Ah, but you can use the numpad as cursor keys Simon. check out the numpad commander in vo utility, vo-f8. :)
On 3 May 2010, at 09:37, Simon Fogarty wrote: > And that's something I find myself doing all the time. > I keep trying to use the number pad as kersor keys and trying to control > the kersor within both documents and websites. > But hay no, it doesn't work that way. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell > Sent: Sunday, 2 May 2010 9:29 p.m. > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New to mac > > Nic I think the one thing we need to enforce here is do not bring your > windows and windows-based screen reading concepts to the Mac. If you try to > think of the Mac in windows terms or how things work with a windows screen > reader, you will find the transition to be difficult. > There are significant differences between windows and the Mac in terms of > accessibility. You can browse the web in what is referred too as DOM mode, > which is as close to a windows screen reader experience, but then there is > groups mode, which presents the web experience, more as a sighted person > would use it or as close as is possible. > IWorks is a great package and although not perfect yet, Apple continues to > improve it. I think it will be more accessible than Open Office in the end. > YOu of course have the option of running VmWare's Fusion and using WIndows > if necessary. My point of all this is to keep an open mind, be prepared for > a learning curve, and be patient. Also make sure you do some reading and > familiarize yourself with the OS and VoiceOver if you have not done so. > COnsider this one of the most exciting adventures you have undertaken and > you will be pleased. Yes, frustration will find you from time to time, but > stay the course and you to can be a switcher. :) > > On May 1, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I personally prefer iWorks myself, but that is really only because in Open > Office, each line is shown as another edit field. I still believe that is > the case. >> >> As for web browsing, you can jump to certain blocks of text. With the > introduction of Web spots in Mac OS X 10.6, it can sort the page so that > with one command, you can jump to the areas of the page that may be of most > interest to you. Of course, you can also go by elements. >> >> I really have not found any part of Mac OS inaccessible. There might be > the occasional glitch, but those are quickly fixed or there is an easy > workaround. >> Regards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On May 2, 2010, at 3:06 AM, Edward wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> Which one, open office, or iworks, do you recommend? >>> Also you wrote: >>> Web browsing is very intuitive. There is simply nothing bad I can say > about >>> it. It works absolutely great, and the fact there is no buffer to load > the >>> page into makes you able to navigate a site even before the page has > loaded. >>> I don't want to rant on how good it is. :) >>> Please rant, I would like to have as much info as possible. Is all of > the >>> mac OS accessible? >>> >>> Finally, can you easily navigate to a body of text on a webpage with few >>> keystrokes? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Edward >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen >>> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 8:45 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: New to mac >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> There are good alternatives to MS Office. MS Office is not fully > accessible >>> yet, but it is said that it will be written in Cocoa, most likely making > it >>> accessible. The Mac has a basic Text Editor called Text Edit, which is a > lot >>> better than Wordpad and Notepad on Windows. You have suites such as iWork >>> and Open Office, which will probably perform the tasks you want. >>> >>> Web browsing is very intuitive. There is simply nothing bad I can say > about >>> it. It works absolutely great, and the fact there is no buffer to load > the >>> page into makes you able to navigate a site even before the page has > loaded. >>> I don't want to rant on how good it is. :) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>> AIM: cincinster >>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>> Facebook Profile >>> My Twitter >>> >>> On May 2, 2010, at 2:36 AM, Edward wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I am strongly considering buying my first Mac in a few weeks and would >>>> like to know if vo gives the user full accessibility in terms of ms >>>> office and web browsing? >>>> >>>> Thanks for answering my nubie questions Edward >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. 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