Because Emacsvox has access to Emacs modes and application state, it can announce the kind of object you have reached rather than treating everything as undifferentiated text. Use the active mode’s navigation for the structure you are working with, and request more spoken detail as needed.
Voice changes can distinguish headings, comments, strings, links, warnings, and other meaningful text. Short sounds and tones can mark events or state changes without interrupting the spoken content. Ordinary text remains available through the usual reading commands.
The exact result depends on the mode, the Emacsvox integration, and your Aural Presentation settings. Aural Presentation explains how the parts fit together, including the established Voice Lock compatibility layer; C-e E explains the presentation chosen for the object at point.
Prefer the navigation supplied by the active mode when it matches your task. For example, Info moves among nodes and menu entries, Org and Outline move among headings, Dired moves among files, programming modes understand definitions and diagnostics, and EWW exposes links and document structure.
The mode’s Help, available through C-h m, describes its navigation commands, including those supplied by installed packages and your customisations. Browsing Structure points to guides for common kinds of structured content.
Use C-x b to return to a known buffer or C-x C-b to browse the current set. For a reference and draft displayed together, follow Keep a reference and a draft in separate windows. Select the intended view and inspect its buffer before editing; C-e C-w describes the arrangement.
Applications often create several related buffers, such as a search result and an individual message. Their mode help explains the commands for moving among those views. Treat each buffer as a place you can revisit, rather than as a dialog that must be completed before doing anything else.
In most text buffers, C-s searches forward and C-r backwards. Type the query, repeat the key for another match, and finish with RET before typing an edit. In a failing search, C-g first backs out of the failed part; a second cancellation may be needed to leave it. This search works in documents, Help, source code and many application results. Find and replace text carefully explains match positions and scoped replacement; Incremental search in the GNU Emacs Manual provides the full search reference.
Also look for the mode’s semantic search and filtering commands. A mail application can search message fields, Dired can narrow files, and a browser can move directly among links or headings. Use the general search when text is what matters and the mode-specific command when the kind of object matters.