Hello Collin,

I can confirm that I changing from Esc worked here. However, I couldn’t get F12 
to work. The widgets calculator likes F12. I wanted to use numeric zero but it 
wouldn’t have that, so I thought I’d try F12. By accepting Option + F12 Essc 
works as the backward command i.e. cancelling a menu option.

Buggy buggy..

Gena
On 10 Dec 2013, at 16:43, Red.Falcon <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi I changed the hot key to F12 instead of escape on my Apple bluetooth 
> keyboard and it works fine!
> Colin
> 
> On 10 Dec 2013, at 16:22, Georgina Joyce <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> The same happened here after attempting to use speakable items.
>> 
>> Gena
>> On 10 Dec 2013, at 14:48, Lee Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear List I have noticed that my escape key does not  seem to work, I can 
>>> be in a menu and the hint says press escape to exit the menu but it doesn’t 
>>> work.  This is probably why speakable items fails.  Is there any software 
>>> explanation for this or is my escape key  physically broken?  Is it 
>>> possible for the escape key to be set to hardware control like the function 
>>> keys?
>>> My macbook is new so if the ESC key is broken I will not be a happy bunny.
>>> 
>>> Many Thanks, Lee     
>>> 
>>> From: [email protected] 
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
>>> Sent: 09 December 2013 05:16
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Talking Dashboard (was Speakable Items)
>>> 
>>> Yes, but I haven't worked on it recently, and Mavericks broke my ram 
>>> script. Mavericks introduced some very exciting features, and I'm thinking 
>>> of making a version of Talking Dashboard for 10.9 and above only. I'll keep 
>>> the list posted.
>>> On Dec 8, 2013, at 11:14 PM, Matt Dierckens <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi.
>>> I was just curious if talking dashboard is still available?
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> On Dec 8, 2013, at 10:11 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Here's the link, but don't forget Applevis has a search form. This was the 
>>> first result I got when I searched for "speakable items".
>>> http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/speaking-your-mac-using-dictation-and-speakable-items-get-siri-functionality-os-x
>>> On Dec 8, 2013, at 9:34 PM, Jessica D <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I cannot get this to work either. What is the podcast called?
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Dec 8, 2013, at 8:39 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Try turning Speakable Items off and back on again, or switch the listening 
>>> method from pressing a key to always on. I made a podcast about this and 
>>> dictation for www.applevis.com, but I don't know if it would be helpful or 
>>> not. Also, are you running Mavericks? In older versions of OSX I found 
>>> Speakable Items to be a bit unreliable, but in 10.9 I have only had one 
>>> small problem so far.
>>> On Dec 8, 2013, at 8:12 PM, Lee Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dear List,I can’t get speakable items to work. In accessibility it says 
>>> that it is turned on, all command check boxes are checked,my internal 
>>> microphone is selected,the ESC key is assigned as listen key and yet it 
>>> doesn’t work.  How long do you have to hold the escape key down for? How do 
>>> you calibrate the microphone?  I go to calibrate and it gives me a list of 
>>> phrases which I presumably have to say but I don’t know how to start it. 
>>> Are there settings in other parts of the mac which can stop spekable items 
>>> from working such as things to do with the microphone for example,or is the 
>>> problem likely to be in si settings themselves?
>>> 
>>> Many Thanks, Lee           
>>> 
>>> From: [email protected] 
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn
>>> Sent: 08 December 2013 22:37
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't 
>>> Staying Put
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> If the app is running, then navigate to that item on the Dock, press 
>>> VO-shift-m, arrow down to Options, right to the sub-menu and choose “Keep 
>>> in Dock”.  Apps that are running will appear on the Dock when running and 
>>> disappear when quit unless you perform this step or if they’ve already been 
>>> added from within the Finder.
>>> 
>>> Later…
>>> 
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> 
>>> On Dec 8, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I have tried multiple times to add Text Edit to the dock, with cmd, ctrl, 
>>> shift t. It appears, but when I quit out of Text Edit, then go to the Dock 
>>> to open it, it is gone. What gives? Thanks.
>>> Christine
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