I can answer one of these, yes you can add more functionality, you use the existing gestures but with a modifier key pressed (such as control, or whatever you wish) and then you assign an action to a gesture. This is all done within the Voice Over utility under commanders, trackpad. No scripting involved what so ever.
Chris On 30 Jul 2010, at 14:58, Mary Otten wrote: > Hello all, > In anticipation of the arrival of my magic track pad some time next week, I > had a look at the article on the Apple website that gives a list of voice > over gestures in snow leopard. I didn't exactly understand what one of them > does, or at least, when you'd use it. It is the one to force voice over into > a straight line by dragging a finger horizontally or vertically , I think > while holding down one of the keyboard keys, control? What does this actually > do? I wondered also if it is possible to get an actual mouse click on the > track pad while using voice over. Do you have to turn vo gestures off and > then double tap? And, last one, I thought I remembered somebody on this list > talking about their ability to add more gestures than what has been > programmed into the track pad commander and mentioned in that Apple list. > Maybe that was using apple scripts, beyond my abilities at this point. > Clarification would be great. > > mary > Mary Otten > [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. > -- 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.
