[macvoiceover] Re: Voiceover cursor.
- From: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:47:38 -0400
when I turn quick nav on, the left and right arrows move through the window.
On May 12, 2010, at 12:30 AM, Dean Wilcox wrote:
I think the left and right cursor keys are moving word by word because you have
quick nav turned on.
On 10 May 2010, at 14:47, David Poehlman wrote:
> Left and right arrow by themselves read by character and there is no way to
> change this.
>
> vo left and right arrow read by word and there is no way to change this. to
> read by character with the vo cursor, use shift-vo-left/right arrow.
>
> To hide thecaption pannel which is what shows the voiceover cursor messages,
> go to vo utility, choose "visuals and you'll find several tabs, one of which
> is "caption panel"
> set it to the lowest settings for everything but transparency and 100 percent
> for that. You can also turn off all the other visuals in those tabs.
>
> if you want to just turn visuals off temporarily, press vo-11.
>
> To set cursors, go to vo utility, and choose navigation, tab through there
> and uncheck checkboxes to turn off an action and check them to turn on
> actions. The exception is mouse cursor, it has three positions which are
> "follows vo cursor",
> "ignores vo cursor" and "moves voiceover cursor". "ignores voiceover cursor
> is selected by default and it should stay that way to prevent issues in the
> interface.
> On May 10, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Sue Morgan wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I've been playing around with the VoiceOver settings, and when in Mail for
> example, using the left and right arrow keys is reading by word instead of
> letter in a new message. Any idea if there's a default setting for VoiceOver
> as I'm not sure what I changed to make that happen.
>
> I'm also wondering if there's a way of getting rid of the VoiceOver commands
> on the screen as I don't need a sighted person to see them.
>
> I notice also that the VoiceOver cursor follows the mouse cursor and vice
> versa. Should I leave them checked?
>
> Sorry to ask so many questions. I currently use Windows with Jaws but my
> Parents have a Mac and it would be good for me to get around there machine
> with VoiceOver when I'm at their house.
>
> Sue.
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