Re: Activity bug and Nuance voices was Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-21 Thread ronald smith
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I wonder if this has something to do with announcements.  When using the 
> voice Alex, if you switch in or out of the app that you have an Activity 
> applied to, VO announces "VoiceOver Settings Activity along with a view other 
> App notes.  If you use a different voice, non-Apple, then this phrase is not 
> announced but silence is not golden.  Sometimes, if I press ctrl twice to 
> make VO be quiet, then this announcement/pause is eliminated or decreased.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Aug 21, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Alex Hall  wrote:
> 
> > Most every voice is Nuance, yes. Alex is not, and the older voices (Fred, 
> > and the other old-style synthesizers) are not, but any you have to download 
> > are. Yes, the bug is present even if the activity does not change the voice 
> > in use. No, there is no workaround I know of; keep emailing 
> > accessibil...@apple.com and using www.apple.com/feedback.
> > On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Christina C.  wrote:
> > 
> >> How do I know if it's a Nuance voice that I am using? Are they all Nuance 
> >> voices except for Alex and some of the low quality voices?  I have surely 
> >> noticed that when I want to change voices it is a very sluggish process. I 
> >> usually just stick to Ava. I want to try activities. If I use the same 
> >> voice for all apps, will performance still be sluggish? Is there a work 
> >> around or do you just have to live with the sluggish behavior?
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> Christina
> >> 
> >> On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:05 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu  wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Aha!  Thanks Jonathan, I thought that performance bug with activities was 
> >>> just me, but evidently not.  Yes, very annoying; put a complete damper on 
> >>> Nuance for me, since I have Safari automatically initiate my web 
> >>> activity, and of course Safari is almost always open which means simply 
> >>> pressing Vo D to get to the dock will produce an annoyingly long pause 
> >>> before I can do anything else.  Sincerely hope it gets fixed and I'll 
> >>> dash off a note to Apple Accessibility about it now too.
> >>> 
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-21 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Yes please do. I wrote to them and they asked to see my VoiceOver settings etc, 
as if no one had told them about it before.
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On 21/08/2014, at 8:05 pm, Sabahattin Gucukoglu  wrote:

> Aha!  Thanks Jonathan, I thought that performance bug with activities was 
> just me, but evidently not.  Yes, very annoying; put a complete damper on 
> Nuance for me, since I have Safari automatically initiate my web activity, 
> and of course Safari is almost always open which means simply pressing Vo D 
> to get to the dock will produce an annoyingly long pause before I can do 
> anything else.  Sincerely hope it gets fixed and I'll dash off a note to 
> Apple Accessibility about it now too.
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Re: Activity bug and Nuance voices was Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-21 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi,

I wonder if this has something to do with announcements.  When using the voice 
Alex, if you switch in or out of the app that you have an Activity applied to, 
VO announces "VoiceOver Settings Activity along with a view other App notes.  
If you use a different voice, non-Apple, then this phrase is not announced but 
silence is not golden.  Sometimes, if I press ctrl twice to make VO be quiet, 
then this announcement/pause is eliminated or decreased.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Aug 21, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Alex Hall  wrote:

> Most every voice is Nuance, yes. Alex is not, and the older voices (Fred, and 
> the other old-style synthesizers) are not, but any you have to download are. 
> Yes, the bug is present even if the activity does not change the voice in 
> use. No, there is no workaround I know of; keep emailing 
> accessibil...@apple.com and using www.apple.com/feedback.
> On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Christina C.  wrote:
> 
>> How do I know if it's a Nuance voice that I am using? Are they all Nuance 
>> voices except for Alex and some of the low quality voices?  I have surely 
>> noticed that when I want to change voices it is a very sluggish process. I 
>> usually just stick to Ava. I want to try activities. If I use the same voice 
>> for all apps, will performance still be sluggish? Is there a work around or 
>> do you just have to live with the sluggish behavior?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Christina
>> 
>> On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:05 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu  wrote:
>> 
>>> Aha!  Thanks Jonathan, I thought that performance bug with activities was 
>>> just me, but evidently not.  Yes, very annoying; put a complete damper on 
>>> Nuance for me, since I have Safari automatically initiate my web activity, 
>>> and of course Safari is almost always open which means simply pressing Vo D 
>>> to get to the dock will produce an annoyingly long pause before I can do 
>>> anything else.  Sincerely hope it gets fixed and I'll dash off a note to 
>>> Apple Accessibility about it now too.
>>> 
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Re: Activity bug and Nuance voices was Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-21 Thread Alex Hall
Most every voice is Nuance, yes. Alex is not, and the older voices (Fred, and 
the other old-style synthesizers) are not, but any you have to download are. 
Yes, the bug is present even if the activity does not change the voice in use. 
No, there is no workaround I know of; keep emailing accessibil...@apple.com and 
using www.apple.com/feedback.
On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Christina C.  wrote:

