Ah, that's right I believe. I do wish voiceover would read incoming messages when the app is in focus. They could use voiceover scripts, which is what mudder did... before it became abondonware... Devin Prater [email protected]
On Jul 8, 2014, at 9:13 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > By default, VO will read the notifications you get, assuming you haven't > disabled the Messages app in your Notification Center. This only speaks a few > words, but it is enough to let you know who sent the message and that it is > waiting for you to view. I think there might be a setting in the preferences > to have the system voice speak new messages, but I haven't looked in a while. > On Jul 8, 2014, at 10:09 PM, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there a way to have voiceover or the system voice read incoming messages? >> Devin Prater >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:10 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Usually, you are placed in a window showing all past conversation threads >>> in a table. Next to that is an HTML content area showing the history for >>> the selected thread, then a place to type a message to that thread. Left of >>> the threads table is a place showing who that thread goes to, which you can >>> modify if you like. Again, the fastest way to make a new message is cmd-n, >>> or just interact with the table and choose the thread with the person or >>> people you want to keep talking to. Let us know if you have more questions. >>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 9:03 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Alex. this time when I opened messages it went straight to the To >>>> field, and when I typed her name, it autofilled her phone number, which >>>> was what I wanted. thanks for the help, not sure why it went awry before. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Donna >>>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 7:54 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Just hit cmd-n and start typing the name. If the person is in your >>>>> contacts, they will be auto-filled, just like typing an email recipient. >>>>> If not, type the Apple Id or phone number of the person instead. Move to >>>>> the next text field, type your message, and press enter. I'm not sure >>>>> what you mean by selecting how a message is sent; can you explain that >>>>> more? Thanks. >>>>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:51 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm running Mavericks, haven't installed the latest update. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm trying to send a message using iMessage. I don't seem to be able >>>>>> either to select a contact, or to indicate how I want the message sent, >>>>>> e.g. email, text, etc. Is anyone able to use iMessage running >>>>>> Mavericks? 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