You might consider a magic trackpad maybe? Not sure if it will run on your mac.
S On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > hmmmm, > I am intrigued. my machine is a desktop equipped to handle a mouse. I am not > sure that this would work in the same way as a trackpad (gestures would > certainly vary). I happen to also find some of the key combinations to be > irritatingly non-relevant to their functions. > > about the only thing I use the mouse for is the right mouse button context > menu access. > > -Eric > > On Oct 4, 2010, at 9:39 PM, GEOFF WAALER wrote: > >> Hi Linda, >> >> What flavor of Mac do you have? Does it have a trackpad? If so would you >> be willing to consider that interface as an alternative to the keyboard? >> >> Personally I became extremely disgusted with the fact that all VO commands >> required anywhere from three to five keys which often had no rhyme nor >> reason to them (e.g. control-option-u for the rotor when the letter u is >> absent from the word rotor), or the way you were often forced to remove >> hands from the home keys to enter for example control-option-shift-f3 to >> toggle cursor tracking since the macbook pro lacks a control on the right >> side. >> >> I realize that personal preferences vary, but I began using the trackpad >> almost exclusively and now find reviewing email and web navigation very >> comfortable and fast using MacOs and voiceOver. I will share some details >> if the trackpad is even applicable in your situation. If you are going to >> stay with the keyboard, I'm afraid Sarah has your best answer on this thread >> so far -- essentially that you're SOL. >> >> Best regards. >> Geoff >> >> On Oct 4, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Linda Adams wrote: >> >>> Hello, everyone. I am Linda Adams, a very new and inexperienced user of an >>> Apple Snow Leopard 10.6. I have been a Windoes user for ten years, and now >>> I am experimenting to see if the Apple Snow Leopard will be comfortably >>> accessible. >>> >>> My computer technician friend has been worried for a while about the >>> increasing security problems with Windows computers and is wanting me to >>> switch to Apple. I would be very interested to hear from former Windows >>> users >>> regarding what benefits they experience with Apple versus the Windows PC >>> computer. >>> On a more specific note, is there anything that I can set in System >>> Preferences or VoiceOver Utility to get rid of the table view in Mail and >>> switch it >>> to a list view so that there aren't as many navigation steps to go through >>> to read messages? >>> Are there settings that I can do to allow me to read a website line by line >>> from the top of the page to the bottom in Safari? I like to go to catalog >>> websites >>> such as LL Bean or The Vermont Country Store where there are plain text >>> descriptions of every product below that product link. I want to see the >>> web pages >>> as they really are rather than just being shown links, headers, or other >>> such element groups. >>> My hands are quite small. Is it possible to change settings so that not as >>> many keys need to be pressed at a time to perform functions? I know about >>> Quick Nav and locking the VoiceOver keys, but the VoiceOver keys often need >>> to be unlocked to perform other commands. >>> Thank you for any advice and help that you can give me. I have three >>> friends counting on me to tell them whether Apple would be good to switch >>> to or not. >>> >>> Linda Adams >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > Eric Oyen - N7ZZT > Phoenix Arizona > Geocode: > 33.488462 -112.234926 > N33° 29.3077', W112° 14.0956' > > -- > 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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