Hi Ant, I could be wrong, but I think on the dashboard, you use the window chooser menu, VO keys F2 twice and select them from there. Please correct me if I am wrong. Take Care John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 Email, tvii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, PULSEDATA, DUXBURY, DANCING DOTS, ROBOTRON, AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED -----Original Message----- From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anthony Vece Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 11:01 AM To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: USING THE DASHBOARD AND WORKING WITH WIDGETS!!! Hi Vickie; How do you select the different widgets or applications? In other words, when I pull up my dashboard, the only application that seems to come up is the calculator. Anthony On 5 Sep 2005, at 10:55, John Weir wrote: > Very few of the dashboard widgets are really accessable. I have > tested them all, and some will let you enter the widget but little > else. I have made a number of bug reports on this problem so Apple > knows. Vickie Weir > > Anthony Vece wrote: > > >> Hi Everyone; >> >> They say necessity is the Mother of invention and, indeed it is. >> >> While I was working in the checking account I needed to use the >> calculator. >> >> It worked. >> >> I can use the calculator but, is their anything else that I can use >> on the dashboard? >> >> What are widgets and, can they be used with vo? >> >> When I use the calculator, I tab to the number and then press it with >> the vo keys and the spacebar. Is their a more direct way? >> >> Thanks for taking the time to read this email and a very healthy and >> happy and safe LABOR DAY to all of us in the USA. >> >> Sincerely >> >> Anthony Vece >> >> >> >> > > >