Silktide AI with a keyboard or screen reader

This page explains how to use Silktide Agent and AI reports 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.

Silktide Agent

Press ⌘⇧A on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+A on Windows or Linux to open or close the Agent from any screen. Focus moves to the message field when it opens.
The Agent opens in a panel named Silktide Agent. Close Agent closes it and returns focus to where you were, and Open full screen gives it the whole screen.
Press Enter to send a message, and Shift+Enter to start a new line. While the Agent is working, the send button becomes Stop.
While the Agent works, a status line says what it is doing, in a status region that screen readers can announce without moving your focus.
Each reply has a Copy message button, and charts in a reply open as a table with Expand.

Read an AI report

Each section of a report has its own heading. On wide screens, On this page lists the sections as links.
A report is marked with the language it is written in, so your screen reader pronounces it correctly.
A report runs in the background. Its progress bar is named Report progress, and Silktide sends you a notification when it is ready.

Edit an AI report

Edit turns editing on and off. While you edit:

Your screen reader announces whether your changes are saved: "Saving…", "All changes saved", or "Not saved".
Press Alt+F10 or Ctrl+F6 to move to the formatting toolbar, and Escape to go back to your text.
Press ⌘⌥2 or Ctrl+Alt+2 for a heading, ⌘⌥3 or Ctrl+Alt+3 for a subheading, and ⌘⌥0 or Ctrl+Alt+0 for body text.
Press Alt+Enter (Option+Enter on Mac) to add a block below the one you are in.
To change a chart's values, use Edit the data, a form with a labeled field for each value.
When you ask Silktide AI to suggest a change, focus moves to the suggestion, with added and removed text marked. Press ⌘Enter or Ctrl+Enter to accept it, or Escape to discard it.

You never need to drag a block. Each block's move handle is in the Tab order: press Enter to choose where it goes from Move to…, or Space to lift it, the arrow keys to move it, and Space again to drop it. Your screen reader announces where the block is as you move it.

Known issues we are working on

We fix accessibility issues as part of our regular releases. These are the open ones you are most likely to notice, with a way around them where there is one.

Agent replies are not announced. A reply is not read aloud as it arrives. Move to the end of the conversation to read it. While the send button says Stop, the Agent is still working.
The Agent on smaller screens. When the Agent covers the screen, focus can move to the screen behind it, and Escape does not close it. Use Close Agent, or press ⌘⇧A or Ctrl+Shift+A.
Report shortcuts in other languages. Alt+F10, Ctrl+F6, and Alt+Enter work only when Silktide is in English.
Report table rows and columns. The actions for a table's rows and columns appear only when you point at a cell.
Short-lived Undo. The "Moved" and "Deleted" notifications in a report disappear after a few seconds. Press Alt+T to keep one open, or press ⌘Z or Ctrl+Z instead.

If one of these gets in your way, tell us.