Hello, yes, see braille/layout/use dot 7-8 as cursor. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 13, 2009, at 1:17 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > braille cursor? > > I don't use quick nav either. > > On Nov 13, 2009, at 6:24 AM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello, i personally prefer braille for long texts which i need to read for > school because it just goes quicker imho and I keep in memory stuff more > easily. But for navigating new applications or webpages I tend to use speech > also because I dont use the quick nav all that much but also because as of > noted before the fact I dont use the braille cursor. > I dont program myself so I cant comment on that one. > Greetings, Anouk > On Nov 13, 2009, at 11:15 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> you can have things not be abreviated and what I miss in speech is the >> spatial layout. for instance in programming, it is important to know how a >> source is layed out or in a table, it is important to be able to follow >> columns. this is done more easily in braille than in speech. I used >> braille on the windows platform but like it lots better on the mac. >> >> On Nov 13, 2009, at 5:09 AM, anouk radix wrote: >> >> Hello, Well its difficult to explain really, i just get a more global feel >> and things that are abbreviated in braille get spoken when i use speech. >> Also I do not use the braille cursor because it irritates me when I am >> reading through text to have a whole line of dot 7 and 8 below my text so >> with speech i better know what is selected at the moment and this also goes >> for links on webpages if I am navigating a page. Also on the internet >> braille doesnt always seem to track well. I am subscribed to a forum called >> head-fi and while I can navigate the page if i use item chooser and web >> rotor a lot, if i try to read individual messages that are long than I cant >> read them with my braille display because after reading one paragraph it >> goes back to the beginning of the post instead of continuing to read it. I >> can read it if I use item chooser to read the whole page but this is rather >> time consuming and irritating. >> Greetings, Anouk >> On Nov 13, 2009, at 10:57 AM, David Poehlman wrote: >> >>> Hi anouk; >>> >>> what info do you get with speech that you do not get with braille? >>> >>> On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:20 AM, anouk radix wrote: >>> >>> Hello everyone, I have been working on the mac for a few months now and >>> while I do not use speech all that much (i was a die hard no speech ever >>> user under windows) i do find htat speech works better then braille if I >>> need to navigate applications or websites for the first time simply because >>> you get more information. While I really do like alex especially since he >>> is really fast AND non-headache inducing (unlike orpheus which i had in >>> windows) I do prefer someoen with a British accent. So I found cerotec >>> voices which are relatively cheap. One big problem was htat there is no >>> demo version available so I bought two of their voices (Sarah and william) >>> without macbook pro with snow leopard). Thile I do really enjoy william if >>> I need to read longer English text he is a lot slower then Alex. Also it >>> seems to be really buggy software, or at least it does not work well with >>> voicover at all. Voicover crashes an awful lot when using william while it >>> does not do this nearly at all when I use alex or just braille. Also >>> sometimes I hear weird noises when I use william and sometimes he spwes out >>> string of text and numbers which are just not on the screen. >>> All in all I am rather disappointed with my purchase and it does seem as if >>> it was not tested at all. >>> I do not mind that the voices are a bit lower quality then some other >>> voices available because I truely find them natural and interesting >>> sounding but I do mind the lack of quality control and the fact that you >>> cant try before you buy. >>> So I just wanted to warn other blind mac users because while the ovices are >>> not insanely pricey if you pay for something then you expect it to be >>> usable, as it stands now I just cant use william on my system. >>> Greetings, Anouk> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >