Ok. Mike, Your a genius. It worked like a charm. This is great for those pages that don't let you navigate and select text by just using the arrows and the shift key.
Thanks Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 16, 2010, at 7:56 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > The answer to bot of these is to interact with the item. You can then read it > word by word, or character by character. To select text, interact with the > item, then press control option enter at the beginning of what you want to > copy. Now move to the end of the text to copy and press control option enter > again, then press command c to copy the text. > On Dec 16, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >> Mike or others, >> >> One problem I have with surfing the web on the Mac is that I can't copy and >> paste consistently from websites. I mean that since it moves by item and >> not by line, I have a hard time copying the text of an item. I also wonder >> if there is an easier way to read the text within an item rather than >> navigating to it and doing vo a. Just another of my many wonders as I >> wander through the land of Mac. >> >> Marlaina >> On Dec 15, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> Actually, once you get used to it, it works much better than the windows >> screen readers. It moves by item rather than by line, I find surfing the web >> on the mac to be a very enjoyable experience. >> On Dec 14, 2010, at 9:24 PM, denise avant wrote: >> >>> hello all, >>> after being an internet explorer user for years and years, i am trying to >>> learn to use safari. what question i have is what the command is for >>> jumping to text on a page once you have landed on the page you need. i'm >>> not finding safari with vo as intuitive as ie is with windoweyes or jfw >>> unfortunately. >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
