Hi Alex! The questions I can answer will be after your questions! I hope this has been of some help! And if I've got info wrong someone might put you right! Colin Qapla Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak
On 14 Feb 2011, at 00:52, Alex Hall wrote: > Hello all, > I am Alex. I use a pc with win7x64 and jaws (or nvda if jaws decides > to act up). I also use an iPod Touch, sometimes paired with a > Braillenote Apex. While I do not plan on getting a mac, mostly because > I lack the money, I do have questions about vo on the mac, as well as > one or two about osx in general. Here goes: > > 1. What is with this "interact" command, or whatever it is called? > What is it and when is it used? > You can skip through items faster only having to interact when you want to > look at the item in more detail! > 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. > The rota is very quick! But there is commands to move by headers,links visited links and others! > 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? > There is apple scripting I'm no expert on it but it can do a lot of stuff! > 4. Can other voices be used with vo? Alex sounds okay, but are there > other options at this point? > There are other voices on the Mac and you can purchase some others! > 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? > You can set cursor wrapping on and off! > 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? > I've never had my vo freeze on me but some people have in different ways as > far as I know most do not have to restart the Mac and command f5 does not > work for every person! > 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 there is short cut keys and ones you can custom and now the gestures you > know of add other options as well! > 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? > Sorry I've no knowledge of windows never used it! > 9. Is there a virtual machine option for the mac so you can "boot" > windows without restarting? > > 10. How is vo with punctuation? Can you customise what symbols are > spoken, is it level-based, or is it all or none? > You can set how much is spoken! > 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? > I do not know! > 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? > > 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
