Hi! It does that on the iphone so i think its sad that it doesn't on the mac. But i will suggest it to the accessibility team. /A On 9 jul 2014, at 04:16, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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? If so, how are you selecting the message recipient? >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Donna >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Have a great day, >>>>>> Alex Hall >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex Hall >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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