Browsing web pages in Tiger was much like doing it in Leopard, the
major difference being the lack of navigation keys for headings, list
items, and the like. Dom mode also organized the page differently,
though group mode was mostly the same.
On Dec 8, 2008, at 07:39, David Poehlman wrote:
Hi,
I don't remember much about tiger. In fact, I am surprised tiger even
supports safari 3.2.1. I did not have safari crash much in tiger
though. I
used safari with web pages just fine though. There never has been a
real
fascility to read pages automatically and for me that is not a big
deal
because I can read articles automatically in several ways.
You can find a lot of good help in:
http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
It does take some time to get to know the mac os and vo. It has been
reported that snow lepoard will be released before May so perhaps it
will
make things easier still.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: Introduction John Bannick
What I mean is that I cannot have VO to read to me the content of
web pages
via Safari 3.2.1. Used to use FireFox but it would not read outloud
the web
pages; and, since FF was an HD hog as well as a RAM hog and I only
have
about 20 gigabytes left on my iMac G4s HD, I went back to Safari
after it
was upgraded to the point of no longer crashing. My iMac G4 is a
Power PC
Computer running Tiger. Now also have a MacBook Pro running Leopard
but am
just beginning to learn the ins and outs of Leopard; mostly, through
Apple -
Leopard Guided Tour video. My MacBook Pro is Intel Core 2 Duo with 160
gigabyte HD and the only thing I've done to it is to install Adobe
Photoshop
Elements 6 and my Epson Scanner and Epson Printer software. Have too
much
else to do to be able to spend as much time as I would like on the 2
Macs.
Hope this helps explain things. When I have time, will check Apple's
site at
Support/VO accessibility with web pages. Help files on my Macs don't
seem to
help. Also, have not yet figured out how to use VO with iTunes
although with
the latest updates was informed that it was possible.
Thanks for asking and for helping.
JG
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 3:34 PM, David Poehlman <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What do you mean when you say you cannot access web pages?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: Introduction John Bannick
Hey, welcome, John! Pleased to have you aboard.
Would love to be able to access web pages with VoiceOver. At moment
haven't
figured out how. I understand from a PC user friend that his JAWS for
Windows also cannot access his web pages. Perhaps, there is
something I
don't know about how to access web pages via Voiceover?
about 10 years ago I tried to get a Kurzweil Reading Machine but in
no way
could I afford one.
Keep up the good work.
JG
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:01 PM, John Bannick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hi,
My name is John Bannick.
Your group was recommended by Tom Ward, who moderates the Audyssey
group.
I build accessible computer games. Most recently, I just ported our
(7-128
Software) entire inventory, including 18 blind accessible games,
to the
Mac.
So that's why I'm here. To ask you what you want in the way of
audio-based
computer games, whether entertainment or educational, to ask
technical
Mac
questions that are of more general applicability than appropriate
for
your
Developers forum, and to meet interesting Mac people.
BTW. Did you know that the Kurzweil Reading Machine for the Blind
included
a copy of the text-based game, Zork? I was told that Stevie Wonder
called
us when he accidentally triggered it while reading a book.
John Bannick
Chief Technology Officer
7-128 Software
www.7128.com
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