Friending

Hi, my name is Vikki Vaughan, and today we'll discuss one of the main uses of Facebook, connecting with friends. When we friend someone on Facebook, we have access to each other's activities and we can share life events. We do this through posts, stories, photos, and videos.

In today's workshop, we'll learn how to search for and add a friend, and accept a friend's request. We will also talk about what it means to follow celebrities, groups, and businesses that we're interested in.

This series is designed for people who use a screen reader. If you're not a screen reader user, be sure to check out Hadley's low vision version of this series.

Let's start out with searching for friends. We've already logged into our account. Let's press control plus home to move to the top of our homepage.

Screen Reader: Banner Landmark visited link Facebook.

Vikki Vaughan: It's nice to know that we can use our control key to silence our screen reader.

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