Hi Gavin!
I hope this will be of some help to you [It was for me]
Colin
Well It would help if I put in the text!
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> To make this easier, you can set up events for Adium for specific sound sets.
> This means that you can technically enable various different events for sound
> sets, so if you like the iChat sounds, for example, you can switch to iChat
> when creating another notification preset. Obviously, you are not required to
> select different sounds, so if you want, you can simply leave that alone and
> simply use it for an easy switch of spoken events.
>
> To find the Events preferences, hit Command-Comma to go into Preferences,
> then interact with the Toolbar. Next, move to the events button and hit
> VO-Space to select it. In some cases in Adium, you are not thrown out of the
> toolbar as you should be,so simply stop interacting and move right with the
> VoiceOver keys to focus on the events table.
>
> If you just want to use the "Default notifications" you can leave the pop up
> alone which governs what notifications you are currently using. This allows
> for a high degree of customisation, allowing you to include extras should you
> wish to download them. It is also worth noting that it appears that you can
> save as many configurations as you would like to save.
>
> If you want to assign an event to a current notification, select the "Events"
> table, then interact with it. Now, simply move down with either VO-Down or
> down arrow on its own to move through the table, and when you see an
> notification you would like to assign an event to, simply stop interacting
> with the table, then VO-right until you reach the "Add" button and hit
> VO-Space. To see what events are currently assigned to a notification, simply
> move to the third column right next to the name of the notification. If you
> are not interacting, VoiceOver will automatically read all the columns in a
> row. In this case, if you want to expand a notification to remove one or more
> of its events, you can either use VO-Backslash to expand it or simply use the
> right arrow key which performs the same action. When expanding a
> notification, simply move to the event you would like to edit or remove, stop
> interacting if you are, and VO-right to either the "Edit" or "Remove"
> buttons. Editing obviously lets you recreate the event as you see fit.
>
> Adding events is also relatively simply. You simply hit the "Add" button
> after selecting the notification you would like to add an event to, then
> select the type of event such as "Speak event." When selecting the different
> pop up choices, the options will change to reflect your selection. In the
> case of "Speak event," options to select exactly what is spoken such as name
> and time appear, including whether or not to use a custom speech rate and
> pitch as well as voice. If you uncheck the custom checkboxes, it will obey
> the options set under System Preferences in the Speech category.
>
> Additionally, you may also switch off Cursor Tracking with VO-Shift-F3. In
> this case, you obviously do not need these events in case you want to read
> them as they come in at your own leisure. Switching off Cursor Tracking is
> actually very handy, as the keyboard focus doesn't move the VoiceOver cursor.
> This enables you to read what you have written using the arrow keys only, and
> quickly read incoming information in any application as soon as it comes in
> by simply leaving the VoiceOver cursor in the preferred area. This is handy
> in Applications like Skype as well, particularly Skype 5.1.
>
> When you interact with the HTML content area, which VoiceOver reports as
> "unknown," you are primarily always put at the top of the chat. You can use a
> command like FN-Shift-VO-End to get to the bottom and FN-Shift--VO-Home to
> get to the top, though primarily you may be able to ditch the Shift key in
> favour of only using FN-VO home and end.
>
> I hope this helps. I wanted to provide the information about the events so
> that it might make it a bit easier and make it so that you have to move
> around less within Adium.
>
> Regards,
> Nic
On 28 Oct 2011, at 21:40, Gavin wrote:
> Hi guys, me again.
>
> Has anybody managed to get VoiceOver to speak the names of contacts in
> Adium's contacts table. All I hear is, "empty, empty, empty" when I scroll up
> and down. Is it the version of Adium I'm using? Or perhaps the services with
> which I'm using it? I have it connected to Facebook and MXit. I've got the
> latest Adium version, if that helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gavin
>
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