Hi all, There is an option in VoiceOver Utility to force it to behave like the Windows screen readers and speak the item to the right of the cursor each time. That is on the Text pane of Verbosity settings, and defaults to "Speak Text the Cursor Passes." I recommend getting used to the way the Mac does things on its own though, not trying to make it act like Windows. Best, Zack. On Aug 17, 2011, at 3:19 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
> Hello Sean, > > To understand text navigation on the Mac, you need to picture a line being > drawn between two characters. This is the insertion point. The insertion > point moves from left to right of a character as you press the right arrow, > and from right to left as you press the left arrow. When the insertion point > is to the right of a character, the backspace will delete that character. > > To me, this is perfectly logical, but I've never used Windows. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 17 Aug 2011, at 12:08, Sean Murphy wrote: > >> Hi All. >> >> This is a basic question. But it is doing my head in. >> >> When you move by character or word. the cursor is always at the end of the >> word when moving from left to right. If you move right to left then the >> insert cursor is at the beginning. This is the reverse to what I am used too. >> >> Why is this the case? >> >> So how do you delete the character you are currently on? >> >> How do you stop the same character being spoken twice when you move to the >> previous character and then back again? EG: Say you are on a space. Then you >> press the left arrow key. YOu hear a character. Then you press the right >> arrow key you hear the same character. This type of double announcing isn't >> seen under windows. >> >> If there is a good tutorial on this. Point me to it. >> >> Sean >> <--- 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/> > > <--- 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/> <--- 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/>
