[mac4theblind] Re: Problem with Voiceover when dealing with editing/navigating more than one page in a document on the Mac

  • From: Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:24:45 -0700

Nor I. . I could navigate all the way through interacted and not interacted. 
odd?
On Apr 21, 2013, at 7:48 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> this all works fine for me with the two documents supplied.
> 
> On Apr 20, 2013, at 10:55 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I actually have all cursers following each other that way I don't' have to 
> rout anything if I ever need to do a vo shift space. I was taught this way 
> and it has worked for m so far for  3 years, key word being so far. lol!
> 
> Tc.
> On Apr 20, 2013, at 2:05 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
>> you can send them to me as well if you like, I can put them on drop box and 
>> send out links to john and sarah if you like.
>> 
>> As for cursor tracking, the mouse cursor should ignore the voiceover cursor.
>> tracking is a toggle which is executed via control-option-f3.
>> 
>> On Apr 20, 2013, at 4:58 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> You can send them to me directly.  I'd be happy to look at them.
>> 
>> 
>> Take Care
>> 
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>> 
>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION
>> 
>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>> 
>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 20, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi David, Jon and Sarah. I do have documents I can send but they are stuff 
>>> I do for college. Is there a way I can send a couple of them to you for you 
>>> guys to have a mess around with? I don't want to clutter up the list. 
>>> 
>>> To be honest, it is happening to me more when i'm creating these documents 
>>> for assignments etc. I haven't really had it happen when I'm reading a doc 
>>> but once I start editing it that's when it happens.
>>> 
>>> Sarah, I don't think its a permissions repair because its been happening 
>>> for quite a while now and I've did one recently last week in fact and I'm 
>>> still having the same trouble.
>>> I'm interested in this curser tracking thing you mentioned. Is there a 
>>> particular setting I should try in this section of the VO utility? I have 
>>> all the options checked and haven't touched them because quite honestly I'm 
>>> confused to what they do.
>>> 
>>> Could this possibly be the issue?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for bearing with me guys! I really appreciate it!
>>> 
>>> Daniel    
>>> On 19 Apr 2013, at 18:41, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Also if you do have all of your cursers following and tracking each other 
>>>> it's time to try a permissions repair.  You will not loose data, but maybe 
>>>> something got screwed up some how, some ware, some way.
>>>> 
>>>> Take care.
>>>> On Apr 19, 2013, at 10:27 AM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> As David asked, do you have examples of documents doing this.  Also, is 
>>>>> it happening to all documents.  Lastly, do you have your cursors tracking 
>>>>> one another?  This seems to indicate that the VO cursor and mouse pointer 
>>>>> are not in sync.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Take Care
>>>>> 
>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>> Director
>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION
>>>>> 
>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>> 
>>>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 19, 2013, at 1:48 AM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello Jon and Sarah, thank you both to getting back to me. 
>>>>>> Sarah, I've tried re-starting my Mac when I get this issue but it still 
>>>>>> comes back when my Mac Book Pro is up and running again. However, I'll 
>>>>>> try your other suggestions to se if that resolves anything. I'm not 
>>>>>> holding my breath though.
>>>>>> Jon, I always interact with my document before making edits to it anyway 
>>>>>> so that isn't the problem. Thanks though I completely forgot to mention 
>>>>>> that one.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So if I can ask you both, say you have a document opened in front of you 
>>>>>> and lets say it has a minimum of 4 pages, are you both telling me that 
>>>>>> you really both don't start to encounter VO issues? 
>>>>>> I was wondering if you could both test something out and report your 
>>>>>> finding back to me because if it's this, then it will explain my problem.
>>>>>> Basically I'm terrible at spelling words! LOL So when I come across one 
>>>>>> of my mis-spelt words I highlight it with the shift and option and the 
>>>>>> arrow key and perform the context menu command to get the right spelling.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can you guys test this out in a large document and see if VO ever gets 
>>>>>> to the point where you have to use the tab key and backspace and after 
>>>>>> that the arrow keys start working again. I know it's really weird! :( 
>>>>>> But that's what's happening to me.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Daniel       2013, at 19:55, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The only thing that comes to mind is always be sure you are interacting 
>>>>>>> with the text area.  Even though you might be able to type, that does 
>>>>>>> not mean you are interacting.  That is the only time I experience 
>>>>>>> navigation in text becoming an issue.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Apr 18, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi all, I'm using Mountain Lion V8.3 and the free word processor Bean 
>>>>>>>> V3.2.4
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> For me, I am frequently encountering this occurring problem where 
>>>>>>>> Voiceover becomes unable to navigate with the arrow keys.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Before I try to attempt to explain this which will be hard and 
>>>>>>>> complicated I just want to ask have anyone else experienced this in 
>>>>>>>> any shape or form with any word processing app on Mac OSX? I get this 
>>>>>>>> same problem with Text Edit, Bean and Pages too.
>>>>>>>> If anyone knows what I'm talking about or would like to have a guess 
>>>>>>>> when one is dealing with at least 2 or more pages in a document with 
>>>>>>>> VO and the above Word Processors that would be brave of you! Also you 
>>>>>>>> might be able to explain it far better than I can.
>>>>>>>> It is the sort of thing where showing it rather than writing about it 
>>>>>>>> makes more sense. 
>>>>>>>> This is the only annoyance I am having with my word processing 
>>>>>>>> experience with my Mac and it is really unproductive too! Sorry for 
>>>>>>>> the rant! LOL 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Look forward to those who can guess! :) Or not?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Daniel************
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