[macvoiceover] Re: selecting text in Safari
- From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 20:10:01 -0500
I have had this work on some web sites, on some others it doesn’t always work.
Cindy
On May 30, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Keith Reedy <wa9dro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Carlos,
>
> I am using Mavericks and I was just able to select text from macrumors.com
> using the shift key and down arrow and then command-c to copy. The text I
> copied is below.
>
> First OS X 10.10 Banner Goes Up at Moscone Featuring Yosemite
> Friday May 30, 2014 2:07 pm PDT by Juli Clover
> Apple is continuing to decorate the Moscone Center ahead of its upcoming
> Worldwide Developers Conference, and following the addition of outside
> banners and the first iOS 8 banner, the inaugural OS X 10.10 banner has just
> appeared, with a photo courtesy of The Verge.
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> Click to view larger
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> The mountainous background of the banner suggests OS X 10.10 will be
> receiving a land-related name to complement the water-based name given to OS
> X 10.9, possibly Yosemite or El Cap, as the image appears to feature the
> national park's El Capitan rock formation. We detailed some of the names
> Apple has apparently filed for trademarks on back in April.
>
> Some trademarked land-themed names include Yosemite, Redwood, Mammoth,
> California, Diablo, Miramar, El Cap, Redtail, Condor, Grizzly, Tiburon,
> Skyline, Shasta, and Sierra.Newly discovered trademarked names also include
> Mojave, Sonoma, Ventura, and Sequoia.
>
> Because OS X Mavericks only introduced minor visual changes, OS X 10.10 is
> expected to feature a more drastic redesign, adopting a "flatter" look and
> taking on some iOS 7-style design elements. While little is known about the
> operating system at this point, we will get our first glimpse of the
> operating system on Monday June 2 at 10 AM Pacitic Time, when Apple kicks off
> the Worldwide Developers Conference with its keynote presentation.
>
> Apple will be live streaming the event both on the web and on the Apple TV.
> MacRumors will also provide a live blog, live tweets via the MacRumorsLive
> Twitter account, and a spoiler free page for those who want to watch the full
> keynote at a later time.
>
> Related roundup: OS X 10.10
> 181 comments
>
> We print the Bible in Braille,
> http://biblesfortheblind.org
> Keith Reedy
> God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson Taylor.
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> On May 30, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Carlos Taylor <cetaylor1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Here is my first question. Is there a way to select text on a web
>> page in Safari using VoiceOver? I can navigate using VO left and
>> right arrow keys, read word by word by interacting with a block of
>> text then using VO left and right arrow keys, and read character by
>> character by using VO shift left and right arrow keys. However, I
>> cannot figure out how to select text. Any hints will be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Carlos Taylor
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