i don't think i will be able to do without it, as i'm in school and have to
do a lot of editing and reading of complex documents. Does anyone know of
other word-processing programs I can use to get this functionality? I really
would like to switch to a mac but if I can't figure this out, i won't be
able to.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: word processing wasRe: continuous reading
ofadocumentinopenofficewith voiceover
You will loose that functionality unless you become used to doing without
it. I hope open office can improve in this regard.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tasha Raella Chemel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: word processing wasRe: continuous reading
ofadocumentinopenoffice with voiceover
right, but it seems like I'll be losing a lot of functionality because I
won't be able to read complex documents continuously. is that correct?
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: word processing wasRe: continuous reading of
adocumentinopenoffice with voiceover
I guess I wasn't clear. Text edit provides a better over all experience
than does JAWS because the pitch does not drop as you read continuously.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tasha Raella Chemel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: word processing wasRe: continuous reading of a
documentinopenoffice with voiceover
could you clarify this a bit? exactly what functionality would i not be
getting?
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: word processing wasRe: continuous reading of a document
inopenoffice with voiceover
You can get a lot more functionality from text edit. One thing you
don't
get with voice over is the pitch dropping to 0 and then going back up
again.
But, at this time, there is no way to do what you are looking for that I
know of.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tasha Raella Chemel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:39 PM
Subject: word processing wasRe: continuous reading of a document in
openoffice with voiceover
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?
