Unless I'm mistaken, voice over does actually support the mouse over thing, it says clickable after reading the item. On Aug 7, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Barry Hadder wrote:
> Hi, > > Mouse-over works fine with vo and Safari. the only problem is that vo > doesn't announce that the element is a mouse-over. > > If we want to be intellectually honest, flash support on the Windows side has > always been very limited at best. Flash will soon become obsolete anyhow. > > I don't use DRM content and never felt like I had to. That would never be a > deciding factor for me using or not using a platform where there is already a > screen reading solution built in to the system that I didn't have to pay > extra for and that, in my opinion, is superior to Windows screen readers in > many ways. > > If you feel like you have to do any of the fore mentioned activities, run > Windows virtually. > > 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. > 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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