Once they re on, and provided speakable objects is on in the accessibility dialog, things should work. Once you select this from the table, select the settings tab, then vo-right to the two radio buttons and make sure the "on" one is checked. As I said, I followed some suggestions and re-assigned my talk key (second tab), then restarted my mac. Everything is working fine now. On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Alex, > > This is great info! I think I'm missing a step, perhaps I've been hacking > around too long and I'm suffering from Information Overload. I went into > System preferences and made certain Speakable Items were turned on. But I'm > unable to find the subsequent dialogs you spoke of. Can you help? Thanks. > > Les > On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:00 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.
