Maybe I should have asked how you check the time first before I answered your question. I check the time by pressing the Option key + the letter T. This is configured in system preferences. Is your battery level not showing up in your status bar by pressing the VO keys plus the letter M twice? If it is not you can turn that on in system prefs. On Mar 13, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Mary Scott wrote: > I check the time by asking it when I hold down the escape key and talk to it. > I tried asking it to check the battery and it did not work. I think it > might be possible to make it a speakable item though. I check the battery > status by pressing the VO keys and the letter m twice and then arrow over to > battery status. That is fast enough for me. > On Mar 13, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Bryan Duarte wrote: > >> That I know of there is no pre set shortcut but you can possibly set one up >> in the voiceover utility. Look in voiceover utility/commanders/keyboard and >> customize one to do that. >> On Mar 13, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Ian Edwards wrote: >> >>> Is there a way to check the battery status on a MacBook like you check the >>> time? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Ian >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >