[mac4theblind] Re: browsers that work with voice over
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mack for the blind list blind list <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:48:53 -0800
Yeah try lightning. It can be found in the mac app store here.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lightning-web-browser/id412736557?mt=12
Take care.
On Dec 17, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Tracy Duffy wrote:
> 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
> 2 Chronicles 20, 21B: "Give thanks to God, his faithful
> love endures forever."
>
> 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.
>>
>> Take Care
>>
>> John D. Panarese
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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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