apple is always monitoring. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Chesworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:00 PM Subject: Re: Questions about IM, the dock, the quicklook panel, and VO itself
Hi Rich - thanks for the tip, works nicely! Does anyone know if apple are still monitoring for feedback and the best address to use? even though the work-around is there, it'd still be nice to have the option in a future release. A few less interactions a day might keep the RSI at bay. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Caloggero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:36 PM Subject: Re: Questions about IM, the dock, the quicklook panel, and VO itself > >4. Loads of new VO options in Leopard... very cool to see. Maybe I > >missed it, but I didn't see a way to stop it announcing row numbers as > >you move through tables or list view though. If it exists, could > > >someone nudge me toward it? Would speed things up a lot for me in some > >situations. > I've been wanting this for a while as well. However, there is a sort of > work-around. With Vo, you can browse a table or list view or outline view > by column. Find the table, interact with it if you need to (sometimes > VoiceOver does this automagically when it gains focus via tab). Now, you > can vo+rightArrow across a row, and then you get to a column you want to > browse, move down with vo+downArrow and VoiceOver will move to the next > row and only read the contents of the column you are in; the row number > will not be announced. > >>2. This one is easier i hope. how do i add an app to the dock? its been >>driving me crazy. > I believe its context menu on the application (control+option+shift+m to > get context menu). > > Hope this helps some. > -- Rich > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Chesworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 7:32 PM > Subject: Questions about IM, the dock, the quicklook panel, and VO itself > > > Hey all, > > Its good to be back on mac! Had my old g4 power book stolen awhile ago so > I dropped off the face of the earth, but as of a few days ago I'm rockin > the macbook pro and lovin it. Trouble is, in that time off, I've > completely lost the knack for voiceover and sunk back into my old evil > windows mind-set ways, so I hope you don't mind me throwing a few > questions out. > > 1. for IM, particularly msn i guess, i used to use fire. Downloaded > version 1.5.6 just now, and either i'm losing my marbles or this thing > just isn't as accessible as it once was? I can see the menues fine, but > the preferences seem really tempramental and all i get in the accounts > window is a table which appears to be blank. Anybody else seen this and > have a solution? and, has anyone had any luck with Adium from > www.adiumx.com? > > 2. This one is easier i hope. how do i add an app to the dock? its been > driving me crazy. > > 3. The quicklook panel in leopard is neat... really handy! When you > activate it for audio files it previews them as well i was pleased to > discover, and apparently for the sighted user there's a way of skipping > through the audio. I can find a pause button, and a display for ID tags > and stuff like that, but no joy with the ability to see any sort of slider > or scroll thingy with VO. Anybody else had more luck? > > 4. Loads of new VO options in Leopard... very cool to see. Maybe I > missed it, but I didn't see a way to stop it announcing row numbers as you > move through tables or list view though. If it exists, could someone > nudge me toward it? Would speed things up a lot for me in some > situations. > > I'm totally out of touch with the list and current topics, so if any of > this has been thrashed to death already please accept my apologies, and > feel free to contact me off list in that case if you've got a spare few > secs to help out. > > Cheers... > Scott > > >
