Hi, Well, after being off this list for almost 2 months, I'm finally back on through a G Mail account. I had similar problems with the inadvertent muting of speech, and Erik's tiup abouyt adjusting volume with VO Command arrows is really useful. Had no idea about that one. Within the past week, I've inadvertently muted speech twice. I disabled the track pad, but now that this command is known to me, I've re-enabled the trackpad commander. Anyway, I hope this reaches the list.
Lesn Nov 4, 2009, at 8:34 PM, peter apgar wrote: > > this switch changes the three finger tripple tap from muteing to > turning off vo. this allows sighted users to use the phone as > normal. it also allows a blind user to turn vo back on with the three > finger tripple tap > > Pete > On Nov 4, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> >> Hi Erik, >> >> Odd that the checkbox doesn't change. I don't turn speech off on my >> iphone much, so have never checked that out. Anyway, glad this >> helped. >> >> You know, it's funny. When SL came out, I was really excited about >> the trackpad commander. But I stopped using it almost immediately, >> because it seemed I was always making things happen that I didn't >> want >> to, moving the cursor, opening windows, etc. My arms tend to rest on >> the front part of the Macbook, so when I was typing they would move >> across the trackpad, initiating various and sundry events. I haven't >> used the trackpad since shortly after I installed SL. I may give it >> another try someday, but for the moment I've decided it's easier to >> stick to the keyboard. >> >> Good luck, and let me know how it goes. >> Take care, >> Donna >> On Nov 3, 2009, at 12:44 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Donna, I just did the double tap 3 and yes it muted and unmuted >>> my >>> speech. The odd thing is, when I checked the mute speech setting in >>> voiceover utility it was unchecked even though the speech was muted. >>> Checking and unchecking the box does nothing if yu mute speech using >>> the trackpad. >>> >>> Well I don't know how I keep managing to do this by accident, but at >>> least thanks to you I know how to take care of it more easily. >>> >>> Now back to trying to make the rest of the track pad work... Sighs. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> erik burggraaf >>> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>> Email: [email protected] >>> >>> On 2009-11-03, at 11:48 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Erik, >>>> >>>> The gesture that turns off speech on the iphone is a double-tap >>>> with >>>> three fingers. I know it seems unlikely, but is it possible you >>>> did >>>> this by accident? It's a toggle, so the next time it happens, try >>>> doing a three-finger double-tap, and see if speech starts up >>>> again. >>>> If it does, you know what's causing your problem. >>>> Best, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:31 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi guys. I'm playing around with the track pad commander and I >>>>> can't >>>>> get it to do much. >>>>> >>>>> One of the things I have been able to do with it though is mute >>>>> speech . Please don't ask me how I accomplish this. I' couldn't >>>>> begin to tell you . Fortunately I have mmy braile display here >>>>> and >>>>> so >>>>> all is not lost. In fact, muting speech is the ideal comfort zone >>>>> for >>>>> me when using the braille display. >>>>> >>>>> The thing is, I'm not muting the speech intentionally. I'm just >>>>> cruzing arount the screen when VO says "speech muted and stops >>>>> talking. When I go into voice over utility and look at the mute >>>>> check >>>>> box it is unchecked. If I check it and then uncheck it, I still >>>>> get >>>>> no speech. If I turn voiceover off then back on I get welcome to >>>>> voiceover and then I get speech muted and then I get no speech. >>>>> If I >>>>> make a volume adjustment using command vo up and down then speech >>>>> comes right back, even though neither the system volume or the vo >>>>> volume are turned down. >>>>> >>>>> Has any one else seen this? It's happened to me twice in the >>>>> last 3 >>>>> days. I'd like to just ditch this trackpad commander. To me it >>>>> is >>>>> starting to look like more trouble than it's worth. >>>>> Unfortunately I >>>>> might have to teach it and so I need to hang in there for a while >>>>> yet >>>>> and see if I can make it happen. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> erik burggraaf >>>>> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >>>>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >>> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
