I have reported this to the feedback assistant as I am on the beta program.
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 On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:54, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: Yes, in Mavericks and below VoiceOver would read the filename, as I recall. Certainly, in Mavericks, it would speak the name and identify it as an embedded object, which was great. I've reported this bug several times to Apple, but they have yet to fix it. As always, I strongly encourage anyone else affected by this to let accessibil...@apple.com <mailto:accessibil...@apple.com> know about the problem, and that it is impacting you negatively. > On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Sadam Ahmed <sadamahmed1...@gmail.com > <mailto:sadamahmed1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello, > > That first bug mentioned is pretty bad and rather tiresome. > > I work with many attachments throughout the day. It would certainly increase > my productivity if I could hear what those damn attachments were. > > In previous versions of OS X did VO announce the different file types Alex? > > Best wishes to all. > > Sadam Ahmed > > On 6/5/2015 11:15 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> 1. That's a Yosemite bug I keep hoping will be fixed in an incremental >> update. So far, though, no luck. You could always put your cursor on the >> file and use the context menu (vo-shift-m) to Quick Look it. In that window >> you can see the name and content. >> >> 2. Yes, but it's a bit tricky. Once you choose the address, interact, then >> hit vo-left to get to the start. Press vo-shift-m and, if you've done it >> right, you'll get a popup menu where you can edit the address, choose a >> different one for that contact, and so on. The first item in that menu is >> the selected email address, which you can spell with vo-w-w. If no menu >> appears, you may have interacted once too many times, or you might not be at >> the start of the name. As I said, it's a bit tricky. >> On Jun 5, 2015, at 1:56 AM, denise avant <denise.av...@gmail.com >> <mailto:denise.av...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> I have a couple Apple mail with vo questions. >>> 1. When I attach a file, vo will only read it as an image file, rather than >>> the name of the file. Is there a way to change this? >>> 2. When I type in an address, sometimes, I want to make sure the e-mail >>> address is spelled correctly, but vo will only show this an image of some >>> kind. 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