Hi, In the latest version of Numbers—and it seems since about version 3.6—VoiceOver will say the row or column number before saying the contents of the selected cell when navigating by cell using either just the arrow keys or the VO and arrow keys together in a table without both header columns and header rows.
Let me explain a little more. VoiceOver has always said—and still says—the header column name before the contents of the selected cell when navigating left or right in a table. And it has always said—and still says—the header row name before the contents of the selected cell when navigating up or down in a table. This is extremely helpful to explain the significance of the data in the cell. The thing that has changed in the recent version(s) of Numbers is that when there is no header column VoiceOver will say the name of the row (e.g. “Row 27”) before the contents of the selected cell when moving up and down in a table. And if there’s no header row, VoiceOver will say the column name (e.g. “Column 27”) before the selected cell's contents when moving left or right in the table. I find this behaviour more of a hinderance than a help. Say we have a table with 1 header row and 0 header columns in which the leftmost column contains dates. If I want to quickly skim through the leftmost column to find a particular date, I have to listen to VoiceOver saying, “Row 2,”, “Row 3”, “Row 4”, etc before it says the date. So it slows me down significantly, without helping at all. VoiceOver has always said—and still says—the name/coordinates of the selected cell after it says the cell’s contents. So a VoiceOver user will always know where in the table he or she is. Given this, the extra information of the row/column number is unnecessary. My feedback/request is: please revert to the old behaviour where VoiceOver only says the name of the row/column if there is a header column/row, and otherwise omits that information. Tested with Numbers version 3.6.1 (2566) -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
