Hi, as far as the mouse over thing, voice over works fine with this, you will notice that on some elements, voice over says clickable after the item this means you can activate this item as if it's a link. As far as flash goes, blame adobe for this, not voice over, Adobe has been unwilling to expose their content using the accessibility apis that Apple has provided. Actually, with the introduction of html 5 which provides native support for videos and other similar content, flash will hopefully become a thing of the past. For me, I usually disable safari plug ins unless I'm viewing something such as a youtube video, this usually causes the site to provide a nonflash version of the page. On Aug 7, 2010, at 12:48 AM, Rajiv Shah wrote:
> Hi, > > Thanks for your reply. > > I recently bought a Mac but can't seem to justify the purchase to myself > completely a month after. There are several areas where Windows still holds > primacy over the Mac and there seems no way out in terms of my daily usage. > These are: > * DRM streaming: Some DRM video streaming is still only limited to Windows. > Quite frustrating when you are hoping for a speedy conversion to the Mac. > * Lack of VoiceOver accessibility support. VoiceOver as far as I can tell, > does not support the onMouseover event handler. Maybe you folks have a > solution for this? > * Flash support: As far as I know, VoiceOver still does not support Flash How > many years have we had support in Windows. Eight, perhaps? How do folks who > have made the near complete Windows-to-Mac transition work around this short > of switching to Windows? > > Happy for folks' perspectives. > > Thanks. Rajiv > > ---- Original message ---- >> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:33:52 +0200 >> From: Michael Busboom <m...@busboom.at> >> Subject: Re: Reopen office >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> >> Hello Rajiv, >> >> I partially share your sentiments. I am ecstatic about my Mac, love a lot >> of its functionality but find myself wishing that I had more word processing >> options that worked well with VoiceOver. If I discover a word processing >> app that works well on the Mac with VO and gives me the same level of >> accessibility that I have with Window-Eyes and MS Office, I will let you >> know. >> >> All of that having been said, I love my Mac, and find myself using Windows >> less and less. >> >> Take care, >> >> Mike >> >> On 4,Aug,2010, at 2:57 AM, Rajiv Shah wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> With OpenOffice or any Word Processor, how do you read tables along with >>> column headings efficiently. Despite all the declarations to the contrary, >>> this is one area where I really miss Windows for any reading and, frankly, >>> Parallels is not the answer for me. After all, this is why I partially left >>> Windows in the first place. >>> >>> Rajiv >>> >>> >>> >>> ---- Original message ---- >>>> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 19:36:26 +0200 >>>> From: Michael Busboom <m...@busboom.at> >>>> Subject: Re: Reopen office >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> Just out of curiosity, Sarah, what text editor do you use when or if you >>>> have to produce DOC files? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> On 3,Aug,2010, at 6:39 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>> >>>>> OPen office tends to have some odd issues since it is is written in java. >>>>> I don't get the clicking sound when it reads a paragraph but i can >>>>> interact with th etext. I don't use open office for anything I do. >>>>> >>>>> Take care. >>>>> On Aug 3, 2010, at 6:41 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Erik, >>>>>> >>>>>> You may have missed this note but then again, maybe not. I sent the >>>>>> following to the Macvisionaries List but didn't get any real helpful >>>>>> responses. I'm not trying to badger you at all, but you may have missed >>>>>> my note and you may have some thoughts. I would be curious to know if >>>>>> you have the same issues when using Open Office. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am running the latest version of Open Office and am having an annoying >>>>>> problem reading documents. >>>>>> >>>>>> Whenever I arrow up or down through a document, VO will make a soft >>>>>> clicking sound, say "edit Text" and then read the text on that >>>>>> particular line. Whenever I try to interact with the document, I am >>>>>> only permitted to interact with the line that I am currently on. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there a way to change the behavior of either VO or Open Office to >>>>>> make listening to text easier as I arrow through it, or is this >>>>>> something with which one must live when using Open Office and VoiceOver? >>>>>> Are there any "must settings" in the View menu options that need to be >>>>>> taken into consideration? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks and best regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Mike >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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