The command to hear the window you are in is control option F2, if you press it twice in a row, it will open a menu of all the windows in the current application. On Aug 16, 2011, at 9:56 AM, David Griffith wrote:
> dear list > > Just to report some things that are making my life easier as a Mac User. Not > every thing is going completely smoothly as you might expect . But some > things I learnt today have definitely made life much easier. > > Firstly I have turned on Num pad Commander. > This has revolutionised the usability of Voiceover navigation for me and I > would strongly recommend it to a new Mac user of Voiceover. The main things > I am missing are a way to go back between dialogues and windows and a > command to tell me what window I am in. I am sure they are around. I just > need to learn what they are. Num Pad commander is definitely making life > easier though . > > Secondly today I learnt about quick nav keys and single letter web > navigation. As I understand it the single letter navigation is a new > feature of Lion. This is a brilliant feature and I cannot really understand > why it is not the default setting. I was a little concerned at how long it > was taking me to navigate web pages on the web yesterday. Now with this > settings change using the web is again a rapid and easy process for me. > Nearly All the single letter navigation keys I used with Jaws on Windows > web pages are now available. For example I can press B to jump to a button > after pressing f to jump to the edit box, then H to jump to headings or > even the numbers 1 2 3 etc to jump to different heading levels . It is c > for a check box rather than X but that is fine. R for radio button is > obvious as is N for next etc. I had pretty much resigned myself to voiceover > not being as flexible as Jaws on web pages but with these navigation > commands and track pad gestures Voiceover has moved ahead I think. > All in in all a reassuring day. > > David Griffith > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 6382 (20110816) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > <--- 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 an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> 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/>
