[macvoiceover] Re: tables in text documents

  • From: David Chittenden <dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 21:12:38 +1200

Hello,

I will start working on my first KeyNote presentation on Monday. I will start 
trying to learn the program then.


David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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On 04/05/2012, at 13:10, Suzanne Erb <suzerb1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That makes sense to me.  But, has anyone used Keynote much?  I've been able 
> to figure out some things, but there are many things I have not been able to 
> do yet.
> I'm trying to do it for work, so my time is limited.
> Thanks so much.
> Suzanne
> On May 3, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I think the problem is, Voiceover doesn't recognize tables in the documents. 
>>  So the commands might be worthless in this case.
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> On May 3, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Marcy Weinberg <rhymingmom1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> There are table commands.  Are you using them?
>>> 
>>> On May 3, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Ian Edwards wrote:
>>> 
>>> If you haven't yet told Apple accessibility about your need for support of 
>>> tables in word processor documents, please do so.
>>> 
>>> Tables are well supported on the web, and while I know that's a different 
>>> animal to tame, it shows they can be clever enough to figure it out when 
>>> they put energy-into it. 
>>> 
>>> This speaks to the need for VoiceOver to mature and evolve in response to 
>>> the needs of users, so users need to let 'em know what we need.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Ian
>>> 
>>> On 2012-05-03, at 9:30 AM, Suzanne Erb wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I've been wondering the same thing.  I thought it might just be my 
>>>> problem, and that I hadn't figured it out yet.  
>>>> Suzanne
>>>> On May 2, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Ashley wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> I was wondering about the status of voiceover support for reading tables 
>>>>> in text (or other word-processing) documents or in presentations. Unless 
>>>>> I'm missing something, voiceover doesn't appear to have any table support 
>>>>> in these types of files. If this is the case, perhaps this is something 
>>>>> more of us should be reporting to accessibility, before mountain lion 
>>>>> gets released? It may not be a feature everybody uses, but for a screen 
>>>>> reader to not support it in 2012 is just not productive.
>>>>> 
>>>>> thoughts?
>>>>> 
>>>>> ash
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