I changed the keyboard shortcut, and it worked like a charm. The option key wasn't a good choice for some reason.
Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail On Oct 24, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why not set one in keyboard shortcuts instead of making a service? If you > really want a service, try restarting; that, plus upgrading to the latest ML > release, did the trick when my own service experiment refused to trigger. > On Oct 24, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Traci <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey, thanks for that tip. I liked the podcast, however it didn't fully help >> me. It was definitely a VO issue, or maybe a vo user issue. ;) >> >> The happy news, is I have successfully created my service shortcut, but the >> shortcut doesn't seem to work anywhere. I can hit go-m, go to finder, then >> arrow down to services, and my launch messages shortcut is there. I can >> vo-space on it, and the app launches, but when I'm sitting on my desktop and >> hit my keyboard shortcut, the app doesn't launch. >> >> I'm going to try a different key combo and see it that remedies the problem. >> >> I'm just so tickled I created the automator task! Now lets see if I can >> make it 100% successful. >> >> Traci >> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >> >> On Oct 23, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Nicholas Parsons >> <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tracy, >>> There's a good podcast series called Mac Automation Made Simple by Ben W >>> something. It's not from a VoiceOver perspective, but it should let you >>> know what you can do and then you can figure out how to achieve the same >>> outcomes with VoiceOver. If you're interested and have trouble finding it >>> let me know and I'll give you more information or the link or something. >>> Cheers, >>> Nic >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.