Hi, In fact, that is set automatically when you run VoiceOver for the first time on Snowy as default I believe. You can, however, change it so that it reads them 0.5 seconds after speaking the item you're focused on in the VoiceOver Utility>Verbosity>Hints tab.
Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Oct 14, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Christina wrote: > > Thanks everyone. Is there a way to get vo to read the status of my > contacts. The thing I've been doing is just making the call and > seeing what happens. It would be nice to know the status of > people. One strange thing is that I have labeled some buttons in > skype twice because every time I go back the buttons are not labeled > anymore. It's weird. > > I did not know I could have VO auto read the help tags on buttons and > such. I had been using vo plus shift plus h to get vo to read the > help tags. Those were the buttons I was able to label. Otherwise, I > would not have known what the buttons were. So, do I use VO utility > to set VO to automatically read the help tags? > > Thanks, > Christina > On Oct 13, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > >> >> Christian, get the new version of skype which is 2.8.722. >> It's very accessible with vo. >> On Oct 13, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Christina wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello List, >>> >>> How accessible is Skype? I am running version 2.7.0.330. I need to >>> be able to video chat with someone in Germany. I have had this >>> version for well over a year and I know how to make a call by moving >>> to the table then interacting with it and then pressing return on >>> the >>> name of the person I want to "call". I also labeled a couple of the >>> buttons on the window that opens for the call I am on. I labeled >>> the >>> video button. I've been wondering if other versions are more >>> accessible. This version has a ton of buttons and images that I >>> have >>> no idea what they are. I am often afraid to upgrade when I'm used >>> to >>> something and then find out later that the new version isn't >>> accessible. DH told me that the newest skype is very different than >>> the version I am using. One of the things I would like to be able >>> to >>> do is to have voiceover tell me the status of the person I want to >>> call? Is this possible? I also cannot figure out how to use the >>> chat >>> portion of skype, the part where you type directly back and forth >>> with >>> someone. Is that impossible with skype and voiceover. >>> >>> Wow, I hope my questions make sense. >>> >>> Thanks so much, >>> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
