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On Aug 10, 2010, at 11:42 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I explain this on my youtube vid actually at http://marrie125. think of like > a box. To find out what is in it open or interact with it. If you have no > interest in the christmas gift or box skip it. > > S > On Aug 10, 2010, at 5:40 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> This is a concept lots of people have a problem with, bt it's really not >> difficult, and you don't have to interact with everything. All it is really >> is focusing in on a particular item to examine it more closely. For example, >> if you come accross a tool bar, and you're interested in it, you can >> interact with it and read each item. If you're not interested, you can just >> skip it. The windows screen readers would require you to move through all >> the icons before moving on to something else. I suppose neither approach is >> right or wrong, they're just different, which is why it's important to >> emphasize to a windows user switching to a mac, it's not windows. The mac >> and voice over do things somewhat differently. Certainly there are some >> similarities, but if you go in to it expecting it to work the way windows >> and windows screen readers do, you are very likely to become frustrated. >> On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:10 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. 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