I use enter too. The way to skip all that extra stuff when doing this is vo-a. So, enter to open the message, then vo-a to read it. Sometimes Mail will say the sender's name then "scroll area" first, and sometimes it doesn't. Either way, it will read the message text. > On Apr 2, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Matthew Dierckens <matt.dierck...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi Daniel. > Well, no matter if you set your verbosity to low, medium or high, you're > going to hear at least the subject of the email message when you press enter. > I have never used VO J for reading emails. > I also don't believe there is a way of turning this off in verbosity at all. > Interact with text does not only apply to the mail application. > > God bless. > Matthew Dierckens > Certified Assistive Technology Specialist > Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer > U.S. number: 573-401-1018 > Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com <mailto:matt.dierck...@me.com> >> On Apr 2, 2015, at 13:13, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee...@icloud.com >> <mailto:danielmcgee...@icloud.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Matthew, well when I press enter I find that I get more text spoken than >> the standard VO J keystroke. >> To provide an example below on a previous message. >> >> Now in Re: Get a Scanner to work in a different O.S. Was: Re: Abby Finer >> Reading. Was: Re: Reading PDF files on the mac — Macvisionaries window text >> >> So, after hearing that all above, I'd rather hear just interact with text. >> >> If you know what I mean. Of course, if you know of any ways where I don't >> hear such extraneous speech when pressing enter on a message then, please >> feel free to let me know. >> >> I hope this makes sense >> >> >>> On 2 Apr 2015, at 17:34, Matthew Dierckens <matt.dierck...@me.com >>> <mailto:matt.dierck...@me.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Daniel, >>> Even at the lowest verbosity setting, VO will still announce "Interact with >>> text." My question is, why not just press enter to open the message? >>> >>> God bless. >>> Matthew Dierckens >>> Certified Assistive Technology Specialist >>> Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer >>> U.S. number: 573-401-1018 >>> Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com <mailto:matt.dierck...@me.com> >>>> On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:31, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee...@icloud.com >>>> <mailto:danielmcgee...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, this might sound sort of weird to say but is there any chance of >>>> getting VO to stop saying "interact with text." when you jump to and from >>>> the text area of a message using mail? >>>> >>>> I was wondering if this could possibly be done through the VO utility, >>>> speech and Pronunciation tab. >>>> >>>> The goal of this is to reduce verbosity of speech from Voiceover. If it >>>> can't be done then don't worry that's fine but it would be cool if its >>>> possible because it could mean getting through messages that bit faster. >>>> >>>> Daniel >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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