Actually, upon further inspection, it would appear that I've changed some 
setting that makes numbers, and possibly capital words, spell individually.  
So, in my inbox, I get a message like 8 8 5 messages 5 1 unread instead of 886 
messages and 51 unread.

There must be a setting to fix this, right?

Jeff

On 2010-11-05, at 7:47 PM, Esther wrote:

> Hi Jeff, 
> 
> I'm not sure this will help, but it sounds as though your shell is set to 
> give a prompt with your machine name, and that this is written in caps.  This 
> is not the default setting, so I don't know how this might have happened.  
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> On Nov 05, 2010, at 01:37 PM, Jeff Berwick  wrote:
> 
>> This was it. Thank you so much. 
>> 
>> Unfortunately, when I was trying to go to the application list I was in 
>> Terminal and a strange sentence was spoken. I think this is what happened 
>> but, now in Terminal, it spells out the name of my computer instead of 
>> saying it. As this seems to appear on every line, it makes working in 
>> Terminal almost unbearable. Has anybody heard of this and can you offer any 
>> solutions?
>> 
>> Thx,
>> Jeff
>> 
>> On 2010-11-05, at 10:56 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
>> 
>> > Sounds like you might have the option to speak text under the mouse
>> > after a delay. I can't remember if this is in the Universal Access
>> > setting, or Voice Over settings or both.
>> > 
>> > This can be a nice feature won for partially sighted folks as when
>> > they hover the mouse over a specific paragraph, the computer will
>> > speak that text.
>> > Jon
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On 31/10/2010, Colin M <velocity.focu...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi Jeff and Louie!
>> >> I have also experienced this as well!
>> >> I'm using a Imac, what I've found is when I'm changing a file name and 
>> >> just
>> >> pressed the return key to select edit the name and start typing the new 
>> >> name
>> >> it says apple in a few letters like you've said!
>> >> However when i've let vo say [1-01 abba .m4a edit text]
>> >> That apple thing does not happen so I presume that typing before it's 
>> >> ready
>> >> will cause this but what it means by saying apple I do not know!
>> >> So just try slowing down a few seconds to see if that helps[ can be a bit
>> >> annoying]
>> >> hth Colin
>> >> On 31 Oct 2010, at 02:40, louie wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>> Jeff,
>> >>> I have had the same problem. I hear app in other applications.
>> >>> I have a Mac mini.
>> >>> Hope some one can help us.
>> >>> 
>> >>> On Oct 30, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>>> Hi all,
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> I have a Macbook Pro and, from time to time, especially in terminal, it
>> >>>> says "apple" when I am typing. As a result, I only hear 4 out of five
>> >>>> characters I type. The others are replaced by "Apple".
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> Can anybody help me to solve this issue?
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> Thx,
>> >>>> Jeff
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> 
> 
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