Interacting is the most difficult concept I have tried to convey to friends who have decided to get Macs. Some of them still don't get it. On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> You know, for as much as I love the trackpad commander, it forces you to > interact more than when using the keyboard. But when I first got my Mac, I > think that might have been the hardest thing for me to learn. When it is > necessary to interact and when not. > On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:35 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Oh, so that's the problem. Arg. You know, if the Apple genie would grant me >> just one wish, it would be that this whole interacting concept would just >> disappear. It just isn't natural! *grin* >> Donna >> On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Hi donna, >>> >>> It does read from the point of the cursor. You just need to interact again. >>> >>> hth >>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I haven't followed this thread too closely, so first, my apologies if I'm >>>> bringing up something that has already been covered. But I have this same >>>> problem trying to read to the bottom of text. For example, when reading a >>>> long email, if I press VO-A, it will read the whole message, even if I'm >>>> already halfway down the message body. I do wish there were some way to >>>> make VO start reading where you are, instead of back at the top of the >>>> document. Note that the one exception for this seems to be in Safari, >>>> where pressing VO-A reads from cursor to end. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Donna >>>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 3:25 AM, Chris Moore wrote: >>>> >>>>> No, it seems to read past it. For example, if you are replying to an >>>>> email and you just want to read up to the point where your cursor is, you >>>>> can read line by line or paragraph, or hit VO a or B, but it does not >>>>> stop at the cursor, it continues reading past it and starts reading the >>>>> previous text from the message you are replying to. >>>>> >>>>> Of course you can stop VO manually, but it would be nice if it stopped >>>>> automatically. >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>>> On 10 Aug 2010, at 03:56, Mary Otten wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Chris, >>>>>> I thought vo a was suppose to read from top of page to your cursor. >>>>>> >>>>>> mary >>>>>> >>>>>> Mary Otten >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
