[macvoiceover] Re: Tip for Snow Leopard: When Moving the Cursor

  • From: Marie Howarth <marie.jane2005@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:54:29 +0100

at least it's a choice and is not being forced upon us. I'm sticking with the default personally. As a former windows user, I tossed all that was windows out of my head when learning the mac but I have noticed not everyone is able or wants to do this to personal preference. I'd rather have choices than for their way to be forced upon everyone. just my opinion. but I like the VO way.


On Aug 29, 2009, at 7:41 AM, David Poehlman wrote:

It's not an objection, it's a statement of fact. I'm gonna have huge problems supporting this one.

On Aug 29, 2009, at 12:57 AM, Sara wrote:

hahahaha David I knew you were going to object!
Sara
----- Original Message -----
From: David Poehlman
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 9:14 PM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Tip for Snow Leopard: When Moving the Cursor

it's evil!

On Aug 28, 2009, at 9:17 PM, Sara wrote:

That's great! Thanks!
Sara
----- Original Message -----
From: Blake Sinnett
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; macvisionaries@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 8:04 PM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Tip for Snow Leopard: When Moving the Cursor

Hello all,

For you ex-Windows users, Snow leopard has a feature that just might make your lives a little easier.

If you're used to editing a document in Windows, you'll be used to the screen readers for that platform speaking everything to the right of the insertion point. VoiceOver's default behavior, however, speaks characters the insertion point passes. If you were at the top of a document and the first word was VoiceOver, for example, you would hear the capital V, because the insertion point just passed that character. You would hear the capital V again if you pressed left arrow, because the insertion point would pass the letter going in the opposite direction.

In Snow Leopard, there is now a setting that will speak characters to the right of the insertion point.

Open the VoiceOver Utility by pressing VO-F8.
When you land in the categories table, press V to get to the verbosity category.
VO-right arrow twice to the text tab, and VO-space to select it.
VO-right arrow until you hear "When Moving the Cursor."
VO-right arrow one more time. You should hear "Speak text the cursor passes." Press VO-space to open the pop-up button.
VO-down arrow to select speak text to the right of the cursor.
Press VO-Space to select the option and close the pop-up menu.
Press command-Q to quit the VoiceOver Utility.

When you're in a document and move by character, you should now have the more familiar Windows screen reader behavior. This might not be to everybody's taste, but I thought it might be useful for some.

Thanks,
Blake




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