Just remember though, in order for it to announce the results, you first have
to go in the menu bar to the speech menu, and check the option to speak result.
Chris.
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From: Alex Hall
To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: Calculator on the Mac.
Two ways. First, you don't need the calculator for simple things: open
Spotlight with cmd-space, and type a calculation. 2-4 will yield -2, and 4^4 (4
to the fourth power) will yield 256. You can use parentheses,
plus/minus/multiply/divide, powers, and negative numbers all from Spotlight.
The asterisk is multiply, the slash is divide, dash is minus/negative, and plus
is plus. You just type the calculation--no need to hit enter--and after a
second, VO will say the answer.
If you still need to use the calculator, open it and you'll be on the "0",
which is the display. Type your calculation and press enter to hear the result.
You can then do more calculations, and if you don't type another number before
the symbol (plus, minus, etc), the value displayed is used. You can use the
number pad with no problem, but VO won't announce the symbol you enter for some
reason. It will announce the numbers, though.
On Mar 6, 2016, at 07:46, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello.
Last night I ventured to use Calculator on my I Mac as I had always used
the Calculator on my I phone. What ever I did, I could not find the subtract,
multiply but could find the Plus. I even put the Keyboard help on with VO K as
I thought I’d get to know where the multiply was. So if anyone has used the
calculator on the Mac, please could you give me some instructions as how I
should use it please? I also have a Mac mini and use the Apple USB keyboard
and so I hope I can use it in the same way when I use the calculator on my Mac
Mini as well. Logically I would have thought that Apple would have designed
the calculator on the Mac in the same way as the calculator on the I phone.
Thanks.
Kawal.
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