if you hear the word image and you use vo with shift-u, the url can help identify the image.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 4:20 PM Subject: Re: Apple's Web Site I don't mean to be dense ... how woud seeing the URL help? :) On 11/30/07, Cara Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, that was why I'd mentioned that I can see it would be useful > if VO H wouldn't work, however, there have, strangely enough, been > many times where neither have worked. Go figure!... > > Laters, > > CQ :) > > > On Nov 30, 2007, at 4:22 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > > > so, tab to an image, try vo-h and you should hear: "there is no help > > tag for > > this item". Then, try vo-shift-u and you should hear an url. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cara Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > > X by > > theblind" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:10 AM > > Subject: Re: Apple's Web Site > > > > > > interesting, I've tried both of them over the last couple of weeks > > since learning of VO shift U and they've both given me identical > > info. -Strange... <smile> > > > > yes H is still listed and I actually can't find a listing for shift > > U. Where is it listed for you?... > > > > CQ :) > > > > > > On Nov 29, 2007, at 9:00 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > > > >> I wish it did but whenever I use it on a web site, I am told that > >> there is no help tag for this item but everrytime I use vo-shift-u I > >> get something. Also, it's the keystroke listed for this activity in > >> vo help. vo-h still works in dialogs et al though. > >> On Nov 29, 2007, at 11:52 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > >> > >> VO H still works... > >> > >> Smiles, > >> > >> CQ :) > >> > >> > >> On Nov 29, 2007, at 6:59 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> > >>> in leopard, it's vo-shift-u. > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Dan Keys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac > >>> OS X by > >>> theblind" <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:02 PM > >>> Subject: Re: Apple's Web Site > >>> > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> Apple's web site has never had the best web site in my opinion. > >>> However, having said that, it's a lot better than it was a few years > >>> ago. But still, they do need to do something about all the clickable > >>> graphics. One little suggestion I have is this and it might help a > >>> little. > >>> When at a link that says Graphic, use VO H and see if it gives you > >>> enough information to help you out with what the graphic link is > >>> probably for. Sometimes this works, but not all the time. > >>> HTH > >>> Dan > >>> On Nov 29, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Jane Jordan wrote: > >>> > >>>> I jsut have one question: Why doesn't Apple alt-tag their images > >>>> so > >>>> we can tell what they are? I wa slooking for something in the > >>>> Apple > >>>> Store, the online one, and before I could even consider getting it, > >>>> I had to select a model. I could not tell which model to select, > >>>> because all it said was "image" or something. I had to go into > >>>> iChat and get a sighted friend to assist. Very frustrating. I > >>>> didn't know if I should email this to the Accessibility Team or > >>>> not. I was looking at iPod Shuffles, if you are curious. > >>>> > >>>> Jane > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --- > >> View my Online Portfolio at: > >> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > --- > > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > > > > > > > > > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > >
