[mac4theblind] Re: browsers that work with voice over
- From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:31:20 -0500
Chrome Canary uses the same engine as Safari as does Lightning. Lightning
uses Web Kit, but it's a much faster browser than Safari.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
On Dec 17, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Tracy Duffy wrote:
> Perhaps I misunderstood. Sorry.
>
> tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx
> 2 Chronicles 20, 21B: "Give thanks to God, his faithful
> love endures forever."
>
> On Dec 17, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>
>> No no, she's saying Chrome is using the same engine. I don't think
>> Lightning does.
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Tracy Duffy
>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 3:01 PM
>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: browsers that work with voice over
>>
>> Well, I think you said it also works on the same engine as safari, so I
>> don't know that it will solve the problem I have. I may give it a shot at
>> some point though. Thank you.
>>
>> tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx
>> 2 Chronicles 20, 21B: "Give thanks to God, his faithful love endures
>> forever."
>>
>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah try lightning. It can be found in the mac app store here.
>>>
>>> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lightning-web-browser/id412736557?mt=12
>>>
>>> Take care.
>>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Tracy Duffy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh. Ok then. I guess it won't help me any. Anyone have a suggestion for
>>>> another browser I might try that will work with VoiceOver?
>>>>
>>>> tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> 2 Chronicles 20, 21B: "Give thanks to God, his faithful love endures
>>>> forever."
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 2:10 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Chrome Canary runs on the same Web Kit engine as Safari, so you will
>>>>> have the same results with websites. The regular Google Chrome with
>>>>> ChromeVox is different. It its still not ready fro prime time, but
>>>>> definitely works well with Google Docs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>
>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>> Director
>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I use lightning myself. it works on the same engine as safari but it
>>>>>> works a lot faster on some sights like my podcasting one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried crome but it didn't work all that well and I think that was
>>>>>> sometime this year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Take care all.
>>>>>> On Dec 16, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Tracy Duffy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Excellent. I'm looking forward to trying it. I have trouble on some
>>>>>>> sites with safari, and I'm hoping maybe this will work better for me.
>>>>>>> Thanks for talking about it. I had not heard of this particular one
>>>>>>> before and I'm always hesitant to try browsers and things until I hear
>>>>>>> from others what experience they've had. I'd say I'm kind of a medium
>>>>>>> skill computer person and so I don't often get adventurous unless I
>>>>>>> have reason to believe I should be able to work things out. (smile)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> 2 Chronicles 20, 21B: "Give thanks to God, his faithful love endures
>>>>>>> forever."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Dec 16, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Holy dynomite! does, it, ever! I'd very highly suggest doing a google
>>>>>>>> search for:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> download+google canary
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It should be the first result that pops up.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> then use your vo commands, and find the button that says something to
>>>>>>>> the effect of agree and download.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> then just open the dmg and install it like normal.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you wanna set it as your default browser like I did, then oddly
>>>>>>>> enough, go into Safari, and hit command+comma, then go to the general
>>>>>>>> tab. In there, there's a popup button which'll let you select google
>>>>>>>> Canary as the default. I dono why you have to do it that way, but it
>>>>>>>> works, trust me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can! install Chromvox from the Chrome Store, but I couldn't seem
>>>>>>>> to get the thing to work correctly. I got it installed, and talking,
>>>>>>>> but when I hit the modifier key which is basically your vo keys:
>>>>>>>> control and option, I get nothing with the other keys. It's totally
>>>>>>>> strange. I'm telling you though, it works flawlessly! with voiceover
>>>>>>>> by itself right outta the box. Just navigate the same way you would
>>>>>>>> in Safari, and explore your menu bar.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It works very very nicely!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Chris.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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