> How do I know if it's a Nuance voice that I am using? Are they all Nuance 
> voices except for Alex and some of the low quality voices?  I have surely 
> noticed that when I want to change voices it is a very sluggish process. I 
> usually just stick to Ava. I want to try activities. If I use the same voice 
> for all apps, will performance still be sluggish? Is there a work around or 
> do you just have to live with the sluggish behavior?
> 
> Thanks,
> Christina
> 
> On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:05 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu  wrote:
> 
>> Aha!  Thanks Jonathan, I thought that performance bug with activities was 
>> just me, but evidently not.  Yes, very annoying; put a complete damper on 
>> Nuance for me, since I have Safari automatically initiate my web activity, 
>> and of course Safari is almost always open which means simply pressing Vo D 
>> to get to the dock will produce an annoyingly long pause before I can do 
>> anything else.  Sincerely hope it gets fixed and I'll dash off a note to 
>> Apple Accessibility about it now too.
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Activity bug and Nuance voices was Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-21 Thread Christina C.
How do I know if it's a Nuance voice that I am using? Are they all Nuance 
voices except for Alex and some of the low quality voices?  I have surely 
noticed that when I want to change voices it is a very sluggish process. I 
usually just stick to Ava. I want to try activities. If I use the same voice 
for all apps, will performance still be sluggish? Is there a work around or do 
you just have to live with the sluggish behavior?

Thanks,
Christina

On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:05 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu  wrote:

> Aha!  Thanks Jonathan, I thought that performance bug with activities was 
> just me, but evidently not.  Yes, very annoying; put a complete damper on 
> Nuance for me, since I have Safari automatically initiate my web activity, 
> and of course Safari is almost always open which means simply pressing Vo D 
> to get to the dock will produce an annoyingly long pause before I can do 
> anything else.  Sincerely hope it gets fixed and I'll dash off a note to 
> Apple Accessibility about it now too.
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-21 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Aha!  Thanks Jonathan, I thought that performance bug with activities was just 
me, but evidently not.  Yes, very annoying; put a complete damper on Nuance for 
me, since I have Safari automatically initiate my web activity, and of course 
Safari is almost always open which means simply pressing Vo D to get to the 
dock will produce an annoyingly long pause before I can do anything else.  
Sincerely hope it gets fixed and I'll dash off a note to Apple Accessibility 
about it now too.

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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi John, the trick is to create an activity for Night Owl so you have a unique 
series of hotspots for that app. Then locate the area where the character count 
is shown and assign that area to a hotspot. If you're like me and like 
pneumonics, reassign the hotkey for the hotspot to something logical. I have 
mine on the right Option key with C, for character count.
Works a treat!
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org

On 21/08/2014, at 2:32 pm, John D. Lipsey  wrote:

> Jonathan:
> 
> This hot key to know how many characters are left in a tweet when in 
> YoruFukurou sounds like a dead useful feature.  Having never created a hot 
> key for this, or any other purpose come to think of it, could you give me 
> some instructions on how I might accomplish this task?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> -John
> On Aug 20, 2014, at 12:14, Jonathan Mosen  wrote:
> 
>> Yes I use an activity in Night Owl to give me a hot key to let me know how 
>> many characters I have remaining in a tweet, and to automatically speak when 
>> I change view, such as from Home to Mentions etc.
>> I also use an activity to set verbosity to low in Mail, to get around the 
>> disclosure triangle Mail bug that was introduced with Mavericks.
>> There is currently an unfortunate bug where if you use one of the Nuance 
>> voices, switching applications if an activity is involved takes a long time. 
>> This may be the performance issue Rachel was referring to. Hopefully this 
>> will be address in Yosemite as activities are really useful.
>> Jonathan Mosen
>> Mosen Consulting
>> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
>> http://Mosen.org
>> 
>> On 21/08/2014, at 5:25 am, Rachel Feinberg  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Pam,
>>> 
>>> activities are a pretty neat feature. Let's say, in Safari, if you always 
>>> wanted quick nav to turn on when you went to the browser, you could set it 
>>> up so it would do so when you opened Safari, as an example. It's a way of 
>>> automating tasks so Voiceover can do some of the work, leaving you to be 
>>> more efficient.
>>> I don't know if it still is, but I found that activities (at least using 
>>> the quick nav example) tended  to slow Voiceover's performance, but the 
>>> principle is fantastic.
>>> HTH,
>>> Rachel. 
>>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Pamela Francis  wrote:
>>> 
 Hello,
 This topic brings me to a question I have never had the courage to ask 
 because I don't want to be considered stupid. What is the purpose in 
 activities and how do you use them? I've never messed with it in the three 
 years I've had my computer and don't understand what they're there for.  
 If I remember correctly they are not addressed in the initial voiceover 
 tutorial one can use when learning how to get around the Mac.  
 
