I’ll toss in something that has been consistent with VO recently. When entering user name and passwords on web pages (both Safari and Edge) there is a significant lag in speaking the titles to the edit fields.
I tab to the first field and type my user name. Then tab to the password field. VO speaks what I just typed, then the next field title, before indicating a blank field. It is irritating because it slows things down. There are other instances with VO where a ghost word or phrase is spoken. I open a text file in a folder. Then close it. Then Cmd+tab back to Finder. It reads the name of an adjacent folder before focusing on the list of files in a completely different folder. Again irritating, and slow response. So in summary I would say that VO is less responsive and slow to find focus than it used to be in earlier Mac OS versions. I’m on Ventura on a 2019 MacBook Pro. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Woodworker, Musician [email protected] On Jan 26, 2023, at 4:27 AM, Bill Gallik <[email protected]> wrote: I personally have not noticed any degradation of accessibility on the MacOS platforms. I suspect that the old adage “Familiarity breeds contempt” may be at play here! Furthermore, unless someone is using both MacOS with VoiceOver and MS-Windows with JAWS (or an alternative screen reader) what would be the basis of comparison anyway? ************ - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - “The absence of alternatives” - “clears the mind marvelously.” - Henry Kissinger -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/BD277891-FF02-4613-BC01-C3D54FA8E8A9%40gmail.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/AD4B78D5-F351-41FB-BA05-02BF94F7D3E5%40gmail.com.
