[macvoiceover] Re: I really like my macs!!

  • From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:02:02 -0400

I think I saw it here along with other ways to check spelling.
http://www.icanworkthisthing.com/docs/mac_with_voiceover/Using_Mac_Applications_with_Voiceover_the_Snow_Leopard_Edition.shtml
Keith Reedy
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On Mar 30, 2011, at 12:47 PM, James Dean wrote:

> Of which instructions do you speak? Some help file on the mac?
> James A. Dean
> 
> 
> On Mar 30, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Keith Reedy wrote:
> 
>> Glad you like it, its in the instructions, I think.
>> Keith Reedy
>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 30, 2011, at 10:58 AM, James Dean wrote:
>> 
>>> What? Command+shift+colon? How did you figure this out? This is very handy! 
>>> Thanks so much!
>>> 
>>> James A. Dean
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 30, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Actually, I use command-shift-colon and it brings up the miss spelled 
>>>> words 1 by 1.  As you find them, tab to the suggestions table, or, tab to 
>>>> learn which causes the spell checker to learn your word.  Tab farther for 
>>>> ignore and so on.
>>>> Keith Reedy
>>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 30, 2011, at 4:47 AM, James Dean wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> In any edit field, when encountering a miss-spelled word, or even if you 
>>>>> are just in the edit field itself, press VO+shift+M and go to "Spelling 
>>>>> and Grammar," and press return on "Check Spelling and Grammar." You can 
>>>>> also highlight the miss-spelled word and press VO+shift+M and suggestions 
>>>>> for the word appear at the top of the menu, but VO, at least for me, 
>>>>> often highlights the wrong miss-spelled word and sometimes not even the 
>>>>> miss-spelled word at all, so I've gotten to where I just don't even try 
>>>>> that anymore. I just perform the steps outlined above.
>>>>> 
>>>>> James A. Dean
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 30, 2011, at 3:43 AM, Justin Mann wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> What is the command to spellcheck systemwide?
>>>>>> On Mar 29, 2011, at 5:38 PM, James Dean wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Maybe it's difference in configuration, whatever. The fact is, some 
>>>>>>> areas, like web browsing, are very lacking. The mail client is nice, 
>>>>>>> best I've ever used. Adium is also great, as is the twitter client that 
>>>>>>> I can never spell. Voiceover has been a thorn in my side, crashing 
>>>>>>> frequently when doing things that, before 10.6.6, never happened. 
>>>>>>> Hopefully Lion will fix the frequent crashes and improve Voiceover's 
>>>>>>> interaction with Safari, especially. There are still some things that I 
>>>>>>> must use windows for, most notably being playing MUDS, which is fine, 
>>>>>>> because I know that's not a very popular thing. Also, other than 
>>>>>>> Solona, which I have had very bad experiences with as compared to Web 
>>>>>>> Visum, there is no accessible solution for solving captious on the Mac 
>>>>>>> as far as I know. Vuscan is great, and I suppose if I took the time to 
>>>>>>> learn an entire new interface, I could do my audio editing on the Mac 
>>>>>>> too. For now, I'm still an avid Gold Wave user.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I've also used pages with great success. I'll still keep my Mac and 
>>>>>>> continue to update as each new version of an OS is released, hoping 
>>>>>>> that things improve.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> All this having been said, I think that some of the "problems" on this 
>>>>>>> list are not "problems," but rather people not knowing how to do 
>>>>>>> something or knowing how to do it half-way, and that is what we're here 
>>>>>>> for, to educate and help each other. The built-in accessibility, of 
>>>>>>> course, is still the driving force behind Mac for me. Oh, and we can't 
>>>>>>> forget the system-wide spell checking capability rather than having to 
>>>>>>> depend on a particular plug-in or program as you must do in Windows. 
>>>>>>> And the way Voiceover handles mouse support is just spectacular!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> James A. Dean
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mar 29, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This is a list where people almost always talk about problems with a 
>>>>>>>> mac, to get some one to help them to salve them, so, I am afraid that 
>>>>>>>> some one new on the list mite think that all we have is problems on 
>>>>>>>> the mac and that is just not the case.  I have used the mac for nearly 
>>>>>>>> 6 years now and I have had very few problems and most of those I have 
>>>>>>>> caused my self.  I have never used a more responsive system and so 
>>>>>>>> easy to learn and use.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Say something nice about your mac once in a while.
>>>>>>>> Keith Reedy
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