Hi Justin, I've never contacted Apple before about any problems. Would you kindly tell me who I should contact and how? Much thanks, Linda On Jul 24, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Justin Ekis wrote:
> Hi Linda, > > I'm experiencing the problem of text not being read while typing, and the > issue of being notified of supposed spelling errors while reading an email. > Thankfully, I'm not having to interact with every page that is loaded. I'll > be emailing Apple about my two issues soon, and I'd suggest that anyone else > dealing with them should do the same. > > Justin > > On Jul 24, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Linda Mumford wrote: > > I am also using Snow Leopard, and like you, VO is now telling me every time > it thinks there is a misspelled word when I am reading my emails... just > imagine how irritating it is when you're repeatedly being told VO is a > misspelled word on this list! > In addition, I now have 2 other problems on Safari: > 1. When I am in a text edit box like a search box or user name box, there is > no longer any character echo as I type. Just total silence (I know I am > interacting with the box because what I have just typed in silence is read > back to me when I use VO plus the arrow keys, however the individual > characters are not read when I use the arrow keys or the backspace key which > erases this is only happening in Safari- the characters but does not announce > what it's doing. The character echo works fine in pages and mail. > 2. Safari no longer automatically interacts with the html content of any web > pages. I now have to manually interact with the HTML content every time a new > web page is opened/loaded, and this is pretty tedious. Also VO is not playing > any sound or announcing when the new web page after it has loaded-- it's a > guessing game. > > Is this possibly because the latest Safari update is meant for Lion and not > Snow Leopard? Or do I need to change something on my settings? I can probably > live with the misspelled word announcements, but not hearing anything when I > type in a edit box on a web page is very problematic. > Thanks for any help > Linda Mumford > On Jul 24, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Loose Canon wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am still on Snow Leopard and hope to upgrade to Lion when it will be >> released on Flash drive next month. We have no iTunes store here, so it is >> not out of option to delay this upgrade. >> >> Here is my problem: I recently updated my version of Safari to 5.1 and I am >> happy with what I am seeing there. However, I noticed that whenever I am >> reading email messages, Voiceover is now telling me of any word that isn't >> spelt correctly. This even happens with names of people. While this >> behaviour is okay while writing messages, it is irritating me when reading >> messages. Any suggestions on how I can stop this? I am hesitant to turn off >> text attributes in the VO utility as I still want to know of any typos >> whenever I am editing documents. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Loose Canon >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! 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