right, if you interact with a web pabe and use the control-option-arrows, all the page should be available except of course those things that vo doesn't see.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaare Dehard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:11 AM Subject: Re: Web help suggestions I'm some what technically minded, having used a number of windows systems with Jaws and windoweyes. I really think that a major part of this regardless of system oops's is as a result of being very new in this environment. I'll kill the fly with the shotgun this afternoon, reinstall from scratch, since I can, and at this point learning the os and screen reader is enough to get started with. <smile> I think that one of the roots of my difficulties is the engrained habit of having windows instincts, but this in time will pass:). On 8-Aug-08, at 8:57 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > I don't recall what system and os you have. I'm not sure how to > tell you > how to look to track down the issues or where to start at any rate. > It > could be partly that you are new. what computers have you used > before? how > technically minded are you? you need to do a good deal of exploring > if the > results of exploration make sense to you. Other than that , There > is lots > of info you probably already know about on: > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > It seems to me though that at least part of your situation has to do > with > something that knowing how to use vo will not fix. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kaare Dehard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 8:22 AM > Subject: Re: Web help suggestions > > > Thanks, david. Being completely new to all this, my next question > would be where do I start looking? > > Because I have just begun browsing the os and am getting the lay of > the land, troubleshooting and where to look are amongst the current > mysteries for me. > > Thanks in advance for any further suggestions from the list, you folks > are a great help!Î > On 8-Aug-08, at 8:12 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> I don't know what the issue with text is because on all the pages I >> look at, >> I can get to everything on the page but the thing that trips me up >> is the >> apple start page which has a bit of something moving on it which >> causes vo >> to speak the text over and over unless I interact with it. >> >> Firefox will not help. Safari is the best we have and most pages >> load >> quickly for me. It seems as though there is something going on with >> your >> system that is causing this strange behavior. On the Mac, certain >> apps and >> their configurations can introduce instabilities. We'd have to work >> hard to >> pin this down. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kaare Dehard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >> X by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 1:18 AM >> Subject: Web help suggestions >> >> >> Hi folks. Was wondering if there are any other settings I need to >> change in order to get text that surrounds links when browsing? I >> have >> already turned on the Highlight links with tab feature. Also, when I >> do a find or a vo find, I don't seem to be routed to the place where >> the text should be. >> >> Thanks for any suggestions! I think there's just something I don't >> yet >> understand about the mechanics of this new way of browsing yet, so I >> may be making simple errors. >> >> I've also noticed that Safari takes it's own time when pulling up the >> item chooser or the links list, has anyone experienced more quickness >> with firefox? >> >> Take care all, and thanks again for any suggestions.÷÷÷÷∂ >> >> >> > > > > >
