Well, as I said, they could just do as they do on the iPhone. Or they could 
have a full cell enclosing the text of the voiceover cursor, as the braille 
sense does with selected text.

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> On Oct 5, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Okay, that makes sense, and I remember thinking the same thing during my 
> brief flirtation with braille on OS X years back. Dots 7 and 8 seems like a 
> great way to highlight text in braille, until you actually try to read it. 
> Then it just slows you down and is plain distracting. I think you can turn it 
> off, but how else might Apple indicate VO focus to braille users?
>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 20:55, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> For me, at least, having to feel dots 7 and 8 just to know where the cursor 
>> is is just not what I'd like. For example, when I'm in a dialog, and 
>> voiceover focus is on the text of the dialog, its hard to read with dots 7 
>> and 8 in the way. I'd like the mac braille implimentation to be more like 
>> the iPhone, or at least have the choice.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Can you explain a bit more about the VoiceOver cursor and dots 7 and 8? How 
>>> does the use of dots 7 and 8 pose a problem, and what does the VO cursor 
>>> indicate or not indicate that you would like changed? I'm just not 
>>> following this one, and I want to be sure I explain it correctly in the 
>>> list I'm compiling. Thanks.
>>>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 17:54, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> My biggest problem is that I cannot read formatting information, like 
>>>> italics and bold. For example, on a webpage, if something is italicized, 
>>>> VoiceOver just puts it in a new element, and doesn't show that it is 
>>>> formatted any differently in braille. Another problem is that we can't 
>>>> change the fact that braille shows more than the voiceover cursor, and the 
>>>> only way to know what truely is in the cursor is to have the annoying dots 
>>>> 7 and 8 showing.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 4:49 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>   I am posting a new thread in the hopes of starting a "focused" 
>>>>> discussion of the braille support in OS X.
>>>>> 
>>>>>   What I mean by "focused"  is this. What exactly, specifically, are the 
>>>>> shortcomings of OS X's braille support. I need to know this for two 
>>>>> reasons. One, to better use this personally, and two, to better 
>>>>> communicate it to Apple. Many of you have your gripes with this but it 
>>>>> will be more effective if we can stay on track.
>>>>> 
>>>>>   I am not as proficient as I would like to be with both braille and OS X 
>>>>> so please lets not deviate from the mission. This is about braille 
>>>>> support in OS X. Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>>>>>   [email protected]
>>>>> Many believe that we have been visited
>>>>> in the past. What if it were true?
>>>>> 
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