You can also use the keyboard commander. For example, I have it set so option-m mutes sounds and speech. To do this:
* Open the VoiceOver Utility and choose Commanders from the Categories table. * Select the Keyboard Commander tab, be sure the commander is on by checking the checkbox, and move past the table to the Add button. Activate that button. * You will be placed on a text field, even if VoiceOver doesn't tell you so. Press the key to be used (such as M), then vo-right to the menu button. * In that menu is a list of commands, sorted into categories. I believe the item you want, Mute VoiceOver, is in the Sounds submenu. Once you find it, hit enter. * Hit option-m to make sure things worked (it's a toggle, so hitting it again will bring VO back). If it worked, you can close the Utility. If not, let the list know and we'll try to figure out what happened. > On Apr 5, 2015, at 5:16 AM, BBS <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Pam. If I remember correctly, with track pad commander on, you could > double tap with three fingers on the trackpad to mute Voiceover just like > double tapping with three fingers to mute it on an iPhone. If I'm wrong about > this, someone correct me. > > Shawn > Sent From My White Macbook > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Francis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 1:12 AM > Subject: Keystroke form muting voiceover > > > Hi everyone, > I was attempting to listen to a service over the Internet this afternoon. In > so doing Alex continually seemed to want to give me every notification I > would never have gotten had I been doing something I could've gotten away > from or been able to repeat. Normally I don't mind. However in cases like > this, is there a keystroke to mute voiceover until such a service or meeting > is over? I hit the control key to shut him up, however he has since earned > the name disrespectful Alex. > > Pam Francis > > -- > 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.
