ah. what do those terms mean? and do you know why voiceover would be reading all this other text for the link and then when I interact with the link i get to see the link title that voiceover should be reading? I've talked to others and no one else seems to have this problem! but it makes browsing the web kind of annoying cuz I keep having to interact with links! peace and positivity Jessica and Goldina follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/canadian_diva
On 2011-08-09, at 4:04 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > The text that is being announced like "banner", "search", "main" and > "complementary" are landmarks. They have been there a while in websites but, > Voiceover did not previously announce them. > > Jeff > > On 2011-08-09, at 12:26 PM, Jessica and Goldina wrote: > >> hey all >> >> I finally was able to update to Lion last night! finally got the funds and >> got home from my cabin where I had good internet. the install went off >> without a hitch…easiest install I've ever done!! and I really like the new >> layout in mail though I do have a couple questions about it too. but so far >> I'm really loving Lion and have no want or need to switch back! >> >> Safari seems a little interesting, though. Voiceover seems to be reading >> some things rather interestingly that it didn't before. for example, when I >> go to my facebook page now, either the mobile site or the regular site, >> voiceover keeps talking about entering banner. leaving banner. entering >> navigation. entering complimentary. I'm assuming a banner is a frame, but >> why would the terminology change? also, instead of reading me peoples' first >> and last name as it used too, it now just says their facebook nicknames or >> sometimes just profile.php or a bunch of numbers. it's like it's looking >> under the link title at maybe a badly coded alt text? or some other text not >> visible on the screen. why would it be doing this? I'm not one for moving >> backwards to classic views or anything like that, I'd rather move forward >> and take changes in technology as they come, but this announcing things >> weirdly could make a lot of websites look less accessible than they are. is >> anyone else finding this and is there a way to get voiceover to read things >> on websites as they are? >> >> thanks and I hope you all are having a great day! >> peace and positivity >> Jessica and Goldina >> follow me on Twitter: >> http://www.twitter.com/canadian_diva >> >> -- >> 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.
