[macvoiceover] Re: Voiceover cursor.
- From: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 06:18:36 -0400
yes, if you are interacting and quick nav is on but you can move word by word
with option left and right arrow and char by char with left and right arrow
allone without interacting.
On May 11, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
You can arange it so you can move word by word or char by char. I think it's up
plus rightt and left for that.
Take care.
On May 11, 2010, at 1:47 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
> when I turn quick nav on, the left and right arrows move through the window.
>
> On May 12, 2010, at 12:30 AM, Dean Wilcox wrote:
>
> 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.
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