Appendix A. Commands and Gestures This appendix lists VoiceOver commands and gestures, organized into categories.
General commands Use these commands to turn VoiceOver on and off, get help, change basic settings, and enable and disable Commanders. Note:If your keyboard has an Fn key, press the Fn key when you press a function key. Action Command Turn VoiceOver on or off Command-F5 Lock and unlock the VO (Control and Option) keys VO-; Open VoiceOver Utility VO-F8 Open the VoiceOver Help menu VO-H Open the VoiceOver Quick Start VO-Command-F8 Open VoiceOver online help VO-? Start keyboard help VO-K Hear a description of the item in the VoiceOver cursor VO-Shift-N Open the Commands menu VO-H-H Open the Find menu VO-Shift-F Close a menu or rotor, stop an action, or exit a mode Escape Tell VoiceOver to ignore the next key combination you press VO-Tab Open the verbosity rotor VO-V Then press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key to choose the setting. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to change the level for the setting. Magnify the item in the VoiceOver cursor VO-} Shrink the item in the VoiceOver cursor VO-{ Temporarily hide or show the VoiceOver cursor and the caption or Braille panels VO-F11 Hide or show the caption panel only VO-Command-F10 Resize or move the caption panel VO-Shift-F10 Press again to cycle through these actions. Then use the arrow keys to resize the panel or move it. Press the Shift key with the arrow keys to move in smaller increments. Hide or show the Braille panel only VO-Command-F9 Resize or move the Braille panel VO-Shift-F9 Press again to cycle through these actions. Then use the arrow keys to resize the panel or move it. Press the Shift key with the arrow keys to move in smaller increments. Tile visuals (dim the screen, highlight the caption or Braille panel, and show the item in the VoiceOver cursor in the center of the screen). VO-F10 Press again to return to the normal view. Enable or disable the NumPad Commander VO-Clear Enable or disable the Keyboard Commander VO-Shift-K Enable or disable the Trackpad Commander Press the VO (Control-Option) keys and rotate two fingers on the trackpad clockwise (enable) or counterclockwise (disable) Turn the screen black (screen curtain) VO-Shift-F11 Cycle through speech settings (rate, pitch, volume, intonation, voice) VO-Command-Right Arrow or Left Arrow Change the current speech setting (rate, pitch, volume, intonation, voice) VO-Command-Up Arrow or Down Arrow Press and release mouse button VO-Shift-Space bar Interaction commands Use these commands to interact with items on the screen. Note:If your keyboard has an Fn key, press the Fn key when you press a function key. Action Command Interact with an item VO-Shift-Down Arrow Stop interacting with an item VO-Shift-Up Arrow Perform the default action for the item in the VoiceOver cursor VO-Space bar Select a menu or list item VO-Return Select multiple items VO-Command-Space bar Turn off cursor tracking to use this command. Perform a sticky mouse down or mouse up (for use when dragging an item from one location to drop in another location) VO-Command-Shift-Space bar Click the item under the mouse cursor VO-Shift-Space bar Press once for a single mouse click and two times to double-click. Open or close a disclosure triangle VO-\ Read a row in a table VO-R Read a column in a table VO-C-C Read the column header in a table VO-C Read row and column numbers in a table VO-Shift-T Sort a column in a table VO-| Interact with scroll bars VO-Shift-S Then use the arrow keys to scroll up or down or side to side. Use Page Up and Page Down to scroll vertically one page at a time. Use Shift-Page Up and Shift-Page Down to scroll horizontally one page at a time. Resize a window or an object VO-~ Move a window or an object VO-` Then use the arrow keys to move the window. Use Shift with the arrow keys to move in smaller increments. Stop scrolling or resizing Escape Navigation commands Use these commands to move around the screen, move inside windows and webpages, and control cursor tracking. Note:If your keyboard has an Fn key, press the Fn key when you press a function key. Action Command Move up VO-Up Arrow Move down VO-Down Arrow Move to previous VO-Left Arrow Move to next VO-Right Arrow Move to the top of the visible area (such as a window or text area) where the VoiceOver cursor is located VO-Home On some keyboards, press VO-Fn-Left Arrow. Move to the bottom of the visible area (such as a window or text area) where the VoiceOver cursor is located VO-End On some keyboards, press VO-Fn-Right Arrow. Move to the top of the area (such as a window or text area) where the VoiceOver cursor is located, scrolling if necessary VO-Shift-Home On some keyboards, press VO-Shift-Fn-Left Arrow. Move to the bottom of the area (such as a window or text area) where the VoiceOver cursor is located, scrolling if necessary VO-Shift-End On some keyboards, press VO-Shift-Fn-Right Arrow. Move to the top of a window, the first