Thanks Alex, that's certainly been my experience thus far, but wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking anything. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
> On 18/09/2015, at 7:33 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I tested this at a local Best Buy, trying different things for about an hour. > The best I could do was to route the mouse to the VO cursor with vo-cmd-f5, > then deep press. That didn't always work, but I sometimes got word > definitions and the like. To the best of my knowledge, Apple doesn't > currently let VoiceOver take advantage of the trackpad yet. Here's hoping > they do, because it could be a very powerful technology. >> On Sep 17, 2015, at 15:13, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org >> <mailto:jmo...@mosen.org>> wrote: >> >> Hi all, I just took possession of my new Macbook Pro yesterday. I usually >> give myself a lot of time to customise a new computer to behave just how I >> want, but I had things working incredibly quickly. Thanks to Setup >> Assistant, I set up using a Time Machine backup of my Macbook Air, then I >> copied my virtual machine across from my NAS, which I don't have as part of >> the Time Machine backup. >> So within about 90 minutes, I had all my apps, my settings, Windows and all >> the software I use there, JAWS, and everything set up. Now that, is very >> slick. >> My question relates to the force touch trackpad in my new Macbook Pro. It's >> really remarkable. When the laptop is switched off, you can feel it for what >> it really is, a flat surface that doesn't give at all when you press it. But >> when the machine is on, the haptic technology really makes it feel like >> you're clicking. Makes me look forward to 3D touch on my 6s Plus next week. >> Has anyone found a use for the force touch gestures, such as a deep press, >> with VO? I take it VO can't yet differentiate between a deep press and a >> standard tap? >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org <http://mosen.org/> >> >> -- >> 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.
