Esther, Thanks, I'll try that. I've changed that setting. What differences can I now expect?
On Jun 27, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Stacey, > > I think Gigi went to VoiceOver Utility (VO-F8) and under "Verbosity", went to > the "Text" tab and set the pop up menu button after "When moving the cursor" > to change it from "Speak text the cursor passes" to "Speak text to the right > of the cursor". > > HTH. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jun 27, 2012, at 09:27, Stacey Robinson wrote: > >> What option would I change in vo to make it behave more like jaws when >> typing. I'm referring to your deleting example. >> Stacey and GEB dog Chesley. >> On Jun 27, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: >> >>> Hi Rahul. >>> Do you know what screen reader they have? If it's Jaws, there is one >>> difference I would like to point out, and you can practice on it on your >>> Mac ahead of time. By default, VoiceOver announces a letter when cursor >>> goes over it and then moves to the right so that you backspace usually to >>> delete the character (never mind about forward delete right now.) In Jaws, >>> you don't do it that way. The cursor stays put so when you hear a letter, >>> if you want to delete it, you press delete. you can change this option in >>> VoiceOver, and you may want to do that and practice in TextEdit. It took me >>> some time to get used to the difference when I switched. >>> >>> Windows machines have slightly different keyboards, but you can give >>> yourself a crash course by making sure you know where the delete key is. >>> Until or if you are able to practice more with it, you'll probably have to >>> endure whatever speech options are already set, depending on what the last >>> person did. I know why they might not let you do it, but, if you have a >>> laptop, could you talk them into letting you get into TextEdit or Pages to >>> do your writing? They can see your screen and can tell what you're doing. >>> Since you've been using a reader anyway, maybe they'd let you use your own >>> computer (assuming it's a laptop, of course.) >>> Eugenia Firth >>> gigifi...@sbcglobal.net >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 27, 2012, at 6:54 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I hope you all are well. >>>> Until recently, I always used to give my exams with a writer, but now I've >>>> decided to ask the university to allow me to give my exams on the computer. >>>> I have a Mac and always use it for doing everything, including typing. >>>> But, if my demand is accepted, I will be asked to give my exams on their >>>> computer, which, I am sure, would be a Windows machine. >>>> So, is there a lot of difference between the Mac and Windows when it comes >>>> to typing, editing and reading text? >>>> How can I prepare myself to use a Windows machine for giving my papers? >>>> >>>> Your help and suggestions in this regard would be immensely appreciated. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Rahul > > > -- > 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.
