Hi John, the trick is to create an activity for Night Owl so you have a unique series of hotspots for that app. Then locate the area where the character count is shown and assign that area to a hotspot. If you're like me and like pneumonics, reassign the hotkey for the hotspot to something logical. I have mine on the right Option key with C, for character count. Works a treat! Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
On 21/08/2014, at 2:32 pm, John D. Lipsey <johnl1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jonathan: > > This hot key to know how many characters are left in a tweet when in > YoruFukurou sounds like a dead useful feature. Having never created a hot > key for this, or any other purpose come to think of it, could you give me > some instructions on how I might accomplish this task? > > Thanks in advance. > > -John > On Aug 20, 2014, at 12:14, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > >> Yes I use an activity in Night Owl to give me a hot key to let me know how >> many characters I have remaining in a tweet, and to automatically speak when >> I change view, such as from Home to Mentions etc. >> I also use an activity to set verbosity to low in Mail, to get around the >> disclosure triangle Mail bug that was introduced with Mavericks. >> There is currently an unfortunate bug where if you use one of the Nuance >> voices, switching applications if an activity is involved takes a long time. >> This may be the performance issue Rachel was referring to. Hopefully this >> will be address in Yosemite as activities are really useful. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> On 21/08/2014, at 5:25 am, Rachel Feinberg <walksi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Pam, >>> >>> activities are a pretty neat feature. Let's say, in Safari, if you always >>> wanted quick nav to turn on when you went to the browser, you could set it >>> up so it would do so when you opened Safari, as an example. It's a way of >>> automating tasks so Voiceover can do some of the work, leaving you to be >>> more efficient. >>> I don't know if it still is, but I found that activities (at least using >>> the quick nav example) tended to slow Voiceover's performance, but the >>> principle is fantastic. >>> HTH, >>> Rachel. >>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Pamela Francis <gypsykitt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> This topic brings me to a question I have never had the courage to ask >>>> because I don't want to be considered stupid. What is the purpose in >>>> activities and how do you use them? I've never messed with it in the three >>>> years I've had my computer and don't understand what they're there for. >>>> If I remember correctly they are not addressed in the initial voiceover >>>> tutorial one can use when learning how to get around the Mac. >>>> >>>> Pam Francis >>>> >>>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Kliphton Senior <m.kliph...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for the few tips. I actually hate the track pad. But will do what >>>> you suggested! >>>> >>>> Kliphton >>>> (iMessage&Email) m.kliph...@gmail.com >>>> (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72 >>>> (Personal blog, read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Kayaker <sea...@me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> So, you think you're ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh? >>>>> >>>>> I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus >>>>> reading the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in the >>>>> VO Utility application where you can assign actions to keys and see and >>>>> control verbosity. I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so I >>>>> tend to use the keyboard commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad >>>>> user, look into the commander functions, or the Numpad commander >>>>> functions, and use both keyboard and trackpad to your advantage. There's >>>>> a lot of customizations you can make within the VO Utility. >>>>> >>>>> I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C, >>>>> copy last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful >>>>> command I tend to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with >>>>> VO Command F5. I tend to use that for working around voiceover issues >>>>> with the contextual menus or a stubborn button that won't activate. So, >>>>> at that point I will use the mouse button like any sighted user would. >>>>> >>>>> Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then >>>>> just hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to >>>>> use all the modifier combinations. >>>>> >>>>> And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier >>>>> way to do something that annoys you. Odds are, there probably is, and >>>>> you'll get the answer here. >>>>> >>>>> Enjoy. >>>>> --K >>>>> Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the >>>>> questions. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior <m.kliph...@icloud.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things >>>>>> voice over users can learn? 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