Well I am a fairly new Mac user but I have done a little experimenting with this ticking sound thing and this is what happens on my Macbook. When I download a file I have to interact with the download list to get the progress. If I interact a second time I am interacting with the group and that is when I hear the ticking sound. In other words, I hit the interact keys twice while focused on the download list to hear the ticking. Hope this helps at least a little.
On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: > > Excellent, VO A is just the ticket to read the progress. > I believe the download ticking is a Mac sound. I hear it on my wife's > MacBook and she does not use VoiceOver. I did confirm that my box for > sounds is checked in the VO utility. I'll keep hunting. > Thanks for this. > > Brett > > > > On Jun 3, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: > >> >> Hi. >> >> First question: You can enable and disable the Voiceover sounds >> including the clicking sound Voiceover makes to indicate the progress >> bar is moving in the VOiceover utility. Press VO f8, press the down >> arrow to the sound tab and press the tab key to check if the "mute >> sounds" is enabled or disabled. >> >> Second question: You can press VO a to read what's under the >> Voiceover >> cursor. That means you can move the VO cursor to the progress bar, >> and >> then press VO a to read the Vo cursors content. >> Best regards >> Søren Jensen >> Mail & MSN: >> [email protected] >> Website: >> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ >> >> On 03/06/2009, at 00.36, James Dietz wrote: >> >>> >>> Regarding the first question: Not sure how to get the ticking to >>> return. I've never actually heard ticking sounds for anything other >>> than the Apple Software Update progress - all other ones are quiet >>> with VO. Maybe I've inadvertantly turned it off, as I think >>> softwareupdate logs in under another account when it's doing it's >>> dirty work. Second question: you can try setting up the download >>> progress area as a hotspot. Press vo+shift+number (any number up >>> to 9 >>> maybe) to save a hotspot (when your vo cursor is on the progress >>> bar), >>> and press vo+cmd+number to have vo "describe" the item at that >>> particular hotspot. Vo+Number moves focus to the hotspot. This >>> doesn't >>> work with some things *ahem song name in itunes ahem*, but it's >>> pretty >>> neat otherwise. >>> >>> James >>> >>> On 6/2/09, Brett Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The first question I have is related to the ticking sound one can >>>> hear >>>> when VO is focussed on the progress indicator during a download. >>>> Somehow the ticking has stopped on my Mac, and I like it, and I >>>> want >>>> it back. I explored System Preferences Sounds, but don't see >>>> anything >>>> relating to specific events. Does anyone know how to activate the >>>> download ticking sound? >>>> My second question relates to VO actually reading the download >>>> progress indicator. I always simply VO right back and forth to >>>> hear >>>> the data. Well, the other day I pressed some key and the >>>> percentage >>>> was spoken while remaining in the same place. I thought, cool, >>>> I'll >>>> have to remember this. Now I can't reproduce it. Does anyone >>>> know a >>>> key combo to press to read a progress indicator without moving back >>>> and forth? >>>> I know these questions belong at the very bottom of a priority >>>> list, >>>> but the list is here so I'm asking. Thanks for the incredible >>>> information the list members have provided to me thus far, both in >>>> questions I've asked and reading others posts. >>>> >>>> Brett >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