item in the Dock, or the first item on your desktop, depending on your location VO-Command-Home On some keyboards, press VO-Command-Fn-Left Arrow. Move to the lower-right corner of a window, the last item in the Dock, or the last item on your desktop, depending on your location VO-Command-End On some keyboards, press VO-Command-Fn-Right Arrow. Move to the front the window where the VoiceOver cursor is located and make it active VO-Shift-F2 Close the window where the VoiceOver cursor is located VO-Command-F2 Open the Item Chooser VO-I Move to the Dock VO-D Move to the desktop VO-Shift-D Move to the menu bar VO-M Move to the first status menu in the menu bar VO-M-M Open the Spotlight menu VO-M-M-M Open a shortcut menu VO-Shift-M Jump to a linked item (for example, from a Mail message in the Inbox to its message text) VO-J Temporarily disable or enable the cursor tracking options you selected in VoiceOver Utility The command doesn’t change the settings in VoiceOver Utility. VO-Shift-F3 Move VoiceOver cursor to keyboard focus VO-Shift-F4 Move keyboard focus to VoiceOver cursor VO-Command-F4 Move VoiceOver cursor to mouse cursor VO-Shift-F5 Move mouse cursor to VoiceOver cursor VO-Command-F5 Jump command (used with the next four commands) VO-Shift-J Jump to the edge of an area VO-Shift-arrow keys Jump to the visible edge of an area VO-arrow keys Jump to the area that precedes a horizontal or vertical splitter VO-[ Jump to the area that follows a horizontal or vertical splitter VO-] Find text VO-F While finding text, cycle through search item history VO-Up Arrow or Down Arrow Navigate in given direction, wrapping when necessary VO-Command-Shift-arrow keys Set or remove a hot spot VO-Shift-[number key] Open the Hot Spot Chooser VO-[number key]-[number key] Jump to a hot spot VO-[number key] Hear a description of a hot spot VO-Command-[number key] Monitor a hot spot VO-Command-Shift-[number key] Jump back to a parent folder VO-Command-\ Orientation commands Use these commands to hear where the cursors are located and what is open on the screen. Note:If your keyboard has an Fn key, press the Fn key when you press a function key. Action Command Hear the application summary VO-F1 Open the Application Chooser VO-F1-F1 Hear the window summary VO-F2 Open the Window Chooser VO-F2-F2 Describe the item in the VoiceOver cursor VO-F3 Describe the size of the item in the VoiceOver cursor VO-Command-F3 Describe the position of the item in the VoiceOver cursor VO-Command-F3-F3 Describe the item that has the keyboard focus VO-F4 Describe the location of the insertion point (from upper-left corner of screen) VO-F4-F4 Describe the item under the mouse cursor VO-F5 Describe the location of the mouse in x, y coordinates (from upper-left corner of screen) VO-F5-F5 Describe the location of the mouse (from upper-left corner of window) VO-F5-F5-F5 Describe the selected item VO-F6 Read everything in the VoiceOver cursor VO-A Read everything visible in the window or the Dock, or on your desktop, depending on your location VO-Shift-W Repeat the last spoken phrase VO-Z Copy the last spoken phrase to the Clipboard (also called the “Pasteboard”) VO-Shift-C Save the last spoken phrase and the crash log to a file on the desktop for troubleshooting VO-Shift-Z Search commands Use these commands to search for text attributes, graphics, controls, and other items in text documents and webpages. Note:If your keyboard has an Fn key, press the Fn key when you press a function key. Action Command Find VO-F Find the next searched text VO-G Find the previous searched text VO-Shift-G Find the next list VO-Command-X Find the previous list VO-Command-Shift-X Find the next bold text VO-Command-B Find the previous bold text VO-Command-Shift-B Find the next style change VO-Command-C Find the previous style change VO-Command-Shift-C Find the next italic text VO-Command-I Find the previous italic text VO-Command-Shift-I Find the next color change VO-Command-K Find the previous color change VO-Command-Shift-K Find the next font change VO-Command-O Find the previous font change VO-Command-Shift-O Find the next table VO-Command-T Find the previous table VO-Command-Shift-T Find the next underlined text VO-Command-U Find the previous underlined text VO-Command-Shift-U Find the next control VO-Command-J Find the previous control VO-Command-Shift-J Find the next different item VO-Command-D Find the previous different item VO-Command-Shift-D Find the next item that’s the same type as the current item VO-Command-S Find the previous item that’s the same type as the current item VO-Command-Shift-S Find the next graphic VO-Command-G Find the previous graphic VO-Command-Shift-G Find the next heading VO-Command-H Find the previous heading VO-Command-Shift-H Find the next link VO-Command-L Find the previous link VO-Command-Shift-L Find the next heading of the same level VO-Command-M Find the previous heading of the same level VO-Command-Shift-M Find the next plain text VO-Command-P Find the previous