Hi, I'm only a year into using the Mac and still use Windows as well but here's my take on it. While it can be a bit time consuming and fiddly sometimes interacting with several layers I can see benefits to the approach as well. For example, in Windows you have several different keystrokes to accomplish similar goals to the VO interacting thing i.e. accessing different parts of the screen. e.g. if you wanted to access a toolbar on Windows (if you could access it) you would need to sometimes press Control Tab or sometimes use something like the JAWS/WE cursor. Whereas on the Mac, assuming the particular app is accessible, you just move around the screen and pick which part of it you want to use. I also think requiring us to interact with different elements of the screen can give us a little more understanding of the different visual elements which are present, which can help particularly when working with sighted people. e.g. instead of remembering in Windows ok if I press Alt space that gets me into the menu where there's options to maximise/size the window, I can just explore around the screen to verify/remind myself of what's actually visually present. LIke I say, I can see pros and cons but these are some of the pros in my opinion.
Catherine On 2/27/14, Lee Jones <leejones...@sky.com> wrote: > Dear List I wondered if some kind soul could explain the concept of > interaction on the mac. On podcasts you get taught how to use it but not > what the underlying premise is behind it. What are the benefits of setting > up a screen reader this way. I find interaction an irritation. On windows > in outlook I'm immediately in the messages list I don't have to interact > with the list first. To me it just feels like interaction is always another > keystroke between me and where I want to get to. > > Many Thanks Lee > > -- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Twitter: CTurner1980 My blog: http://catherineturner.wordpress.com -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
