[macvoiceover] Re: Voiceover cursor.
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 11:47:11 -0700
I believe it is Speak text to the right of the cursor When moving the cursor.
Takle care.
S
On May 13, 2010, at 6:58 AM, Marcy Weinberg wrote:
> Hi, Sarah,
>
> What is your setting in voice over utility for verbosity>text "when moving
> the cursor"?
>
> Marcy
>
> On May 13, 2010, at 12:40 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>
>> yeah what I did was have the voice over curser say wwat was inftont of
>> the keyboard curser not what it does now.
>> On May 12, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Sue Morgan wrote:
>>
>>> I did have the quick nav keys turned on so I've turned them off now and i
>>> can read character by character again in mail which is great.
>>>
>>> I'm having difficulty editing text in a miss spelled word. Is there an
>>> easy way to get around this?
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Dean Wilcox
>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:30 AM
>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Voiceover cursor.
>>>
>>> I think the left and right cursor keys are moving word by word because you
>>> have quick nav turned on.
>>>
>>> On 10 May 2010, at 14:47, David Poehlman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Left and right arrow by themselves read by character and there is no way
>>>> to change this.
>>>>
>>>> vo left and right arrow read by word and there is no way to change this.
>>>> to read by character with the vo cursor, use shift-vo-left/right arrow.
>>>>
>>>> To hide thecaption pannel which is what shows the voiceover cursor
>>>> messages, go to vo utility, choose "visuals and you'll find several tabs,
>>>> one of which is "caption panel"
>>>> set it to the lowest settings for everything but transparency and 100
>>>> percent for that. You can also turn off all the other visuals in those
>>>> tabs.
>>>>
>>>> if you want to just turn visuals off temporarily, press vo-11.
>>>>
>>>> To set cursors, go to vo utility, and choose navigation, tab through there
>>>> and uncheck checkboxes to turn off an action and check them to turn on
>>>> actions. The exception is mouse cursor, it has three positions which are
>>>> "follows vo cursor",
>>>> "ignores vo cursor" and "moves voiceover cursor". "ignores voiceover
>>>> cursor is selected by default and it should stay that way to prevent
>>>> issues in the interface.
>>>> On May 10, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Sue Morgan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> I've been playing around with the VoiceOver settings, and when in Mail for
>>>> example, using the left and right arrow keys is reading by word instead of
>>>> letter in a new message. Any idea if there's a default setting for
>>>> VoiceOver as I'm not sure what I changed to make that happen.
>>>>
>>>> I'm also wondering if there's a way of getting rid of the VoiceOver
>>>> commands on the screen as I don't need a sighted person to see them.
>>>>
>>>> I notice also that the VoiceOver cursor follows the mouse cursor and vice
>>>> versa. Should I leave them checked?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to ask so many questions. I currently use Windows with Jaws but my
>>>> Parents have a Mac and it would be good for me to get around there machine
>>>> with VoiceOver when I'm at their house.
>>>>
>>>> Sue.
>>>> E-mail suejinglejungle@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> Windows Live Messenger sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Skype suemorgan1006
>>>> Mobile 07968825286
>>>> I'm also on Facebook and Twitter
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Marcy
> Hope you're having a nice day!
>
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