Re: Spell Check Just Stops Working in Pages
Yes, didn't know about the command semicolon command. It ends up that is a keyboard shortcut and not a specific voiceover command. I think command semicolon will just go to the next mispelled word while command shift semicolon seems to bring up a list of suggested words and the learn spelling and etc menu commands. As far as the Apple Accessibility phone number, I think it is great that Apple has this, but the execution is awful. The people operating it are not voiceover experts or even very knowledgable about voiceover. I have been on a call with them and it took us 20 minutes to figure out why they weren't getting the same options as me, only to realize the person at Apple Accessibility wasn't using voiceover and didn't even know how to turn it on. I have had at least 3 conversations with them where I have had to say to them are you using voiceover, only to have them tell me no. I know it is not a purely dedicated voiceover hotline, but come on at least make sure the people working there have a basic understanding of voiceover and know how to turn it on. On Mar 27, 3:55 pm, Brian Fischler wrote: > Yet another unbelievably frustrating problem with Voiceover and PAges. > This happens all the time, as spell check just stops working. When it > works properly I can go trhough a document click VO shift m, drop down > to spelling and go through my document and spell check will pull up > the words I have mispelled and offer suggestions for the misspelled > words. Then what happens when it doesn't work, like now, is I do the > same exact thing, and spell check doesn't offer any word corrections, > and will not move through the document from word to word that might be > mispelled. It just stops working, which is so amazingly frustrating > when I am on deadline for an article. Anyone have any ideas as to why > this happens or a way around it? I am a pretty good speller, but type > pretty fast and sometimes the keyboard doesn't register a letter, and > I can't turn my work in with misspellings. Would be nice if Apple > Accessibility actually finally got around to making some voiceover > upgrades in mountain lion, as it has been close to a year with zero > improvements or updates. Thanks -- 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.
Re: Spell Check Just Stops Working in Pages
Just figured I would let the list know I called Apple Accessibility, and although they couldn't figure out why my way of spell checking wasn't working, they did suggest the command semicolon way of spell checking a document. Of course, the funniest part about calling the accessibility line is the customer service reps try walking you through things while they themselves are not using voiceover, so it kinds of defeats the purpose, but after explaining to them how to use voiceover, we were able to figure out how to navigate the spell checking menus using command shift semicolon and then VO and the arrows to navigate the menus. Hope this helps someone else if they have the problem I ran into. Brian Fischler wrote: > Yet another unbelievably frustrating problem with Voiceover and PAges. > This happens all the time, as spell check just stops working. When it > works properly I can go trhough a document click VO shift m, drop down > to spelling and go through my document and spell check will pull up > the words I have mispelled and offer suggestions for the misspelled > words. Then what happens when it doesn't work, like now, is I do the > same exact thing, and spell check doesn't offer any word corrections, > and will not move through the document from word to word that might be > mispelled. It just stops working, which is so amazingly frustrating > when I am on deadline for an article. Anyone have any ideas as to why > this happens or a way around it? I am a pretty good speller, but type > pretty fast and sometimes the keyboard doesn't register a letter, and > I can't turn my work in with misspellings. Would be nice if Apple > Accessibility actually finally got around to making some voiceover > upgrades in mountain lion, as it has been close to a year with zero > improvements or updates. Thanks -- 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.
Re: Spell Check Just Stops Working in Pages
Hello Brian, I always spell check in Pages using Cmd-semicolon, correcting each error as I go. I've always found this to be the most convenient for me. Cheers, Anne On 27 Mar 2013, at 22:15, Brian Fischler wrote: > Just figured I would let the list know I called Apple Accessibility, > and although they couldn't figure out why my way of spell checking > wasn't working, they did suggest the command semicolon way of spell > checking a document. Of course, the funniest part about calling the > accessibility line is the customer service reps try walking you > through things while they themselves are not using voiceover, so it > kinds of defeats the purpose, but after explaining to them how to use > voiceover, we were able to figure out how to navigate the spell > checking menus using command shift semicolon and then VO and the > arrows to navigate the menus. Hope this helps someone else if they > have the problem I ran into. -- 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.
Re: Spell Check Just Stops Working in Pages
Hello, I too experience this in pages but also in Mail as well. On 2013-03-27, at 12:55 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > Yet another unbelievably frustrating problem with Voiceover and PAges. > This happens all the time, as spell check just stops working. When it > works properly I can go trhough a document click VO shift m, drop down > to spelling and go through my document and spell check will pull up > the words I have mispelled and offer suggestions for the misspelled > words. Then what happens when it doesn't work, like now, is I do the > same exact thing, and spell check doesn't offer any word corrections, > and will not move through the document from word to word that might be > mispelled. It just stops working, which is so amazingly frustrating > when I am on deadline for an article. Anyone have any ideas as to why > this happens or a way around it? I am a pretty good speller, but type > pretty fast and sometimes the keyboard doesn't register a letter, and > I can't turn my work in with misspellings. Would be nice if Apple > Accessibility actually finally got around to making some voiceover > upgrades in mountain lion, as it has been close to a year with zero > improvements or updates. Thanks > > -- > 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.
