Or one of the biggest things with a data detector is that if it has a date you can add it to your I Cal calendar. For example I would like to meet with you on next Tuesday. You can right click and add this to your calendar and it would decipher the date for you. On Aug 29, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote:
> Ok, thanks for that explanation Scott, that helped a lot. > On Aug 29, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> If you wanted to add someone to your address book, you can use >> these data detectors or you could use them for bringing up a web >> page or even sending an e-mail to that address you found as a data >> detector. That is a really simplified explanation, but hope it helps. >> Here is a bit from the Getting Started manual. >> >> 1. In a message you've received, move the VoiceOver cursor over a >> phone number, email address, street address, date, or time. >> >> Mail outlines the data as a field with a pop-up menu, and VoiceOver >> speaks "data detector present." >> >> 2. To open a shortcut menu that contains commands for using the >> data, press VO-Shift-M. >> >> For example, if the data detector is an email address, you can >> choose New Message from the shortcut menu to open a New Message >> window that already has the email address in the To field; you >> don't need to retype or add the email address yourself. >> >> hth >> >> On Aug 29, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi all, in email messages now, especially when there is an email >>> address in the body of the message, , after VO reads the email >>> address, it'll say data detector present. These datadetectors are >>> something that were in Mail in Leopard, as I heard about them on >>> one >>> of the mainstream MAc podcasts, but didn't really pay attention. >>> So >>> what are these things, and how can we use them? >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > VaShaun Jones --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
