What are you talking about? the way voiceover treats the cursor by default is not a bug.
Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Isaac Obie wrote: > Hello Ray and all, > There's another option. One could sit on Snow Leopard for a while and give > Lion a chance to work out the bugs.... > Isaac > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray Foret Jr > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 10:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Bulk] Insertion point > > All that does is cause Voice Over to always show you what is to the right of > the curser. It WILL, NOT, make the Mac curser move like the windows curser. > You must remember, even if you choose this option, the Mac curser is still > the Mac curser. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > > On Jun 6, 2011, at 9:14 PM, Johchi wrote: > >> Hi Ray and all, >> >> Isn't there an option on the Mac where you can make the cursor movement act >> just like it does in Windows? >> >> Johnny >> >> On 6/1/2011 4:38 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>> Here's something that might prove a big help to you. Where-as in windows, >>> the curser is directly beneath each character you right, on the Mac, the >>> curser is immediately to the right of each character you type. think, if >>> you will, of the old electric typewriter. On an electric typewriter, as >>> you will recall, the typing ball causes a letter to be typed and then moves >>> over to the right to type the next character. Well, the Mac curser's >>> behavior is rather more like that old typing ball than a windows curser. >>> if, for example, you type the word "apple" as soon as you type the letter >>> a, the Mac curser will be found just to the right of that letter a. This >>> will allow you to type the p, just like the old typewriter ball. What you >>> are seeing is not a characteristic of Voiceover, rather, it's a fundamental >>> difference in how the Mac handles curser movement for everyone. So, to get >>> back to the "apple" example, let's say you put in too many p's. How to get >>> rid of the third p? >> IF you use command+left, this should put you back at the beginning of the >> line; and, assuming you've typed the word "apple" at the beginning of this >> line, the word also. IF the word is in the middle of the line, just use >> VO+left or right till you locate the beginning of the word. Now, move the >> curser right letter by letter. IF, IF you have the curser moving to the >> right and you hear, "space", followed by "a", that tells you that the curser >> is now just to the right of the letter a and is in place to either delete >> that A or type another letter to the right of that a. So, now, you want to >> find that extra p in apple. Just press the right arrow till you hear that >> third p spoken. Now, press the delete or backspace key. Here's what you >> just did. When you moved to the right of that second p, you heard the third >> p and were then to the right of it. Now, when you backspaced over that >> third p, you caused the curser to behave just like the self-correcting key >> on an electric type >> writer. The curser deleted that third p and then moved in to it's position >> so that now, the curser is just to the left of the l and to the right of the >> second p in the word apple. >>> >>> HTH. >>> >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>> >>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>> >>> Skype name: >>> barefootedray >>> >>> Facebook: >>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 1, 2011, at 3:22 PM, David Eagle wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> I'm sure this has been asked on this list loads of times but I must >>>> ask, since I can't find the answer in Google. I have used windows for >>>> years, I use windows everyday at work. I cannot come home and suddenly >>>> get to grips with the way that Voice-Over deals >>>> with cursoring through text. I'm sure you know what I mean. If I was >>>> using a windows computer with or without a screenreader, >>>> I could edit text both the same way. My head is hurting with the new >>>> way of cursoring through text and I'm making so many mistakes; It is >>>> taking me ages to write simple documents. 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