plain text VO-Command-Shift-P Find the next visited link VO-Command-V Find the previous visited link VO-Command-Shift-V Find the next misspelled word VO-Command-E Find the previous misspelled word VO-Command-Shift-E Text commands Use these commands to read and edit text and tables. Before you can use most of these commands, you must interact with text in a text area. Note:If your keyboard has an Fn key, press the Fn key when you press a function key. Action Command Read all text from the VoiceOver cursor to the end of the text VO-A Select all text in the VoiceOver cursor VO-Shift-A Start and stop text selection in a text field (text selection tracking must be on) VO-Return Speak text attributes VO-T Add a hot spot in text VO-Shift-1 Jump to a hot spot in text VO-1 Read paragraph in VoiceOver cursor VO-P Read next paragraph VO-Shift-Page Down Read previous paragraph VO-Shift-Page Up Read sentence in VoiceOver cursor VO-S Read next sentence VO-Command-Page Down Read previous sentence VO-Command-Page Up Read line in VoiceOver cursor VO-L Read next line VO-Down Arrow Read previous line VO-Up Arrow Read word in VoiceOver cursor VO-W Press twice to hear the word spelled; press a third time to hear the word spelled phonetically. Read next word VO-Right Arrow Read previous word VO-Left Arrow Read character in VoiceOver cursor VO-C Press twice to hear the phonetic character. Read next character VO-Shift-Right Arrow Read previous character VO-Shift-Left Arrow Move to first visible word VO-Home On a portable computer, press VO-Fn-Left Arrow. Move to last visible word VO-End On a portable computer, press VO-Fn-Right Arrow. Move to beginning of text, scrolling if necessary VO-Shift-Home On a portable computer, press VO-Shift-Fn-Left Arrow. Move to end of text, scrolling if necessary VO-Shift-End On a portable computer, press VO-Shift-Fn-Right Arrow. Add new tab stop (in TextEdit only when the VoiceOver cursor is on a tab stop in the ruler) VO-Space bar Delete the current tab stop (in TextEdit only when the VoiceOver cursor is on a tab stop in the ruler) VO-Delete Interact with tab stop (in TextEdit only when the VoiceOver cursor is on a tab stop in the ruler) VO-Shift-Down Arrow Then use the Left and Right Arrow key to move the stop. Reads the current word and character in the VoiceOver cursor VO-F3 Reads the total number of lines and the number of visible lines in a document VO-F3-F3 Web commands Use these commands to navigate and interact with webpages. Note:If your keyboard has an Fn key, press the Fn key when you press a function key. Action Command Move to the next column VO-Command-Y Move to the previous column VO-Command-Shift-Y Move to the next frame VO-Command-F Move to the previous frame VO-Command-Shift-F Move to the next auto web spot VO-Command-N Move to the previous auto web spot VO-Command-Shift-N Move to the next web spot VO-Command-] Move to the previous web spot VO-Command-[ Open the Web Item rotor VO-U Read from the current location on a webpage to the end of the page VO-A Read from the beginning of a webpage to the current location VO-B Read a link address (URL) VO-Shift-U Read the next sentence VO-Command-Page Down Read the previous sentence VO-Command-Page Up Read webpage statistics VO-Shift-I Remove a web spot VO-Command-Shift-{ Set a web spot VO-Command-Shift-} Set the sweet spot VO-Command-Shift-}-} Turn the grouping of items within a table on or off VO-= VoiceOver standard gestures If you’re using a Multi-Touch trackpad, you can use VoiceOver gestures. VoiceOver provides a set of standard gestures for navigating and interacting with items on the screen. You can’t modify this set of gestures. Note:Gestures that don’t mention a specific number of fingers are single-finger gestures. Action Gesture General Enable the Trackpad Commander and VoiceOver gestures VO-Two-finger rotate clockwise Disable the Trackpad Commander and VoiceOver gestures VO-Two-finger rotate counterclockwise Turn the screen curtain on or off Three-finger triple-tap Mute or unmute VoiceOver Three-finger double-tap Navigation Force the VoiceOver cursor into a horizontal or vertical line when you drag a finger across the trackpad Hold down the Shift key and drag a finger horizontally or vertically Move the VoiceOver cursor to the next item Flick right Move the VoiceOver cursor to the previous item Flick left Move content or the scroll bar (depending on the Trackpad Commander setting) Three-finger flick in any direction Go to the Dock This gesture moves the VoiceOver cursor to the Dock wherever it’s positioned on the screen Two-finger double-tap near the bottom of the trackpad Go to the menu bar Two-finger double-tap near the top of the trackpad Open the Application Chooser Two-finger double-tap on the left side of the trackpad Open the Window Chooser Two-finger double-tap on the right side of the trackpad Jump to another area of the current application Press Control while touching a finger on the trackpad Interaction Speak the item in the VoiceOver cursor