[macvoiceover] Re: Several VoiceOver and Mac Questions
- From: ashley cox <ash.cox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 21:42:07 +0000
press left and right arrow keys together.
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On 8 Nov 2010, at 21:40, Ray Campbell wrote:
> How do I turn quick nav off?
>
>
> Ray Campbell, Adaptive Technology Help Desk Technician
> The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
> 1850 W. Roosevelt Road
> Chicago, IL 60608
> 312.997.3651 (Voice/Relay) or 888.825.0080 (Voice/Relay)
> ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.chicagolighthouse.org
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marcy Weinberg
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 3:10 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Several VoiceOver and Mac Questions
>
> Turn quick nav off and then option-down arrow will get to the last email
> received in mail.
>
> In a google search, each result is a heading.
>
> On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Ray Campbell wrote:
>
>> Hello All:
>>
>> First of all, I am the person Natalie asked about Apple Mail and Snow
>> Leopard for last week, the thing about using option-down arrow. I thank her
>> for doing that.
>>
>> Let me tell you all what I'm doing, to preface several questions I have.
>> We've been referred a client by our state's rehabilitation agency who wants
>> training using VoiceOver on a Mac Book Pro running Snow Leopard. Basically,
>> he got referred to us because one of the top tech people for our agency told
>> him he hates the Mac and therefore, wouldn't train him on it.
>>
>> Anyway, I've been boning up on my Mac and VoiceOver knowledge so I can train
>> this person. In our lab, we have an iMac.
>>
>> Here are several things I've run into and questions.
>>
>> We tried going into the Mail program and the client wanted to get to his
>> most recent message. As Natalie and others of you suggested, I pressed
>> option-down arrow and held it for a few seconds. I was focused on the Inbox
>> table. I tried option-down arrow both interacting and not interacting with
>> the table. It took me to some copy thing. Do I need to interact with the
>> inbox table, then tab to messages before using option-down arrow?
>>
>> My second question involves the Pages program. I was showing my client how
>> to type documents in Pages. Here's where we ran into a problem, which also
>> happened to us when replying to an e-mail message. We could type stuff in
>> OK, but I can't figure out how to move through in Pages and mail replies to
>> find and make corrections. If I press left or right arrow by themselves,
>> VoiceOver speaks the previous or next word. The same thing happens when I
>> press VO-left arrow or VO-right arrow. The only way I can move one
>> character at a time is using vo-shift-left arrow and vo-shift-right arrow
>> which are for reading previous and next character, respectively. However,
>> then, when I get to where we want to make the correction and I press delete,
>> something other than what I'm trying to correct is deleted. I did interact
>> with the edit text in Pages. What am I doing wrong? I thought this was
>> like Word or Notepad in that when I used the arrow keys, I'd move one
>> character at a time when interacting with text.
>>
>> Next, we typed in a google search but it wasn't clear to me how to find and
>> navigate through the search results. How do I do this?
>>
>> Finally, are there any good "teach the teacher" type materials on how to do
>> stuff with VoiceOver on-line that I could access? I've been reading the
>> Getting Started guide and also listening to podcasts on Blind Cool Tech.
>> Are there any other materials available that folks would recommend,
>> especially those of you who have taught people how to do stuff with
>> VoiceOver? Natalie's a big help (smile), but I'm looking for other sources,
>> too. I feel very inadequate when trying to teach someone how to do
>> VoiceOver stuff, since I don't feel I know as much as I should.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ray Campbell, Adaptive Technology Help Desk Technician
>> The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
>> 1850 W. Roosevelt Road
>> Chicago, IL 60608
>> 312.997.3651 (Voice/Relay) or 888.825.0080 (Voice/Relay)
>> ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.chicagolighthouse.org
>>
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