I don't think it's because of loading time. Just think of what killer machines Computer we have today. An Apple script is a little tiny piece of text. The computer can handle that like nothing.
Am 11.12.2012 um 16:40 schrieb Alex Hall <[email protected]>: > What needs to happen is for Apple to include basic scripts like this right > inside vo, so there is no loading going on. All screen readers have keys to > read time, date, and battery status, so vo should be no different. Instead of > just reporting that reading the time can be very slow, I encourage you to ask > for these basics to be built into vo from the start, avoiding the load > problem altogether. > On Dec 11, 2012, at 10:36 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 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. >> > > > > 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. 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