 Pam Francis
 
 On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
 
 Thanks for the few tips.  I actually hate the track pad.  But will do what 
 you suggested!
 
 Kliphton
 (iMessage&Email) m.kliph...@gmail.com
 (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72
 (Personal blog, read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Kayaker  wrote:
 
> Hi,
> 
> So, you think you're ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh? 
> 
> I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus 
> reading the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in the 
> VO Utility application where you can assign actions to keys and see and 
> control verbosity. I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so I 
> tend to use the keyboard commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad 
> user, look into the commander functions, or the Numpad commander 
> functions, and use both keyboard and trackpad to your advantage. There's 
> a lot of customizations you can make within the VO Utility.
> 
> I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C, 
> copy last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful 
> command I tend to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with 
> VO Command F5. I tend to use that for working around voiceover issues 
> with the contextual menus or a stubborn button that won't activate. So, 
> at that point I will use the mouse button like any sighted user would.
> 
> Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then 
> just hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to 
> use all the modifier combinations.
> 
> And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier 
> way to do something that annoys you.  Odds are, there probably is, and 
> you'll get the answer here.
> 
> Enjoy.
> --K
> Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the 
>>

Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread John D. Lipsey
Jonathan:

This hot key to know how many characters are left in a tweet when in 
YoruFukurou sounds like a dead useful feature.  Having never created a hot key 
for this, or any other purpose come to think of it, could you give me some 
instructions on how I might accomplish this task?

Thanks in advance.

-John
On Aug 20, 2014, at 12:14, Jonathan Mosen  wrote:

> Yes I use an activity in Night Owl to give me a hot key to let me know how 
> many characters I have remaining in a tweet, and to automatically speak when 
> I change view, such as from Home to Mentions etc.
> I also use an activity to set verbosity to low in Mail, to get around the 
> disclosure triangle Mail bug that was introduced with Mavericks.
> There is currently an unfortunate bug where if you use one of the Nuance 
> voices, switching applications if an activity is involved takes a long time. 
> This may be the performance issue Rachel was referring to. Hopefully this 
> will be address in Yosemite as activities are really useful.
> Jonathan Mosen
> Mosen Consulting
> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
> http://Mosen.org
> 
> On 21/08/2014, at 5:25 am, Rachel Feinberg  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Pam,
>> 
>> activities are a pretty neat feature. Let's say, in Safari, if you always 
>> wanted quick nav to turn on when you went to the browser, you could set it 
>> up so it would do so when you opened Safari, as an example. It's a way of 
>> automating tasks so Voiceover can do some of the work, leaving you to be 
>> more efficient.
>> I don't know if it still is, but I found that activities (at least using the 
>> quick nav example) tended  to slow Voiceover's performance, but the 
>> principle is fantastic.
>> HTH,
>> Rachel. 
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Pamela Francis  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> This topic brings me to a question I have never had the courage to ask 
>>> because I don't want to be considered stupid. What is the purpose in 
>>> activities and how do you use them? I've never messed with it in the three 
>>> years I've had my computer and don't understand what they're there for.  If 
>>> I remember correctly they are not addressed in the initial voiceover 
>>> tutorial one can use when learning how to get around the Mac.  
>>> 
>>> Pam Francis
>>> 
>>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the few tips.  I actually hate the track pad.  But will do what 
>>> you suggested!
>>> 
>>> Kliphton
>>> (iMessage&Email) m.kliph...@gmail.com
>>> (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72
>>> (Personal blog, read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Kayaker  wrote:
>>> 
 Hi,
 
 So, you think you're ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh? 
 
