Thank you all for your replies and comments. It would have probably been better if I learned the way Voiceover does it in the first place. It’s hard to undo over 29 years of another behavior though. I’ll give this setting a try and see if it is reliable.
Mary-Jo > On Apr 5, 2021, at 1:01 PM, Brett Lewis <brettle...@brettlewis.us> wrote: > > Hi, > I think it is under verbosity/text. You can change the announcement of text > to be the character to the right of the caret. > Sadly I have found this to be unreliable. That is, it works some times and > other times it announces the wrong character. > I found it too flakey to use anything but the default. > YMMV. > Brett > > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 8:20 AM Mary-Jo Lord <maryjo.lord...@gmail.com > <mailto:maryjo.lord...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi, > > I have frequently struggled with editing on the Mac. Part of my > struggle is that I use windows for my job and for editing that I do > for my writing group. As a result, when I attempt to edit on the Mac, > I find myself confused as to where the cursor needs to be when I > delete or add characters or words. I’ve listened to several tutorials > and can’t seem to get it right. > > Over the weekend on his podcast, Jonathan Mohsen Mentioned that there > is a setting that allows Voiceover to mimic the way that windows > screen readers handle the placement of the cursor. I have looked > through the Voiceover utility and did not find a checkbox to make this > possible. > > I did a search on Google and found this sentence in an old article by > the NFB. “If > you want a more Windows-like feel to Voiceover, you can now choose to > have it speak only what is to the right of the Voiceover cursor when > editing. This > is configurable within the VO control panel.” Is this still possible > and where would I find this setting? 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