Hi Angela,
Welcome to the list.
This is a quick response, as I'm on my way out, but in Mail, be sure you
are interacting with the inbox before you try navigating with the VO-arrow
keys. Also, in a message, you have to use the arrow keys after you interact
with the message body if you are using them instead of the VO-arrows.
Lastly, for the text, press VO-v and right arrow to, text attributes. Be
sure it is set to, do nothing, by using the up or down arrow to change the
value. My guess is you have it set to, speak.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer
AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
On Jan 19, 2018, at 1:54 AM, Angela Purll (Redacted sender "purlla_music" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all.
I’m a professional self-employed musician from the UK, and I’m just making
the switch from Windows to Mac.
I’ve literally been learning, what I initially thought would be a mountain
way too hight for me to climb, just two weeks ago, and I’m actually getting
to grips with it quicker than I expected, and am really enjoying it so far!
I have a couple of questions please:
I’m using a MacBook Air 11, which was running El Capitan. I upgraded it just
yesterday to High Sierra in order to obtain and configure Siri, but have
found that I can’t navigate around in quite the same way, such as in Mail for
instance, which has obviously thrown me, what with everything being so new
etc.
Also, since the upgrade, voice-over is now announcing the size and colour of,
presumably, text, when I’m navigating using VO and the arrow keys, before
announcing what the item is I’ve lanced on, which is a little frustrating;
how can I resolve this please?
I’m sure I’ll have lots more questions as I learn, especially with regards
word processing and spreadsheets, as well as accessible music and editing
software etc.
Thank you very much!
Angela Purll
Music Teacher and Performing Musician
Mobile: (+44) (0) 7717186435
Website: www.purlla.com <http://www.purlla.com/>