 I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus 
 reading the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in the 
 VO Utility application where you can assign actions to keys and see and 
 control verbosity. I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so I tend 
 to use the keyboard commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad user, look 
 into the commander functions, or the Numpad commander functions, and use 
 both keyboard and trackpad to your advantage. There's a lot of 
 customizations you can make within the VO Utility.
 
 I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C, 
 copy last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful 
 command I tend to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with VO 
 Command F5. I tend to use that for working around voiceover issues with 
 the contextual menus or a stubborn button that won't activate. So, at that 
 point I will use the mouse button like any sighted user would.
 
 Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then 
 just hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to 
 use all the modifier combinations.
 
 And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier way 
 to do something that annoys you.  Odds are, there probably is, and you'll 
 get the answer here.
 
 Enjoy.
 --K
 Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the 
 questions.
  
 
 
 
 On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
 
> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things 
> voice over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?  
> They have a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the 
> beginner, what about the advanced user?
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
hi, to Pamela and others, there are not stupid questions only stupid answers.
Or as we say on irc even we sometimes regret it , don't ask to ask just ask.
:)))
Sandi


On 8/20/14, Jonathan Mosen  wrote:
> Yes I use an activity in Night Owl to give me a hot key to let me know how
> many characters I have remaining in a tweet, and to automatically speak when
> I change view, such as from Home to Mentions etc.
> I also use an activity to set verbosity to low in Mail, to get around the
> disclosure triangle Mail bug that was introduced with Mavericks.
> There is currently an unfortunate bug where if you use one of the Nuance
> voices, switching applications if an activity is involved takes a long time.
> This may be the performance issue Rachel was referring to. Hopefully this
> will be address in Yosemite as activities are really useful.
> Jonathan Mosen
> Mosen Consulting
> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
> http://Mosen.org
>
> On 21/08/2014, at 5:25 am, Rachel Feinberg  wrote:
>
>> Hi Pam,
>>
>> activities are a pretty neat feature. Let's say, in Safari, if you always
>> wanted quick nav to turn on when you went to the browser, you could set it
>> up so it would do so when you opened Safari, as an example. It's a way of
>> automating tasks so Voiceover can do some of the work, leaving you to be
>> more efficient.
>> I don't know if it still is, but I found that activities (at least using
>> the quick nav example) tended  to slow Voiceover's performance, but the
>> principle is fantastic.
>> HTH,
>> Rachel.
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Pamela Francis 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> This topic brings me to a question I have never had the courage to ask
>>> because I don't want to be considered stupid. What is the purpose in
>>> activities and how do you use them? I've never messed with it in the
>>> three years I've had my computer and don't understand what they're there
>>> for.  If I remember correctly they are not addressed in the initial
>>> voiceover tutorial one can use when learning how to get around the Mac.
>>>
>>>
>>> Pam Francis
>>>
>>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Kliphton Senior 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for the few tips.  I actually hate the track pad.  But will do
>>> what you suggested!
>>>
>>> Kliphton
>>> (iMessage&Email) m.kliph...@gmail.com
>>> (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72
>>> (Personal blog, read at your own risk!)
>>> http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Kayaker  wrote:
>>>
 Hi,

 So, you think you're ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh?

 I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus
 reading the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in
 the VO Utility application where you can assign actions to keys and see
 and control verbosity. I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so
 I tend to use the keyboard commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad
 user, look into the commander functions, or the Numpad commander
 functions, and use both keyboard and trackpad to your advantage. There's
 a lot of customizations you can make within the VO Utility.

 I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C,
 copy last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful
 command I tend to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with
 VO Command F5. I tend to use that for working around voiceover issues
 with the contextual menus or a stubborn button that won't activate. So,
 at that point I will use the mouse button like any sighted user would.

 Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then
 just hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to
 use all the modifier combinations.

 And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier
 way to do something that annoys you.  Odds are, there probably is, and
 you'll get the answer here.

 Enjoy.
 --K
 Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the
 questions.




