Hi Neal and others, To add to this, if you're looking for a specific word, you can also do a vo f for find, then type in your term, and hit enter. If it finds, then the vo cursor jumps on to it. If not, you will hear a soft sound to indicate failure. Hth, Paul. On Sep 24, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Dan Roy wrote:
> I know all about the rotor, but, in many cases, I am looking for a particular > word or phrase, not necessarily a link. > > I will drop accessibility an email as you suggested. > > > On Sep 23, 2011, at 2:08 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > >> Dan, >> >> The problem is caused by I am not exactly sure what, Apple are aware of the >> specific issue with the Item Chooser and VO, and its across the board I'm >> afraid, not just limited to the two aspects you mention. >> >> One thing that won't hurt is you dropping a line to accessibil...@apple.com >> to voice your frustration. >> >> For the time being the work around that seems to work for me permanently is >> to use the Web Item Rotor, brought up by using VO-U, rather than VO-I. >> >> You will need to ensure that the option for Links is enabled in the Voice >> Over Utility under the Web category / Web rotar options... >> >> Personally in this option I only have Headers, Links, Form Controls and Auto >> Web Spots enabled, but you'll find a combination that works for you. >> >> Do note that when the rotar appears, you can use left / right arrows to >> change the items being shown between the various settings you have allocated >> in the VO Utility. so for me, based on the above setup, I have four tabs, >> headers, links, auto web spots and form controls. >> >> You can then type what you are looking for as with the Item Chooser, and for >> now this works just as well as the Item Chooser, bar that it is a few extra >> steps to jump through. >> >> enjoy. >> >> >> 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 23 Sep 2011, at 04:05, Dan Roy wrote: >> >> I know this has ben discussed before, but, I bet, by now, someone has >> figured this out. >> >> the Item chooser doesn't seem to work under Lion using either Safari or >> Webkit. It comes up, but, the letter navigation doesn't work properly. It >> shows some vary odd results. I know about VO-F for finding things, but, I >> found that Item chooser works much better, or, at least, it did before I >> upgraded to Lion. >> >> Actually, I don't know if it's Lion, the newer version of the browser, or, a >> combination of both. >> >> if anyone has any ideas on how to get the item chooser to work, I would >> appreciate knowing about it, thanks. >> >> >> -- >> 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.
