What option would I change in vo to make it behave more like jaws when typing. I'm referring to your deleting example. Stacey and GEB dog Chesley. On Jun 27, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Hi Rahul. > Do you know what screen reader they have? If it's Jaws, there is one > difference I would like to point out, and you can practice on it on your Mac > ahead of time. By default, VoiceOver announces a letter when cursor goes over > it and then moves to the right so that you backspace usually to delete the > character (never mind about forward delete right now.) In Jaws, you don't do > it that way. The cursor stays put so when you hear a letter, if you want to > delete it, you press delete. you can change this option in VoiceOver, and you > may want to do that and practice in TextEdit. It took me some time to get > used to the difference when I switched. > > Windows machines have slightly different keyboards, but you can give yourself > a crash course by making sure you know where the delete key is. Until or if > you are able to practice more with it, you'll probably have to endure > whatever speech options are already set, depending on what the last person > did. I know why they might not let you do it, but, if you have a laptop, > could you talk them into letting you get into TextEdit or Pages to do your > writing? They can see your screen and can tell what you're doing. Since > you've been using a reader anyway, maybe they'd let you use your own computer > (assuming it's a laptop, of course.) > Eugenia Firth > [email protected] > > > > On Jun 27, 2012, at 6:54 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I hope you all are well. >> Until recently, I always used to give my exams with a writer, but now I've >> decided to ask the university to allow me to give my exams on the computer. >> I have a Mac and always use it for doing everything, including typing. >> But, if my demand is accepted, I will be asked to give my exams on their >> computer, which, I am sure, would be a Windows machine. >> So, is there a lot of difference between the Mac and Windows when it comes >> to typing, editing and reading text? >> How can I prepare myself to use a Windows machine for giving my papers? >> >> Your help and suggestions in this regard would be immensely appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> Rahul >> >> -- >> 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.