 On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior 
 wrote:

> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things
> voice over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?
>  They have a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the
> beginner, what about the advanced user?
>
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Yes I use an activity in Night Owl to give me a hot key to let me know how many 
characters I have remaining in a tweet, and to automatically speak when I 
change view, such as from Home to Mentions etc.
I also use an activity to set verbosity to low in Mail, to get around the 
disclosure triangle Mail bug that was introduced with Mavericks.
There is currently an unfortunate bug where if you use one of the Nuance 
voices, switching applications if an activity is involved takes a long time. 
This may be the performance issue Rachel was referring to. Hopefully this will 
be address in Yosemite as activities are really useful.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org

On 21/08/2014, at 5:25 am, Rachel Feinberg  wrote:

> Hi Pam,
> 
> activities are a pretty neat feature. Let's say, in Safari, if you always 
> wanted quick nav to turn on when you went to the browser, you could set it up 
> so it would do so when you opened Safari, as an example. It's a way of 
> automating tasks so Voiceover can do some of the work, leaving you to be more 
> efficient.
> I don't know if it still is, but I found that activities (at least using the 
> quick nav example) tended  to slow Voiceover's performance, but the principle 
> is fantastic.
> HTH,
> Rachel. 
> On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Pamela Francis  wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> This topic brings me to a question I have never had the courage to ask 
>> because I don't want to be considered stupid. What is the purpose in 
>> activities and how do you use them? I've never messed with it in the three 
>> years I've had my computer and don't understand what they're there for.  If 
>> I remember correctly they are not addressed in the initial voiceover 
>> tutorial one can use when learning how to get around the Mac.  
>> 
>> Pam Francis
>> 
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for the few tips.  I actually hate the track pad.  But will do what 
>> you suggested!
>> 
>> Kliphton
>> (iMessage&Email) m.kliph...@gmail.com
>> (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72
>> (Personal blog, read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Kayaker  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> So, you think you're ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh? 
>>> 
>>> I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus 
>>> reading the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in the 
>>> VO Utility application where you can assign actions to keys and see and 
>>> control verbosity. I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so I tend 
>>> to use the keyboard commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad user, look 
>>> into the commander functions, or the Numpad commander functions, and use 
>>> both keyboard and trackpad to your advantage. There's a lot of 
>>> customizations you can make within the VO Utility.
>>> 
>>> I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C, 
>>> copy last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful 
>>> command I tend to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with VO 
>>> Command F5. I tend to use that for working around voiceover issues with the 
>>> contextual menus or a stubborn button that won't activate. So, at that 
>>> point I will use the mouse button like any sighted user would.
>>> 
>>> Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then 
>>> just hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to 
>>> use all the modifier combinations.
>>> 
>>> And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier way 
>>> to do something that annoys you.  Odds are, there probably is, and you'll 
>>> get the answer here.
>>> 
>>> Enjoy.
>>> --K
>>> Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the 
>>> questions.
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
>>> 
 So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things 
 voice over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?  
 They have a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the 
 beginner, what about the advanced user?
 
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread Matt Dierckens
I like to describe activities in VO kind of like voice profiles in JAWS. You 
can have different VO settings for certain applications. So for example, if 
when in textedit you wanted the speed to be a little slower for editing 
purposes but have the main speed faster, you can set an activity for this. 
There are tons of options you can set up in activities.

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On Aug 20, 2014, at 13:16, Pamela Francis  wrote:

> Hello,
> This topic brings me to a question I have never had the courage to ask 
> because I don't want to be considered stupid. What is the purpose in 
> activities and how do you use them? I've never messed with it in the three 
> years I've had my computer and don't understand what they're there for.  If I 
> remember correctly they are not addressed in the initial voiceover tutorial 
> one can use when learning how to get around the Mac.  
> 
> Pam Francis
> 
> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the few tips.  I actually hate the track pad.  But will do what 
> you suggested!
> 
> Kliphton
> (iMessage&Email) m.kliph...@gmail.com
> (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72
> (Personal blog, read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Kayaker  wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> So, you think you're ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh? 
>> 
>> I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus 
>> reading the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in the VO 
>> Utility application where you can assign actions to keys and see and control 
>> verbosity. I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so I tend to use 
>> the keyboard commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad user, look into the 
>> commander functions, or the Numpad commander functions, and use both 
>> keyboard and trackpad to your advantage. There's a lot of customizations you 
>> can make within the VO Utility.
>> 
>> I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C, copy 
>> last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful command I 
>> tend to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with VO Command F5. 
>> I tend to use that for working around voiceover issues with the contextual 
>> menus or a stubborn button that won't activate. So, at that point I will use 
>> the mouse button like any sighted user would.
>> 
>> Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then 
>> just hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to use 
>> all the modifier combinations.
>> 
>> And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier way 
>> to do something that annoys you.  Odds are, there probably is, and you'll 
>> get the answer here.
>> 
>> Enjoy.
>> --K
>> Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the 
>> questions.
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
>> 
>>> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things voice 
>>> over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?  They 
>>> have a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the beginner, what 
>>> about the advanced user?
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi Pam,

