I need to make a slight correction to my last post. Mouse click is vo-shift-space.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary W. Kelly" <g...@blindwisdom.org> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 3:57 PM Subject: iWorks, TextEdit, Access and the Mouse > > Hi, > > I did have a correspondence in regard to using the template chooser for > Pages with accessibil...@apple.com. From what they write, I get the > idea that they are not happy that one has to use a physical mouse to > access the template. This is indication enough that no, using a > physical mouse does not meet Apple standards for reasonable access. > > From accessibil...@apple.com: > > So, when the template chooser opens, move to the table, then press VO- > Shift-Down Arrow to interact with it and go inside. Once inside, you > can VO left and right to hear the template names. When you find one > you like, you'll need to use a work-around. Press VO-Command-F5 to > move the mouse arrow to the template in the VO cursor, then double- > click the mouse button on the mouse or trackpad to open it. We're > working to improve this in the future, but we're not there yet. > > I hope you find this helpful. > > In a subsequent email from accessibil...@apple.com: > > Unfortunately, there's no keyboard shortcut yet in Pages to choose a > template, thus the need for the work-around. We'll do our best to fix > that as soon as we can. > > In regard to TextEdit, and getting the context menu for the thesaurus, > accessibil...@apple.com writes: > > To bring up the context menu using the mouse, one needs to > move the mouse pointer to the word,using VO the command is (VO-cmd-f5). > * perform a (control-double click) with the mouse. This action will > cause the word to become selected, and bring up the context menu. > Because VO uses the control modifier, this specific action can not be > performed with VO's (VO-shift-spacebar. > > > GWK--So, TextEdit also needs a physical mouse intervention with VO, if > one wishes to access the thesaurus through the context menu. > Hopefully, this too, will get attention in a new release--the sooner > the better! I am not well coordinated at clicking the mouse--I > invariably end up moving it from where it was before the click. I have > a work-around, in having my mouse in a "trap" so it cannot physically > move. I can reach for it, and usually make the click when I must > without disturbing its sensitive nature. I dream of the day when a > future big cat from Apple will end the mouse presence on my computer! > > -Gary > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
