Someone mentioned right option+b to read battery status? How can one set that up? There's no way to do so in keyboard commander.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Delay Before Time and Date Spoken Using right-option-t Keys Yes, Daniel, I see your point. I have a somewhat-older Mac Mini with 4 GB ram, so maybe that has something to do with it. In any case, it isn't a huge deal. I have noticed it for awhile and I was just curious as to what might cause it. Thanks, Teresa Visualize whirled peas. On Dec 11, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Daniel Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe that's normal behavior, since as someone pointed out before, > the script that is attached to that keystroke has to be loaded into > memory first, which on some machines takes a while. I seriously don't > think they'll say much about it, since it doesn't seem to be a bug. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Delay Before Time and Date Spoken Using right-option-t > Keys > > Hi, guys, > > Yes, I use the Alex voice for everything, so I don't think that's a > factor in my case. However, the question of more responsiveness after > one press is definitely a factor. I only notice the delay the first > time I press the key combo in a long time. Subsequent presses are much more responsive. > > I will report this to Apple. > > Thanks, > Teresa > > > On the other hand, there are different fingers. > > On Dec 11, 2012, at 7:12 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would not hesitate to ask Apple for any fix you can think of, big >> or > small. They can prioritize things, but they will never know to fix a > problem if they don't know it exists. As to clicks, you can mute vo > through the help menus (vo-h) or by setting up a keyboard or trackpad commander to do it. >> On Dec 11, 2012, at 7:23 AM, Jürgen Fleger <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >>> Interesting. Here's usually a delay of 3 seconds maximum. I just >>> tried it > even without any delay. Might be because it was not the first time today. >>> >>> Topic delay: I experience an annoying delay on web pages after >>> pressing > VO + a to read from the cursor. For example to read an article on > Wikipedia is no fun. It takes ages. For me there's to much delay after > full stops and commas and when a link is anounced. Also the info how > many objects a header on a web page has takes to much time for me. At > least on my german OS VO anounces the objects in a header followed by > a very long pause. Yes, I know of the Reader. But it's also annoying > to hear again and again "clickable" at the end of a line. >>> >>> But honnestly: I don't dare to ask Apple for such small things as >>> long as > VoiceOver contains the real big bugs as pdf or tables in text > documents or the VoiceOver calender issue in iOS. >>> >>> All the best >>> Jürgen >>> Am 11.12.2012 um 08:20 schrieb Harry Hogue <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Alex and Teresa, >>>> >>>> I have found this same issue, and have this theory as well. I do >>>> not > often use the keyboard commander VoiceOVer scripts for this reason, > such as > opt+B for battery, opt+M for Mail, etc. With each of these commands > opt+there > is a lengthy delay that doesn't make the command practical to use much. > Once it is loaded into memory, it then works fine. As for the voice, > I use Fred on a regular basis, and still find this delay even though > the voice used for the script is the same one that VoiceOver uses at other times. >>>> >>>> I hope this helps. >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> >>>> On dic 10, 2012, at 10:56 p.m., Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Me too. My theory is that the script to speak the information has >>>>> to be pulled from the hard drive and loaded into ram, then the >>>>> voice used has to be looked for and loaded if it is not already >>>>> being used. Does the script use a voice that vo is not using by >>>>> default? If so, I have a script that uses vo's own speech, >>>>> speeding the > process a good deal. >>>>> >>>>> On 12/11/12, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, guys, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've noticed for quite some time that when I press right-option-t >>>>>> for time as the default for the VO keyboard commander time and >>>>>> date, there's about a twenty-second delay before anything is >>>>>> spoken. I'm just curious if anyone else has experienced this. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Teresa >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "Nobody ever tells me anything!"--James Forsyte, quoted in the >>>>>> Forsyte Saga >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 GMail website) [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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > -- > 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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