I am puzzled. Why does Google have a separate screen reader we must use to work with Chrome? Why can't they have it work just as effectively using VoiceOver?
Jane On Oct 4, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Kevin Chao wrote: > After having used Google Chrome 16 Canary for a bit, I had too many > issues, and per recommendation of Google accessibility, I installed > Google Chrom 14 stable. The experience, especially responsiveness, > stability, and ease of use has increased greatly. SO, I would > recommend downloading/installing 14 stable, which will not conflict > with 16 Canary and it will actually work as if the two don't know > about one another. > > If you delete 16 Canary, the next recommendation may help a lot more. > CMD-SPACE to bring up Spotlight, type Chrome, RETURN, and Chrome will > come up talking. At times, the website/homepage will load before > ChromeVox does. If so, do a refresh with CMD-R to go to whatever URL > by: CMD-L for omnibar, type URL, and RETURN. Note: This entire time, > it's not required one has VoiceOver running at all. > > ChromeVox should speak within a website at all times, given it's in > the HTML/web content/area. Once ChromeVox is outside, as you pointed > out, such as getting to Chrome menu bar, bookmarks, etc. For this, > it's easy enough to toggle On/Off VoiceOver. > > ChromeVox starts when Chrome does > > Please note: Chrome/ChromeVox is not a full replacement or substitute > for Safari/VoiceOver, but often times, especially within websites that > are rich and interactive, such as FaceBook, Google Plus, Docs, Gmail, > CourseSmart, Blackboard, etc. Chrome/ChromeVox will perform > exceptionally well and much better than VoiceOver/Safari. > > Tab browsing, views/list etc all work very well with Chrome/ChromeVox. > > Kevin > > On 10/4/11, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk> wrote: >> Hi Kevin, >> I like your enthusiasm but I am not having as good an experience as you and >> so wonder if I am doing something wrong. >> >> I have installed Chrome Canary and added ChromeVox from the Google web store >> as you recommend. I am using VoiceOver on Lion 10.7.1 on an iMac with 4GB >> memory. My problem is the relationship between ChromeVox and VoiceOver. I >> need to use VoiceOver to get into Chrome in the first place and when in >> Chrome I have to use VoiceOver to access the Chrome menu bar. When in a web >> page I often have to tab around a bit to get ChromeVox to talk at all. Once >> ChromeVox starts talking I have to turn VoiceOver off or it all gets very >> confusing. >> >> Hence a few questions.... >> >> First is there a hotkey or the like to start ChromeVox talking when you open >> a web page? Currently it sometimes talks automatically and it sometimes >> stays silent. >> >> Second can ChromeVox access the menu bar for Chrome? If not then how do you >> recommend using a mixture of ChromeVox and VoiceOver in a web environment? >> >> Third how do you recommend using ChromeVox or a mixture of ChromeVox and >> VoiceOver to access web sites whose addresses are stored in bookmarks? >> >> Many thanks for any tips.... >> >> Paul Hopewell >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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