Of course, you can always set interaction to start semi-automagically when you press the tab key. That's in the VO utility under the navigation tab..
Teresa On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Ray, > > Fair points. But, if I'm, say, reading an email message, then clearly I've > decided to interact with it, otherwise I would have just deleted the message. > So, to then have to take the additional step of interacting, seems > redundant, at least to me. > Cheers, > Donna > On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > >> Donna, you read much too much in to what I said. I did not imply that you >> don't like the Mac, rather, I was addressing the concept of interaction. At >> first, it seemed foreign to Sarah, but, after she got in to my Mac, she saw >> the logic of it. Personally, I like the concept of interaction; >> particularly with browsing. For example, what if you come across a frame on >> a page. You may or may not want to examine it. IF you do need or want to, >> you can interact with it so you can pay attention to it. IF you don't want >> to, however, you can just ignore it and move on to the next thing. I don't >> want assumptions made for me about what I want to pay attention to or not; >> and, the concept of interaction gives me the freedom to make that choice for >> myself. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >> >> A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! >> >> E-Mail: >> rforetjr at comcast dot net >> Skype Name: >> barefootedray >> >> On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hi Ray, >>> >>> I didn't say I don't like the Mac, quite the contrary. I just think that >>> having to interact is annoying, and serves no real purpose. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>> >>>> With respect, I cannot agree. My lovely constantly barefooted Fiance >>>> thought the same thing at first; but then, she had a go with my Mac while >>>> she was down here visiting me; and, now, she really has taken to it. Now, >>>> she's not to the point of switching herself, but, she has now got the >>>> confidence that if she did switch, she could use a Mac very well. It took >>>> her no more than the time of one afternoon to get her teeth in to it >>>> enough to get browsing that very evening. The concept of interaction >>>> seemed foreign to her before she tried it, but now, to her, it's quite >>>> logical. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>>> >>>> A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! >>>> >>>> E-Mail: >>>> rforetjr at comcast dot net >>>> Skype Name: >>>> barefootedray >>>> >>>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:35 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. 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