Thanks to all. I hope I did not hijack your topic. However I am certainly grateful for the explanations. This list has helped to satisfy my minimal requirement for myself with respect to learning something new every day. Blessings,
Pam Francis On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: Hi, In writing, an ellipsis is used as an "an intentional omission". The detailed text can be omitted either for reasons similar to the one Pam gives, where the writer doesn't want to go on listing details, or because the content of the quoted text is familiar, and the writer doesn't want to quote it in its entirety, such as CB's example in giving the opening words of the Gettysburg address. It can have the sense that Chris uses, of there being more content that follows (which for reasons of length are not described). In written essays, articles, or reviews, you might use an ellipsis where you're quoting a source, but are omitting parts that are secondary to the main point being made. You can't turn this feature off in VoiceOver, because it's giving you information that is part of the menu options, but you can always press the Control key to keep VoiceOver from announcing the whole phrase. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 26, 4:34 pm, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > I think it's more like "continues." If I were quoting some speech I > might have "Four score and seven years ago…" with the ellipsis to let > you know there is more. Likewise a menubar item like "Preferences…" has > the ellipsis to let you know that you're not going to get immediate > action because there is more interaction to be presented in a dialog. > > CB > > On 3/26/13 10:30 PM, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Hi, >> Until I got my mac, I never heard my screen reader actually say elypsis. I >> had no idea what it was or what I could do to turn it off as it is annoying. >> I am still not sure what its purpose is other than your explanations. It >> sounds as if it is synonymous with etc. > >> Pam Francis > >> On Mar 26, 2013, at 6:07 PM, "Chris Gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think she meant specifically what an elypsis was, and how to make it/what >> it looked like visually, more than what they meant. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Robertson" <a...@anarchie.org.uk> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:52 PM >> Subject: Re: Keyboard Commander > >>> Hello Pam, > >>> When a menu item ends with an ellipsis, it means that by selecting that >>> option, a dialogue box will open. So it is in fact informative. > >>> Cheers, > >>> Anne > >>> On 26 Mar 2013, at 19:05, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: > >>>> Hi folks, >>>> I hope this does not sound too elementary. On both my mac & ios devices, I >>>> hear voiceover say elypsis. What does it mean? Is there any way to turn it >>>> off if it is not needed? >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Pam Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
