Alex If I check this box, when I backspace will it delete the letter or number I just typed?
Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net <mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net> > On Aug 1, 2015, at 5:46 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Is the issue backspacing, or arrowing? You can't change what the backspace > key does in the VO Utility, but you can set the arrow keys to do a couple > different things. By default, VO tells you what you've just moved past, which > is why it will repeat the same character over and over if you hit left arrow, > then right, then left, then right… You keep moving past the same thing, and > VO reports exactly that. Once you get it, this system makes more sense, at > least to me. You can configure it differently, but I honestly get confused > when I try to use Windows screen readers nowadays, since I am more easily > lost in the text than I am on the Mac or iOS. > > If you want things to work how they do in Windows, head to the VO utility > with vo-f8. Select the Verbosity item in the categories table, then vo-right > to the list of tabs. Vo-space on the 'text' tab, then vo-right or tab until > you find the "while typing speak" popup. Hit vo-space, use the arrows to > choose "speak text to the right of the cursor", then vo-space to confirm. You > may now close the VoiceOver Utility. I hope this does what you want; if not, > something else may have been configured on your old Mac that I'm not thinking > of. >> On Aug 1, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Stacey Robinson <stacey...@bellsouth.net >> <mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net>> wrote: >> >> Hi I wrote about this before but I need more help. >> I want to set vo so that it will backspace over the letter or number >> that the cursor is just in in front of. I don’t know what checkboxes to >> check or uncheck in vo utilitiesl bessings, >> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. >> >> mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net <mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net> >> I’ve left in the above Mistakes so you can see what I mean. >> >> -- >> 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 >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com <mailto:mehg...@icloud.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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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/d/optout.