activities are a pretty neat feature. Let's say, in Safari, if you always 
wanted quick nav to turn on when you went to the browser, you could set it up 
so it would do so when you opened Safari, as an example. It's a way of 
automating tasks so Voiceover can do some of the work, leaving you to be more 
efficient.
I don't know if it still is, but I found that activities (at least using the 
quick nav example) tended  to slow Voiceover's performance, but the principle 
is fantastic.
HTH,
Rachel. 
On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Pamela Francis  wrote:

> Hello,
> This topic brings me to a question I have never had the courage to ask 
> because I don't want to be considered stupid. What is the purpose in 
> activities and how do you use them? I've never messed with it in the three 
> years I've had my computer and don't understand what they're there for.  If I 
> remember correctly they are not addressed in the initial voiceover tutorial 
> one can use when learning how to get around the Mac.  
> 
> Pam Francis
> 
> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the few tips.  I actually hate the track pad.  But will do what 
> you suggested!
> 
> Kliphton
> (iMessage&Email) m.kliph...@gmail.com
> (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72
> (Personal blog, read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Kayaker  wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> So, you think you're ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh? 
>> 
>> I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus 
>> reading the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in the VO 
>> Utility application where you can assign actions to keys and see and control 
>> verbosity. I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so I tend to use 
>> the keyboard commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad user, look into the 
>> commander functions, or the Numpad commander functions, and use both 
>> keyboard and trackpad to your advantage. There's a lot of customizations you 
>> can make within the VO Utility.
>> 
>> I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C, copy 
>> last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful command I 
>> tend to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with VO Command F5. 
>> I tend to use that for working around voiceover issues with the contextual 
>> menus or a stubborn button that won't activate. So, at that point I will use 
>> the mouse button like any sighted user would.
>> 
>> Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then 
>> just hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to use 
>> all the modifier combinations.
>> 
>> And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier way 
>> to do something that annoys you.  Odds are, there probably is, and you'll 
>> get the answer here.
>> 
>> Enjoy.
>> --K
>> Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the 
>> questions.
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
>> 
>>> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things voice 
>>> over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?  They 
>>> have a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the beginner, what 
>>> about the advanced user?
>>> 
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread Pamela Francis
Hello,
This topic brings me to a question I have never had the courage to ask because 
I don't want to be considered stupid. What is the purpose in activities and how 
do you use them? I've never messed with it in the three years I've had my 
computer and don't understand what they're there for.  If I remember correctly 
they are not addressed in the initial voiceover tutorial one can use when 
learning how to get around the Mac.  

Pam Francis

On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:

Thanks for the few tips.  I actually hate the track pad.  But will do what you 
suggested!

Kliphton
(iMessage&Email) m.kliph...@gmail.com
(Twitter&Skype) kliphton72
(Personal blog, read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com
Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Kayaker  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> So, you think you’re ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh? 
> 
> I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus reading 
> the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in the VO Utility 
> application where you can assign actions to keys and see and control 
> verbosity. I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so I tend to use the 
> keyboard commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad user, look into the 
> commander functions, or the Numpad commander functions, and use both keyboard 
> and trackpad to your advantage. There’s a lot of customizations you can make 
> within the VO Utility.
> 
> I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C, copy 
> last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful command I 
> tend to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with VO Command F5. 
> I tend to use that for working around voiceover issues with the contextual 
> menus or a stubborn button that won’t activate. So, at that point I will use 
> the mouse button like any sighted user would.
> 
> Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then just 
> hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to use all 
> the modifier combinations.
> 
> And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier way to 
> do something that annoys you.  Odds are, there probably is, and you’ll get 
> the answer here.
> 
> Enjoy.
> —K
> Faith doesn’t give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the 
> questions.
>  
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
>> 
>> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things voice 
>> over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?  They have 
>> a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the beginner, what about 
>> the advanced user?
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread Kliphton Senior
Thanks for the few tips.  I actually hate the track pad.  But will do what you 
suggested!

