[mac4theblind] Re: browsers that work with voice over
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:23:25 -0800
It was free in the mas but even if it is 1.99 that's well wirth the price of a
very very good and fast browser.
On Dec 17, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> Wonder how much Lightning is?
>
> Chris.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sarah Alawami
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> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 2:48 PM
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: browsers that work with voice over
>
> 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
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
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>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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