Hi, Until I got my mac, I never heard my screen reader actually say elypsis. I had no idea what it was or what I could do to turn it off as it is annoying. I am still not sure what its purpose is other than your explanations. It sounds as if it is synonymous with etc.
Pam Francis On Mar 26, 2013, at 6:07 PM, "Chris Gilland" <[email protected]> wrote: I think she meant specifically what an elypsis was, and how to make it/what it looked like visually, more than what they meant. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Robertson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:52 PM Subject: Re: Keyboard Commander > Hello Pam, > > When a menu item ends with an ellipsis, it means that by selecting that > option, a dialogue box will open. So it is in fact informative. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 26 Mar 2013, at 19:05, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> I hope this does not sound too elementary. On both my mac & ios devices, I >> hear voiceover say elypsis. What does it mean? Is there any way to turn it >> off if it is not needed? >> Thanks, >> >> Pam Francis > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
