Hi, Thanks James, I went to the Apple Website and found a couple of things that looked interesting. The only thing I really miss is not having a big, large, visual cue for the keyboard insertion point. Best, Claire
On Dec 1, 2:31 pm, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: > HI, what opperating system were you testing this on? If you were makeing > your tests 2 or 3 months ago then the work needs to be completely redone > because snow leopard 10.6 came out in October with major accessibility > improvements.Most of us are voice or braille users. It's hard to > troubleshoot vision issues when you can't see. > > Best, > > erik burggraaf > A+ certified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: [email protected] > > On 2009-12-01, at 7:23 AM, Declan wrote: > > > > > I am wondering if the mac is realy useful for low vision users I was > > unable to find any mainstream office programs that would track the > > cursor with the built in zoom function. This is a re-post of an > > earlier message that had no responses. > > > Are there any Office Programs on the Mac that track the cursor when > > using the Zoom option? I like the mac very much. I was already to > > get a 24" mac that was being sold off cheaply. However examining the > > Zoom feature and cursor tracking more thouroughly I discovered that > > the only program that tracked the cursor when using the Zoom feature > > was TextEdit. Microsoft Word didn't do this (Word isn't accessible > > on > > the mac). I wasn't sure what the "track the keyboard cursor" option > > meant in the Zoom options dialogue box. I rang up Apple and was told > > that it was tracking keyboard commands like using Alt-F to get the > > file menu up in Windows it would move the screen to the menu bar. I > > mentioned about the cursor tracking problem. The Apple Employee > > kindly downloaded Open Office to his system and found that Open > > Office > > word processor didn't track the cursor in Zoom! > > > Is there anyone out there using mac magnification (Zoom) with any > > Office program (other than TextEdit) where the cursor tracks? > > > I tried Google Docs. The spreadsheet is dreadful. It is unusable. > > The display jumps to the side of the spreadsheet outside the browser > > on every cell! > > > Needless to say I decided not the buy the mac! I want to use Zoom > > option rather than VO. > > > I was flabergasted when I found this out. It means that anyone > > wanting to use magnification on the mac can't have cursor tracking in > > anything more serius that TextEdit! > > > Your help very much appreciated. > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
