Hi Shen, I hadn't seen that, I'd just used the mute speech. I'll try using Mute VO and see if the problem persists. Thanks for pointing that out. Cheers, Donna On Aug 1, 2012, at 9:16 PM, Shen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Donna, > Just tested out the hotkey for muting and unmuting VoiceOver with Skype. I > don't have the newest version, I have 5.3. > I didn't have any problems losing speech after a call and unmuting my speech. > I checked to see if Option-V might be a Skype function but it didn't do > anything. > Sorry about that. > Interestingly, in the keyboard commanders, there is a mute speech toggle and > a mute VoiceOver toggle. Don't know what the difference is. > > > On Aug 1, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hi Shen, >> >> Thanks for trying it out. As for the three finger double-tap, I don't have >> the trackpad turned on. I found that my wrist kept moving over it and I >> kept accidentally performing gestures while I was typing. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> On Aug 1, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Shen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna, >>> OK, when I get home from work, I'll set up the hotkey and see what happens. >>> Have you thought about using the double-tap with three fingers method of >>> muting and unmuting speech? >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 2:49 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: weird Skype issue >>> >>> Hi Shen, >>> >>> the key I have assigned is Left-Option-V. To my knowledge this isn't a >>> Skype hotkey, but I'd appreciate it if you could try it out and let me know. >>> I'll also try changing the hotkey and see if the problem goes away. >>> >>> thanks again for the help. >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> On Aug 1, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Shen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Donna, >>>> The only thing that comes to mind immediately is that perhaps the hotkey >>> you >>>> have assigned to unmute VoiceOver is also a hotkey for a Skype function >>> and >>>> that somehow it is causing a conflict. >>>> What hotkey do you have assigned to unmute VoiceOver? I will try it on my >>>> Skype and see what happens. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 9:30 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: weird Skype issue >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I've been having a weird Skype issue for a long time now, so thought I'd >>>> write to see if any of you know what might be going on. >>>> >>>> I always mute speech on my Mac when on a Skype call. I do this using a >>>> keyboard command that I created. Occasionally, when I end a call, I press >>>> the command to turn speech back on, I hear VO say "speech unmuted", but >>> then >>>> I have no speech. Nothing I do seems to matter. I've issued the command >>>> again, I've turned VO on and off, but the only way I can get speech back >>> is >>>> to force shut down the computer. Has anyone else experienced this? >>> Anyone >>>> know what to do about it? >>>> Thanks, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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