[macvoiceover] Re: REading word-by-word with Text Edit

  • From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 02:59:13 -0400

I have no idea.  Its funny.  When I first got my Mac, up to about a little 
before Lion came out, you were able to move to the top and bottom of the 
messages table in mail with option up/down arrow.  But, I honestly don't know 
why voiceover doesn't acknowledge these commands.

Ricardo Walker
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Twitter:@apple2thecore
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On Jun 10, 2012, at 12:12 AM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ricardo et al., any clue why Mac OSX commands for reading by word and going 
> to top/end of document and beginning/end of a line work with VoiceOver, but 
> page up and page down don't? Same with top and bottom of the messages list in 
> Mail, OSX commands don't work, you need a VO modifier, VO shift home, which 
> isn't the same modifier as in a list of files in the finder, VO home for that 
> one. 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ian
> 
> On 2012-06-09, at 9:04 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 
>> Lol,
>> 
>> No problem.  I just discovered a lot of this stuff by just playing around 
>> with my Mac and, the rest from people like you and other members on lists 
>> just like this.
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>> www.appletothecore.info
>> 
>> On Jun 9, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Judy Wilkinson <jwilkins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Ricardo.
>>> How on earth did you learn all these things? Thank goodnes for the rest of 
>>> us that you did!
>>> Judy
>>> 
>>> On Jun 9, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> its option left/fright arrow.  This applies to all edit fields.  in Mail, 
>>>> iTunes, Safari, etc.  Its a Mac OSX not a VO command.  Command up/down 
>>>> arrow brings you to the top or bottom of the text in an edit field and, 
>>>> command left/right arrow takes you to the beginning/end of the line the 
>>>> cursor is on.
>>>> 
>>>> hth  
>>>> 
>>>> Ricardo Walker
>>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 9, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Judy Wilkinson <jwilkins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I'm embarrassed I've been struggling so long with this problem. I don't 
>>>>> know how to read word-by-word rahter than letter-by-letter in Text Edit. 
>>>>> VO right arrow doens't work whether quick nav is on or off.
>>>>> Nay help greatly appreciated.
>>>>> Judy Wilkinson
>>>>> 
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