hi list, am still contemplating the switch to mac, but i was a bit
discouraged by the below message. from what i've read, it looks like in open
office, there is no way to read a complex document with tables and things
using continuous reading and that in order to read continuously, I must turn
any document to plain text. is this accurate? are there other word
processing programs (i.e. ms office for example) where I can work with
complex documents, use one command to read continuously and be able to start
and stop where i left off, and get information about formatting atributes,
such as font, bold/italics etc, and indents and spacing. In other words,
will I be able to have the same level of functionality as I do with jaws?
thanks,
tasha
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: continuous reading of a document in open office with voiceover
Apple has a built in function to read selected text. If you canselect
the entire ocument, under the menu of open office litterally, there is a
services menu. In that submenu is a speech menu. that menu has start
and stop speaking in it. click start speaking and the system voice wil
begin speaking the highlighted text. Click stop speaking and it stops
but there is o way to control it beyond that for instance, when you click
start again, it starts from the beginning.
Another way to do this is to save the document and open it in text edit
and use control-option-a to read continuously but your milage will vary
with document structure complexity. You can mittigate this by setting
the document to plain text.
On Nov 24, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Maurice Mines wrote:
Hello list, I have quite a bit of research to read and I am wondering if
there is any way possible to have voice over read continuously through
the document in open office without having to constantly use command
option down arrow and at the end of each page click next page?
