Yeah I wonder if we just cannot get rid of them. I also got it not to work as well and I thought it was just operator error. lol! there has got to be a way of getting rid of those things and I've even tried going so far as to edit the vo dictionary with no luck. S On Nov 25, 2010, at 23:18, "James Dean" <professordean@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I also did this on my MacBook, still didn't stop the data detectors being > used in Mail. > > James A. Dean > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Allen > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 2:36 PM > Subject: [macvoiceover] trying to remove data detectors > > Hi, All, > > I'm following the instructions in an earlier email message for turning off > the voicing of the "data detector present", but I cannot get them turned off. > > I open a terminal window from utilities and then I type: > defaults write com.apple.mail DisableDataDetectors YES > > I press enter then close and reopen Mail but the data detector voicing has > not disappeared. What am I doing wrong? > > > ThanksAllen > allen.jd42@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >