Hi Sandy, Here are the general steps for accessing system dialogs. hold down the control and option keys and press f1 twice quickly. Note that depending on how your keyboard is set up you may also have to hold the fn key in order to make the f1 a software key. Arrow up and down the menu until you hear system dialogs. press the right arrow to expand system dialogs and then you can arrow through the alerts. press enter on the one you want to see and focus will be set to that dialog so that you can navigate it with voiceover.
I'm not sure this will help you in your google example because that is an alert from a web page, not from the system; however, instead of choosing system dialogs, you could press right arrow on safari and see all your open tabs. If safari has it's own alert dialog, there's a chance it could be located there. If even that fails, then the dialog box is actually embedded in the web page itself. In that case it can bee a real chore to find the first time. Best, Erik Burggraaf > On Apr 22, 2016, at 6:44 AM, Sandra E. Finley <[email protected]> wrote: > > One thing i still struggle with on the Mac is how to read an alert dialog. > For instance, I was on the gmail web site and wanted to delete a mailbox > label. I clicked on "remove label" and heard, "alert dialog..." > I am sure it was a dialog box to confirm yes/no about deleting, but I could > not find it. Thank you. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
