I wonder if you have keyboard commander on? If so, vo gets the option key first and does not pass it on, which might be why your keystroke failed. You can use option in conjunction with other modifier keys, but not by itself if you have the keyboard commander enabled. Technically, you can choose which option key the commander uses and then use the other one, but I find it easiest to tell the commander to use both. On Oct 24, 2012, at 2:50 PM, Traci <[email protected]> wrote:
> I changed the keyboard shortcut, and it worked like a charm. The option key > wasn't a good choice for some reason. > > Traci > Sent by Macbook Air Mail > > On Oct 24, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Why not set one in keyboard shortcuts instead of making a service? If you >> really want a service, try restarting; that, plus upgrading to the latest ML >> release, did the trick when my own service experiment refused to trigger. >> On Oct 24, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Traci <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey, thanks for that tip. I liked the podcast, however it didn't fully >>> help me. It was definitely a VO issue, or maybe a vo user issue. ;) >>> >>> The happy news, is I have successfully created my service shortcut, but the >>> shortcut doesn't seem to work anywhere. I can hit go-m, go to finder, then >>> arrow down to services, and my launch messages shortcut is there. I can >>> vo-space on it, and the app launches, but when I'm sitting on my desktop >>> and hit my keyboard shortcut, the app doesn't launch. >>> >>> I'm going to try a different key combo and see it that remedies the problem. >>> >>> I'm just so tickled I created the automator task! Now lets see if I can >>> make it 100% successful. >>> >>> Traci >>> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >>> >>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Nicholas Parsons >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Tracy, >>>> There's a good podcast series called Mac Automation Made Simple by Ben W >>>> something. It's not from a VoiceOver perspective, but it should let you >>>> know what you can do and then you can figure out how to achieve the same >>>> outcomes with VoiceOver. If you're interested and have trouble finding it >>>> let me know and I'll give you more information or the link or something. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Nic >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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] -- 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.
