[mac4theblind] Re: I feel like a total dumb nut for asking this, but...

  • From: Tracy Duffy <tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:14:55 -0500

Oh. Ok then. I guess it won't help me any. Anyone have a suggestion for another 
browser I might try that will work with VoiceOver? 

tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx
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On Dec 17, 2011, at 2:10 PM, John Panarese wrote:

>     Chrome Canary runs on the same Web Kit engine as Safari, so you will have 
> the same results with websites.   The regular Google Chrome with ChromeVox is 
> different.  It its still not ready fro prime time, but definitely works well 
> with Google Docs.
> 
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> On Dec 17, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 
>> I use lightning myself. it works on the same engine as safari but it works a 
>> lot faster on some sights like my podcasting one.
>> 
>> I tried crome but it didn't work all that well and I think that was sometime 
>> this year.
>> 
>> Take care all.
>> On Dec 16, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Tracy Duffy wrote:
>> 
>>> Excellent. I'm looking forward to trying it. I have trouble on some sites 
>>> with safari, and I'm hoping maybe this will work better for me. Thanks for 
>>> talking about it. I had not heard of this particular one before and I'm 
>>> always hesitant to try browsers and things until I hear from others what 
>>> experience they've had. I'd say I'm kind of a medium skill computer person 
>>> and so I don't often get adventurous unless I have reason to believe I 
>>> should be able to work things out. (smile)
>>> 
>>> tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx
>>>                     2 Chronicles 20, 21B: "Give thanks to God, his faithful 
>>> love endures forever."
>>> 
>>> On Dec 16, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Holy dynomite! does, it, ever!  I'd very highly suggest doing a google 
>>>> search for:
>>>> 
>>>> download+google canary
>>>> 
>>>> It should be the first result that pops up.
>>>> 
>>>> then use your vo commands, and find the button that says something to the 
>>>> effect of agree and download.
>>>> 
>>>> then just open the dmg and install it like normal.
>>>> 
>>>> If you wanna set it as your default browser like I did, then oddly enough, 
>>>> go into Safari, and hit command+comma, then go to the general tab.  In 
>>>> there, there's a popup button which'll let you select google Canary as the 
>>>> default.  I dono why you have to do it that way, but it works, trust me.
>>>> 
>>>> You can! install Chromvox from the Chrome Store, but I couldn't seem to 
>>>> get the thing to work correctly.  I got it installed, and talking, but 
>>>> when I hit the modifier key which is basically your vo keys: control and 
>>>> option, I get nothing with the other keys.  It's totally strange.  I'm 
>>>> telling you though, it works flawlessly! with voiceover by itself right 
>>>> outta the box.  Just navigate the same way you would in Safari, and 
>>>> explore your menu bar.
>>>> 
>>>> It works very very nicely!
>>>> 
>>>> Chris.
>>> 
>> 
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