Kliphton
(iMessage&Email) m.kliph...@gmail.com
(Twitter&Skype) kliphton72
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Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Kayaker  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> So, you think you’re ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh? 
> 
> I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus reading 
> the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in the VO Utility 
> application where you can assign actions to keys and see and control 
> verbosity. I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so I tend to use the 
> keyboard commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad user, look into the 
> commander functions, or the Numpad commander functions, and use both keyboard 
> and trackpad to your advantage. There’s a lot of customizations you can make 
> within the VO Utility.
> 
> I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C, copy 
> last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful command I 
> tend to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with VO Command F5. 
> I tend to use that for working around voiceover issues with the contextual 
> menus or a stubborn button that won’t activate. So, at that point I will use 
> the mouse button like any sighted user would.
> 
> Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then just 
> hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to use all 
> the modifier combinations.
> 
> And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier way to 
> do something that annoys you.  Odds are, there probably is, and you’ll get 
> the answer here.
> 
> Enjoy.
> —K
> Faith doesn’t give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the 
> questions.
>  
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
>> 
>> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things voice 
>> over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?  They have 
>> a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the beginner, what about 
>> the advanced user?
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread Kayaker
Hi,

So, you think you're ready to move up to the VO big leagues eh? 

I tend to go with self help. I often check out the VO-H command menus reading 
the command descriptions to see what I can do. I also look in the VO Utility 
application where you can assign actions to keys and see and control verbosity. 
I was using VO before the trackpad commander, so I tend to use the keyboard 
commands exclusively. If you are a trackpad user, look into the commander 
functions, or the Numpad commander functions, and use both keyboard and 
trackpad to your advantage. There's a lot of customizations you can make within 
the VO Utility.

I think my favorite command beyond the basics is simply the VO Shift C, copy 
last phrase spoken to the clipboard. And the second most useful command I tend 
to use is the move mouse cursor to voiceover cursor with VO Command F5. I tend 
to use that for working around voiceover issues with the contextual menus or a 
stubborn button that won't activate. So, at that point I will use the mouse 
button like any sighted user would.

Another fun game to play is to enable keyboard help, with VO K, and then just 
hit keys with the VO controls down to hear what they do. Be sure to use all the 
modifier combinations.

And the other important thing is to ask the list if there is an easier way to 
do something that annoys you.  Odds are, there probably is, and you'll get the 
answer here.

Enjoy.
--K
Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the 
questions.
 



On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:

> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things voice 
> over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?  They have 
> a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the beginner, what about 
> the advanced user?
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread David Taylor
You'll learn more from the geting started guide, which you'll find in the VO 
help menu, which you were told how to access in the tutorial when you first 
started VO and would find a great help anyway. Mac isn't like Windows, just let 
Apple show you how to do things. Then you learn how software does things by 
looking through its menus and experimenting. It's always worth trying a 
standard arrow key rather than a VO keystroke, for instance, to save on 
fingers, and Mac apps probably tend to have more shortcut keys than Windows 
ones. Do what I've just said and there's no reason you won't be a VO expert in 
a couple of days. Go through all the sections, even if their titles don't look 
inspiring. I've never known a screen reader have such comprehensive and easy to 
follow documentation built right in, no need to download training materials or 
learn to use a piece of software just to hear them :)

Cheers
Dave

On 20 Aug 2014, at 13:55, Alex Hall  wrote:

> What, specifically, are you looking to do? Beginner stuff is easy, because 
> you can limit it to "the keystrokes you need to know" or "how to do x y an z 
> in VoiceOver compared to NVDA". Advanced is, well, advanced, and everyone's 
> level of what defines "advanced" is different, and non-basic commands are 
> harder to lump together than basic ones. So, what are you looking to do, or 
> do more efficiently?
> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:
> 
>> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things voice 
>> over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?  They have 
>> a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the beginner, what about 
>> the advanced user?
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Re: advanced voice over?

2014-08-20 Thread Alex Hall
What, specifically, are you looking to do? Beginner stuff is easy, because you 
can limit it to "the keystrokes you need to know" or "how to do x y an z in 
VoiceOver compared to NVDA". Advanced is, well, advanced, and everyone's level 
of what defines "advanced" is different, and non-basic commands are harder to 
lump together than basic ones. So, what are you looking to do, or do more 
efficiently?
On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Kliphton Senior  wrote:

> So, now that everyone knows the basics, what are some advanced things voice 
> over users can learn?  Where would we find documentation on this?  They have 
> a lot of tutorials out there, but most of it is for the beginner, what about 
> the advanced user?
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