Never mind, I just found that vo-right/left works to move the vo cursor through the words, This isn't quite what I expected, but at least I can do it. Thanks. On 26 Jul 2012, at 14:46, Alex Hall wrote:
> I get the vo-c and vo-w commands, which I didn't know (or had forgotten). > However, if I interact with a tweet, I can't move past the first word. Is > there a way I can do this? VO obviously sees the text, because it reads the > first word fine with vo-w, but I can't get it to move to subsequent words. Is > there a command I don't know, or do the app makers need to do something? Am I > stuck with the pasting into an edit field workaround forever? Thanks. > On 26 Jul 2012, at 14:40, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > >> Hit reply before I was done; sorry. An interesting trick you can do when >> you cannot, for whatever reason, interact with or highlight a patch of text >> you want VO to spell, is to use the VO Shift C command to copy the last >> phrase to the pasteboard, then paste that into a blank TextEdit document. >> >> For example, suppose you hear a label for a button or check box on a >> webpage, but cannot interact with it or get VO to go character by character. >> Move the VO cursor over the button or box or whatever, press VO Shift C, >> then open TextEdit and paste the results. What you'll see is "really long >> name I can't spell right check box not checked," or something similar. But >> you can use the editor to explore what that label is. A bit time consuming, >> but better than buying 50 novelty plates when you only want… two. >> >> >> • 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. >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- 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.
