Hi Gena!
Sorry I forgot I'd unselected f12 to open dashboard  in the keyboard pref's I 
do not use it!
That's why f12 works for me OK! *smile*
Colin

On 10 Dec 2013, at 17:11, Georgina Joyce <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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