or, if there isn’t an item, play a sound effect to indicate a blank area Touch (includes tap or dragging) Select an item Double-tap anywhere on the trackpad You can also split-tap (touch one finger and then tap with a second finger on the trackpad) Start interacting with the item in the VoiceOver cursor Two-finger flick right Stop interacting with the item in the VoiceOver cursor Two-finger flick left Scroll one page up or down Three-finger flick up or down Escape (close a menu without making a selection) Two-finger scrub back and forth Increase or decrease the value of a slider, splitter, stepper, or other control Flick up (increase) or flick down (decrease) Text Read the current page, starting at the top Two-finger flick up Read from the VoiceOver cursor to the end of the current page Two-finger flick down Pause or resume speaking Two-finger tap Describe what’s in the VoiceOver cursor Three-finger tap Change how VoiceOver reads text (by word, line, sentence, or paragraph) Press the Command key while touching a finger on the trackpad Rotor Change the rotor settings Two-finger rotate Move to the previous item based on the rotor setting Flick up Move to the next item based on the rotor setting Flick down To customize other gestures by assigning VoiceOver commands to them, use the Trackpad Commander. Assigning VoiceOver commands to gestures If you need a reminder about what a gesture does, press VO-K to start keyboard help, and then use the gesture on the trackpad and listen to the description. Learning about keys, keyboard shortcuts, and gestures New and changed VoiceOver commands in Mac OS X 10.6 VoiceOver in Mac OS X introduces several new and changed commands. Note:If your keyboard has an Fn key, press the Fn key when you press a function key. Action Command New Turn the Keyboard Commander on or off VO-Shift-K Speak the location of the insertion point VO-F4-F4 Turn on or off the grouping of items within a table VO-= Move the VoiceOver cursor to the next column (only when items within tables are not being grouped) VO-Command-Y Move the VoiceOver cursor to the previous column (only when items within tables are not being grouped) VO-Command-Shift-Y Next auto web spot VO-Command-N Previous auto web spot VO-Command-Shift-N Next web spot VO-Command-] Previous web spot VO-Command-[ Delete web spot VO-Command-Shift-{ Set web spot VO-Command-Shift-} Set sweet spot VO-Command-Shift-}-} Next misspelled word VO-Command-E Previous misspelled word VO-Command-Shift-E Next sentence VO-Command-Page Down Previous sentence (in documents and webpages) VO-Command-Page Up Next page (documents only) VO-Page Down Previous page (documents only) VO-Page Up Size of item in VoiceOver cursor VO-Command-F3 Position of item in VoiceOver cursor VO-Command-F3-F3 Read webpage statistics VO-Shift-I Read an element’s help tag VO-Shift-H Read an element’s VoiceOver hint VO-Shift-N Open Web Item rotor VO-U Open Hot Spot Chooser VO-[number key]-[number key] Move a UI element VO-Command-` Open resize UI element menu VO-Command-~ Changed Open VoiceOver Online Help VO-? Open Commands Help menu VO-H-H VoiceOver adds support for gestures when using a Multi-Touch trackpad. You can use standard VoiceOver gestures, which you can’t change, and other gestures which you can customize by assigning VoiceOver commands to them. About VoiceOver gestures ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Sparrow To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 9:21 AM Subject: Re: protools playback engine issue Hey slau. sorry to be a pest, but is it possible to give me instructions on how to do this. I do not know how to route the mouse pointer to the voice over curser. How do i do a physical click. Dumb question i know but well sorry about that. Thanks in advance mate. Steve , > On 31 Dec 2014, at 2:10 am, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > Route the mouse pointer to the VoiceOver cursor and do a physical mouse click. There seems to be a problem with certain controls. See if that works. It should. > > Slau > > On Dec 30, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Steve Sparrow <i...@sparrowsound.com.au> wrote: > >> Hi guys. Have just upgraded to yo semitics on the mac. Strange behaviour with protools 11 for some reason when i go in to the set up menu and select the playback engine, i can’t seem to see a list of all the audio devices available for protocols to play through. It will show me pro tools aggregate device, and some times air play. But when i v o space on the pop up button, i do not get the list of devices. So i can not select my pre songs audio interface. or anything else. Is there a way around this. I am aware that there is a new upgrade to protools, but have not worked out how to download this as yet. >> >> I have no problem with selecting any device in pro tools 10.39. >> any help would be very much appreciated. >> >> Steve >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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