OK but you can check the selected text by pressing VO+f6 this reads the last selected items! Colin
On 30 Jun 2012, at 22:06, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Paul, > > I don't know of any way to examine the clipboard, but you can usually read > word-by-word or spell out words by interacting further with the object. Also, > have you tried VO-w twice to have a word spelt out, or VO-w three times to > have it spelt using the phonetic alphabet. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > On 30 Jun 2012, at 20:28, Paul Hopewell wrote: > >> Hello, >> I found the recent discussion about the use of VO+Shift+C to copy the lat >> phrase spoken by VoiceOver into the clipboard very useful. I had never >> previously used this function but can now see lots of places where it would >> be very useful. >> >> From time to time I cannot fully understand what VO said for say a link on a >> web page. A good way to get round this is VO+Shift+C to copy to the >> clipboard. Now is there an easy way to look at the clipboard contents >> without first pasting them into a textedit window? It would be useful if I >> could examine the clipboard word by word and perhaps spell some words to be >> sure of what VO actually said. >> >> Any suggestions would be welcome. >> Many thanks for highlighting the VO+Shift+C function. >> >> Paul Hopewell > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>