Yeah, but sometimes that works better than others. Donna On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Ryan Mann wrote:
> > Hello. Whenever you want to find some text on a web page, you can > press control+option+f to open the Voiceover find dialog. Then type > what you want to find and press enter. > > On Oct 21, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> >> Hi Anne, >> >> Thanks for these tips. I do use the web rotor and the item chooser, >> and I do find that they often help. I have also set a keypad >> commander >> shortcut to switch between dom and groups mode--thanks, Mike >> Arrigo, I >> stole that idea from your podcast. All these things do help, bu I >> still find browsing faster in windows, especially if I'm looking for >> one specific thing, and that thing happens to be text rather than a >> link. I'm not giving up yet, though. :) Like I said, because of my >> current work demands, I'll be running both OSes for a while anyway, >> so >> I'll just keep plugging away at the Mac and see how things evolve. >> Take care, >> Donna >> >> On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello Donna, >>> >>> There are several commands that make web-browsing easier on the Mac. >>> >>> First, you have the Web Rotor (VO-U), which you can use to look at >>> headers, links, auto web spots, and so on. I use the Headers menu >>> when >>> reading articles from New SCientist. I go to the Headers menu and >>> type >>> "1" which takes me directly to the start of the article. I press VO- >>> Space to go to that header, then VO-A to read the whole article. >>> >>> You then have the Item Chooser (VO-I). This is very useful if you >>> know >>> some of the text you're looking for. Just type a few letters and the >>> number of items in the menu is reduced drastically to those >>> containing >>> the letters you've entered. Once again, VO-Space will put you in the >>> right field. >>> >>> Then you can set a short-cut to switch between DOM and Groups mode. >>> For normal purposes, I prefer Groups mode, but for reading articles, >>> DOM works much better as it reads all links where they appear in the >>> text, whereas Groups mode puts all the links within one group at the >>> end of that group which often adds up to complete nonsense. >>> >>> You then have all the other navigation features such as jumping from >>> header to header, visited link to visited link, etc. >>> >>> The habit that all previous Windows users have to break is that of >>> tabbing around all the time. When you first start using VO, you >>> should >>> forget that the Tab key exists and learn to live without it. Once >>> you're familiar with the Mac and VO, tabbing can be very useful, but >>> at the beginning, it's a great way of getting nowhere! >>> >>> I've never been a Windows user, so I'm no good at answering >>> questions >>> that relate to Windows, but I've been using Macs for around 13 years >>> (I used OutSpoken before VoiceOver came out). I'm a translator, so I >>> have to use the Internet for research all the time and I find it >>> very >>> quick and easy. I have no sight at all, so I'm not cheating by >>> looking >>> at the screen! >>> >>> I hope this brief explanation is of use to you. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
