press v.o. j on the message, I do but it pauses at the end of each line On 8 Sep 2009, at 20:46, Christina wrote:
> > Oh, I forgot to mention that since the upgrade to SL I am using vo > plus right arrow to get voice over to read the entire message. I used > to not have to do that. Is it this way for those who have upgraded or > am I the only one experiencing this change. It's not the end of the > world to have the extra keystrokes but I guess I was spoiled the other > way, especially when reading a large stack of e-mails from a long > thread/conversation. > > Have a great day, > Christina > On Sep 8, 2009, at 12:26 PM, John André Netland wrote: > >> >> Hi Christina, >> >> Welcome to the group, I am sure you will enjoy Snow Leopard, even >> though there are a couple of issues right now. Currently, you have to >> either do one of the following after opening a message with the >> return >> key; >> •press the right arrow once if you have VO keys locked or QuickNav on >> •press the 6 key once if you use the NumPad Commander >> •press control-option-right arrow once if you use the VO keys >> >> You will then hear your message read. >> >> As you will see if you press control-option-command-F5 after opening >> the message, moving the mouse cursor to the VO cursor location also >> reads your message, but as you also might have read on this list, you >> should currently set the mouse cursor to ignore the VO cursor in the >> navigation category of VO Utility, because you otherwise will >> experience strange happenings in menus and sub menus. I am sure this >> issue will be fixed soon. >> >> Take care, >> John André >> >> >> On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Christina wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I'm new to this group and this is my first post. :) I'm glad to >>> have >>> found this group as I have lots to learn. >>> >>> I upgraded to snow leopard. After the upgrade when I open a mail >>> message voice over will no longer automatically read the e-mail. I >>> have tried to change any setting I can think of and I still cannot >>> get >>> it to work. I realize I can just hit VO plus J to jump to a message >>> but I really prefer to hit return/enter to open the message or >>> messages that are in a thread. This used to work great for me as >>> voice over would just automatically read the message. This was >>> especially helpful if there were ten or more messages in a thread >>> from >>> an e-mail group. Every time I would close one message the next one >>> would also be automatically read until I had finished the stack. >>> Now, >>> since the upgrade, voice over will just read a few words or the >>> first >>> sentence then says nothing or says mail has new window, or text, or >>> message content scroll area. >>> >>> Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone know how to fix >>> this. I find it more cumbersome now to read messages. I know this >>> may seem small and I can get voiceover to read the entire message >>> after a few keystrokes but I really found it much easier and much >>> faster when voiceover just read the entire e-mail message >>> automatically rather than a few words or the first sentence only. >>> >>> Thanks for any help. >>> >>> Christina >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
