Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

2024-10-01 Thread Hai Nguyen Ly
Thanks for that reminder. The correct command is actually VO+F7 twice. I totally forgot about this as I’ve been using the shell script method forever. Hai > On Oct 1, 2024, at 12:34 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Yes, Speak Battery Status is now a VoiceOver command, so you don’t need to > use

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

2024-10-01 Thread Brian Hansen
Thanks to everybody for chiming in on this. It’s just what I was looking for. Take care.Blessings,BrianOn Oct 1, 2024, at 12:07 PM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote:Thanks for that reminder. The correct command is actually VO+F7 twice. I totally forgot about this as I’ve been using the shell script method for

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

2024-10-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Yes, Speak Battery Status is now a VoiceOver command, so you don’t need to use the shell script function. It can be reached as already mentioned with the VO-F8 three times, or you can assign it to any of the commanders that are available. > On Oct 1, 2024, at 12:21 PM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote: >

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

2024-10-01 Thread Hai Nguyen Ly
Brian,You can create an Apple script using the following and bind it to a keyboard shortcut using the keyboard commander in VoiceOver utilities. I don’t remember if this list is set up to accept attachments, but I’ve included a copy of the script just in case. set cmd to "/usr/bin/pmset -g batt | g

RE: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

2024-10-01 Thread 'Eileen Scrivani ' via MacVisionaries
Brian, Try doing VO M twice to get to Menu extras. Then just VO right-arrow to battery status and VO should read it out loud. Press escape to close it out. Eileen -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brian Hansen Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 11:54 AM

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

2024-10-01 Thread Trey Bradley
Hello, you can press VO F7 three times also you can press VO M twice then Vo right or left until you hear the battery percentage. Remember to smile even when it's not popular. Roosevelt Bradley 3 On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 10:54 AM Brian Hansen wrote: > Is there a voice-Over command key combo I c

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

2024-10-01 Thread Kaare Dehard
Hi, the way I do it is I press the BOM key twice This gets me into the status menu. I then use the left and right arrows to walk through the items, and one of them is battery level. It will give you the percentage and whether it’s charging or not. Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1