Re: Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-30 Thread Esther
Hi Ed, First, here's how to have VO announce what's under your mouse cursor. Open VoiceOver Utility (VO+F8), go to "Verbosity" (with arrow keys or Command-2), then select the "Announcements" tab. Check the box for "Speak text under mouse after delay", then interact with the slider and set the d

Re: Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-30 Thread Edward Green
Hi all, Many thanks for your helpful responses. Esther, thanks for the detail on navigating with the mouse - that was going to be my next question. I have a couple of follow up questions on your post if that's ok. Firstly, if I have mouse keys enabled, are there any settings I need to change

Re: Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-29 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
thanks ester. helpful post as usual. You're a gem. Warm regards and blessings Maria, Joe and FurBabies Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 30/07/2013, at 8:07 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Maria, > > Hopefully, when you turned TrackPad Commander off, you didn't move position > when yo

Re: Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-29 Thread Esther
Hi Maria, Hopefully, when you turned TrackPad Commander off, you didn't move position when you use the rotor gesture. If you use Mouse Keys to click, there's an option you can check to ignore built-in trackpad when mouse keys are being used. Also, presumably you can also check position on the

Re: Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-29 Thread Esther
Hi Ed, To add to what Teresa said, when you use VO-Space this is a VoiceOver-specifc software shortcut that means "perform the default action" for a given situation -- which could be to click on an element. VO-Shift-Space is another VoiceOver specific software shortcut for clicking your mouse

Re: Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-29 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. when you turn track pad commander off how do you figure out where you are? thanks Blessings! maria and Joe chapman Email, iMessage & fb: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl On 30/07/2013, at 7:06 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Clickable elements can be very tricky, depending on how

Re: Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-29 Thread Teresa Cochran
Clickable elements can be very tricky, depending on how the web designer has implemented Javascript. For example, on the concertwindow.com site, There are several elements on the front page that rarely do anything when clicked. I find that i have to try various methods on different sites, includ

Re: Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-29 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. try routing the mouse to the vo cursor with vo command f 5 and doing a vo shift space twice to double click the mouse. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 30/07/2013, at 6:37 AM, Edward Green wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies if this seems like a silly question, but if Voiceover

Safari and clickable elements

2013-07-29 Thread Edward Green
Hi, Apologies if this seems like a silly question, but if Voiceover announces that something is clickable on a web page, in OSX how do I click/activate it? I've tried VO space as well as return, but haven't had any joy. Many thanks, Ed -- You received this message because you are subscribed