[macvoiceover] Re: working with Dashboard, possible problem on my Mac?
- From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:43:26 -0400
Hi David,
Thanks for these suggestions. I will try Permission Repair, and will keep
in mind that turning VO aon and off can sometimes help with this stuff.
BTW, what exactly does Permission Repair do?
I'm kinda tied up right now, but will let you know what happens once I've
run repair. Hopefully some of this weirdness will clear up!
Take care,
Donna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:34 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: working with Dashboard, possible problem on
> my Mac?
>
> The first thing I'd do is run permission repair.
>
> go to applications, utilities, disc utility, pick your hard drive from
> the list and choose repair disc permissions button. It takes a while
> but it can clear up some problems.
>
> Also, sometimes, turning vo off and back on again can clear up issues
> like text not being spoken.
>
> Lastly, the widget you are working with might just not be behaving
> with vo.
>
> On Jul 29, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> The reason I ask is that I'm starting to wonder if there's something
> screwy
> with my Mac. Several times this morning I tried to type in a text
> field,
> and the text I was typing was never spoken. I also had a hard time
> correcting errors in the text fields. In one case, involving the
> translation widget, no matter how many times I pressed delete, I
> couldn't
> get rid of the text. In the help field, I simply could never tell
> where I
> was. I thought if I just press space that would clean out the text
> field,
> but that didn't happen. And the last thing is that in mail, when I go
> over
> to that second splitter, I'm still dumped into the message list. Do
> you
> think these things could be indicative of some kind of problem on my
> machine? If yes, any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Donna
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:46 PM
> > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: working with Dashboard
> >
> > yes, it is sometimes the case that vo will not speak text as you type
> > it but in help's search box, it should.
> >
> > On Jun 29, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > Thanks, Itime no. 2 worked splendidly.
> >
> > Re item no. 3, is it normal for the mac not to speak the text that
> you
> > type into a text field?
> > Thanks,
> > Donna
> > On Jul 29, 2009, at 11:53 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
> >
> >> donna;
> >> , see my comments inline:
> >>
> >> On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Well, today my task is learning to work with the dashboard, and I'm
> >> fairing no better than I did yesterday. So, I have a couple of
> >> questions. I'm sure these answers should be easy to find, but I
> >> have searched repeatedly inHlep to no avail.
> >>
> >> 1. How do I open the dashboard?
> >> press f12.
> >>
> >> 2. When I go into the dock and select the dashboard, it looks
> >> exactly like the dock. It seems to me that this should not be the
> >> case, I thought the dashboard had the weather widget and stuff on
> >> it. What am I doing wrong?
> >>
> >> dunno about this one, but after pressing f12, press controll-option-
> >> f2 twice quickly. this puts you in the dashboard menu, right arrow
> >> and you can select your widigit or more widigets etcettera.
> >>
> >> The fun begins!
> >>
> >>
> >> 3. When I go into Help and type in the search text field, all I
> >> hear is "Mac help" repeated as I type. Why am I not hearing the
> >> letters that I'm typing?
> >> So, here's how to search in help. press command-questionmark or go
> >> to the menubar and choose help and press enter on mac help. find
> >> and type into the search box and press enter.
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> Donna
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