Hi, You can simply press command+f5 to toggle VoiceOver off and toggle it back on with command+f5 when the service is over.
Robert Carter > On Apr 5, 2015, at 7:49 AM, Pamela Francis <gypsykitt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I plan to listen to a continuation of the services I was listening to > yesterday, this morning. Prior to going to the site, I will check out the > suggestions given to me here to see if they work before I allow Alex to be > disrespectful again. I'm truly surprised there is not a native keystroke to > mmute voiceover as there is a trackpad gesture. I feel an email going to > Apple accessibility. Let's hope it doesn't take them six updates to get it > done. > > Pam Francis > > On Apr 5, 2015, at 7:35 AM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee...@icloud.com > <mailto:danielmcgee...@icloud.com>> wrote: > > Is there no actual keystroke to mute VO by default then? > > > > On 5 Apr 2015, at 13:06, Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com > <mailto:d.pra...@me.com>> wrote: > >> If you have a braille display, you can use space with M to mute voiceover. >>> On Apr 5, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com >>> <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>> >>> You can also use the keyboard commander. For example, I have it set so >>> option-m mutes sounds and speech. To do this: >>> >>> * Open the VoiceOver Utility and choose Commanders from the Categories >>> table. >>> * Select the Keyboard Commander tab, be sure the commander is on by >>> checking the checkbox, and move past the table to the Add button. Activate >>> that button. >>> * You will be placed on a text field, even if VoiceOver doesn't tell you >>> so. Press the key to be used (such as M), then vo-right to the menu button. >>> * In that menu is a list of commands, sorted into categories. I believe the >>> item you want, Mute VoiceOver, is in the Sounds submenu. Once you find it, >>> hit enter. >>> * Hit option-m to make sure things worked (it's a toggle, so hitting it >>> again will bring VO back). If it worked, you can close the Utility. If not, >>> let the list know and we'll try to figure out what happened. >>>> On Apr 5, 2015, at 5:16 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com >>>> <mailto:bbssh...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Pam. If I remember correctly, with track pad commander on, you could >>>> double tap with three fingers on the trackpad to mute Voiceover just like >>>> double tapping with three fingers to mute it on an iPhone. If I'm wrong >>>> about this, someone correct me. >>>> >>>> Shawn >>>> Sent From My White Macbook >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Francis" >>>> <gypsykitt...@gmail.com <mailto:gypsykitt...@gmail.com>> >>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 1:12 AM >>>> Subject: Keystroke form muting voiceover >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> I was attempting to listen to a service over the Internet this afternoon. >>>> In so doing Alex continually seemed to want to give me every notification >>>> I would never have gotten had I been doing something I could've gotten >>>> away from or been able to repeat. Normally I don't mind. However in cases >>>> like this, is there a keystroke to mute voiceover until such a service or >>>> meeting is over? I hit the control key to shut him up, however he has >>>> since earned the name disrespectful Alex. >>>> >>>> Pam Francis >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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>. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex Hall >>> mehg...@icloud.com <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com> >>> >>> -- >>> 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>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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