Try pressing tab until voiceover doesn't say anything, then the VM should have control, but VOICEOVER commands will still be used by voiceover, and indeed, using the voiceover keys plus anything will activate voiceover, unless you have it set to use capslock... Which is what I'll try when using Chrome OS... Hopefully then chromevox next will work better for me.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > OK, this is on El Capitan 10.11.4, and am using VMWare Fusion 8.1.1. > > I'm totally confused here. I downloaded the ISO image of Ubuntu 16.04 > Desktop, and am trying to get the darn thing to install, but am having some > issues. I'm not sure if this is related to Ubuntu, or to Fusion. Let me > clarify and make this very clear. This is not one of the blind related > modified distros based on Ubuntu. This isn't Vinux, F123, Sonar, which no > longer is based on that distro anyway, but you get the point. This is just > native Ubuntu. > > I elected to not do the easy install, so that this way, I could have it > manually boot to the image, and from there, I could install the OS with > speech using Orca. I have enough vision to see when the screen pops up with > the installer. > > I noticed that by default, the window is not in full screen view, unless I > hit ctrl+command+F. Even not doing this though, I see two windows. The > VMWare Fusion window, and the main VM Library window. > > If I press VO+F2 F2 to go to the window chooser, it tells me that the current > window is my VM. OK, that's cool. Now, someone told me to make it gain > keyboard control, I just need to be in that window, then hit shift+Tab. Then > to release control, hit left ctrl+left command. > > OK, so here's the problem. once I see the installation come up, I'm hitting > VO+F2 F2, making sure I'm in the VM window, then hitting shift+Tab to give > the VM keyboard control. This isn't appearing to work though, as after doing > this, if I hit VO+M to go to the menu bar, it's working. My VM's not > interpretting those keys. What's weirder is, When I focus on the VM window, > I here that it's interacted me automatically with the toolbar, and placed me > on the suspend button. Therefore, when I try hitting alt+windows+S, also > known as alt+Super+S, to start up Orca, it's not launching. I tried also > ctrl+S, but no good. I even hit alt+F2 to get to the run dialog, typing > orca, then hitting enter. NO good. So, I really really suspect that > somehow, my VM's not getting keyboard control. So, ultimately, my question > is, how in the world do I deal with this? Does the VM not gain control right > away when you boot the machine? What could I maybe be doing wrong? > > Chris. > -- > 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.
