Hi Anne, I've figured it out; thanks very much. I used VO-shift-N to read the Voiceover hint, which helped me out, in case that is useful for anyone else. What I didn't realize is that the items showed up at the bottom of the page instead of immediately under the File menu.
Thanks, harry On oct 23, 2012, at 12:54 p.m., Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > Hello Harry, > > I've set up an email address and password for this site and on the next page, > I can interact with the menu bar and the buttons all have Help tags that can > be read with VO-Shift-h. The Help tags also give the shortcut keys for each > button, but they seem to be for Windows PCs as some of them use the Insert > key. > > I hope this helps a bit. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > > On 23 Oct 2012, at 20:17, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> hello everyone, >> >> I was wondering if anyone has tips or advice about how to navigate in a >> website that uses menu items and unlabeled buttons. I know you can label >> individual buttons, but the menu items don't seem to be working. The >> website is www.freetm.com, which is a cloud-based translation software >> called Wordfast for professional translators. I have to complete a project >> for one of my classes using htis service, but I can't get the menu items to >> apepar under "File," for example. I've tried space, I've tried moving the >> mouse and clicking, and I've tried pressing return. >> >> I was able to create an account by entering a e-mail and password, but >> beyond that I'm not sure. I could have someone sighted tell me what the >> unlabeled buttons are so I coudl label them, but wouldn't they be unlabeled >> again if I go to another page? >> >> I remember that in the iTunes Store, when playing song samples, the >> "Preview" button used to be labeled to VoiceOver, and now it simply says >> "Button." I labeled this one time, but I noticed that it only applied to >> that single button, although all of the buttons in the iTunes Store for >> "Preview" were identical. >> >> Thanks for any help, guys. >> >> Harry >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
