[mac4theblind] Re: how do I.

  • From: dogstar172 <dogstar172@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:38:26 -0400

Hello there,
Thank you very much for the very helpful solution to this issue.  
Thanks.
dogstar
On Oct 19, 2011, at 7:41 PM, Justin Harford wrote:

> Hi there 
> 
> It's kind of strange on internet, since texts are in blocks. Basically if you 
> find something within a block of text that you want to copy, you have to 
> first interact with the text block, and then make your way to the area of 
> interest, select it by pressing vo enter at the beginning , and vo enter at 
> the end and then ctrl c to copy the selection. I seem to remember that I was 
> able to find a system cursor in the html area, which enabled me to select 
> text from multiple blocks at a time. I could just arrow up and down and it 
> would read and have the possibility of selecting text line by line as though 
> I were in a simple text document. I just tried and it doesn't seem to work 
> for me anymore. 
> 
> The other option you have is vo shift c, which copies the last phrase spoken, 
> useful if you can't select something by the other process. 
> 
> Regards
> Justin Harford 
> El 19-10-2011, a las 16:11, David Hilbert Poehlman escribió:
> 
>> and stop interacting if I remember rightly.
>> 
>> On Oct 19, 2011, at 6:12 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Daniel,
>>  You have to interact with the area and then hit VO keys and enter to start 
>> selection mode.  When you have selected all the text you want, hit VO keys 
>> and enter again before doing a command-C to copy the text.
>> 
>>  This is not fool proof, so be aware of that.  However, by and large, I 
>> usually find success with this method.
>> 
>>  Note as Tracy indicated that if you do a command-a to select the entire 
>> webpage and then copy it, it will include all the links and graphics as well.
>> 
>> 
>> Take Care
>> 
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>> 
>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 19, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Daniel McGee wrote:
>> 
>>> Jon, just as a note how can one copy say a paragraf of text with safari 
>>> with voiceover? The reason I ask because today I was at college and I 
>>> needed to copy and paste apple's accessibility email address. First I tryed 
>>> just like what we do on windows Shift and control. To be honest I didn't 
>>> know which one was the control the very far left or the 2nd inwards. You 
>>> see there were 4 keys on the left. I'm guessing one of them was the FN key. 
>>> Anyway this didn't work so my next idea was to interact with the link. I 
>>> did this without any problems VO interacted and I tryed shift and control 
>>> again but it didn't work.
>>> So my question is how can one copy and paste certain text from a webpage 
>>> and copy and paste it somewhere else?
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "John Panarese" <jpanarese@xxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 8:48 PM
>>> To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: how do I.
>>> 
>>>> You could select all and then do a command-c to copy and then a command-v 
>>>> to paste it all into a text edit document, but I don't know if that would 
>>>> get you a text file.  There is a service that you can activate that will 
>>>> open a new text edit document with the contents of a webpage. You'd need 
>>>> to go into system preference in the keyboard pane and look in the 
>>>> shortcuts tab.  If you need specific instructions, let me know, as I'm on 
>>>> my way out at the moment.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Take Care
>>>> 
>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>> Director
>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>> 
>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 19, 2011, at 2:42 PM, dogstar172 wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello there,
>>>>> I have a I mac here.  Latest updates.
>>>>> I ask for help with the how to for the following.
>>>>> How can I copy the entire contents of a web page as a text?  Step by step 
>>>>> please?
>>>>> file?
>>>>> Thanks.
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