Mark, I would suggest that the demonstrator doesn't know what they are doing, well at least properly.
The Magic Track Pad, as Apple refer to it for the iMac… I use this on a day to day bases with my iMac, the commands mirror up to a large extent in line with the iOS commands. You can turn on and turn off Track Pad Commander, which allows for you to use iOS like gestures when it is on, and mouse like movements when it is off. You can have Voice Over follow the mouse, or the mouse follow Voice Over, or Voice Over and the mouse to have nothing to do with one and other. Then like with JAWS, for example, you can route one to the other if you need to perform a task. The way I personally do it most of the time is to have the mouse follow Voice Over, this I am pretty sure is the default. Doing it this way you can always know that the mouse is where the Voice Over cursor is. Then you can choose, do you wish to use iOS gestures to navigate or mouse like movements. Just adjust the Track Pad Commander control and away you go. There are a few additional things you need to know, these will make sense if you already use a Mac, but, essentially revolve around interacting with on screen elements. Let me know if you'd like to know more. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 9 Oct 2012, at 14:50, Marc Rocheleau <marcrochel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all, > > Excuse the ignorance, but I'm looking to get an iMac in the near > future. I was under the impression that the track pad gave you the > ability to perform gestures or navigate as if you were using an actual > mouse -- not unlike the iPhone, for example. > > Last month however, I had someone come and give a demonstration with a > MacBook. She admittedly preferred jaws but said that you couldn't do > gestures like on the iPhone (which is something that disappointed > her.) > > I'm just looking for some clarification as far as what I can do with > the track pad on the iMac so I know what to expect. I know iMacs > aren't bound solely by keyboard shortcuts but what function does the > trackpad serve and what are its potential limits? > > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer! > > -Marc > > -- > 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.
