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On Jun 11, 2011, at 2:16 AM, Johchi wrote: > Neil! > > Thanks so much for this post! This is definitely a keeper! Great help! I > will be getting my new 15" MacBook Pro within the next dcouple of weeks and > I'm excited to say the least! > > Johnny > > On 6/8/2011 10:11 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: >> Joanne, >> >> for me the podcasts etc do help, but by far the biggest thing that very few >> people seem to throw up as the most obviously easy way into Mac usage is to >> use QuickNav. >> >> let me explain, there are a number of ways to use a Mac, unlike with a PC, >> where you can really only use the qwerty keyboard. >> >> A Mac has different commanders as they are referred to, these are ways of >> inputting commands or actions to Voice Over to make a desired thing happen, >> be it navigation or more. >> >> you can use your keyboard, with the Voice Over keys, control and options, >> with a range of additional keys to activate various commands. You can use >> the number pad if your keyboard has one to also do the same, if you have a >> track pad you can use that to gesture like you can on an iPHone, iPod Touch >> or iPad. >> >> but the big one for me that is often overlooked is Quick Nav, quick nav uses >> the four arrow keys to enable you to quickly navigate around everything from >> finder Windows, to apps, to text edit areas to the internet etc. >> >> firstly you need to know that in certain cases you have to turn quick nav >> off and indeed back on again. you enable / disable quick nav using the left >> and right arrow keys pressed once at the same time. quite literally left and >> right arrow keys press once together. >> >> you'll hear Voice Over say, Quick Nav on or off. >> >> once its on, you can use individual presses of the right / left arrow to >> move the Voice Over cursor from item to item on the screen... >> >> inserted little note here, you need to also understand that whilst PC's >> screen readers use up and down arrows to move you about, the Mac uses left / >> right, and thinking about this, it does make sense, as this is how sighted >> folk read. >> >> so the left / right keys will move item by item, be it a chunk of text on >> the internet, or icons on a desktop etc. >> >> the up / down arrow keys again individually pressed will cycle through the >> elements of the item that you are interacting with based on the rotor >> setting, the rotor is a dial or rotory styled switch which adjusts the >> method of moving through elements in a given thing. >> >> let me explain, a web-site is made up of headings, links, visited links, >> fields, form fields, tables etc. so when you're in Safari the rotor may >> have, and you can customise this, headings, tables, links, words and >> characters within the rotor. if you want to quickly move between the >> headings on a web page you should make sure that the rotor is set to >> headings, you cchange the roter setting by pressing together the up and left >> arrow keys, or the up and right arrow keys. >> >> once you're on heading, use the up / down arrow key indivually to jump >> between headings since this is what your roter is now set to. >> >> say you find the heading you are looking for, you can now right arrow >> through the content, imagine though you find a word that Voice Over doesn't >> quite read right, and you think, what did it say? change the roter to word, >> using the up and right or up and left arrows together, now down press until >> yu are one word ahead of the word you wish to have spelt, now change the >> roter to charicter, press down arrow and the cursor will move charicter by >> charicter. >> >> once done simply change the roter bakc to heading or whatever you wish. >> >> this is just one example of how the roter works. >> >> another amazing thing which gets little press is the Item Chooser, which by >> pressing control, options, I, will bring up a list of every single item on >> any page you are on, be it a finder window or safari window etc. >> >> this has to be one of my favourite features of Voice Over. >> >> with this snazy feature you now have a list of every componant on the >> screen, say you are on Amazon, and you've got an item up in front of you, >> you want to find the add to basket button, but can't. >> >> press control, options, I, and then type basket, or b, a, s and leave it at >> that... the list of items reduces based on the available options with your >> letter combination. this is fantastic for finding things you are having >> trouble with, or where for example you don't quite know if the item is, add >> to basket, put in basket, add to cart, etc.... as you can try a few words >> until you find what you want. you don't need to do it in any given order, so >> even if the link reads add this dam item to my cart, you could type dam, and >> the list will reduce to any option with dam in it. >> >> Quick Nav and the Item Chooser have to be my two main features of Voice Over >> and this is how I have successfully last October made the switch to Mac from >> being a JAWS PC user for 12 years before that. >> >> hope that this has helped. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Neil Barnfather >> >> Talks List Administrator >> Twitter @neilbarnfather >> >> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your >> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com >> >> URL: - www.talknav.com >> e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com >> Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 >> >> >> >> On 8 Jun 2011, at 13:58, Joanne Chua wrote: >> >> hi there, >> >> i'm Joanne, from Australia whom currently on total transit from PC to >> Mac. however, i found that the commands and learning the back takes me >> too long, and i'm not really sure where to start. >> it sounds stupid i know but, may i ask, is there any tips or ways for >> me to fast track my learning curves with using voice over? 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