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> On Jan 27, 2021, at 8:34 AM, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote: > > Good instructions. > Thanks Kliph. > > - Brad - > > On Jan 27, 2021, at 08:07, 'Stur It Up Productions' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Try these istructions > Key Board Commanders on the Mac. > If you would like to begin using Key Board commanders, there is one setting > you will need to change in Voiceover first. Open the VoiceOver Utility with > VO F8, and select the "general" category (you should be on it by default). > Find the checkbox labeled "Allow VoiceOver to be controlled by AppleScript" > and check it. If you do not enable this, any commander that tells Voiceover > to do anything (which is most of them) will fail. You only need to change > this setting once. > > > > VO Shift K will also toggle on and off keyboard commander. > > Then the right Option key plus the letter T will tell you the time and date. > The right Option key plus the letter S will open Safari. > The right Option key plus the letter M will open Mail. > The right Option key plus the letter U will tell you how many Unread e-mails > you hav. > > To set a customized Key Board Commander: > Open the VoiceOver Utilities with a VO F8. > Press the letter C for Commanders. > VO right arrow to get to Keyboard and select this with VO Spacebar. > VO right arrow to get to “Key Board Commander Table”. > This is a Table: You will need to interact with this Table by pressing VO > Shift down arrow to begin interacting. > When you are in the Key Board Commander Table, you can use the VO down arrow > keys to see what number, or letter, etc is set and then VO right arrow for > the corresponding action. Such as the letter “S" in the first column and > Application to open Safari is in the right hand column with in this Key Board > Commanders Table. > To stop interacting with the Key Board Commanders Table, use the VO Shift up > arrow. > VO to the right to the “Add Key Board Command” and VO Spacebar to choose this. > You will be in a two column table. The first column will say “Blank”. This > is where you type one single letter or number, etc to set what will be the > key to press with the right Option key, for the shortcut. > For example: I want a Key Board Command Shortcut for opening VoiceOver > Utilities. So instead of VO and the F8 Command, I want to use right Option > key plus the V key to open VoiceOver Utilities. > > VO right arrow to the Key Board Commands Menu Button, and VO Spacebar to > select this Menu of 14 items. VO down arrow to “Custom” and VO right arrow > to expand this Custom submenu. > There are 5 choices: Open App, Open Utility, Open File, Run Apple Script, > and Run Automator Workflow. > Choose one of these five items with VO Spacebar. Such as Open Utility, if > you wish for your shortcut to be Option plus the letter V to open VoiceOver > Utilities. > Choose VoiceOver Utilities. And hit the Enter key to addd this Key Board > Command. > Use VO Q to Quit. > Then try out the keyboard Command with the right Option key and the letter V > to see if VoiceOver Utilities opens. > Keyboard Commander > Keyboard Commander allows you to configure custom keyboard shortcuts to > perform VoiceOver commands, run scripts, and open apps, eliminating the need > to locate them manually and thus greatly streamlining your workflow. Commands > can be configured in VoiceOver Utility > Commanders > Keyboard Commander. > By default, commands for opening Mail and Safari and running scripts for > announcing the date and time and the number of unread Mail messages are > included. For more information, check out thisAppleVis podcast. > <https://www.applevis.com/podcast/speed-everyday-tasks-your-mac-using-voiceover-keyboard-commander> > > >> On Jan 26, 2021, at 7:36 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com >> <mailto:lorice...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I'd like to create a keyboard commander to toggle between mouse follows vo >> cursor and mouse ignores vo cursor. activities do work for this but I lost >> mine when I went up to Catalina. I thought it would be better to set a >> keyboard commander because there are sites I have encountered where I needed >> to switch that weren't in the list for the activity. can somebody tell me >> how to do it? I'm in vo utility in keyboard commanders where it says: "add". >> now what do I do? >> >> Thanks. >> Lorie >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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