[macvoiceover] Re: VO enter: select mode

  • From: David Chittenden <dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 08:44:38 +1300

What advantage does using the mouse have over using shift plus the arrow keys?

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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> On 7 Dec 2013, at 4:54, Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What advantage if any does this have over using shift plus the arrow keys to 
> select stuff?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ricardo Walker
> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 1:17 AM, David Chittenden <dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Thus far, I have only tried this inside documents. Press VO enter and 
>> voiceover says select. Now, pressing VO arrow keys causes the mouse selector 
>> to move in the appropriate direction and highlight text as it goes. Pressing 
>> the opposite arrow causes on highlighting of text. When the desire text has 
>> been selected, pressVO Inter again to stop selection mode. In other words, 
>> it now works like that touch pad/mouse for sighted people. I really like it.
>> 
>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>> Email: dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx
>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>> Sent from my iPhone>
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