I don't believe a scripting language has been implemented for Voice
Over; however, I would hope that Apple has considered this. It's all fine
and well to ask software developers to adhere to the Voice Over Guidelines
that Apple has formulated, but what if we want to use versions of software
that are not initially compatible with VO? That is the one thing that Jaws
and Window Eyes have over Voice Over. Granted, Voice Over is still in its
early stages, but something along these lines is going to need to happen in
order for more blind people to want to make the switch to the Mac.
-Joshua
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From: "LARRY WANGER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: some further questions
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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From: "John W. Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 12:02 PM
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
