Hi Karen, It's personal choice of course, but I use quick Nav all the time. It just seems to be much easier.
Chris On Jul 4, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Thanks Zack. > Will try the quick nav for a while. I am doing some learning tings before I > actually try going on the net or anything. as for using one hand for vo-z, > I have a feeling your hands are larger than mine lol. > Karen > > On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, Zachary Kline wrote: > >> Hi Karen, >> Speech rate can be adjusted with vo-cmd-arrow keys, left and right until you >> reach rate and up and down to adjust. As for drawbacks with quicknav or >> locking the VO cursor, quicknav generally won't impact anything else, though >> you'll want to be careful in the event you ever do actually want to move the >> physical cursor around with arrow keys. Locking the VO keys will impact a >> lot more, and I don't personally recommend it. I have an MBP and just get >> used to hitting VO-z with my left hand. >> Best, >> Zack. >> On Jul 4, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> >>> Thanks on both counts. Any draw back to locking down those keys, or using >>> quicknav? does it impact your using anything else say on the web >>> Oh and one more so I need not start another thread. adjusting the speech >>> rate? >>> Thanks, >>> Karen >>> >>> On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: >>> >>>> The VO keys are on the left side of the keyboard, and can be locked down >>>> with VO semicolon and unlocked by toggling that keystroke. This is >>>> because the right option key is used as the modifier to trigger keyboard >>>> commander shortcuts. also, if you're just cursoring around a lot, you can >>>> turn on quicknav by pressing both left and right arrows simultaneously; >>>> this lets the arrows work as VO navigation so you don't have to hold down >>>> those two keys which, I admit, is a drag in the bag. >>>> >>>> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter >>>> • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>>> • MSN: [email protected] >>>> • My home page: >>>> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
