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 >> >>>> >> >>>> > > > -- > 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.
