I beg to differ with the below, shift + arrows does work to highlight text after you selected one word. The text can not be a header though for some reason, at least that how it worked on Apple's Ipod touch site when I tried it.
On Feb 11, 2010, at 8:32 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > No, shift plus arrows does nothing for sighted users. Of course, they cannot > use the rotor, item chooser or lots of things that VoiceOver provides for us > blinks. The web browsing experience is very different for people with vision > impairment than sighted users so trying to come up with some kind of > keystroke parity is a very bad idea. We need keystrokes added to handle a > boatload of things that sighties get either by diverting their gaze (a 5 > millisecond process) or by pointing and shooting with the mouse which, for > us, is shooting in the dark. > > cdh > On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:19 AM, James & Nash wrote: > >> Hi, >> Can sighted users use just the arrow keys with the shift keys to highlight >> text? >> >> Thanks >> >> TC >> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny >> On 11 Feb 2010, at 13:58, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've been a Mac user for almost 2 years, and I personally don't find the >>> web browsing experience on my Mac using Safari with voiceover to be on par >>> with that of internet explorer and Jaws. For example, Look at the steps >>> you explained to highlight and copy text "If you interact with text, use >>> VO-shift-return, you can initiate marking of text and use VO-cursor keys to >>> navigate and mark that text, then use VO-shift-return to stop marking the >>> text. FInally command-c will copy that text for you to paste where you >>> choose. You can also interact with text and use command-a to highlight all >>> text you can then copy..." On I.E. you would just use shift and the arrows >>> or some function of navigation commonly used throughout the Operating >>> system. In Snow Leopard one should be able to use the arrows by them >>> selves to navigate a web page and with shift to select. This is not the >>> case most of the time. The folks didn't include this functionality into >>> snow leopard by accident or just to appease windows converts in my opinion. >>> They realized that the previous method was just a pain, not to mention >>> labor intensive in regards to the task actually trying to be accomplished. >>> I use Dom mode and sometimes voiceover indeed skips over chunks of >>> information. I am not saying that Safari with Voiceover isn't serviceable >>> but, by no means in my opinion is it as dependable as I.E. with Jaws. And >>> this is coming from someone who Uses their Mac as their primary computer. >>> On Feb 11, 2010, at 7:48 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> >>>> I think you need to take some additional time to learn how best to use >>>> Safari with VOiceOver. I've been using the Mac for five years now and >>>> although like any browser and screen reader, Safari and VO has issues, but >>>> certainly not to the degree you seem to be having. Reading line by line >>>> is no problem at all and copying information to the clipboard is again, no >>>> problem. There is lots of information on how to accomplish both tasks and >>>> perhaps a little research on your part will help. I'll give you a tip. >>>> If you interact with text, use VO-shift-return, you can initiate marking >>>> of text and use VO-cursor keys to navigate and mark that text, then use >>>> VO-shift-return to stop marking the text. FInally command-c will copy >>>> that text for you to paste where you choose. You can also interact with >>>> text and use command-a to highlight all text you can then copy. You >>>> coming from windows and using IE may find DOM mode more like your browsing >>>> experience under windows using a windows-based screen reader. If your >>>> using Groups mode, you are going to find the navigation of the page not to >>>> be linear as is provided by DOM mode. Groups mode gives a more accurate >>>> representation of how the page is laid out unlike DOM mode. >>>> Once you have used Safari a while, I think you will find it will meet your >>>> needs just fine. I am not so sure that even if Firefox is made >>>> accessible, you will find the browsing experience significantly different. >>>> I think what you will find is some differences in browsing experience as >>>> far as how some sites behave, but assuming Mozilla leverages the >>>> accessibility hooks of VO, the navigation will likely be quite similar. >>>> >>>> On Feb 11, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Lynn Schneider wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh I would so love to have an alternative to Safari! I'm a fairly recent >>>>> switcher and I don't miss Windows at all except that I totally and >>>>> absolutely miss the great accessibility I had with IE. I hate the fact >>>>> that I can't read line by line or copy web page text to the clipboard and >>>>> he disturbing thing with VO and >>>>> Safari is that I find that whole parts of pages are not read at all. I >>>>> think Safari is the app I most dislike on the Mac. Everything else about >>>>> the Mac is wonderful. >>>>> On Feb 10, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Looking forward to trying out Firefox with VO working someday. FF has >>>>>> really good ARIA support so it would be nice to have a browser on the >>>>>> Mac that works well with this standard. Safari currently is weak. >>>>>> >>>>>> CB >>>>>> >>>>>> E.J. Zufelt wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Good morning, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This morning I posted a new blog article on my site: First Glance at >>>>>>> Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard, which can be accessed at >>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/ygkfqoj >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks,Everett >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Follow me on Twitter >>>>>>> http://twitter.com/ezufelt >>>>>>> >>>>>>> View my LinkedIn Profile >>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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=en. >> >> >> -- >> 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=en. > > > -- > 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=en. 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