Hi Nick
Safari is definitely your best bet for a browser, though any Webkit-
based browser will be accessible. Opera also has some Voiceover
support. VO has a lot of quick navigation commands, here are just a
few of them (ctrl+option are the VO-keys so yo have to hold them down
when using any of these commands):
command+h - move by heading
command+m - move by heading at the same level
command+j - jump to next control
command+l - move by link
command+v - move by visited link
command+x - move by list item
There are many more commands that are listed in Voiceover's help, have
a look there for the complete list. In all cases, adding shift to any
of these commands will move backward. So command+h moves forward by
heading, command+shift+h moves backward by heading. Remember to use
the VO keys in combination with these, the full command to move by
heading would be ctrl+option+command+h. I know it sounds like a lot of
keys, but you'll get used to it and what's nice is that it keeps the
VO commands out of the way.
You can also lock the VO keys with ctrl+option+; (semicolon) and
unlock them by pressing semicolon when they are locked. This is a nice
feature if you're doing a lot of reading and don't want to keep
holding down the ctrl and option keys. Regarding Dom and group modes,
pick which one you like best. I personally prefer group mode, as the
layout then closely reflects the visual layout of the page.
I don't know of any voice recording application that comes with OS X,
but all Macs come with iLife which includes Garageband which will fill
this roll nicely. The latest version, 2008, is quite accessible. It's
quite a bit more than a voice recorder. Alternatively there are
several very accessible audio editors you can have a look at.
I don't have a book courier, so can't answer that one.
Hope this helps, and welcome to the ever-growing blind Mac user
community.
On Oct 31, 2008, at 14:55, Nik Petersson wrote:
Hello guys and girls, my name is Nik and I am new to Voice Over and
MAcs in general. So far I am very impressed with everything I have
encountered. However, I have a couple of questions.
When it comes to accessing the web, is Safari the most accessable
application out there? Also, I have plaied with DOM and group modes
in voice over, but are there any other voice over navigation
shortcuts simular to "H" to navigate headers using Jaws?
Also, I have a BC (book courrier) and wanted to know if anyone knew
of a transfer tool for the mac or what success has been had with
running the transfer tool in some sort of virtual windows environment.
Last (for now) Does anyone know of a accessable voice recording
application that comes with the standard OS install?
Also,... I have worked out how to do spell check in text edit
(command+;) and then use (VO+shift+m) to access the spelling
suggestions. However, in mail, I can access the spell check using
(command+;), but the VO shortcut to access the spelling suggestions
does not work, so sorry for the spelling errors, but does anyone
have any input on this?
Thanks in advance for any and all assistance.
Nik
