OK, hope that helps. Keep in mind, that even with Auto-Hide enabled, if the mouse pointer is hovering near the bottom of the screen, this will cause the dock to appear, and VoiceOver may speak or highlight a dock item. Same can be true for the menu bar, and/or any of the pull-down menus.
- Brad - On Apr 6, 2021, at 15:05, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: Auto hide the doc was not checked. I checked it. I hope this fix the problem. Thanks, > On Apr 6, 2021, at 2:56 PM, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net > <mailto:wb...@swbell.net>> wrote: > > I’m thinking this could be due to one of 2 things. > > 1. Your dock is not set to auto-hide. > or, > 2. Your dock may or may not be set to auto-hide, but your mouse arrow is > situated at the bottom of the screen, and is hovering over the dock area. > > Many non-sighted VoiceOver users are not aware that even though they are > using VoiceOver, the mouse pointer is still active, and present somewhere on > the screen. Depending on the location of the mouse arrow, this can cause > “hover” related issues. > I suggest that when you hear this random speech, you try dragging your finger > on the trackpad, up and to the far left, in order to relocate the mouse > pointer to a less problematic location on the screen and see if that helps. > > - Brad - > > > On Apr 6, 2021, at 10:11, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Dear List, > I am having a weird problem with VoiceOver on Big Sur. > While reading on web pages and in email, by pressing the down arrow to read > line by line, I will hear > "Notes, 12 of 20.” > Then as I continue to press the down arrow, it will read the email for a few > lines, then I may hear, > “Music, 14 of 20.” > Am I the only one with this problem? > I promise I’m not cracking up! > I hear it! 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