Hello, I’m a new Mac user but feel it’s worth it. What is happening here is that there are 2 levels of function keys. By default they are hardware controls i.e. volume and brightness. So by pressing Function key + VO + F8 will get you there. The Function is next to the VO keys. Thus you just need to hold the bottom left-hand 3 keys and then press F8 and let go.
HTH Gena On 4 Dec 2013, at 21:55, Lee Jones <leejones...@sky.com> wrote: > Dear List,I got my macbook air today. I hav found it a very tough learning > curve. I can't get control option f8 to bring up the voice over utility no > matter how many times I try,, a sighted person has also tried and it does not > work. Does the focus have to be somewhere special to make this work?How do > you turn off the macbook do you use the on off button or is there a way in > OSX itself, a shut down button? Can Someone explain very simply the > difference between the functions of control option and the arrow keys, > control option command and the arrow keys,control option shift and the arrow > keys because maybe I'm thick but I don't get it! > is it possible to download voices without using the voice over utility? I am > suddenly not hating freedom scientific quite so much. > > Many Thanks, Lee -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Olivares > Sent: 04 December 2013 15:18 > To: “Mac Visionaries“ > Subject: Re: Option Key Not Working > > Nope it doesn't matter if keyboard commander is on or off. > > On Dec 4, 2013, at 3:59 AM, "Red.Falcon" <velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com> > wrote: > >> Hi! >> OK just a couple of ideas! >> 1, do you have both option keys set to use with keyboard commander! >> 2, Just try switching off keyboard commander with VO+shift+k and see if the >> option key things like € • and others! >> I've found if you need to use those items it is best to toggle on or off >> keyboard commander when needed! >> HTH Colin >> >> On 4 Dec 2013, at 07:25, Brandon Olivares <programmer2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> My option key works technically, as if I press ctrl-option-space it works >>> just fine. >>> >>> However, if I try to navigate by word with option left or right arrow, it >>> doesn't work. The cursor just doesn't move and voiceover doesn't say >>> anything. I can use command arrow to navigate, or just the arrow keys >>> themselves, but not using option. >>> >>> i also can't use it to enter special characters, like accents and such. >>> >>> But it does work when I use it for keyboard commander to open certain >>> applications. So it seems very selective about when it works or not. I >>> don't understand why this is happening. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Brandon >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> 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. >> 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. > 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. > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
