Hi, Just to add, one can toggle the keyboard commander on/off with VO shift K. And to answer the question about reading the title of the window in which voiceover is currently focused, its VO F2.
hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 10, 2013, at 7:11 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > As stated, you can use a script for this. I have mine set to option-t. > 1. Open the vo utility with vo-f8 (you may need to add function to that). > 2. Select the general category from the table, then find and check the "allow > Voiceover to be controlled by Apple scripts" checkbox. > 3. Back in the table, select commanders, then choose keyboard commander from > the list of tabs. > 4. Enable this commander and choose which option key you want to use. > 5. Go to the assign commands button, I think that's it anyway, and you should > see that t is already assigned to run the time/date script. If not, go to > add, type t, then find the command menu button and activate it. Choose "run > script" and select the script you want. There are other useful scripts here, > or you can find or write your very own. > On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:54 PM, cait furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You can do vo mm and then arrow over to the right until you hear the time. >> the other way involves the use of apple script, which I don't know if you >> have that enabled on your mac and I also don't know if this works in >> mountain lion. If you have speakable items turned on, you can hold down >> escape or whatever key you've designated and ask the mac what time it is. vo >> f2 will tell you the title of the current window. >> hth, >> Caitlyn >> >> On 2013-01-10, at 6:50 PM, "Reinhard Stebner" <raydar11...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> How does one ask VoiceOver for the current time and is it possible to see >>> the title of the focused window? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Annie Skov Nielsen >>> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 6:47 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Caliber on the Mac >>> >>> Hi Mary. >>> >>> I would be so happy if calibre on the mac could be a little more accessible. >>> I would be glad, if you would try contacting the developer. It is a bit >>> complicated. I tried a while ago, it was a little difficult to go into the >>> contact forum. They did not seem very interested to our needs. But I hope if >>> more blind people contacted them, and in details are explayning our needs >>> and problems, it would maybe help. >>> >>> When your calibre has been setup, do you still need sighted assistance, or >>> is everything working automatically. >>> >>> I have also been looking at the possibility to make some automator scripts, >>> that can convert from mobi and htmlz to epub, but I can not find much >>> information about how to make such scripts. >>> >>> I know that there has been made some scripts that can convert from rtf to >>> epub, so it ought to be possible to make some scripts that can convert from >>> mobi and htmlz. >>> Best regards Annie. >>> Best regards Annie. >>> Den Jan 1, 2013 kl. 4:48 AM skrev Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Caliber is a downloadable free ebook management software. The nice thing >>> you can do with this application and the right plugins is to take the drm >>> off of books you have purchased from B&& or Amazon so that you can use these >>> books on whatever device you want. This use to require all kinds of messing >>> about in the terminal, a process not for the faint of heart or the non-techy >>> types, of whom I am one. Unfortunately, the process with the application and >>> the plugins seems totally inaccessible. I've tried with the keyboard. I've >>> tried turning off trackpad commander and just moving my finger around on the >>> magic track pad to see if anything useful showed up. It didn't. So I wonder >>> if anybody has tried contacting the developer of the app regarding >>> accessibility. I know it is a volunteer effort. And I am lucky, because I >>> have a sighted spouse, who can be talked in to doing this process for me, so >>> that I can access Kindle books now on my iDevices, complete with tables of >>> contents, links etc. But not everybody has that luxury. Besides, I'd prefer >>> to not need this help. I'm willing to join the effort to convince the dev to >>> make it accessible, but if others have tried and been told to buzz off, then >>> that would be good to know as well. >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> Mary Otten >>>> motte...@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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. 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