Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello James, To read articles on the Web, I switch to DOM mode using a keyboard commander hot key I've created. I then use the Web Rotor to select the level 1 heading with which most articles begin. I use VO-a to read the article. In general, I prefer Group mode, but when reading articles,

VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread James Nash
Hi list, Is there some reason why Voice Over says clickable after reading every line in an article on the internet? Is there some way of turning it off or is it informing me of some information that I am unaware of? Thanks TC James -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread carlene knight
Hi James; Usually when that happens it is informing you that there is a link or button you can click on for more information about the particular subject of that line you just read. For instance if you were reading newspaper article about an ongoing news story, you might see this when

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread James Nash
Hi carlene Thanks so much for your reply. This makes sense, but i don't think that every line on a BBC news article would have a link attached to it would it? I will go back and check. Thanks again TC James On 14 Dec 2009, at 19:31, carlene knight wrote: Hi James; Usually when that

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread carlene knight
What's the URL? Now you've got me curious. On Dec 14, 2009, at 11:45 AM, James Nash wrote: Hi carlene Thanks so much for your reply. This makes sense, but i don't think that every line on a BBC news article would have a link attached to it would it? I will go back and check. Thanks

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread James Nash
Hi carlene, You can pick any news story on the BBC site, but here is the article I was reading. I would be curious to see if you get the same results as I did. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8411318.stm Thanks for your help TC James On 14 Dec 2009, at 19:50, carlene knight wrote:

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
HI, I see that a lot of the time on news pages. Danish ones in particular, really. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Dec 14, 2009, at 8:50 PM, carlene knight wrote: What's the URL? Now

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Yeah, that's the interesting part. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Dec 14, 2009, at 9:05 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi Nic, Generally, these instances of clickable do not seem to be

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread carlene knight
What I do when I hear clickable and I might be interested is to click the mouse button with numbed 5 if you have the numbed commander on or Vo/shift/space if not. That seems to work the best. On Dec 14, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, Yeah, that's the interesting part.

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread James Nash
Hi Carlene, No, I didn't use VO A to rea the article, I used the VO navigation to read it. Thank you for all of your help. I am a long time Mac user, but have only recently come back to the Mac. TC James On 14 Dec 2009, at 21:06, carlene knight wrote: Hi James; I didn't encounter them in

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread James Nash
Thanks Carlene, TC James On 14 Dec 2009, at 21:53, carlene knight wrote: What I do when I hear clickable and I might be interested is to click the mouse button with numbed 5 if you have the numbed commander on or Vo/shift/space if not. That seems to work the best. On Dec 14, 2009,

Re: VO says clickable after reading every line in an article on the web

2009-12-14 Thread carlene knight
Maybe the VO navigation reads it differently. Come to think of it, I had a bunch of graphics or something in an article a while back so I stopped reading text that way. I had forgotten about that. I use the item chooser if I know the subject of the article that I want to read an once I get