There has been a lot of discussion on this over the last few weeks. You may want to check the archive. Basically there are various methods including
1. Shift VO C will copy the last phrase spoken to clipboard. This is often the easiest way. 2 If you Add lines to your web rota in Voiceover Utility under Web and web rota, then You can , using quick nav with the rota turned to lines just press shift and down arrow to select lines of text ready for copying and pasting. 3. You can do something similar with words selected in your web rota. 4. Another method involves interacting with text - press Vo enter and start selecting the text you want to copy. Press VO enter at end to mark the end of selected text press command c to copy , and then un-interact to return to normal web browsing. 5. Press command A and command c to copy all the content of the web page to Text edit where you can edit the page with normal commands. Hopefully one of these techniques will achieve what you want. David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Margaret Sent: 01 May 2013 22:16 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Selecting text on a web page in safari Can someone tell me the best way to select a block of text on a web page using safari I've got a mac book pro using lion. Sent from my iPhone <--- 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/>