Re: Why VoiceOver is cool for the sighted

2012-06-03 Thread Lovette Yewchan
Yes that is what I do just wondered if there was so meting else. On 2012-06-03, at 8:55 PM, Timothy J. Meloy wrote: > I know one thing you could do is have voice over set not to come on > automatically. Or you could turn it off when your sighted friend is using > the computer by using the comm

Re: Why VoiceOver is cool for the sighted

2012-06-03 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
I know one thing you could do is have voice over set not to come on automatically. Or you could turn it off when your sighted friend is using the computer by using the command F5 key stroke to toggle VO on and off. HTH T.J. On Jun 3, 2012, at 11:52 PM, Lovette Yewchan wrote: > I am curious if t

Re: Why VoiceOver is cool for the sighted

2012-06-03 Thread Lovette Yewchan
I am curious if there is things to do with voice over so a sighted person can use the computer at the same time if helping someone etc. My sighted friends get annoyed with voice over. Thanks. Lovette On 2012-06-03, at 7:11 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Ed > > Speaking as a visu

Re: Why VoiceOver is cool for the sighted

2012-06-03 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Ed Speaking as a visually abled person, (I hate the term "Sighted", I found a lot of his comments extremely odd. I was actually tempted to leave a comment or two on MacWorld but thought better of it. This person clearly has absolutely no perception of what VoiceOver is, what it can do and

Re: Why VoiceOver is cool for the sighted

2012-06-02 Thread Ed Worrell
I agree with you, this article isn't that usefull for anyone, he just jumps to a bunch of assumtions what is useful to the sighted. Forgranted my wife doesn't use Voiceover unless I have questions, but she doesn't find things like character navigation or rotor settings useless, thats the way we

Re: Why VoiceOver is cool for the sighted

2012-06-01 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris Speaking as somebody with vision, this article came across to me as really patronising to those without vision. He makes a lot of assumptions regarding what is and what is not "useful" to those of us with sight. It seems obvious to me that this person is not interested in the least

Re: Why VoiceOver is cool for the sighted

2012-06-01 Thread Jane
I haven't read the link but I want to add something. As far as the iPad goes, my sighted daughter uses VoiceOver with the screen curtain off in iBooks. She has the speed set to the slowest setting, and she listens and reads whatever book she's interested in. (Currently, Harry Potter and the S