I can say the built-in track pad is not that way. All I need to use is my two fingers and I can mute it with the double tap. On Jul 4, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
T.J. > Oh it really is. it take lot to mute speech. I've managed to mute it with > my flesh of my palm but that's so rare that I can count only 1 time 've done > it. > On Jul 3, 2012, at 10:47 PM, David Griffith wrote: > >> Absolutely - I know there are Trackpad fans but I tend to find myself >> tapping away with three fingers to no affect in an increasingly Basil Fawlty >> like frenzied attempt to get Voiceover unmuted. Now I have my key set up in >> keyboard Commander, there is no problem. >> >> I wonder if there is a difference in responsiveness between the integrated >> trackpad of the Macs - I phone and the standalone Bluetooth Trackpad for the >> Imac? I mentioned this on another list when I first bought my I Mac last >> year and it bought an interesting response. Another person said that he >> also found the magic Trackpad over sensitive and difficult to use, but he >> said that the Touch interface on the I Phone was vastly superior. In fact >> this person said that he wanted Apple to amend its magic trackpad so that >> it responds more like the touch Screen of the I Phone. >> >> This difficulty with the magic Trackpad has, for me, been the major >> disencouragement from getting an I phone. it would be useful then if >> anybody else could confirm that the Magic Trackpad is inferior to the touch >> screen of the I Phone . >> >> David Griffith >> .-----Original Message----- >> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net >> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami >> Sent: 04 July 2012 00:49 >> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility >> Subject: Re: Recovering from accidental muting >> >> That's true as well, but some users have no track pad hence why I teach the >> keyboard commander.. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> On Jul 3, 2012, at 16:21, josh gregory <joshkar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The trackpad will work, too. >>> >>> On 7/3/12, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Oh? I thought you could only have the option key as a keyboard commander. >>>> Those are hotspots keys not keyboard commander keys. >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>> On Jul 3, 2012, at 2:38 PM, Marcy Weinberg wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have vo+6 to toggle mute sounds, vo+7 to toggle mute speech, and vo+8 >> to >>>>> toggle mute voiceover. >>>>> >>>>> I rarely if ever use them, but the vo+8 commander is the best in the off >>>>> chance that I accidentally mute vo. >>>>> >>>>> Marcy >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 3, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>> >>>>> No, but you can set them up in the keyboard commander. I have vo plus v >>>>> for speech and that's the only one I have set up as that's the only one >> I >>>>> use. >>>>> On Jul 3, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> I note from the audio section in command help (VO+hh) that there are >>>>>> three kinds of mute - mute sound, mute speech and mute VoiceOver. If >> any >>>>>> of these accidentally get muted is there a sure way to umute them on a >>>>>> MacBook. 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