> I have a student who's trying to use Safari on the Blackboard online learning > system. In the "Discussion Board" section, we are unable to read plain text > in a thread because the text is framed. I'm not sure if it's possible to > remove the frame or somehow navigate the frame. > > Please let me know if this is possible. > > Les > Sent from my iPhone, please forgive typographical errors! > > On Jul 29, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Blaise, lots of useful links here where you can get loads of material for >> using the Mac. I'd encourage you to get whatever you feel is appropriate, >> see below. >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> >>> Subject: Re: userguide vor voiceover in 10.8, help pls! >>> Date: July 29, 2012 2:27:27 PM EDT >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Reply-To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> >>> Hello Gigi and Others, >>> >>> There is a VoiceOver downloads page that gives a link to the Lighthouse for >>> the Blind in San Francisco, but so far it has not been updated for Mountain >>> Lion. So the links for downloading the VoiceOver Getting Started Guide in >>> a web browser, and also to the electronic braille version in .brf format, >>> still point to Lion. As far as I can tell, versions for Mountain Lion have >>> yet been prepared on these sites. At some point this page should be >>> updated, but right now it points to Lion versions: >>> http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/downloads.html >>> >>> It might help your friend to review some of the Vision Australia podcasts >>> on working with VoiceOver. Also, you can check the AppleVis Guides >>> section: >>> http://www.applevis.com/guides >>> • "A Guide to Making the Switch from Using a Windows Screen Reader to >>> VoiceOver On a Mac" >>> http://www.applevis.com/guides/guide-making-switch-using-windows-screen-reader-voiceover-mac >>> • "VoiceOver Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac OS X" >>> http://www.applevis.com/guides/voiceover-keyboard-shortcuts-mac-os-x >>> • "General Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac OS X" >>> http://www.applevis.com/guides/general-keyboard-shortcut-commands-mac-os-x >>> • "VoiceOver Gestures for Use with a Multi-Touch TrackPad on Mac OS X" >>> http://www.applevis.com/guides/voiceover-gestures-use-multi-touch-trackpad-mac-os-x >>> >>> Incidentally, web versions of the "VoiceOver Getting Started" guides for >>> Mountain Lion in many different languages seem to be up, I'm a little >>> puzzled why William didn't automatically get this by arrowing down to the >>> last element of the VoiceOver help menu (brought up with VO-H). I don't >>> have Mountain Lion installed yet, so I can't check the language >>> localizations from the loaded packages, but the general rule for Mountain >>> Lion seems to be that you append the language localization code to the web >>> address. So you start with "help.apple.com", slash, "voiceover", slash, >>> "info", slash, "guide", slash, "10.8", slash, and then add your >>> localization code. If you don't add a localization, it defaults to English, >>> and resolves to an ending of "English.lproj/index.html". This is: >>> http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.8/English.lproj/index.html >>> >>> In general, most language localization codes are two letters, followed by a >>> period and the five letter word "lproj" and end with a slash, or a slash >>> followed by "index.html" (either should work). But the older way is to type >>> out the language, such as "Dutch" and "German" and "English", so it's a bit >>> confusing that you use "German.lproj" or "Dutch.lproj" while French, Greek, >>> Danish, and Finnish use the newer two letter code convention of "fr.lproj", >>> "el.lproj", "da.lproj", and "fi.lproj" (with lower case letters). In the >>> case of Chinese, to distinguish between simplified characters and >>> traditional characters, the language code adds a two letter country >>> designation in caps after an underbar: "zh_CN.lproj" and "zh_TW.lproj", so >>> the VoiceOver user guides in these versions become: >>> • Chinese (Simplified Characters) >>> http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.8/zh_CN.lproj/index.html >>> • Chinese (Traditional Characters) >>> http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.8/zh_TW.lproj/index.html >>> But in most cases, there's a simple two letter code for the language, such >>> as "ar" for Arabic, "ja" for Japanese, "pl" for Polish, etc. >>> >>> Anyone who has trouble viewing current "VoiceOver Getting Started" guides >>> for Mountain Lion in their language can try this scheme, or post back with >>> questions. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Esther >>>> Thanks for the information on the voiceover user guide for Mountain lion. >>>> I have however, an additional question. Last year, I downloaded a brf file >>>> from the Apple website for voiceover under snow Leopard. I also bought the >>>> 2 volume set from the San Francisco Lighthouse, and back then there was a >>>> link on the Apple web site to go there to do it. >>>> I have a blind friend who has decided to switch to a Mac. Actually, she is >>>> going to do something that would be difficult under windows. A sighted >>>> friend of hers is going to get her Mac first, and my friend is going to >>>> learn voice over on it. She wants to read the manual ahead of time, so do >>>> you know if there is another link for getting a DRF file for this? >>>> >>>> >>>> Eugenia Firth >>>> gigifi...@sbcglobal.net >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>
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