I don't think it's you at all, I think the procedure is kind of a bit buggy andneeds to be addressed with Apple accessibility.
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Catherine Turner <catherineturner2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having trouble selecting text to copy from web pages and wonder if > anyone can help me. According to my understanding of what I've read > in the Voiceover manualI'm supposed to (with Quick Nav on) choose an > item e.g. "words" from the rotor by pressing up and right arrow, or up > and left arrow. THis I did. Then I'm supposed to press down arrow to > move through the words which I can do. But it says to select an item > press Shift down arrow. I don't understand whether I'm supposed to > press shift down after I hear the word I want to select, or press > Shift down several times, selecting word by word as I do so. > > Either way, I've been messing around with it, and when I press Shift > down VO doesn't say anything at all. But I press Command c anyway to > copy and then paste into notes with varying results. It seems, > despite having chosen words from the rotor, when I pressed Shift down > once I got several lines of text. And sometimes I don't get anything. > > I'm not convinced I've understood the instructions correctly. Could > anyone explain how to select text while on a web page to me? I'm fine > with selecting stuff with standard OSx commands but presumably these > don't work on websites as I can't get them to work in that situation. > Also when I go into VO keyboard help and press Shift down it doesn't > say anything and I would have expected it to say "select item" or > something if I've understood this correctly. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > Catherine > <--- 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> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences 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> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
