[macvoiceover] Re: working with Dashboard, possible problem on my Mac?
- From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:09:26 -0400
Oh my! That's good to know. Thanks for the warning.
Donna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:00 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: working with Dashboard, possible problem on
> my Mac?
>
> if the computer is having problems, it is possible that you can turn
> it off but not back on.
>
> On Jul 29, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>
> Thanks, David. Just curious, why couldn't you accomplish turning vo
> off and
> on with Command F5?
> Thanks,
> Donna
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:51 PM
> > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: working with Dashboard, possible problem
> > on
> > my Mac?
> >
> > sometimes the authorizations for files and folder can be come
> > corrupted. this is what repair permissions is designed to fix.
> also,
> > restarting your system can clear some issues. when you want to
> > restart vo with the system in a state where it is not acting
> > correctly, go to system preferences, universal access, seeing,
> > voiceover off radio button, then on. use tab and arrows for this.
> >
> > On Jul 29, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> >
> > 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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