Hi! I do not know if this will help! But here is a couple of suggestions from people who know more about this than I
When terminal is scrolling, but I want to read line-by-line (such as during a compile) I simply turn off cursor tracking with vo-shift-f3, and then when I'm finished, I press vo-shift-f3 again, and vo now follows the system cursor again as usual. This method has always worked well for me, whether I was running tiger, leopard, or snow leopard (haven't had a chance to try lion yet), but just figured I'd mention it. Also, just to make things (slightly) better, you may want to go into terminal preferences, and change your cursor from a block cursor to a pointer (or something similar, don't have the terminal preferences in front of me, so it's from memory, but it should get you to the right point) I find that sometimes, the block cursor causes issues, where as the pointer, or blinking, one does not. (odd, I know) but give that a try and see if it helps any. When I get myself a lion machine, I'll test terminal again, and post a configuration that may work better for vo users if they differ significantly from the defaults. Travis On Aug 4, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Also, if you encounter the issue where information scrolls so rapidly down the screen that VoiceOver simply skips to the last information received, you can simply hit VO-H-H. This enters the command menu. Simply type "s p ok" and hit enter on the option, and VoiceOver will not move the cursor as text appears. While VoiceOver will not read text automatically if this option is selected, you can use the VoiceOver keys to move down the screen if you are interacting with the text. > > Regards, > Nic On 24 Oct 2011, at 11:47, Scott Howell wrote: > Johanna, > > I'm still trying to track this down for you. Just wanted you to know I have > not forgotten, but it may actually be in the Terminal APp options. > > Scott > > On Oct 22, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Johanna Herranen wrote: > >> Hello, >> I am new to this list -- actually I am also a complete newbie with Mac. I >> got my very first Macbook Pro just couple days ago. So far >> I'm very impressed and happy with it.However, I seem to have a small issue >> with the Terminal application: I am using ssh to connect >> to another machine from Terminal. There I'm using a program that puts lots >> of text on the screen. Some times then I see that >> VoiceOver doesn't speak everything, because every time there is a new event >> on the screen, the speech gets interrupted and only the >> newest text is spoken. I have been going through VoiceOver settings trying >> to find a way to fix it, but can't find anything. Also, I >> love Alex, but am finding it a bit slow some times. Is there somewhere a >> setting to tell Alex to stop breathing and pausing between >> words? Or could someone recommend some other less human-like voice to use >> when needed? >> >> Any help is much appreciated. >> >> Johanna >> >> >> -- >> 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.
