Hi, Bear in mind that the quick nag toggle of left/right arrows is not turned on by default, and actually, using it really simplifies web navigation.
Cheers Dave On 10 Jan 2014, at 09:33 pm, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: > April, make sure you are pressing control+shift+Option+down arrow. That’s > how you start interacting. One more point. You might want to make sure > quick nav is off. Here’s how you can tell. press your left and right arrow > keys together. Do this without pressing either control or option. You want > to do this until you hear Voice OVer say “quick nav off”. > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! > > On Jan 10, 2014, at 2:42 PM, April Brown <aprilbrownwr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Greg Aikens, >> >> I don't know. That time I heard it say HTML, and >> Control+Option+Shift+ arrow just beeped again. It got stuck up there in the >> title at one point. Will this actually read a post to you ? Is it supposed >> to? >> >> I have to put it down for the night. Timer to feed the animals and >> me. >> >> Thanks, >> >> April >> >> On Friday, January 10, 2014 3:06:54 PM UTC-5, Greg Aikens wrote: >> Hi April, >> Are you interacting with the web page before you try to navigate it? You >> need to move to the part that says html view and interact with it using >> Control+option+shift+down arrow. Then you should be able to use VO+left and >> right arrows to move through the page. Interacting is confusing at first >> but not bad once you get used to it. If you need a more in depth >> explanation of interacting, let us know. >> >> Thanks, >> Greg >> >> On Jan 10, 2014, at 2:57 PM, April Brown <aprilbr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello Ray Foret, >>> >>> All the directions say VO + left or right should work. However, it >>> only beeps if you do that. And I don't know why. Even the up and down >>> arrow cause it to beep. >>> >>> Actually, this is my first Mac, and I had to re-label my bumblebee >>> keyboard. >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> On Friday, January 10, 2014 2:51:06 PM UTC-5, Ray Foret jr wrote: >>> April, sounds like you need to relax and try this. >>> >>> IF you press VO+left or right, you can navigate any web page usually just >>> fine with voice OVer. I will not nor can I provide step by step >>> instructions for every little operation. That’s not the best way to learn >>> Voice OVer anyhow. The best way is the way you started: by just doing it. >>> So, let me give you the following things. >>> >>> 1. Do you know what I mean by pressing VO+left or VO+right? What I mean >>> is the key combination of control+Option+left, right up or down arrow. So, >>> whenever someone here tells you to press say VO+right, for exampel, what >>> they will mean is that you should press control+Option+left or right. >>> Surely, you know the Apple keyboard enough to know that your option key is >>> right next to your control key and on its right. >>> >>> Pressing VO+space will be the usual way to click on a web page link or >>> activate something. In some cases, however, the return key will be used to >>> open some web streams. That is a case by case thing you’ll just have to >>> play with it. >>> >>> 2. Keyboard help. To get in to keyboard help, press VO+k. Now, with >>> keyboard help on, you can type what ever you wish to type and you will be >>> informed what each key or group of keys does and this includes many Voice >>> Over commands also. To get out of keyboard help, press escape. >>> >>> 3. To get help with Voice Over at any time, press VO+h. For a list of all >>> Voice OVer commands, Press VO+h twice. >>> >>> That should help to get you started good. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>> built-in! >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2014, at 1:43 PM, April Brown <aprilbr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Please help me. >>>> >>>> I can design a website with HTML and CSS sheets, working links, and >>>> shopping cart, and can't figure out how to make VoiceOver work. >>>> >>>> I've probably read every online manual I can find. And still, it's a no >>>> go. >>>> >>>> I spent probably two hours on it today. Somehow, it did almost work in >>>> Mail. >>>> >>>> As for the Internet. I tried every key combination listed in all the web >>>> manuals I down loaded and printed to no avail. Sure, it would the top >>>> line that says " >>>> File, Edit," etc... One time, I even got it to read the left pane in >>>> Twitter. I still cannot get it to read posts in Twitter, these forums, >>>> Google Plus, or Facebook. >>>> >>>> Can someone please treat this old web designer like someone who has never >>>> turned on a computer and tell me the steps to use VoiceOver to read a >>>> simple webpage. I figure, if I can learn to use it on Twitter, I can >>>> figure the rest out. If I can just figure out how to get it to leap from >>>> the menu bar to the web page. >>>> >>>> Than k you, >>>> >>>> April Brown >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionarie...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email tomacvisi...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionarie...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisi...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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