OMG Donna! What a horror show. It sounds like you might want to do a clean install of Lion. This isn't normal behavior at all.
The only one of your experiences I've shared is the butchering of iTunes. I think this is more do to the new iTunes than Lion though. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Ricardo, > > I'm finding VO to be *very sluggish. It seems like its speaking items a good > half second after I initiate an action. > > I also don't seem to be able to close apps any more. When I think I've > closed an app, if I try and open it later, VO says "App x is running in the > background." I presume one has to close apps from the launchpad now or > something, but that seems much more cumbersome than just being able to press > Cmd-Q. > > iTunes is *ungodly slow, honestly, it's as bad as being on a Windows machine. > And you don't seem to be able to scroll down through your list of songs any > more, though this may be part of the speed issue. > > Lastly, VO doesn't seem to track very well. For example, when I open an app, > I'm taken to the desktop, and have to perform a Cmd-tab to actually get > myself into the app. > > Lastly, I installed Samantha, but gave up on her. I'm now back with > Victoria. Samantha was not indicating sentence endings at all. If there was > a period, she just went right on reading with no pause or inflection, as > though the period wasn't even there. > As I've said, I was gone most of last night, so haven't had a ton of time to > sort through things yet. But those are some of the things I'm not liking at > the moment. As I think Zack said, hopefully there will be an update that > will address some of these things. > Best, > Donna > > On Jul 21, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Ah. >> >> I've caught this thread in the middle. besides Mail, what bad experiences >> are you having? >> On Jul 21, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Well, that is why I said at this point. But so far, I haven't changed my >>> mind. The features you mentioned are nice, but not sure they outweigh the >>> disadvantages I've seen so far. Again, JMO. >>> Donna >>> >>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:22 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Donna, >>>> >>>> What about activities? I think the ability to create a voiceover profile >>>> for individual apps is a really good feature. And being able to navigate >>>> the web with 1 letter navigation when using quick nav. So instead of >>>> pressing VO command H to go to the next heading for example, you can just >>>> press the letter H. >>>> On Jul 20, 2011, at 9:51 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Bryan, >>>>> >>>>> At this point, the only reason I see for upgrading is the voices in other >>>>> languages. Just my opinion, of course. >>>>> Best, >>>>> Donna >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 20, 2011, at 6:40 PM, Brian Miller wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I haven't seen anyone say one way or the other whether or not one ought >>>>>> to >>>>>> download and install Lion... Can we be certain it is the best thing for >>>>>> those of us who use Voice Over? What are the changes? What are the >>>>>> benefits? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm a little reluctant to just download Lion because it is there. >>>>>> >>>>>> What happens if I don't download it? >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian Miller >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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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