Hi, I pointed this out in an earlier message about upgrading to Mountain Lion.
If you hit enter, VoiceOVer speaks the current date but I haven't found a way to accessibly change it. I'd guess that it's a widget which makes use of a canvas element or another visual element to change the date, but the arrow keys don't actively seem to do anything. In a lot of cases, the mouse is the only way to use these kinds of elements. My guess is that you can use Mouse keys, but I'm not very proficient at them and I find them pretty slow as they only seem to move by pixel. I've done this without VoiceOVer on, and I just tried this with VoiceOver on as well and it works. Essentially, what VoiceOver does not pick up is that it is a table imbedded within a widget such as a canvas, which contains the various dates. You have to click on them to change the date. If you use the "Speak text under mouse after delay" checkbox in VoiceOver Utility/Verbosity/Announcements tab, you can use the mouse to quite accessibly move your finger over the various columns and click to change it. VoiceOver will announce the change, but be sure to hit enter first when the date text has focus or VoiceOver seems to remain quiet. I also recommend that if you use this approach, set the delay slider to 0% so that it is 0 seconds. Obviously, it's important that you ensure the mouse has focus with VO-F5. The element normally does obtain focus as expected, but if not, hit VO-Command-F5 and start moving around to try to find the date you want. Again, Apple should have designed this with accessibility in mind, but it has not it would seem. I'm sorry if this sounds like a very crazy approach, but it seems to be the only one in this instance. Mouse keys seem to move by pixels, and this is fine except it would take a very long time to get between the various columns. Regards, Nicolai On Jul 26, 2012, at 12:31 AM, josh gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > Right, I get that. But when attempting to type into this field, > voiceover wouldn't do it. > > On 7/25/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Josh, Tim, and Others, >> >> I've changed the subject line because you are talking about the program for >> getting a free upgrade to Mountain Lion if you purchased either a new Mac >> from Apple or a qualifying reseller between June 11 and July 25, 2012, or a >> refurbished Mac from Apple between those dates. This program also applies >> to new Macs that you buy from qualifying resellers after today, but which >> come with Lion installed. The program is called "Up-to-Date", and you have >> to file a request with Apple through their web form either by August 24, >> 2012 (in the case of purchases before today), or within 30 days of your >> purchase date (in the case of new Macs purchased after today, but which have >> Lion loaded as the operating system). >> >> The way this works is that after your purchase is verified you get a coupon >> code to apply for your purchase of Mountain Lion through the Mac App Store, >> but I've heard there have been some problems with some of these codes not >> working in the massive startup today. >> >> For more information, check the web page explaining the Up-to-Date program: >> http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/ >> >> Josh, the date text field is supposed to refer to the date of your purchase, >> so they can check for eligibility. I think this is probably easiest if you >> purchased from an Apple Store or through their online store, because they >> can immediately match the records to verify your transaction. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Jul 25, 2012, at 11:53 AM, josh gregory wrote: >> >>> My mom had to help me do it, the field for the date just said date >>> text And I don't think it'd let you complete it without it. I emailed >>> Apple about it. >>> >>> On 7/25/12, Timothy J. Meloy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I think you have to fill out a form for the free mountain lion upgrade. >>>> I >>>> believe it is on Apple's website. >>>> >>>> On Jul 25, 2012, at 5:30 PM, josh gregory <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> What's different about it? 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