Hello,

I haven’t checked but I guess I can’t use numeric pad zero is because of using 
the commander. Although, I didn’t think I’d left it on. No need to apologise, 
thanks for the heads up on where to turn that pesty thing off.

Gena

On 10 Dec 2013, at 18:22, Red.Falcon <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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