I like being able to interact as you can skip around the screen quicker and only interact with the bits that are of interest to you. On 10 Aug 2010, at 17:31, Kimberly thurman wrote:
> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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