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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
