Hi Lynne! Just by chance have you got the vo cursor or the mouse cursor following each other! Colin
On 25 Jul 2011, at 11:54, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Kevin > > Yes, I have got that turned on. > > Lynne > > On 25 Jul 2011, at 11:13, Kevin Barry wrote: > > You do not need your hands on the keyboard while using the trackpad. > It sounds, from your description, as though you do not have the trackpad > commander on. > Hold down VO and do a rotor gesture on the trackpad. > It should talk and make a sound. > > At 03:39 AM 7/25/2011, you 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/> <--- 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/>
