Hello Chris This is obviously me doing something wrong then; because I have got the commander enabled but it isn't doing what I expected. The cursor just goes shooting off away around the screen and I can't get it to read the actual web page at all.
Lynne On 25 Jul 2011, at 09:49, Chris Moore wrote: Lynne, You do not need to place your hands on the keyboard whilst using a trackpad. Have you got trackpad commander enabled? If so, it should work similar to using an ios device. Using the rota to switch between headers, links, tables etc and then you swipe up or down to jump between these elements. For reading you should just be able to swipe left or right with a single finger. You can also switch the keyboard help on to practice gestures. Chris On 25 Jul 2011, at 08:39, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello all > > I've been playing with the trackpad using the trackpad commander in > VoiceOver. Maybe I'm doing something wrong; actually I think I must be > because I just can't get the results I would expect to get. > > So please forgive the seemingly basic questions; but as somebody who has > vision this is quite a culture shock to me. The gestures have changed > significantly and I need to make sure I'm doing this properly. I don't want > to pronounce something broken when in fact it's more likely to be user error > which is breaking it. So hear goes on my questions. > > Firstly, are you supposed to hold down the VoiceOver keys while you use the > trackpad commander using either your inbuilt trackpad or the Magic Trackpad? > If so, in the latter case doesn't it make things a little difficult for you; > holding down keys on the keyboard with one hand whilst manipulating the > trackpad with the other? Wouldn't it be simpler to just use the keyboard and > be done with it? > > If you're not supposed to hold down the VoiceOver keys, then I really don't > know what I'm doing wrong because I just can't get web pages, for instance, > to work properly using Trackpad commander. I find that either my cursor goes > whizzing off the page entirely or I don't move at all; usually the former of > the two and I have to keep re-positioning the cursor to bring focus back to > the website. So what could I be doing wrong here? > > Lynne > > > <--- 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/>
