I read windows drives over my network all the time Larry, so this
should work. As for scripts, uniquely, you don't write scripts for
vo, you write scripts for other apps if you write them at all. These
can do things to the apps or allow you to do things with the apps
that are more vo friendly than the normal way of using the app.
Also, there's a whole different aspect to using the Mac additionally
to vo and that is the speech system it has that allows you to drive
the speech directly through applications. Their own calculator is a
prime example of this.
Happy chewing. It should be golden delicious.
--
Jonnie Apple Seed
With his:
Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
On Dec 8, 2005, at 2:12 PM, LARRY WANGER wrote:
Curious about something else. Are there folks out there who write
scripts for programs using VO as some do with Jaws.
By the way, related to question 4 of my last post, the two external
drives are firewire so it should work from that perspective. My
concern is that while one is actually Mac based and I use MacDrive to
access it, another is windows based but I'm assuming I can still plug
this right in and it will read the FAT 32 or NTFS format, can't
remember which it is.
Check out my blog at http://lsw999.blogspot.com/
Larry Wanger
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Subject: Re: some further questions
Larry, Here are some of the answers to your questions.
1. I experienced some difficulty working in the Internet Browser,
Safari. As you know, when you load a page you are then able to move
around with the right and left arrows in combination with the
control and option keys. When I moved to the html content and hit
the command to interact with the HTML, I found I then had to move
line by line with the arrow keys. Is there a command that works to
tell the Voice Over to just read the entire page without having to
enter commands. When reading a lot of text, having to hit a key
for each line gets old and tough on the fingers.
Command-Option-a (I will referto these as voKeys) is supposed to
read the page however I find that it seems to stop every now and
then. You can try pressing vokeys-semicolan to lock the vokeys and
that will at least free up a hand from holding them down.
You might also try vokeys-shift-w to read the entire window.
2. Related to question #1, is there a command that will either
allow you to skip past all links and go to the text on a web page
or, is there a command to be able to skip a lot of links at once.
For example, in Windows with Jaws I can be on a web page and just
hit page down to get past links or to move through a page faster.
Often I look at specific pages several times a day and know that if
I hit page down twice I get to the text. This is kind of important
to me as hitting arrow keys to move link by link really stinks.
Larry, I love this command too and have
[EMAIL PROTECTED] requesting this. At the present time
the best choice is using the item chooser list which can be
activated by pressing vo-i and typing the first few letters of what
you are looking for. I have also found that going to last item by
pressing vokeys-pagedown gets you closer to the meet of the page.
3. I'm going to check out the Apple site but can someone briefly
contrast what is different between an iMac and a Mac Mini other
than the obvious things like needing a keyboard and monitor if you
use a mini? How big is the normal hard disk in a Mac Mini, things
like that?
I'll leave that to the pros on this list. They will share some of
the differences.
4. I have backed up data on two external hard disks. These files
consist of word documents, photographs belonging to my wife, music,
stuff like that. I'm assuming that the drives which are PC
compatible will just connect to the Mac and be readable?
Good question. I am going to suggest the possibility that if they
are being connected via usb port they should be recognized by the
Mac. Again, there are folks doing this who hopefully can give you a
more detailed answer.
I'm all but ready to order up a Mac but had these few last questions!
Well Larry, I am glad that you have given it a serious look and
also glad that you are making an informed decision. Keep those
questions coming. WE all want you to be happy with your Mac and
know what you can and can't expect write out of the box. Have a
great day.
Sincerely:
JohnyTheHess & WillieTheWoof
