I don't think it is happening to everyone. I haven't noticed this behavior yet (knock on wood!). On Nov 17, 2009, at 8:33 AM, Michael Busboom wrote:
> Hello Nic, > > Your news is very discouraging to me since I just did the software update to > the latest version. Had I read your note a little earlier, I would have > waited and skipped the update. I am giving a demonstration of the Mac at a > university lecture tomorrow, so I guess I’ll just have to hope that the > problem doesn’t come up during my demonstration of editing and web > accessibility with SL. > > On another note, your salutation made me curious. I had always thought that > a female dude was a dudess, not a dudette. Checking the urban dictionary, > however, assures me that both variants will fly. > > All the best from an American in Vienna, Austria, > > Mike > > From: Nicolai Svendsen [mailto:chojiro1...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 17 November, 2009 12:54 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Interesting VoiceOver behavior in 10.6.2 > > Hello dudes and dudettes, > > I have something very weird happening with VoiceOver since I updated. It > didn't happen for a little while, but it started happening ever since > yesterday rolled around. Not sure why, since I haven't changed anything. At > least, not anything I can think of. > > Basically, most of the time when I interact with text in pretty much any > application, VoiceOver will start reading random things. In the case of Mail, > when interacting with the text area in a message I'm either composing or > reading, it will start reading from top to bottom if I'm doing Option-Right > arrow to go by word, regardless of the line I'm on. For example, if I'm on > this exact line, it'll say: "Text. Edit. Hello dudes and dudettes, insertion > after word "Dudettes," after character "Space". even though this isn't at all > correct. The VoiceOver cursor is actually on this line. I see this > everywhere, and it's really getting confusing when I'm trying to go by word > or character. If anyone has a fix to this, please let me know, as it's > starting to drive me up a tree. I also must mention that VoiceOver reports > incorrectly. It says now that insertion point is after the word "Dudettes," > but insertion point is after the character period, which is not in the above > line at the top of the message, as it claims. It is actually a comma. This > happens only when I'm interacting, and as well when I arrow down during > interaction. Usually only seems to happen if I try using these methods at the > beginning of current line, however. > > For the record, just for your information, VoiceOver doesn't actually use any > punctuation in these messages when reporting this. Just placing them in the > message for easier reading. > > Thanks, and I sincerely hope someone can help. This is making me so sad. I'm > sure this might not be a big deal to most of you, but for someone like me who > is his own worst critic, I re-read and re-write everything before sending it, > and 'm never satisfied with my wording of phrases. > > As a last note, this happens on web pages as well when interacting. Also, > what is interesting to note is that, for some reason, not all web pages allow > you to read with the arrow keys if you want to select text. If someone knows > why this is, I'd like to know. I can also provide an audio file of this on > Sendspace in case this does not make any sense at all. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=.
