Sorry, I have never experienced or heard of that. Try turning VO off and back on again. Also, if there is a key command, VO should announce it when you highlight the option.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 09/08/2012, at 22:24, "Mary-Jo Lord" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. I have listened to some of the mountain Lion podcasts on Applevis. > They are helpful, though sometimes beyond my current skill level. I don't > know how this happens, but every so often, my speech turns off, not > voiceover, but speech, and the only way to get it back is to have my husband > or son go into the voiceover settings and turn it back on, because it is > muted some how. Is there a key command that will bring it back? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of David Chittenden > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 11:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT MacBook > > Yep, it is a very different system. First pointer, forget everything you > know about windows and your former screen reader. > > Next, get your head wrapped around the concept of interacting. Interacting > tightens your focus in to a specific manipulatable area. You can interact > multiple times to work your way down layers. For me, interacting was > extremely confusing to really figure out. > > Also, Windows control is not Mac control. On Mac command structure, control, > option, and command each have specific ways of effecting things. Command, > which is in the same location as alt in Windows, is the key used for direct > manipulation. So, command c copies whilst command v pastes. That said, there > are other command key commands which directly translate from Windows alt, > such as command tab to switch between open windows on the Mac. > > I haven't committed all of the Mac commands and VO commands to memory. > Instead, I use the touch-pad a lot. > > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 09/08/2012, at 14:06, Marianne Denning <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have really been doing pretty well but there a couple of things that >> baffle me. It is really different than Windows and JAWS. >> >> On 8/8/12, Mary-Jo Lord <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I tried to join that list around a week ago. I just got mine a week >>> and a half ago and think I need a tutorial called Mac for Morons or > something. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Marianne Denning >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:46 PM >>> To: viphone >>> Subject: OT MacBook >>> >>> I recently purchased a MacBook Air and have requested to join a >>> listserv but my request is pending. 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