[mac4theblind] Re: web browsing with Voiceover: highlights and drawbacks
- From: Samuel Negron <samuel_negron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:41:18 -0500
There's a lot to like about browsing with Safari. I think something that is
helpful is getting comfortable with the trackpad. I'm sure we all know that as
we got more familiar with our iPhones, we'd find our fingers almost
instinctively moving to the correct places on the screen. The same happens on
the trackpad, though over a longer period of time, as the Mac is obviously
loads more complex than iDevices.
Things I like include quicknav, and the ability to very easily add custom
quicknav key shortcuts to give it a more jaws-esque feel. The longer I use the
mac, though, and the more comfortable I get with the trackpad, the less I find
myself using quicknav. Still, it's an awesome feature.
VO U also basically performs all the things jaws with the insert function keys.
Things I don't like. To be frank, Nuance voices just aren't as responsive as
Eloquence. The difference is subtle, but for someone who used to ramp jaws up
nearly to max, the difference is extremely noticeable. Also, VO gives you more
info than jaws does, so I find myself wishing VO would just shut up. This is
true, even on the lowest verbosity setting. Finally, at times, it isn't always
obvious when you have to do a specific key stroke or gesture to enter an
element, so I'll find myself thinking, "where the heck is that webform?" only
to find I have to do a two finger swipe on a frame.
Still, once you get settled, VO makes for some great web browsing. As with most
things, of course, there's a give and take.
> On Oct 8, 2013, at 1:52 PM, "Aidan" <aidan.smarttalk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Wel, I don't have a mac yet, but what I can tell you if once you use
> quick nav, you can navigate quicker around a page much in the same you
> would do with windows. But the only thing wich seems a bit weerd to me
> is when you use the interact feature such as on a table and such, this
> is also outside of safari, because each time you must interact with
> something, it seem that it could make you either a little less
> productive, or at least a bit slower to get things done. I am not sure
> about this but on the web navigation is stil good, I don't no about
> encoding karakters. I leave that for the clever people. But I can just
> say that I really wish that mac had more keystroaks. I mean, why is it
> necessary in Skype to keep hunting for the hang up button, wile there
> should be dedicated keystroaks for such actions, maybe there are and I
> don't no, but that is the one reason why I don't think I will ever be
> able to leave windows completely.
>
>> On 08/10/2013, MJ Williams <matthewjwilliams101@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Friends, romans Englishmen, etc.
>> How well does Voiceover fare on the web?
>> What are the main drawbacks?
>> Does voiceover pick up unicode characters (e.g. Greek symbols and what
>> not)?
>>
>> Any info would be gratefully received until I get the chance to visit
>> my local Apple store in London for a proper demo.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Matt
>>
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