevance is read as a number, such as "Relevance 3 of 5".
- While Presence is measuring, the sidebar says how many background jobs are running, and your screen reader announces changes without moving your focus.