Sara, I would suggest you visit the Apple web accessibility pages. this is a good starting point. There is documentation on the Mac itself for Voice-Over which will also give you help.
Shortcut of commands to help: command f5 activates/deactivates Voice-over. Note, if you are using the default behaviour of the function keys. Then you will have to include the fn key assuming you are using a laptop or the newer bluetooth keyboards. option control is regarded as the VO command. vo left and right arrow moves between controls. vo shift up and down arrow interact with objects. Like Edit, tables, etc. vo h open help menu. vo k turns on keyboard help. Press keys with vo and you will hear their function. vo ? opens help vo down/up arrow moves up and down. vo space activates an item. That should be enough for you to start with. Sean On 05/02/2013, at 4:39 AM, SaraFord <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > Wow, thanks for all the responses! I appreciate the warm welcome. I’ve read > all the comments, even though I'm replying to the middle of the thread. And I > have taken notes. I’ve also learned that there are also other areas I need to > investigate that I wouldn’t have known about if it wasn’t for this thread. > > For what it’s worth, my personal philosophy is that software is about people. > Sure, at the end of the day, the code must be written correctly, but it is > the experiences of the people who both use the code and write the code that > matter the most. So thanks again for sharing your experiences with me. It is > all about people. > > One question I have for this forum is where might I find the best training > materials for learning Voice Over? As I mentioned previously, I’ve been > trained in the past on Window Eyes and JAWS. I’m hoping there are some online > courses or documentation out there so I can learn to use Voice Over > effectively. It doesn’t matter what application the training is for. I just > need to get used to the keyboard shortcuts and how Voice Over structures its > Text to Speech output. > > Thanks, > -sara > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
