Hi:
Actually, you can. When you are on the link, either press vo space, or you can 
press vo shift m and choose open link.
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On Aug 11, 2010, at 12:29 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

> This is not true,.  
> 
> You can not activate a link without interacting twice with the message, as 
> well as continue reading from the position of the cursor.
> On Aug 11, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 
>> No you don't. Just focus on it and hit vo space. That's it.
>> 
>> S
>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> 
>>> I realize this.  But, if you want to activate a link or have the cursor 
>>> read to end of message, you do have to interact with it, twice, no less.  
>>> All I'm saying is that this is redundant.
>>> Best,
>>> Donna
>>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You dn't have to interact with an email message to read it. Just move your 
>>>> voice over cursor to the text area, if you want to read it line by line, 
>>>> use the regular arrow keys.
>>>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:23 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]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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