Someone wrote a script for it, but I can't remember who. It used Lynx and X-code. It's probably in the archives. There may be other scripts as well.
Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Dec 11, 2012, at 7:46 AM, Daniel Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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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