Hi, see my comments below. Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
On 2011-02-13, at 7:52 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hello all, > 1. What is with this "interact" command, or whatever it is called? > What is it and when is it used?For a detailed description of this, google for > the dropped penny approach which is a description I wrote and posted here a > year or two ago and has been published around. The short answer is that > voiceover organizes objects on the screen as a sighted person would view them > and allows you to skip over what you don't want while examining what you do > want in miniscule detail. It's very powerful but requires a high degree of > analytical thinking. Most tasks can be accomplished without interacting, but > full access wouldn't be possible without it. > > 2. While the rotor, I gather, is available, can you still use commands > to quickly navigate webpages? With jaws, for example, f moves by form > fields, x by checkbox, n by non-linked text, t by table, and so on, > instead of having to take the time to move through the rotor. > Yes you can do this. > 3. Can vo be scripted? For example, I have jaws set to play a musical > note based on the indentation level for a certain text editor so I can > know where I am in Python code. NVDA can do this as well, though the > functionality has to be written as a plugin in Python. Is anything > like this available in vo? > Yes it is as far as I know. I don't understand exactly how apple script > works, but VO can be scripted with it. > 4. Can other voices be used with vo? Alex sounds okay, but are there > other options at this point? > Yes, there is infovox/IVox which is the mac package for acapela, and there is > cepstril for mac. Espeak is also available for mac but I'm not sure it's > possible to integrate it to where it can be used with voiceover yet. > > 5. In some podcasts I have heard, it sounds like there is no menu or > dialog wrapping. That is, if there are ten options in a menu and you > are at the bottom, you have to up arrow nine times instead of down > arrowing once. Is this true? > It's an option that you can turn on or off. I don't know why any one would > want it turned off, although I find it confuses some of my older clients when > turned on. > 6. It is quite rare that jaws will freeze or require a restart. How > often do you experience problems with vo that cause a loss of speech? > Does command-f5 fix the problem, or do you have to restart the whole > machine?You find it rare? Lucky you. I guess it happens to me on the mac > about once or twice a month. Hitting command f5 usually fixes it. Newer > versions of safari aren't as stable with Vo as older ones in my experience > and there are some other qwerky behaviors, but in the main it's really solid. > > 7. Are shortcut keys available? For example, in a file menu, you might > just press "o" to open instead of arrowing to and activating that > option. > Yes, this works. > 8. How well does Windows work on a system like bootcamp? There is not > much from windows I would miss, but my audio games are definitely on > the short list. Many of them rely on the .net framework, ActiveX, and > other core components. Does any of that work on the mac? In short, can > audio games for Windows run on the mac with Windows installed? > Yes they can. > 9. Is there a virtual machine option for the mac so you can "boot" > windows without restarting?Yes there is. > > 10. How is vo with punctuation? Can you customize what symbols are > spoken, is it level-based, or is it all or none? > Its customizable at least to a degree You get all, most, some or none, but > not the ability to configure them yet. > 11. Can you set up application-specific options? For instance, jaws > lets you set a low punctuation level for one program and a high level > for another and switches between them as you switch between > applications. Is something like this possible, even if it is not > punctuation? > Not yet, unless apple scripting can do it. This is an often requested > feature though and it's most likely in the works. > 12. Is it at all possible to get osx10.6 or later to dual boot with > windows on a windows box to test it out without making the huge switch > to a mac? > This would be illegal, but enterprising individuals are always coming up with > something... wink. > Thanks in advance for any information. Again, I am not looking to > replace my Windows machine, but I have heard so many conflicting > reports about vo and the mac in general that I thought I would get to > the bottom of it all by coming to the people who use it on a daily > basis. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > -- > 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. > -- 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. 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