Right,

and your saying, voiceover reads the 3rd party icon in the status bar when the 
mouse pointer is over it?  Now, I haven't tried this in a while but, I remember 
this not being the case.  It might have reported Apple icons like time machine 
and wifi etc, but not 3rd party icons.

Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
www.appletothecore.info

On Jan 6, 2012, at 9:18 PM, Vic wrote:

> Hi,
> This is absolutely working in Lion.
> Make sure you enable "speak the text under the mouse" option in
> VoiceOver Control Panel. The easiest way to do this is by opening
> VoiceOver Panel and then typing the word "mouse" into the search box.
> Good luck!
> Victor
> 
> 
> Ricardo Walker wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Not that I'm aware of.  I get absolutely no feedback with voiceover 
>> regarding whats underneath the mouse.  This is the key element missing in 
>> Lion that was in SL.  I have a little bit of sight, and have been trying to 
>> come up with some work arounds but, I've come up empty.  As a Mac user, this 
>> might be its most frustrating short coming on a daily basis.  It would make 
>> working with apps like skype, growl, boxcar, etc so much easier.
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
>> rwalker...@gmail.com
>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
>> www.mobileaccess.org
>> 
>> On Jan 5, 2012, at 9:36 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Ricardo,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the Link. That's what i was doing but wondered if i missed on 
>>> something.
>>> 
>>> Do you know how to access it with Lion?
>>> 
>>> I've checked all UI elements in UI browser as well as via applescript but 
>>> they just don't seem to appear in any form or way.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone been successful at this with Lion?
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Yuma
>>> 
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