I believe that another way to do a forward delete is by adding the function key to the backspace key. That's what I've always done, and I had forgotten all about control D.
Sent from my IPhone > On Aug 1, 2015, at 9:57 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think I'm missing something. Backspace will *always* do that, there's no > easy way of altering that. Right now, if I type the letter T and then > backspace, that T is gone and VoiceOver says "T" along with a beep (the beep > only because I have sounds enabled for deleting). What happens when you hit > backspace? To be clear, we're talking about the key above the backslash and > below F12 and Eject, right? You can do a forward delete, but you have to > press ctrl-d, and I doubt that's the keystroke you're using. > > You can On Aug 1, 2015, at 9:52 PM, Stacey Robinson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Alex If I check this box, when I backspace will it delete the letter or >> number I just typed? >> >> Blessings, >> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. >> >> mailto:[email protected] >> >>> On Aug 1, 2015, at 5:46 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Is the issue backspacing, or arrowing? You can't change what the backspace >>> key does in the VO Utility, but you can set the arrow keys to do a couple >>> different things. By default, VO tells you what you've just moved past, >>> which is why it will repeat the same character over and over if you hit >>> left arrow, then right, then left, then right… You keep moving past the >>> same thing, and VO reports exactly that. Once you get it, this system makes >>> more sense, at least to me. You can configure it differently, but I >>> honestly get confused when I try to use Windows screen readers nowadays, >>> since I am more easily lost in the text than I am on the Mac or iOS. >>> >>> If you want things to work how they do in Windows, head to the VO utility >>> with vo-f8. Select the Verbosity item in the categories table, then >>> vo-right to the list of tabs. Vo-space on the 'text' tab, then vo-right or >>> tab until you find the "while typing speak" popup. Hit vo-space, use the >>> arrows to choose "speak text to the right of the cursor", then vo-space to >>> confirm. You may now close the VoiceOver Utility. I hope this does what you >>> want; if not, something else may have been configured on your old Mac that >>> I'm not thinking of. >>>> On Aug 1, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Stacey Robinson <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi I wrote about this before but I need more help. >>>> I want to set vo so that it will backspace over the letter or number >>>> that the cursor is just in in front of. I don’t know what checkboxes to >>>> check or uncheck in vo utilitiesl bessings, >>>> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. >>>> >>>> mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>>> I’ve left in the above Mistakes so you can see what I mean. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex Hall >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
