Actually sometimes hitting shift down arrow works as well. I use it to copy lyrics in to a text file. i don't know what situations that does not work in yet but hope that works. On Jun 30, 2012, at 12:30 AM, David Griffith wrote:
> 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/> <--- 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/>
