Hi there Thanks Alex. I am archiving this information so that I can remember when it comes up again. However, I think it should a default not to show these things because most of us don't need it. I could care less if my husband what VO is saying.
Gigi > On Feb 6, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think what he's talking about are the different visual panels VoiceOver > offers. While great for trainers or teachers, they get in the way for many > people, as you're discovered. Fortunately, there's a quick way to kill them: > vo-cmd with certain function keys. F9 will show or hide the braille panel, > which shows visually what your display says; f10 will show or hide the > caption panel, which shows what VoiceOver is saying; f11 will show or hide > *all* visual panels. >> On Feb 6, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi again Tim >> This worked ok, except for a couple of things. First, I lost speech but >> fortunately VO ran the braille display. At one point, I got it back, but >> then VO kept crashing. This got better when we turned VO off on the Apple >> TV. However, my husband kept fussing about the VO whatever being in the way >> of the text on the screen. Is there a VoiceOver setting somewhere that would >> let me hide the display thing that shows VoiceOver being open. It doesn’t >> bother me, but I am getting a little tired of my husband asking about this >> every time I get him to look at my screen, which fortunately isn’t too >> often. The option command h for hide others doesn’t get rid of this thing >> that’s only good for sighted people. Since VO is on all the time for me, I >> don’t need something on the screen telling me it’s active. Help! >> >> Gigi >> >>> On Feb 4, 2015, at 5:06 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Tim >>> Thanks for the information. It is just like a thought. That is the most >>> ideal way that we can do this activity, so that I can run the computer and >>> my husband can look at the screen easily for himself. >>> Gigi >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Feb 4, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> As long as the Apple TV is on and part of the same network, you can go up >>>> to the Displays Extras menu and select your Apple TV to send your display >>>> to. If the Apple TV is off, this menu item will not be visible. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On Feb 4, 2015, at 06:29, Eugenia Firth <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi guys >>>> I have an Apple TV, and I have Turbo Tax that I would like to show to my >>>> sighted husband before he agrees to our joint return. He is a Windows user >>>> and has limited experience running the Mac; I don’t want him to mess up >>>> what I’ve done or get frustrated with running a system he is not familiar >>>> with since the purpose is reviewing. So that he can see the screen on our >>>> TV, do I go to air drop to make that happen? If I turn on the Apple TV >>>> does my Mac find it and then show the text on the screen? >>>> >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>> <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] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>> <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] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > [email protected] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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