There are three methods I use. the first 2 are unreliable the third I am afraid is quite unpredictable. The easiest way I find is simply to press shift VO C which will copy the last phrase spoken by Voiceover into the clipboard ready for pasting. Given voiceover normally reads a paragraph at a time this is normally fine. If I need part of the paragraph I just edit it down in Text edit. To copy just one word, just Interact with the text as normal to read one word at a time and again just press shift VO C again. If you need the whole page or more than one paragraph it is normally best to press command A and then command c to copy the whole page and then paste that into Text edit and then sort it out there.
The third method is very precise on what you copy but slightly more convoluted and does not work in all circumstances. 1. Interact with the text. 2. Press VO enter to start selecting. 3. Move the cursor keys to select what you want. 4. Press VO enter to stop selecting. 5, Press command C to copy to the clipboard. This will not work in the following circumstances. 1.You are restricted to selecting text within one paragraph. Given that restriction it is I believe more logical to use Shift VO C to copy last phrase spoken as this achieves in one keystroke what you need to do with 5 keystrokes using this Vo enter method. 2. I find it will not work with some web elements no matter what I do. For example I find I cannot select text in some header elements. Again shift VO C comes to the rescue here. 3. For some reason I cannot fathom, on some occasions and on some pages, it simply will not work at all. I think this aspect of Safari with Voiceover needs a major work over and to be frank I have stopped using it in favour of the shift VO C method. Its swings and roundabouts, the shift VO C command is useful across the system , not just in Safari and it is one of the commands I miss if I have to go back to use Windows to do some work. David Griffith David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kristeen Hughes Sent: 30 June 2012 02:36 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: selecting text on a web page How do I select some test I want to copy into a file? I know I've probably seen this before, but it will not come back to me. Thanks. Kristeen Hughes [email protected] <--- 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/>