Re: Spell Check Just Stops Working in Pages
is there a difference between CMD semicolon and CMD shift semicolon for spell checking documents? I have never been clear on the difference. Regards, Harry On Mar 27, 2013, at 5:08 PM, Kerri wrote: > Hello, I too experience this in pages but also in Mail as well. > On 2013-03-27, at 12:55 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Yet another unbelievably frustrating problem with Voiceover and PAges. >> This happens all the time, as spell check just stops working. When it >> works properly I can go trhough a document click VO shift m, drop down >> to spelling and go through my document and spell check will pull up >> the words I have mispelled and offer suggestions for the misspelled >> words. Then what happens when it doesn't work, like now, is I do the >> same exact thing, and spell check doesn't offer any word corrections, >> and will not move through the document from word to word that might be >> mispelled. It just stops working, which is so amazingly frustrating >> when I am on deadline for an article. Anyone have any ideas as to why >> this happens or a way around it? I am a pretty good speller, but type >> pretty fast and sometimes the keyboard doesn't register a letter, and >> I can't turn my work in with misspellings. Would be nice if Apple >> Accessibility actually finally got around to making some voiceover >> upgrades in mountain lion, as it has been close to a year with zero >> improvements or updates. Thanks >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- 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.
Re: Spell Check Just Stops Working in Pages
Hello, Someone correct me if I'm wrong but, command semi colon brings up just the next misspelled word. Command shift semi colon checks the entire document. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 27, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: > is there a difference between CMD semicolon and CMD shift semicolon for spell > checking documents? I have never been clear on the difference. > > Regards, > > Harry > > On Mar 27, 2013, at 5:08 PM, Kerri wrote: > >> Hello, I too experience this in pages but also in Mail as well. >> On 2013-03-27, at 12:55 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: >> >>> Yet another unbelievably frustrating problem with Voiceover and PAges. >>> This happens all the time, as spell check just stops working. When it >>> works properly I can go trhough a document click VO shift m, drop down >>> to spelling and go through my document and spell check will pull up >>> the words I have mispelled and offer suggestions for the misspelled >>> words. Then what happens when it doesn't work, like now, is I do the >>> same exact thing, and spell check doesn't offer any word corrections, >>> and will not move through the document from word to word that might be >>> mispelled. It just stops working, which is so amazingly frustrating >>> when I am on deadline for an article. Anyone have any ideas as to why >>> this happens or a way around it? I am a pretty good speller, but type >>> pretty fast and sometimes the keyboard doesn't register a letter, and >>> I can't turn my work in with misspellings. Would be nice if Apple >>> Accessibility actually finally got around to making some voiceover >>> upgrades in mountain lion, as it has been close to a year with zero >>> improvements or updates. Thanks >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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.
Apple's Accessibility Number [was Re: Spell Check Just Stops Working in Pages]
Hello Brian and Others, As a side comment to Brian's note about calling Apple Accessibility, and its ultimately successful outcome for using Cmd-semicolon, I just wanted to make sure that people knew there is a specific support telephone number that, from the U.S. at any rate, takes you to accessibility support: 1-877-204-3930. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 27, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Brian, > > I always spell check in Pages using Cmd-semicolon, correcting each error as I > go. I've always found this to be the most convenient for me. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 27 Mar 2013, at 22:15, Brian Fischler wrote: > >> Just figured I would let the list know I called Apple Accessibility, >> and although they couldn't figure out why my way of spell checking >> wasn't working, they did suggest the command semicolon way of spell >> checking a document. -- 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.
Re: Apple's Accessibility Number [was Re: Spell Check Just Stops Working in Pages]
What does the keystroke CMD+semicolon do? - Original Message - From: "Esther" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:13 PM Subject: Apple's Accessibility Number [was Re: Spell Check Just Stops Working in Pages] Hello Brian and Others, As a side comment to Brian's note about calling Apple Accessibility, and its ultimately successful outcome for using Cmd-semicolon, I just wanted to make sure that people knew there is a specific support telephone number that, from the U.S. at any rate, takes you to accessibility support: 1-877-204-3930. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 27, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Brian, I always spell check in Pages using Cmd-semicolon, correcting each error as I go. I've always found this to be the most convenient for me. Cheers, Anne On 27 Mar 2013, at 22:15, Brian Fischler wrote: Just figured I would let the list know I called Apple Accessibility, and although they couldn't figure out why my way of spell checking wasn't working, they did suggest the command semicolon way of spell checking a document. -- 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.
