[macvoiceover] Re: Re Voice over off

  • From: Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:13:16 +1300

in my iMac the command is; Command + f5

TF

On 10/12/2013, at 10:58 am, sarah leadbetter <saz.leadbetter@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi, i turned off the voice over off on my mac book air by mistake, i pressed 
some of the keys and the speech came back on, but i don't know what keys i 
pressed as the voice 

was off, any help is appreciated, Sarah.Sara Leadbetter Sent from my iPhone

> On 8/12/2013, at 21:04, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Ok, first off your VO keys are the standard Voiceover modifier keys, control 
> plus option.
> 
> I used the VO enter select mode today copying text and it was more stable in 
> this situation. I had to select a number of lines from a document in Pages 
> and copy them to an empty document in Text edit. Using shift arrow keys it 
> unselected a bunch of text when I inadvertently  hit the page break at the 
> end of the section. Using the VO plus enter select mode I didn’t have the 
> problem.
> 
> I’ll keep track of whetehr or not I find any other situations where it seems 
> advantageous to use the new function.
> 
> Oh, and I like the sound effect that comes along with the new select mode, 
> makes me think something is happening.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> Dec 8, 2013, at 5:10 AM, sarah leadbetter <saz.leadbetter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Hi that sounds a good way too do things, on my mac book air, where on my 
>> keyboard would i find the v o key, is there other thing else you can do with 
>> the v o key, i went into the other section of my mac and into the speech to 
>> sort out another problem with voices, i turned off the speech and when i 
>> pressed different keys i turned the speech back on, but without my voice on, 
>> i don't know what i pressed to get the voice back, any help is greatly 
>> appreciated, Sarah.
>> 
>> Sara Leadbetter Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 6/12/2013, at 21:22, covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> 
>>> I find this quite useful where the shift arrows won't work -- say if you
>>> are in terminal and want to select some text from its window.
>>> 
>>> Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi David,
>>>> 
>>>> As a blind person using VO on the Mac? Not much that I can see.  I was 
>>>> asking a serious question.  I really wanted to know what advantages you 
>>>> found in using this method to see if I might find it useful in my own work 
>>>> flow.  Not for nothing, your answer really didn’t explain the advantages 
>>>> to me.  i find this to often be the case when people answer a question 
>>>> with a question of their own.
>>>> 
>>>> JMO. 
>>>> 
>>>> thanks anyway though.
>>>> 
>>>> Ricardo Walker
>>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 2:44 PM, David Chittenden <dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> What advantage does using the mouse have over using shift plus the arrow 
>>>>> keys?
>>>>> 
>>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>>>> Email: dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 7 Dec 2013, at 4:54, Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What advantage if any does this have over using shift plus the arrow 
>>>>>> keys to select stuff?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ricardo Walker
>>>>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>>>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 1:17 AM, David Chittenden <dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thus far, I have only tried this inside documents. Press VO enter and 
>>>>>>> voiceover says select. Now, pressing VO arrow keys causes the mouse 
>>>>>>> selector to move in the appropriate direction and highlight text as it 
>>>>>>> goes. Pressing the opposite arrow causes on highlighting of text. When 
>>>>>>> the desire text has been selected, pressVO Inter again to stop 
>>>>>>> selection mode. In other words, it now works like that touch pad/mouse 
>>>>>>> for sighted people. I really like it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>>>>>> Email: dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone>
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