Then I don't think there is a way unless you edit the spot light comments and I believe you can do this in the inspector when you select multiple file. Again I'm really not sure if there is a way to accomplish what you are wanting to do. Perhaps check the apple support forms and come back to us when and if you find a solution there.
Good luck. On Jun 12, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > You do understand it. I again think labels would be good, unless you edit > the voice over dictionary like for example > > myfilename.windows installer file > > do you mean somethign like that? I'm not good at thinkign outside the box as > of yet lol! > On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:06 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > >> Hi Sarah >> >> I think I might have been unclear here, if I read what you're saying >> rightly, (a lot of spelling errors), :) >> >> But if I understand you correctly, that would only work on specific file. >> What I want to happen is to have the finder voice the file type correctly >> each time it encounters a file of that type, not an individual, specific >> file. So I don't think that will work, again, if I understand your message >> correctly. >> >> Gordon >> >> On 12 Jun 2012, at 17:55, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't know if there's a way but you can set labels and assign them to the >> extensions like for example your mp3 and wmas could be music, your msi could >> be windows installer and your exe could be windows executable files. Now >> show the labels colomn in th efinder and you are good to go. >> On Jun 12, 2012, at 7:33 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> This is one thing that sometimes confuses me if I have speech set very fast >>> and am browsing through a file list. Is there a way to have Mac OS not try >>> to assign type descriptions to files or, just as good perhaps, to modify >>> the description of a file type? >>> >>> For instance, a "Dot E X E", (Windows Executable) or a "Dot M S I" (Windows >>> Installer), are referenced by Mac OS X as "Documents". 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