Hello Michael, Although I do not know how this feature would help, who am I to say that it wouldn't. There are a couple of things, however, that one must keep in mind.
1. There is already some feedback from keyboard entry in the form of tones. For example when Caps Lock is activated, you get beeps to indicate this. 2. When attempting to enter information in an area information can't be entered, the keyboard "chirps." My concern is that if every single key clicked, then beeped when the Caps Lock is on, etc., the user might be overwhelmed with too much feedback. When I originally brought up the idea of having VO emit an error tone after a word had been written, I wasn't thinking about anything else than preserving a silent typing environment but still being notified right away when a word was mis-spelled. To my way of thinking, this would speed up the editing process for everyone who wanted to use it and, for those of us who work in multilingual environments, it would be a great way for the Mac to say: "Hey, you may want to switch your keyboard to another language!" I have accidentally written several paragraphs before discovering that I was writing German texts but hadn't switched my keyboard over to that keyboard layout. Had this feature that I want been available, I would have saved myself tons of time and grief more than once. Best regards, Mike On 5,Aug,2010, at 2:53 PM, Michael Thurman wrote: > this brings an idea to mind. I used to have an atari st that had a very soft > click or chirp when keys were pressed I wonder if we could get a very very > light click sound that would sound on each keypress. to be useful ti would > have to be very quiet, preferably adjustable, or let you select what sound > you want it to use, for me a very soft tick like you would hear from an old > ibm tactile keyboard would be awesome > > On Jul 31, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Please file this as a request. I think this is a very good idea and one that >> needs to be implemented. I for one would like it and I will also make the >> request again. :) >> >> Thanks, >> On Jul 31, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> Before submitting this feature request to the accessibility team at Apple, >>> I was curious if (1) it is implemented already and (2) what others thought. >>> >>> I work in a multilingual context daily. I am very satisfied with my >>> text-to-speech software, too. However, I occasionally have this annoying >>> problem that wouldn't be a problem if one of VO's features could be >>> enhanced just a bit. >>> >>> Whenever I type, I keep all keyboard echo features turned off. This means >>> that I only hear text when I move the arrow keys or invoke a VO function >>> that causes something to be spoken. I find that I make a lot more mistakes >>> when writing if there is any feedback whatsoever when I am typing. One of >>> the really cool things about VO, however, is that whenever the Caps Lock is >>> invoked VO beeps each time a key is pressed. I like this a lot. I also >>> very much appreciate the fact that whenever a word I encounter while >>> listening to a text is mis-spelled, VO sends an error beep. >>> >>> What I would like to see is an extension to this feature wherein VO beeped >>> on a mis-spelled word, even if the keyboard is silent. I don't know how >>> many times I started to write a text in English, only to realize later that >>> I was still using a German keyboard. I would save a lot of time and hassle >>> if, immediately after the first mis-spelled word was encountered, I could >>> switch the keyboard to the appropriate language. >>> >>> I would also use this feature extensively, even if I were in a monolingual >>> context. >>> >>> Your thoughts? >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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