reading a long pdf: vo vs spoken word in itunes

2010-06-21 Thread Catherine Kudlick
Hi All, Someone just sent me a long book manuscript as a pdf. If I wanted to read it on the go on my ipod touch, what's the best way to do it? Should I use voiceover? Or is it true that it's possible to convert the pdf to a spoken word text that I could access through itunes? If so, how do I do

VO navigation help

2010-06-12 Thread Catherine Kudlick
Hi All, What do people do when using VO to read a long document and want to skip ahead, start in the middle of a page, or return to reading it where they left off? Someone suggested I hit shift VO up-arrow to get out of interacting with the text, then use the find a string of text or go-to a parti

diving cursor

2010-06-06 Thread Catherine Kudlick
Hi All, When I use some applications on the Macbook Pro the cursor dives to a lower part of the screen as I try to move along the top toolbar; just as I'm about to enter text in the search box in help, it's sometimes impossible to enter text. Holding the command key helps, but not always. The pr

VM fusion, boot camp, and zoomText

2010-05-26 Thread Catherine Kudlick
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions regarding MS Word and VO. I'm thinking that to make the transition to a Mac, I want the option of resorting to ZoomText if necessary. Has anyone done this? Is it better to run boot camp, or can I get away with running ZT 9.1 on VM Fusion? Ah, the new use

VO and Microsoft Word Docs

2010-05-24 Thread Catherine Kudlick
Hi All, I'm new to the group and to Macs, and find that VO doesn't work at all in doc files. Is there something I'm missing? Is there a work-around? What do folks do in such a doc-based world? Thanks, Cathy K. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacV