Bill, I interact with the text on a web page, press vo+enter and then start selecting using vo + arrow keys. When I've selected what I wish, I press vo+enter again and then command+c to copy to clipboard. While you are selecting the text with vo+arrow keys, you should hear the swishing sound. Hope this will help. Don't despair. Mac is good. On 16 Jan 2012, at 21:24, Bill Holton wrote:
> Looks like this makes the Mac almost a no go for my work. I spend a lot of > time grabbing addresses and other contact info online and copying it into > documents. > I am in DOM mode. If I interact with the text the VO Enter works, but all it > will copy is the current element, word, link, etc. If I try to press VO > Enter anywhere else I get a beep and nothing. > Copying the entire page and editing would be about 5 times more work than I > can accomplish the same tasks with Windows. There really should be a way to > grab a few lines, elements, etc. from a web page and copy just them. > I actually thought that’s what VO enter was for, but apparently it won’t help > me at all. > Maybe there is something else I am missing? > Bill > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Selecting text in Safari > > Hello Bill, > > This all seems to depend on the website. Selecting would appear to work > better in DOM mode than in Groups. > > If Shift-Cmd-Right arrow doesn't highlight a chunk of text for you, remember > that VO-Shift-c will copy the last spoken phrase to the clipboard. > > Also, you may find you need to interact with the text to be able to highlight > it. > > Failing that, Cmd-a will highlight the whole page, which you can then copy > into a TextEdit document and edit from there. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 16 Jan 2012, at 20:17, Bill Holton wrote: > > > Hi. > As I understand it, there are a few ways to select text in Safari. To get a > letter, word or line you hold down the shift key and then press arrow for > character, option arrow for word and command arrow for the rest of the line. > To select a larger selection, you press VO enter and then move to the end of > your selection and press VO Enter again. > > My problem is, neither of these seem to be working. I have cursor tracking > turned on and I have tried both with quick Nav turned on and off. I’m sure > the problem is between my chair and keyboard, but not sure what to do > different. Any suggestions appreciated. > Bill > > > -- > 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.
