You go to system preferences, accessibility, then find them in the table of options. Turn them on and follow the dialogs that come up. Remember to turn on that front window option; I just spoke "reply all" while reading your message and am now typing my reply, the mac having activated the reply all button for me. Pretty nifty! Note that you need to be running Mountain Lion for this to work. On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Matt Dierckens <[email protected]> wrote:
> How do I get these speakable itmes? Where would I find them? > Thanks. > > Matt > Sent from my mac > Twitter: matt692 > msn: [email protected] > skype: blindman3221 > > On 2012-07-30, at 5:00 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I, too, set my speakable objects key to f10, restarted the mac, and now it >> is working. Here's what I discovered so far: >> "switch to [app name]" will switch you to an app, provided that app is >> already running. >> "open [app name]" will open an app not already open, including third-party >> apps you install, not just the ones the mac comes with. >> "what time is it" will speak the current time. >> "what's today's date" will speak the date >> "quit this application" will close the currently focused app; "hide this >> application" does the same but minimizes it >> There are more commands which you can get to by saying "show me what to >> say". Interact with the table, then interact with the item you want. >> VO-right to the "collapsed" item and vo-space on it to expand, then stop >> interacting and move right until you get to the commands list. If nothing >> else, I love the time and app focusing commands. Also, in the preferences >> dialog for speakable items, you can enable front window, which lets you >> speak the name of a control in the currently focused window to be activated >> or switched to, I'm not sure how that works yet. >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> >> -- >> 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. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- 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.
