Thanks. I’ve used the 3rd approach for small bits of text in other situations but didn’t think of the first two. Still learning the finer points of Voiceover.
> On Oct 7, 2016, at 12:31 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Larry, > > I use various strategies for selecting text in Safari because different pages > behave differently. > 1. Using Quick Nav, set the rotor to Lines and hold down the Shift key and > press the Down Arrow. > 2. Without Quick Nav, press VO-Return to start selecting text, navigate right > with the VO keys and press VO-Return to end selection. > 3. Make VoiceOver read the text required then press VO-Shift-c to copy the > last spoken phrase to the clipboard. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 6 Oct 2016, at 17:47, Larry Thacker Jr. <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Before the latest update to Safari in El Capitan, I was able to use shift >> and arrow keys to select text on a web page and copy it to the clipboard. >> This could be done on any text, not just that inside of edit boxes. After >> the upgrade, this almost never works. pressing the arrow keys doesn’t yield >> any speech from Voiceover. I started to ask this once before and all of a >> sudden it worked so I abandoned the question. But it was just that once. I >> haven’t been able to do it since. Can anyone tell me why and how to get >> around the problem? >> >> Larry Thacker Jr. >> http://www.lionsrealm.net <http://www.lionsrealm.net/> >> http://twitter.com/lthackerjr <http://twitter.com/lthackerjr> >> http://facebook.com/larry.thacker.jr <http://facebook.com/larry.thacker.jr> >> >> -- >> 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. You can reach mark at: >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] 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]/ > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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. You can reach mark at: [email protected] 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.
