Hi Shameless, Can't improve on Jes's excellent description of app installation, but in terms of pulling an email address from a header, there are other ways to skin the cat. In fact I seldom interact with anything in e-mail. Instead, I went into vo utility (VO-f8) -> navigation and unchecked the box labeled: "Automatically interact when using tab key". This way I can arrow through folders and messages, and when I am in a message header and press tab vo will usually automatically read the preview pane text when it comes into focus.
In order to skim a message with the track pad and/or open links by performing the default action (vo-spaceBar or double tap the trackpad) one does need to interact. When I want to pull an email address I press enter from the either the preview pane or message list, back tab to the header and then hit option-right arrow once or twice. When voiceOver reads the email address I press vo-shift-c to copy the last spoken text to the clipboard. You can then use command-v to paste it into your outgoing message. Personally I don't value podcasts very much. the conventional wisdom though is that everyone will tell you to listen to all the ones that Mike A put out on blindCoolTech. I would take any podcast with a grain of salt though because there are often so many ways to skin the cat. For example I recall one podcast suggesting that voiceOver users need to use a setting in appleMail such that all messages in a thread open in separate windows. That approach may work for some voiceOver users, but for me it's much easier to disable the "interact on tab key" option referenced above and explore threads in a conventional tree view. By all means install growl as it will make life with apps such as Skype and Adium (the Mac client for MSNMessenger, AIM, YahooMessenger etc) easier. Bare in mind that this list is archived. For example, if you wanted a comprehensive list , of MacOS keyboard commands, you can visit the list archive press option-shift-tab to move to the first text box and enter the string "from:"Esther" Snow Leopard shortcut keys". the first result is an item that Esther wrote about 15 months ago. As the above example illustrates, the archive supports searching from a specific sender. There are many other search options available such as wild cards, Boolean expressions or date ranges. While getting started, I had trouble dealing with the vo keyboard commands (especially since many are redundant to keyboard shortcuts requiring fewer keys which are built into SnowLeopard. For me, when I congot into the trackpad commander and configured a more logical layout, things began to take off. Good luck getting started, and congrads on your new toy!! Best regards. Geoff On May 5, 2011, at 12:02 AM, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: > Hi all, > > Subject covers it really. I think I've got this process down, but want > confirmation before attempting. How is this done precisely? And on that > subject, what do y'all recommend for VO accessibility? Journaling/blogging > apps, news aggregators, and/or whatever starter tools you might find > useful/interesting. Also, to install Growl or no? And, I know it's been > beaten to death, but should I do Skype, or pass? > > Also, how would one go about selecting an email address from a mail header? > > Thanks in advance all, and I'm lovingthis thing so far. The switch has been > seamless, and iTunes/iPhone management here is a joy. I didn't hate it under > Windows, but at least on my Mac, VO is simply more responsive. The system > goes from shutdown to ready in no less than fifteen seconds. Haven't timed > this yet, but it's definitely no longer than that. Yeah, am in love. :) > > > > > Twitter: @IndigoCellist > > Skype: shameless_FanGirl > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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.
