I know one thing you could do is have voice over set not to come on automatically. Or you could turn it off when your sighted friend is using the computer by using the command F5 key stroke to toggle VO on and off. HTH T.J. On Jun 3, 2012, at 11:52 PM, Lovette Yewchan wrote:
> I am curious if there is things to do with voice over so a sighted person can > use the computer at the same time if helping someone etc. > My sighted friends get annoyed with voice over. > Thanks. > Lovette > > On 2012-06-03, at 7:11 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > >> Hello Ed >> >> Speaking as a visually abled person, (I hate the term "Sighted", I found a >> lot of his comments extremely odd. I was actually tempted to leave a comment >> or two on MacWorld but thought better of it. This person clearly has >> absolutely no perception of what VoiceOver is, what it can do and how it can >> help even those of us with vision. >> >> My own vision is excellent, according to the opticians I visit once a year >> for an eye test. Nevertheless I still find VoiceOver a valuable and useful >> tool. >> >> Yes, the appearance does take on a more graphical form without VoiceOver and >> yes, it does sometimes slow one down when VoiceOver is present. But those >> are just small considerations and once you get used to it the overall effect >> is actually quite pleasant and the tools that you have available are quite >> easy to use. >> >> So in summary I would say that the author of this article really needs to be >> educated. Vision impairment does not, nor should it ever, make it necessary >> for those of us with vision to work in a totally different environment, I >> often work alongside Gordon, who needs VoiceOver. But it really doesn't >> present a problem to me. It's just a little different, that's all. >> >> >> Lynne >> >> On 2 Jun 2012, at 17:23, Ed Worrell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I agree with you, this article isn't that usefull for anyone, he just jumps >> to a bunch of assumtions what is useful to the sighted. Forgranted my wife >> doesn't use Voiceover unless I have questions, but she doesn't find things >> like character navigation or rotor settings useless, thats the way we do >> things that the sighted users can do by looking at the screen, my wife >> wishes she had some of the rotor options available to the sighted too. >> Pourly researched article. >> >> <--- 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/>
