Did you go into dashboard first with f12? That is the point where you hit VO-f2 twice quickly. widgets are like mini-applets for various applications on the Mac. You can pop in and out to accomplish a task without having to open the full app. I even have a little Braille translation of free text widget that was installed with Louis for Braille transcription. with the calculator you can enter the numbers on the keyboard. You can set a world clock, as well. they're very handy, and I wish they were as accessible as they used to be.
Teresa "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham On Feb 27, 2014, at 5:11 PM, Daniel Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > I just tried the widget using VO F2 twice, and that brought up window chooser. > > What advantage does a VO user using a widget on a Mac? > Daniel Hawkins > - Posted from my Macbook Pro > > iPhone 4S, 16GB, Jailbroken IOS 7.0.4 > iPad 2nd Gen, 32gb > iPhone 3gs 8gb, as media player > 2012 15in. Macbook Pro > 2.3 Quad-core i7, Turbo to 3.3Ghz > 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 > 500GB HDD > > Dual Boot: > Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit > NVDA installed > > Phonak Compilot > > > > > > On Feb 27, 2014, at 6:28 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh, you can look at your current widgets by pressing VO-f2 twice quickly, >> and you can add an already-installed widget by right-arrowong into the >> widget bar and pressing enter on it. The thing that's stumping me is finding >> the widget manager, which is supposed to be "on the left side of the screen" >> and unchecking or removing them. I may experiment with mouse keys at some >> point. >> >> Teresa >> >> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too >> dark to read."--Groucho Marx >> >> On Feb 27, 2014, at 3:33 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey Teresa there is suppose to be a way to use VO F2 but the >>> inconsistencies of it like John I just gave up on widgets as I don't think >>> they are worth the aggravation of dealing with it all. >>> On Feb 27, 2014, at 5:30 PM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I haven't been able to find a way. I gave up trying to figure it out. >>>> >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John D. Panarese >>>> Director >>>> Mac for the Blind >>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>>> Email, [email protected] >>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>>> >>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>> >>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 27, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, all, >>>>> >>>>> I've looked this up and there are a lot of mouse-based instructions. Is >>>>> there a way to get to the Widget manager with keystrokes, and is it >>>>> accessible with vO? >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> teresa >>>>> >>>>> "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> 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. >>>> 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. >>> 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. >> 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. > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
