Tracy; This sounds like an application that may be very useful for me. Could you provide us with a link to the developers website? Thank you Michael
http://empoweringtheblind.com Empowering the blind, one step at a time. On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:19 PM, Traci <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, thought I'd share my initial thoughts on Launch Bar. There is still > so much more about the program I haven't explored. > > First, I'm really enjoying it! Secondly, it isn't fully voFriendly. It is > so far quite doable, and I have emailed the developers about accessibility > improvements. They wrote back with interest, so we'll see. :) > > Once it is installed, the natural keyboard shortcut for the program is > command-space. When you press this, VO just says button. I recommend you > hitting command-I for preferences. Have a look in there, but you can change > a setting where the Mac voice will announce your results. At this time, this > is a must, because VO doesn't read the list. Back to that unlabeled button, > it is just an options or about drop-down. This area is also an edit field, > even though VO doesn't speak that. > > So, here are some fun examples: > There are these things called search templates, which you can eventually > assign abbreviations to. Here is one I've done. > command-space, type books, press spacebar, then type a title or author, and > return. My default browser opens to the Amazon books page. > Another example: > command-space, type iMsg, spacebar, Mom, and return. This opens iMessage > with anew msg window to Mom. > > There are several factory search templates, all which can be assigned an > abbreviation if you'd like. > > Anyway, I'm having such a good time figuring it out. There is one area that > continues to stump me, but I hope support will help me out with that. I'm > trying to add a custom search template. > > There is a 30-day trial, then I believe the program is around $35. There is > a lot more to this program I haven't written here. Lol, and a ton more for > me to learn. It's all fun and useful. > > Traci > 1 step, 2 step, ... 1,311 steps! I can do the BIG CLIMB 2013, with your > support. Our efforts will help make a big difference in the fight against > blood cancers. Please give to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Learn more & > donate here. Thank you. > > http://www.llswa.org/site/TR/Events/BigClimb?px=1570735&pg=personal&fr_id=1250 > > -- > 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.
